yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r3s-rt:
Lol - the other day? I got mine for about that a whiiiiiiiiile ago. Ebay ftw.

Whenever mine are ruined, I can never see anything, so I don't know why you can. o.O
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazydrumerkid13:
hey im having this same problem and i have tried 3 diffrent cards so idk what to do when i click partition on recovery mode it takes like 2 seconds and it says its partitioned but it really is not i need help plz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
LONG POST WARNING

Hello Everyone,

I have been a silent member of the community since the days of the Qtek phones (some of the oldies will know what im talking about). im an amateur web-designer but a Technology Consultant full time.

Now ive moved onto Android (I had a G1 2 Weeks after UK Launch) and ive been a big follower of all the various mods and roms that people have been releasing.

I have been a HERO owner for the last 8 months and it now seems like theres a mass of developers making roms on forums spread all over the web.

I know that a lot of people are loyal to the forums they've been on since god was a boy but currently its such a mess trying to see whats new and whats gone out of date.

SO!!!!

I have a load of webspace and bandwidth so i want to give back to the community and make everyone's life easier.

Im hoping to setup a dedicated forum for HERO Roms, with each rom having its own dedicated category. This will mean that bugs and issues can be posted as "individual topics" making it easier for everyone to find out a solution to their problem. Also it will mean that the developers can see instantly what bugs there and keep track of them.

This is aimed to be as much a help to the DEVs as it is to the users.

Also, if funds and bandwidth allow, this will let DEVs to upload their roms to the sites dedicated FTP space meaning it will be alot easier for people to download.

So ive put up a poll. The question is simple and you have 4 answers, 2 yes and 2 no, depending on if you're a dev or a user.

Ill let the poll run for a few days while i prepare a demo forum for testing.

If this all goes well then i will set up similar forums for all android based phones making the android developing world the best there could be.

If anyone has any experience which could be useful such as graphics, phpbb admin, or even hosting space pm me and we will see if we can collaborate to make this thing a success.

Signing Out

The Didge
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FunkTrooper:
Sounds good — right now, each ROM just has one big impossible to navigate megathread. A section for topics/questions on each individual ROM would be invaluable.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
Also forgot to add

Developers will have a dedicated "Lounge" to share/collaborate on fixing common issues. this will be hidden from normal users and will allow DEVs to work together a lot easier
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
There are non-dev's on here though that can have some very good ideas in fixing things..... you don't really want to alienate them
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Redpizzi:
it is a no from me - XDA-DEVELOPERS is where we get our fix.....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
A very good point, ill work out a way this can also be implemented.

Anyone can become a developer by request but it will be closely monitored. By setting up a dedicated section it will allow devs to discuss things without being plagued by people saying they're having the same problem or haven't read the instructions properly etc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
TBH, I think that devs will still tend to migrate away from here, or really any forum where they are stuck in a 'box' as part of a bigger 'box'.

I've been setting up an off-site forum for a ROM, and there are certainly advantages to having admin/mod rights that you don't get on shared forums.

One example was that recently a dev I work with went away, and Apps2SD wasn't working on their ROM. I made a hotfix, as per our agreement before he went away, but I had to end up adding the link to my sig in red and hoping people read it... Anyway, if we'd wanted to get it into the first post, we'd have had to PM a mod and waited an age for someone to sort it out.

With admin and mod rights, a small group of us will be able to edit each others' posts and this sort of thing shouldn't happen.

On a very positive note, I've noticed that the level of support from people with servers has been brilliant. There are now 2 mirrors for this ROM's stuff, and we have plenty of space (tens of gigabytes) to host ROMs and files for people. This generosity is really appreciated, but I don't think (IMHO) devs will move from here to another 'shared' forum... The flexibility of having your own site with bugtracker software and MediaWiki is too alluring...

There are also plenty of interesting other things that can be done on a server where there's only one real ROM on it, which would not be possible, or fair on the host, if you had loads of ROMs on the site... (think about CPU and disk usage if you do any interesting scripting :))

Hell, I've even got ssh access to one of the servers now, so I can use rsync to upload files via diffs, saving bandwidth. But that wouldn't really be feasible for lots of people, and loading could become an issue if a couple of DEVs released a rom at the same time (think impending 2.1 release and the number of d/ls you'll get an hour after that :D)

But, I'm gonna vote no, and those are my (personal opinion) reasons. But if you go ahead, I wish you good luck, and feel free to PM me if you need help working with phpBB or other stuff like that (I've done it for a while)...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Well, a read-only forum would sort this, where non-devs can read, but not post. But then it's not a devs forum...

