It must be the heat.... - EVO 4G General

What is going on with xda nowadays? I don't know the story but it seems like the devs are fighting amongst each other and half of the comments being posted are negative. For God's sake people, this is still the greatest site for people to find fixes modifications for our phones but I for one think twice now before I post a question or comment on here because I don't want to deal with the trolling or flaming that may come from it. I have gotten a lot of help for my evo from some of the great members here and just don't want any newcomers to be put off after reading a few post. I think we should all just chalk it up to the heat and try to stay positive and helpful. With that said, it is only my two cents. Now its time to go to work in a steel warehouse in 101 degree weather. BOO!

jimisdad said:
What is going on with xda nowadays? I don't know the story but it seems like the devs are fighting amongst each other and half of the comments being posted are negative. For God's sake people, this is still the greatest site for people to find fixes modifications for our phones but I for one think twice now before I post a question or comment on here because I don't want to deal with the trolling or flaming that may come from it. I have gotten a lot of help for my evo from some of the great members here and just don't want any newcomers to be put off after reading a few post. I think we should all just chalk it up to the heat and try to stay positive and helpful. With that said, it is only my two cents. Now its time to go to work in a steel warehouse in 101 degree weather. BOO!
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I actually agree with this, everyone needs to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. I actually think it would be a good thing to have XDA down for a couple days, so people would be really grateful for when it came back!!!

The reason is that XDA has become so "famous" that people who have no business working on their phones themselves are all over this thing. I do rooting and rom service here for hire and almost all of the people who come to me started out on XDA - most of those ended up with issues they couldn't resolve, the others were smart enough to realize they were in over their heads. Point being, all those kids who troll and flame the forums elsewhere are now here. That's my take anyway.

XDA needs stricter forum policies and suspend accounts of users who post such negative comments that they offend other users and provoke such behavior from others. People need to learn to have respect for others and also hold their tongues. Some people can't resist the urge to "put others in their place" so-to-speak and that's totally unnecessary. Thos who make such comments should be given only ONE warning then account suspension. Once people see that XDA has no tollerance for that kind of behavior, people will think twice before being so hateful to others in the forums. That will solve it.

mrsato said:
The reason is that XDA has become so "famous" that people who have no business working on their phones themselves are all over this thing. I do rooting and rom service here for hire and almost all of the people who come to me started out on XDA - most of those ended up with issues they couldn't resolve, the others were smart enough to realize they were in over their heads. Point being, all those kids who troll and flame the forums elsewhere are now here. That's my take anyway.
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Agreed. I think there is a lot of new people here who just don't understand what these devs do. They act like they deserve something for flashing these devs' rom. These guys put in a ton of work and some people act like they should get paid to run it on their phone. It's a shame really.
Sent from "Deebo The Evo" via XDA premium

jayharper08 said:
Agreed. I think there is a lot of new people here who just don't understand what these devs do. They act like they deserve something for flashing these devs' rom. These guys put in a ton of work and some people act like they should get paid to run it on their phone. It's a shame really.
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I have to agree with this statement . I even tried to help resolve a problem one member was having in one thread and I was more or less blasted with some off the wall comment regarding windows on a computer . I sat there and thought about responding but didnt . I only knew it would cause it to continue further so I let it be . So yes I agree with most of what is being said in this thread . Granted I'm not a dev and have alittle theming ability but I try to help someone when I see them in trouble and they are trying to understand . Only since I was in their place at one time and was totally clueless . Yes its easy to scream go read , but sometimes doing the actual process itself is what teaches an individual . The devs on here do awesome work , all have their strengths and all have their different takes on a Rom and how it should work . In lack of better terms its their creations , they are allowed to take as long as they feel they should for it to be up to their standards or expectations . Not the individual flashing the rom . I swear I laugh everytime I hear "Whats the eta on release?" Um this isnt HTC and this isnt Sprint . You want a release date ask sprint or HTC when they gonna offer software upgrades .

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XDA needs stricter forum policies and suspend accounts of users who post such negative comments that they offend other users and provoke such behavior from others.
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i agree. i barely post because of this

This place is actually a wealth of knowledge but it is easier to find what you want other places 9 out of 10 times just due to trolls and flamers. There will be a 50 + post thread and only 5 decent posts in the entire thread because the rest of the posts are trolls or hot linked picture to flame some one.
No one wants to wade through that garbage to find an answer so they look elsewhere.
I generally find what I want and help myself to avoid the issues that a lot of members here cause. Do away with the issues, trolls, BS and this site could be the one stop shop for hand held devices. But until then there will be mainly people registering just to gain access to a download or link.
Just my 2cents.

I am not sure what is so hard about reading though. The hero is my first phone that I even thought about modding. I got it in march of last year, opened my account here in June and if you notice, I only have 30 or 40 posts total (I think the first one wasn't until about 4 months ago). For the most part this was because any time I had a question, I just used the search function. If an xda search doesn't answer my question, and a google search doesn't answer my question, THEN I ask. I am sure that most of those here who hold the knowledge would agree that they don't have a problem with the lack of knowledge, but the lack of resourcefulness.
Trust me, i am just a peon when it comes to this stuff, I don't know much. I only wish I had the time it would take to become an expert on building apps and roms, etc. but I don't. However, even I get annoyed when I am searching for an answer in a thread and the same question is asked (and answered) 4 times in the span of 2 pages.
I agree that those responding could use a little more tact sometimes... However, plainly asking someone to read for themselves is not rude, it is teaching reliance on oneself. If more people were a little more self reliant I am sure that this place would be far more efficient (and welcoming).
I, for one, thank the dev community for keeping my Hero running, I don't have an upgrade until January so it will have to do for a while longer.
Edit: I feel a little embarassed, I am in here because my wife as an Evo and obviously I would be the one to support it... Anyway, if y'all are wondering why some Hero owning, absent-minded poster is in here acting all righteous, that would be the reason, I forgot I wasn't in the Hero forums. I still believe my post to be valid, but you may take it as you want.

