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[Introductions] indestructible master:
I would like, to have some sections, where people can learn modding, learn how to do proggraming for type of stuff we do here on xda.

usualy, someone post some amaizing tool, but it would be even more amaizing if there is separate section for developers who want to learn, deep inside of android system, how to mod it, code some useful software for it, etc

in these times, where all manufacturers are locking bootloaders, or completely ditching bootloader, so it can be unclocked, it encourages lack of experimentation android was before, because people have locked phones and xda forums isn't popular as it once was, there are no more amaizing things, and even if you want to try to make amaizing thing, you can't because there are no resources to learn android. manufacturers, make everything more locked, android is becoming iOS for some reason.

so basically, i would like to have section, like on stackoverflow, but to be focused on android modding, and questions people ask, how they can learn it. (as stackexchange android enthusiasts suck, and it's just that, enthusiasts, but not developers, programmers who want to learn and ask qusetions)

that would make this community useful, for developers.

usual questions, like Q&A is okay, but just want separate section, where real professional people look. (just look, at Q&A, full of regular people who have no clue, and not even read guide, all those questions can be solved with existing guides on XDA, and even if can't, then phone is hard bricked, or question is just trash, and that me, and i believe many others, programmers, professionals, drive back from it, we need quality questions where programmers can look for to help fellow programmer.

and, with this, upwote and downwote, it would be a good idea, as, in those special programming threads, programmers would be able to see most useful answer.

with all people bashing here, this became some low quality, chat forum, i wish we can make it more quality focused, but still noob frinendly, so it have sections for noobs (existing Q&A), and expert section

And what @Jaxidian complained, this would be solution, as sometimes experienced people don't have patience for noob question (they just say "why you don't search first before posting"), those people who answer that way, just wish they could answer and help someone more experienced struggling and not answer same questions from noobs that don't research before posting. (if someone is noob, he becomes even bigger noob if he ask for something that has been asked milion times on same platform)

:)

my 50 cents
[Introductions] blackhawk:
A 2-7 day waiting period to post for new members would discourage one thread wonders looking for a quick fix here rather than simple doing a Google search(s).

Help dissuade spammers as well.

Those with a sincere interest would suck up the wait...
[Introductions] sd_shadow:
Or limit the forums new members can post to just Q and A subforums.
[Introductions] :
My observation is that in the Q&A forum regularly - almost daily - the same problem (e.g. data recovery for bricked device, rooting device, bypass FRP lock) is presented by different users and asked for a solution proposal: in my eyes a nonsense.

My recommendation: The Q&A forum should have sub-forums for this.

Also, I do not understand why 2 Q&A forums exist, namely Q&A and Q&A->H&T. Users do not distinguish between them.
[Introductions] Sarticle:
Please bring back the XDA Labs app.
[Introductions] svetius:
I think that's an interesting idea, but nothing will make a new user more upset than a waiting period. In 2021, people expect instant access and quick gratification. If we were the only phones community, I would agree with you, but if I was a newb and registered then had a waiting period, I'd say "screw it, my problem is important. i'm going to reddit/AndroidCentral/somewhere else"

That's not going to happen unless a team of developers steps forth to fully take over its development.
[Introductions] Oswald Boelcke:
Hello @bronco524

and if you're American I wish you a great Thanksgiving among your family and beloved ones. A very warm welcome to XDA, and I hope you always get the support and assistance you require. Never hesitate to contact the moderators team in case of any question or if you need help. By the way: I'm just four years younger than you i.e. let's rock the world...

Now regarding your problem: Can you elaborate slightly what you tried to do and how? Just asking this because I don't have ANY issues to copy/paste anything from XDA to any other application.

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Introductions] bronco524:
I moved my mouse over what I wanted to copy holding the left clicker on the mouse down,. The information became hightlighted but when I double clicked on it to copy and paste onto an open document on my computer, nothing happened. I tried this 3-4 times and ended up reducing the document in size and moving it along side the informational post on this site and then I just typed it out just like when I learned to type decades ago...:::):)):
[Introductions] petera703:
Greetings all. Noob suggestion so I may have missed something obvious, but here goes.