(sorry for double post, but it's on a different sort-of topic)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Yeah I agree with you there Pulser (on pretty much it all)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Lenny, am about to PM you with account details for what I've whipped up on the new villain mirror (forum etc.) Change default password obviously :)

@topic, TBH, I think load on this server could be immense. That's my main reason for no (since last post was very long, and I really think I should summarise).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Redpizzi:
I do like the idea - will it turn into ads city though?????
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
anon, your work on the villain rom is what inspired me to do this.

The villain thread is now almost 750 pages long and i can no longer follow it all as theres just too much to catch up on if ive been away for a couple of days.

A dedicated forum per rom is very possible but... it would mean that users would have to register at lots of different forums if they wanted to try things out.

ill pm you a link to the kind of thing im aiming for. At least having your input means we can make it even better.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Thanks, will look out for it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
No, it wont. Im sure the community will be supportive enough to make sure that dosnt happen.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
Just a quick note to everyone. if the majority of developers say no then this wont be going ahead. without the developers there will be no use in the forum.

If anyone wants any points to be clarified or any suggestions please just post it here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FunkTrooper:
Even without dev support, i still think there would be much value in having a system in which users of a specific ROM can talk to each other. And talk in a structured, easy to navigate way. (i.e. not having everything in one megathread).

So if I wanted to ask a question about a certain ROM I'm using, other users of that ROM would be lurking in that section of the forum, and they could answer my question.

tl;dr it'd be good regardless of dev support
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adwinp:
Discard all the "wannabe chef" threads, follow only the ones you have an interest in, and there you go. That would have saved you ~90% of the hassle.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
not exactly sure what youre referring to but if its about the list of roms then thats what i do, just follow the ones i want... BUT

the threads are very disorganised and the villain rom is now almost 750 pages long....

There is no way to easily look back and see what the bugs are other than looking back over the last 50-60 pages - search dosnt work properly because you could have the same issue mentioned hundreds of times in diffrent contexts.

And its not fair to make all the DEVs update their first post eveytime someone says something isnt working.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
A wiki would be ideal for this...

Just my 2c
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdgut:
I stand by my earlier comment on this issue.

We need to stop fragmenting the Hero ROM community rather than fragment it more.

Incase nobody noticed, the Hero ROM community is ALOT smaller than the Dream/Magic community is.

In part because we have to deal with closed-source Sense.

But this doesn't mean that we should move to other forums just because you can't have admin powers here.

Maybe it's a better idea to ask the admins if they can possibly install a modification into vBulletin (the software this forum runs on) so that 1 thread can have multiple authors.

I'm sure there is one around.

Meaning that the person that creates a rom can assign people that can edit the first post.

This solves all the problems you have without fragmenting the community (further).

Or am I wrong?

If you want your own forum just so you can have "power" over the other users then I can garantuee you that the chances of it going well are slim.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
This isnt about power or trying to rival anyone.

Simply put currently its like 10,000 books all placed on random shelves, hundreds of duplicates. its very difficult to find what youre looking for and to find books or peoples reviews that are relevant.

What were aiming for is to set up a simple library like system, that way each subject (ROM) will have its own section, and within that all the related items.

I agree with you about fragmenting the community, but if the community outgrows its living space then something has to be done.

anyway, i feel like im making no sense so im just going to end this post here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Hmm. I don't think anyone wants a forum for the power over other users. For Villain though, I have some ideas in the pipeline (need to be passed by nathan), but they need their own server infrastructure, and stuff like that. Also, if he wanted a 'donators only' feature, it's much easier to use your own forum. I still think we'd need to keep xda up-to-date with links to stuff.

I wonder if anyone could make a single-sign-on system for ROM forums, so you sign in once, and can browse them all??? Most forums support authentication methods, so maybe it's possible?

A forum isn't ideal for all of this though (the concept of linear posts is the issue, I reckon), and the 750+ page villain thread is testament to that...)

It's a difficult issue, and one that will divide opinion...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdgut:
Some sort of online kitchen (which is what I think you are talking about) doesn't require a new forum.

And I can tell you now that he tried a donation version before and that didn't work out very well.

All you get out of it is alot of complaining and people having expectations.

I doubt he wants that again but we'll have to wait and see when he gets back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Hmm. Didn't know that he's done it before. The new script has been built from the ground up, and re-uses previously cooked ROMs based on a clever wee algorithm.

We'll just see... I was trying to find something in the Villain thread there, and can't (750+ pages...) Oh well. That's what this thread is about though!