They should have a dislike button and members who had only had their account for six months are able to have their comments disappear with a set number of dislikes and those who had it longer cannot have their comments blocked, my 3 cents

I remember when this all happened 3 years ago in the touch and diamond forums between a chef's I'll leave nameless...It ended with a damn good chef getting banned. All that started over a program that was written and another chef tweaked the "hell" out of it making it a success, but creating a world of controversial bickering...It follows all forums once they begin to blow up as The Evo did!

I just get annoyed with seeing threads in the Dev section get overtaken with pages of 'arguments' or the like. Or complaints about devs and money or whatever trendy bull**** is happening. That's all. I'm of the type that feels the need to read more pages than not in a thread, so when I sit through 5 pages of total sh!t I almost want to slam my head through the monitor.
In terms of the General and Questions section, people posting pictures and the like are harmless, in my opinion. Most threads asking questions in the Gen / Q&A get by with little to no issue. Sometimes a thread deserves to get derailed.

ItsLasher said:
This place is actually a wealth of knowledge but it is easier to find what you want other places 9 out of 10 times just due to trolls and flamers. There will be a 50 + post thread and only 5 decent posts in the entire thread because the rest of the posts are trolls or hot linked picture to flame some one.
No one wants to wade through that garbage to find an answer so they look elsewhere.
I generally find what I want and help myself to avoid the issues that a lot of members here cause. Do away with the issues, trolls, BS and this site could be the one stop shop for hand held devices. But until then there will be mainly people registering just to gain access to a download or link.
Just my 2cents.
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You don't have to register to even access the download link. That eliminates that theory. I do highly agree with most of the things being said here though.

mrsato said:
The reason is that XDA has become so "famous" that people who have no business working on their phones themselves are all over this thing. I do rooting and rom service here for hire and almost all of the people who come to me started out on XDA - most of those ended up with issues they couldn't resolve, the others were smart enough to realize they were in over their heads. Point being, all those kids who troll and flame the forums elsewhere are now here. That's my take anyway.
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Agreed. The smartphone boom is bringing a lot of people with no patience and no respect. They want their phones fast, and they want it done now, for free.

tx_dbs_tx said:
XDA needs stricter forum policies and suspend accounts of users who post such negative comments that they offend other users and provoke such behavior from others. People need to learn to have respect for others and also hold their tongues. Some people can't resist the urge to "put others in their place" so-to-speak and that's totally unnecessary. Thos who make such comments should be given only ONE warning then account suspension. Once people see that XDA has no tollerance for that kind of behavior, people will think twice before being so hateful to others in the forums. That will solve it.
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This should go for noobs who post in the wrong section and creating threads before searching. 1 warning end suspension so we don't have to tolerate such noobish behavior.
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I find the mods to be very friendly and helpful. Someone or something you don't like, send them a PM and have it moved/deleted/etc. I've always been met with a thanks when sending in a PM to have a thread moved.
toastcfh, josefcrist, and rolfd are EVO 4G moderators.

I've seen the ends of the internet.
This is what happens when popularity hits something. It happens to everything. This is the way of things. Even you guys complaining about it.
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SilverZero said:
Agreed. The smartphone boom is bringing a lot of people with no patience and no respect. They want their phones fast, and they want it done now, for free.
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Couldn't agree more. People are just too lazy to search. If the XDA search option does not work, use the damn Google option. It always works.

Check out the EVO 3d general, its all trolling and bashing, and a small handful of informative threads.

Zabalba said:
I've seen the ends of the internet.
This is what happens when popularity hits something. It happens to everything. This is the way of things. Even you guys complaining about it.
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The internet is coming! It's still very much alive! And evil!
I do agree, though. And complaining about it over and over, as we see happen, won't change it. I do agree that it gets tiresome seeing it in the 'important' threads though. But talking about it really doesn't change much.

