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Quite a few people of being plain stupid and posting non-dev related question/topics in the dev forum... it's kinda becoming a a mess...
no I don't blame the admin or mods... i blame the ppl doing this stupid thing... HELLO!!! can't u guys see "Development forum" and understand that it's specific to dev stuff???
BTW, if you guys need help with getting ride of crap like this, I'm ready to help!!!
Posts like this are just as annoying..
nothing really you can do to help.
They should change that stickied thread to state, "please post any question threads in the general section." or something like that. What it says now really doesn't mean anything to me.
This is coming someone who was once guilty of this act. As a noob to that forum I thought, "hey a development section, i got a question about development, guess it goes here. "
Its quite easy to see all of them are making this mistake.
They really need to just change it so that completely new threads need to be approved (not posts).
aldo37 said:
They really need to just change it so that completely new threads need to be approved (not posts).
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I'm sure the mods would love that idea /s
IMO people shouldn't take offense to a topic being posted in the wrong section. If I have a request for an app section I don't know if that goes in development, themes & apps, or general.
I think the best solution is to create more categories. "Questions/problems" "mods/hacks" "accessories" and maybe one specific to devs where they get some type of posting approval on their profile allowing them to post in a development section.
The categories are far too general to know exactly where every post should go, in my opinion.
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kable said:
Posts like this are just as annoying..
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+1............
kable said:
Posts like this are just as annoying..
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+1....
Still new to the android phones, but was once new to this forum. For someone who doesn't really know where they're supposed to post it's an easy mistake.
The mods take care of this, trust me. They write in every locked thread and moved thread why it was moved, etc. This is just annoying. To me, this looks more like you are asking to be a mod than anything. But I see your view.
here have a beer and wecome to the club
SO MAKE A THREAD ABOUT IT!!
Geez....report the thread and move on...
gtrplr71 said:
here have a beer and wecome to the club
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WIN! bahahahahha
Ruben1123 said:
The mods take care of this, trust me. They write in every locked thread and moved thread why it was moved, etc. This is just annoying. To me, this looks more like you are asking to be a mod than anything. But I see your view.
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Yeah, they do... but it's really annoying when someone posts a "how to flash" question in the dev forum... and no, I'm not asking for mod powers [in fact I don't want mod powers]... quite frankly I visit this site just once or twice a day... to busy with demos at work... I just want to know all the ways we can avoid this... anything to help the "super-mods" on this forum... yeah stickies are there... but some ppl just act dumb and don't even bother to read the stickies...
gtrplr71 said:
here have a beer and wecome to the club
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Much appreciated... a little spirit to calm my spirit...
bfspider said:
SO MAKE A THREAD ABOUT IT!!
Geez....report the thread and move on...
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Yeah, I cud do that... but I want to know if there's anything else I can do... the mods have quite enuf without having to worry about idiots posting in the wrong forum.
Well. Seeing that you're very new to the forum "28th January 2010" you might as well just get used to it. It's never going to change. Welcome to the internet.
dumbestcrayon said:
Well. Seeing that you're very new to the forum "28th January 2010" you might as well just get used to it. It's never going to change. Welcome to the internet.
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I may be new to this forum... (cuz I got my N1 just around that time... my first Android phone... and I never had any other phones for which this forum has threads.... but XDADev is a trusted, well known name...) I moderated MotorolaFans.com a couple of years ago, before I got too involved with office work, and I did have to deal with this crap there as well.
I guess ppl got the wrong impression from this thread (I think it's my fault, didn't word it correctly). I'm just looking for ways to make the mods' lives a little less frustrating... and to get crap outta the wrong forums ;-).
So basically, this thread was created as a way for you to not so subtly cry out that you want to be a mod. All this after only being on this forum for a few weeks. Gotcha.
ajwho said:
So basically, this thread was created as a way for you to not so subtly cry out that you want to be a mod. All this after only being on this forum for a few weeks. Gotcha.
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Err... hello.... if u read my earlier posts... I said I DON'T want to be a mod... quite frankly, I don't have the time... and I'd land up doing a crappy job... I'm just saying, from personal experience, that a mods job isn't easy... and we, the users, need to contribute to keeping this forum clean...
Let me put this down properly...
1. I don't want to be a mod
2. I'm not doubting or complaining about the mods and the great work they do
3. There are only a few mods and thousands of users (that's some task)
4. We, the users, also need to help keeps things clean
So in short, what can I, as a USER, do to help improve this situation!!!
Total Rotation... (hack/app request)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712259
Why on earth was my above thread moved and closed...
Explain please moderators...
