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So, most other phones have a q&a section, so why dont we? That would probably keep people from posting questions in development. Thanks!
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There is. It is stickied in the epic4g development section.
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But a Q & A thread in the General section isn't a bad idea - some questions have absolutely nothing to do with development, and everything to do with the already-developed.
And some questions don't need an entire thread, just one post to ask and one post to answer. Topics worthy of a full guide should then be the only questions with dedicated threads (and the OP can update the first post as new information comes in, compiling it all in one easy to find place)
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Also if you have a separate section for Q/A, you can differentiate between different topics, instead of searching through the Q/A topic on the Dev section. Not to sound lazy, but it would be easier to search via topics in a specified Q/A section.
The hero has a q&a section, and it made things a lot easier to ask questions because no one was on your ass for being curious about something.
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marcusant said:
So, most other phones have a q&a section, so why dont we? That would probably keep people from posting questions in development. Thanks!
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+1000000000000000 on this!
I have seen countless amounts of topics that are always moved because of confusion, or get bagged on for asking something dumb.
With a Q&A section, people would be free of asking a question, and with all the questions in one place, it may be easier to find the topic you're looking for.
Thank my post if you want a seperate q&a section like the nexus s, evo, captivate, hero, etc. has!
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Ok, I got a pm from an admin and he said that he can't control if the Epic gets a q&a and that there are requirements to get one. Sorry guys
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Im curious to know what those requirements are because I would like to see one as well.
Sent from my shoe, I mean....Epic shoe... I mean Samsung Epic! http://mobilehighway.blogspot.com/
Im willing to help get a q&a section if I can. All I need are some detailed instructions telling me what I have to do.
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What are the requirements? I don't understand why they couldn't just add one.
I've been curious about this absence for a while, but never said anything. Thanks for bringing it up.
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Vanquish46 said:
What are the requirements? I don't understand why they couldn't just add one.
I've been curious about this absence for a while, but never said anything. Thanks for bringing it up.
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Lol they're not gonna say. There ain't no requirements. Its a little scapegoat
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Lol they're not gonna say. There ain't no requirements. Its a little scapegoat
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How is it a scapegoat? No one cares enough for someone to be blamed or there to be fall out.
Please just add a Q&A board. It would definitely cut down on the stupid froyo topics and the like.
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After XDA mods have pushed another DEV away with the recent events on ptfmedic's Autism blog voting thread, in site of all the threads that have nothing to do with Epic. Tell them here that you want an off-topic thread!
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add a poll...
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After XDA mods have pushed another DEV away with the recent events on ptfmedic's Autism blog voting thread, in site of all the threads that have nothing to do with Epic. Tell them here that you want an off-topic thread!
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+1 how about a community off topic forum eh mods?
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I guess we need to be the first section other than general to get an off topic section. Our users are ridiculous.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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I sent email earlier today for this exact request. As you can see I am not the only one that wants this!
Edit: I will hit thanks tomorrow ran out of thanks today.
I personally like this idea but I can see how it may get out of hand. Flagging thread for mod/admin review.
zanderman112 said:
I guess we need to be the first section other than general to get an off topic section. Our users are ridiculous.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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I agree, I do personally think you're correct.
I do also think its a fine idea for all phone forums going forward though.
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I personally like this idea but I can see how it may get out of hand. Flagging thread for mod/admin review.
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Thank you. Anything to stop our users from complaining about everything.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
we dont need an off topic within the epic section. we need a cage.
How many moderators do we have for the epic section? Is it just a had full of moderators for all areas of xda? Just seems like moderators are popping out of nowhere? Funny thing is haven't even heard of such people and posts are being closed left and right.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176704
You're welcome
P.S. We'll be watching...keep it clean
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176704
You're welcome
P.S. We'll be watching...keep it clean
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JohnCorleone said:
edited (edit logs FTW)
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Yep, I don't mess around
Dosnt show up in the xda app yet.
Edit its there now, nice.
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How about a Epic chit chat forum so they can throw all the threads in there....like this one.. I do not like seeing them. I want to see Epic threads.
All the vote for me...go click this..charity messages need to go. Everyone has issues whether it be physical, financial or whatever, nobodys life is perfect. If everyone decided to start a thread about their relatives sickness or some bill they got hit with this place would be 10 times the mess that it is now.
I am fine with the charity stuff in your signatures as they can be shut off.
I vote for immediate deletion of any threads that don't fall under the category named in the title of the forum - so if it isn't Epic related, it should be in another section. If it isn't smart phone related, it belongs on a completely different website.
As far as social topics, XDA has no need to compete with facebook/google+/etc...
