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Just ordered my 8gb archos 70it...

Hey all. My device should be arriving within the next day or two. Been looking for a decent tab at this very price point. Been hearing good reviews about it. I'm pretty excited. I haven't had the time yet to thoroughly review much of the threads here. I just wanted to ask you guys to post some of the most useful links here so I can get a head start on my device. Much appreciated. Also i heard this device comes with root access but from reading a Lil from the thread, not full root. So can someone give me a brief overview of all of this devices dev accomplishments and capabilities with having full root? Thx.
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iflip said:
Hey all. My device should be arriving within the next day or two. Been looking for a decent tab at this very price point. Been hearing good reviews about it. I'm pretty excited. I haven't had the time yet to thoroughly review much of the threads here. I just wanted to ask you guys to post some of the most useful links here so I can get a head start on my device. Much appreciated. Also i heard this device comes with root access but from reading a Lil from the thread, not full root. So can someone give me a brief overview of all of this devices dev accomplishments and capabilities with having full root? Thx.
Sent from my HTC Incredible using Tapatalk
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Best thing you can do is flash Urukdroid on it. Easy install, much smoother.
Think you need full root to run apps like Titanium Backup. You have it with the custom rom anyway once you flash.
Just dont sit on the bloody thing.
I'll do up a screen replacement thread if it ever arrives

Not dev. Please post in the correct sections.
On that note, thread closed.

Poll Request

I would love to see a poll of "What ROM are you using on your dinc" or What is your favorite ROM".

Can we get a poll on what Rom is the most popular?
overground's post before closing that thread:
The reason we close what's referred to as "Best ROM Threads" is because the vast majority of the type end up a nasty flame fest. The reasons should be obvious. It's really a matter of opinion, and then you get the fanboys of certain devs chiming in, and well, you get it. My advice is try a few and make that choice yourself. It's easy to find the most popular ATM, because they stay on page 1 of the dev sub. That doesn't necessarily make it the best, however. Give some a shot and see what's best for you. To credit this thread, 8 pages and still civil. Seems DINC is growing up.
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byrong said:
Can we get a poll on what Rom is the most popular?
overground's post before closing that thread:
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I would like to see the poll numbers, period. I'm not interested in the reasons or the debates. I think it would be a mistake not to allow the vote because you want to avoid the discussions you anticipate. What does it matter anyway if people get into a heated discussion?...1- you don't have to read it. 2- that's why we have moderators. A forum should not avoid threads on controversial issues.

marcmarshall said:
I would like to see the poll numbers, period. I'm not interested in the reasons or the debates.
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That's even more worthless than the arguments. If you just have people clicking a button, how do you know what else they've tried? What use is it to know that Redemptive Revolution is John Smith's favorite ROM if John Smith has never used any other ROM?
That's one of the many reasons that raw numbers from such polls is generally worthless. You don't know whether any given vote is being cast by someone with solid experience, or some guy who is brand new to Android and thinks that the new ROM he just flashed is pretty. Clearly, these two votes should carry different weight, but in a poll they do not.
Besides, I do not believe that the forum software allows for a poll without an open discussion thread. If you would like to set up your own poll using another site's software, nothing is stopping you.
marcmarshall said:
I think it would be a mistake not to allow the vote because you want to avoid the discussions you anticipate. What does it matter anyway if people get into a heated discussion?...1- you don't have to read it. 2- that's why we have moderators.
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I don't care one way or the other. I'm just a member. You're right: I can ignore such a thread.
But the quote I posted was from a moderator here, so your point that "that's why we have moderators" is short-sighted and not your call to make. Just because you think that mods should spend their time looking after an unnecessarily heated discussion does not mean that they want to spend their time that way.
I don't really care about this subject one way or the other: I just thought it would be helpful to provide you with a link to one of the countless "best ROM" threads and a quote directly from a Mod on why such threads are discouraged.

