England UK Kit Kat - Galaxy Note 3 General

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.

gavinfabl said:
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?

B3311 said:
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.

Related

Nexus S for AT&T - July 24 in Bestbuy *engadget*

http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...r-100-w/&category=classic&icid=eng_latest_art
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Not captivate related.
studacris said:
Not captivate related.
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How did I miss that? Man you are smarter than me.
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If someone posted in here every time a carrier released a new phone it would be completely overrun in no time. just trying to keep the forum clean. Please stay on topic. CAPTIVATE GNERAL
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If someone posted in here every time a carrier released a new phone it would be completely overrun in no time. just trying to keep the forum clean. Please stay on topic. CAPTIVATE GNERAL
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It was posted as an informational purposes only with the link as its now compatible on at&t network. I don't know how many times you check out the nexus s thread if you own a captivate, I don't and I'm sure many more won't either. If you think this information is not required in here, and you are the moderator, please go ahead and delete this thread.
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studacris said:
If someone posted in here every time a carrier released a new phone it would be completely overrun in no time. just trying to keep the forum clean. Please stay on topic. CAPTIVATE GNERAL
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I heard someone is talking about the galaxy S II in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1177891
You know what to do.
I know what to do...thread closed.

Week off?

Hi there,
Is anyROM team planning to release something significant in the next week, or can I rest my twitchy flash finger?
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Well, this thread should be interesting......
FYI, asking for ETAs is kinda the xda equivalent of crapping the bed.
As for if there will be releases this week: maybe. Sometimes the devs like to give us a little Christmas present. But don't forget that they are people too and this is one of the busiest weeks of the year for many people.
Wow, I didn't mean to actually ask for anything - certainly not ETAs. More kind of a gag.
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Is the S3 General forum now some kind of OT forum?
I'm waiting for the thread asking opinions on which hand to hold the phone with. :laugh:
xyrcncp said:
Is the S3 General forum now some kind of OT forum?
I'm waiting for the thread asking opinions on which hand to hold the phone with. :laugh:
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Love it
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Since this thread is ****ed beyond repair anyways...
Who wants one of those Samsung cameras? The ones with android. Why do you want one? I don't see the point in the thing, I don't see who would buy one from VERIZON and pay the ****ing data fee. I just don't get it. What is the appeal to own one of these?
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TheDiabolicaL1 said:
Since this thread is ****ed beyond repair anyways...
Who wants one of those Samsung cameras? The ones with android. Why do you want one? I don't see the point in the thing, I don't see who would buy one from VERIZON and pay the ****ing data fee. I just don't get it. What is the appeal to own one of these?
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No idea, in the same boat.. I was gonna get it for a Christmas present for my gf but idk what the point is either. I do know Adam Outler rooted the thing which is pretty damn cool!
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I think the idea of the galaxy camera is that people love the convenience cellphones provide for in allowing your photos to be shared to social media platforms. The problem is even the best phone cameras are still phone cameras. The galaxy camera retains the social networking convenience and introduces a nice camera (optical zoom) onto the equation. Curious how Google+ just recently allowed for full quality photo uploads eh?
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xyrcncp said:
I'm waiting for the thread asking opinions on which hand to hold the phone with. :laugh:
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I use speakerphone or a bluetooth earset most of the time. So . . .
- ooofest
I like turtles
constituent37 said:
Hi there,
Is anyROM team planning to release something significant in the next week, or can I rest my twitchy flash finger?
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This is the problem with xda. Not you. Personally i think you did nothing wrong. You were simply asking if anyone knew if a significant release for a ROM was being planned for this week. You weren't asking for someone to make a ROM, you weren't asking for an eta. Instead everyone decides to be incredibly disrespectful toward you. Maybe op didn't want to go through every single ROM thread over the past 5 or so pages looking for posts by the dev.
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NightxFall said:
This is the problem with xda. Not you. Personally i think you did nothing wrong. You were simply asking if anyone knew if a significant release for a ROM was being planned for this week. You weren't asking for someone to make a ROM, you weren't asking for an eta. Instead everyone decides to be incredibly disrespectful toward you. Maybe op didn't want to go through every single ROM thread over the past 5 or so pages looking for posts by the dev.
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I think he already explained it as more of a gag in post 3 so everyone just went with this as a holiday stress relieving thread. If it is going to turn ugly I will close it.
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kennyglass123 said:
I think he already explained it as more of a gag in post 3 so everyone just went with this as a holiday stress relieving thread. If it is going to turn ugly I will close it.
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What would be really nice is if you could bring some of your weather up here to the northern part of the US :good:
NightxFall said:
Instead everyone decides to be incredibly disrespectful toward you. Maybe op didn't want to go through every single ROM thread over the past 5 or so pages looking for posts by the dev.
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I know that this happens....but I don't think that this is the case here as no one was outright disrespectful to OP nor is a future ETA or release something you can generally look up in past threads.
Oh well, relax and drink some nog. We should try and get a forum game running over the holiday. Mafia anyone? =)
Ok, here's all I meant: I love xda and the developers. I flash like crazy and keep finding something better as one Rom leap frogs the other. So I was tongue in cheek asking for a break from flashing, to save me from myself this week, not for what to flash next.
Hold phone with my left hand, even though that's considered rude in some cultures.
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I like turtles
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I take your turtles and raise you a train. Bark bark
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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.
+1
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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.

