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Clean this forum up

I'm sorry if I'm telling people what to do but this forum is ATM to messy.
The moderator should clean it up by pinning the guides to the top and making a "Rom bible" thread where we could locate all the different ROM's.
FAQ thread should be made as well.
I was hopping that we could help the admin with this and not just complain about the situation. So here I start (Please fell free to correct and add things):
FAQ/Guides:
[HOW TO] Clean up system/app (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856104)
[HOW TO] Create your own Frequency Table. SUPERCEEDED PLS SEE OP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880851)
[HOW TO] Debranding /Installing different/recovering bricked firmware on your Defy (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853674)
[HOW TO] Enter Recovery Mode (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855962)
[HOW TO] Open CGs (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905277)
[HOW TO] Root Motorola Defy (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853672)
[HOW TO] Root UK v2.51 ROM.[Updated 12-27-20:50] (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889133)
[Guide]How I tweak, mod and hack my Defy (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893291)
[Guide] Your USA T-Mobile Defy: Rooting, Roms, and fixing 3G (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897445)
(Video Tutorial) How to root and install custom recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894270)
ROM's:
2.1 [Stock]
[ROM] Stock Rom DEFY JRDNEM_U3_2.34.1_DEBLUR (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884645)
[ROM] New stock Rom DEFY JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1 UK (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884105)
2.1 [Custom]
[Release] BlueGinger 2.3 UI ROM for Defy (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889147)
[ROM] Jboogie3 BlurlessGinger (BETA) and now Froyo (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877058)
2.2 [Stock]
[ROM] defy the Chinese version of 2.2ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895448)
2.2 [Custom]
[Release] Android 2.2 Froyo For Defy. ChinaVersion English Included, Rooted (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899450)
[ROM] Android 2.2 ported from Cliq 2 Beta1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914598)
[ROM]ANDROID 2.2 Milestone 2 Port Samsung Galaxy S Theme beta (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906465)
[ROM] Jboogie3 BlurlessGinger (BETA) and now Froyo (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877058)
[ROM] Perfect Froyo 2.2 Tks Jboogie3&bihariel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915759)
Other
[Release] Clockwork MOD recovery for Moto Defy [Updated 2010-12-18 04:08 am CST] (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875233)
[ROM] defy Third Edition Hybrid ROM, respectively UK2.21, UK2.51 and China 2.2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905371)
Deodexed framework/app for 2.2 Froyo Chinese ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916105)
[JIT Updated 31/12/10] Frozen Eclair- For 2.21 & AND NOW 2.34.1 Firmwares (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879209)
Nandroid backups (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880813)
Special version SuperOneClick:root froyo/2.51 easily! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913709)

i agree and nice job
ive been slowly working on an ultimate defy owners guide but exams have got in the way atm

It would have been neater if you put them in alphabetical order

Higgsy said:
It would have been neater if you put them in alphabetical order
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I will fix that ASAP
It is now somewhat in alphabetical order...

ha ha i think that was funny. Functionally this is very useful. What aplhabet priority will you give to arrange it. Just continue with what you have started I hope the Mods take note of this.

Yeah i agree with the op, i hope mods will take care of it!

All you had to do was ask
I'll get this done today or tomorrow. Appreciate the help in getting the links together. I don't have a Defy, so I'm not familiar with all the procedures etc...
I'll definitely do an "FAQ" type thread for all the main guides.
I'm not 100% sure about a ROM list as that is something that will always be changing and require update all the time. I think it may be easier just to let users find their own ROMs?
Opinions?

That would be cool!
Maybe you could include a link to the wiki page. It would than be easier to keep the ROM list up-to-date.
PS: You can find the Defy wiki-page at http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Motorola_Defy

I added the links to the wiki page.

OK, seems good, so the ROM part is done aswell.

pomah said:
I will fix that ASAP
It is now somewhat in alphabetical order...
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I was only having a little joke to be fair . Good job for kicking this off.

