Use the Smartphone General forum for GENERIC posts, hacks, tutorials, questions!
If you have a question / tip / hack / trick also applicable to (most) other Smartphone models, please PLEASE post it to the brand new General Smartphone forum. Few Smartphone users check out the forums of other Smartphone models and, therefore, your questions / tips / other stuff will be read by a LOT more people if you post it to a general forum than in just a model-specific one.
As has already been pointed out, everything should be posted to the new General forum that isn’t ONLY related to the particular model. Some examples of what should be posted to the General forum and what should stay in a device-specific one:
posts like “the HTC Vox (s710) has a very bad-quality rubber cover” (example HERE and HERE) should stay in the device-specific Vox subforum because it’s (currently - we'll see how the forthcoming HTC Wings fare in this respect) only the Vox that is affected by this problem. The same stands for problems with the bootloaders of a given model or specific ROM upgrades, ROM versions, unlocking etc. only applicable to a given model (and nothing else).
posts like Live Messenger CAB’s (example HERE), OpenVPN hacks (example HERE), Adobe Flash hacking (example HERE) etc. should ALL be posted to the General forum because these hacks, information etc. can be used on (almost) ALL Smartphone models.
if you have a question that you feel can be answered by other Smartphone users, do NOT post it to a device-specific forum, but to the generic one. Generic questions are “What Web browsers should I use?”, “How do I configure my e-mail client?”, “How do I install Flash on my device” and so on. ONLY post questions like “What about ROM version X.Y for Smartphone model XY”, “How do I enable HSDPA in model XY”, “Where should I get WM6 for model XY”, “I have problems with the rubber covers of my Vox”, “My Excalibur’s buttons are hard to press” – that is, questions you’re absolutely sure about belonging to model-specific forums.
Also, make sure you continuously monitor the forum because I’ll post a lot of brand new Smartphone-related information in there.
Again and again,
POST ALL your questions / tips / hacks in the General forum if you find it can also apply to / answered by the owners of other Smartphone models
frequently visit the new forum for new tips / questions and, last but not least, my tutorials / roundups
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? You planning on taking me out? lmao. Welcome aboard mate. It's SLOW here, I had to take this one just because of the name, lol, and I think I've seen 2 posts since I got it.
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? You planning on taking me out? lmao. Welcome aboard mate. It's SLOW here, I had to take this one just because of the name, lol, and I think I've seen 2 posts since I got it.
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Totally, I put a hit out on you, I want these forums all to myself (Also sneaky mod edit)
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Hi forum.
I have been thinking about a thing.
As the hardware and software to some extention is similar in many phone brands, is there then some kind of a combined XDA effort to do the different tasks ??
It would be a shame if there over at eg. HTC Legend is sitting 200 NAND experts, or at Samsung S is 25 bootloader specialists.
Or if the best DES-crackers in the world only are reading HTC Desire HD.
So my question is:
Is there at XDA some kind of a combined effort, some form of sharing information?
Perhaps the XDA-Moderators could set up such a system if it is not here allready.
A system for us to combine the knowledgement of all devs here at xda...
So in fact mutch MUTCH more than you, who only use your time in the forum to play police...!
- we actually have people to do that, and they are doing it fine without you...
Sent from my Commodore 64, with Dolphin Dos B-)
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A system for us to combine the knowledgement of all devs here at xda...
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Fantastic Idea , it will help speed up the hacks on all phones.
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A system for us to combine the knowledgement of all devs here at xda...
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Like HERE you mean.
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So in fact mutch MUTCH more than you, who only use your time in the forum to play police...!
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Was that supposed to make sense, and your statement is clearly false!
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we actually have people to do that, and they are doing it fine without you...
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Makes you wonder why it's asked of members then eh.
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It is NOT the place to post your question because it gets higher traffic, or because more experienced users frequent it. Doing this just annoys those who are working on the device, and drives them away. Developers don't want to wade through 20 threads of "Help me urgently" to find their threads for porting and fixing camera issues etc. Similarly, if a thread is designated as discussion for developers say, porting a camera fix, please do not post in there asking "When will it be ready?", "Can I flash this yet?" etc. This is both completely disrespectful to those working on the project (you evidently haven't read the important posts in the thread), and also is making it harder for developers to find comments from other developers or testers when required.
