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Skyrocket Section Etiquette

ok so this is to help keep the peace i am posting this on top of the forum rules they may overlap or intersect. My goal here is to help keep down on the issues of repeat threads, wrong sections, trolling, and any other hijinx that comes here.
1. SEARCH
yes sometimes its hard especially on your phone with taptalk because we all know how that works. Solution: Try using google search using keywords such as xda, skyrocket, and whatever your issues is this always works for me.
If your on a computer use xda's built in search tool or google as i stated above.
I personally promise 90% of all issues can be found on the web with answers if you just take a few minutes to search
2. IF ITS A QUESTION IT BELONGS IN Q&A
It does not matter what the question pertains to it is a question and belongs in Q&A i have reported tons of these here recently having them moved. i know you think that its a general question but no it belongs in Q&A ok.
3. READ
This one is kinda broad for a reason here we go
If you ask a question within a thread at least have the decency to read the last few pages to see if anything comes up that may answer your question im not talking the whole thread but maybe 3 or so pages. The reason for this is that i have seen alot of threads where people have a question answered then not 2 or 3 posts later the same question comes up. This leads to cluttering of the thread making it much harder for others to find information.
This also goes along with wanting to make a thread look at like 3 pages of threads to make sure you dont have a reapeat post this thing happens alot again it comes from lack of attention.
4. TROLLING/FLAMING
This ones a big one and im a massive perp for this and will be the first to admit it.
We need to stop the trolling its just getting worse and not fixing anything yes its hard to ignore especially for us old timers but we need to set the standard now this forum is too big for us to be going on like we have been.
Solution: squash the issues by reporting if you wanna report multiple times fine get your buddies to report fine but lets stop the hate i personally am working on this as well.
i know you guys are gonna ignore this and whatever but my hope is the message gets across to you guys and makes this section a more peaceful place for all

wanted to thank you for posting this even though most of it should be common sense but i only got 8 thanks per day

chinthekng said:
wanted to thank you for posting this even though most of it should be common sense but i only got 8 thanks per day
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Lol its cool bro I wanna add to it as things come up
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nrm5110 said:
Lol its cool bro I wanna add to it as things come up
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that would be a good idea considering the amount of people we've got in the community

I'll do my best to help in this. I'd love to see the old XDA again.

This should just get pinned

Great job Bro! Very needed thread IMHO.

I'm out of thanks for today. This is all useful information. Thanks :beer:
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BaconStep said:
This should just get pinned
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+1
Definitely something to keep visible

mindmajick said:
Bipity boppity bump.
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Makes me want to watch wizard of oz

If people have ideas on additions pm me I will add if I feel its relevant
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This is Great News!
The flaming was getting annoying ,glad to hear its a thing of the past...
And now XDA moves forward!
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Dinman said:
This is Great News!
The flaming was getting annoying ,glad to hear its a thing of the past...
And now XDA moves forward!
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That depends on mods and everyone here lol
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+1 to that
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I feel like this thread needs more info guys I need some ideas
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Glad to see this thread nrm! I hope newbies can learn from this. It's a great effort to make our forum the best!
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nrm5110 said:
I feel like this thread needs more info guys I need some ideas
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You might mention in the OP that the best way to Google search the forums in to prefix the search with:
site:forum.xda-developers.com
So to search for 'skyrocket ics update' within the xda forums only would be:
site:forum.xda-developers.com skyrocket ics update

Also you could add links to the existing threads stickied in Dev. We all know their stickied for a reason, but many people overlook them and head straight for the new thread button

If you are going to help somebody, have the courtesy to check back on the thread so you know they are in the right direction.
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forget pinning it.. this should be the first thing you see in like, 48 point font, obnoxious colors, when you open the forum.

Experiencing poor battery life on any jelly bean?

After installing this kernel http://sourceforge.net/projects/darksidevenom/files/latest/download?source=files my battery life improved by 1000%.

Reported
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Illnevertell said:
Reported
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Reported the post? What's wrong with it?

One you didn't have a question so this section didn't work for the post.
Two don't endorse one persons work demeaning all other developers hard work.
Three post on a ROM thread somewhere don't make a whole thread devoted to the endorsement of one kernel that's dumb.
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Illnevertell said:
One you didn't have a question so this section didn't work for the post.
Two don't endorse one persons work demeaning all other developers hard work.
Three post on a ROM thread somewhere don't make a whole thread devoted to the endorsement of one kernel that's dumb.
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1. It's a questions and answers thread, so therefore it's an answer to poor battery life
2. I wasn't downplaying anyone's work. That's why I didn't post it on anyone's roms thread
3. I was just trying to help people out having poor battery life
Times I try to help people out and I get is flamed for it. This used to seem a friendly forum, now it's the opposite. I was in the sharing business for years and we never had such rude people even in warez.