The Big Off-Topic Thread

Hello!
I thought I'd make a big general thread for people to say unrelated stuff or whatever. Of course, people can ask questions about ROMs or kernels or whatever.
Let's all try to help each other out here.
Thanks!
Oh I would love it if the mods let this one stay! There's a big and popular General Thread in the S3 section that's remained unlocked because we police ourselves well there ^^
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Yessssss we had one of these in the my touch 4g section it was greatt
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I have a black S4 and I just ordered this monster of a battery! Gonna be awesome!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXZI3DQ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_asp_JWPkF.1WT3Z1P
This is what happens when a phone is too good. After a couple of months the forum gets boring
Hey Shawty. Keep us updated after you've had it for a while. Might get one myself.
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sxi200 said:
Hey Shawty. Keep us updated after you've had it for a while. Might get one myself.
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I sure will. I chose the low-cost shipping method, though, and I won't have it until at least 5th of July. I didn't wanna spend 50 euros (70 Aussie dollars) just for shipping.
Theshawty said:
I have a black S4 and I just ordered this monster of a battery! Gonna be awesome!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXZI3DQ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_asp_JWPkF.1WT3Z1P
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Hey, do you know how much bulk it adds? can not seem to find it.
Theshawty said:
I sure will. I chose the low-cost shipping method, though, and I won't have it until at least 5th of July. I didn't wanna spend 50 euros (70 Aussie dollars) just for shipping.
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Couple of weeks isn't too bad. I would have done the same. How much did shipping end up costing you?
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sxi200 said:
Couple of weeks isn't too bad. I would have done the same. How much did shipping end up costing you?
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Roughly 14 AUD.
EDIT: I cancelled the order for it. I think the phone's gonna be a tad too bulky with it.
wessel596 said:
Hey, do you know how much bulk it adds? can not seem to find it.
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No idea. Possibly a lot.
Thanks for this thread buddy. I was about to make this one. Great, now we can have chat in this thread regarding Off-topic & few rumours can be shared here..
I think it must be sticky here.
Okff topic: Wat time is it?
valentinrascu said:
Okff topic: Wat time is it?
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10:55 pm
Me Gusta!
Just a mild warning on this thread, as with the other off topic threads we will allow it to remain unlocked as long as no major forum rules are broken (ie as Theshawty said, police yourselves). Breaking major forum rules could result in this thread being closed (look at the Galaxy Y off-topic thread and you'll see what I mean).
Thread stuck, have fun guys
Guys, you really use that all staff from samsung (smart stay, scrooll etc.... Balbla)?? I deactivated everything...
valentinrascu said:
Guys, you really use that all staff from samsung (smart stay, scrooll etc.... Balbla)?? I deactivated everything...
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Nope.. only ir blaster sometimes, but only to fool the teachers at school
Me Gusta!
Is it just me or is smart pause very finicky? Sometimes it will work while other times it wont. Is there even a way to know if the phone recognizes your face?
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@Jonny
Could you sticky the general thread in the S3 section as well?
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And so it begins slowly the s3 users port themselves to S4
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Just checked the live Samsung updates page and it seems the Orange-branded Spanish firmware has the highest changelist so far: 779953 and it's an MF4 build. PDA version is lower than the unbranded Spanish release MF5, though.
craig1965 said:
And so it begins slowly the s3 users port themselves to S4
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Oh yeah so they are, lol. I like the S4 better than the S3.
Welcome btw, Craig. ^^

Will towelroot work after latest update?