I sense a need for a "main links" place for each device. Case in point: I recently acquired a Samsung S4 Mini i9195, and it took a great deal of searching before I started to get a feel for what folks were doing with this device. Obviously there's a lot of history on the site, which is great but inevitably means search results include ways of doing things that the community's now largely moved on from due to advances in tech etc.

Probably advanced search goes some way to helping here, and what I have in mind may not easily fit a forum paradigm (sticky post/thread perhaps?). But anyway, assuming it can be implemented some way, my suggestion is to have a "main links" place which those of us interested in that particular kit can maintain, with links to posts that contain key info and downloads for the device.

So the Samsung S4 Mini forum might contain the following "main links" to help people get started, and we would update it as and when there was anything new to say:

Getting started overview​

How to install a custom recovery and custom ROM	https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-custom-rom-android/

Downloads​

Files relevant to the Samsung S4 Mini are attached to the following forum posts

TWRP​

There are links at the Lineage Android 11 ROM link below

ROM​

Lineage Android 11 ROM​

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-i9190-i9192-i9195-unofficial-11-0-0-lineageos-18-1-for-s4-mini.4189967/

Debloated/deodexed stock ROM​

https://xdaforums.com/t/touchwiz-i9190-5-scstock.3104160/

GApps​

There are links at the Lineage Android 11 ROM link

Linux tools​

parted, mkfs etc--for this device you need the ARM versions, not ARM64/AARCH	https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-boot...on-qmobile-z8-with-bricked-dead-emmc.3712171/

Those are just examples of what seem to me to be key things it would be great to have immediate visibility of for any given device. There will be other things, but I think it's important to keep it short, just a high-level list, so that the whole thing can be easily referred to all at once.

btw this probably sounds pathetic but it took me around a week to find the right parted. I thought I would have to build it from the GNU sources. After nearly giving up, I encountered it accidentally at some site that had a link to the XDA Developers thread I linked to above.

So anyway, people, what do you think? I've presented this as a suggestion for device forums, but I guess it could equally apply to any other type of forum too.
[Introductions] petera703:
I too have some gripes about the search, though I don't know if this is something we can change, depending on how much/any of the forum software is in-house?

1. (One of my pet hates on any website!) Every time I search, it deletes everything I've just typed into the search box. This means whenever I want to search again with modified search text, I have to type all the original text again. That's really annoying! The mobile app does it too.

2. I like the intuitive scope filter options that appear when I search, and the one I use a lot is to search only in "This forum". But after my search, that option disappears, and I only get to choose either "Everywhere" or "Forums and devices"! So my second and subsequent searches are no longer restrictable to current forum. The only way forward is back: I have to use the Back button in my browser to get back to the original page I searched from, just to make "This forum" reappear as an option once again so I can use it for my second search. This seems very strange. It's the same on the mobile app, so seems to be by design, but I wish I understood what the benefit is supposed to be (trying to be open-minded; actually I wish it would stop doing it! but I'm prepared to believe there's a reason :giggle:)
[Introductions] petera703:
Put the bottom pager at the bottom?

(This suggestion was originally going to be "Add a bottom pager coz I have to scroll all the way back to the top. But then I happened to see there is a bottom one, except it's before the final post on the page!???)
[Introductions] blackhawk:
Blue? The worst color to use. Gray, red, yellow, orange or green been better.

Blue isn't "cool" anymore, especially on AMOLED displays.

Still those big XDA letters burning at my display...

jeeezse.
[Introductions] Timmmmaaahh!:
Takes us back to CyanogenMod? lol. I'm not a fan either tbh. Blue is cold and depressing. Orange is warm and optimistic. Red/black would've been a really awesome combo. Anyway, just my personal opinion.
[Introductions] imfloflo:
Why this unexpected change with the historic colors of the forum ?

imo : It's beautiful but we lose the identity of XDA.
[Introductions] woodman:
Ohai, long time no see 😊
[Introductions] Austinredstoner:
I just discovered u were able to add android apps and games as a device inventory

Spoiler content hidden.

