Hey guys,
I was wondering if one of the mods could add a Q & A section for the Eris.
I noticed that there was one recently added to the Heroc forum. I think maybe if we had an FAQ stickied and all the "how to's" we have available to us that it would clean up the threads quite a bit. That way members can have access to the load of knowledge thats scattered and disorganized. Just a thought.
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Thank you Mskip for adding this new sub forum for the HD2, and for taking the time to move and sort out all the Q/A posts from the Themes and apps thread.
It will be OH SO NICE to see a clean themes forum.
Cheers
Wolfee
OMG! I posted this in the themes and apps forum fist by mistake.
erm confused why couldn't these just be moved to the general section seen as its full of crap anyway ?
Demon_man said:
erm confused why couldn't these just be moved to the general section seen as its full of crap anyway ?
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I agree! Generally I don't fancy the Q&A sub forums. I think that a question should be posted in the same thread as the related subjects, or in a new thread in one of the sub forums that encompasses the subject.
If I have a question regarding a specific ROM, should i post it in Q&A or in the ROM thread?
If I have a question regarding, say a car holder, should the question go in the Q&A or the accessories sub forum?
What distinguishes General from Q&A?
I don't really see a purpose to this subforum as the questions asked pretty much can be categorized under the general subforum...
I was having a look through just now and i figured out what this board is for but it may require it be renamed. The board seems to be filled with questions already asked atleast 10 times (if not 100) before. So we could rename this board the "I can't be bothered to google anything unless it's porn. Please, please hurt and embarrass me" board and then we would have a place for the senior members to vent their frustrations at the people that cause them.
The only rule would be the OP's have no right of reply unless they really can show respect, willingness and gratitude. In fact i think all new members should be locked into only being able to post to this new board and only allowed to make one new post a day. Every attempt to post after that would present them with a search box and the words "Use this Dumbass"
Hmm seems i got a little carried away there but TBH it's a nice idea considering it started out as a joke and i rambled on it a little bit.
I think that a simple post/link to general about each rom can fix issues with trolling replies. I can aslo say that I ask questions in dev, due to wanting to get my personal question answered. So all I'm saying is that maybe, just maybe. We can fix clutter by linking a rom from DEV (rom & fixes) and questions to general. It might be more work for Eris users, but it might make a developers hobby easier.
Ex.
HTC DROID ERIS GENERAL
- Test Rom x.x0.4 (Help)
HTC DROID ERIS DEVELOPMENT
- Test Rom x.x0.4 (00/00/10) froyo/cm6/senseui/vanilla.
Thank you,
Andrew "fkn gFtd"
I'm only trying to help with ideas. [=
Never taken seriously, because I **** on faces!
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fKngFtd said:
I think that a simple post/link to general about each rom can fix issues with trolling replies. I can aslo say that I ask questions in dev, due to wanting to get my personal question answered. So all I'm saying is that maybe, just maybe. We can fix clutter by linking a rom from DEV (rom & fixes) and questions to general. It might be more work for Eris users, but it might make a developers hobby easier.
Ex.
HTC DROID ERIS GENERAL
- Test Rom x.x0.4 (Help)
HTC DROID ERIS DEVELOPMENT
- Test Rom x.x0.4 (00/00/10) froyo/cm6/senseui/vanilla.
Thank you,
Andrew "fkn gFtd"
I'm only trying to help with ideas. [=
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I was thinking about posting something similar about a week ago. I think it would be extremely useful to have topics that more closely represent what is to be discussed in there, i.e.
Droid Eris Help/Questions
- FAQ's
- How to Ask for Help
- How to join chat
Droid Eris Accessories
Droid Eris Development
- Release
- Root
- Recovery
- ROM's
- Radios - Testing
- Root
- Recovery
- ROM's
- Radios - Bug Tracking
- Root
- Recovery
- ROM's
- Radios - Patches/Updates (Universal to All ROM's)
Droid Eris Themes
- Metamorph
- Flashable
Droid Eris Applications
- Market Apps Discussion
- Custom Apps Discussion
- App Development
- App Testing
I think that would go a long way toward cleaning things up and clearing confusion.
there should be one central thread that newbs can go to and just ask questions without being attacked. If its kept in that one thread, then the dev areas would be less cluttered.
Just one thread, ask any question.
True, I think a team should get together to try and make this possible. Everyone has great ideas, why not make a layout in document like posted on this topic. I'm down, to help with the new movement. If anyone is serious about making things happen, message me your gtalk.
fKngFtd said:
True, I think a team should get together to try and make this possible. Everyone has great ideas, why not make a layout in document like posted on this topic. I'm down, to help with the new movement. If anyone is serious about making things happen, message me your gtalk.
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do it, you won't
Hi SGS2 peeps,
First off I'm a epic 4g user, my girl friend bought SGS2 i9100 so I headed to XDA right away.