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Clearly not Dominate

I say we post here asking for the two jerk offs that are destroying this dev forum to be ban from this community pleas show your support with a simple “ ban this jerk off”
Please Mods Ban this guy
jdkoreclipse
and his little butt buddy also he is nothing but a pain in our neck
And thank you to all the legit devs that have taken the task of conquering the droid x and for all the hard work you are still putting in cant wait to see the progress over the coming months
couple of links for you to read just showing a portion of this guys spam and the effect he has on our community
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763477
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7818595&postcount=106
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=108
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=762527
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763384
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761938
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7812468&postcount=97
mods please ban, i visit other forums for jokes, not xda
regardless to how common knowledge their bs is perhaps you should post some links etc
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I thought we are trying to hack some cell phones here. Who the hell do you think you are making a thread "in android development" that is trying to ban someone! This thread should be taken down ASAP!
andre104623 said:
I thought we are trying to hack some cell phones here. Who the hell do you think you are making a thread "in android development" that is trying to ban someone! This thread should be taken down ASAP!
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im no one special i just see tons of post by this guy disrupting the community and i am no dev but eithier is this guy but he claims to be and spams our community with multiple accounts he is nothing but trouble
people like this are the reason xda has been slowly receeding from the android community as a creditable source that is sad because we have a lot of talent floating around here and there used to be productive convos on this forum
andre104623 said:
I thought we are trying to hack some cell phones here. Who the hell do you think you are making a thread "in android development" that is trying to ban someone! This thread should be taken down ASAP!
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Agreed...this is the crap we need out of the dev forum. Mods please move...
grndnpnd said:
im no one special i just see tons of post by this guy disrupting the community and i am no dev but eithier is this guy but he claims to be and spams our community with multiple accounts he is nothing but trouble
people like this are the reason xda has been slowly receeding from the android community as a creditable source that is sad because we have a lot of talent floating around here and there used to be productive convos on this forum
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That's not your job
i know its not my job because if it was this guy would be gone
grndnpnd said:
im no one special i just see tons of post by this guy disrupting the community and i am no dev but eithier is this guy but he claims to be and spams our community with multiple accounts he is nothing but trouble
people like this are the reason xda has been slowly receeding from the android community as a creditable source that is sad because we have a lot of talent floating around here and there used to be productive convos on this forum
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Im not supporting this person doing this **** but try to understand this is for android development of the droid x not some kind of blog
and what do you call what he is doing do you see the 2000 views he has had on his bs thread about a droid x rom that makes everyone that is working hard to put something out look bad man we cant let him keep getting away with this its not his first time nor on his first device go read the 100+ post on his dominate rom post in your android dev forum i dont see you over there telling him to stop
The mods have stepped in now i dont know how to remove a thread but i would be more than happy to do so i appologize if i offended you but that kid had to go man
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and what do you call what he is doing do you see the 2000 views he has had on his bs thread about a droid x rom that makes everyone that is working hard to put something out look bad man we cant let him keep getting away with this its not his first time nor on his first device go read the 100+ post on his dominate rom post in your android dev forum i dont see you over there telling him to stop
The mods have stepped in now i dont know how to remove a thread but i would be more than happy to do so i appologize if i offended you but that kid had to go man
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Well Im going to be blunt about this He is a sick **** that likes getting his kicks off by posting fake threads, he is a dumb ass, a lier, and a ****. But even if he gets baned and he will because he has got baned before he will make a new screen name and do it all over again
It is pretty pathetic that his posts go to such an extent that he even puts lengthy changelogs for roms he never even makes.
I think we should all cut him a break and let him stay. I feel kinda bad for a kid thats got nothing else to do. I mean come on, its got to be really bad for him if thats what he calls fun. So sad....Im actually gonna cry a bit. Nevermind I got over it.
This keeps getting weirder. Looking at OP's post history, and I can't help but think that it's actually the same kid. I truly think we're dealing with a troubled young person who has unsupervised 'net access.
This should be moved to "General" forum or something. It honestly doesn't belong in the Dev section. Although it was entertaining.
**** all of you haters...especially arronjb and andre ****face.....
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aaronjb said:
This keeps getting weirder. Looking at OP's post history, and I can't help but think that it's actually the same kid. I truly think we're dealing with a troubled young person who has unsupervised 'net access.
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im not the same kid lol
what about my post history ok i have said some stupid things not understanding (Efuse) but i admit i dont understand and i take the things that people say and learn from them. i never claim to work on a project i dont have the know how to complete or even start.
never have i been a burdon to this community being slightly ignorant in the programing and hardware aspect of these devices and os is not a crime and i have always felt the it was incouraged to learn here. so thats what im doing learning im not a devoloper and never have claimed to be one i have offered up my device for testing because i can afford to replace my device if it bricks because i want to see the droid x become as custamizable one day as my poor excuse for an android eris but w/e man think what you will
i am normaly a silent observer and donator so step off bro
This kid really does need the boot, he does nothing but bring drama to this community and this site. He needs to be banned not only for what he's done, but what he might do in the future, he's a virus. There are far too many good people here that want to learn and share info with each other, but this kid basically ruins it for the rest of us. Please do us all a favor and get rid of him(and get rid of him again when he makes a new screen name).
Booooot him!
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This isnt the way to handle the situation guys........you are feeding his addiction, how much you want to bet he's sitting there mashing the f5 button anxsiouly waiting to see what everyone is saying about him? After reading his thread about making a Nexus One kernel, I do agree it is getting out of hand but this truly is a job for the mods, the community IS his addicition, and all we are doing is feeding it. I wish I had a solution but after typing a few and then deleting them while typing this post I realize I am at a loss. Even if we all agreed to ignore him, what about the people who are visiting xda for the first time??? I have been visiting the Droid X forum daily since its inception here at xda(day oner), and it saddens me greatly to see this lunacy has spread from the Incredible forum which I have also frequented for some time.
How is this thread not locked yet?
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You got drama in my Android development!
I would also support the deletion of this thread.
Haha. i remember this guy from when I had an N1, and yet I'm so naive that he got me again. His act does kind of put a damper on things, but I agree with those who think that he is less of ****ty person than he is a troubled person in need of attention. In fact, while this thread obviously doesn't belong in the Dev forum (or xda at all for that matter), I find this situation fascinating. He would make a great case study for my Master's thesis.

Enough already!