Their was something similar I posted back in September where when u were able to add XDA assist as a device inventory
[Introductions] polygaryd:
Make it intuitive to create new threads. 20 minutes on this site (which ive been a memeber of and posted plenty on before) and o cant for the life of me figure out how to create a new post/thread under this new xda skin/theme whatever you want to call it. Absolutely ridiculous and enraging.
[Introductions] svetius:
Why does it take you so long to make a new thread? In every forum, there's a huge New Thread button:
[Introductions] blackhawk:
Agreed.

You actually need to be in a specific board of the site to post a thread... logically. Most forums are like this. On an Android view it's easy.

Lol, maybe it's the blue... orange might be better🤭
[Introductions] polygaryd:
First it should say "post new thread" second you have to drill down into the depths of the forum site just to post a new thread. Guess what my device isnt even listed and you cant add a node section for a specific device as far as I can tell. I never saw a post thread button last night when I was trying to do exactly that.

The old ui was way better. Its even confusing to get to the forum sections now imo unless thebsecrion youre looking for is in the "top nodes" section. I click on devices and it takes me to what looks like an instagram account threw up all over the screen instead of the devices by manufactuer forum nodes. You have to go to forum home then click on manufacturers then lg per say then find your device if its listed and then post a new thread of need be.

If youre in the forums section already you should be able to click devices and have it take you to the devices by manufacter FORUM section. As i said intuitive. This is far from it.

It takes way longer to navigate the site and get to where you want to go because it is so different than the old ui. It doesnt even seem any better or have any benefits either.
[Introductions] Anton TNT:
The best way is to help others and directly is connecting to their devices thru secure proxy or thru teamviever etc.

I have noticed that not everyone are capable of doing repairs on their devices on their own.
[Introductions] V0latyle:
Improvements for XDA? Hmmm...

A pillory for the spammers!!!
[Introductions] blackhawk:
Why not add a red spam button for the viewer to nuke the offending post or thread?

It satisfying to use...
[Introductions] Oswald Boelcke:
...because the best is kept for moderators...
[Introductions] blackhawk:
A hyperbole on my part. I meant that it would bump the thread/post to the mods for review.

Make it a senior member only feature.

We need to keep the XDA nukes safe with the Never/Always core value🤣
[Introductions] Oswald Boelcke:
Oh, our nukes have a PAL.
[Introductions] blackhawk:
Lol I thought the link be to an overworked administrator🤣

I liked the red/green plug arming system better.

Nothing like riding a hot nuke; saddle up a buzz buzz.

Dr Strangelove taught me that🤣
[Introductions] iqranawaz:
XDA stand for Xerox Device Agent , XDA Developers is a mobile software development community launched on 20 December 2002. I think you should improve it for ranking and for this you should try app store optimization process.
[Introductions] vigilante_stark:
The online icon under the profile pic looks like a sad smiley/emoticon. Please change it to a solid green dot.
[Introductions] the_scotsman:
lol yea you're right, I can't unsee that now! 😜
[Introductions] the_scotsman:
The website name, XDA, comes from the HTC XDA device released in 2002: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_Xda
[Introductions] blackhawk:
You haven't seen the new Apple pregnant man emoticons...
[Introductions] Oswald Boelcke:
Do you have a good solution and offer in this respect?
[Introductions] cmfCyangenModteam:
Do a new Forum category named "ROM category" In this category peoples can upload ROM/MODS. and AOSP stuff. and Add "ROM For old devices" category. In category ROM For old devices peoples can upload old AOSP stuff and ROMs and Mods than based on Old Android Versions.
[Introductions] cmfCyangenModteam:
I don't know.
[Introductions] alecxs:
I recently reported some posts because of wrong language. turns out some of these posts were originally written in english, but google chrome or whatever obviously translated unintentionally up on tapping Post reply button. The user maybe won't even notice. only guess, but I can see english version in my email notifications.

