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Hello all. I am a newbie, exciting as that sounds! Anyways, this is my out cry, possibly to some of the major contributors (if possible), maybe even some of the ROM developers out their. My goal is simple...making your life easier, and less stressful with us newbies.
Anyways, here is what I would like to contribute to the forum. I would like to write up a Wiki of free software, and how to install and so forth for XDA-Developers. I would gladly take control of this, link to the downloads and so forth, but would like some help from the seniors here, since I don't really know a ton about this stuff. However, from what I see here (daily for about 4 months) is that generally, the major issues are finding software and what it actually does, and I think this could help a ton! Let me know through PM or this thread if you are interested in helping me out, as well as helping a lot of people out, I would think. I do know the current Wiki does provide a tools review section, but I think a general link location, title, version, release date and brief description page would be helpful.
Much of that work has already been done in the existing Kaiser Wiki. I'm sure that if you wanted to maintain a matrix of software, installation instructions, version numbers, etc. and keep it updated, the powers that be would consider it a worthwhile addition. As for links to the software, many (most?) are already on the Wiki.
i think its a good idea but most of which are already on either the wiki's or stickies...as well as other threads in other sections...much of this wont be needed of people just searched and dig a bit deeper than one page of reading...a lot of answers are out there just need to search harder or refine the search
I do live a lot by the wiki, I just find it to be a bit clumsy, since it is VERY overwhelming, especially from a new person stand point. I was thinking of a simple page, that listed the following, work in progress, let me know what others think first.
Applications
-Name
-Developer
-Thread/Site
-Latest Version
-Release Date
-Description
-Direct Download
-Required? (WM6, WM5, etc)
-Donation Link
Games
-Name
-Developer
-Thread/Site
-Latest Version
-Release Date
-Description
-Direct Download
-Required? (WM6, WM5, etc)
-Donation Link
ROMS
-Name
-Developer
-Thread/Site
-Latest Version
-Release Date
-Description
-Direct Download
-Required? (WM6, WM5, etc)
-Phone
-Radios Required
-Donation Link
Would it be big? Probably, but I think it could be very helpful as well.
here's a good place to start:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Must_have_tools
this is linked from the hermes wiki, but most of the software will work on the kaiser too. try looking at the wikis of other devices, and also looking in the software subforum, you will get a good idea of wat ppl use on their kaisers
thanks that is very helpful. This is pretty much what I am looking to start/add to. Let me start working on some stuff and prototype it, also, if I could get some information from some developers, if you do work, and see this post, post me to your stuff, directly with some brief descriptions of it, so I can start looking at it. Thanks all!
this is what I was thinking
Name: HTC Action Screen & HTC Action Screen From Storage Disk
Description: This is a quick access to tasks. Generally placed in the bottom task bar, lets you gain access to things like: New SMS, New Email, New Appointment etc. See Screen Shot.
Language: English
Download Link: Action Screen, Action Screen From SD
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340803
Latest Version: Unknown
Release Date: Unknown
Developer: HTC
Donation Link: N/A
Known Issues/Fixes: How To Fix Wrong Email, MMS & Contact Shortcut
And so on, kind of an easy format to update and fix up
Don't forget to add classifications. I'd even go so far as to think of this as a searchable database or at least a spreadsheet that can managed as a filtered list. You're looking at dozens of apps to keep track of. From an admin standpoint you'll want to track the last date YOU updated the info as well.
I've done similar projects for companies....it's a pain to manage in a text file.
I like the spreadsheet idea, I think I already have to many other websites being worked on to add another DB to the picture I was also thinking about wiki'ing it as well, which probably would not look pretty in a spreadsheet, but who knows.
Its an excellent idea. I agree with you that it is already available but not in the format you plan on doing.
+1 for the idea; ideal for newcomers and/or folks who have been out of touch for a time.
