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Android University

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Androi...09966885752543
This is a project I am starting for a graduate level stat project and a resume booster. The premise is, Facebook can produce a great deal more views and ad potential than any developers site. Don't get me wrong I love XDA but do you think the average person with an average question has any idea where to go. Android University is a common wall Facebook site that will allow for simple questions and answers along with buying advice and non-biased opinions about all Android devices. I would say I am a high level user but I still do not know how to program. However, I am very good at dumbing things down for everybody to understand. Please like my page and ask any questions you may have. I currently own an Inspire 4G and an EVO4G and I have used almost all roms. I am an avid flash junkie and tester. Please help me get this running. You don't have to be my friend to like the page and please be sure to tell friends about the page. Hopefully it will prevent a great deal of simple questions from entering this site. Thank you for your time.

Please come ask questions.

mjhuffer said:
I would say I am a high level user but I still do not know how to program.
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learn how to program, then come back and say you're a high-end user

MarkusPO said:
learn how to program, then come back and say you're a high-end user
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leave the guy alone. He doesnt have to code to be a "high-end user." He said "user" not "rom chef"
Let him do his thing. He's trying to trying to better himself, help newbies, and the XDA and Android community.
mjhuffer said:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Androi...09966885752543
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do your thing mjhuffer haha

Thanks man, ya i've been using android phones for a while now and this is really a facebook site to help frustrated people answer small questions or big questions and offer advice on future products. In all, I hope it can grow and lead to stupid small questions away from this site to allow for greater development without interruption. Thank for any support and kick rocks if you are a hater....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kick+rocks

mjhuffer said:
...Thank for any support and kick rocks if you are a hater....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kick+rocks
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^^ lmfaooo
nice touch hahahaa

mjhuffer said:
Thanks man, ya i've been using android phones for a while now and this is really a facebook site to help frustrated people answer small questions or big questions and offer advice on future products. In all, I hope it can grow and lead to stupid small questions away from this site to allow for greater development without interruption. Thank for any support and kick rocks if you are a hater....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kick+rocks
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HAHAHA nice!

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That's because Mr. Noob here doesn't know how to paste a link.

Just go to facebook and search "Android University" if the link doesn't work

Community and Development

So I’ve been seeing posts and threads floating around asking about Dev Support on the SkyRocket. There are two thoughts floating around. The first being that the SkyRocket will not have Dev support like Nexus or any other phone and we may as well give up on Dev Support, the second being that there is Dev Support and people actively working on the device. I tend to agree with the second thought so I wanted to post this up for everyone to think about.
First off we have to remember that Devs are not here to serve us. Most all Devs, regardless of device, do this as a hobby and like to share with others their hard work. Secondly, everyone should contribute SOMETHING to the community. Whether it’s advice on how to do something with our device, or links to good articles, links to deals on accessories or whatever, or if you have experience in development or gfxs or if you like to spread the word on social media. Whatever you want to do, just be a contributor to the community and the forum, I think if we all contribute more and take less, Dev support will grow and so will our community.
I also think it's awesome when people get excited about a ROM or Theme, that excitement gives the Devs postive feedback that helps them get excited. Basically what I am saying is positive feedback is just as important as the complaints and problem feedback. Probably more important, no one wants to be burden with problems constantly. An encouraging word can go a LONG way!
It’s just as important to be PROACTIVE in looking for answers to any questions you may have before you ask in the forums. It’s cool to ask a question but you should always be sure it wasn’t already answered. And be patient until someone can answer your question don’t start demanding answers if your post has only been up for a few hours, give people time to read it and digest it. Again this is just good community etiquette.
I am always available to PM if anyone ever has a question for me, I got no problem trying to help people and I enjoy seeing people figure things out. I do wallpapers, icons, docks and themes for our phones and I am a recognized Theme Dev on RootzWiki. I’m going to do my best to make the SkyRocket forums one of the greatest forums on xda. I’m not saying that to be prideful or boastful because I think we ALL need to do our best to make these forums the best they can be. We can’t just expect Devs to take the load, we got to ALL be proactive if we want good product.
All this being said, I think we have a great community started here. Looking forward to the future with all of you!
Alex