Call this a rant or whatever you want, but I need to get this off my chest cuz its starting to make me sick. There is WAY too much frickin complaining going on in this forum. I can't speak for other forums cuz most of my time is spent here. The developers here don't have any obligation to share their work with us. They do it voluntarily and for free. Do you really think *****ing is gonna accomplish anything? Do you think developers appreciate that? I know the developers here are too smart to be influenced by ungrateful users, but its still ridiculous to see. If you don't like the way the developers handle their work, run the Froyo OTA and be done with it. See how well a massive corporation's work stacks up. This community cares more about what these phones can do for us than Sprint and HTC combined. Think about that the next time you feel like lodging a complaint. Not trying to start anything but I feel this needs to be said.
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I agree but there are alot of topics like this and they disapear just as quickly as they were made.
Ps. Arent you *****ing about *****ing? Sounds kind of like I don't like picketing so im going to picket picketers(sp?)
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echoside said:
I agree but there are alot of topics like this and they disapear just as quickly as they were made.
Ps. Arent you *****ing about *****ing? Sounds kind of like I don't like picketing so im going to picket picketers(sp?)
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Yea, threads like this only spam up the board more. Not even the developers themselves are writing crap like this.
Please no more of these threads or random outbursts in threads. No ones forcing anyone to read anything, and anyone literally getting angry over posters posting about 2.2 root has a problem. Annoyed is one thong, but this thread is angry.
dglowe343 said:
Call this a rant or whatever you want, but I need to get this off my chest cuz its starting to make me sick. There is WAY too much frickin complaining going on in this forum. I can't speak for other forums cuz most of my time is spent here. The developers here don't have any obligation to share their work with us. They do it voluntarily and for free. Do you really think *****ing is gonna accomplish anything? Do you think developers appreciate that? I know the developers here are too smart to be influenced by ungrateful users, but its still ridiculous to see. If you don't like the way the developers handle their work, run the Froyo OTA and be done with it. See how well a massive corporation's work stacks up. This community cares more about what these phones can do for us than Sprint and HTC combined. Think about that the next time you feel like lodging a complaint. Not trying to start anything but I feel this needs to be said.
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"Only the Sith deal in absolutes." a famous Jedi once said.
You just gotta love a rant about too much comlpaining!
LOL I love the irony of this thread.
TJDuckett said:
Yea, threads like this only spam up the board more. Not even the developers themselves are writing crap like this.
Please no more of these threads or random outbursts in threads. No ones forcing anyone to read anything, and anyone literally getting angry over posters posting about 2.2 root has a problem. Annoyed is one thong, but this thread is angry.
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You're right about one thing, I was angry. However, this wasn't a rant about people asking for a Froyo root, not sure where you got that from. It was about people who show no appreciation for the ones doing all the work here. I wasn't just complaining about complaining. I was complaining about people that expect everything to be handed to them and then whine when things don't go their way. Getting this off my chest was all. I feel like I have a right to do that.
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dglowe343 said:
Call this a rant or whatever you want, but I need to get this off my chest cuz its starting to make me sick. There is WAY too much frickin complaining going on in this forum. I can't speak for other forums cuz most of my time is spent here. The developers here don't have any obligation to share their work with us. They do it voluntarily and for free. Do you really think *****ing is gonna accomplish anything? Do you think developers appreciate that? I know the developers here are too smart to be influenced by ungrateful users, but its still ridiculous to see. If you don't like the way the developers handle their work, run the Froyo OTA and be done with it. See how well a massive corporation's work stacks up. This community cares more about what these phones can do for us than Sprint and HTC combined. Think about that the next time you feel like lodging a complaint. Not trying to start anything but I feel this needs to be said.
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Not being rude or anything like that, but have you stepped outside into the real world lately. Complaining isnt limited to this forum and phones in general. It is done everywhere, you hear it at work, at school, at home, you name it people are there complaining, you just have to take it in stride and not lose your cool.
This thread is hilarious. This is a cell phone forum. I could care less about what people do on here. I go online to learn things I don't know about and have fun. If you are tired of reading about people don't open the thread. Pretty simple.
dglowe343 said:
You're right about one thing, I was angry. However, this wasn't a rant about people asking for a Froyo root, not sure where you got that from. It was about people who show no appreciation for the ones doing all the work here. I wasn't just complaining about complaining. I was complaining about people that expect everything to be handed to them and then whine when things don't go their way. Getting this off my chest was all. I feel like I have a right to do that.
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Master Po ... what is ego?
Joeriginal said:
Not being rude or anything like that, but have you stepped outside into the real world lately. Complaining isnt limited to this forum and phones in general. It is done everywhere, you hear it at work, at school, at home, you name it people are there complaining, you just have to take it in stride and not lose your cool.
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Yes I have. I deal with constant complaining from someone I work with everyday and ive always ignored it and nothing ever changed. After finally getting fed up with it and calling him out, the complaining has stopped. Being too passive gets nothing accomplished and wont change anything.
rutter9 said:
This thread is hilarious. This is a cell phone forum. I could care less about what people do on here. I go online to learn things I don't know about and have fun. If you are tired of reading about people don't open the thread. Pretty simple.
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Sorry but I have a problem looking the other way. Maybe if less people ignored these kind of things there would less to deal with. I know this thread won't have an impact here but I really don't think it hurts to try. You have your opinion and I have mine.
dglowe343 said:
Yes I have. I deal with constant complaining from someone I work with everyday and ive always ignored it and nothing ever changed. After finally getting fed up with it and calling him out, the complaining has stopped. Being too passive gets nothing accomplished and wont change anything.
Sorry but I have a problem looking the other way. Maybe if less people ignored these kind of things there would less to deal with. I know this thread won't have an impact here but I really don't think it hurts to try. You have your opinion and I have mine.
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Yea, let's see how much this thread helps the cause...
Spam thread confirm'd.
All spelling errors thanks to xt9 on my Evo!
they have to produce, because no new roms and no updates makes me something something.
dglowe343 said:
Yes I have. I deal with constant complaining from someone I work with everyday and ive always ignored it and nothing ever changed. After finally getting fed up with it and calling him out, the complaining has stopped. Being too passive gets nothing accomplished and wont change anything.
Sorry but I have a problem looking the other way. Maybe if less people ignored these kind of things there would less to deal with. I know this thread won't have an impact here but I really don't think it hurts to try. You have your opinion and I have mine.
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I'm OK. Your OK ...
Missplaced/redirected unresolved passive aggressive issues perhaps?
Moderator, please move thread to the psych dept.
GaryJ51 said:
I'm OK. Your OK ...
Missplaced/redirected unresolved passive aggressive issues perhaps?
Moderator, please move thread to the psych dept.
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I'm glad we know who the resident psychiatrist is. You must know everything. If none of this matters or you don't care, why post a response. Ego.
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Dude op, I don't know why you're so hell bent on solidifying a status as a goof, but its funny as hell. Good job.
Just like you have the right to post this thread and just like u seem to think u have the right to speak for the devs, other posters have the right to post about things they want to see happen.
At least they're wanting something that'll further the community. You're just posting pure bull**** to do it.
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Now Now children calm down or Ill turn the car back around.
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Dude op, I don't know why you're so hell bent on solidifying a status as a goof, but its funny as hell. Good job.
Just like you have the right to post this thread and just like u seem to think u have the right to speak for the devs, other posters have the right to post about things they want to see happen.
At least they're wanting something that'll further the community. You're just posting pure bull**** to do it.
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Further the community? What in their posts says that? I didn't post this thread to start an argument. I wasn't trying to speak for the developers, I was expressing my opinion. I guess that's forbidden here. Sorry you wasted your time posting here. You're saying I should've ignored everything in my op and said nothing. You could've done the same thing here. Guess we're all hypocrites.
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I'm glad we know who the resident psychiatrist is. You must know everything. If none of this matters or you don't care, why post a response. Ego.
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Damn bud....you ok? I sense a lot of anger.
I know what you are trying to say but like you said everybody is different. Different opinions, different perspectives, etc etc.
Your making a bigger deal than it is.
Just don't read the threads, everybody has an equal opinion.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ...
I will say 3 OF's and 3 HM's
Sometimes I just can't help myself.
When you can take the pebble ...
Luke, let go your anger ...