As for those whe are saying that all this is already available in one form or another: very true, but when you have to dig through hundreds upon hundreds of threads then other hundreds of pages within the thread... Yes, searching, but you have to know what to search for. A vague idea of desired functionality helps, but what if you don't even know of something that could potentially be a life-line for you?
you should probley put in screen shots too. Ya know to make it easier on everyone.
This is an awesome idea. What i really hate is when someone posts a thread full of cabs but with no explanatation as to what they actually do. The worst i find is with all the HTC apps. page after page of "HTC camera", "HTC album", "HTC action screen", it isn't exactly easy to tell from the name what a lot of them do.
ok well we will see you when you're done and I'm sure that will be a couple of years.
demented_goose said:
This is an awesome idea. What i really hate is when someone posts a thread full of cabs but with no explanatation as to what they actually do. The worst i find is with all the HTC apps. page after page of "HTC camera", "HTC album", "HTC action screen", it isn't exactly easy to tell from the name what a lot of them do.
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you should probley put in screen shots too. Ya know to make it easier on everyone.
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I definetly think screen shots would be nice. Sometimes form is just as necessary as function and I'd like to see what I'm going to be working with / not working with.
spring cleaning
I say this site needs some spring cleaning since there's no many versions of this and that to the point it takes lots of time digging and finding whats best for everyone
demented_goose said:
This is an awesome idea. What i really hate is when someone posts a thread full of cabs but with no explanatation as to what they actually do. The worst i find is with all the HTC apps. page after page of "HTC camera", "HTC album", "HTC action screen", it isn't exactly easy to tell from the name what a lot of them do.
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ChumleyEX said:
you should probley put in screen shots too. Ya know to make it easier on everyone.
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dyetheskin said:
I say this site needs some spring cleaning since there's no many versions of this and that to the point it takes lots of time digging and finding whats best for everyone
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This already exists. It's been linked in the wiki for ages. In the 'Downloads' section, there are links to external freeware pocketpc sites, which include descriptions and multiple screenshots per application.
Y'all just need to browse the wiki more often and when you find something, link it to the wiki, so it *CAN* be easily found in the future for others.
Hope this helps!
is there some massive library of icons, themes and wallpapers for the tilt?
I downloaded a random pinhead wallpaper but it looked all screwed up when I 'tilted'
also I have the home customization thing and downloaded all the icons and clocks and stuff, but there's really not too many I like
use the SEARCH tool..
or better yet...try GOOGLE..i heard it helps
now now. the label senior member beside you name only means that youve got 100 + posts and doesnt give the right to be a penis
lmaoo..na dude its nothing like that!
its just that its a ppc website..even if u spell theme wallpaper or skin wrong ur gonna get a million and nine things..
ESPECIALLY in google
true, but you could've at least mentioned to google mobile9.
jayjay8585 said:
true, but you could've at least mentioned to google mobile9.
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ooorrr you could just search for the word "themes" and get over 15 pages of results here on XDA alone....
jayjay8585 said:
now now. the label senior member beside you name only means that youve got 100 + posts and doesnt give the right to be a penis
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Or it means that you've helped 100 people with legitimate questions and problems after they bothered to do even a basic search to help themselves first.
why do people in forums act like making a new post is so bad?
more text = more search results = more traffic
anyways I'm not used to windows way of doing things where you just google something and then just download files from anyone who offers them to you
which is why I thought, maybe the people who know more about the tilt could point me at a specific known-decent/good site.
excuse me for living
scythetleppo said:
why do people in forums act like making a new post is so bad?
more text = more search results = more traffic
anyways I'm not used to windows way of doing things where you just google something and then just download files from anyone who offers them to you
which is why I thought, maybe the people who know more about the tilt could point me at a specific known-decent/good site.
excuse me for living
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You are excused for living... not for posting redundant threads. lol at the "windows" way (what does that even mean?) of doing things, especially when you dont HAVE to google and download to find what you want. The moderaters of this site have been kind enough to give us a search function and for stuff like this it has, of course, been asked about and answered many times.
also,
No, more text = a more crowded message board = frustrated people leaving when searching for an answser about given subject pops up 100 threads and then user has no idea where to even start.
scythetleppo said:
why do people in forums act like making a new post is so bad?
more text = more search results = more traffic
anyways I'm not used to windows way of doing things where you just google something and then just download files from anyone who offers them to you
which is why I thought, maybe the people who know more about the tilt could point me at a specific known-decent/good site.
excuse me for living
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More redundant threads-more diluted search results-more frustration trying to find even the simplest thing.
