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HD has been around for many months now and the forum seems to be full of duplicate messages and requests.
How about we delete it all and start again?
Cheesy Dave said:
HD has been around for many months now and the forum seems to be full of duplicate messages and requests.
How about we delete it all and start again?
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Not really a practical way of doing this as the whole process would just repeat itself.
A few ways of doing this:
1. Leave it as it is
2. Have more categories so questions on specific topics are in specific folders i.e. all game threads in one folder, all threads on battery in other and so on.....but this would create dozens of folders, so again not practical.
3. Have a new setup so noobs aren't actually able to post questions unless they have already searched the forum.....but again, this also isn't practical
4. Have a section for noobs where all basic questions are asked and then another section for other members....but again, I'm not sure this would work either as a person may be posting their first thread but be an experienced user.
Personally, I would just leave it as it is, and possibly just delete a few threads which are useless to clear the waste
Baby and bathwater spring unbidden to mind!
sorry to say.....
when a new phone comes out.....this happens to all threads
when the diamond came out...we was in the same boat..
when the diamond2 come out....it will all happen again
you have to get used to it....thats what happens when n00bs get new toys
liamhere said:
when a new phone comes out.....this happens to all threads
when the diamond came out...we was in the same boat..
when the diamond2 come out....it will all happen again
you have to get used to it....thats what happens when n00bs get new toys
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Totally agree, thats why after all my suggestions I said it wouldn't work so just leave it as it is!!
while i agreee thre are lot of multiple threads i still beleive leaving them up is the besy way to help as user SHould search theyll get more options
ive just got this toy. but ive owned a godd few winmo phones before hand so im no noob but we alll have issues
Something that would help i think is better use of the wiki. Each cook having a page, each rom having its own page. each app having its own page. the discussion belongs in forum but ROMs should have their own page then theres 1 location for update info, details ect.
liamhere said:
when a new phone comes out.....this happens to all threads
when the diamond came out...we was in the same boat..
when the diamond2 come out....it will all happen again
you have to get used to it....thats what happens when n00bs get new toys
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Mabe start the cleaning process by banning all the "nOOb" bashers. That would cut down on a lot of the redundency around here.
If you cant beat them.... join them....
well...
If wiki was better organized... and have screenshots tutorials... and it should be a separate child forum for each phone
istoica said:
If wiki was better organized... and have screenshots tutorials... and it should be a separate child forum for each phone
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Or integrate an automatic search screen (maybe a popup to act as a temporary block) for:
a) anyone starting a new thread with
b) less than 40 or 50 posts history.
Then continue VIGILANTLY marking and reporting useless/repetitive threads.
Abram said:
maybe a popup to act as a temporary block for:
a) anyone starting a new thread with
b) less than 40 or 50 posts history.
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Quite like this idea of a pop up for noobs asking them to check if question has already been asked and telling them how to use the site including search option!
Fallen Spartan said:
Quite like this idea of a pop up for noobs asking them to check if question has already been asked and telling them how to use the site including search option!
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Should be easy to implement as well, I think. Mind you we'll still need to do the cleaning up.
Abram said:
Should be easy to implement as well, I think. Mind you we'll still need to do the cleaning up.
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All we need is a few MOD's to have a look at this thread and hopefully some ideas will get implemented.......obviously not all
I will vote for changing the forum first page. Giving that the number of devices is increasing, it is getting harder to find your phone through all of them. Maybe it is possible to categories it like saying depending on the model year/release date or specificationsod the device. That would be much more interesting than scrolling the whole page waiting to find a specific one.
Psyberd said:
Something that would help i think is better use of the wiki. Each cook having a page, each rom having its own page. each app having its own page. the discussion belongs in forum but ROMs should have their own page then theres 1 location for update info, details ect.
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ya.. ya... more option is good... may be almost the same problem but different solution...
Summarize
Major issue is looooong threads - which just go on and on. In the case of an answer to a particular problem - as soon as someone has a definitive answer the thread needs to be marked as Solved and the answer put in a reserved slot on the first page. It can me a nightmare going through a dozen solutions to fix a problem - and with people quoting bit's all the time there's probably 50% of the info duplicated.