Everybody better pray

That i don't become a damn moderator... EVER. I would pass out bans to every idiot decided to shout OMG WRONG FORUM 2 seconds after something was posted rather than just answering a damn question.
When the hell are people going to wake up and realize that the people that aren't as tech savvy are going to make mistakes. It's 10x easier to help and let a mod do their god damn job rather than just waste time typing useless BS.
If anybody bothers reading this, please for the love of god be a good member of the community. You are worth nothing more than ANYBODY else regardless of what your thanks meter says. Even developers need to play by the same rules as everybody else, be civil and don't lash out at people for simple mistakes.
Oh ya, BTW, the Q & A section of any god damn forum is almost always the least active. This isn't yahoo answers, people don't come here and log in with the intent of answering questions. They come here to flash roms. Do you think even developers frequently check Q & A? Probably not. So perhaps the better thing to do is create an optional section of the development forum that has questions pertaining to development. Turn it off if you don't care and leave it on if you don't mind firing off an answer every once in a while.
Developers know answers to questions, not the people that post in the Q & A forums... you know the people with the damn questions.
So please, everybody, get off your high horse. This is an internet forum. It was created to be a resource for people that want to improve their phone. Get rid of this drama, it would result in a better community.
P.S. The savagedzenkernel crap that happened here is ridiculous. As well as a lot of the things going on this Evo development forum. A lot of favoritism as of late and it's kind of sad. If you don't get thanked in a long list of thanks are you really losing sleep? You developed something and are distributing it for free, you make it public. If you know it's in their work then you have the satisfaction of knowing they had to use your stuff to make their **** work. That's all the thanks you need, you want more don't make it public. If i stand outside of a store with free pretzels i don't expect everybody to say thank you when they take one.
Funniest part, the average end user could give a crap about who did what in a kernel or who tweaked what governor. They don't even care who you are, what your name is, or what your rep is. Most don't donate (I have donated various times to various roms myself) and I never USED to. Once i became more involved, i did.
So, please, everybody... strive for something better rather than the trash this site is slowly becoming. Change starts with the individual.
Thanks for the time it took to read this,
Dave
That was a waste of space!
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Cool story bro
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It's a losing battle i'm just going to give in to the avalanche.
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WRONG FORU.... ohhh, nevermind
Thumbs up and a thanks for posting in the right spot
One of the few members I have seen around for a while and always seems to be optimistic and friendly.
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WRONG FORU.... ohhh, nevermind
Thumbs up and a thanks for posting in the right spot
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I don't have a problem nor do I disagree with what you said but honestly posting this is just encouraging an attack.
this subjects already been posted. Didn't use the search button?
Its not 100% true though. I come to the general forum and q&a just to try and help people out and answer questions.
the op need a diaper changed
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Everyone is saying this thread is useless, but I actually agree with it. The drama that has been going on around the Supersonic section is getting out of hand.
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I wish I had more hands so I can give this OP 4 thumbs down. If u can find a better community to help you make your phone just that much more amazing then , c ya.
Edit: to add some more uselessness to this thread, goodmorning everyone.
Swyped from my eVo
Lighten up, Francis.
Sorry... had to.
OMG where are the moderators?? Someone should close this thread and ban people.
While I agree that there are a lot of tools on this forum that come in and flame on the noobs, one can only take so many, "how do I root my Evo?" And every other retarded question that's asked that could have been answered by doing a quick fast and easy search. And then if you don't answer there question immediately, or give them the link that answers the question, they get snooty because you didn't answer the question, but pawned them off to another thread.
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AMEN
I am sure everyone has made the mistake of posting in the wrong forum one time or another. It is amazing how fast some people starting flaming. It's as though they are just skimming through the forums waiting to find something or someone to jump on. I would ban people too.
Reminds me of my job, a lot of co-workers better hope I never become their manager. I will fire their arses in a heartbeat.
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That i don't become a damn moderator... EVER. I would pass out bans to every idiot decided to shout OMG WRONG FORUM 2 seconds after something was posted rather than just answering a damn question.
When the hell are people going to wake up and realize that the people that aren't as tech savvy are going to make mistakes. It's 10x easier to help and let a mod do their god damn job rather than just waste time typing useless BS.
If anybody bothers reading this, please for the love of god be a good member of the community. You are worth nothing more than ANYBODY else regardless of what your thanks meter says. Even developers need to play by the same rules as everybody else, be civil and don't lash out at people for simple mistakes.
Oh ya, BTW, the Q & A section of any god damn forum is almost always the least active. This isn't yahoo answers, people don't come here and log in with the intent of answering questions. They come here to flash roms. Do you think even developers frequently check Q & A? Probably not. So perhaps the better thing to do is create an optional section of the development forum that has questions pertaining to development. Turn it off if you don't care and leave it on if you don't mind firing off an answer every once in a while.
Developers know answers to questions, not the people that post in the Q & A forums... you know the people with the damn questions.
So please, everybody, get off your high horse. This is an internet forum. It was created to be a resource for people that want to improve their phone. Get rid of this drama, it would result in a better community.
P.S. The savagedzenkernel crap that happened here is ridiculous. As well as a lot of the things going on this Evo development forum. A lot of favoritism as of late and it's kind of sad. If you don't get thanked in a long list of thanks are you really losing sleep? You developed something and are distributing it for free, you make it public. If you know it's in their work then you have the satisfaction of knowing they had to use your stuff to make their **** work. That's all the thanks you need, you want more don't make it public. If i stand outside of a store with free pretzels i don't expect everybody to say thank you when they take one.
Funniest part, the average end user could give a crap about who did what in a kernel or who tweaked what governor. They don't even care who you are, what your name is, or what your rep is. Most don't donate (I have donated various times to various roms myself) and I never USED to. Once i became more involved, i did.
So, please, everybody... strive for something better rather than the trash this site is slowly becoming. Change starts with the individual.
Thanks for the time it took to read this,
Dave
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I get where you coming from and i agree, but you did set yourslef up to get trashed and kinda encourged the actions what you were complaining about to begin with.
Ya know, the same "this site is going to trash" comment has been made since I joined here 3 years ago. With every new phone and new rom the same comment gets made by people who want things to go the way they think it should. Its an internet forum and the beauty of it is you have thousands of people that all have a mind of they're own and individual opinions of how things should be done. Yeah some people get pissed because the same question gets asked over and over again and after answering it 50 times they finally have enough. How many people do you think actually read the "Read this before posting questions thread"? Id bet less then 10% of new users. Maybe it needs to be mandated before viewing any other forums to avoid back to back separate threads of "how do I flash a rom".
Isnt that what thread titles are for? So you know what your going to read before doing so? If you dont want to answer that question again then just skip the thread. The opposite end of that spectrum is if you dont like that someone is getting pissed for the same thing being asked over and over again then grab your little mouse wheel and spin that ***** once and guess what, that comment is gone. Hell theres even a feature to ignore someone, use it. Theres no need to complain either way about this. Its a forum, they all work the same way.
I know how you feel OP, I've seen many threads where people would post pages upon pages of: "YOU POSTED IN THE WRONG THREAD, RETARD!". They could just politely say. "Just to let you know, you posted this in the wrong section. For future posts like this, they would go in the Q&A." Then they could let the thread die. But I know some people just strive for drama on the internet.
And OP, if you really want to become a moderator of something. Playstation Home needs some good ones. I think I have seen more flamers and trolls on there than any internet forum I have ever been on. :x
As much as I agree with a lot of what the OP has said, I do however not agree with the tone and attitude used by the OP in the first post.
To stop any flaming which may result from this I have decided to close this thread.
I hope you understand
Rick