I'm not a mod, but I would guess that it was moved because there was no development going on. Why was it closed? I dunno... maybe the mode are getting sick of moderating this forum.
jonnybueno said:
I'm not a mod, but I would guess that it was moved because there was no development going on. Why was it closed? I dunno... maybe the mode are getting sick of moderating this forum.
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well if you ask me its defo more dev related then anything else, cos only dev's would know how to do it, But yeah moving it can understand i guess, But closing it without any type of message is just plain ridiculous.
contagous said:
well if you ask me its defo more dev related then anything else, cos only dev's would know how to do it, But yeah moving it can understand i guess, But closing it without any type of message is just plain ridiculous.
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they moved a lot of stuff so i might have been an accident. try pm'ing a mod.
I'm not sure how long you've been on xda for, but in my experience it is common for requests (even development requests) to be moved to general. They usually want only actual development in the development subforum out of consideration for developers and users alike. it can be a bit trying to wade through all the ot discussion.
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they moved a lot of stuff so i might have been an accident. try pm'ing a mod.
I'm not sure how long you've been on xda for, but in my experience it is common for requests (even development requests) to be moved to general. They usually want only actual development in the development subforum out of consideration for developers and users alike. it can be a bit trying to wade through all the ot discussion.
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thanks, its not the moving i mind, its the closing thread, so any mod who see's this can you please explain why?
thanks
Asking a question about a feature for possible development is not development, its a general question and should go in the General/Q&A section. Pretty much everything should go under General, unless you have some source or compiled ROM or Kernel to contribute.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614062
I'm not a Mod obviously but spending a lot of time in the N1 Dev section you get a sense of what is and is not acceptable and how well it is tolerated.
Edit: obviously if you're posting an app apk or talking about cases there are sections for Apps, Themes and Accessories also.
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Asking a question about a feature for possible development is not development, its a general question and should go in the General/Q&A section. Pretty much everything should go under General, unless you have some source or compiled ROM or Kernel to contribute.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614062
I'm not a Mod obviously but spending a lot of time in the N1 Dev section you get a sense of what is and is not acceptable and how well it is tolerated.
Edit: obviously if you're posting an app apk or talking about cases there are sections for Apps, Themes and Accessories also.
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I think we all understand why it was moved but I don't see any reason as to why it was closed, there are a lot of locked or closed threads that don't seem like they should be, it could be that there is a thread closing happy Mod, or they are getting locked or closed by mistake.
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I think we all understand why it was moved but I don't see any reason as to why it was closed, there are a lot of locked or closed threads that don't seem like they should be, it could be that there is a thread closing happy Mod, or they are getting locked or closed by mistake.
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Exactly, moving the thread is fine, but why close it?
come on mods, if you can close a thread without any reason, at least explain why please...
Thanks
contagous said:
come on mods, if you can close a thread without any reason, at least explain why please...
Thanks
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Maybe they thought it was contagous and they were trying to quarantine it??
Seriously though WTF , we need a hack/app like that for sure!
GrandMasterB said:
Maybe they thought it was contagous and they were trying to quarantine it??
Seriously though WTF , we need a hack/app like that for sure!
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Sup B!!!!
Nice to see you over here to
And yes we seriously do, I would also LOVE it if anyone could do any of these following things to...
1) Camera stabilization that actually works
2) 2 stage camera button using the track pad (push/release)
3) App that allows 360 rotation on all apps that allow rotation.
4) Decent Panoramic camera app (like the Omnia on-screen Stitching)
5) Decent burst mode that works well and can choose how many shots it takes and time in between shots.
With those and with the rotation hack/app, i would be such a happy camper...
Come on dev's anyone know if if this is possible, if it is i'm willing to donate for sure
So my original post was shut in couple of hours, but this post has been here for nearly a day and a Mod hasn't given any type of excuse or answer to why the post was closed?
Is it me or is that just rude and a bad way to run a forums?
I really don't want to start any trouble, but I would love to know why my post was closed, So I don't make the same mistake in the future, plus its just common courtesy.
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So my original post was shut in couple of hours, but this post has been here for nearly a day and a Mod hasn't given any type of excuse or answer to why the post was closed?
Is it me or is that just rude and a bad way to run a forums?
I really don't want to start any trouble, but I would love to know why my post was closed, So I don't make the same mistake in the future, plus its just common courtesy.
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i don't think we have a dedicated mod for these forums... try pm'ing mikey1022 (maybe tomorrow since he's on the east coast)
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So my original post was shut in couple of hours, but this post has been here for nearly a day and a Mod hasn't given any type of excuse or answer to why the post was closed?
