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Surely this sort of spam wouldn't be tolerated if it was by another company, clearly it has nothing to do with mobile topics.
linkin85 said:
Surely this sort of spam wouldn't be tolerated if it was by another company, clearly it has nothing to do with mobile topics.
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And this does?
linkin85 said:
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'cause its google... android... xda... dhaaa
somebody trash this already
I fully agree with the OP. These Google+ topics have nothing to do with the Samsung S2. Getting annoyed by scrolling through the topic list in my PREMIUM app because of these topics. Make one central topic in the XDA area for off topic and close the
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Pyrone89 said:
I fully agree with the OP. These Google+ topics have nothing to do with the Samsung S2. Getting annoyed by scrolling through the topic list in my PREMIUM app because of these topics. Make one central topic in the XDA area for off topic and close the
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Surely the google+ threads are more important than this useless thread. Report the threads and mods will take care of them if they consider them inappropriate. Starting up a new useless thread ain't much help
We make an effort to condense them down to one main thread in off topic.
That said, we can't be everywhere at once, send the relevant forum moderator a PM and they will deal with the situation accordingly.
Theres also the case that people may be wishing to create a specific circle for owners of a certain device, this would be difficult if every thread was merged.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
it's not just in s2 forums, open any forum on XDA and you will see them...
Also, G+ seems to be a worse privacy jackpot than FB, which is big brother writ large!
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it's not just in s2 forums, open any forum on XDA and you will see them...
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Make that any forum worldwide any subject .
jje
Google+ confuses the hell out of me, and I'm not even a senior citizen.
Well move it to the Apps section then, Google has an Android app for G+
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Theres also the case that people may be wishing to create a specific circle for owners of a certain device, this would be difficult if every thread was merged.
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Not that I believe that's what's happening in the offending threads, but that's a very good point.
I don't care anyway. I've not been able to get in, despite numerous invites, so it must be crap
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Not that I believe that's what's happening in the offending threads, but that's a very good point.
I don't care anyway. I've not been able to get in, despite numerous invites, so it must be crap
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Well its definitely not the case in most of them, however I have left a couple in sections I moderate due to the fact that they were started with that intention.
Should they turn into an endless invite whoring add4add fest then they will close.
Im assuming you've tried all the usual workarounds?
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Im assuming you've tried all the usual workarounds?
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The only "tricks" I know of are by trying to get invited by someone posting something to you, and there's a script in the off-topic forum that retries your invitation URL every 5 seconds. I left that going for over 24hrs and it didn't get in.
I've pretty much given up now. I'll definitely be all over it when I do get in, but I'm not putting my life on hold and waiting for it.
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Google+ confuses the hell out of me, and I'm not even a senior citizen.
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Pm me and i can help..
I think some of the issues are that G+ comes up while talking on the forum. Then other are desperate to get an invite. I am guilty of posting in a few of them. But your right. Unless the thread is to create a circle it should be in off topic.
PS... 88 person XDA huddle was awesome.
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Ok guys/gals here it goes, Hopefully, this can become a sticky
Im gonna explain why I have decided to create this thread, and then I'm gonna explain what this thread will be all about.
First, why did I create this thread? I have noticed lately alot of members who like to get a little chatty in certain threads...whether its in the general section, dev section or themes & apps. Sometimes we can get a little carried away with our talking and it usually ends up with another member(s) telling these 2,3 sometimes 4 people to stay on topic and stop flooding the thread..Rightfully so. Sometimes, it also goes as far as a mod having to come into the thread, spend time cleaning it up, and then hand out bans, warnings, etc etc...rightfully so.
So, whats this thread all about? It's simple...THERE ARE NO TOPICS! we as XDA members sometimes like to talk..period! Within this thread we can talk about whatever we want...your fav rom, your fav theme, your fav theme with fav rom, other phones, cars, tv's, dslr camera, your job, where you live, post pictures of random cool things..etc etc.
The great thing about this is there will be NO going off topic, no warnings about going off topic, no being sent on vacation etc etc. This DOES NOT mean you now have the right to disrespect other members. This simply means you are now free to talk about whatever it is you want. Just as if we were all sitting around a camp fire with a beer in each hand...good ol' conversation!
