[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] S4turno:
Comments saying that users should use the forums for their own phones are just as annoying as users with other phones posting here.

It's not hard to understand:

- This port doesn't work everywhere.

- We (OP3/3T) have issues that most phones don't have. Other phones, like the OP5/5T, have even bigger problems.

- Some features work on certain phones but crash everywhere else.

- There's no universal configuration or apk that works on all phones.

- If you suggest a version/configuration/whatever not compatible with the OnePlus 3/3T, it ends up creating confusion.

It's not a question of "dealing with it" or "respect". I can't help you with a config because I don't know which config is compatible with your phone. Also, it's not right to post an OP3/3T incompatible config or apk on this thread.

We all need to understand that this port is more like a custom ROM than a normal app. I'm not going to report the issues I have with my OP3 running LOS on the Galaxy S9 thread - it doesn't make any sense. Some developers, like Arnova8G2, have feedback threads on the forums for all supported devices (I've compiled some of the links here). All users have to do is to explain their issues, provide logs and mention his username. It's simple and easy.

By posting here, not only you're making it hard for other people using the same phone as you, but you're also making it hard for OP3/3T users and developers. I see OP5/5T users here when Arnova8G2 is active (1)posting (2)interesting (3)stuff on the 5/5T thread. I mean, why?

I understand that it's hard to own a phone with little/no development, but we all know that certain brands are better for development than others. In the future keep this in mind when buying a new phone.

I also understand how bad is to have a ****ty camera, after all I had to live with one for more than a year, but instead of complaining we started working, testing, providing feedback to developers, trying to find compatible configurations. Sure, we were lucky. I asked the mods to close this thread a few hours after creating it, but SynisterWolf left it open because it wasn't that bad. Then Ivanich started posting his "fixed" apks here, and yes, we were also lucky when Arnova8G2 started paying attention to our phone, but luck alone didn't fix the port.

Most people didn't know which configs they should use, so we created posts with stable configs shared by people that spent their own time doing comparisons and testing. People kept asking the same thing over and over again, so with the help for many users we know have a troubleshooting post. We had issues downloading apks, so I created this mirror, which takes time and costs money to run. defcomg created a fix for Oreo... what about Nougat? I spent hours moving everything to an old phone so I could install Nougat, send him the files he needed, testing (others also helped) and now we have a fix for Nougat. Then Magisk was updated, the modules were broken, someone posted a fix here and now all supported phones can use Magisk modules again. The latest Arnova update has a few bugs, but (0)we (1)already (2)know (3)what's (4)broken. More feedback was exchanged via PMs and on the telegram group.

What I'm trying to say is that it takes a lot of work to have a good support. I see some threads for popular phones and they don't even have stable settings, a list of stable apks or something like "you need to enable the camera2 api"... I mean, wtf? We can't expect improvements when users are not interested improving their situation. The main issue here is pure laziness, not a lack of developers... Start testing configs, apks, fixes, etc, and then share your info on the thread for your phone like I and many others did here. That's the only way to move forward.