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Hi, my name is john and im new to the development and im looking to get more involved. Im gonna try to make a few apps but i need a little help from other developers. The apps im tryna make is a craigslist app and a tagged.com app. I think i understand a little something because i install modified rc30 with root access with no problem and i also have the dev bootload, themes, custom boot screen and i also install cupcake without any problem. If there is anyone that can help me just shoot me a pm or email me at [email protected] or aim me at discountphones21.
Here is my blog http://androidappdevelopment.blogspot.com/
Thanks, John

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=Android+app+development

LMAO...that is so cool!!!

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Holy crap thats is so cool...and funny...lol
Stericson

I thought
I thought this forum was friendly but i guess i was wrong, im just tryna get a little extra help and you turn it into a joke. Im gonna go to a different forum and get help and when i make apps,themes, and os for android im gonna remember this. I might make the app private so that only certain people can download it. Thanks! For nothing!!!
http://www.amishrakefight.org/gfy/

I dont think anyone was trying to be mean, its just a hard question to answer and most of us dont know what you want.
You should also try to be more specific in your thread titles so people know what your asking. A title like, "looking for an application development walkthrough" or something like that might get better results than "New To Development (Please Read)". It saves other peoples time if they cant answer your question instead of just trying to get everyone to read your thread.
That and your question is just vauge, if you narrowed it down to a specific question you might have more luck or maybe even try PM'ing the people that are currently developing apps and see if you can ask them your questions directly.
Forums just have a way about them and its frustrating getting the same questions over and over again when they have been answered 50 times before. I dont think you will find a better forum for developing so I would suggest you hang out a little longer and see how you like it instead of getting turned off from one bad encounter. Most of the people here are extremely friendly and helpful, you just got unlucky by having someone post a really funny/sarcastic reply.

brandenk said:
I dont think anyone was trying to be mean, its just a hard question to answer and most of us dont know what you want.
You should also try to be more specific in your thread titles so people know what your asking. A title like, "looking for an application development walkthrough" or something like that might get better results than "New To Development (Please Read)". It saves other peoples time if they cant answer your question instead of just trying to get everyone to read your thread.
That and your question is just vauge, if you narrowed it down to a specific question you might have more luck or maybe even try PM'ing the people that are currently developing apps and see if you can ask them your questions directly.
Forums just have a way about them and its frustrating getting the same questions over and over again when they have been answered 50 times before. I dont think you will find a better forum for developing so I would suggest you hang out a little longer and see how you like it instead of getting turned off from one bad encounter. Most of the people here are extremely friendly and helpful, you just got unlucky by having someone post a really funny/sarcastic reply.
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Ok, i just wanted someone that could work with me to show me a little something because i catch on quick, btw that letmegooglethatfortou site is kinda funny lol.

cannon1616 said:
Ok, i just wanted someone that could work with me to show me a little something because i catch on quick, btw that letmegooglethatfortou site is kinda funny lol.
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Ya, no one was ragging on you, It was just the first time I saw that site and I laughed my ass off. Just look at the guys like Koush, jashsu, jesusfreke, and the guys that have stickied threads for help. Developers in general are very mean unless you ask very specific questions that have a single short answer. lol

First thing first u need your sdk setup

add S2U to current ROM

i am a noob and went searching for it but no luck. is it even possible? thanks for any assistance.

dreagus001 said:
i am a noob and went searching for it but no luck. is it even possible? thanks for any assistance.
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Yes it is possible to do this. Use the search function and type in S2U2, you will find it. Also the creator has a website just for it. Please next time search before you make new threads. People get annoyed when the answers are right there and someone post a new thread about this.
here is his website: http://ac-s2.com/
Mods please close this thread. Thank you.

didnt i say i searched for it with no luck? im pretty sure i did. i was there, matterfact i was the one who typed it. now, im annoyed. next time YOU read.

dreagus001 said:
didnt i say i searched for it with no luck? im pretty sure i did. i was there, matterfact i was the one who typed it. now, im annoyed. next time YOU read.
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I'm glad you are annoyed. If you did the research this problem wouldn't have happened. Obviously you are the one that can't read as per: http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=378
1. Search before posting
Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news.
And don't get pissy with me because I was doing you a favor. I politely showed you where to get the program and told you nicely next time search. Other members of this website wouldn't be so nice answering a question that has been answered so many times before. Oh yea obviously you didn't do enough searching because if you had type "S2U2" on google, you would found this: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=S2U2&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=S2U2&fp=Q9hKAq0-8-0 I'm done ranting.
Moderators please close this thread as per forum rules...