The only thing I can ask of this is remember every member will and has there own opinion about anything that may get mentioned in this thread...PLEASE respect that! Don't be rude to other members, don't start fighting. This thread is our chance to finally go "off topic" without any harm.
This thread can be fun...I noticed alot of people who like to talk...so lets do this.
ps. Just because I created this thread does not mean in any way that I am gonna run it or be in control...oh helll no lol. This thread is for all of us to run and have fun. I suspect we are all mature enough to keep this thread fun, clean, stupid (you know how you get stupid sometimes, but it's funny lol) funny, and also help other people out with anything that gets talked about.
So, what do you guys say? Lets do this or what?
Now, im off for the night/early morning...my little girl will not go to sleep no matter what I do. It's been playtime for her for the last 17 hours or so...she is like that dang energizer bunny....I seriously don't get it...she needs sleep! lol
i didnt even read though ur 1st line. all i need is 2.3.3
this thread will be closed.
Nice! Free thread!
Im from Brazil, I know that have more brazilians here too, who are them?
Im starting to get impacient waiting for SE oficial update.
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i didnt even read though ur 1st line. all i need is 2.3.3
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Very funny ... and good idea creating this thread mr.patchy there will be less spam on other threads ! ;p
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shahkam said:
Very funny ... and good idea creating this thread mr.patchy there will be less spam on other threads ! ;p
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please...STAY ON TOPIC
sorry but couldn´t resist
Edit: ...and this thread should call OFFTOPIC TOPIC
So which do you think will come first? 2.3.3 for X10 or Diablo 3 beta . I really think it's a close race
a place to really chat sounds nice
Well we already have an off-topic sub-forum but I like the idea to have one like this here in our X10 sub-forum, Not sure if mods will let it but good idea
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Well we already have an off-topic sub-forum but I like the idea to have one like this here in our X10 sub-forum, Not sure if mods will let it but good idea
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The mods will be cool...trust me
rendeiro2005 said:
please...STAY ON TOPIC
sorry but couldn´t resist
Edit: ...and this thread should call OFFTOPIC TOPIC
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Hmmm.....how about "The Off-Topic Thread"
Did you hear?!? Gingerbread is out tomorrow! hahaha, I couldn't resist! anywho, we should start a fund to buy a Cyanogenmod dev an X10, so we can get an official CM7...wait for it... GO COMMENTS!
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Did you hear?!? Gingerbread is out tomorrow! hahaha, I couldn't resist! anywho, we should start a fund to buy a Cyanogenmod dev an X10, so we can get an official CM7...wait for it... GO COMMENTS!
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I thought we needed an open bootloader for that tho?
I am all for this. I vote for this as a sticky.
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Voelker45 said:
I am all for this. I vote for this as a sticky.
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I agree! This is a great idea....good job Patchy!
Oh.....wait....
Lol
the countdown has commenced
Nice idea Patchy, but won't PiLoT say there's an offtopic forum?
Hey mr patchy patch nice idea for this thread and i hope it works.
As this is a open topic thread id just like to point / mildly advertise my facebook xperia groups. Chat and fun group and tech group. Numbers of members are growing slowly but surely, around 90 of us over there and new members are always welcome. Find the link from my signature below
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I thought we needed an open bootloader for that tho?
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Yes I thought this too. Would be nice for proper cm support and perhaps nighties ;-)
We need max to come back and say he's actually done it lol
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one thread is not enough... most of the people will be left ignored...
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Nice idea Patchy, but won't PiLoT say there's an offtopic forum?
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Do you think I'd even attempt this if I didn't have mods permission? Lol
PiLoT is cool with this.
..... people who posted "please help me, my world is at an end" threads kept the people who post help and advice up to date on how they're getting on....
I'm currently subscribed to over ten threads where I and many others have spent ages trying to help only to end up with a dead thread and silence...
I often wonder if the OP's have been so in despair they have thrown themselves off of a nearby tall building, or drowned themselves in the bath, or kicked the cat and been arrested for cruelty to animals, or have founded a major new software enterprise using all the free tips and advice.....
Or maybe they've just had their problem solved and haven't had the good manners to come back and say " thanks guys"
You can tell I'm bored tonight if this is the best I can do with my time
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..... people who posted "please help me, my world is at an end" threads kept the people who post help and advice up to date on how they're getting on....
