Is there a better forum to go to for how to questions that might be moderated a little better? My KaosFroyo question has never been answered and I see many questions on here with no replies.
Many times when a question goes unanswered, it has been answered before. So, the best advice I have is to use the search function to look and see if someone has answered your question before.
This is a large site and most questions are not new and have been answered multiple times in the past. Also, how you phrase your question and what kind of info you provide will help (such as phone model and software versions, under what conditions the issue happens, etc...).
Edit: Looks like you flash the update through recovery.
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now when someone create thread asking for help he got his thread removed to this section and get NO ANSWER AT ALL
so, when i had a question i decided to post her " the correct section "
and here is what i got no ANSWER what does it means
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471877
Where is the moderators where is the "Satisfied ANSWERS" You get only what it can call comments that is all you can get here
PLZ ALL USERS How we can complain to get AN ANSWER THAT Satisfy s US
OR let this thread be QUESTIONS ONLY
I AM SORRY IF I AM TELLING THE TRUTH
How we can complain to get AN ANSWER THAT Satisfy s US
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If you want to have it handed on a platter: just wait.
If you are intelligent enough to use the search button, you will see that most questions have been asked before, and they often have been answered (several times).
It's not your RIGHT to get an answer.
Instead of waisting time with complaining: do something more pro-active: search and investigate, this way you may actually learn something.
This is what we all have to do to get answers, why should you be any different?
Most questions are answered here and most problems are solved. the fact that your problem isn't solved means NOTHING. we all give support in return for nothing. you will earn the right to judge this section of the forum once you help people yourself.
and for the record, your query was responded and you didn't answer back.
thread closed.
I'm getting a bit cheesed off - is something seriously wrong with the forum?
For about the last week I've had problems with the "read" function with it not highlighting threads that have been updated since my last visit like it used to, and now we seen to have loads of "moved" threads that just point to the Q&A thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477235
What's going on?
Cheers,
Steve.
Perhaps instead of being cheesed, you should have don some additional reading. Did you try reading the first post in the thread all of those post are being routed to? In an effort to control the outrageous amount of new threads being started every day, we have begun consolidating them all into a single random questions and answers thread where the knowledgeable users will be able to look through and answer the questions from a single location.
As for the issue with unread threads, that has to do with a change in the way that the server is tracking the cookies. To mark all threads as read up to this point, just lick on "mark all read" at the bottom of the page of the main forum page.
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IMO, merging individual questions into one thread makes searching for answers more difficult.
whosy11 said:
IMO, merging individual questions into one thread makes searching for answers more difficult.
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I have to agree, especially when people don't quote what they are responding to. You often have different threads of discussion going on and it can get quite confusing.
I understand the desire to avoid lots of duplicate threads, but surely all that's going to happen is we'll end up with lots of duplicate messages in one HUGE thread?
I still maintain that the "Just a redirect from Raph Rom Development." and "Just a redirect from Raphael Software." in the first two messages, which is where you end up when you click a "moved" thread, isn't terribly descriptive of what's going on.
I understand that moderating a forum like this is no easy task, but by trying to impose a generic "Questions and Answers" thread, aren't you trying to put about 80% of the forum content into one thread?
Cheers,
Steve.
I completely agree, making one long thread and moving post after post to it in the name of "consolidation" is just irritating. I was wondering when people were going to start speaking up about that. Forums need moderation, but when it becomes as heavy-handed as it has here, the forum loses some of it's usefulness, it also becomes much less fun to surf.
StevePritchard said:
I understand that moderating a forum like this is no easy task, but by trying to impose a generic "Questions and Answers" thread, aren't you trying to put about 80% of the forum content into one thread?
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To be completely fair, 80% of the forum content is not in that Q&A thread. Most of the actual content is located in the many threads that are not consolidated. Most of what is being consolidated into that thread is questions by people who were too lazy to research their issue, or at least read the "read this before posting" which states that you should always try to post your issue in a preexisting thread first.
While this format might make it slightly less usable for the people who are 30 new threads of random questions a day, it absolutely does not have that effect for the users who are answering the bulk of these questions anyway.
That being said, your concerns have been noted, and we will consider other possible solutions, but i don not believe any of you who are complaining truly understand how much time and work goes into keeping this place in order. For example, last night there were 4,000 people on the site, and 3 moderators signed in. I merged about 30 threads yesterday alone, which is why there are so many redirects right now. I leave them for 1 day so that people looking for their thread can find it. The FIRST post states exactly what the Q&A Thread is for, and the second and 3rd posts right now are just used to direct people to the correct location for placing those questions. If it bothers you that so many threads are being merged, perhaps encourage users to post their questions in the right location. Then i wouldn't need to move anything.
I think this was a poor decision. I use(d) this forum to answer my questions which likely had already been asked and answered by someone else. But with the new 31 page Q&A thread, even if a search revealed that my question might possibly exist in that thread, there is no way for me to find it without reading (or at least scanning) all 31 pages. And then, if I'm lucky enough to find the question, I have no idea which responses go to that question. The Mod said to quote the original question, but many don't. Also, would it be better to put the original question in the title (subject) line so you would only have to scan the titles?
Personally, a Q&A forum with its own individual threads would be much preferred. I know most of you who know all there is about the Raphael think this might be a good idea, but, please consider the many (and I'm sure more to come) who don't know all that much, and have simple questions, which have been answered, but impossible to find.
Thanks for listening, and a big Thank You to all who help those of us new to HTC phones and WM devices.