Still
Best forum going
Toggs said:
Major issue is looooong threads - which just go on and on. In the case of an answer to a particular problem - as soon as someone has a definitive answer the thread needs to be marked as Solved and the answer put in a reserved slot on the first page. It can me a nightmare going through a dozen solutions to fix a problem - and with people quoting bit's all the time there's probably 50% of the info duplicated.
Still
Best forum going
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Good idea!
All threads should be done this way, i.e. once a solution to a query or bug is solved it should be posted at start of thread!!
istoica said:
If wiki was better organized... and have screenshots tutorials... and it should be a separate child forum for each phone
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Wiki can be easily edited so feel free to contribute to the community by starting to edit it and cover its flaws.
Fallen Spartan said:
Quite like this idea of a pop up for noobs asking them to check if question has already been asked and telling them how to use the site including search option!
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But the thing is Fallen, I've been trolling these forums for years, ever since I got my universal roughly 3/4 years ago. The majority of posts I have made really has been to help other people.
I am not a noob but have not made many posts, I am a competent programmer and can solve problems without having to post... Usually.
It would be really annoying if the few times I did need to post for help, or to share information, I would have to answer to a stupid popup asking me whether I have searched or not!
However, I do agree there is a severe lack in understanding the search facility on these forums, I think if a NOOB filter were to be placed it should go on join date.
P.S My join date was before Aug 07 I just forgot my email and password
I need to go back to the stock ROM where can I find the latest version?
You're unbelieveable!!!
1) try looking in the Nexus One Android Development forum
ORRRRRR
2) GOOOOOOOGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cymru said:
You're unbelieveable!!!
1) try looking in the Nexus One Android Development forum
ORRRRRR
2) GOOOOOOOGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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well this is exactly why i'm going to think twice before starting a topic in this forum. I wouldn't want a response like this to ever happen to me.
41 more days till n1 yay me
No its just this question has been asked numerous times and if people bothered to search they'd find their answers within 1 minute.
In this case ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=559
OMG the nexus one android dev forum!
OMG its the very first link on the page!
OMG that was so much easier than starting a new thread
OMG im bored
nevermind.
cymru said:
No its just this question has been asked numerous times and if people bothered to search they'd find their answers within 1 minute.
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I understand. I was going to start a topic asking if I should get my n1 engraved in a few weeks and see if anybody had any good reasoning why I should or shouldn't do it (other than poor resale value and a few other things). But I could just see all the flames now. So I guess I won't.
ChillRays said:
I understand. I was going to start a topic asking if I should get my n1 engraved in a few weeks and see if anybody had any good reasoning why I should or shouldn't do it (other than poor resale value and a few other things). But I could just see all the flames now. So I guess I won't.
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If you did you would most likely be pointed to this thread. And asked why you didn't search..
daveid said:
If you did you would most likely be pointed to this thread. And asked why you didn't search..
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lol. Thanks but I did search and I have already came across that thread before. That post is more of "what should I get my phone engraved" and I'd be asking if I should or shouldn't..
I'll just check on other forums to see whats up. Thanks though
Does anyone know when the HTC Wildfire will be getting the Android 2.2 update?... I'm on T-Mobile & heard a lot of different rumours but nothing concrete, but be good if anyone has any news, thanks
Cyborgz said:
Does anyone know when the HTC Wildfire will be getting the Android 2.2 update?... I'm on T-Mobile & heard a lot of different rumours but nothing concrete, but be good if anyone has any news, thanks
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Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
Link 5
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Did you HAD to open another topic, when there are already a 100 same topics?!
And answer is, NOBODY KNOWS!
Cyborgz said:
Do u think im goin to search for **** when there's 100 pages to sort through ur probably a muppet who does that, i'm askin about T-MOBILE u gimp!
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Well it wouldn't have taken much time (or let alone effort) to figure out the answer to your question. There would be no need to read through "100 pages" if you'd just learn to use the forum's built-in search function.
But this is getting off-topic, so let's get back on track. Nobody knows when (official) Froyo is coming to the Wildfire, but you'll know it very shortly after the release.
Cyborgz said:
**** thing about forums is u come across some right sad people who have no lives who wish they were forum mods Haha you's make me piss... its kind of like the Security Guard at the gate who considers himself to be the head of the Co-Operation... GET A LIFE FOOLS!