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Pretty sure x10 user is correct. I can't see that you are actually developing any software to improve our phones. And as to him playing police, get over it obviously you dont like being corrected. X10 user may be a little blunt with people these days, but when you have to keep saying the same thing over and over to different people it gets old. He may not be a mod, but this is the sort of self policing this forum needs to get organised.
Well done x10 user
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
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He may not be a mod, but this is the sort of self policing this forum needs to get organised.
Well done x10 user
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Thanks! I am direct, and make no bones about it, if people want to interpret that as being rude for pointing stuff out that's their issue.
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Thank you X10user for not answer my question...
- and for pointing out that ny thread is actually in the right section, as it must be of huge interrests for dev´s who they can get in contact with from other sections/other brands/models, and how to find the right people for any problems.
And x10user, thank you for playing moderator...
- i don´t know how we would live without your kind of fantastic people...
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That's not my opinion and of many more here...
Yeah forums are for discussions, but the forum is broken up into categories for a reason. Post in the right section and there wont be any problems
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hi is there any easy way to unlock x10 what is on orange and how mcuh wil it cost to be done
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hi is there any easy way to unlock x10 what is on orange and how mcuh wil it cost to be done
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£20 from Orange, and there is no free way.
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MOD EDIT: BEFORE POSTING ANY THREAD IN THE DEVELOPMENT SECTION, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:
If you have developed a ROM, or are working with others to do so, the development forum is somewhere to discuss and share ideas, post useful feedback and logs or crash dumps, and to discuss a common goal developers are trying to achieve.
It is NOT the place to post your question because it gets higher traffic, or because more experienced users frequent it. Doing this just annoys those who are working on the device, and drives them away. Developers don't want to wade through 20 threads of "Help me urgently" to find their threads for porting and fixing camera issues etc. Similarly, if a thread is designated as discussion for developers say, porting a camera fix, please do not post in there asking "When will it be ready?", "Can I flash this yet?" etc. This is both completely disrespectful to those working on the project (you evidently haven't read the important posts in the thread), and also is making it harder for developers to find comments from other developers or testers when required.
Similarly, don't make loads of "Thanks for your work here" posts in an active development thread. It's just as annoying to developers as asking when something will be ready. If a ROM is complete, then go ahead and thank the developer if you wish, but don't go into threads for devs only, and interrupt it to post "thanks". It's basically spamming, and is treated as such.
If you are posting in development, you should have read every sticky and notice there, and should be actively developing or helping in the development of something. Developing isn't installing a ROM, or using a tweak, it's creating a ROM or other hack or tweak. If you haven't read for several days before starting out on XDA, you are likely about to ask something already solved. I registered on XDA when I first wanted to post, and that was to join in a discussion on something. Sure, join up and ask a question, but read the information available in General and Q&A first, as your question will have been asked before. Search is your friend here, become familiar with it.
Regarding when to post in development if you are not actually developing something, there is one occasion where it's acceptable. If you find a leak of a new ROM, which isn't already posted, and you verify it's legitimacy via either running it, or based on the source you obtained it from, then this is assisting in development, and should be posted in development. If you want to ask when a leak will be available use search first, then if not already in discussion, open a thread in general or Q&A.
If you have a problem flashing a ROM, this is NOT related to development. It's up to you to determine if it is specific to a particular ROM, and post useful information in that developer's existing thread for the ROM. If it happens on more than one ROM, and isn't a known issue (remember you should read several times more words than you post), then find out what you are doing wrong. Check guides written by others, try to repeat the problem and see if it happens every time. Something needs to be reproducible to be fixed effectively.
Once you have identified what you need help with go to the device Q&A forum (general if device lacks one), and make a clear, informative thread that explains the issue, and what you have tried doing to fix it. Did you re-download the ROM? Did you ask a friend to flash it for you, to reduce chance of user error? What steps (exactly) did you follow? What errors did you see (exact wording)? Did you double check all the steps? Did you do a wipe or hard reset?