Is it me or is that just rude and a bad way to run a forums?
I really don't want to start any trouble, but I would love to know why my post was closed, So I don't make the same mistake in the future, plus its just common courtesy.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=713251
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=713251
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So where was there another post asking what I asked? Cos i couldn't find anything when I originally posted...
Plus your not a mod...
did you follow the instructions in the post he showed you?
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did you follow the instructions in the post he showed you?
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Er Which part you on about?
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i don't think we have a dedicated mod for these forums... try pm'ing mikey1022 (maybe tomorrow since he's on the east coast)
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I didn't see this post, thanks and I pm'ed him
Been reopened, was a mistake on my part.
Sorry
who is the mod for our vibrant section? i just realized all of the threads in development section are gone and moved to general just wondering who will be in charge since ill be having this phone for a while
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who is the mod for our vibrant section? i just realized all of the threads in development section are gone and moved to general just wondering who will be in charge since ill be having this phone for a while
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A bad ass!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=729364
WilliamStern said:
A bad ass!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=729364
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WesGarner isn't our forum mod. He's the dev #TeamDouche assigned to porting CM6 to the Vibrant.
Heh, I think he's talking about this from that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7275492&postcount=74
I think this is a good thing...
Argusi said:
Heh, I think he's talking about this from that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7275492&postcount=74
I think this is a good thing...
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That is an awesome thing. Sorry I didn't see what he was referring to since the post was 74 replies down. Glad to see we've got a supermod though, maybe we can keep this place cleaner than the old Dream forum.
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That is an awesome thing. Sorry I didn't see what he was referring to since the post was 74 replies down. Glad to see we've got a supermod though, maybe we can keep this place cleaner than the old Dream forum.
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I just happened to have just plowed my way through that mess, so I knew exactly what he was talking about.
Every thread that Master can't prove something he request that it be closed?
Give me an example of a thread
Link please
who cares. he is a developer and works for FREE. let me ask a question:
why do so many people here dry to drive away all of our developers? Do you want a phone from samsung with crappy software that runs about as smooth as my old mytouch with 2.2?
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Every thread that Master can't prove something he request that it be closed?
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You mean the thread that was hi-jacked? What did I not prove?
I requested it be closed BECAUSE it was hi-jacked.
My last thread was closed because you started a flame war & it got off topic.
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who cares. he is a developer and works for FREE. let me ask a question:
why do so many people here dry to drive away all of our developers? Do you want a phone from samsung with crappy software that runs about as smooth as my old mytouch with 2.2?
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He doesn't work for free, each link in his signature goes to his donation box. Go check out his website where his donation % went from being at 90% of his goal to now its back at 5%.
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Give me an example of a thread
Link please
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here ya go...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10211606#post10211606
oh Master since you feel it's acceptable to tell people NOT to post in thread, I am asking you to NOT post in this thread.
thanks
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He doesn't work for free, each link in his signature goes to his donation box. Go check out his website where his donation % went from being at 90% of his goal to now its back at 5%.
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Do you realize that is automatically reset every month and goes up to the percentage that is for my server?
We just had a town hall, did you even read it?
Master™ said:
You mean the thread that was hi-jacked? What did I not prove?
I requested it be closed BECAUSE it was hi-jacked.
My last thread was closed because you started a flame war & it got off topic.
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actually I did not start a flame war, it appears one of the actual developers of the Sense port called you out, and that is what lead to you asking for the thread to be closed. Please get your fact straight.
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actually I did not start a flame war, it appears one of the actual developers of the Sense port called you out, and that is what lead to you asking for the thread to be closed. Please get your fact straight.
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He didn't develop anything to my knowledge. He didn't call me out, he stated something and I told him what I heard & he knows.
He asked everyone else to do something.
Rafy was a main developer
Like I said, please get your facts right. And quit flame baiting.
And you DID start a flame war in my old thread.
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He didn't develop anything to my knowledge. He didn't call me out, he stated something and I told him what I heard & he knows.
He asked everyone else to do something.
Rafy was a main developer
Like I said, please get your facts right. And quit flame baiting.
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so Rafy was the main developer which leads me to believe there were others? Maybe that's why it was called TeamgalaxySense?
I think you just proved my point for me, thanks!
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so Rafy was the main developer which leads me to believe there were others? Maybe that's why it was called TeamgalaxySense?
I think you just proved my point for me, thanks!
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Hmmm. Didn't I say, several times.
