yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] persiansown:
My post was saying that one second is too long on modern equipment. Granted, its better than previous phones but there is definitely room for improvement. I don't even think that the problem comes from the actual waking of the device. Sliding the phone open takes considerably longer than pressing menu and then sliding the phone up to have it rotate. Frankly, I think the problem may lie in how often the G1 is polling the keyboard for the status.

I may have been exaggerating, yes, but I still feel like it can be improved upon.

And no, I don't just have the G1 to have the latest and greatest. I research my purchases. I love the G1 and felt like it had some of the best bang for the buck. Plus its awesome. I'm on the phone with it right now :D

Sorry if I came across as harsh. I just thought you were flaming me for no reason. Didn't know you actually knew what you were talking about. No hard feelings man.
[G1 Android Development] schizox:
its all good bro

and yes there is room for improvement, as it is with all new hw and sw

in my case i hardly see any "lag" the most ive seen is when it sleeps with the browser open in the bg and its a little over 3 seconds.. and really i dont mind the lag. infact i find the touch pro (running tf3d) slower when opening the kb

im also sorry if i came across as too harsh its bound to happen with so many people with diff points of view

lets just hope that in your case the lag is fixed on future updates :)
[G1 Android Development] deviusdragger:
Yes i know were talking about 2 different phones. But he wasn't specific on the keyboard. The g1 compared to my touch, is so much better. I don't even touch, my touch. haha, I will say the OS on the iphone is awesome, smooth and just simple. But i also know that android system will surpass that once some of the awesome devs on here get deep into and maybe figure out how to bump up the speed on this badboy.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smallz:
I installed a theme and now I can't get past the G1 main screen how do I fix this problem?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samysam05:
Restore your backup. if you didnt back up you need to reflash JF's update.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekrodriguez:
Insert your micro sd card directly into your pc with an sd card or usb adapter. Delete the bad update.zip and replace with a different update.zip theme file, place card back into G1 then startup using home+power and alt+s the file. You should be good to go and you wont lose anything.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smallz:
thank you!
[XPERIA X1 General] LFCFredda:
Which program is it who makes the battery status icon in the status bar green and show the strength in percent right in top of the icon?
[XPERIA X1 General] gtrab:
May I kindly suggest you to SEARCH the forum because your specific question has been AMPLY DISCUSSED and answered before...

PS: You didn't read the MODERATOR ANNOUNCEMENT ?? Rules say you have to search and read before opening a new thread / posting. This helps to keep this forum as clean as possible

:rolleyes:
[XPERIA X1 General] Fr@:
...sticky threads are there for some reason... you'll find there all the necessary info and cabs
[XPERIA X1 General] LFCFredda:
I was searching the forum for 1,5 hours yesterday and yes i have read the announcement you referring to but maybe you knows better. I didnt find anything and created a new thread about it. By the way, what are the rules say about hobby moderating i havnt found anything but maybe you have?

I have searched with the words: battery, green, percent, meter, icon and still no luck.

Thanks to you, im not going to post anymore in this forum. I can send pm to the people i want to get in touch with instead.

OVER AND OUT
[XPERIA X1 General] Lokatho:
In the sticky threads there is a thread called:

X1 programs, panels, tweaks, fixes [COLLECTION][Feb 07]

In the thread beneath Tweaks there is a tweak called:

FInixNOver VGA Battery/Network Icons

Maybe that's what you're looking for.....:D
[XPERIA X1 General] Fr@:
I am sure that gtrab didn't wanted to be rude, but the "please read posts before posting" and "please use the search button" is a basic rule in all forums. It's not about not wanting to help people, it's about keeping forums focused and easy to use.

This (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=424926) is what you where looking for.

Hope you will enjoy this forum!

Edit: P.S.: next time try to search with more words at one time, like "battery percentage" "battery icon", etc.
[XPERIA X1 General] Angelusz:
Don't feed the trolls!
[Networking] eranyanay:
Is it possible to make phonecalls via my credit in voipbuster?

Can it be used only via WIFI or also via Wap package?