What's Wrong With This Site?

I'd like to start off by thanking XDA & their Dev's for all the hard work & great software they make available for all of us noob's out here.
Now what is wrong with the rest of you? I've been looking over a lot of posts on XDA's Epic section & you cannot find the answers to any issues, that I know have already been discussed, without haveing to read pages & pages & pages of whining, bickering, & just down right immature & unappropiate off topic comments. This is the only Forum I have really found to be flooded like this. Jokes are great, but this is rediculous. Neither Android Central or Bonsia seem to have this issue. Android Central is a very good group, but a lot of the software comes from XDA so I come here to research at the source.
Really Guy's!! These Dev's bust their butt's to bring us this stuff & give all the help that the rest of us need to make it work. You should not be so disrespectful of them & the XDA site in general.
OK I'll get off of my soap box now.....
Lol ya I agree this is the only place where you can make a joke about trolling and get flamed by a troll
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monke30butt said:
I'd like to start off by thanking XDA & their Dev's for all the hard work & great software they make available for all of us noob's out here.
Now what is wrong with the rest of you? I've been looking over a lot of posts on XDA's Epic section & you cannot find the answers to any issues, that I know have already been discussed, without haveing to read pages & pages & pages of whining, bickering, & just down right immature & unappropiate off topic comments. This is the only Forum I have really found to be flooded like this. Jokes are great, but this is rediculous. Neither Android Central or Bonsia seem to have this issue. Android Central is a very good group, but a lot of the software comes from XDA so I come here to research at the source.
Really Guy's!! These Dev's bust their butt's to bring us this stuff & give all the help that the rest of us need to make it work. You should not be so disrespectful of them & the XDA site in general.
OK I'll get off of my soap box now.....
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What issues are you having? I can help.
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What issues are you having? I can help.
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XD I think this one is outta your league bro, you can't change the user base. Its the ratio of regular users versus developers is my best guess, the Epic is very popular and by very different types of people. Plenty of personality clashes.
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I have to agree with the OP. I came to the epic from the moment and the transform. These forums are flooded with questions and requests in the development section, people requesting user specific roms from the rom developer in the rom development threads, the same questions being asked over and over, etc. When I developed for the transform, the rom I developed was built for me, the kernel I developed was built for me, if someone wanted it different, they had to research and do it themselves.
Answers simple. From what I've noticed a lot of epic owners are young on this board. That and there are nerds up here that seems to think they've a huge cack. They complain about rolling, but dont realize there flooding the forum with nonsense just as much as the noobs.
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Not to be fresh, but this topic has been discussed to death. If you're so worried about flooding the forum with repeated posts complaining about things, why are you doing just that? You could pm individuals and try to help them with ettiquite. I just don't think this kind of response will change things. There can be a mix of fun and tech. If a dev is offended, they've never had problems expressing so.
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The Root said:
Not to be fresh, but this topic has been discussed to death. If you're so worried about flooding the forum with repeated posts complaining about things, why are you doing just that? You could pm individuals and try to help them with ettiquite. I just don't think this kind of response will change things. There can be a mix of fun and tech. If a dev is offended, they've never had problems expressing so.
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This thread was a mix of a thank you to the devs themers and mods who put their time and effort to bring us everything they put out(lol) , along with a sidenote to all those trolling and dickering on the forums.
I didn't join to long ago, I'm 16 in highschool ,hah, but for the first couple of weeks I would just lurk around with no post t try and learn on my own before posting something already answered/irrelevent to the topic and such, and I've noticed these forums have just gone downhill since I've joined. There's a dev drain going on around here. I think what all the devs and themers mods really need is some gratefullness from us, their end users...
Then again that's just my 2 cents thrown in the mix. Have a good day everyone
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XD I think this one is outta your league bro, you can't change the user base
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Well said. I think that it comes from the Epic's user base, which, IMO, tends to be a bit more techie, a bit less social skilled, and a bit more easy to get into a huff.
monke30butt said:
I'd like to start off by thanking XDA & their Dev's for all the hard work & great software they make available for all of us noob's out here.
Now what is wrong with the rest of you? I've been looking over a lot of posts on XDA's Epic section & you cannot find the answers to any issues, that I know have already been discussed, without haveing to read pages & pages & pages of whining, bickering, & just down right immature & unappropiate off topic comments. This is the only Forum I have really found to be flooded like this. Jokes are great, but this is rediculous. Neither Android Central or Bonsia seem to have this issue. Android Central is a very good group, but a lot of the software comes from XDA so I come here to research at the source.
Really Guy's!! These Dev's bust their butt's to bring us this stuff & give all the help that the rest of us need to make it work. You should not be so disrespectful of them & the XDA site in general.