Presuming of course the update removes root.
Sorry if already asked. The XDA app search is shocking.
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There are issues with towelroot anyway. Root properly.
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rootSU said:
There are issues with towelroot anyway. Root properly.
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Thennn they'll just use toolkits.
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There are issues with towelroot anyway. Root properly.
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Why?
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audioslim said:
Why?
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Read the towelroot guide.
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Towelroot suits me fine. Anybody care to answer the original question?
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audioslim said:
Towelroot suits me fine. Anybody care to answer the original question?
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It should work. Why not try it yourself and see whether it works or not and then report back in that thread?
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Towelroot suits me fine. Anybody care to answer the original question?
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I answered the original question. It shouldn't be used and the reason why is mentioned in the towelroot guide by the thread OP so do yourself a favour and read it instead of acting like no one answered your question.
...and if it suits you fine, just bloody use it and answer your own questions instead of creating pointless threads.
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I answered the original question. It shouldn't be used and the reason why is mentioned in the towelroot guide by the thread OP so do yourself a favour and read it instead of acting like no one answered your question.
...and if it suits you fine, just bloody use it and answer your own questions instead of creating pointless threads.
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Helpful response and no you didn't answer the question I asked you answered something YOU wanted to answer. This could be a problem for you in later life I reckon......
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Right so the fact that towelroot no longer works properly does not answer the question "will towelroot work"?
Ha ha oooooooook
ps I'm already later in life.
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The question was 'Will towelroot work after latest update?'
Your answer was 'There are issues with towelroot anyway. Root properly. '
And you really dont see why I have a problem with your answer. Not matter how many times you try and post it ,you have not answered the question (Vin4Yak did make a reasonable attempt to answer in that 'it should work'. I can accept that)
Then to take this futher I'm yet to see why Towelroot 'has issues' or 'no longer works properly'. I've headed over to the 3700 post thread about it, and still I'm yet to see anything telling everybody to stay away.
I'm aware my bootloader is still locked and potentially with root I could screw my phone (and due to no unlocked bootloader could be in big trouble), but I'm quite happy being in that position.
If you fancy posting some usefull info rather than direct people elsewhere with vague answers then feel free , otherwise thankyou for your post but it hasnt helped so you might as well not have bothered.
Slim
Since L has not been released the correct answer to your question is, maybe. Does that make sense?
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audioslim said:
The question was 'Will towelroot work after latest update?'
Your answer was 'There are issues with towelroot anyway. Root properly. '
And you really dont see why I have a problem with your answer. Not matter how many times you try and post it ,you have not answered the question (Vin4Yak did make a reasonable attempt to answer in that 'it should work'. I can accept that)
Then to take this futher I'm yet to see why Towelroot 'has issues' or 'no longer works properly'. I've headed over to the 3700 post thread about it, and still I'm yet to see anything telling everybody to stay away.
I'm aware my bootloader is still locked and potentially with root I could screw my phone (and due to no unlocked bootloader could be in big trouble), but I'm quite happy being in that position.
If you fancy posting some usefull info rather than direct people elsewhere with vague answers then feel free , otherwise thankyou for your post but it hasnt helped so you might as well not have bothered.
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Towelroot doesn't work before the update. It wont work after the update. The guide in General (where all our guides are) that is not 3700 posts long explains why,
Or just try it yourself. The update is 100% irrelevant. It has not patched the exploit, but it is not the exploit that is the problem. Its SuperSU that is the problem, again - which is all explained in the guide, over in general
Right got the thread now. I've posted in there. Thanks
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rootSU said:
Towelroot doesn't work before the update. It wont work after the update. The guide in General (where all our guides are) that is not 3700 posts long explains why,
Or just try it yourself. The update is 100% irrelevant. It has not patched the exploit, but it is not the exploit that is the problem. Its SuperSU that is the problem, again - which is all explained in the guide, over in general
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Right got the thread now. I've posted in there. Thanks
