[Guide] How and Where to Ask a Question on XDA - General Topics

[Guide] How and Where to Ask a Question on XDA​
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Search before asking
Use the XDA search to see if your device has it's own Subforum or Enhanced Device Tag e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/t/desire-828
Read any Index, FAQs, Sticky/Rollup and Help threads for your Device
Where to post?
If your Device has its own Subsection ask there not in http://forum.xda-developers.com/general
If there is a [Help Thread] Ask Any Question, Noob Friendly type thread for your device asking there, is more likely to be seen by someone that can help you.
[HELP THREAD] Ask ANY Question. Noob Friendly. (General Q & A)
[Ask Any Question][Newbie Friendly (General Android)
Create Question Threads in Q & A/Help subsections (Not General or Development Sections)
My device does not have it's own subforum? Questions for most devices without a subforum should be asked in one of these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
If you solve your problem Please Edit the Thread Title with​[Solved], [Fix], or [Resolved]...​
New (16 March 2021)
How to Use New Questions and Answers Threads​
How to post a Question?
Use the Thread Title
Do not just write "Help" but keep it brief ie "Device is bootlooping after trying to install a custom rom"
Include Device Name Carrier, and model # in the title. e.g. Samsung Galaxy S7 (T-Mobile) [SM-G930T]
Include
What were you trying to do? (root, install a mod/rom...)
Where you following a Guide/Video? Include a link or or Guide name if you cannot post a link
What is the device doing now? Bootlooping, will not power on, stuck in bootloader/Fastboot mode...
Root status, if you know (Rooted, not rooted)
Bootloader status, if you know (Locked/Unlocked)
Why Doesn't anyone reply to my Question?
Did you ask in the correct section?
Did your Question make sense?
Did you include enough info?
Be Patient, your question may be harder to answer than you think, and it may take some time before someone who can help even sees your post.
Please read these before posting
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[GUIDE]Where and how to post QUESTIONS? Android Development and Hacking

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Got a long XDA Thread Link taking up too much space?
LIke
Code:
[PLAIN]http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/index-links-setting-using-adb-fastboot-t3495167 [/PLAIN]
Just copy the Thread ID # from original link
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3495167
and add to
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[PLAIN]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=[/PLAIN]
So it looks like
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[PLAIN]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3495167[/PLAIN]
Note: This is just for Links to XDA threads.

I am using Lava Iris X1 Mini 4.4.2. I am bored with this rom. I want a custom rom with TWRP recovery. Could you please make at least 1. And reply me as soon as you can.

Faizan Farhan said:
I am using Lava Iris X1 Mini 4.4.2. I am bored with this rom. I want a custom rom with TWRP recovery. Could you please make at least 1. And reply me as soon as you can.
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That's not how it works
Custom Roms and Custom Recoveries are built by people who own the device
Sent from my XT1254 using XDA Labs

My phone has been powered off for 2 months and after that when I on my device it got a problem. The touch doesn't work where there is white surface. And black dots are blinking. Can you help me.

Faizan Farhan said:
My phone has been powered off for 2 months and after that when I on my device it got a problem. The touch doesn't work where there is white surface. And black dots are blinking. Can you help me.
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try asking in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257421
Sent from my XT1254 using XDA Labs

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nope

DSA said:
What you are trying to achieve with this thread is admirable, but the very first response gives an idea of the fundamental problem - people refuse to read/educate themselves.
Your thread clearly states its purpose and intentions, and gets ignored straight away. The second query is totally unrelated too and has already taken this off topic
Good luck with this, but i fear it will go downhill fast...
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And reading the third post in this thread makes me sad.
Why are people so dumb?!

PalmCentro said:
And reading the third post in this thread makes me sad.
Why are people so dumb?!
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Lol he didn't even bother to ask where he has been directed, he's not dumb, he's just careless, he posted straight away here because this is what he feels like, he's in a public forum, he dose what he wants, he just don't care and there's nothing to do...
Sent from my Darkside of Oneplus 3T

PowerAmp on 7.1.1
Anyone experiencing crash whenever you scroll through the "folders"? I am using M.A.D's 7.1.1 on my Jiayu S3. How to deal with it?

cedricboquiren said:
Anyone experiencing crash whenever you scroll through the "folders"? I am using M.A.D's 7.1.1 on my Jiayu S3. How to deal with it?
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really?