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This thread is redundant now that you have an off topic thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176704
I figured I would open this thread due to the all the hooey going on and also the clogging up of Kushdeck's and JaredtheGreat's ICS thread no longer on here, and with preludedrew not posting his roms on XDA. Any questions or issues are welcome and anyone that can help,can feel free to assist. No links will be posted here. Please follow @preludedrew on Twitter for updates and downloads. Please do not post links unless they are your own. Lets keep this thread nice and friendly and please follow the rules of this forum....that being said Thank You!
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I've been running the rom for the last 24+ hours. I'm really impressed with how stable it has been. It has some issues mainly dealing with the gallary/camera and setting photos as things etc. but still, for it's alpha stage it's not bad.
I applied the car-o-dope settings and it seemed to calm it down a bit also. These roms should get real fun here soon!
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I've been running the rom for the last 24+ hours. I'm really impressed with how stable it has been. It has some issues mainly dealing with the gallary/camera and setting photos as things etc. but still, for it's alpha stage it's not bad.
I applied the car-o-dope settings and it seemed to calm it down a bit also. These roms should get real fun here soon!
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Agreed and the battery life is outstanding. The gallery seems to settle down after a while, but I've been using Quickpic as a picture gallery and makes setting wallpaper and cropping much easier...it works well with ICS and I've gotten no fc's using it. Its free in the market and is a great alternative to stock gallery
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I was just reading the thread and it disappeared. I am not a twitter fan. Oh well.
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I was just reading the thread and it disappeared. I am not a twitter fan. Oh well.
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You don't have to be a twitter fan, it takes 2 seconds to create an account and search who you want to follow, and check it periodically...keep it as an app on your phone so you don't have to keep signing in all the time. I recommend following @kushdeck as well because he posts test builds not available on XDA also, actually he just posted his alpha 4 build with working camera a little bit ago...
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i didnt see what the big deal was when someone made a thread in the dev section. guess drew didnt either.
per his tweet
"preludedrew:Fyi the thread on xda for evo 4g doesn't bother me. Better than others that don't give credit."
Yeah, I love how everyone was freaking out about a link being posted without even knowing whether or not Drew would be against it. Download links are visible to everyone with an internet connection... there shouldn't be a restriction on posting them.
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i didnt see what the big deal was when someone made a thread in the dev section. guess drew didnt either.
per his tweet
"preludedrew:Fyi the thread on xda for evo 4g doesn't bother me. Better than others that don't give credit."
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The problem is with noobs flashing the Rom and something going wrong or running into problems and asking. the noobish questions that the Op isn't qualified to answer. The reason he doesn't care about people posting a link is because he doesn't have to deal with all the noobs and a-holes...
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Yeah, I love how everyone was freaking out about a link being posted without even knowing whether or not Drew would be against it. Download links are visible to everyone with an internet connection... there shouldn't be a restriction on posting them.
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How bout you go start a thread in your own phones forum, this is for the Evo 4G not the 3D
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bimmerman7 said:
How bout you go start a thread in your own phones forum, this is for the Evo 4G not the 3D
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How about you stop trying to order people around? I have an Evo 4G as well and I will post here if I damn well please.
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The problem is with noobs flashing the Rom and something going wrong or running into problems and asking. the noobish questions that the Op isn't qualified to answer. The reason he doesn't care about people posting a link is because he doesn't have to deal with all the noobs and a-holes...
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Except noobs flash ROMs and ask repetitive questions all of the time.. Why should we care if someone foolishly flashes a ROM they know nothing about? In any of the other threads, users ask questions which are 9 times out of 10 answered by other users, rather than the devs themselves.
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SoraX64 said:
How about you stop trying to order people around? I have an Evo 4G as well and I will post here if I damn well please.
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All you post is bull****, you're not helping anybody or contributing anything. You want to rant and rave go start your own thread. I opened this one after that last debacle, so people would have a place to discuss and come for help with this Rom. And here you come again to start ****...please if you have nothing to contribute please go troll somewhere else
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They must have built a really big bridge over xda cuz there's a lot of trolls around lately
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Wat happen to da fix 4 fc
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drew tweeted earlier that he didnt mind thread being started for his rom on xda,since proper recognition had been given....
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drew tweeted earlier that he didnt mind thread being started for his rom on xda,since proper recognition had been given....
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For the last time...that wasn't the issue.... IT WAS IN THE WRONG SECTION that dude developed nothing you look up and see Aamikam look down and see Kushdeck and this a - hole strarted a thread to post a link to somebody elses Rom in the middle of these REAL devs ....when you post a Rom in the dev section you need to be available to address any issues it causes, bug fixes, improvements not drop a link and bone out...
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blz_phnx said:
Wat happen to da fix 4 fc
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Care to elaborate sir? Try wiping cache and dalvik cache then fix permissions, then reboot should help whatever your experiencing...