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Thing about forums is that they have tools so simple questions like yours can be answered without much effort by the user. Even if you had glanced at this page you would have seen similar threads to your own. If you had used half an ounce of brainpower you would have surmised that T-Mobile can't release their own update until HTC release an unbranded one first. If you had refined your search properly there wouldn't be hundreds of pages to sift through.
You think you're superior to people who use forums but you come here and expect them to help you with a question which has an obvious answer. So why did you come here if you're so cool?
Response provided with links; closed.
...but just in case y'all haven't seen it.
On the Acer site under Tab / Iconia tab / A500 / Documents
App. Guide
Acer kernel source code (for Android 3.2 HoneyComb)
1.0
95.9 MB
2011/10/04
Achristocat said:
...but just in case y'all haven't seen it.
On the Acer site under Tab / Iconia tab / A500 / Documents
App. Guide
Acer kernel source code (for Android 3.2 HoneyComb)
1.0
95.9 MB
2011/10/04
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You're right. Very old news, but thanks for posting and not using the search function.
Actually, I did / always do a search...
..and when I posted the new topic, it ALSO does a search for you to list similar topics but nothing came up there either...SO...
Erring on the side of wanting to help I posted anyway...
Sorry to have taken up so much of your precious time and I promise to do my best not to help as much as possible again...
Achristocat said:
..and when I posted the new topic, it ALSO does a search for you to list similar topics but nothing came up there either...SO...
Erring on the side of wanting to help I posted anyway...
Sorry to have taken up so much of your precious time and I promise to do my best not to help as much as possible again...
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I guess "help" is a relative word then. Clogging up forums with topics that have already been posted time, and time again is not "help" as fast as most people are concerned.
When searching remember that there are more than one sub-forums for the A500 that you can search at the same time.
Achristocat said:
..and when I posted the new topic, it ALSO does a search for you to list similar topics but nothing came up there either...SO...
Erring on the side of wanting to help I posted anyway...
Sorry to have taken up so much of your precious time and I promise to do my best not to help as much as possible again...
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Meh, just blow it off. If you think this section is bad, be glad that you didn't post something in the Moto Atrix forum. It's even worse over there.
Seems like this site gets more and more full of users on one month old accounts with 1000 posts posting non-helpful replies. Who gives a **** if it was already posted? Why didn't you just stay out of the thread since you already knew this?
Letting it go...
yup...yes I am...No worries. If I didn't want to get verbally assaulted every once in a blue moon, I wouldn't post
...but on the off chance someone didn't see it and it could help...I'll take the chance Every Time...and even when I do know how to search and use search quite a lot, Every Once in a while search does not turn up the exact phrase or wording or whatever. Sooo...
ANYWAY...
Letting go while knowing that 99.9999 percent of the people here Really Do want to help...
At least I'm not asking about root for 3.2 right?
mikel81 said:
Seems like this site gets more and more full of users on one month old accounts with 1000 posts posting non-helpful replies. Who gives a **** if it was already posted? Why didn't you just stay out of the thread since you already knew this?
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Says the 9 post wonder
Achristocat said:
yup...yes I am...No worries. If I didn't want to get verbally assaulted every once in a blue moon, I wouldn't post
...but on the off chance someone didn't see it and it could help...I'll take the chance Every Time...and even when I do know how to search and use search quite a lot, Every Once in a while search does not turn up the exact phrase or wording or whatever. Sooo...
ANYWAY...
Letting go while knowing that 99.9999 percent of the people here Really Do want to help...
At least I'm not asking about root for 3.2 right?
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I've been following this forum fairly regularly since I got my tab in May and I had not seen it so it was useful for me. Thanks...
kjy2010 said:
Says the 9 post wonder
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Says the forum spammer.
Give it a rest, please? The guy wanted to help, and he's been a member WAY longer than you. Post count is irrelevant.
rg1003 said:
I've been following this forum fairly regularly since I got my tab in May and I had not seen it so it was useful for me. Thanks...
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Since we apparently have a bunch of children that don't know how to use the search function in this forum, here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276753&highlight=source+code
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273640&highlight=source+code
kjy2010 said:
Since we apparently have a bunch of children that don't know how to use the search function in this forum, here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276753&highlight=source+code
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273640&highlight=source+code
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The only child here is you having a hissy fit over nothing.
stoney73 said:
The only child here is you having a hissy fit over nothing.