dreagus001 said:
didnt i say i searched for it with no luck? im pretty sure i did. i was there, matterfact i was the one who typed it. now, im annoyed. next time YOU read.
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Honestly, no you obviousely didn't search. A simple search at Google for "S2U2 XDA" and the 2nd result would have been it. I have done this multiple times to redl it so I KNOW for a fact from experience!
Let me show you...
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dreagus001 said:
didnt i say i searched for it with no luck? im pretty sure i did. i was there, matterfact i was the one who typed it. now, im annoyed. next time YOU read.
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Thread closed.
Dave

Power hungry moderators

Thanks to the genius that deleted my thread about fixing the phantom voicemail without an email or even moving it to another section, as I have seen done with so many other threads.
I would have thought fixing the phantom voicemail was a development issue, as its a problem in ever AOSP rom ive tested, and I was attempting to contribute to the solution.
But someone decided they were high and mighty instead...

usafmaverick said:
Thanks to the genius that deleted my thread about fixing the phantom voicemail without an email or even moving it to another section, as I have seen done with so many other threads.
I would have thought fixing the phantom voicemail was a development issue, as its a problem in ever AOSP rom ive tested, and I was attempting to contribute to the solution.
But someone decided they were high and mighty instead...
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This is probably the wrong way to go about this. You should probably try to find out why first...

Wow... cry much?
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LOL U MAD. Also, that should have been in Q&A, not dev.

They probably deleted it BC your not actually contributing any "dev " work. Roms, kernals, ports etc usually go in the Dec section. Questions go in the general section.
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Did anyone happen to notice he only has 1 post? What other thread is the OP referring to?

klept0 said:
Did anyone happen to notice he only has 1 post? What other thread is the OP referring to?
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LMAO +++++1

klept0 said:
Did anyone happen to notice he only has 1 post? What other thread is the OP referring to?
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This is trickery!!!

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Well if your post is deleted does it drop your post count?

If a post is deleted, it lowers your count. I've had it happen many times. :3

Send a message to the mod asking why it was deleted. That is a much better way to resolve the issue. Just my 2¢
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I thought the power hungry mod might have been a flashable zip. Oops.

Power-hungry moderators...
or dumb-ass posters?
YOU DECIDE!
On the next Judge Judy.

usafmaverick said:
Thanks to the genius that deleted my thread about fixing the phantom voicemail without an email or even moving it to another section, as I have seen done with so many other threads.
I would have thought fixing the phantom voicemail was a development issue, as its a problem in ever AOSP rom ive tested, and I was attempting to contribute to the solution.
But someone decided they were high and mighty instead...
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I am said genius.
I deleted it as it was not a Development thread, and therefore should have been in Q&A. If you choose to post in the wrong forum, I wil delete the thread. I'm not here to run after you and move your posts.
If you have any further issues, please feel free to PM me.

Archive Dead/Unsupported/Discontinued ROM

I think it's time for mods/admin to look out old rom like i said in above title, archive it, so that everything sorted again.
Forumers can start list out any known roms that have been discontinued/dead/unsupported.
PM any dev, ask for their developing status is a good start.
Sent from my Saga! loaded with ICE DS via XDA Premium

anazhd said:
I think it's time for mods/admin to look out old rom like i said in above title, archive it, so that everything sorted again.
Forumers can start list out any known roms that have been discontinued/dead/unsupported.
PM any dev, ask for their developing status is a good start.
Sent from my Saga! loaded with ICE DS via XDA Premium
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What are you talking about?
Each ROM thread in Development has a last released/updated date in the title and the threads are ordered by activity so its very easy to see which are current.
The INDEX thread orders all ROMs by date so its clear?
If you think this forum is messy don't consider getting a device like HOX or GSS3

So true...

yeah, I was so unclear. I dont realize that from this page to this page are all updated and undead.
So sorry.
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anazhd said:
yeah, I was so unclear. I dont realize that from this page to this page are all updated and undead.
So sorry.[/IMG]
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I think the general point is that if a ROM is 'dead' then it won't get any more posts and will naturally drop backwards. Why go to the effort of archiving them, which then leads to more effort required if somebody does want to use those ROMs?
You just went from page 2 back. That includes many, very current, articles;-
TouchRecovery
TWP
Reaper
GPS Tweaks
Eng HBOOT
Do I really need to go on?