PowerAmp on 7.1.1
sd_shadow said:
really?
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Yes. I don't What causes it. It crashes every single time i scroll. I can't use my poweramp app. Can you offer some help? Emailed the devs but no reply.

cedricboquiren said:
Yes. I don't What causes it. It crashes every single time i scroll. I can't use my poweramp app. Can you offer some help? Emailed the devs but no reply.
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read post #1

sd_shadow said:
read post #1
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Okay, thanks. Very Helpful.

Any one to give me gionee s6 custom rom

aasif sanghar said:
Any one to give me gionee s6 custom rom
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This isn't a thread to ask questions in. Its a guide of how to ask.
Please read the first post of any thread before posting.

Call of Duty - strike team not working on my device Doogee shoot 1
Anytime I tried launching the game it crashes. What do I do?

Estep007 said:
Anytime I tried launching the game it crashes. What do I do?
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This isn't a thread to ask questions in. Its a guide of how to ask.
Please read the first post of any thread before posting.

Updated.

Mod Edit: Quote removed since post removed.
No, I won’t.

Related

where can I Ask to get the 10 posts

Please can any tellme where can I post and contribuiting to the forums ( not do spam ) but in order to get my 10 posts and ask in my correct forum ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1763195&highlight=rom) because in this post I need to do a question and I cant.
My phone Samsung Galaxy Sky rocket has trouble when I flash a room, and I need to know a few things..
please any can help to me to know how to post in correct forum and pass the 10 posts ? thanks and apologizme if I post this in wrong forum...
Hallo new xda user,
When you are on the xda home, you press forums and than you can choose from several categories if i'm right.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Tapatalk.
Welcome new user. Just post in the proper areas and you should be fine.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
For a novice post to the general or q&a forums.
Have you tried using the search functionality? It's likely others have experienced the same problem as you and the question has already been answered somewhere
peg20 said:
Have you tried using the search functionality? It's likely others have experienced the same problem as you and the question has already been answered somewhere
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ok. I understood. many many thanks for all who repply this post.. !!!
Welcome
Just so you know, questions ARE NOT meant to go into the development threads. Those are for bug reports only..NOT QUESTIONS. This is part of the reasoning behind needing 10 posts. It is in the hopes that you will learn these things first. There is a Q&A forum for questions.
lowandbehold said:
Just so you know, questions ARE NOT meant to go into the development threads. Those are for bug reports only..NOT QUESTIONS. This is part of the reasoning behind needing 10 posts. It is in the hopes that you will learn these things first. There is a Q&A forum for questions.
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Mr. I understand what you mean... maybe Iam write the wrong words.. its not a question what I need to do, its a bug on that room what I installed on my samsung skyrocket... and because have that bug on my phone I need to put a repply so maybe the room developer fix that bug.... however.. thanks for your repply . . .
Was wondering the same question too..
Heya
mee too.
Mods need to close this thread, else it will become another one of those "I want 10 posts, so I'll get them from here" threads...
So just posting in the general section is how you get to the 10 post limit. Is what I understand.
Sent from my DROID4 using xda app-developers app
boni7010 said:
Please can any tellme where can I post and contribuiting to the forums ( not do spam ) but in order to get my 10 posts and ask in my correct forum ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1763195&highlight=rom) because in this post I need to do a question and I cant.
My phone Samsung Galaxy Sky rocket has trouble when I flash a room, and I need to know a few things..
please any can help to me to know how to post in correct forum and pass the 10 posts ? thanks and apologizme if I post this in wrong forum...
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Questions are not posted in the development sub sections of specific device's forums. They are posted in the Q&A sections.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1399
See here.....this is a view of all the sub sections for the SkyRocket. Ask questions in Q&A.