Mortem Tuam said:
So I’ve been seeing posts and threads floating around asking about Dev Support on the SkyRocket. There are two thoughts floating around. The first being that the SkyRocket will not have Dev support like Nexus or any other phone and we may as well give up on Dev Support, the second being that there is Dev Support and people actively working on the device. I tend to agree with the second thought so I wanted to post this up for everyone to think about.
First off we have to remember that Devs are not here to serve us. Most all Devs, regardless of device, do this as a hobby and like to share with others their hard work. Secondly, everyone should contribute SOMETHING to the community. Whether it’s advice on how to do something with our device, or links to good articles, links to deals on accessories or whatever, or if you have experience in development or gfxs or if you like to spread the word on social media. Whatever you want to do, just be a contributor to the community and the forum, I think if we all contribute more and take less, Dev support will grow and so will our community.
I also think it's awesome when people get excited about a ROM or Theme, that excitement gives the Devs postive feedback that helps them get excited. Basically what I am saying is positive feedback is just as important as the complaints and problem feedback. Probably more important, no one wants to be burden with problems constantly. An encouraging word can go a LONG way!
It’s just as important to be PROACTIVE in looking for answers to any questions you may have before you ask in the forums. It’s cool to ask a question but you should always be sure it wasn’t already answered. And be patient until someone can answer your question don’t start demanding answers if your post has only been up for a few hours, give people time to read it and digest it. Again this is just good community etiquette.
I am always available to PM if anyone ever has a question for me, I got no problem trying to help people and I enjoy seeing people figure things out. I do wallpapers, icons, docks and themes for our phones and I am a recognized Theme Dev on RootzWiki. I’m going to do my best to make the SkyRocket forums one of the greatest forums on xda. I’m not saying that to be prideful or boastful because I think we ALL need to do our best to make these forums the best they can be. We can’t just expect Devs to take the load, we got to ALL be proactive if we want good product.
All this being said, I think we have a great community started here. Looking forward to the future with all of you!
Alex
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Yes YES YES!!!!!!!
this is the Truth<<<<
thanks for this post Mortem

Very well put sir. Thank you

We also have to remember that some of these devs, myself included, have families.
Families should always come first and everyone should understand that, if someone doesn't understand that then that is seriously messed up.
This is one of the reasons I am taking a break from themes, family. I get so obsessed with the theme that my family suffers, my kids don't see me for days. It's just not right. And that is something I have to work on, and that is what I am trying to do. I need to learn to tell peeps here.....yo, I need to take a break I got family that needs me.....and if they understand cool, if not, tough luck.
Wallpapers are not so intensive, I can bang a wall out in no time.....but themes, that's a whole new beast and it is intensive.
At any rate, I am excited to see what our Devs can put out and excited to keep making wallpapers for all you guys that appreciate them.
Oh one more thing. You can never hit the THANKS button too many times. It really is a moral booster to see people appreciate your work. No one here is making money from donations, and hitting the Thanks button is free.

Amen brother.. thanks to all who help this forum rock... after the holidays i might start helping out theme wise. Icons etc.. but too busy til then . And its my busy season at work. Graphics...
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Support your devs!!!! Speaking of which, I need to hit our current devs up with a donation each. All this time spent looking to lure new development onboard worries me that the current work is going on unappreciated
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I would like to publicly offer my skills to any developer that is currently working on SkyRocket ROMs.
Although at the moment I cannot work on full on themes I can certainly help you in the area of gfxs if need be, depending on what you need of course.
Please let me know if I can assist in anyway, and if it's in my ability I will certainly help.
and feel free to add me to Google Plus if you are there, send me a message and I will add you to my SkyRocket circle.
http://gplus.to/MortemTuam
Thanks
Alex

Whatsapp Group??

The topic explinet all. I just want to see how many people will be in support of that. I know that there are so many social app out there that can do the same thing. But to me whatsapp is the most used app yet. I just want to see how many people will agreed to create a group helping each other faster and easier to find which member in the group who have a problem and solve it as fast as we can.
Please if you agreed to this suggestion. Leave a comment below and what do you really think about that.
The maximum number of membership in this group will be 30 and if there is anyway suggesting another social app. Please feel free.
Good luck guys.
Note. If this will be a success topic I will do group for each device as suggested.
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Theoretically its a excellent idea but its going to be tricky.
1. Firstly you have a limit of contacts in the group
2. Its by invite only, so who do choose to partake in the group?
3. I have 3 whatsapp groups on my phone with about 20 odd friends in each and I can tell you one thing it gets crazy. Many times I look at at my phone and see 200+ unread messages that most of the time I give up on reading. Its very easy to miss someone posting a solution to a problem
4. Your phone would probably never stop vibrating
5. You would probably need to create a group for every thread and not just for a device.
One suggestion I could make is that once a user posts a new thread he makes a offer for anyone to join his whatsapp group to discuss the topic. But then again the problem with that is the general community will not be involved in any solutions that has come up in the whatsapp group.
There are other advantages ofcours but its going to be a tricky one.
I'm not sure how exactly you want to go about doing it, perhaps im misunderstanding you. But that's my thoughts

Sounds a great idea. And I found another problem that people will know your phone number and this is why it's kind of a tricky idea too. However this thread is also to find a better idea of communications between users
Thanks for your response. :thumbup:
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I am okay with the same do let us know how do we start

Yeah i do let me know
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Difference Between a 'Noobie' and a 'Newbie'