I'm using htc diamond.
[Networking] -hex-:
use fring. settings can be found in voipbuster settings page
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] phoe:
hi,

i just bought dopod 900 with WM6 installed on it. but later i found that the video call not working. some of my friends said that it because of the version of WM6. they advice me to downgrade it to the original WM5 OS, so the video call can be use.

can anyone help me to find the source of WM5 OS that i can use?

i will appreciate it.

thanks.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] orb3000:
Welcome to the forum

Please read here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Universal

I recommend you this wm5 rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=409966

Good luck,
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] phoe:
G3 device

thanks orb3000,

anyway...

WST 4.2.2 inform that my device is G3

is the ROM you recommend suitable for G3 devices ?

or should i use another ROM ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] orb3000:
Yes it works with G3

But you can always try a 6.1 ROM!, that personally found more interesting than WM5, of course if you don´t mind not having videocall...

Good luck,
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] phoe:
yes WM6 interesting, but i need the vid call

i just finished installing the WM5 ROM you suggest and it seem running well.

so the video call can be used again now.

thanks alot for your help orb3000
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] orb3000:
Glad to be helpfull

Don´t forget to vote for Universal!!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] phoe:
i did vote :-)
[P3470 General] zavadsky:
Hello:

I have m619 purchased in North America and I would like to make it as Russian as possible. Any advice?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] incisivekeith:
Could the posts in "Raphael Questions & Answers Here" be mini threads themselves?

I was just wondering about this after reading yet another post from a member about how difficult it could be to trace the thread once it is moved into the big thread, mostly because it would not have all the answers for that particular thread, well, threaded, to the original post anymore. Although the moderators might have contemplated this, but is it possible to have some sort of threading for each post within the big single thread? Maybe something like the threaded SMS feature for the Fuze? I hope this thread stays as a single thread itself :), so someone wondering about the same thing I am, knows why things are the way they are. Thanks.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] dharvey4651:
An even better idea would be to create a Raphael Questions and Answers Sub-Forum where people could start threads to ask questions and then keep it as an archive where you can go to find the answer to any question.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] darfri:
new system doesn't work

I totally agree with incisivekeith:

The single-thread Q&A system and the displacer-mods are killing active and concentrated conversations over the issues by forcing it into a chaotic messy HOLY THREAD. This undermines the entire point to exist of the forum
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] chewie8han:
I know I'm missing out on a decent amount of information because I don't even check that thread. It's an absolute mess. Even if I see a new thread that I might want to read that gets moved to that Q&A, I don't even bother. What a waste.

Kevin
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ptyindian:
Yes, the mods and admins are trying to figure out better ways to organize it but for right now i think it is decided that they will just have one huge thread of all questions and answers because there are way too many threads coming up with simple questions and they want to try and keep things more clean and organized on forums.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] KD8DNS:
If you think its a bad idea take a look into the kaiser section and see how much crap is there. What the mods are doing is a GOOD start to keep the forum clean.

In addition, most of the people that are complaining are the ones that have only been here for a couple months, therefore they have no idea what everyone has been through in the past year and even longer. You (no disrespect) new users here must realize that this has been our home for a long time, there is a certain level of respect and rules that many of us wish would be followed. Those rules are not being followed, so this is a good solution for a problem that has been going on for a while.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] dharvey4651:
Yeah well having one huge thread isn't exactly clean... It makes it terribly hard to find ANYTHING. They can call it the Questions & Answers Thread but that's just a poor way of trying to address a very large issue.

1. People are going to start a thread asking for help.

2. The moderators will merge that thread with ALL THE OTHER threads of people asking questions.

3. Now that person who was asking a question before will go back to their thread and see it was merged with that HUGE questions and answers thread and never be able to find their question or the potential answer...

Result of all of this?

They're going to start a new thread asking their question over and over again until they eventually get frustrated and give up, possibly driving them off... That's never a good way to run a site...

WE NEED A dedicated "Questions & Answers" SUB-FORUM within every major device's main forum. This will provide a place for people to ask their questions, get their answers, and move on. It will also provide the users with the ability to have those mini-discussions without having to worry about the moderators taking their thread and moving it to that giant mess you all call the questions and answers thread.

Just my 2 cents...
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ptyindian:
Hey yeah i totally understand what you are feeling. I brought the same exact point up in a thread here and here was the response by a mod. They are trying to figure things out too and in order to get a Q&A subforum they have to go through different things and get permissions and stuff like that and it apparently is not that easy.I understand what you are saying but for right now that is what the mods and admins decided was the best thing to do and this is only a trial from what i understand it is not permanent. They just wanted to see how it is going to work.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] dharvey4651:
Yeah I hope they figure this out sooner than later because I know that if I was the one asking a question only to come back a few hours later to find out that my post is now lost in that thread I wouldn't even waste my time trying to find the post let alone the answer...

