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[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exequias4:
Hi there I created this thread for the people who have a hard time with their lg g3 f400L

I know this issue is kinda late in 2021 but I hope I can still help someone.

So lets start

I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BRICKED DEVICE! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

I just want to share this for those who have F400L specific device!

There are many problems that I faced when trying to load a custom rom android 11 in my device I always get the error of boot certificate error or something or the twrp doesnt recognize my phone as f400L when trying to load a android 11 custom rom because it needs to have the latest twrp in order for it to continue the installation of the rom. Tried every single Official TWRP and nothing seems to work so I tried using unofficial TWRP.

So this is my solution

1. Restore to kitkat.tot the name of the file is this "LGF400LAT-00-V10a-LGU-KR-MAY-18-2014-0" for f400L use LGUP for this (I haven't tried using lollipop for marshmallow it's a nono I get the MISMATCH SIG LEN error)

2. root using purple drake lite

3. once rooted install twrp using the bumped! the method in xda "twrp-2.8.0.0_f400-signed.img" using flashify or any other method you want.

4. download "flashable-twrp-3.3.1-20200315-f400-themed.zip" from "https://xdaforums.com/t/recovery-3-3-1-abandoned-twrp-for-lg-g3.3813552/" scroll down to the download section and click the "MEGA (recommended)" link there you can find the zip file

5. once downloaded put it in your sd card boot to twrp and locate and install the "flashable-twrp-3.3.1-20200315-f400-themed.zip"

6. once installed reboot to your recovery using twrp

7. if it boots to a black screen remove the battery and try to access your recovery mode

8. if it boots to recovery then you are good to go! (F400L method of recovery is holding Volume down + Power button once LG logo appear let go of the button and immediately press the volume up + volume down button and a factory reset image will appear just press yes and yes and now it will boot to a red twrp)

PS: my lg g3 F400L is kinda tricky to boot to recovery so in order for the buttons to work I press it to the edge as hard as I can, if your lg g3 is like mine send me a message I will help you.

9. In twrp wipe system, cache, data, dalvik cache

10. install any android 11 rom or lineageOS rom

11. install android 11 gapps

12. wipe cache and dalvik cache

13. reboot!

And wait for it to load up mine takes about 10 mins or so.

I just want to thank :

HardStyl3r

I didn't know that the answer to all of my problems is only his unofficial twrp! The unofficial twrp is abandoned so I hope anyone out there can update it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khoadd1:
Thanks
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cupcoker:
Thanks for your detailed tutorial!

It works on my LG G3 F400s (after installed twrp 2.8.0.0 it became typical F400)! And I can have a taste of Android 11 on my g3 finally.

I follow all your steps expect step one. (My phone was still Android 4.4.2)

For those whose devices are different from F400l can follow all the steps expect changing the file (.tot) from f400l to like f400s or k at step one.

Thanks 🙏
[Xiaomi Mi 10T / 10T Pro Questions & Answers] Uqbar:
I would like to know whether 108 Mpx photos can actually be shot.

If so, with stock camera or what?

What about actual resolution?

TiA.
[Xiaomi Mi 10T / 10T Pro Questions & Answers] BaconTrousers:
Yes you can in the stock camera app but the images are 4:1 pixel binned to 27mb.
[Xiaomi Mi 10T / 10T Pro Questions & Answers] Uqbar:
Not sure I understand you ... Is the 108 Mpx camera capturing 108 Mpx ?
[Xiaomi Mi 10T / 10T Pro Questions & Answers] chisnz:
Just took a photo on the Xiaomi stock camera, 108 mode, and it's 108.6MP 9024x12032. So I seem to get 108MP ok.

If you take a photo in normal mode on the stock camera or us a GCam version then you get around 27MP.
[Xiaomi Mi 10T / 10T Pro Questions & Answers] BaconTrousers:
I've just taken a non pro mode 108mp shot (Mi10T Pro) and it comes back as 9.08mb 9024x1232px

On pro mode it is 10.89mb 9024x12032px

In RAW i get 54.33mb 6016x4512mp

How are you getting 108mp shots that are not binned down?
[Xiaomi Mi 10T / 10T Pro Questions & Answers] chisnz:
To get 108MP: Xiaomi.EU 12.6, stock Xiaomi camera 4.3 on Mi10T Pro

On stock camera, select More then 108. 108M comes up above the shutter button and it takes 108MP pictures in .HEIC format.