-Rick
Please don't take offense...
but, let's face it, the people who are generating the most complaints about the decision are people who don't really do a lot of contributing to the forum. Those who actually do make notable contributions understand the constraints with which we are functioning, and generally feel that while this isn't ideal, it's a step in the right direction. I am terribly sorry for those who might have to do slightly more work, but let's face it, most of these answers are already out there, and that's where we get a lot of the answers which are provided. Scanning through a few pages of posts just really doesn't take THAT much time.
As I think this thread has outlived it's usefulness, which was mostly to inform people of what has happened, I am closing it now.
Hi,
I wanna thank the moderators for putting in much time to keep the forum neat and clean. We need people who are willing to give up their valuable time to bring order to this place.
But for f***s sake stop merging threads togeter. It makes the search engines close to useless! Even if you are able to find a question that has been asked before you wont find an answer unless to care to digg through threads witch hundreds of posts. I even wonder if people will reply; I don't think anyone is keeping up with these threads answering questions, knowing the people who asked the question won't read the 300 replies to other questions that were merged since they posted their question.
Yeah I know, people don't use the search button enough and some questions are asked over and over again. But by merging every redundant question into one big thread even people that do search won't find their answer anymore. And coming to a forum page that has haLF the topics moved, all pointing to that one thread doesn't encourage people to read that thread imho.
Maybe moving them all to a Questions that have been asked before sub-forum (without a visible moved tag) might be a better solution. Sometimes new information is posted to a question and that way it won't get 'lost' in a thread that nobody cares to read.
Anyways, it's just a thought. Thanks for your time
Cheers,
/Cacti
This has been discussed at length already. There are lots of people providing answers in that thread. We are not changing this right now as for the most part it has accomplished what we would like it to do. There is nothing wrong with the search function by the way, as i have managed to find whatever i'm looking for with a fair amount of ease to this point.
I have never really been clear on which forum I should use when I have a question regarding a problem with my phone. Specifically, I have a Samsung Epic 4G Touch, an Android phone. I am having a problem with not being able to view logcats. I'm sure the best place to ask about something like this would be in the Epic 4G Touch Q&A forum (which is where I posted my question). However, I have often wondered if it is best to ask such a question in the Android Q&A forum, because, while I might expect the best answer from my device specific forum, using a device specific would greatly reduce the number of views of my question and someone with a different phone may be able to provide an answer to my question.
Additionally, I understand that we are not supposed to ask the same question more than once, but if my question goes unanswered for several days in the device specific forum, is it acceptable to reask the question in the general Android Q&A forum?
Any advice you can provide regarding this is much appreciated!
It's usually best to ask in your device's Q&A forum. If no one responds after a couple days, you may bump the thread (no more than once every 24 hours). Most likely you will receive help, even if it takes several days. If it becomes clear no one will help you there, I'd PM a moderator to ask about posting the same question in General Q&A which receives more traffic, but the downside is less people knowledgeable specifically about the Epic 4G Touch will see it. Hope that helps.
I am running CleanRom. This issue also happened when I was running Venom XL. Whenever I turn the screen off or the timer turns it off I lose both data and cell service. If it has only been a few minutes it turns back on. If it is a longer time I have to restart phone.
Any suggestions?
A suggestion? One word: search. This is probably the millionth time this has been discussed, in the ROM threads, and in the q&a section you're posting in. So clearly you haven't bothered to search/read.
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1. Search before posting.
Use one of our search functions before posting or creating a new thread. Whether you have a question or just something new to share, it's very likely that someone has already asked that question or shared that news
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Use the search feature in any Sense 5 ROM thread and you'll find the answer you're looking for. And search before posting in future.
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I have searched... Did you really take the time to be a jerk and not help someone out? Amazing... I will look elsewhere.
You didn't search properly then, this is the single most discussed issue in our forum by far. Do I really need to search for you to show even a fraction of the posts that discuss the solution? Like I said, it's been discussed extensively in every Sense 5 ROM thread. Plus there are numerous threads dedicated to this subject in this q&a section.
PS. Calling someone a jerk would be classed as abusive and/or flaming, both things that are also against the rules. I'm not a jerk for pointing out that you didn't search well enough to find the most talked about topic in our forum.
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@Jklsr55 there's a guy who asked almost the same question in this section a couple posts down. If you searched, you wouldn't have been called out man.
At the same time, I'll tell you the solution to fixing it, which is in every single sense 5 rom thread: Update to 2.15 firmware.
Don't make a new thread or ask how to. I'm telling you what to do to fix it, so that you can search and find the steps yourself
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Well, again, I did search. But I searched from the main page. In was not aware you could search different sub categories. Kick me off, do what you like. But do not tell me what or what not to do.
Nobody wants to kick you off, all we want is for users to adhere to the rules so the forum is a better place for everybody. We certainly can tell you what to do though, when telling you what to do is to abide by the rules that you agreed to when signing up for this site. Hopefully a lesson has been learned today. I apologise for the level of frustration in my post earlier, but I'll certainly be one of the first people to offer you assistance if you have problems in future. Please just read XDA rules and abide by them.
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The OP needs to settle down with the immature attitude. I have asked a lot of silly questions myself and have gotten plenty of help in this forum.
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But do not tell me what or what not to do.
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timmaaa isn't "telling you" to do anything, aside from following the forum rules. Trust me, there isn't a question that you can come up with, that hasn't already been asked and answered here multiple times. Its not the intent to be rude, but the forum would quickly be flooded with the same questions being asked over and over, rendering the forum close to useless.
You also could have tried reading the Frequently Asked Questions thread (sticky at the top of this section), that timmaaa takes the time to maintain (see Question 26):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136172