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What is with forum culture that makes people against linking to other threads they are discussing.
Just post a ******* link to the thread so every other user that see's your post can easily find what you are talking about rather than searching high and low through the whole forum - i.e. 'over in general', do you mean Nexus 5 General, or XDA General? It's really not hard to just post a LINK. Once I found the 'guide in General' I could find no other info on towelroot - http://puu.sh/aHF5u/524526b849.png
Sorry to be rude, it just really grinds my gears - it's not hard to link something if you know where it is and saves everyone else loads of time.
/rant
Bomster said:
What is with forum culture that makes people against linking to other threads they are discussing.
Just post a ******* link to the thread so every other user that see's your post can easily find what you are talking about rather than searching high and low through the whole forum - i.e. 'over in general', do you mean Nexus 5 General, or XDA General? It's really not hard to just post a LINK. Once I found the 'guide in General' I could find no other info on towelroot - http://puu.sh/aHF5u/524526b849.png
Sorry to be rude, it just really grinds my gears - it's not hard to link something if you know where it is and saves everyone else loads of time.
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Not to be rude, but rule number one is to search. You agreed to that when you signed up here.
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Not to be rude, but rule number one is to search. You agreed to that when you signed up here.
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Fair point.
However, it is widely accepted here that the search function of this site is mediocre at best. Just do everyone a favour and post a link rather than taking the moral high ground.
Bomster said:
Fair point.
However, it is widely accepted here that the search function of this site is mediocre at best. Just do everyone a favour and post a link rather than taking the moral high ground.
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I may know where to find something but it takes me time to find the thread and copy the link. Why should I take my time to do that? I'm not the one who needs it. If the poster can't take his/her time to do that so be it.
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Bomster said:
What is with forum culture that makes people against linking to other threads they are discussing.
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We usually take a "give a man a fish, he can feed himself for a day. Give a man the means to fish and he can feed himself for a lifetime" approach.
I purposely do NOT give links for things that are sticky threads. If there is a sticky thread in General, "over in General" is a sufficient description to find the information required. If I give every idiot who asks a question a single link, he will not notice all the other glorious sticky threads that we here in this forum put much effort into answering as many questions as we possibly can without devoting our entire existance to repeating the same answers over and over... and over.
We take pride in our stick threads and once someone sees them, a wealth of knowledge unfolds. Knowledge we willingly pass on. If we simply give everyone a link, all we will be doing is linking the same person to different things all the time. We're being helpful without being detrimental to ourselves.
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Just post a ******* link to the thread so every other user that see's your post can easily find what you are talking about
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No, as I said I refuse to post links to obvious threads that sit where all the other obvious and important threads sit. Don't get all aggressive here.
Bomster said:
rather than searching high and low through the whole forum <>
do you mean Nexus 5 General, or XDA General? It's really not hard to just post a LINK. Once I found the 'guide in General' I could find no other info on towelroot - http://puu.sh/aHF5u/524526b849.png
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Search is easy to use. Posting a link is as easy as going to general and typing "towelroot" into search. You're ressurecting an old thread. Towelroot is not a favoured solution, so it is no longer stickied.
Bomster said:
Sorry to be rude, it just really grinds my gears - it's not hard to link something if you know where it is and saves everyone else loads of time.
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If you're sorry to be rude, why are you being rude at all. Sorry is taking back something you didn't mean, yet edit does the same thing so you're not sorry at all. You have an attitude and you want to show it. Fine!
Bomster said:
However, it is widely accepted here that the search function of this site is mediocre at best. Just do everyone a favour and post a link rather than taking the moral high ground.
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I don't accept that. I find everything I want in search, if I know the search term to use. Even in Tapatalk. Failing that, google can serch XDA very well too. This is just an excuse. The bigger picture is that the true favour is not posting a link. Heroin addict is in pain, needs a hit. Posting link is buying him the hit. Not posting the link, or better yet, sending him to rehab is the better favour.
You admit there is a high ground then?
For all those who say the search is mediocre - I find it perfectly fine and easy to use, 9/10 times I'll find what I'm looking for if I know it exists. Maybe you're just doing it wrong.

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