That is the first beta that I GOT TO BOOT
The thing was dropped. If they wanted to start a new thread with there newest work, then they could of. But they didn't
The thread was closed for a reason, why open up a thread, that is a flame bait?
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Hmmm. Didn't I say, several times.
That is the first beta that I GOT TO BOOT
The thing was dropped. If they wanted to start a new thread with there newest work, then they could of. But they didn't
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Yes you did but that is where you are wrong, you were not the first person that got it to boot. Barakin was the first to have it booting on the Vibrant not you.
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Hmmm. Didn't I say, several times.
That is the first beta that I GOT TO BOOT
The thing was dropped. If they wanted to start a new thread with there newest work, then they could of. But they didn't
The thread was closed for a reason, why open up a thread, that is a flame bait?
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This thread was created to ask the general public a question, hence why it's in the general section. Sorry if you can't resist the urge to post here, I've asked you NOT to but you still continue.
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Yes you did but that is where you are wrong, you were not the first person that got it to boot. Barakin was the first to have it booting on the Vibrant not you.
This thread was created to ask the general public a question, hence why it's in the general section. Sorry if you can't resist the urge to post here, I've asked you NOT to but you still continue.
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You just came to my forum under the username tester123 spammed it, flamed people.. And the posted this:\
You always flame EVERYONE.
http://img602.imageshack.us/img602/6976/reallypng.png
Try to contribute to the community
RSFAZE,
Go find a girlfriend or something to do....... I do not know what your issue with this dev or any dev has done to "sink your rubber ducky........... but keep it to yourself. If you don't like master or any other dev don't bring it here to pollute XDA
Mod please close this as it is not productive to XDA and does not beneift this forum or its members
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RSFAZE,
Go find a girlfriend or something to do....... I do not know what your issue with this dev or any dev has done to "sink your rubber ducky........... but keep it to yourself. If you don't like master or any other dev don't bring it here to pollute XDA
Mod please close this as it is not productive to XDA and does not beneift this forum or its members
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reported for flaming. This thread was again created to get feedback from the community, not to have someone with their feelings hurt come here and spam this thread.
Now if you have something productive to add, I would love to hear it.
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reported for flaming. This thread was again created to get feedback from the community, not to have someone with their feelings hurt come here and spam this thread.
Now if you have something productive to add, I would love to hear it.
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I am reporting this thread for off topic, non productive & flame bait
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I am reporting this thread for off topic, non productive & flame bait
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Off topic? I don't follow. This thread is in the general area, not in development and it seems pretty on topic if you ask me. So far all responses have been directed at the OP.
Don't get upset at me because you can't stand back and let the community speak for themselves on this.
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Off topic? I don't follow. This thread is in the general area, not in development and it seems pretty on topic if you ask me. So far all responses have been directed at the OP.
Don't get upset at me because you can't stand back and let the community speak for themselves on this.
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This isn't about the Vibrant. So it is off topic. Just because it isn't in the development section doesn't mean it is on-topic
Goodnight though. I am tired, had a long day.
Master™ said:
This isn't about the Vibrant. So it is off topic. Just because it isn't in the development section doesn't mean it is on-topic
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Well since you develop for the Vibrant, I think this is the most logical place for this thread. If the mods of this site feel it's better in another area they will move it.
Would this be more on topic in a section of XDA that you are not known?
It is Here!!
http://opensource.samsung.com/
Enjoy!
you may want to tell the mod to move this to general before you get flamed. plus there is already two threads about this there.
Then delete! Figured it would be more appropriate here.
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Then delete! Figured it would be more appropriate here.
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you did nothing wrong my lad..
don't let Mr. Forum Police get under your skin.
true you did nothing wrong but you're going to have a bunch of a$$holes who will tell you that why is this here in their assholey ways.
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true you did nothing wrong but you're going to have a bunch of a$$holes who will tell you that why is this here in their assholey ways.
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yeah, like you
no but you know and i know that the mods will come in here and clean up this thread and move it to general and possibly say it should only be one thread about this. i was just trying to give him a courteous warning
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no but you know and i know that the mods will come in here and clean up this thread and move it to general and possibly say it should only be one thread about this. i was just trying to give him a courteous warning
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well, he had actually posted a couple seconds before i did
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well, he had actually posted a couple seconds before i did
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so you don't think there should only be one thread about this to cut down on the confusion and crazy multiple questions asking the same thing on each different thread.
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no but you know and i know that the mods will come in here and clean up this thread and move it to general and possibly say it should only be one thread about this. i was just trying to give him a courteous warning
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Thanks!
Moved of: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant Android Development
To: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant General
Closed Thread, too.