If you make a clear, concise, yet detailed post, you will find help forthcoming, and should get the problem sorted very quickly. If someone suggests you try something, report back on what happened, did it work etc. Then, next time someone has this issue and searches, they will find this and have a verified and tested solution.
So remember... before you start a thread in development, ask yourself what you are developing. If you can't answer, then stop, step away from the post button, and think about where you are posting. Would it be better in General or Q&A, or is some more time with your best friend, search, required?
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whats the best site to get my phone unlocked and were would i get it done for £20and could i just ring orange and as them to unlock it. as i have look around a lot of sites to get it done but not sure if its legit as last time i tryed a site out looked good but they bumped me lol when i had the iphone and android is so much better
$45 by software instantly from 6:00 pm pst to 6:00 AM pst
how can i root htc hero
Perfect thread for you and please use search next time
best post ever!
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help please, i get error MTD: Write error at (numbers)
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help please, i get error MTD: Write error at (numbers)
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- Post in the appropierate thread
- Include which step you are actually trying to do and how you attempted it
The best piece of advice is, this probably isn't the website for you... Hop on over to androidforums.com... They are more for your skillset..
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Hi there, and everyone else!
I need to sync contacts via HTC Sync, but i can't connect? I'm using TastyFroyo 1.1. Thanks in advance
/ Razz91
razz91 said:
Hi there, and everyone else!
I need to sync contacts via HTC Sync, but i can't connect? I'm using TastyFroyo 1.1. Thanks in advance
/ Razz91
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kinda hard to sync a non-sense rom to a program that is designed for htc sense ROM's (overlay)
and all of these questions belong in the Q&A forum, and it's already been posted there several times..
Develop [dih-vel-uhp] –verb
1. to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
2. to cause to grow or expand: to develop one's muscles.
3. to elaborate or expand in detail: to develop a theory.
4. to bring into being or activity; generate; evolve.
Need I say more?
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Need I say more?
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very likely, yes, since I suspect the question will continue to be asked here in the future
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very likely, yes, since I suspect the question will continue to be asked here in the future
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Well, I see no problem with making threads like this, providing you are too stupid, simple, or purposefully annoying to use the SEARCH on this site. Or google. Either goes for such as simple question.
But when looking through the catagorys in the Hero forum... what does it take to ignore the "General" "Questions and answers" even "apps and themes" forums and head straight for the "development" forum, to spam your stupid, easily self answerable question that is clearly not anything NEAR development... on the forums that is reserved for DEVELOPMENT ONLY and clearly states this in one of the stickies on the top.
Are people like this created purely to annoy and frustrate others?
RAWR
/rant
EDIT: In order to make this post have some purpose other than ranting (fun as it is) may I please direct you to the thread entitled
[REF] G2 HERO ANDROID DEV | GUIDES | STICKIES | Please Read & Leave Suggestions Here
at the top of this board. Yes, the one that says "Please Read" and includes tempting words like "GUIDES".
Another interesting thing about this thread is it contains a link entitled
{REF}Complete Newbie Guide to Root & Install a Custom Rom by btdag
Does this not look like it may answer your questions and be relevant to your interests?
I will also point you to this other interesting page I "found"
Google: Root HTC Hero
This magical page contains a whole 320,000 links that may be relevant. Indeed, a quick glance on the first of many pages shows 6 "guides" that MAY answer your question. Also 2 videos! Right there! I hear noobs looooove videos, as they tend to have difficulties reading detailed and well written instructions.
Cool stuff eh?
The internet sure is magical...
(yes, this was a little slaying, and yes, I get a little sarcastic when I'm pissed off)
i like this thread more and more )
To site admins and mods, move this topic or lock it please. Wrong place and it has been brought up more then once.
cool stuff! ;-)
Brilliant : )
Sent from my HTC Hero using Tapatalk
Moved to Q&A.
There are numerous stickies to read here, and there are many better thread titles than "hiiiii". Allow me to assist you in picking a more descriptive one.
GREETINGS
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