xxx being = any proposed rule to help un-garble xda's garbledness. also, to help new people navigate through certain threads easier.
Proposal:
Make it a GLOBAL rule to have this (or whatever format) be the OFFICIAL way to respond to a ROM thread, if you have a problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19741360&postcount=355
Why?
Currently I see things like:
"x isn't working"
"y did work, now it doesn't"
"WTF, I BRICKED MY PHONE CUZ OF U" [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19734342&postcount=331 ]
this will help devs keep track of what is wrong. this will encourage people to read, and this will (hopefully) de-n00b all threads regarding ROMS!
Mods if this is in the wrong section, please move appropriately.
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Hello all,
Firstly I would like to introduce myself, I am the newly appointed Forum Moderator for this forum and hope together we can keep this place clean and a great place to develop!
The first thing I have noticed is thread titles are pretty inconsistent, many lack key information a use might need to know and this makes it not very easy to scan through the forum and find what your looking for.
Hence I would like to introduce Development thread title structures
The layout is simple enough, and I ask ALL developers to move to this new structure as soon as possible to help keep the forum tidy.
The structure is as follows:
[TYPE][ANDROID VERSION][NAME][OTHER INFO][DATE]
[TYPE] - Here you would enter if you thread is a ROM, or Kernel or Mod etc.
[ANDROID VERSION] - Version of android you thread is based on or for (If a ROM this could also include the base ROM used i.e CM10)
[NAME] - The name of your ROM/mod
[OTHER INFO] - Anything else you feel users want to know before entering your thread
[DATE] - The date or the last update/release/change of your thread
An example of this format would be:
[ROM][4.2.2 CM10][Zac's home grown ROM of coolness][Now with extra cool!][22/03/13]
If developers could please change their current threads as soon as possible, and all threads made after this post should conform to this layout!
Thank you
Hello all,
Firstly I would like to introduce myself, I am the newly appointed Forum Moderator for this forum and hope together we can keep this place clean and a great place to develop!
The first thing I have noticed is thread titles are pretty inconsistent, many lack key information a use might need to know and this makes it not very easy to scan through the forum and find what your looking for.
Hence I would like to introduce Development thread title structures
The layout is simple enough, and I ask ALL developers to move to this new structure as soon as possible to help keep the forum tidy.
The structure is as follows:
[TYPE][ANDROID VERSION][NAME][OTHER INFO][DATE]
[TYPE] - Here you would enter if you thread is a ROM, or Kernel or Mod etc.
[ANDROID VERSION] - Version of android you thread is based on or for (If a ROM this could also include the base ROM used i.e CM10)
[NAME] - The name of your ROM/mod
[OTHER INFO] - Anything else you feel users want to know before entering your thread
[DATE] - The date or the last update/release/change of your thread
An example of this format would be:
[ROM][4.2.2 CM10][Zac's home grown ROM of coolness][Now with extra cool!][22/03/13]
If developers could please change their current threads as soon as possible, and all threads made after this post should conform to this layout!
Thank you
Hello all,
Firstly I would like to introduce myself, I am the newly appointed Forum Moderator for this forum and hope together we can keep this place clean and a great place to develop!
The first thing I have noticed is thread titles are pretty inconsistent, many lack key information a use might need to know and this makes it not very easy to scan through the forum and find what your looking for.
Hence I would like to introduce Development thread title structures
The layout is simple enough, and I ask ALL developers to move to this new structure as soon as possible to help keep the forum tidy.
The structure is as follows:
[TYPE][ANDROID VERSION][NAME][OTHER INFO][DATE]
[TYPE] - Here you would enter if you thread is a ROM, or Kernel or Mod etc.
[ANDROID VERSION] - Version of android you thread is based on or for (If a ROM this could also include the base ROM used i.e CM10)
[NAME] - The name of your ROM/mod
[OTHER INFO] - Anything else you feel users want to know before entering your thread
[DATE] - The date or the last update/release/change of your thread - Please keep this to the format [DD/MM/YY]
An example of this format would be:
[ROM][4.2.2 CM10][Zac's home grown ROM of coolness][Now with extra cool!][22/03/13]
If developers could please change their current threads as soon as possible, and all threads made after this post should conform to this layout!
Thank you
UPDATE
After discussing this within the forum mods we have decided that the above format is the format to stay, I will ask you to change to this format over the weekend, but will start changing the titles next week!
Hello all,
Firstly I would like to introduce myself, I am the newly appointed Forum Moderator for this forum and hope together we can keep this place clean and a great place to develop!
The first thing I have noticed is thread titles are pretty inconsistent, many lack key information a use might need to know and this makes it not very easy to scan through the forum and find what your looking for.
Hence I would like to introduce Development thread title structures
The layout is simple enough, and I ask ALL developers to move to this new structure as soon as possible to help keep the forum tidy.
The structure is as follows:
[TYPE][ANDROID VERSION][NAME][OTHER INFO][DATE]
[TYPE] - Here you would enter if you thread is a ROM, or Kernel or Mod etc.
[ANDROID VERSION] - Version of android you thread is based on or for (If a ROM this could also include the base ROM used i.e CM10)
[NAME] - The name of your ROM/mod
[OTHER INFO] - Anything else you feel users want to know before entering your thread
[DATE] - The date or the last update/release/change of your thread - Please keep this to the format [DD/MM/YY]
An example of this format would be:
[ROM][4.2.2 CM10][Zac's home grown ROM of coolness][Now with extra cool!][22/03/13]
If developers could please change their current threads as soon as possible, and all threads made after this post should conform to this layout!
Thank you
I am asking this question to put it out there to see if this has been in anyone's mind as something possible to do. Do we have any folks smart enough that can modify/edit the checks in the software that keep the software from rolling back or even installing custom roms on our Motorola/Lenovo devices? Remove the checks that check for updates and online and whether its a correct or updated so that it will blindly attempt to put on whatever you throw in the Rom directory at your own risk. I now its a risk but some people just need a tool like this. possible/not possible are there any smart folks out there that have or desire to do this? I would be willing to donate to the cause... anyone else?
Reserved.
fadestyle said:
I am asking this question to put it out there to see if this has been in anyone's mind as something possible to do. Do we have any folks smart enough that can modify/edit the checks in the software that keep the software from rolling back or even installing custom roms on our Motorola/Lenovo devices? Remove the checks that check for updates and online and whether its a correct or updated so that it will blindly attempt to put on whatever you throw in the Rom directory at your own risk. I now its a risk but some people just need a tool like this. possible/not possible are there any smart folks out there that have or desire to do this? I would be willing to donate to the cause... anyone else?
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