People are gonna start getting discouraged and maybe that's their goal... Idk... I hope not but that's what's going to happen. People are gonna ask their question and then it's gonna be lost in that thread and they're never gonna find the answer IF someone actually reads through the thread enough to actually answer it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] incisivekeith:
I have to make this clear - my intention to begin this thread. It is certainly not to question the policy of the moderators of merging the questions in one big thread, because as KD8DNS said, people (new users) often open a thread for anything and everything, most of the times, without researching for the issue. I am highly technically inclined, but I could be considered a "new user" myself, not unfamiliar with the whole smart phone thing as I had a Nokia smart phone before the Fuze, but new to the Windows Mobile platform, and boy I have learned in the past couple of weeks alone.

I posted the following in response to a post in the big thread, which brought into light the lack of convenience in searching for a solution in the big thread:

"I had that line of thinking for a while, so I won't say you are saying something that is unreasonable. But, if it makes you feel a little better, maybe you can try for the keywords for that thread/post by using the "Search this Thread" menu at the top of any thread. Even with that, you will not have a thread that would have all the answers for that one issue in one thread, I agree, but maybe this huge thread is required, as there are/were so many threads for issues that have already been discussed or could really be answered in a big thread like this."

So, as I said, I most certainly understand the reason due to which the moderators decided to merge many threads. Having said that, and also considering there are certain rules, all I was opening for discussion, was whether there was a way to have mini threads within that thread or some alternate solution or not, which would not only reduce the maintenance and clumsiness of many threads for already discussed issues, but also be efficient in providing information to new users, for some of whom, frankly, this forum could be their first ever forum. That was the point I was wanting to discuss, and, I am reiterating the purpose of this thread, which is not to question any policies, but to just discuss an alternative. Thanks.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] scotchua:
Okay, since i'm the moderator being discussed i figured i should weigh in on the matter.

First, if you have an issue with anything that i do, feel free to PM me. I cannot promise that i'll change my mind about any of my decisions, but i will certainly listen to your point of view.

Second, a couple users were correct in saying MOST of the posts that I merge are redundant questions posted by people who don't know how to search or special issues that aren't going to apply to many people.

Finally, if there are several posts that you think would be beneficial to be posted as a separate thread for discussion about a significant issue then send me list of links to the posts you'd like to have merged into a separate thread, and I can pull all the posts together and put them in a new thread. It will just save me a lot of time if i don't have to look around for them, and increase the likelihood i will get to it sooner.

That's about it. I'll leave this open for a few to see if anyone has something useful to be gleaned, but to be honest, if it turns into people complaining because they don't like the Q & A thread then i'll probably just close it.

You obviously don't know what the point of the forum is. The Q&A people have very little to do with development, which is, in fact, actually the point of the forum.

This site has never been about being tech support to people not really interested in learning, so most of the users who would be discouraged that easily probably aren't users that were gonna stick around and contribute a lot anyway. That being said, right now the option is either to merge most of the new threads OR to delete them, because they're VERY redundant. I don't think anyone wants me to delete them, so for now i 'm doing the best we can. Right now it's been only a little over a week that we've been doing this. In that time there have been HUNDREDS of threads created in ONE subforum alone. We are working on reshaping a rapidly changing culture around here. If we swing too far toward the casual user we will lose our developers, but we don't want to completely ignore them. So have patience, offer constructive advice.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] darfri:
Thank you scotchua for being kind to offer a PM helpdesk... but I am afraid that you might get flooded with questions if you offer your help too graciously.

I have seen many dumb questions starting a thread around here like "my device is slow! What to do?" but those threads will also disappear in "history" and I don't understand how this really bugs anyone. We have a search option here. I understand that this is a development oriented forum BUT isn't an "end users" expression/opinion/frustration/rapture an important value?

I'd see a per-device Q&A subforum as a very good idea. You'll see that this subforum will be the most active. xda-dev is very good site and it should also remain flexible. I'm sorry that I am not a developer and don't have those skills. It might sound silly but "children" like me and other non-developers think different than hi-tech-development-geniuses and might point to problems that are more dysfunctional in practice than the ones that superbrains notice.