One of my 108MP photos is 9.76MB in size and 9024x12032 pixels. Your file size seems about right. could you be missing one 0 in your pixel count (12032 vs 1232)?
[LG Velvet Questions & Answers] sachingv65:
[HELP] How can I get FM radio app for LG Velvet India...
[Mogul, XV6800 General] RedRamage:
Okay, so I'm using a cooked ROM that releases my GPS for me. I've installed iGO and got it to recognize the GPS. And I have a data connection with my plan from Verizon. Is there a way to get traffic updates? iGO has the ability, but I'm not sure how I would go about setting this up.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] jambrose:
Looks like you need to register and activate with i-go as they would provide the traffic updates via the data channel on your phone. Verizon would not be providing that for someone else's GPS software.
[LG G Pad X 8.0 Questions & Answers] djcaptpln880:
Greetings

I have searched the great GOogle and found NOTHING in terms of custom roms for my LG V533 and LG V497

Links expired!

Does anyone have custom roms and installation instructions for these 2 devices?
[General Questions and Answers] thomasypil1:
Hi I'm just new here, I just want to ask questions of how to root Vivo y91... Please help.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Do a related Google search: multiple articles are returned what you can study ...
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulutulu:
My device is not Normally Charging I am using Android 7.1.2 Nougat When i plug in cable its showing charging current but not charging but sometimes its capable of charging the battery. My question is if i use Magnetic Charging Cable instead if Micro USB Cable Does It resolve the issue. Kindly Guide me
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwdroid:
I doubt magnetic cable would help but of course you should try.

Maybe an internal cable is broken.

Did you try other cables?

How old is the battery?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulutulu:
Battery is only 2 to 3 months old I think its charging jacket is working then it should charge it the malfunction is in Micro USB Cable does not in function Alright!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w41ru5:
change the cable
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leejasonsmith:
hi, running a nexus 5 with twrp and custom rom. going good! having some problems with an app not playing, can i relock my bootloader and keep twrp and rom?

funny thing, am having no problem with Android pay. that's working fine!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lughnasadh:
No. The only way you can relock your bootloader without bricking your device is to be completely stock before relocking.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leejasonsmith:
thought so! thanks
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] Naamloser:
Hello XDA,

I recently bought this nice phone (POCO X3 Pro) and I immediately installed Nova Launcher PRO, because I don't like the default POCO launcher. Later, I found out gesture controls only really work with the POCO launcher. Is there any way to fix this?

I'd prefer not to use any third party apps that implement their own system (like edge gestures), I'd rather see a real fix.

Thanks in advance!
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] Louis235:
I'm exactly in the same situation. really sad :-(
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] Naamloser:
Seems like for now the only solution is third party apps.. I don't want those lol
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] Rishi_5717:
I'm using Microsoft Launcher. All the gestures work perfectly on this launcher. It's been just 3-4 days since I'm using this launcher and I really love it. You can really test it and give me Feedback.

By the way, I am using Poco M2 (shiva).
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] Naamloser:
Two issues here are that

1. You're using a different phone than we do

2. I bought Nova Prime before I got the phone. I'd prefer using that instead.
[Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro] pinkfloyd3:
I try and search a lot right now there is no way u can use Fullscreen Gestures with nova without third party apps

but you can install the Fluid Navigation Gestures app and try to hide default Navbar

https://xdaforums.com/t/hiding-the-big-stupid-navbar-android-11.4166377/page-2

I use magisk mod and work perfectly

just to remember you have to turn on autostart and set battery saver to no restrictions
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] schreda:
Hi,

could Someone please post me all the Original Shortcuts of the Phone?