Hello everyone!
I usually see people refering new member as a 'noob'. They shout at new members like they should be gifted knowledge by God since their birth!
BUT, there's big difference between Noobs and New. I hope you'll understand my point of view.
Let me tell you difference as a definition:
●Noobies: These are those people who are either new or old to existing condition. But they never want to learn. They ask question like "I can't do this" instead of asking "How to do this?"
They are usually pain in the... and they are born to irritate developers. Because of them, thread gets some unnecessary posts. NO developer force any member to flash their ROM or Kernel. Developers love when people report bugs in their ROM but hey wait! There's two method of reporting (let's see two method by two examples):
1). Noobs: Useless ROM, doesn't support call recording feature.
Good members: Can you please add call recording feature in next build? Else ROM is perfect. Thank you.
2). Noobs: Why do you even make a ROM that doesn't support VoLTE? Please leave XDA. (!)
Good members: Hello, your ROM is so smooth. I have great experience so far. Just want to know if you can somehow add VoLTE in your next build. It's really a requirement in India. Thank you!
Till now, you can easily differentiate between Noobies and other members
●Newbies: These are totally new people who are new to existing condition but they always wants to gather information somehow. They always try first and search for info themselves rather than asking aimlessly.
Always remember, we were newbie too at first.
Differentiating is pretty hard here. But you've to make sure to NEVER act rudely with them. They are new, if they don't get support, they'll loose interest in Android and XDA.
The Expert in Anything was Once a Beginner
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Best you can do is that check their total post count on XDA.
Source: Wrote it myself
Simillar thread by me: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/hard-brick-soft-brick-terminology-t3598335

I must say you did a good job differentiating between noob and newbies:laugh:
It would be much better/easier to suggest all the noob user's to use XDA's search plus feature

sm_adil said:
I must say you did a good job differentiating between noob and newbies:laugh:
It would be much better/easier to suggest all the noob user's to use XDA's search plus feature
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I really appreciate your feedback

Hello iam also a newbie I love XDA and it's support I flashed 2 costom roms and without any error thanks XDA

✪KERNEL COMPARISON✪ [No Name Kernel] vs [Black Box] vs [Kirks-Kernel]

All three kernel are really good but whats your opinion, also state which rom do you use.
Rating based on-
>Battery life
>Performance
>Internet speeds
>Overall stabilty
State other issues that you faced.
Link to Kernel OP:
BlackBox: https://forum.xda-developers.com/re.../kernel-blackbox-kernel-r1-0-darkest-t3798826
NoName: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5-pro/development/kernel-noname-kernel-v1-0-t3799747
Kirks-Kernel:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5-pro/development/kernel-kirks-kernel-t3800771
Don't forget to Thank the devs ?

Reserved

Its disgusting that sb even tried to compare other devs work. You should feel ashamed!

alreadyregistered said:
Its disgusting that sb even tried to compare other devs work. You should feel ashamed!
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I understand why this may upset you, he/she could have used better words to make this thread.
I do think it is a valid thread if people were to make a rundown of features and bugs offered by the kernels. We also compare different Roms and their features.
Which brings me to another issue, we have 3 custom kernels not 2...

alreadyregistered said:
Its disgusting that sb even tried to compare other devs work. You should feel ashamed!
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Just how do people get offended off of this?
I'm done bruh ??

Blowolf said:
Just how do people get offended off of this?
I'm done bruh
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Do sth productive. We will judge and you'll see.

alreadyregistered said:
Do sth productive. We will judge and you'll see.
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Trying to help people chose right stuff for themselves, If you're offended by that then I'm not sure if you should judge

Blowolf said:
Trying to help people chose right stuff for themselves, If you're offended by that then I'm not sure if you should judge
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You're new here (or at least account is fresh). Read some "newbies" tutorials about unwritten rules on xda.

alreadyregistered said:
You're new here (or at least account is fresh). Read some "newbies" tutorials about unwritten rules on xda.
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Been here a long time, just don't bother posting anything.
Good for you though shining you senior member badge here and there

Blowolf said:
Been here a long time, just don't bother posting anything.
Good for you though shining you senior member badge here and there
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Oh.. silly summer child.

alreadyregistered said:
Oh.. silly summer child.
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Sure kid

Good topic.not evryone have time to test all the kernel

Blowolf said:
Sure kid
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Can we all focus on the op title now?

I expected that you tested the kernels and posted some results. But boy was I wrong...

You know, there's nothing wrong with discussing different developers work, respectfully, and talking about pros and cons, outside of development threads of course, but ranking and rating them is a bit much.
Openly rating developers work is pretty disrespectful to the hard working members who actually contribute work to this site, so others can make their phones kewl. This site was created for developers and it isn't Amazon, so please keep ratings to selling and consumer report sites. Developers contribute here for fun and for free, and don't need their work rated by anyone here. Flash things and see what YOU like, it's the least you can do after getting all this cool free stuff on xda.
Cool? Thread closed. :good: