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Adding the i780?

Hi all, just as a matter of curiosity, why hasnt the samsung sgh i780 been added to the forums (i know there are people who have added stuff for the i780 here - there just isnt a link from the main page to a forum specifically for the i789)?
I know the forums are generally htc/treo targeted but the i780 is a windows mobile based device which out weighs the tytan 2 in many respects and performs well as a pda/ppc, surely it would be of interest to many to see what rom updates etc you guys could come up with for this great device from the first page?
I am a wizard owner and am upgrading to the i780 - hence the "mandatory" blowing of its horn. I would love to see what you guys come up with as i never make a move on my wizard without first reading up on it here, it would be a pity to start tinckering with the i780 without first cross referencing here on XDA

This is a forum for htc devices only, people have asked for i780 forum before also, but as i said this forum is just for htc devices. You have to look somewhere else for samsung i780 forum (check my signature).

Hmmm... i always thought it was more for windows mobile devices as opposed to focusing on a single brand of phone, cant complain though - everything here is still awesome.
Thanks Sammy, i think this is the first reply i have ever gotten on xda, hence mu low post count . Im checking out your sig now. Thanks again

hmmm, windows mobile is becoming a standard on alot of devices now. maybe they should consider adding a section for other brands since everyone ends up here on this site anyway.
Not to mention at the moment other brands have posts and threads all over the show making it all very messy.
They can simply add a section and call it : Non HTC brands ... will certainly keep the forum neater.
Maybe someone should make a poll and put some pressure on the guys to do it ?

Well, even though i had given up the query i am still inclined to feel that there isnt any reason phones like the i780 arent a featured device.
Sammy said:
This is a forum for htc devices only
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Fair enough, but no explanation as to why XDA describes itself as
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Community of XDA developers for programming and modding of PDA Cellphone hybrids
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Doesnt make much sense, it almost implies that htc, palm and treo are the "only" true hybrids... Dont know about anyone else but my i780 whips most of em and makes for a pretty realistic hybrid of phone and pda.
Such as it is though, i am still very appreciative of the people on xda, a lot of time and effort goes into their work - for htc's and whatever else the mobile world pumps out. So essentially if they dont want to waver from pure htc then who am i to argue. Hence i suggested and dropped it.
- by the by, any admins reading this... how do i change my screen name?

yes i would agree with a general samsung phone as there are a few of us here among the HTC user. btw HTC made the hardware for the Palm treo 750 that is why there is a forum for it here.

Along the same lines, Samsung is responsible for the processors in most htc devices.
Im glad someone agrees with me though, even a general "click here for samsung stuff" would be great.

I have a htc like you but I would not be against the idea of a section for other brands

If xda-developers admins dont want to add non HTC devices then how about this: Create brand new site that will host a forum for all these devices. Then just ask the admin to add one dummy category that will guide all non HTC users to the unofficial xda-developers forum.
The problem is there are too many other forums. For example modaco – there are categories for different devices but ROM cookers keeps releasing on xda-devs. I like they are relesing it here but sometimes it's hard to find among all the HTC topics.

moneytoo said:
If xda-developers admins dont want to add non HTC devices then how about this: Create brand new site that will host a forum for all these devices. Then just ask the admin to add one dummy category that will guide all non HTC users to the unofficial xda-developers forum.
The problem is there are too many other forums. For example modaco – there are categories for different devices but ROM cookers keeps releasing on xda-devs. I like they are relesing it here but sometimes it's hard to find among all the HTC topics.
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Lol... yeah, i have checked out modaco a few times but the reality of it is that they are just adding links through to xda. Doesn't really help the cause. The thing that makes a forum like this so great is that there are so many dedicated developers "HERE" - why would they want to go somewhere else It is weird however that the developers are obviously interested in developing for other hybrids, so why haven't any of them posed the question? surely its disappointing to see your hard work disappear under tons of "i need a great headset" and "my phone got wet" posts?