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bimmerman7 said:
All you post is bull****, you're not helping anybody or contributing anything. You want to rant and rave go start your own thread. I opened this one after that last debacle, so people would have a place to discuss and come for help with this Rom. And here you come again to start ****...please if you have nothing to contribute please go troll somewhere else
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So we couldn't have a thread with a link in it in the development section because the OP wasn't qualified to answer questions, so you open a thread that serves the same exact purpose WITHOUT a link to the ROM? If you think I'm here to troll you are sorely mistaken, I merely am posting my thoughts in a thread, just as you are doing. I fail to see anything I've said or done to make myself more of a troll than you or anyone else here.
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For the last time...that wasn't the issue.... IT WAS IN THE WRONG SECTION that dude developed nothing you look up and see Aamikam look down and see Kushdeck and this a - hole strarted a thread to post a link to somebody elses Rom in the middle of these REAL devs ....when you post a Rom in the dev section you need to be available to address any issues it causes, bug fixes, improvements not drop a link and bone out...
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You call him an A-hole for posting a thread in hopes of clearing clutter from other threads, and I'M the troll?
The thread was perfectly at home there. It is a ROM in active development made by a dev who no longer posts here; but he has no problem with his work being posted alongside proper credit. The OP posted it to give room for development conversation.
There are multiple threads set up like this.. the CM threads, for example. After being posted, the poster usually never comes back and all questions and concerns are answered by users like us.
Posting that thread in the development section gave room for people who create mods to share their work, as well as to discuss different ideas regarding the fixing of certain bugs.
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Care to elaborate sir? Try wiping cache and dalvik cache then fix permissions, then reboot should help whatever your experiencing...
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somebody posted a link to da fc fixes earlier this mornin before da thread was taken down, cant remember who posted it
Well I Just rooted my mytouch 4g and i was wondering how do i get the best Ice cream sandwich install on my phone
There's only one rom and its the one in the dev section. Flash it and read before posting. Also, if you ask about the camera I may have to kill you.
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I wouldn't recommend an ics rom yet unless you have no need for a camera our video camera. I don't believe flash is working right either. I may be wrong about that though. I would suggest unity, Cm7, our miui for rooms to try out until a solid release of ics is available.
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Ok Whats a good complete fast rom and is there a tut on how to flash one
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Ok Whats a good complete fast rom and is there a tut on how to flash one
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... use the search button??
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nyamd20 said:
Ok Whats a good complete fast rom and is there a tut on how to flash one
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How did you manage to get root, but don't know how to flash a rom?...its stickied in the development thread somewhere
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I suggested roms in the post I have you. YouTube how to flash a rom.
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You're all wrong.
Its in aisle 5,next to the neopolitan.
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Wow, no wonder everyone is leaving this forum. You people are rude, obnoxious and bitter. Where would you all be if no one helped you?
Actually,the response weren't bad.
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4Orr said:
Wow, no wonder everyone is leaving this forum. You people are rude, obnoxious and bitter. Where would you all be if no one helped you?
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I believe most of those who are now answering questions, actually could read and search and weren't lazy enough to skip those parts.
And "everyone is leaving this forum" is a bland, non-backed-up-by-anything, and most probably wrong assumption.
4Orr said:
Wow, no wonder everyone is leaving this forum. You people are rude, obnoxious and bitter. Where would you all be if no one helped you?
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Hey go visit the Desire HD to forums, or the Samsung Galaxy S forums.
We are NICE compared to them... trust me, i know.
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sunlaw2 said:
You're all wrong.
Its in aisle 5,next to the neopolitan.
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alot of people just like getting spoon fed.
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This forum is a resource, not a help line..you don't call up the folks at wikipedia and go "quick, i have a report due, tell me what happened in ww2!"
They did the research to help narrow your information search to a single forum, the last you can do is understand that unless you are developing new applications or roms or working on a brand new device that your question has already been asked and the onus is on you to actually read the encyclopedia and to write your own report..no one is going to write your report for you, especially not the editors of the encyclopedia..it is gracious that some of these questions even get replies, even if they are flaming you for asking without searching..imo fwiw
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This forum is a resource, not a help line..you don't call up the folks at wikipedia and go "quick, i have a report due, tell me what happened in ww2!"
They did the research to help narrow your information search to a single forum, the last you can do is understand that unless you are developing new applications or roms or working on a brand new device that your question has already been asked and the onus is on you to actually read the encyclopedia and to write your own report..no one is going to write your report for you, especially not the editors of the encyclopedia..it is gracious that some of these questions even get replies, even if they are flaming you for asking without searching..imo fwiw
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SPOKEN!
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
........Death before dishonor........
Well, all of you guys are right, but...This is also the Q&A section. Just sayin...Lol
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This forum is a resource, not a help line..you don't call up the folks at wikipedia and go "quick, i have a report due, tell me what happened in ww2!"