even more annoying someone quoted me, my quoted post was translated, too. what's going wrong here, is that users fault, or something that can prevented forum side?
[Introductions] Timmmmaaahh!:
I believe this is a browser issue that poses itself when people use its automated translation feature. Nothing much XDA can do if the input is being tweaked. Except maybe some translation plugin for every post?
[Introductions] alecxs:
my hope was there exist some flag for input field. like banking sites prevent browser from saving input.
[Introductions] MA7MOD_GSM:
I hope that there will be more interest in sections for Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Mac and others addition jailbreak tools and tweaks
[Introductions] lebigmac:
For this forum to become better I think it requires a brand new forum rule to better protect fellow forum members (open source developers) from blatant plagiarism and intellectual property theft by ruthless cyber pirates (that are also fellow forum members here). I'm talking about one forum member stealing another fellow forum member's entire script, rebranding and re-releasing it without giving proper credits and trying to cash in on other people's hard work, hacking their update-binary and stealing their program/function/variable names and binaries and more disrespectful things. IMHO there should be a specific forum rule that prohibits this type of disrespectful behavior towards other fellow developers / forum members. Thanks! Just my 2 cents.
[Introductions] sd_shadow:
The Rules are very clear on this.

📚 XDA Developers Forum Rules 📚

XDA-Developers FORUM RULES List of Forum Moderators, click HERE Delete Your XDA Account HERE 1. Search before posting. Use one of our search functions before posting or creating a new thread. Whether you have a question or just something new...

xdaforums.com

If you see the rules violated use the report button.

How to Report Posts
[Introductions] jaymzway:
you cant start by getting rid of assumptious people

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[Introductions] sd_shadow:
Apple products just aren't that interesting.

The XDA news team has been promoting Apple for quite a while, and it has encouraged very little activity in the forums.

https://www.xda-developers.com/search/apple

https://www.xda-developers.com/search/iphone

https://www.xda-developers.com/search/mac

https://www.xda-developers.com/search/ios
[Introductions] Android-Desire:
The biggest thing is the blast of ads on both forum and the news part(on mobile browser crash alot, i got 12gb of ram on this device).

Second is the mess on the forums, there used to be sections for the different things development themes guides etc, now we got 1 place for the thousands of threads on each new device.

Third is writers on news part of site dont use any spell check or write about the importen stuff when they do comparisons, seems to me like more ads as there is not much depth to the articles.

While writing this i got 2 pop ups, pressed close on ads 6 times, had 4 browser crashes cause of ads.

If you want people to buy ad-free experience on site you should atlest try and optimize ads so they dont crash browser on mobile(which is why i dont spend alot of time here, or atlest not hours like in the past, now i spend max 20 mins here each visit.

And tell your article writers to atlest use more then 5 mins and use spell check.
[Introductions] Timmmmaaahh!:
Well, we did try an alternative to ads recently but it may not have been such great idea after all 😬

First time I heard of crashing due to ads though. by the two pop-ups you mean the privacy agreement and newsletter ones, right? Which should only appear once. So there might be an issue with your cookies if it keeps popping up. By "close on ads" you mean the bottom one with the X button, right? I think it's better to just ignore those as a new one will appear every time. This is very similar to ads in games, with a small part of your screen being sacrificed for ads. If you just wait you will also notice they disappear automatically and new ones keep appearing. It is, however, excellent feedback. Combined with the big blocks in between posts and the occasional full page ads it's a bit much. But it may also be a necessity, I'm afraid.

The crashing isn't normal. I suspect it's more of a device/software issue than a content issue. I've been doing some stress testing just now and it's running really smooth in Chrome (100.0.4896.79) on my 3.5 year old OnePlus 6T. On what device are you having issues? What browser? Please always provide technical details when reporting crashes.