Actually I have stopped initiating my thoughts/worries here because of that new filter
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] scotchua:
First, I never offered to be a one man help desk :P cause you're right, there is no way i'd have the time, haha. What I did say is that people who have questions about WHY i did something should feel free to ask me, BEFORE they start complaining about it publically. The reality is that there is no way to make everyone happy. I have people who PM me saying they think what I'm doing is great, some who say that i'm not doing enough, some who hate it and think i'm ruining the forum, and some who disagree with it but understand....the site is huge and there are differing opinions.

I don't want anyone to be offended, but the reality is that not all opinions are of equal value to me, and accordingly, while i will gladly listen to ANY user, certain users or groups of users will have more pull because of their length of time here, my perceived quality of their ideas, or because of their contributions. Some may think this unfair, but then someone always does, and at least I am transparent about which factors i value most.

As I have said several times, a Q&A Sub-Forum could maybe be possible, however, it's really barely been a week with this Q&A thread and sometimes these things take time to develop. I really do think that the 20 new threads started every day take a lot away from the sub-forum as they push the actually valueable threads down to the second and third page most of the time. My preference honestly would be to delete every thread started and PM each user to post their questions in the Q&A thread instead. Then if people would use the quote feature it would be much easier to follow a conversation related to your question. Unfortunately, upon discussion with some other users it was determined that it might be a bit of a "heavy-handed" approach at this point.

The simple reality is that the rules are clearly posted everywhere, and if people would read them, then this whole issue would be moot. I personally don't even think it would be unfair to administer a short ban for people so blatantly disregarding the rules; however, at this point it has been deemed an excessive remedy to the issue. The reality is that MOSt of the threads being started are about self-inflicted issues, created by users who don't search or read...so while I have sympathy and am happy to help them, my sympathy runs short when they start complaining because it's hard to read 3-4 pages of posts a day to find their answer. If only any of those whining about this knew how much each mods personal time is devoted to sorting through everyone else's posts they'd certainly quit whining so much about having to spend a few minutes to find a solution.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ourtech:
First, I have to tell you that XDA-Developers is my most valuable web site for WM support. And I understand the original intent of this site as a site for developers and your desire to protect its intent. But success breeds success and in part it is because of the value of the information here that new/basic users are attracted to this site. If that is really what you don't want, point those users and questions to a different site and let us know where to go. I have downloaded and used the custom roms prepared for the Tilt and if I keep the Fuze, I intend to do the same. But I also just received my

Fuze and have very basic questions which have ben relegated to a post that will make finding a response difficult.

With that said, I don't think that your intent is to chase people away. After all, the added user base does give your site greater authority, if that is of value to you. But confining basic questions to a single thread takes away from the usefulness of a site such as this for those users. So, a hopefully constructive suggestion. Consider implementing the sub forum for questions and answers. If you don't want to monitor it yourself or have a developer do that, query some of your more valuable posters to see if they will perform that function. I am sure that some posters are not developers and would be willing to support that function. It costs nothing to ask. This would keep new users here. After all, many new users grow and eventually can add to the usefulness of the community as a whole.

Just a thought.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] scotchua:
I have highlighted the key term in bold. The problem we're facing is that most users are thinking individually. What is best for THEM when THEY are looking for ONE piece of info. I am really trying to think what is best for the site as a whole, and in my opinion having 30 new threads a day in just this one section is not what is best for people who are actually trying to find valuable resources. We had the same problem with the Development & Hacking section until we really cracked down on random thread posting in the wrong place, and created the Question & Answers section.

I know that people are frustrated that we only have one thread for their questions and answers, but the simple fact is that there are only 4 or 5 pages being added each day, so if you asked a question it really isn't that hard to see if it's being answered, which most of them are. I do agree that a sub-forum might be a possible solution to the problem, but even then people are still not going to even bother reading the rules.

Here's where my main objection comes in, and i sincerely hope that people understand me on this. It is fairly offensive to me for people to tell me it's too much work to read 4 pages in the Q&A thread, which i spend 10 times as much time cleaning up, helping users, and settling petty arguments between childish users on the forum every day. So you'll understand why i see the problem as being larger than just a little inconvenience for a few users wanting to ask simple questions. Most users don't even bother to post in the thread titled "Don't Start A New Thread".