OK I'll get off of my soap box now.....
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Its all comes down to moderating. If the moderators allow it to happen then there isn't much you can do. I know XDA being a very high volume traffic forum its hard to keep on top of the hundreds of posts each day here.
I do tip my hat to the devs and the ones that go out of their way to help others answer the questions but as far as the useless posts especially in ROM/Theme or Q & A threads its uncalled for and they should be removed if its off topic. It does get very aggravating trying to find information or stay on top of things when you have to read through post after post of wasted space.
This is just my two cents, I don't really have a problem with it but I do understand where the OP and others are coming from when trying to find answers and research things when your a noob or even a knowledgeable user.
Would it be worse if the Boost crowd roamed this forum?
I'm part of that boost crowd I guess...
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What issues are you having? I can help.
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No real issues, I was just researching Swiss Cheese to see if I wanted to switch from SRF 1.1.1 (the FM radio caught my eye), just trying to see the pro's & con's. Many thanks for the offer though.....
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This thread was a mix of a thank you to the devs themers and mods who put their time and effort to bring us everything they put out(lol) , along with a sidenote to all those trolling and dickering on the forums.
I didn't join to long ago, I'm 16 in highschool ,hah, but for the first couple of weeks I would just lurk around with no post t try and learn on my own before posting something already answered/irrelevent to the topic and such, and I've noticed these forums have just gone downhill since I've joined. There's a dev drain going on around here. I think what all the devs and themers mods really need is some gratefullness from us, their end users...
Then again that's just my 2 cents thrown in the mix. Have a good day everyone
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Very well said, I am very impressed.
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I do tip my hat to the devs and the ones that go out of their way to help others answer the questions but as far as the useless posts especially in ROM/Theme or Q & A threads its uncalled for and they should be removed if its off topic. It does get very aggravating trying to find information or stay on top of things when you have to read through post after post of wasted space.
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Absolutely right!!!
I was just venting. I've been on AC since Jan & here since Feb, have never posted here before just looked around & did my research, just wanted to voice my opinion, that's all......
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I'm part of that boost crowd I guess...
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WHERE U AT DAWG?!
God I miss those stupid commercials.
Nothing useful to add other than this forum has a bunch of very different personalities on it as was mentioned earlier, that and a very large number of them are very young/immature.... which amplifies the problem. Combine that with a product that has limited rom support/lacking sources etc compared to more popular phones that have high level development because of full sources and/or higher popularity... you get a whole lot of butthurt and entitlement issues from the peanut gallery.
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WHERE U AT DAWG?!
God I miss those stupid commercials.
Nothing useful to add other than this forum has a bunch of very different personalities on it as was mentioned earlier, that and a very large number of them are very young/immature.... which amplifies the problem. Combine that with a product that has limited rom support/lacking sources etc compared to more popular phones that have high level development because of full sources and/or higher popularity... you get a whole lot of butthurt and entitlement issues from the peanut gallery.
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OMG
I Heard it in my head -_-
i hated those commercials
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OMG
I Heard it in my head -_-
i hated those commercials
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BLEEPBLORP WHERE YOU AT?
I got a kick out of this bit too, several years later:
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I personally think that most issues come from people asking question about issues that come with the rom they're running that was mostly likely answered.To solve this issue with constant questioning of How to fix this and that I think someone who flashed a lot of roms and know a lot aout the epic should make a thread telling how to fix certain issues relating to any rom in particular. For example say that a rom keep having force closes, most likely the reason for these force closes are caused by a bad flash, so the thread would say "for multiply forces to be solve do a clean wipe ( wipe everything 3x) and reflash Rom." I chose this example because most issues people go through are multiply force closes when flashing new Roms.
The reason a lot of questions are left unanswered is because 90% of the time they have been answered already in about 10 different threads or posts. We get an ass-ton of repeat questions. I understand not everybody wants to sift through lots of unwanted clutter, but we do have a search feature for a reason.
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The reason a lot of questions are left unanswered is because 90% of the time they have been answered already in about 10 different threads or posts. We get an ass-ton of repeat questions. I understand not everybody wants to sift through lots of unwanted clutter, but we do have a search feature for a reason.
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Search doesn't help users find what they're searching for
djbacon06 said:
The reason a lot of questions are left unanswered is because 90% of the time they have been answered already in about 10 different threads or posts. We get an ass-ton of repeat questions. I understand not everybody wants to sift through lots of unwanted clutter, but we do have a search feature for a reason.
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Too True!!!