I deleted some of mine and now i don't know which are not exist..

big thanks!!
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Mttsk:
Is it possible to somehow enable 4k eis video recording (not with gcam) that gives me log profile video recording at the same time?
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] arch-dev:
Reserved
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] alphalog:
Why this?

GSI running like Havoc, Dotos...

Is this for running Android 12?
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] arch-dev:
Vanilla GSIs will work without this. But larger GSIs that include Gapps will not because they are larger than system partition (like Pixel Experience, dotOS with Gapps, etc.). You can still flash vanilla build and Gapps zip of course to avoid doing this.

Regarding Android 12 I have not tried it yet.
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] fuccschool:
please someone port postmarketos to this device, kane has a lot of potential

edit: i'm talking about pmos, because this resizing process has sense only for postmarket, if any other roms are bigger than system part, than they are just bloated worthless ****s.
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] shahrair:
sorry to bother you.

i found your post after long time of searching. I'm noob for installing GSI,to do so i need to resize system partition.but i have zero idea about resizing and also seems like its very critical,and if i made any mistake to resizing it i may have to lost my phone forever.

I'm here to make a request to you that if you help me out to resize partition by a easiest way .i hope you won't reject me. I'm really fed up about resizing.here is my device details

phone: mi 8 pro

codename: equuleus

Rom : 128 GB

Default system partition size : 2.74GB

Hope you will help me
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] lol.mam:
what did you do wrong?
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] Sammm77:
my device does not have /sda, any solution?
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] lol.mam:
it might be mmcblk0
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] Sammm77:
Yep, but partitions like /system /vendor /system_ext and product do not appear, is it because of super partition?
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] georg3_:
Some phones also need system_a resized. I couldn't install a bigger GSI on One Action/troika and resizing system_a fixed it.
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] GMB (Moto one zoom):
as partições ( parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 )e (parted /dev/block/sda) não contém partições, mas as

(parted /dev/block/sdb) (parted /dev/block/sde) (parted /dev/block/sdf) contém as partiçoes. posso trabalhar nelas??