Unofficial PACMAN Build 2

Too new to post in dev forum, but wanted to note that in build two my exchange calendar synced without issue. In build one it would not do so. Great ROM. Appreciate the work.
Camera not working
Hi,
I really dont know whether this will be replied or no as i'm new to the Forum and unable to find an answer!
After installing the PACman ROM on Samsung Galaxy R, everything is great but on my Camera is not working, I'm getting an error "COULD NOT CONNECT TO THE CAMERA" please help.
I have a feeling you posted this thread just to get your 10 up
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2
Dear Brad
bbrad said:
I have a feeling you posted this thread just to get your 10 up
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2
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Brad I dont know what made you feel that, and I think I have registered myself to XDA site to get answers for my question and thats the main objective of this site to help other Android users. You may be technically smart with Android and I'm not so I will ask questions and I'm not concerned about the 10 posts or whatever. Secondly I installed PACman ROM but Whats app is not functioning,so I you are a senior member kindly help, it will be appreciated.
Regards,
Sahil
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sahil1183 said:
Hi,
I really dont know whether this will be replied or no as i'm new to the Forum and unable to find an answer!
After installing the PACman ROM on Samsung Galaxy R, everything is great but on my Camera is not working, I'm getting an error "COULD NOT CONNECT TO THE CAMERA" please help.
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Hi,
Please ask your question here.
It is a general Question and Answer thread in the Galaxy R forum. Any of your questions about the Galaxy R should go into its Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum, or into the thread I have indicated.
Cheers
justmpm
fuzz_33594 said:
Too new to post in dev forum, but wanted to note that in build two my exchange calendar synced without issue. In build one it would not do so. Great ROM. Appreciate the work.
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Hi,
Please try and post into the correct section or at least into the General section for your device. I don't see how the ROM developer will ever find this thread, especially since you don't mention which device it is for. Seeing how you now have your 10 posts and can post into Dev threads, be a little bit careful with posts like this one. In some Development threads it will be OK as you are confirming that a previously broken feature is now fixed, but in other Development threads it may be considered out of bounds -especially if there is a change log indicating the fix. You will have to look at what's being posted, how it is being received and then trust your judgement.
Cheers
justmpm
Thread closed because it has run its course.

[Q] Help to upgrate HTC Inspire 4G OS

Hello,
Im new to this subject and i want to upgrade my OS to ICS or to a better one.
can you please help me to do that?
phone is not rooted.
thanks!!
Amila0330 said:
Hello,
Im new to this subject and i want to upgrade my OS to ICS or to a better one.
can you please help me to do that?
phone is not rooted.
thanks!!
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Wrong section, question answered million times before....a bad beguinning in these forums. Try following the rules that you agreed with when you signed in.
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168500
Your post has been relocated to the appropriate section.
1) Please read the forum rules prior to posting. These can be found HERE
2) There are many YouTube videos on the subject you have inquired about. Please search Google for a few of these to get yourself prepared.
Look HERE
Once you have done this, I'm sure you will still have questions. The section you posted in was wrong, that was for themes and apps. When you are ready, click on THIS link and click on the section Inspire 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Thank you

Hi Can you help me?

I just registered in the forum but I still for years, but let me ask nothing in the subforum galasy S7 Edge says I do not have permission to write ..... as I acquire those permissions to post in that forum?
Greetings and thank you
See down under
You can reply to threads in the Development forums, but you cannot create a new thread in the Development forums until you have 50 posts.
Did you try to reply to a thread, or post a new one? Which subforum forum was it?
50 post? Wooow greats XDA ?
Sent from my Redmi Note 2 using Tapatalk
Chainfire wanted to ask if you get a new version for galaxy S7 edge of its root the mobile since there is now not enough for the new baseband version.
a greeting
Where would the best place to ask a question about OS tinkering? Particularly removal and replacement,
McTRASH692 said:
Where would the best place to ask a question about OS tinkering? Particularly removal and replacement,
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Can you tell me actually what is OS tinkering? I haven't heard this term before.
Rickyzx said:
Can you tell me actually what is OS tinkering? I haven't heard this term before.
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Sorry, slang usage,
I mean: playing around with/modifying/replacing, the operating system,
I'm trying to find out if it's possible to replace the android OS with a Linux OS,
I have a small amount of researched knowledge and looking for more info,
Oh,, now I see.
Please follow community guidelines as suggested.
jamesteka said:
Please follow community guidelines as suggested.
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Yeah thank you everybody, now i knew about that
You need to 50 posts to create a new thread in that sub forum
now i got it
Follow Rules
i think there must be some rules regarding your question why dont you read there terms and conditions for all their members...

Wiko Jerry root not possible, please help

Hi I have a Wiko Jerry with Android 6.0
I searching A couple days for A rooting method. I have tryed all one click apps like Kingoroot, Framaroot, 360root and so on. Please help me with my devices
Sorry for my bad english
Good Bye
Alex
Hi, i would like this too. This phone is unstable as hell with it's default rom Android 6 [R16]. Wiko does not respond to any complaint at all. So even if they have better phones, this directly is the last Wiko. My Galaxy S2 is even faster and more stable, i think i'm going to order a new usb board and repair my S2. Back to Wiko Jerry, it seems to resync the screen on every app. Movies start to replay randomly on any time. Sound and picture falls away for a split second. Apps just stop, and when restarted the phone just show a blak or white screen. So you really have to stop the app, (via the square btn) not just exit, to be able to reload the app. So if it would be rootable and be flashed with LineageOS it would be great! Thanks!
***edit*** So i returned it to the store, they are going to send it Wiko repair center. Did not change anything on the phone, no rooting no nothing. Let's see what they are going to do about it. As my wife has the same one with similair behaviour. So to me it is a firmware bug or a hardware bug.
I have a boot.img and recovery.img I made that I can send you!
Xaroxas816 said:
Hi I have a Wiko Jerry with Android 6.0
I searching A couple days for A rooting method. I have tryed all one click apps like Kingoroot, Framaroot, 360root and so on. Please help me with my devices
Sorry for my bad english
Good Bye
Alex
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I made a custom boot and recovery.img that you can use to first install philz recovery via SP flash tools- then flash the pre rooted boot.img. You can give me your email and I will forward the files with more instructions.
Rumble_Fish said:
I made a custom boot and recovery.img that you can use to first install philz recovery via SP flash tools- then flash the pre rooted boot.img. You can give me your email and I will forward the files with more instructions.
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Why not post a thread here with the instructions and files, that's what this community is all about, freely sharing software and development.
Sent from my LGL84VL using Tapatalk
Droidriven said:
Why not post a thread here with the instructions and files, that's what this community is all about, freely sharing software and development.
Sent from my LGL84VL using Tapatalk
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I would love to but I cannot see how to post- can you help?
Rumble_Fish said:
I would love to but I cannot see how to post- can you help?
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Once you've made a total of 10 posts or more, then you'll be able to post a new thread in the general android development forum or in your device's specific forum if your device has a forum here.
You're at a total of 2 posts, you need to make 8 more posts. Try answering questions in the noob friendly threads or in the Q&A forum until you reach 10 posts then I'll show you how to post the thread.
Sent from my LGL84VL using Tapatalk
Droidriven said:
Once you've made a total of 10 posts or more, then you'll be able to post a new thread in the general android development forum or in your device's specific forum if your device has a forum here.
You're at a total of 2 posts, you need to make 8 more posts. Try answering questions in the noob friendly threads or in the Q&A forum until you reach 10 posts then I'll show you how to post the thread.
Sent from my LGL84VL using Tapatalk
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Hi again, thanks for the earlier advice- is it possible to pm me how to start a section on the wiko jerry?
One doesn't exist yet-
Rumble_Fish
Rumble_Fish said:
Hi again, thanks for the earlier advice- is it possible to pm me how to start a section on the wiko jerry?
One doesn't exist yet-
Rumble_Fish
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You can't start a new section for that device. The Administrators here are in charge of that. If your device does not have its own section here, you'll have to create a new thread in the section linked below, that is where development is posted for devices that have no section of their own.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development
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Droidriven said:
You can't start a new section for that device. The Administrators here are in charge of that. If your device does not have its own section here, you'll have to create a new thread in the section linked below, that is where development is posted for devices that have no section of their own.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development
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Great! I have done that, thanks again.
Rumble_Fish

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