Looked under SGS2 i9100 there are 2 developments?? Thats confusing I had to read through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175660 to understand what exactly the issue is,
Anyways to voice my opinion I DON'T support split at all.
Reason: As a mere new user I don't want to look in two places and decide what to do more than anything else it is confusing.
If any developer so want to then they can easily create their own web portal for e.g. ACSyndicate over at EPIC 4G, they have probably the best ROMs for epic and have their own website, however they still actively post new development over here at XDA as well.
Anyways thats just my view, I don't think it matters to mods. So the question is: Which ROM currently users are favoring? and is there any separate forum (other than XDA) for SGS2 to follow ?
I dont support the same question or topic posted multiple times .
Nor do i support questions posted in the wrong forum .
jje
Even I don't like duplicate questions but if above mentioned thread was not closed I would have replied to that only.
Well in any case if this thread is so much bothering, moderators can delete / move it, I'm pretty sure they can do this much after going all the way to split the forum.
I'm pretty interested in customizing my own ROM, I'm Actually using TheSlim but I'd like to be able to do my own version with my own wall papers and ADW launche, I might do this at first only for me but I'm willing to learn to build better ROMs for everyone, I'm interested primarly cause I have a Telcel branded Xperia U which is not unlockable and I previously owned a Motorola Defy+ and I loved the community and all the ROMs they had so I decided to start learning by cooking (?) already made ROMs only I need a little advice or tutorial on what things can be made and what can be removed, the scripts and fixses I can search all that myself.
Thanks in regards.
Dude, This is the wrong Section. You should've asked this in the Q&A instead...
Please read the Forum Rules (Pinned Second Post in this Development Section)
Anyways Thanks a lot for your interest in Development. Hope you have a good learning journey...
I am interested too, do you have some links that introduce the topic?
Maybe look here: http://www.xperiaplanet.nl/index.html
and then by guides
Thanks for the move and also for the page, Ill start there.
I would like to direct this to the Moderators or any other higher ups that need to get involved.
This Q&A Bot thing is rediculous.
It is posting in seemingly every device for every rom. Stating to direct all questions in regard to a rom in Q&A sections in order to keep development from getting clogged up.
All its doing is clogging up Q&A.
I thought the concept was, if it is a question within regards to a specific rom, that's what the thread is for?
If it is a device specific question, then it goes to Q&A?
When you click to view Q&A Bot profile, it comes up invalid. Is this a new system generated thing to organize the threads better?
Not working. To me it is just as bad as having an ad pop up.
Honestly, I find myself wanting to come on here less. I come here in attempt to help others if I can. An attempt to return favors that others have done for me. What is the point of Q&A Bot to create a thread it cannot support or will not respond to?
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The Q&A bot only comes into action when a new user tries posting in the development section. As you know, new users can't post in development threads. So the Q&A bot makes a new thread in the Q&A section so the new users post can be read.
I can see where xda thinks this is a way of getting newbies heard and keeping development threads clean. But when you boil it all down it actually creates clutter and disarray. Because after all isn't XDA a development site? Therefore all threads here are considered development threads in my opinion.
In my opinion only recognized developers should be able to post in development threads. All development posts should have links to respective Q&A threads. Leaving development threads clean of everything but the dev's posts. This way the dev can post tweaks, bugs and tips that are easily found without going thru 100's of posts to find solutions. The dev can monitor the Q&A thread and answer questions there. When a valid question arises the dev can answer it in the Q&A thread. Then make an update post in the development thread.
What do you think?
If only people with "RD" status can post in the dev section this device and a lot more others would be pretty boring to own. I agree with @captemo those threads are cluttering the place up and are a bit annoying, plus I thought there was a 10 post count rule that prevented new users to post in the dev section? is that rule no longer in place or something or is it being circumvented in some way? I get the point of those threads in order to help out new users get the advice they seek and all but honestly its seems like a lot of users now a days don't bother to read a few pages of a thread let alone use the search function , and want to be spoon fed. Not trying to be a d-bag or any thing like that but it gets a bit out of hand at times seeing the answer they seek is just usually a few pages back from the last one. OK my ranting is over lol....
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i agree with some of what all you have said...but with that said.
our Q&A section is already a mess. The only one ive ever seen that wasnt is in the epic 4g touch forum, and thats because they had a member create a noob friendly support thread for all questions and roms. And the members,myself included, made sure questions were posted there and not just making a new thread for questions that have been asked and answered. It also allowed the more experienced members to have a place to help that was easy to find and point noobs in the right direction.
if you guys are interested in starting and supporting such a thread. i would look at the e4gt thread for ideas how to set it up...or u can look at the one i made and support in the galaxy tab 10.1 forum. Here is the Link to mine, as i cant seem to get a mod over there to sticky it.
These threads should give you all a nice idea about how a similar thread here would help, if used and a mod stickies it so it is always seen by new members.
as im soon departing this forum for a new device..i will not start such a thread. But will always stop in to help support it.
Have a great day,
Gil81 ( John )