{ATTENTION ALL USERS] off topic/rubbish in dev forum

The Sony Xperia Arc/S Development forum is being ruined!!!!
Its meant to be a forum where the great devs post their roms, but users are ruining it with posts, posts about
'how do I flash this kernal' or 'how do i flash this rom? what order do I flash it?'
thats not really nothing to do with Development of Roms, its laziness of not reading the General or Q and A forum! each of the two forums I have mention have a very in depth guide how to flash a kernal, flash a rom, flash FTF files, everything!!!!
this place is not a playschool, you shouldnt need your hands holding flashing anything to your phone, thats what search is for!!!
MODS..... You need to sort out the dev forum, it makes horrible reading the amount of off-topic posts (not telling you how to do your jobs, as you do your jobs well!)
who agrees with me? look, my wife is not technology minded at all, but reading all the posts, she managed to unlock bootloader, flash a stock FTF file, install a kernal, installed a custom rom.....surely my wife (bless her) doesnt know phones at all, managed to do that, surely any/every user can do the same, remember.....read General forum (STICKY POSTS) and Q & A forum, or use Google!!!!!
Maybe you should put this as a sticky?
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Totally agree, but the Arc is now a kids phone with users there act like kids..... (most of them)
We got almost no developer ho work on arc....
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Totally agree, but the Arc is now a kids phone with users there act like kids..... (most of them)
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I think you've hit the nail on the head, and given some of the discussions in the main forum in regards to the 10 post rule and noobs, it seems that "kids" with their new Android Phones are flocking here, not with the intention to learn anything, but to make their Phones "the best" whatever, which has changed the XDA experience imo.
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I think you've hit the nail on the head, and given some of the discussions in the main forum in regards to the 10 post rule and noobs, it seems that "kids" with their new Android Phones are flocking here, not with the intention to learn anything, but to make their Phones "the best" whatever, which has changed the XDA experience imo.
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Not all "kids" are like your description. I´m also 15 years old but I really enjoy learning something here on XDA. I even also hate spam posts so your statement is much to generalized.
there are kids in every phones forum
The worst part is that nobody wants to read at all. All wants step by step solution but no body reads. I am tired of reporting. The situation is quite same in all the Xperia Forums.
It must be pretty hard for the MODs to control so much off topic discussions.
auni said:
The worst part is that nobody wants to read at all. All wants step by step solution but no body reads. I am tired of reporting. The situation is quite same in all the Xperia Forums.
It must be pretty hard for the MODs to control so much off topic discussions.
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Well, we must admit that we are the same to them
when we are new to xda, so we can't do anything about it..
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Well, we must admit that we are the same to them
when we are new to xda, so we can't do anything about it..
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No, I can't agree with you. I joined at XDA 2 years ago and was a total noob back then. All i did was, i read, i searched and i asked questions only in relevant threads.
By doing this I've learned from so many other users and their threads.
All I am saying that, first the new users must read, cause most of the solutions are already solved for them in the Sticky threads.
Second if there's a serious problem then you are most welcome to post your questions in the Q/A forum. But questions like how to root, or How to flash a kernel or Which ROM to choose or Which Kernel is better, Bootloader unlocking is good or bad, questions like these, i am sorry but mustn't be encouraged.
Cause all the off topic discussions are seriously ruining the main point of this wonderful forum.
Agree with you Auni, although I Joined in 2007, I read, re-read every post on how to flash my phone (in those days it was only windows mobiles on here), And every different Android mobile I have bought, I have always read the sticky first.
This site needs to higher the amount of posts you need to access the Dev forum, I know we all start as Newbies, but reading etc and trial and error is great experience.
The best thing is, they have Root and want to flash something, but to read the titel or the op is to heavy for them
KIDS PHONE?! I'm 26 you bastards! Lol but seriously it's a fairly outdated phone, but I would hardly call it a kids phone, unless it's been handed down. To buy it, it's still quite pricey, £150 used to almost £300 new. The Galaxy Ace is more a kids phone because of the price bracket it falls in, there are many phones out there that are cheap, any 'kid' that has this phone is lucky.
Also I've not noticed it getting bloated with kids. Let's not forget Jader who is the most popular dev for our phone, he's been doing stuff for over a year now, and has recently turned 16 I believe. He released UHD when he was 15.
You might be older, but respect goes both ways, because when you are 80, you will need someone to wipe your arse, so yeah. Give them a bit of respect!
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I too, don't think the Arc S is a kids phone, im nearly 41 years old, and love tinkering around with my phone, thanks to this site I've become a bit of a flashaholic But you going a bit off topic mate, this post is merely stating about users who don't read the stickies or posts, and just ask in every single post 'how do I flash this or that', its a great phone too @stu15 - I only paid £99 quid for mine....Bargain!!!
And massive respect to the devs (especially Jader), who have created some great roms, and at such a young ages too!
It's easy to get lost on the forums if you're new, the stickies are great, but new people might not understand how forums work. The internet is full of answered questions, but people prefer to ask their question, even if it's just worded differently.
It's probably not unique to the Arc forum, it's probably in most forums on XDA.
Also, £99? Thats what I sold my 3 year old iPhone 3G for early last year. Where did you get it?
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stu15 said:
Also I've not noticed it getting bloated with kids. Let's not forget Jader who is the most popular dev for our phone, he's been doing stuff for over a year now, and has recently turned 16 I believe. He released UHD when he was 15.
You might be older, but respect goes both ways, because when you are 80, you will need someone to wipe your arse, so yeah. Give them a bit of respect!
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It's not about it being a kids Phone, the point is it's the mindset of the growing user base of xda is destroying the forums, and it's not being disrespectful, the likes of Jader have earned their stripes here, no one can deny that, it's the kind of People who come here for all the wrong reasons that are the problem.
auni said:
No, I can't agree with you. I joined at XDA 2 years ago and was a total noob back then. All i did was, i read, i searched and i asked questions only in relevant threads.
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Same here, I knew nothing, but then by reading, practicing, screwing up, having to reflash with SEUS 5 times in a row whilst trying to make a particular modification is how I learned and continue to learn everything I know today which is why I find it highly frustrating when others clearly don't have the same intention to do the same. I've tried to argue the fact that "we were all noobs once" and that forums should change to accommodate the Android generation as have others in other discussions in the main forums but it's always met with the same response, these are developer forums and there's a certain etiquette to be followed, so by spoon feeding the lazy is just to add to the destruction of these forums, which is why I'll pull someone up first about their laziness before offering help.
And what I find funny is after a certain time of being here, members who initially took issues with my kind of posts when they first joined, start to make similar ones when they get sick of the repetitiveness of "how to root" threads.
biggary said:
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Imagine how much they bought it for then lol, they must've ripped them off... Could be stolen
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stu15 said:
Imagine how much they bought it for then lol, they must've ripped them off... Could be stolen
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Thats the going rate for a Used Xperia Arc S round here, they buy them in for about 50-60 pounds, dont worry, Whenever I buy a secondhand phone, I always do a checkmend (checks to see if IMEI, phone ok) report, been going to this phone shop for last ten years, very trustworthy bloke
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Thats the going rate for a Used Xperia Arc S round here, they buy them in for about 50-60 pounds, dont worry, Whenever I buy a secondhand phone, I always do a checkmend (checks to see if IMEI, phone ok) report, been going to this phone shop for last ten years, very trustworthy bloke
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I'm very surprised anyone would sell it for that cheap, it may be single core but it's still a great phone and is worth a lot more than that!!
-- But in regards to the topic, I used to moderate a small forum a few years back and you get people who dont read stickies, double post, post same questions, post in wrong threads. Etc etc.
It's one of the natures of the forum format. It's also important to remember lots of users are not English, and have only a small grasp on the basics, which makes following the rules, or finding the right information much harder.
The obvious way to start making the forums more controlled, is by making accounts only creatable through invitations. That might help a little, obviously people will still be able to read the information, which might be enough.
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