Ok, it's up: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919334
Please feel free to make suggestions

Thanks
then characters

Oops, didn't see this thread
Just PMed you with a suggestion...
the_scotsman said:
I'm not 100% sure about a ROM list as that is something that will always be changing and require update all the time. I think it may be easier just to let users find their own ROMs?
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It would be workable but it would need two things - ideally a Mod dedicated to the Defy section or at least actively monitoring it and secondly when someone starts a new thread about a ROM, to PM said Mod so that they weren't having to constantly trawl through the section to check for them.
I also think it would be useful is all thread titles were formatted similarly - if it's a ROM, start with [ROM]; if it's a guide, start with [guide] etc etc.
That and trying to keep question threads out of here, have them all moved to the general section.
In fact, now that I think about it, isn't it possible to have it so that any new threads hidden until authorised by a Moderator? That way any threads purely asking questions could be weeded out immediately and, indirectly, the/a Mod would end up aware of any new threads that needed to be added to a FAQ/sticky thread and also fix any badly-formatted title.
I know it would potentially add a slight delay to new threads appearing if there were an Mod actively monitoring the Defy section it shouldn't be too bad.
Sorry for just suggesting ways to increase your workload but I'm just thinking out loud...

Step666 said:
Oops, didn't see this thread
Just PMed you with a suggestion...
It would be workable but it would need two things - ideally a Mod dedicated to the Defy section or at least actively monitoring it and secondly when someone starts a new thread about a ROM, to PM said Mod so that they weren't having to constantly trawl through the section to check for them.
I also think it would be useful is all thread titles were formatted similarly - if it's a ROM, start with [ROM]; if it's a guide, start with [guide] etc etc.
That and trying to keep question threads out of here, have them all moved to the general section.
In fact, now that I think about it, isn't it possible to have it so that any new threads hidden until authorised by a Moderator? That way any threads purely asking questions could be weeded out immediately and, indirectly, the/a Mod would end up aware of any new threads that needed to be added to a FAQ/sticky thread and also fix any badly-formatted title.
I know it would potentially add a slight delay to new threads appearing if there were an Mod actively monitoring the Defy section it shouldn't be too bad.
Sorry for just suggesting ways to increase your workload but I'm just thinking out loud...
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I'm happy to keep a list of ROMs up to date if I get help in being informed of any new ones etc....I visit all my allocated forums MANY times per day (probably more than I should, even at work ), so that's not a problem. I'm always just a PM away, any time of day or night, unless I'm asleep
Because I visit all my forums so often, there's rarely a time when there are any question threads in the dev section...I like to move them as soon as I see them, so thats another issue I am managing no problem.
I was considering implemeting the same method as you suggested, using the [ROM], [Guide] etc tags in each thread title as they work well in other forums. I'll create a sticky with more information tonight after work.
The Defy forum has become a lot more populated over the last month or so, which is why things are getting a little more cluttered, so hopefully we can all work together and keep it clean and structured
Please feel free to suggest anything else you think will improve the forums

the_scotsman said:
I visit all my allocated forums MANY times per day (probably more than I should, even at work ), so that's not a problem.
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Sorry, didn't mean to suggest otherwise.
I just wasn't consciously aware of you having been around here and also since you're managing 9 sections eek, I thought maybe it would be unfair to ask so much.
I mean, I've done the moderating thing (elsewhere) but I doubt I could've dealt with that sort of load.
About moving questions away from the Dev section, I had also wondered if it might be worth having a sub-section for questions rather than throwing them into the General section, that way it's easier for people to see if a similar question had already been asked.
But I guess most of the questions will be about particular ROMs/Guides etc and will therefore be asked in that thread, so maybe that'd be unnecessary...

Nah nah, it's ok, I know you didn't imply anything
Yea, it's a difficult one with question threads...most of them are related to ROMs or a particular ROM...and if not they are usually general enough to be put into the General forum, which is intended for general chit-chat on a device, or questions.
Some mods like to have a Q&A dedicated sticky thread in the dev section, but im not a big fan of these.
I think the FAQ/Guide sticky should help somewhat in reducing the number of question posted in the dev section.