The portal is ran by a separate team. You can always voice your feedback on articles in the comments sections or get in touch when really needed. What news are we missing out on anyway? I find it to be a valuable resource for news in tech. There sure are a lot of articles that don't interest me as much (Apple :sick:) and the promotional ones like this one are clearly indicated with "A Word From Our Sponsors" but I still believe we're also getting the important news. And there will always be some bias in reviews and comparisons, I guess. Where's the spelling issues? We should probably not underestimate how fast these things need to be written and published. It's not all that bad, is it?
[Introductions] Timmmmaaahh!:
Oh and about this: it may come across as a bit chaotic but it's really much easier to navigate. By just tapping the prefix filters you get instant access to the type of content you need. You will find an amazing guide on this by the equally amazing @sd_shadow here: [Index] XDA 2021: How to Navigate the New Site Layout (see post #5)
[Introductions] blackhawk:
The site navigation is not very intuitive or fluid. Sorry but it's true... rather a pain to navigate at times. By no means the worst though, not by a long shot.

The white banner at the top after a post edit was old the first time I saw it. In dark mode it's in your face and lingers... I want to smack it.
[Introductions] Timmmmaaahh!:
A smack-the-banner button huh? I like where this is going.

I think the new navigation is an improvement over the one with separate sections. So many extra clicks to navigate from discussions to ROM threads, to questions, etc. Now it's all one place (and much more colourful).
[Introductions] blackhawk:
Yeah can the big sister banner🤣

In terms of navigation I'm very hesitant to reccomend anything; a complete redo be needed. It could easily end up worse.

I get the impression XDA's site structure evolved rather than a big bang its all there start.

The result is a somewhat fractured, hodgepodge affair with lots of nooks and crannies.

Navigating it is sort of like working with nunchucks; looks great if you know how, otherwise it can be rather painful🤣
[Introductions] dlads:
Have asked in a few places about this and was advised to voice my opinion here.

It's regarding the new forum structure.

Gone are the tried and tested categories that everybody knows and can navigate, now we have everything just thrown into one big unintuitive list, in short it's ugly and just a horrific idea.

You want Q+A? good luck, they're just scattered all over the place..

Development is unseen, guides and general are scattered.

Basically the threads are now only as identifiable as the actual thread title, I can't fathom who decided this was a good idea but they should give their head a wobble, it's so so bad.

I think at the very least it should be a choice, not a mandatory.

I use XDA quite a lot, and this change for me is like Microsoft changing the home button, it's changing something for the sake of change, not an upgrade or a step in the right direction but a huge leap back..

Sorry for ranting I'm just disappointed in the fact that this has happened.

I'd be confident in putting this to a community vote, I don't see anybody choosing everything in one messy list Vs familiar, categorised sub sections for each device.

Hope this isn't permanent. :(
[Introductions] dlads:
Further to the above, what about the unified development sections?

How's that going to work.youll be amalgamating several devices into one??? Not been though through has it.
[Introductions] woodman:
From the website, did you notice you can navigate in sections using the prefix filters? It's the same result as navigating into sections.

Example:
[Introductions] blackhawk:
The easiest way to search XDA is to use those omnipresent web crawler's intel.

Google search, "*whatever*, XDA" I use this method a lot.

Lol I found XDA many years ago doing a Google search🤣
[Introductions] dlads:
Yes I did notice them.. although on the app it's not exactly the same.

But just why?? We had sections for this? It's a backward step.

Plus not everyone chooses the right category.

I really would offer this up as a choice rather than forcing it on ppl, it's unnecessary.
[Introductions] woodman:
Yes the app does not offer this unfortunately... I'm not a fan of the app...

That was a choice of the xda owners and one of the main reasons was about performance of the website, xda on vBulletin was very slow for several reasons... and having flat forums with prefixes to navigate is way more performant. About the other reasons, I don't know since I'm not the xda owners and admins.

That was the same problem even with proper sections, people posted wrongly even under vBulletin, this is not new.