Warez well that explains alot
Normally there should be a question before the answer.
You are demeaning others work by creating a single endorsement when really its based on how you use your phone I may get better life using a different kernel. Its all based on your own experience.
I wasn't being rude I gave you an answer if you don't like my answer then don't ask why I do what I do.
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Saying x kernel improves my battery life doesn't mean it will for every one. Also Q&A as in ask a question and get a answer. So wrong section and technically considered a "best" thread. Locked

[Bounty] Get EdgeHood a Nexus 4

I was talking to EdgeHood about how I will be getting a Nexus 4 soon and would love for him to develop for it. There is one problem however; he doesn't have a nexus 4. This is where we come in. Together we can get this awesome developer one of the best phones out there and possibly get some awesome ROMs too. I will be donating at least $50. This means the goal to reach is ~$350 (this includes taxes and shipping)
EdgeHood has been doing some phenomenal work on the Galaxy S III with his Vengeance ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098437)
Donations can be made to Edge's PayPal here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=SBTbfErWle9DJ0akgBcw098iFuBccE2WIpgzPISWTPuVr5iNGAT07R0NnhS&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d0b7e678a25d883d0fa72c947f193f8fd
Come on guys we can do this!
Please post the amount of your donation so that I can keep track of it.
Thanks!!

You'd be better off doing this at the nexus 4 threads since generally we don't have the intention of going to that phone.
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Youre going to have a hard time getting donations here.
you should start a thread somewhere more appropriate if you actually want to do this.

I have a thread in the nexus 4 forum as well. I just figured users of his Vengeance ROM might want to donate and will be able to see this in the S III forums more easily.

This is first and hopefully a last. A bounty for a phone that isn't even the same phone that the section it is in.
On top of it the Nexus 4 isn't even available on the same carrier we are all on.
Building Roms on the Nexus 4 will not help the S3 forum at all.

Um, yeah. I'll get right on that.

Silly OP c:
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andrewk7750 said:
Silly OP c:
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/threadwin
seriously though, the above posters are right that you are not likely to get any love here for a phone the vast majority of us have no interest in and is on a different character. A for effort, F for execution

The OP wants S3 users to donate a phone so a dev can develop on his new phone that none of us own. Doesn't sound selfish at all.
I would love a Nexus 4. Anyone want to donate one to me.
Well at least the OP won't have to worry about updating the thread with amounts. Should be easy to keep track of zero.
No offense to the great dev who is probably reading this thread saying WTF. If I was him I would post and say I do not support this message here. Lol

Edit.
We'd be paying for him to go dev on another phone??
Man get this thread outta here.
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Please donate to me I have a little scratch on my screen. I needs nexus 4
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blestsol said:
He doesn't dev on this carrier and we'd be paying for him to go dev on another phone??
Man get this stupid thread outta here.
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He does have a Rom in the dev section here. Not like that changes anything though related to this thread. Just a clarification.

[email protected] said:
He does have a Rom in the dev section here. Not like that changes anything though related to this thread. Just a clarification.
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Oh he does? I retract that part then.
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Surprise this was aloud on our s3 forum
stripped apart rebuilt with Clean Rom&XdaTechnology!!!

BAN KERRYWOOD IP ADDRESS
iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple VZW GSIII

And I didn't think it could get any worse than the last dev people tried to have us get a phone for, but that was actually 1 ROM for the GSIII more productive than this would be.
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vote ban bounty threads.

droidstyle said:
vote ban bounty threads.
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I disagree, bounty thread can be great, like when we got the htc incredible 4g community a bounty s-off tester phone (within 3 hours mind you), which did play about 99% role in getting s-off (phone wise) from a developer standpoint it was unlimited.io team 100%. but without that phone, s-off may still not be on the htc inc4....
but this thread, poorly thought out.

Worst thread ever...
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Seriously wtf is this ? Screw these type of threads. When I was on the epic touch two devs set up threads like this and ****ed the community up the ass.
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Split the octa and quad subforums.

Hi guys! I'm back to my lovely second home, xdadev.
Just a quick suggestion this time, - IMO it would be a good idea to split the i9500 and i9505 subforums, just because later on it will get all very cluttered, since the two models will have different rom's and kernel's, In that respect they don't really belong in the same place on xda.
what do you think?
[highlight]HURRAY! they did it! thank you mod's ![/highlight]

I totally agree!
At leadt 2 separate threads in S4 forum
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Why should this thread be in development and not general ?

demlasjr said:
Why should this thread be in development and not general ?
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because generally they are both called the galaxy s4. development wise : they are i9500 and i9505

swatsqad said:
because generally they are both called the galaxy s4. development wise : they are i9500 and i9505
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Not saying that mate. This thread should have be posted in General, because this problem is everywhere, not only in development area. Everybody is talking about "S4" but most of people doesn't specify which one. It's a chaos.

demlasjr said:
Not saying that mate. This thread should have be posted in General, because this problem is everywhere, not only in development area. Everybody is talking about "S4" but most of people doesn't specify which one. It's a chaos.
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You're right this thread should be in general section. OP, you're definitely right, the octa and quad should be split into two subsections under Galaxy S4

Wrong section mate..
And about the suggestion. Definitely yes. Both the devices are totally difference and does not relate to each other in hardware manner.