EDIT:

See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5843028&highlight=kitchen#post5843028 Seems like he's willing to give it another go...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdgut:
My advise to him would be to create a new thread every major version.

Aswell as a new wiki page every minor version.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yup. I think that's why he did it for 3.4 BETA...

Well, we try and create a wiki for each version, but mediawiki is so much better than xda's one, so we may look at that at some point...

Valid point though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] uackuack:
Hello, years ago I followed the community of a video game (rFactor), the game was based on mod created by users, so the problem was essentially the same: a basic disorganization and fragmentation. Then the solution came with a site (rfactorcentral) that began to gather all the various mod cataloging them without claiming to replace the forum (rsc). In my opinion is what the community needs now Android.

And for this I make my help as a graphic and web designer if there is a need.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
any developers that are voting no, do you mind posting your reasons?

maybe theres a point which i haven't put across as best as i can, or maybe theres certain things which may concern you. This is for the DEVs as much as the users so if you guys give me feedback i can see if i can make it better suited to your needs.

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrTechie:
Thanks for your input :) your services may be required and would be greatly appreciated :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naenee:
I don't see any need for yet another board.

It's true that there are multiple boards online where different devs post their roms, but those boards have been around for a while and are part of a larger community and therefor the moderators/forum setup/host tend to be more reliable than something newly setup by a user.

You could offer to host files for devs but then, this should just be one of the mirrors, not the only download location. Mediafire and similar hosting services might give problems to some (perhaps people have disabled javascript in their browser for instance), but they are reliable and won't run out of space or bandwidth.

I feel that by creating yet another forum with only part of the devs willing to use it, you'd just be fragmenting the 'rom community' even more than you say it is now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
I'm going to have to vote no to this.

There are already so many sites out there. It's difficult for me to manage using more than one site at a time as a developer.

I post my roms on XDA-DEV and XDA-DEV only. If people want to re-post them, they are free to do so; but I like it here.

As for losing track of people's comments and feedback, I understand your concerns. As a result, we (I say we, but I have had little to do with it), have set up a bug tracker and mini-forum specifically for VillainROM.

I'm ranting a bit now.

Selfishly, I just don't want somewhere new to post in the exact same way that I post now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] anarchyuk:
Its bad enough that the roms are sometimes split between htcpedia and here IMO, need to upgrade my brain ram if this comes to fruition :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
I think the point of the forums would be to centralize the whole thing and potentially give the developers a bit more power to moderate their threads. So there would be no more fragmentation. Obviously if devs want to continue as it is, things aren't going to get better!

A forum where you have a dedicated space for your own releases doesn't sound at least a little bit tempting?
[General Questions and Answers] rialeeme:
I have an HTC Fuze Raphael basic rom with a few tweaks including mUns backgrounds for all tabs. I am a wallpaper freak & I constantly like to change it up. That means to see how my new wallpapers will look I have to go in & out of files which is time consuming. How about something where you plug in your phone to the computer your phones face shows on the computer screen & on the side you have all your background choices and everytime you click on a background it shows what your phone will look like with that wallpaper including what the tabs would look like too. Then how about an option to select a different wallpaper for each tab & viewing what it would look like. I also use Basic Hue Express which helps match the task bars to wallpapers. How about something that changes the task bar color with it too & having many choices of colors. Also the font style & color. If you want to get more into it have a selection of different clocks & icons. Then once statisfied click on complete & the theme shows right on your phone instead of downloading cabs or installing anything. Well thats my idea feel free to take it and run & make it better or add more ideas. Have fun developers! If you take on my idea keep me updated & let me test it out first hehe. Thanks! *Priscilla
[General Questions and Answers] stylez:
Moved as not theme release.

RULES FOR DEVELOPMENT & HACKING
[General Questions and Answers] bigphokus:
Yea thats cool
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Aaron McCarthy:
Now, this thread is exactly how it sounds however a little deeper.

Months and months back I read a thread about a way to be able to choose which albums show up in the albums panel under the photo tab on manilla. I am NOT refering to what photos simply show up on the actual photo tab. In order to chose that it's fairly simple

Under photo tab choose Albums (left soft key) then albums again. Once there a list of all the photo albums on the phone and storage card will show up. Scroll to the album you want displayed then select menu then "set album as favorite".

What I want to know is how to make it so only certain albums show up in the album view.... ie Under photo tab choose Albums (left soft key). It's sort of a pain having to scroll past wallpaper albums, thumb nailed albums of facebook contacts, random photos stored on the storage card, icon sets etc tc.