I was thinking, some sort of Glossary/FAQ thread/post would also be quite useful.
Terms like 'ClockworkMod' and so on get thrown around and whilst there is a thread on how to install it, there isn't really anything that explains clearly to people starting out what it is.

the_scotsman said:
Ok, it's up: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919334
Please feel free to make suggestions
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some link is wrong
> Root Motorola Defy
> http://]http// ........
> Enter Recovery Mode
> http://]http// .........

elysir said:
some link is wrong
> Root Motorola Defy
> http://]http// ........
> Enter Recovery Mode
> http://]http// .........
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Thanks, fixed
Step666 said:
I was thinking, some sort of Glossary/FAQ thread/post would also be quite useful.
Terms like 'ClockworkMod' and so on get thrown around and whilst there is a thread on how to install it, there isn't really anything that explains clearly to people starting out what it is.
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That's maybe a bit much...we can't go spoon feeding everyone. Clockworkmod is covered over many devices in xda forums. Search is a very handy tool
But if somone wants to write something up, please fell free

ideas sd card

woke up this am and was going to install new build of elagencia and got message if I wanted to format sd card???? checked sd card and all data is gone. I have an older backup of elegencia gb on laptop. can I pull all the apps and data off without messing the new ics??
also should I try and format the sd card or is this considered a card failure and it should be replaced?
first time this has happened
card is a centurion class 6
is there away without spending alot to recover the data on the card also
questions questions questions
thanks

xrepo said:
questions questions questions
thanks
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Which all belong in Sensation Q&A
Easy answer bite the bullit and reformat the card, it's been corrupted so obviously that has to be done. Long answer google free data retrieval software spend hours quite likely recovering nothing

ziggy if you read the post you might get the hint I was fishing if this might have something to do with the latest build I know where the q and a is but thats a general forum. I wanted to know about this build if anyone else had a problem, thanks for the reply

Sd-cards will fail on virtually every make of phone regardless of model or OS. This is Development not general fishing/random brain f***s what development is in your post?
The elagencia thread would have been more appropriate to see if that build had a problem, no need for a new thread at all

ziggy1001 said:
Sd-cards will fail on virtually every make of phone regardless of model or OS. This is Development not general fishing/random brain f***s what development is in your post?
The elagencia thread would have been more appropriate to see if that build had a problem, no need for a new thread at all
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lol
Sent from my ExtremeSenselessBlitz Sensation : D

xrepo said:
ziggy if you read the post you might get the hint I was fishing if this might have something to do with the latest build I know where the q and a is but thats a general forum. I wanted to know about this build if anyone else had a problem, thanks for the reply
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No you're STILL in the wrong forum section and this is ONLY for posting of new ROM uploads and Mods. Not your questions.. You should have asked this INSIDE Elegancia thread. Just reformat dude. Your data is gone and NO it's not a bug from Elegancia because I'm running it now.
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[Q] Android Development for NEXUS s

I need to change my Nexus S android version to latest version can any one help please

santhi2u said:
I need to change my Nexus S android version to latest version can any one help please
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no but you can read one of the many stickied guides, i charge for hand holding

simplest way , edit build.prop file , change that 2.3.6 or 2.3.7 or whatever you see , to 4.0.3 , you are now on 4.0.3 ,

What my fellow smart asses are trying to say is: don't worry, you are at the right place. Everything you need to find out about your phone is located here in this forum, but you need to do some reading in order to find it. What you are concerned with can be located in "stickies"- the threads at top of the forums which are indicated by the thumbtacks at the far left of the thread. Don't be discouraged by all the threads. What you are concerned with are only the stickies. It is in your best interest to devote the time to read through the first page of these stickies BC 1. You don't want to permanently damage your very expensive phone and 2. You will be amazed by what this little device can do once you've done a little homework.

THIS
Bruce lee roy said:
What my fellow smart asses are trying to say is: don't worry, you are at the right place. Everything you need to find out about your phone is located here in this forum, but you need to do some reading in order to find it. What you are concerned with can be located in "stickies"- the threads at the forums which are indicated by the thumbtacks at the far left of the thread. Don't be discouraged by all the threads. What you are concerned with are only the stickies. It is in your best interest to devote the time to read through the first page of these stickies BC 1. You don't want to permanently damage your very expensive phone and 2. You will be amazed by what this little device can do once you've done a little homework.
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New to rooting and custom ROMs, few questions...

Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to customizing my android phone. Have only had a Galaxy SII before, which I flashed to CyanogenMod.
Now I might be interested in flashing my new One S, particularly due to better battery life but also for enhanced possibilities.
I can of course read the guides on how to root & flash (although it seems a lot more complicated than on my Galaxy SII).
What I'm more worried about is, how do I flash back to stock, if that should be necessary later on? Is it very complicated?
Now, I actually like Sense 4.0, HTC keyboard and some other HTC things, so I would like to flash a ROM with Sense. I've looked through the forum and concluded, that either Noble or Trickdroid might be suitable for me. I know that it's not polite to shoot down the one or other ROM, but could some of you tell me the differences between the two? I can't really point them out myself.
Thank you very much!
Best regards
Casper

cawith said:
Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to customizing my android phone. Have only had a Galaxy SII before, which I flashed to CyanogenMod.
Now I might be interested in flashing my new One S, particularly due to better battery life but also for enhanced possibilities.
I can of course read the guides on how to root & flash (although it seems a lot more complicated than on my Galaxy SII).
What I'm more worried about is, how do I flash back to stock, if that should be necessary later on? Is it very complicated?
Now, I actually like Sense 4.0, HTC keyboard and some other HTC things, so I would like to flash a ROM with Sense. I've looked through the forum and concluded, that either Noble or Trickdroid might be suitable for me. I know that it's not polite to shoot down the one or other ROM, but could some of you tell me the differences between the two? I can't really point them out myself.
Thank you very much!
Best regards
Casper
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If you can read, you would know the differences between the 2 roms, and you would also know that THIS IS DEVELOPMENT SECTION, NOT Q&A !!

Wrong Section.

Sorry, how to move?

azzledazzle said:
If you can read, you would know the differences between the 2 roms, and you would also know that THIS IS DEVELOPMENT SECTION, NOT Q&A !!
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Harsh.
But yes, it is the wrong section. A mod will probably move this post soon enough.
That said, I just read them over. They look to be mostly the same. Stock with a few tweaks here and there. Noble looked the better of the two to me.
Both have some very vague language though
Fully optimized and tweaked
RAM optimizations
Speed optimizations
Excellent battery life!
Better CPU Performance
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You can always just take a backup and flash each one and give them a day or two test run.

Moved To Q&A​
Please post questions in the Q&A section​

azzledazzle said:
If you can read, you would know the differences between the 2 roms, and you would also know that THIS IS DEVELOPMENT SECTION, NOT Q&A !!
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Bwahahahahahahaha !

ViViDboarder said:
Harsh.
But yes, it is the wrong section. A mod will probably move this post soon enough.
That said, I just read them over. They look to be mostly the same. Stock with a few tweaks here and there. Noble looked the better of the two to me.
Both have some very vague language though
You can always just take a backup and flash each one and give them a day or two test run.
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Thanks very much!
Do you know how to flash stock rom and un-root, if it'll be necessary?

[Q] How to delete AOKP from the start up menu?

I was trying out different ROMs based on AOKP and CM9 on my device and I have finally chose to use the CM9 one. How can I remove "boot AOKP" from the start up? Does the present of the AOKP ROM take up space in my device? Thanks in advance.

