[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Timtown:
The harder it became to actually brick a phone begat an exponential increase in the number and frequency of lazy, useless, selfish and, overly redundant posts.

For those whom may think I'm being harsh, I've been a member of this site for coming up on twenty years. Look at my post count. (I actually joined in 2000 and I bet I had <100 posts in the years prior to the site upgrade.) Look at the number of devices I've owned, all of which I flashed with cooked ROMs from this esteemed community. My post count is low for the simple reason that, when I joined, if you didn't read, research, read again...you would brick your new $400 (USD) toy. And, posting asking for help after- HAAAA! Your best hope was that someone would reply with "You should have done your research first." (Just to be clear, I have NEVER bricked a phone. Came close a few times but, thanks to this community for bailing me out.)

This is not to say that the XDA community was trollish, mean or bullying. It just did not tolerate fools. Especially, those with post counts <100. (Back then, there were not "Thanks" etc.).

All this is to say: If you are new here, follow this simple guide:

If you use the device in a corporate/office network environment. Do not root your device. You will run into problems with your networks' security protocols (even though it's statistically proven that rooted devices are less prone to hacking).

Read the OP and if it is new (<10 old) all following pages.

If older than 10 days, read the first three pages, and the last ten.

DO NOT FLASH IF YOU ARE CONFUSED ABOUT ANYTHING. Do more research. Use Google, not the XDA search (99.999% of the time, Google will return XDA results in the top five (provided you can functionally use search).

Make a NANDroid backup of your device. Do not now what is a NANDroid backup. GTFO. Now

You've obviously rooted so, the warranty is (mostly) f**ked. Let go of Stock ROMs. Let the device operate as the designer intended.

If you can't let go of Stock, GTFO. Now.

Backup your current apps (not system data) with TBU (use what you want but TBU over the years, has never disappointed). Buy the license.

Wipe your device. Factory first. Then Advanced>Everything but MicroSD (wipe SD, which I've almost done, and I'll just have a jolly laugh at your expense). Back out and then Format data..

Yes. You need to do all three.

Flash the ROM. Let it complete all the way through setup. If you've got a Google backup, let it restore. If you don't, WTF is wrong with you?

After the device is fully restored. Then you can run TBU to restore (only Apps with Data) device back to pretty damn close to where you left off before flashing.

Now you can run Tweaks, ROM Tool, et. al. with impunity.

Donate to your Chef.

There you have it, universal ROM install all in a single post.

Now what not to do:

Post, if you haven't read anything. At all.

Post quote the entire OP (or any other follow-on changelogs). IMO, this should get users 48 hour time-out. Mods? (If you need help, I'm down.)

Post about your unique app not working under xx.xx version of the ROM. Read the #$%*ing thread, if two or more people are not having the same issue, then it's up to you to figure it out. It's not the ROM. (However, if >2 people are having a similar issue, you can geedee guarantee one of them posted a fix.)

POST ASKING ABOUT RELEASE DATES, UPGRADE RELEASES, ETC. EVER. These "Chefs" do amazing things for us, and don't require payment in return. Badgering someone doing you a favor is super-stupid. And, if you are in a big hurry for the next upgrade, cook it yourself mofo.

My goal on this site, ever since I established myself as (barely) competent, was to achieve a 50% ratio on my "Thanks" to Posts. (e.g. 100 posts = 50 Thanks.)

Many folks on this site would do well to attempt the same.

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