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Huggs and kisses guys.
posting to this,saying its already posted is as bad if not worse then the thread itself as far as spam goes.
Oops I just did it too.
Sorry my friends seeing you bicker over this makes me cry.
More huggs needed.
I know my post was not needed.
Any news on the Acer A500 getting Windows 8? I haven't read anything yet, but just curious if anyone has heard anything.
read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499786
and then, please, don't continue this thread any further. The W8 forums are getting seriously filled with "will my non-windows ARM device get a hacked version of W8" and the answer is the same every time, and will continue to be the same, ever single time.
mtmerrick said:
read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499786
and then, please, don't continue this thread any further. The W8 forums are getting seriously filled with "will my non-windows ARM device get a hacked version of W8" and the answer is the same every time, and will continue to be the same, ever single time.
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Dude, chill out. It was a question. Other posts of yours come off as very snippy towards the person asking the question.
agentfazexx said:
Dude, chill out. It was a question. Other posts of yours come off as very snippy towards the person asking the question.
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Sorry, i just get kinda fed up when the same question gets asked again and again and again and again, more noobish every time. I used to mod a forum on a different site, i hate having to deal with duplicate threads, and noobs with one post spanning up subsections.....
i always try to help out the noobs, after all, we all used to be one, didn't we? but sometimes there's just no excuse, and this is one of those cases. this question has been answered in about half the threads on the first page of both W8 forums on XDA, and several times in other device forums. there were 2 W8 a500 posts in the a500 section last time i was there. When i saw this thread, there was an almost identical question directly bleow it!
I don't mean to sound snippy, but my tolerance for ignorance and stupidity has been being chewed up more than usual lately. Sorry for any offence i caused, it wasn't meant.
EDIT: i'm not calling anyone stupid!!! i'm just saying, some people's actions can seem stupid to me. No offence intended to anyone! I'd just expect someone who's been here a while to know to look for similar threads first.......
mtmerrick said:
Sorry, i just get kinda fed up when the same question gets asked again and again and again and again, more noobish every time. I used to mod a forum on a different site, i hate having to deal with duplicate threads, and noobs with one post spanning up subsections.....
i always try to help out the noobs, after all, we all used to be one, didn't we? but sometimes there's just no excuse, and this is one of those cases. this question has been answered in about half the threads on the first page of both W8 forums on XDA, and several times in other device forums. there were 2 W8 a500 posts in the a500 section last time i was there. When i saw this thread, there was an almost identical question directly bleow it!
I don't mean to sound snippy, but my tolerance for ignorance and stupidity has been being chewed up more than usual lately. Sorry for any offence i caused, it wasn't meant.
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Pretty sure the Transformer is different hardware than the A500. If you have a problem with a post, please report it instead of playing internet cop.
Also, lots of people here have been mods on other forums. They don't go around doing this.
Actual mods, just close this please.
See my edit above. was written as you were posting.
And the transformer hardware is actually very similar to the a500, that's why software ports are so easy.
But yes, i agree, this should be closed.....
mtmerrick said:
See my edit above. was written as you were posting.
And the transformer hardware is actually very similar to the a500, that's why software ports are so easy.
But yes, i agree, this should be closed.....
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I disagree. I want to see a barrage of zombie devs who aren't set on flaming anyone who would like to see Windows 8 work on any ARM processor. XBOX said their new 360 was unhaxZ0rable. Low and behold http://x360key.com/
If these people can crack MICROSOFT's box o love to this extent, then I feel anything can be done. I'm not saying I personally can do it. OR anyone I personally know. I'm saying, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. It just takes the right minds of brilliance to find a work around or a 'hack'. Even if these tablets have to be J-tagged, I think it is possible....
My four cents.
Thoughts?
PS. Not to mention all of the numerous hackers on the internet destroying Infastructor Security for FUN. Ever heard of the group Anonymous or the hacker The Jester? I suggest you flameboys do some research before you claim the impossible. I'm not bashing you guys for being disgruntled about n00bs over posting the as-of-yet obvious, but open your mind a little...
I'm just going to leave this here: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/asus-windows-8-tablet-promised/
this is a general question that is relevant to multiple devices. it's relevant but doesn't need to be brought up repeatedly.
when it's possible to port xda is likely to be the place you'll know