SDF (parted) parted /dev/block/sdf

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 131kB 655kB 524kB aop_b

2 655kB 4850kB 4194kB tz_b

3 4850kB 5374kB 524kB hyp_b

4 5374kB 5505kB 131kB storsec_b

5 5505kB 5636kB 131kB devcfg_b

6 5636kB 6160kB 524kB keymaster_b

7 6160kB 6685kB 524kB cmnlib_b

8 6685kB 7209kB 524kB cmnlib64_b

9 7209kB 7471kB 262kB prov_b

10 7471kB 8520kB 1049kB abl_b

11 8520kB 8602kB 81.9kB qupfw_b

12 8651kB 10.7MB 2097kB uefisecapp_b

13 10.7MB 10.8MB 32.8kB multiimgoem_b

14 10.8MB 10.8MB 32.8kB multiimgqti_b

15 10.8MB 10.9MB 65.5kB vbmeta_b

16 10.9MB 36.0MB 25.2MB ext2 fsg_b

17 36.0MB 183MB 147MB ext2 modem_b

18 183MB 216MB 33.6MB ext4 dsp_b

19 216MB 217MB 1049kB ext2 bluetooth_b

20 217MB 251MB 33.6MB logo_b

21 251MB 318MB 67.1MB boot_b

22 318MB 343MB 25.2MB dtbo_b

23 343MB 1149MB 805MB ext2 vendor_b

24 1149MB 4638MB 3490MB ext2 system_b

25 4638MB 4949MB 310MB ext2 oem_b

SDB parted /dev/block/sdb

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 131kB 139kB 8192B ssd

2 262kB 33.8MB 33.6MB ext4 persist

3 33.8MB 42.2MB 8389kB ext4 prodpersist

4 42.2MB 43.3MB 1049kB misc

5 43.3MB 43.8MB 524kB keystore

6 43.8MB 44.3MB 524kB frp

7 44.3MB 44.8MB 524kB utags

8 44.8MB 45.4MB 524kB utagsBackup

9 45.4MB 45.5MB 131kB cid

10 45.5MB 62.3MB 16.8MB metadata

11 62.3MB 70.6MB 8389kB kpan

12 70.6MB 79.0MB 8389kB sp

13 79.0MB 95.8MB 16.8MB carrier

14 95.8MB 97.9MB 2097kB modemst1

15 97.9MB 100MB 2097kB modemst2

16 100MB 100MB 131kB fsc

17 100MB 100MB 32.8kB dhob

18 100MB 100MB 4096B devinfo

19 100MB 109MB 8389kB logfs

20 109MB 109MB 262kB apdp

21 109MB 117MB 8389kB spunvm

22 117MB 118MB 524kB uefivarstore

23 118MB 118GB 118GB userdata

SDE (parted) parted /dev/block/sde

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 131kB 655kB 524kB aop_a

2 655kB 4850kB 4194kB tz_a

3 4850kB 5374kB 524kB hyp_a

4 5374kB 5505kB 131kB storsec_a

5 5505kB 5636kB 131kB devcfg_a

6 5636kB 6160kB 524kB keymaster_a

7 6160kB 6685kB 524kB cmnlib_a

8 6685kB 7209kB 524kB cmnlib64_a

9 7209kB 7471kB 262kB prov_a

10 7471kB 8520kB 1049kB abl_a

11 8520kB 8602kB 81.9kB qupfw_a

12 8651kB 10.7MB 2097kB uefisecapp_a

13 10.7MB 10.8MB 32.8kB multiimgoem_a

14 10.8MB 10.8MB 32.8kB multiimgqti_a

15 10.8MB 10.9MB 65.5kB vbmeta_a

16 10.9MB 36.0MB 25.2MB ext2 fsg_a

17 36.0MB 183MB 147MB ext2 modem_a msftdata

18 183MB 216MB 33.6MB ext4 dsp_a

19 216MB 217MB 1049kB ext2 bluetooth_a

20 217MB 251MB 33.6MB logo_a

21 251MB 318MB 67.1MB boot_a

22 318MB 343MB 25.2MB dtbo_a

23 343MB 1149MB 805MB ext2 vendor_a

24 1149MB 4638MB 3490MB ext2 system_a

25 4638MB 4949MB 310MB ext2 oem_a
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] Nihuya ne rabotayet:
My device: SM-A528B

Hello, I need to increase the partition for GSI. Could you please help me? Which section should I enlarge and what commands should I enter? (I tried to do everything according to the instructions, but I had questions and nothing happened)

1. I put the file (parted) in the root of the disk (C) and wrote (adb push C:/parted /sbin/ parted) is that correct?

2. What should I enter in (fs_type), (msftdata) if I have spaces here?

3. After the second input (p free), I lost the names of the modified sections.

4. The red lines in TWRP did not disappear anywhere and I could not boot into the system.
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] defcondoc:
Were you able to figure out how to expand the system partition with a super partition?
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] Zillion:
For fastboot to take the partition names use the following parted command:

name <partition-number> <partition-name>

On some devices this helps a lot, consider adding it to the main thread ^^
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] Zillion:
Some devices also use /dev/block/mmcblk0 instead of /dev/block/sda
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] Tahir Jamil:
Hi, how can i add partition like product and vbmeta, tried to add using "mkpart PRODUCT ext4 start end" then "mkpart VBMETA space start end" it added but cant flash using twrp, tried on fastboot "Fastboot flash product product.img" then same with vbmeta. but nothing works, zip files cant mount those. Please help
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] lol.mam:
For anyone having this problem, when creating the partition the name doesn't appear in parted, it happened to me too.