And an astronomical task of cleaning the site up of redundant and useless posts
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336013&highlight=Post+today+screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363515
Hey all,
This is my first post on here so be gentle please!
I just got a touch Diamond and i love it, My boss got the new iphone and he has all those apps where u press a button and it fills with beer or a chick comes out and washes the inside of the screen. What i am wondering is, Is there any like those for the Diamond? Or could any of you very kind developers hack one or make one that would work?
I mainly want the one where the chick comes out an cleans my screen coz im a perv!!
Thanks in advance!
I have seen pretty much everything else from the iphone come over to our phones so I'm sure it is out there somewhere (cannot say that I have seen it yet though)
i know its early days at the mo, so i dont mind waiting for this stuff but if anyone has or does see anything like these two apps for the Diamond then id really be interested !
ibeer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3MfQIswl3k
iwash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqkKhh45df8&feature=related
ipopcorn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toROK6C5U-Q
really, really very important subject and posted not in "diamond", no.....it has to be started in "ROM development"...keep spamming! keep pushing the real important stuff to the 2nd and 3rd pages with yr spam. please read the rules, read a few posts, understand the way this forum is build and only than post. no, there is no development of beer/popcorn gifs/effects here ! iPhone needs this kind of stuff to be appealing and to make ppl forget that it is not coming even close to the the apps of diamond. yes, judging by his size he can be good at making popcorn!
where are the mods? where?
KukurikU said:
really, really very important subject and posted not in "diamond", no.....it has to be started in "ROM development"...keep spamming! keep pushing the real important stuff to the 2nd and 3rd pages with yr spam. please read the rules, read a few posts, understand the way this forum is build and only than post.QUOTE]
He's right guys, this isnt the place to post or ask for this kind of Icrap.
If you want to post about such stuff,go to diamond general forum. And keep this place ONLY for ROM development. thank you.
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mightycaz said:
Hey all,
This is my first post on here so be gentle please!
Thanks in advance!
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Post in the right place or.... all your base are belong to us.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
that is all.
Mod.. please move this outta here. And feel free to delete this this comment also.
@mightycaz:
Thats no app. Thats a video in fullscreen. Even the Today-Screen is faked.
You start the video, then 7 seconds it shows the Today-Screen, then it fills in the Beer. Same with the naked girl...
sorry guy
.... and pls move this thread!
There is a post in the this topic about a lightsaber app that uses the acceleromitor (SP?), and i noticed none of you guys had gone in there to flame the guy who made that post!
Surely these are the same kind of things, The beer app isnt a video. As i said in my fist post my boss has the iphone an that app an it's no video, it moves as you move you're phone around.
If you have a problem with where a post is put then all you had to do was alert a mod or ask for it to be moved not go an Epeen mission. I signed up to these forums because ive been reading through them for about 2 years lookin for advice or cool apps for my older PDA's that ive had an this didnt seem like the kind of place where people were arse's for no reason!
I guess i was wrong.
There is a post in the this topic about a light saber app that uses the acceleromitor (SP?),
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no, the post is in the "diamond" section not "diamond rom development"
the guy posted where this kind of things should be posted and he posted an application not questions about some hypothetical, nonexistent applications.
the space in this forum and in the first page specialy is "expensive".
ppl are watching posts regarding ROMs and important stuff related to diamond. each time a noob start a thread like yrs he pushes the really important stuff to the next pages.
what's so difficult to understand and to accept? why argue?!
nobody asked from you explanations or apologies. all we are asking you is to stop. come and check the forum from time to time and if there will be such an application you'll see it posted exactly like the saber....got it?
one thing more...stop asking here stuff that you see on iPhone...this is a diamond forum and we don't really love the "i" word.
now, are we OK? should i explain it to you again? with simpler words? should i bring here a few more members to ask you nicely to "let it go"????