Well, i made a poll on weither or not we should have a non HTC section, please go cast your vote there. this way Admin can actually see how many of us there are that use other brands and might change their minds ...
go vote here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=417812

We have been trying for ages to get them to do this, it is not going to happen. Trust me.
Thanks for trying though.
Rob

I guess we should be happy they dont delete the thousands of posts in Samsung/HP/Dell/Acer/... cooked ROM threads.

samsung section/ forum would it be so bad

sorry. close this post

You might think it's not so bad; but if you give it to one, you have to do it for all and you'll get people wanting a section for Acer/Eten, iPhone, Blackberry and so on ad-infinitum.
I'd like nothing better for this forum to branch out to ALL WM based phones, but I suspect it will stay focussed on HTC devices.

well ill continue to hang out here because it is the best thing out there. but as it is I guess the samsung stuff will just end up all over the place.
I guess I still look at things via tags

never saw this sorry

This has been discussed so many times
And always getting to same conclution
This is an HTC devices only forum
You are lucky because in off topic there is a thread regarding samsung, this is the best you can expect...

orb3000 said:
This has been discussed so many times
And always getting to same conclution
This is an HTC devices only forum
You are lucky because in off topic there is a thread regarding samsung, this is the best you can expect...
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I now see that.
I wish I could close the tread.

Mods please close OP request
dcooterfrog said:
I now see that.
I wish I could close the tread.
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Asking dear Mods for closing it
Cheers,

good idea

FloatingFatMan said:
You might think it's not so bad; but if you give it to one, you have to do it for all and you'll get people wanting a section for Acer/Eten, iPhone, Blackberry and so on ad-infinitum.
I'd like nothing better for this forum to branch out to ALL WM based phones, but I suspect it will stay focussed on HTC devices.
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This forum is already branching out to Multiple OS's on HTC Devices.. So if we started adding other WM Brands we would eventually have to envelop all wireless devices to follow suit..
Definitely better keeping the forum just htc devices.. I mean seriously there is over 1.6 million registered users with JUST HTC.. Imagine if we gave a place for the apple FanBoys to hang out.. The whole neighborhood would go to ****..

Samsung GT-i7500 Galaxy HERE ?

any chance to have a thread for a Samsung phone under Android here ?
I'm gonna buy one.
thanks

This is an HTC devices only forum, so there won´t be any section for any samsung or others
Sorry but this is the position of the owners of this site, wich I support

idonze said:
any chance to have a thread for a Samsung phone under Android here ?
I'm gonna buy one.
thanks
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Well, you can open a thread under Android, as others do under General, Upgrading... etc, etc... but perhaps no one will support/help you.
I think that this answer is "softer", don't you think?

there are other places like modaco for omnia which rocks so probably there would be some place for android also. And i am sure there will be place for galaxy on modaco.com, so dont worry.

don't forget ... more android devices will come and android develepers will change the phones. And then? They must leave this forum and share the new developments in other forums?
Better give Android HERE a platform Thats NOW your chance
hf

I think exaxtly THE SAME THING
Samsung or HTC Android: same thing for Developpers.....

oc2 said:
don't forget ... more android devices will come and android develepers will change the phones. And then? They must leave this forum and share the new developments in other forums?
Better give Android HERE a platform Thats NOW your chance
hf
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Welcome to the forum
As long as they are manufactured by HTC, such devices will have a place here, even with Android
If not there are plenty of android sites around the web

why there is a Sony Ericsson X1 phone on the site?
You said only HTC made phone can be in this site then how come there is Sony Ericsson X1 in the site and we cant have Samsung i7500 in the site???

because X1 is manufactured by HTC

SYMBIAN Development

Dear developers!
Ill just hold it short.
My question to all is, is it possible to make a 'forum' for symbian?
Since symbian is open source and Symbian^3 and Symbian^4 is upcomming what also is fully open source we maybe need a place as this.
Ive got a Samsung i8910 HD (OMNIA HD) with running symbian s60v5. Its a great phone but the OS is not everything. There are some people with rom cooking etc. For example Hyperx, who is really good in this but he's like the only one who is good in this. He did also try to port android on our phone but without succes. Maybe there are some people here who can support us etc.
I know there is a forum where manny things are uploaded and in development like apps, mods, custom roms.. but it aint everything
Just let me know what you all think about it, a forum for Symbian.
Kind regards,
Ruubs

Already been asked before
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630412
Most likely that isn't gonna happen anytime soon, but I've tried to start a forum for symbian development, seems like an EPIC FAILURE
http://symbian-developers.com/

The PRO said:
seems like an EPIC FAILURE
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Try to promote your forum!
Not all people read these questions about symbian at here.
Add forum link and/or picture banner to your signature here at xda - like a have done it.
Every time when you post something it will be visible to all people.

Spiaatie said:
Try to promote your forum!
Not all people read these questions about symbian at here.
Add forum link and/or picture banner to your signature here at xda - like a have done it.
Every time when you post something it will be visible to all people.
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allright, thanks for your support i am going to try that!