byrong said:
That's even more worthless than the arguments. If you just have people clicking a button, how do you know what else they've tried? What use is it to know that Redemptive Revolution is John Smith's favorite ROM if John Smith has never used any other ROM?
That's one of the many reasons that raw numbers from such polls is generally worthless. You don't know whether any given vote is being cast by someone with solid experience, or some guy who is brand new to Android and thinks that the new ROM he just flashed is pretty. Clearly, these two votes should carry different weight, but in a poll they do not.
Besides, I do not believe that the forum software allows for a poll without an open discussion thread. If you would like to set up your own poll using another site's software, nothing is stopping you.
I don't care one way or the other. I'm just a member. You're right: I can ignore such a thread.
But the quote I posted was from a moderator here, so your point that "that's why we have moderators" is short-sighted and not your call to make. Just because you think that mods should spend their time looking after an unnecessarily heated discussion does not mean that they want to spend their time that way.
I don't really care about this subject one way or the other: I just thought it would be helpful to provide you with a link to one of the countless "best ROM" threads and a quote directly from a Mod on why such threads are discouraged.
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You make good points byrong. I can understand that moderators don't want to spend a lot of time in such a debate, especially if it gets heated.
I also see how some opinions are more experienced and valuable than others. I also know that what makes a ROM attractive to one person another person might not care at all about, and that there there are a tremendous amount of variables to be considered in a single vote. All that said, In the aggregate when there is a large amount (thousands?) of votes, I think the result might be interesting to see. Maybe your right though and it would just be more noise than information.
Certainly if the forum software does not allow for poll vote pages this discussion is moot and maybe a bigger waste of time than the proposed thread might be!

Why didnt you just make this thread a poll? Its weird that you started a thread wanting to see a poll but you could of just made this thread a poll. You still could make this a poll by clicking on Thread Tools. Weird

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Why didnt you just make this thread a poll? Its weird that you started a thread wanting to see a poll but you could of just made this thread a poll. You still could make this a poll by clicking on Thread Tools. Weird
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Ha- I remember wondering why I never saw polls on XDA and I thought I had noticed in the past there was no option to start a poll in the thread tools. I see now I could have, duh
At this point I'm almost swayed against it but I am going to try the thread tool and start the poll right after this post.
BTW- thanks for WarmZ, one of the few I've tried and a great ROM imho!
Edit- Never started a poll before. Of course I would I have to list all the ROMS as choices. Going to take a little ahhh...effort, and will have to wait a bit. I have to start on my taxes!

Well taxes done but I now realize byrong is right and how pointless this would be. Hopefully this thread will be yanked.

Should I buy it today?

Hi, the title is pretty self explanatory... Would you recommend me this device today?
I'm needing a new phone. I'm using a near dead Xperia S.
My budget and availability isn't great, so I was between this, a Moto G 2014, Moto X 2013 and a Xperia Z1. Given the specs the One is my main choice.
I would like to know how reliable and/or customizable the Oneplus One is... I just need to know that and I'm pretty much sold.
Thank you

There are multiple threads already established that are devoted to discussions about devices, please read, and if necessary, repost your question in one of these threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
There are also several other discussion threads that you probably should review to help you. They are What phone do you wish you had? or
The Worst Android Device That You've Ever Had & Why or even this place that talks about The best phone you ever owned.
To reduce redundancy, this thread will have to be closed.

OnePlus 2 Real Life Review (Missing topics)

Hi,
after some experience with oneplus support I thing there are some missing topics on the "OnePlus 2 Real Life Review".
like
Manufacturer
product strategy
value for money
support
What do you think?

Hello and good evening,
I think support should be added to the Real Life Review section. The other thing are not so important for me. Does not mean, it's not important for others.
You may suggest this to the admins using this thread:
[All XDA Members] Feedback/Recommendations for XDA
Kind regards
Trafalgar Square

+1 for Support topic to be added the the Real Life Review section.. am sure loads of OP owners will have something to say about their horrendous RMA experiences. Just take a look at some of the comments on one of the regional Oneplus FB pages, they're mostly about being unable to contact support when their hardware failed. A Support topic would really put some pressure on Oneplus to up their tech support game and alert potential buyers to the pitfalls of purchasing a Oneplus.

thanks for the answers,
in my opinion support is the most important thing from does I'v listed above.
(I just put the other on the list to be more complete)
however I think that three voices are not enough to make it happen
so it would be good to get some more before it goes to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987254

Question Re: Lineageos on Samsung Galaxy S9

I'm looking into purchasing an S9 and would like to garner the community's views on the stability of Lineageos (starlte) running on the S9.
Some things I'd like to know are:
Are there any stability issues?
Are there any major features missing on starlte? calling, bluetooth etc
Presumbly the Samsung pay h/w option will be disabled once rooted - correct?
Any other issues should I need to know?

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I'm looking into purchasing an S9 and would like to garner the community's views on the stability of Lineageos (starlte) running on the S9. ...
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I don't have this device but, if your question is specifically LineageOS on the S9 then your best bet is to post this question within the following Official LineageOS thread for the S9.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3781656
If your question is regarding the device itself, then your best bet is to post this question within one of the following threads that's specific to device suggestions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846277
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179
Good Luck!
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