I'm currently subscribed to over ten threads where I and many others have spent ages trying to help only to end up with a dead thread and silence...
I often wonder if the OP's have been so in despair they have thrown themselves off of a nearby tall building, or drowned themselves in the bath, or kicked the cat and been arrested for cruelty to animals, or have founded a major new software enterprise using all the free tips and advice.....
Or maybe they've just had their problem solved and haven't had the good manners to come back and say " thanks guys"
You can tell I'm bored tonight if this is the best I can do with my time
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The first threads i look for with new posts are ones that I started.
But I know how they feel, cuz I've done the same thing on other forums unwillingly. Like if I'm always on this forum but I'm not getting an answer, ill post on another droid forums...then never go back to that site again...haha
Splendid reply... must try that myself LOL
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stinky73 said:
Splendid reply... must try that myself LOL
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Thanks dude. I thunk it up myself.
Help to XDA Dev " task650 " whose FIVE YEARS OLD DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED with CANCER
Here's is his (task650's) announcement :
task650 said:
I've made announcements as to why there hasn't been any updates lately in all of my threads bro. I haven't had the time due to my 5 year old daughter being diagnosed with cancer. We've recently started her treatments. There will be updates coming sometime soon. Every time I think I get a chance I end up having to deal with more important issues lately.
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The reason of this post is to raise the awareness among the XDA users about the "task650" situation . I am asking YOU an XDA user or visitor to donate as much money as you can to the "task650. "
His baby girl is diagnosed with cancer and I want YOU to help her to fight this uneasy battle! The medical treatments for her sickness are very expensive and by donating even ONE dollar, YOU will help this five years old girl to win over the cancer! I am not writing this on behalf of "task650, " it is my personal initiative! Being as a member of XDA forums and Android community in general, I feel that it is my responsibility to help the people who are in need as never before.
Here is the link for donations:
Paypal donation email: [email protected]
To "task650": brother, your daughter will get better, especially when there are so many people who are praying for her! Please forgive me for my personal initiative if I offended you by any means!
*friendly bump*
We're all family here in XDA. I'll make sure to donate some $$$ once I'm off of work
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I'll send a $5 donation as soon as I get out of bed.
*Bump
We need an area for charity threads. Or put these in a chit chat thread or something.
Donation sent!
digiblur said:
We need an area for charity threads. Or put these in a chit chat thread or something.
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I second this. Put it somewhere else.
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I'm just a busser right now, but I do other sidejobs that pay me generously. I'll donate as much as I can afford to give.
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I begged The_Scotsman for an Off-Topic subforum for the Epic but was told no other device has that and they were not going to start a precedent here. There is one general off-topic thread for Android and that's it. So we are stuck with off-topic posts in General. Shouldn't prevent people from helping out though.
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I second this. Put it somewhere else.
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If you think there is a better place
for this post, please let me know. I apologize for any inconvenience I caused for you guys. My intentions are pure. I am not benefitting from this. If someone is suspicious about this post, do your own research here on XDA.
Thanks to everyone who helped to "task650. "
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We need an area for charity threads. Or put these in a chit chat thread or something.
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Could you assist me with that please?
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fajhaj said:
Could you assist me with that please?
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It takes requests to head moderators to have a new forum made. There is a main off-topic forum here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=261
But I don't think you will get the exposure this needs. It is more troublesome when 10 people make new threads on "How to stop OTA notifications" rather than threads like this but that doesn't seem to irritate the same people as a single thread like this does.
Thanks for informing us of this terrible situation. Hopefully XDA as a whole can have a bigger impact on this little girl and her family, than we will ever know!
sent the few dollars i had left on my paypal balance. Hope it helps.
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Could you assist me with that please?
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Don't post them in the first place is the easy answer. Call me crazy but when I come to the Epic General section I expect to read about general epic topics not some vote for me threads, help me with my family issues I created, or donate to me, etc. All the nonsense just drives folks away.
I am sorry, but all I see in this thread is a lot of heartless, selfish assholes.
The subject of the thread CLEARLY indicated that it is not related to your device, so guess what... DON'T OPEN IT. Real simple. Instead you come in here to *****.