The solution (which worked for me) is using:

name <partition_number> <partition_name>

for example: the system partition on my device is number 42, so in order to name it system I used:

name 42 system

And it worked for me.
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] LongestyCandy:
Does anyone know if it's possible to do this on the Z3 Play (Beckham)? What if my work will not be lost when I restart?
[Motorola One Vision Guides, News, & Discussion] ahmed1maged:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 32.8kB 27.3MB 27.3MB boot_para msftdata

2 27.3MB 30.4MB 3146kB proinfo msftdata

3 30.4MB 31.0MB 524kB misc msftdata

4 31.0MB 31.5MB 524kB para msftdata

5 31.5MB 52.5MB 21.0MB expdb msftdata

6 52.5MB 53.5MB 1049kB frp msftdata

7 53.5MB 54.6MB 1049kB tkv_a msftdata

8 54.6MB 62.9MB 8389kB vbmeta_a msftdata

9 62.9MB 71.3MB 8389kB vbmeta_system_a msftdata

10 71.3MB 79.7MB 8389kB vbmeta_vendor_a msftdata

11 79.7MB 80.8MB 1049kB tkv_b msftdata

12 80.8MB 89.2MB 8389kB vbmeta_b msftdata

13 89.2MB 97.6MB 8389kB vbmeta_system_b msftdata

14 97.6MB 106MB 8389kB vbmeta_vendor_b msftdata

15 106MB 130MB 23.7MB ext4 md_udc msftdata

16 130MB 163MB 33.6MB metadata msftdata

17 163MB 197MB 33.6MB ext4 nvcfg msftdata

18 197MB 264MB 67.1MB ext4 nvdata msftdata

19 264MB 314MB 50.3MB ext4 persist msftdata

20 314MB 323MB 8389kB ext4 protect1 msftdata

21 323MB 336MB 13.0MB ext4 protect2 msftdata

22 336MB 344MB 8389kB seccfg msftdata

23 344MB 478MB 134MB md1img_a msftdata

24 478MB 479MB 1049kB spmfw_a msftdata

25 479MB 485MB 6291kB scp_a msftdata

26 485MB 487MB 1049kB sspm_a msftdata

27 487MB 503MB 16.8MB gz_a msftdata

28 503MB 505MB 2097kB lk_a msftdata

29 505MB 514MB 8389kB logo_a msftdata

30 514MB 547MB 33.6MB boot_a msftdata

31 547MB 614MB 67.1MB vendor_boot_a msftdata

32 614MB 623MB 8389kB dtbo_a msftdata

33 623MB 629MB 6291kB tee_a msftdata

34 629MB 631MB 2097kB sec1 msftdata

35 631MB 705MB 73.4MB nvram msftdata

36 705MB 839MB 134MB md1img_b msftdata

37 839MB 840MB 1049kB spmfw_b msftdata

38 840MB 846MB 6291kB scp_b msftdata

39 846MB 847MB 1049kB sspm_b msftdata

40 847MB 864MB 16.8MB gz_b msftdata

41 864MB 866MB 2097kB lk_b msftdata

42 866MB 875MB 8389kB logo_b msftdata

43 875MB 908MB 33.6MB boot_b msftdata

44 908MB 975MB 67.1MB vendor_boot_b msftdata

45 975MB 984MB 8389kB dtbo_b msftdata

46 984MB 990MB 6291kB tee_b msftdata

47 990MB 7997MB 7008MB super msftdata

48 7997MB 8313MB 316MB ext4 tranfs msftdata

49 8313MB 125GB 117GB userdata msftdata

50 125GB 125GB 45.1MB otp msftdata

51 125GB 125GB 16.8MB flashinfo msftdata

pls help i dont have system paratition !!!!

my phone is infinix note 10 (x693)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] redmix4:
i have this problem S7 edge g935f FRP Lock and no comand faild to open reocvery (no such fiel or directory),i tray difernt Firmware,and also extract recovery and flash separtely multipele time same erorr
[HTC Excalibur] glominor:
Ok, I've had this weird problem since last Saturday.

I have TMobile.

I can receive/read incoming text messages,

but when I send a text back, they don't get it unless they too have Tmobile as their Service Provider. I don't get it...any thoughts, suggestions?

Thanks
[HTC Excalibur] jdoggraz:
Use the link below and just follow the instructions on fixing your SMS.
[HTC Excalibur] glominor:
Thanks jdoggraz,

but I went to the link and it doesn't say anything for SMS.