one page back, nothing much outdated. but others? nevermind. Im just trying to sort out outdated, unsupported, maybe non stable/testing rom/etc.
for example, in this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639065 . you replied to that thread also.
new comers didn't see this as something I call, in align or sorted out. That's why that guy open up that thread.
and well, forget about this, maybe the seniors influence are higher and what others think for someone like me, meh, im just trying to be like some kind of wanna be mods or wanna be the good guy greg. bleh.

I do appreciate what your saying, but the system that is in place exists across all forums on xda and it exists because it works.
Old threads that are possibly dead still contain valid posts, fixes and even active links which will be picked up if people were ever to use the search function so should always be left.
Sywepd form my DsereiS

I'm not sure that sorting out these ROMs is your job. Or mine. Or, really, anybody else's.
What would be useful would be if genuinely dead ROMs had their title modified to reflect the fact and maybe the links from the OP removed, but that is the sort of thing that should, realistically, be down the the thread creator, not to another person - who is to judge when a ROM is dead?
I work in the EPoS (Electronic Point of Sale) business, and we have an application for wireless order-taking on Android. Unfortunately at the moment (and for the foreseeable future) it is only officially supported on v2.x (no support for v3 or v4). That's just a single example, but here are also many people out there who don't want to run a buggy version of ICS with the wrong kernel - for them the older GB stuff is essential (and they won't all choose to run Reaper or Endy either).
If that sort if stuff was to be archived, we would probably just get even more of the pointless threads than we already do.

well then, forget about this thread.
my bad.

techhelpfox appearing in many searches

this doesnt exactly have to do with mobile devices , but im sick of techhelpspot results appearing in most of my google searches that would otherwyse send XDA results, the only thing that site does is steal the info here in the forums, and then giving you a link to xda (and other tech sites)
i cant see a way to block it , so i wanted to make sure its not something in my pc hijacked or anything else.
example using google.com (us) example search: galaxy s3 clock aokp
here is an example image with results:
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another one: atrix hd swype apk
any idea why is this happening or if its only me?
i hate to go there just to click on a link that will bring me here, i think that site is new, xda results used to come on top before.
*MODS if not correct forum section please move or delete. thank you

Happens to me too.. hate it. It's just spam search engine designed to steal ad revenue :/

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We manually curate thousands of questions, answers, how-to tutorials, manuals, and more. We put all the relevant content in one convenient place in order to give you all of the resources you need to solve any technology problem you encounter. No more wading through dozens of sites to get the answers you need!
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It's basically a search engine but designed for finding similar questions. Kind of useful, but also a bit annoying.

When you do a Google search, just include
site:forum.xda-developers.com
At the start and it will only search within the XDA forums.

SimonTS said:
When you do a Google search, just include
site:forum.xda-developers.com
At the start and it will only search within the XDA forums.
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"just" sounds like an understatement lol thats a lot to type specially from a phone,
maybe there is a way to do the opposite? like site not like: techblahblah ?
thank you .

This has become a major annoyance for me too. Please report it at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreportform?hl=en everyone.

You can type "-techhelpfox" but that website is really breaking my balls.

YellowNote said:
You can type "-techhelpfox" but that website is really breaking my balls.
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yeah, its really annoying, i hope google sends them to the bottom of the results

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KurianOfBorg said:
This has become a major annoyance for me too. Please report it at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreportform?hl=en everyone.
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XDA wasn't even on the first page, yet all the information on techstupid was from XDA...
After submission, Google suggested this add-on https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-webspam-report-by/efinmbicabejjhjafeidhfbojhnfiepj , which I have to say I will use relentlessly, and I recommend you do the same. It allows you to navigate to the webspam site, then click a button and have the form auto-filled for you.
Maybe even better though, is this add-on, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/personal-blocklist-by-goo/nolijncfnkgaikbjbdaogikpmpbdcdef which allows you to click "Block xxxxx.com" from the search results. I think I'll report a few hundred techstupid pages and then click the blocker.
Hope this helps someone else!

Reported to Google! Hate this site so much, waste my time on every search. Hope this stupid techhelpfox.com site to die soon.