Thank you for helping us keep this forum clean and please don't slam the door!
P.S.
congrats to your boss for his fine taste and choice of PDA!
mightycaz said:
i know its early days at the mo, so i dont mind waiting for this stuff but if anyone has or does see anything like these two apps for the Diamond then id really be interested !
ibeer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3MfQIswl3k
iwash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqkKhh45df8&feature=related
ipopcorn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toROK6C5U-Q
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Well, that's cool. The first time...
So you got flamed, so what?! the point of that is you have to learn from it. and if you have read these forums for two years you should know by now to post in the correct thread and the correct forum for your questions or needed advice. Everyone here is willing to point you in the right direction but some people react different to wrong posts etc.. but hey,eveybody is different and also you can have a bad day or be cranky,so dont be sad about it, just go to the right forum and thread and someone will help u if they can. keep the peace. greetings
I want the one where a girl actually apears out of nothing Cleans the drewl from my chin, then from my phone and then magicly makes a thread move to different forums.
That would be kewl.
I've taken a look at some of the apps.
They got one mayor Plus.
They look good.
But most of them aren' t that functional. (from what i've seen)
But that might also change.
Chapeau Steve Jobs, for bringing out this SDk that will allow for all these great apps that most consumers seem to want.
Is there a Remote Desktop app for the Iphone BTW?
I like general ChitChat.
As long as it stays just that Chit Chat.
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Plus PixelForums is a great place to hang out . There are really funny and helpful staff and members , we aren't so big but if you help use to make more posts or only registering that would help use really much.
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You seem to be good at graphics.. Why don't you share some innovative new icons for all WM devices here? Good luck.
Have a bunch of icon on my forum. Just go there to download.
wow... your graphics really are good. i'll stop by.
i do graphics and photography, and everything seems well adjusted in your forum, i will be there.
napsters said:
Hello everyone on xda-developers, i really need an active members for my brand new forum community.
To be honest please dropped by. Thanks for the commitment, very appreciated it. See you later.
Here the link http://pixelforumer.freeforums.org/
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Your Forum icons are great!!
Fun Zone?
Shows Cracks and Serials - for me this is not fun.
http://pixelforumer.freeforums.org/cracks-and-serials-f72.html
I know there is no post yet, but it bothers me that you have a forum with that kind of section.
What program do you use to create your pictures?
Hey thanks for the suggestion. Hmm....I think i must removed it that section now.
DhaMajoR said:
What program do you use to create your pictures?
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Pictures of what?
The main logo picture.
Simply create from photoshop CS3.
Psh, MS Paint is all over PhotoShop
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Registered..
Already Registered..hi everybody... we should be there too..unfurtunately its already black now..... but, you can change your themes!
just go and see what you can do
I see the programming sections, I might join
Registering....
hehehe and logging in! nice forum napsters...
your username remember me that ages.... when napster was the firs p2p app and mp3 xplotion goes all over the globe... be care the napster was down...
Hey thanks for register to PF Community....Feel free to request a new topic or anything you see fit.
So sad to hear that, napster was down. Anyway you still have another napster's' but not a P2P app, it's forum!
Ok...Right now i've removed the unnecessary topic and section. Let say it i've resynchronise a forum and section.
If you've any ideas don't hesitate to tell me and please let me know.
Anyway a big thanks for your time read this. xD
Has anyone extracted the rhodium dialer into a cab? I want to install on top of my topaz rom as the topaz dialer is buggy as hell
dont expect too much , i have the Rhodium Dailer , its slider is also buggy as hell
Well, I personally couldn't care less if the slider is buggy, perfect or non-existent. But I definitely want the ability to enter contact details directly from the dialer.
vangrieg said:
Well, I personally couldn't care less if the slider is buggy, perfect or non-existent. But I definitely want the ability to enter contact details directly from the dialer.