I don't know why I'm having this problem...
[HTC Excalibur] jdoggraz:
Ummm thats weird, it might be their service provider, try sending it to someone who has Verizon or AT&T...
[OnePlus 8 Questions & Answers] gloster2:
I've tried a few different avenues to install drivers and always end up with what's in this picture. Any ideas for another way to load the right drivers?

View attachment 5378741
[OnePlus 8 Questions & Answers] AlDollaz:
Get the Google USB Driver | Android Studio | Android Developers

The Google USB Driver is required to perform adb debugging on Windows with Google devices.

developer.android.com
[Samsung Galaxy A51 Questions & Answers] rejprrr:
hello I have Android 11 (One UI 3.1) Galaxy A515F, so somehow I managed root but I would like to get rid of the messages "BL unlocked" when turning on, I would appreciate some advice :) Thanks for any advice
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OSX.Nobody:
Have anyone else checked if their android is truly encrypted despite it's showing the Encryption is enabled?

I have flashed many ROM from TWRP and OrangeFox recovery. Everything is properly configured. Device Encryption is enabled.

I checked all the props, ro.crypto.state ro.crypto.type all are sets properly. But if I boot into recovery mode (using TWRP or OFR), even if I don't give device password. Still all my files are accessible.

Additionally I cheked as how described in Android Doc. I rebooted phone, and before entering password, I tried accessing /data/data directory using adb shell and su. It was totally accessible . As documentation stated, if /data/data doesn't contain encrypted files before giving password, then something is wrong. I tried using MIUI EU ROM, OFFICIAL ROM, Lineage OS, etc.

So what exactly is going on, is there any android expert who can help me please? I posted it once before too. Do you know any expert, can you please mention them? It's a huge security risk. Thank you.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] ghettofreeryder:
I have noticed very poor community spirit amond many man cooks on XDA. For me, a community is about helping each other, and improving each others accomplishments. Many times, when even just trying to extract some manila files from a rom, or even decompilng a carrier rom, it just doesnt work. I presume this is because some cooks around here believe they are gods gift to this board (not community) because they lock roms. I can understand if you lock a program youi custom build, some low level mods, etc, but come on, a carrier rom.

I wanna thanks those who dont partake in this childish acts. If parts are used, then yeah of course the original cook deserves credit, and shall always be given credit. But people always ask why I dont post my roms here, this is why.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] _Nomad_:
A similar topic has already been discussed here
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Juicy47:
Totally agree, and well said Ghetto!

You'll always find my ROMs unlocked.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] -Mr. X-:
I agree as well.

I can see it from the cooks point of view in some cases... but common, you know how hard getting a sys and os can be if every rom you find that you may be able to get it from is locked. Getting the HTC rom updates are hard to find third party, and require a gsm handset serial number to download from htc.... which some of us dont have. so, i know my self have had difficulties finding stuff that i used to once be able to find very easily. Im usually pretty quiet here im not here to steal any ones glory ;) some times all we want is a package or a newer camera app ect...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] catdog:
It is all about EGOs. I do not cook but am a software designer for a few decades.

If I went into ROM cooking and somebody took my ROM, added a few things- generally improved it and posted it under his/her name- fair play to them. It would be ideal if they added credits.

I can learn from the successfully modded ROMs some new tricks. If they locked the pimped up code, I would go furious since this is not on the equal terms.

Both things i.e. the credits and locking of ROMs can be dealt with by the moderators of this server but there is either a very little will to do so or the perceived benefits of this approach are too low to outweigh the risks (i.e. developers abandoning this forum)

Strangely most people here would be vivid advocates of the Open Source model yet the first thing which gets promoted is a closed source approach.

I personally believe that it would be a bit of pain to get the unlocked ROM requirement going plus would need more work on the policing side but in the long run it would benefit us all.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Riel:
You guys make problems out of nothing.

THERE ARE a lot of open roms.

So ok. BUt now there is a cook that wants to present his locked rom.

Why not let him if he wants? Let them choose themselves. JUst don't download it, if its not good for you then leave it instead of continously making points in these topics.