You'll need to provide more details. What device do you have and what is this start menu? What rom is it?
And it shouldn't be taking up space on your system if you have CM installed. just taking space on your sd or internal flash memory.

wildstang83 said:
You'll need to provide more details. What device do you have and what is this start menu? What rom is it?
And it shouldn't be taking up space on your system if you have CM installed. just taking space on your sd or internal flash memory.
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I have an HP touchpad and I have installed this rom in both AOKP and CM9 version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501637
The CM9 is better so I decided to keep using it. How do I remove unnecessary stuff from previously installed ROM?
The start up menu means the one with black background and blue text for you to choose which OS to boot. Sorry for being a noob

pds26 said:
I have an HP touchpad and I have installed this rom in both AOKP and CM9 version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501637
The CM9 is better so I decided to keep using it. How do I remove unnecessary stuff from previously installed ROM?
The start up menu means the one with black background and blue text for you to choose which OS to boot. Sorry for being a noob
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lol, no problem. Its just commonly a good thing to state your device and what your running if you don't have that info in your signature, and always be as descriptive as possible. We love to help, but it makes it hard if we don't have something to go off of
I'm assuming you have some custom recovery installed like CWM recovery. Basically in recovery you would have had to of wiped before you flashed CM or your device wouldn't have booted. If it did, then we have a miracle on our hands When you wipe it removes all little bits of your previous rom. I suppose if you are still concerned there is an issue, you could just reboot back to recovery again and wipe everything except your sd and internal (not familiar with the device if it has those), and then just reflash the rom with gapps.
As far as the start menu I have no clue, I don't own that device to know how to remove or modify it. If I had to guess, I'd say it has something to do with the bootloader, and you should look around for a custom one on the forums that is modded for what you want.
Anyways, this is all just basic stuff and may not apply for the touchpad. If anything, just ask in the q&a section for the device that way a dev for that device can help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1467
I know you are new here so I'll just let you know real quick before I go, each device on XDA has five subforums.
TouchPad:
General
Q&A
Accessories
Development
Themes and Apps
So in the future if you have questions, the Q&A section for the TouchPad will be the best place to ask. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind helping, i just don't know the device like your actual devs would. Good luck!

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lol, no problem. Its just commonly a good thing to state your device and what your running if you don't have that info in your signature, and always be as descriptive as possible. We love to help, but it makes it hard if we don't have something to go off of
I'm assuming you have some custom recovery installed like CWM recovery. Basically in recovery you would have had to of wiped before you flashed CM or your device wouldn't have booted. If it did, then we have a miracle on our hands When you wipe it removes all little bits of your previous rom. I suppose if you are still concerned there is an issue, you could just reboot back to recovery again and wipe everything except your sd and internal (not familiar with the device if it has those), and then just reflash the rom with gapps.
As far as the start menu I have no clue, I don't own that device to know how to remove or modify it. If I had to guess, I'd say it has something to do with the bootloader, and you should look around for a custom one on the forums that is modded for what you want.
Anyways, this is all just basic stuff and may not apply for the touchpad. If anything, just ask in the q&a section for the device that way a dev for that device can help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1467
I know you are new here so I'll just let you know real quick before I go, each device on XDA has five subforums.
TouchPad:
General
Q&A
Accessories
Development
Themes and Apps
So in the future if you have questions, the Q&A section for the TouchPad will be the best place to ask. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind helping, i just don't know the device like your actual devs would. Good luck!
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Thank you so much! Too bad noobs can't post stuff on specific device's forum I guess I have to reply to more general posts to get rid of my noob status first... but thanks anyway!!

pds26 said:
Thank you so much! Too bad noobs can't post stuff on specific device's forum I guess I have to reply to more general posts to get rid of my noob status first... but thanks anyway!!
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Wait, I knew you couldn't post in the Development section, but now new people can't post in general or q&a?

pds26 said:
Thank you so much! Too bad noobs can't post stuff on specific device's forum I guess I have to reply to more general posts to get rid of my noob status first... but thanks anyway!!
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You can still post in q and a
Or general section till then.... Of your specific device forum
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Ghostfreak NB said:
You can still post in q and a
Or general section till then.... Of your specific device forum
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wildstang83 said:
Wait, I knew you couldn't post in the Development section, but now new people can't post in general or q&a?
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Ooops my bad...I was trying to ask something on the post of the ROM I use but the development section wouldn't let me so I thought I couldn't post in other sections as well...but thanks for letting me know!!

Good that you know it now.... Use it for the betterment of Xda and mistakes are bound to happen when you're new....
And welcome to the community
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