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can we bump this?
can anyone help?
please guys - someone must have this dialer cabbed
Damn...i don't know about you, but there are people that are working (or other things).
why thrying to bump up the thread three times today, while one bump is enough.
In the time you post this posts you was able to find what youre asking for.
I dont have the daler cabbed, but seen some around... just search
bram_smulders said:
Damn...i don't know about you, but there are people that are working (or other things).
why thrying to bump up the thread three times today, while one bump is enough.
In the time you post this posts you was able to find what youre asking for.
I dont have the daler cabbed, but seen some around... just search
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You think I havent searched?
Problem is there is no centralised place for all this manila 3 stuff.
All I have found are cab files for the old stock blackstone dialer. Problem is I have flashed a topaz based ROM, but the topaz dialler is very buggy - hence I wish to install Rhodium dialer
why in the ROM developmentt forum? the Q&A forum is the general one. let us watch the ROM threads please.
why bump it 3 times?
sames go for yr other thread "why oh why". i think you got what you asked for. did you add [solved] ? did you said thank you?
it is like we owe you something here and if we don't comply you'll keep bugging us like a spoiled child. and stop complaining if it's possible..please, pretty, pretty please... you complained in the last week or so about fonts, contacts and now..the dialer and i am sure that's not all...buy an iPhone.
please, be sensible to what other ppl want also and obey the rules of the forum.
KukurikU said:
why in the ROM developmentt forum? the Q&A forum is the general one. let us watch the ROM threads please.
why bump it 3 times?
sames go for yr other thread "why oh why". i think you got what you asked for. did you add [solved] ? did you said thank you?
it is like we owe you something here and if we don't comply you'll keep bugging us like a spoiled child. and stop complaining if it's possible..please, pretty, pretty please... you complained in the last week or so about fonts, contacts and now..the dialer and i am sure that's not all...buy an iPhone.
please, be sensible to what other ppl want also and obey the rules of the forum.
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1) Yes I did say thank you - on the thread
2) Yes I didnt like how HTC changed the fonts in the new manila, they are too large - was I the only one to say this? No. Did you complain when others mentioned this, no.
3) I didnt complain about contacts - I love the new contacts, but the problem is there are inconsistancies in Manila with regards to what links to the new contacts manager.
4) The topaz dialer is buggy - I would like to install the rhodium one. So what? At the moment I have reverted to the default stock dialer, but that doesnt link to the new contacts manager and other functions. Is it so bad to want a cab to be put up for rhodium dialer? No.
5) I am very much a contributor in many ways - just because I dont cook roms, theres no need to show me such disrespect. And I dont see what iPhone has to do with anything.
Can some mod lock this one???
... what a babies around here...
darthbane2k said:
1) Yes I did say thank you - on the thread
2) Yes I didnt like how HTC changed the fonts in the new manila, they are too large - was I the only one to say this? No. Did you complain when others mentioned this, no.
3) I didnt complain about contacts - I love the new contacts, but the problem is there are inconsistancies in Manila with regards to what links to the new contacts manager.
4) The topaz dialer is buggy - I would like to install the rhodium one. So what? At the moment I have reverted to the default stock dialer, but that doesnt link to the new contacts manager and other functions. Is it so bad to want a cab to be put up for rhodium dialer? No.
5) I am very much a contributor in many ways - just because I dont cook roms, theres no need to show me such disrespect. And I dont see what iPhone has to do with anything.
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I am amazed that you are trying to defend yourself C'mon dude... don't be like that being a Sr. member. You should have realized what was being pointed out there. Give it a rest. Go to the General forum and try to post your requests there... Probably in a relevant thread.
darthbane2k said:
please guys - someone must have this dialer cabbed
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How about here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524797
If not, you may need to replace another Topaz one, like this:
http://miri.warsoft.com/cabs/Miri_Topaz_PhoneCanvas.cab