Currently I'm running Version 3.2 Build 2011.2422. I know on the stock rom for ATT I never had this issue. When I was running the stock rom is when I read about someone coming up with a way to show only specific albums but since I didnt need it I sort of discregarded it.

If anyone can help this would be great. I know a lot of others are looking for this too.

Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] rstoyguy:
This is what I use in my rom...

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\HTCAlbum]

"favorite_folder"="\\My Documents\\Wallpapers"
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] amcq1010:
From what I can tell, HTC Album seems to scan the FS for all images, and then creates an "Album" for each folder that it finds files within.

By scanning the registry, I found this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\HTCAlbum\Ignored

An example from my registry is:

Name: Camera

Data: \My Documents\Templates

All you need to do is add a new Registry item here, name it whatever you want, and set the Data to be the path that you want to ignore.

Then, just restart HTC Sense (Settings -> Today -> Toggle Windows Default, OK, then Toggle back to HTC Sense)

Some of the ones that I've added to ignore are:

Name: FBCache

Data: \temp\fbimagecache

Name: OnlineAlbumTemp

Data: \OnlineAlbumTemp

Name: UAContents

Data: \My Documents\UAContents

Name: Sashimi

Data: \Storage Card\SASHIMI

Name: Programs

Data: \Program Files

Name: AppData

Data: \Application Data

This should drastically clean up your Albums to only be the folders that you "want" the Album to find.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Aaron McCarthy:
Are you kidding me!!! 15 posts and you just came up with something THAT usefull!!! Amazing!! I think by my 15th post I was still getting ripped apart for not knowing how to use the search feature in a thread! :P

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] SlyMaelstrom:
You act like people are born the day they sign up for XDA Developers. :P

Thanks for the info, it's definitely something I'll be doing because I just recently had been bugged by this same issue once I decided to start using HTC Album over CorePlayer to watch MP4s.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] amcq1010:
Thanks for the compliment... I do consider myself newbie. Hopefully, I'll be able to contribute more as time goes by.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Aaron McCarthy:
My comment wasn't meant as an insult AT all. I was just impressed as I have been trying to figure this out for a while and I know a few others that have been doing the say. Like I said.. by my 15th post I was no where near coming up with something as productive as that. I apologize if I somehow did insult you Sly :P
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] SlyMaelstrom:
I didn't take it as an insult. I just thought it was humorous that you associate post count to ability. Really, one of the principle developers of Windows Mobile or HTC devices could sign up for this forum tomorrow and blow our minds with his first post.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] xefe1:
I got this file from ppcgeeks.com

Credit goes to the author, I have no idea who it was. I did a search over there but couldnt find it.

I take absolutely zero credit, but it works and hides whatever folders you want from the htc Album.

If anyone knows who the author is please let me know so proper credit can be given.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] amcq1010:
wow... now my RegistryHAck seems miniscule to a full-fledge application to do this for you.... ...

note to self: start writing WinMo apps by Post 25...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] SlyMaelstrom:
Heh, the app doesn't do anything but put a front-end on what you told us. ;)

It's the investigative work that's worth the credit... the rest is easy.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Tomkroes:
HELP!!!

I installed it, now i can't find it to uninstall!

It doesn't work on my device (Touch pro 2 with sense 2.5)

Now i want to remove it but i can't find it.

Could someone help me please??

Thanks in advance! Tom

Edit/Delete Message
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Lennyz1988:
Settings >> System >> remove programs
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Tomkroes:
No, like i said, i want to remove it but couldn't find it

But it is not necessary anymore cause i installed a new rom :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] drewcam888:
If you installed a new rom then it was erased. Whenever you hard reset or install a new rom then everything you installed previously and all settings are erased.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Tomkroes:
I know, that's what i mentioned:D

Topic can be closed
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D-fens:
I've noticed one week ago that ppl on the other side started to complain about quality of "my voice". They hear some kind of interference, screech etc. It happen even when I'm in full bars (Egde, 3g etc).

My X1 was never droped and I've never sit on it.

Tried to turn on and off the Microphone AGC, reflashed ROM - nothing has changed.

Is there anything else I can do with it without sending it to SE?

regards.

D-fens

Another problem or maybe the progress of the same. My Microphone is dead - amost. Sometimes it won't work and nobody hear me and sometimes slidin' the slider few times helps for a while. Maybe it's the Flex Tape? Don't know but it drives me mad. Hate my X1....
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D-fens:
No similiar problems? Anyone? Am I the one without luck?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orelsi:
If you have flashed it and the problem is still there, it means the issue is hardware and not software related.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D-fens:
Flashed, hardreseted twice. Damn, X1 is going for a trip to service :(