They did the research to help narrow your information search to a single forum, the last you can do is understand that unless you are developing new applications or roms or working on a brand new device that your question has already been asked and the onus is on you to actually read the encyclopedia and to write your own report..no one is going to write your report for you, especially not the editors of the encyclopedia..it is gracious that some of these questions even get replies, even if they are flaming you for asking without searching..imo fwiw
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Amen.
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I2IEAILiiTY said:
Well, all of you guys are right, but...This is also the Q&A section. Just sayin...Lol
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Yes, but not for the same questions to be posted and answered over aand over. Cluttering the forum. That's what the search functions is there for. For when you have already exhausted all your search resources and found nothing, then you ask for help.
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Yes, but not for the same questions to be posted and answered over aand over. Cluttering the forum. That's what the search functions is there for. For when you have already exhausted all your search resources and found nothing, then you ask for help.
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At least SAY 'I've looked everywhere! Can you point me to an answer for...' Even if you haven't looked, at least pretend to know how to use a search bar..these things have been around for over a decade lmao you might get help for a dumb question and not get flamed if you at least lie and say you searched
Also, no one likes dumb people or dumb questions, it isn't a trait unique to developers on xda, even though I've encountered my share of smart asses, the fount of knowledge here far exceeds any petty squabble i might get into..if something like that makes you leave the site then it's more your loss than xda's, you are really only useful to the community if you can debug or develop, they are doing us a favor by letting us muggles into their world of fairy dust and unicorns lmao
I don't like it
Also guys when you vote please post something
This keeps the thread up high
Far from the second page
Some things are common across the GS3 independent of the carrier but there are some that are dependent on the carrier. General accessories could all be grouped into one but carrier specific ship dates, etc, being jumbled all into one it's hard to find threads you aren't subscribed to. Looks like I need to subscribe to more but somehow mute tapatalk from notifications.
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I don't like it
Also guys when you vote please post something
This keeps the thread up high
Far from the second page
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NO, I can't vote I'm on the mobile app right now.
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I don't like it
Also guys when you vote please post something
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XDA isn't a carrier forum. Go to HowardForums or Sprint.com if you want that.
XDA is about DEVICES. The L710 is the same configuration no matter what carrier you're on. This is how it should be.
Back in my day, under the HTC Vogue, we supported both Verizon and Sprint, and we liked it.
I don't like it. I can understand things where there are overlap like accessories, but having a carrier specific forum for general was nice because we could talk about carrier specific topics.
I get what the admins are trying to do. Save server space from redundant threads....However, AFAIC it still sucks.
I like the way things are, but time will tell how much of an unholy mess it turns out to be...
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Lmao I made the thread on the phones browser so I could add a poll
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dont they all have the same hardware? so wont roms made for one, work for all? with separate forums devs will have to make multiple redundant threads?
As long as people aren't ignorant this will be fine.
I'm sure to get a good laugh out of it.
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dont they all have the same hardware? so wont roms made for one, work for all? with separate forums devs will have to make multiple redundant threads?
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No, they will not work across each carrier, in theory they can. But I'm gonna guess each carrier has diff apps added. And diff framework icons. So the answer is no, they will not (radios get flashed outside of roms these days, no problem there).
Anyways this is related to the general section, development is still split, which is great.
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XDA isn't a carrier forum. Go to HowardForums or Sprint.com if you want that.
XDA is about DEVICES. The L710 is the same configuration no matter what carrier you're on. This is how it should be.
Back in my day, under the HTC Vogue, we supported both Verizon and Sprint, and we liked it.
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This.
I think it's stupid. Put us in our own forums!
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i don't like it simply because the themes section also needs to be separate, i think.
edit: oh wait, it's just non-quad versions grouped together. i think it's fine then lol
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This.
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And I guess you know what it means to have diff related things that arnt common between carries also right, that's why they split up development. And should have also made diff general sections.
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i don't like it simply because the themes section also needs to be separate, i think.
edit: oh wait, it's just non-quad versions grouped together. i think it's fine then lol
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Themes are diff across each carrier also, they should be split.
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no good especially since the forum names are the same as the internatrional sgs iii.
so in apps like tapatalk and xda in favorites you now have to forums where the names are exactly the same.
I think it would be better. Better development, better collaboration, pooling of dev resources.
Now it won't be noob friendly because I can see noobs already flashing AT&T Radios for a Sprint phone and bricking their devices.
I like and hate it. I think it was too soon to combine the General forum. These devices are still in a very volatile shipping status and until that clears people will be using the general threads to see if anyone has any updates. Clutters the whole process.
Yes Themes should be split. Were not talking Metamorph here. We are talking actual apk's and framework files. Xml diffs etc...