I wish the best to task650 and his family.
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I am sorry, but all I see in this thread is a lot of heartless, selfish assholes.
The subject of the thread CLEARLY indicated that it is not related to your device, so guess what... DON'T OPEN IT. Real simple. Instead you come in here to *****.
I wish the best to task650 and his family.
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No kidding! I understand getting frustrated by an off topic post from time to time, but when it is something like this, deal with it. XDA is supposed to be a community. I don't know about you, but in my "communities" we help others when we can. Like the Milkman said, the title was very clear. If the topic is of no interest to you, keep it moving.
Oh don't mind Digiblur, he punches homeless people in the face for asking him for food. The nerve of them interrupting him while he is walking. That is not what he started out walking for.
What the heck is wrong with you people! I bet if it was your son/daughter you'd have NO PROBLEM with this thread being here! Give the dude a break alright he is trying to help this guy, who can clearly use if nothing else some support.... people like y'all is why this country is going down the toilet and it makes me sick... but keep posting its cool... alls your doing is keeping it near the top of the first page, and for that, thanks!
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Don't post them in the first place is the easy answer. Call me crazy but when I come to the Epic General section I expect to read about general epic topics not some vote for me threads, help me with my family issues I created, or donate to me, etc. All the nonsense just drives folks away.
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I get where this guy comes from, he has a point. Then again, just like with EVERY other friggin post that the resident forum police go into to talk their crap... if you don't like it, don't fking click it! Don't read it! Most of all, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all!
Its not hard.
Man That sucks if I had a job I would donate. But for the guy who thinks there needs to be a different spot for this thread then contact the admin of the forum and ask for an entire Subforum for Charities.
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delete
Delete you or the post ???
jje
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I wonder why this thread didn't turn into a flame war, I mean it was plain and simple flame bait.
Some guy asked about his screen earlier and was ambushed and massacred and everyone misses this one. Lol!
Funny things, forums....
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I can see how some people think it's a mess.. I mean lets face it tons of people do not bother reading or searching, So I can see this being a problem for those types. I mean now they have to go though a WHOLE two forums to NOT search for what they want and NOT read.. lordy lordy the sky is falling!! what on earth are we going to do? You mean we have to be a tiny bit less lazy than we already are?? lol
I saw the change last night and it didnt take rocket science to see what happened. I was like "oh ok kernels, cm, miui in here, sammy cooked roms and mods there".
If anything it's more organized now, not a mess..
Ya its not exactly complicated to figure out, and ya, if anything it's more organised.
My only gripe is the app, still no original Android development tab.
That guy last night that posted about JB sources when there was another two posts below was typical of what's going on here, I even got a screenshot of it to post but once I went into the thread someone had already very kindly pointed out the OP that he should use search! :But ya, its ridiculous and no amount of posts or stickies or whatever seems to stop people doing it.
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After looking at the OP profile,he posted this here and he meant to post in the US forums. Wow yeah he is going to have trouble in those forums, if he cant even post in the correct forum dont know how he is going to handle that multi-carrier forum hahahah. I thought he meant the forum split of Original dev and Android dev
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After looking at the OP profile,he posted this here and he meant to post in the US forums. Wow yeah he is going to have trouble in those forums, if he cant even post in the correct forum dont know how he is going to handle that multi-carrier forum hahahah. I thought he meant the forum split of Original dev and Android dev
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My only gripe is the app, still no original Android development tab.
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From within the app, remove GS3 forum from your favourites and then re-add it, should then show all the sub sections including the new one correctly, but yeah would be nice if it did that by itself.
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Isadora said:
From within the app, remove GS3 forum from your favourites and then re-add it, should then show all the sub sections including the new one correctly, but yeah would be nice if it did that by itself.
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Derp!
Thanks!! All good now!
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Repost?
Closed, as it seems the OP got the wrong forums.
Let me take a moment to remind everyone to REPORT problem/dupe/uneeded/unconstructive posts or threads, dont respond, report, and we (the mods) will get on it and sort it out.
We cant be everywhere, and if no one reports it, it normally wont be seen.
And leaving notes in threads for us, doesn't work, PM the section mods, or use the report system.
Thank you and happy XDAing.