Spiaatie said:
Try to promote your forum!
Not all people read these questions about symbian at here.
Add forum link and/or picture banner to your signature here at xda - like a have done it.
Every time when you post something it will be visible to all people.
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aah, hm not really a request for it but ye a lill,
but this time its different, because of the upcomming full open source symbian^3 (with multitouch haha)
so maybe we symbians got a change?

BUMB....

ruubs said:
allright, thanks for your support i am going to try that!
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ummm.....i think he meant to promote symbian-developers.com not this thread

dubble post, soz

The PRO said:
ummm.....i think he meant to promote symbian-developers.com not this thread
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well doesnt matter right?
i just hope to create here a forum for symbian and get more cookers etc and maybe help from other developers from other platforms for porting

ruubs said:
well doesnt matter right?
i just hope to create here a forum for symbian and get more cookers etc
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true, but i doubt you'll find any symbian cooker here

The PRO said:
true, but i doubt you'll find any symbian cooker here
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well, i can and others can promote it for xda on other forums and websites right?

I support this thread. I will copy your signature without permission. But please send me a PM to request the removal from my signature.

I support this thread too...I wish to have Symbian on my WinMo too...Spreading the word through all my means...Pm me with your suggestions on that.

my last two phones were both symbian: e65 and n95

Say Goodbye to the Menu Button

So I don't have any where else to put it(I think it should go under development but the rules say - if you didn't create it it doesn't belong there) but I found this post really interesting so Enjoy

I noticed it with the nexus s, may this be the reason we'll not get ICS??

inmortal009 said:
I noticed it with the nexus s, may this be the reason we'll not get ICS??
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not at all - it has nothing to do with it(as far as I understand)

Interesting read, but why would this belong in the development forum?
You did the right thing posting it in the general forum,as this is exactly where it belongs.

MarkP80nj said:
Interesting read, but why would this belong in the development forum?
You did the right thing posting it in the general forum,as this is exactly where it belongs.
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I thought it belonged to development because its talking about hmm...development but I guess here was a better place after all

Originally Posted by MarkP80nj
Interesting read, but why would this belong in the development forum?
You did the right thing posting it in the general forum,as this is exactly where it belongs.
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I thought it belonged to development because its talking about hmm...development but I guess here was a better place after all
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This is a common misconception about the development forum.
It's not for things talking about development.
It's for things you have developed.
IOW, the only time one should start a thread on that forum is when one has developed something, and wants to share it with the community.
Anyways, sorry for the derail.
Not trying to sound like an ass or anything.
You did the right thing, and thanks for sharing the link.

MarkP80nj said:
This is a common misconception about the development forum.
It's not for things talking about development.
It's for things you have developed.
IOW, the only time one should start a thread on that forum is when one has developed something, and wants to share it with the community.
Anyways, sorry for the derail.
Not trying to sound like an ass or anything.
You did the right thing, and thanks for sharing the link.
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sure, np don't worry about it

In spite of Samsung's best efforts to bury the news by reporting it a couple of days before Christmas, Friday's disclosure that the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab won't get upgraded to Android 4.0 drew a lot of justified ire. Now the company seems to be backtracking like a champ, as reported by ajnews in Korea, by claiming that it will review the viability of updating those two devices in response to strong customer demand. While restating the difficulties of fitting its entire software footprint onto the Galaxy S and Tab's limited memory capacity, Samsung has been quoted as saying it'll investigate ways to try and make it work. We've reached out to Samsung for official comment on the matter and will update you as soon as we hear back.
http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/27/2663320/samsung-galaxy-s-and-galaxy-tab-ics-upgrade-review

RaverX3X said:
In spite of Samsung's best efforts to bury the news by reporting it a couple of days before Christmas, Friday's disclosure that the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab won't get upgraded to Android 4.0 drew a lot of justified ire. Now the company seems to be backtracking like a champ, as reported by ajnews in Korea, by claiming that it will review the viability of updating those two devices in response to strong customer demand. While restating the difficulties of fitting its entire software footprint onto the Galaxy S and Tab's limited memory capacity, Samsung has been quoted as saying it'll investigate ways to try and make it work. We've reached out to Samsung for official comment on the matter and will update you as soon as we hear back.
http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/27/2663320/samsung-galaxy-s-and-galaxy-tab-ics-upgrade-review
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awesome news - 10x for sharing