Damn you eagle eyed forum readers! quick, summon the admins! We need to relocate
I'm pleased to see such a positive and logical response to my suggestion, we may be on to something here.

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Agreed.

Set up a poll
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+1, I agree! We need 2 sections for each model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agree completely. Coming from s3 it's already doing my head in working out which ones I need as I don't want to brick the phone!
Great idea. I don't think a polls needed lol.
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UpInTheAir said:
Set up a poll
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Its already set, 20 to 1 .

benbird7 said:
Agree completely. Coming from s3 it's already doing my head in working out which ones I need as I don't want to brick the phone!
Great idea. I don't think a polls needed lol.
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Yeah! I remember bricking my original galaxy s because I failed to differentiate ONE SMALL STUPID NUMBER that would cost people a new motherboard at this time, because no JTAG interface or pinout is available for the s4 yet.

Development Section has been DIVIDED!!!!
Happy Days!!!
BIG THANKS TO MODERATORS FOR QUICK INTERVENTION!!! APPRECIATED!!

Darn, that was fast (and lag free lol)
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good idea, it will prevent much confusion!

Done.

England UK Kit Kat

Official.
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/02/20...multiple-devices-confirmed-by-samsung-poland/
Kies or OTA, if anyone starts to get this update post here please.
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there is already a thread for this.
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It's been closed, and I was the guy who started the thread
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We already know it's coming, the question is when though.
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sorry i did not realise it was closed, was looking at it lastweek. I was waiting for BTU.. decided to flash the latest polish release a few days ago instead, it seems very stable and i like the pen window improvements.
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No worries, can't take this much waiting,
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ffs i see the thread title and think its been released. They closed the other thread why do we need this one as well. Why not just start a thread when the thing is actually released.

And how will you know? That's why this thread is here!
We need to know if it's kies or ota, and also we need to know which regions have it
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androidflea said:
And how will you know? That's why this thread is here!
We need to know if it's kies or ota, and also we need to know which regions have it
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How will you know?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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My goodness. The other thread was closed by a mod because it was a complete waste of time after 1 month and because placeholders are not really allowed anyway.
Do you not think it's a bit foolish to open another one straight away... and again with a misleading thread title. There is no "England UK KitKat".
Your argument about how people will know when it is released is completely baseless. People will know because when it actually is released a thread can be made by anyone who first realises entitled "BTU KitKat 4.4.2 released OTA/Kies". In fact I can guess that when the release does occur that will happen anyway because the second any firmware is available there tends to be a slew of identical threads made to inform us 8 or 9 times that it has indeed been released.
Your stupid threads are in fact just getting in the way of real news and just clogging up the forum. Please close, delete and wait patiently like the rest of us. You are testing everyone's patience by changing titles misleadingly and now creating new threads. When you have something worthwhile let us know.
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androidflea said:
It's been closed, and I was the guy who started the thread
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And I was the guy who reported your last thread, and the guy who will report this one. A waste of space, a placeholder and of no use to anyone.

I don't see how this is a waste of space. There are no other threads dedicated to the UK . I should have some more info to add soon as well. Otherwise you're reading about Poland and the US etc...
Personally I like having a thread for my country , how else would we be easily able to find info. The advanced searching isn't always the answer either.

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I don't see how this is a waste of space. There are no other threads dedicated to the UK . I should have some more info to add soon as well. Otherwise you're reading about Poland and the US etc...
Personally I like having a thread for my country , how else would we be easily able to find info. The advanced searching isn't always the answer either.
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I agree. But you're missing the point - i.e. there is no "official UK" KK to discuss. The other threads - India, Malaysia etc - have something to discuss. Until then, I maintain that this thread is a waste of space. No news and nothing to gain from it.
Great thread title too. Can we expect "official" threads for the Welsh, Scottish and Ulsterians too?! Or have Samsung become even more region specific?

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I agree. But your missing the point - i.e. there is no "official UK" KK to discuss. The other threads - India, Malaysia etc - have something to discuss. Until then, I maintain that this thread is a waste of space. No news and nothing to gain from it.
Great thread title too. Can we expect "official" threads for the Welsh, Scottish and Ulsterians too?! Or have Samsung become even more region specific?
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All that needs changing is the thread title and broaden the description of why it's around. The UK is a region for Samsung hence the BTU and why having a dedicated thread is helpful.
I do agree calling it England was not the best idea. I sent a pm to the thread creator asking him to modify the title and context to something more appropriate.

Thread closed as its a placeholder thread. Placeholder threads are not allowed, do not create another one.