Hi dudes and dudettes
Today, I have been appointed as the moderator for this forum.
Dont worry, I am not here to write a bible of rules for you.
Well, just 4
1 - Search before you post a new thread, a question, or a suggestion.
2 - Be tolerant towards other members. Don't forget you were a noob yourself.
3 - Donot take matters in your hands. PM me or another mod with the link to the post and why you think it should be reported.
4 - Use ENGLISH
And this intro-thread is the only ONE thread in the forum where you can discuss "Off Topic"
This site is a learn from everyone site. I have learnt a lot in the last 4 years I have been on it.
And last, not be any means the least... a little fun doesnt hurt anyone
Feel free to PM me at anytime with whatever you need or want or discuss or even a hello.
Cheers guys!
Prateek
Please add a "Droid Bionic Q&A Forum", thanks.
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Please add a "Droid Bionic Q&A Forum", thanks.
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Yeah, I noticed that we don't have a Q&A like other phones that I've owned. Having that.section may help clean up some of the clutter that we have and prevent the repetitive posts that we have. Our bionic general is a combination of general and Q&A.
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Should have posted here... swear it didn't say off topic before.. make it 4 rookie mistakes from internet pro and junior android nerd.
smokedkill said:
Yeah, I noticed that we don't have a Q&A like other phones that I've owned. Having that.section may help clean up some of the clutter that we have and prevent the repetitive posts that we have. Our bionic general is a combination of general and Q&A.
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We do now
Totally missed this thread how long has it been here ?
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Droid Bionic Help Please! Lost my notification bar.
I'm rooted and running 5.9.902 tried to metamorph a black notification bar and instead my notification bar disappeared. Can I replace framework-res.apk and get it back? And if so, where can I find an apk? I've learned my lesson, backup, backup, backup. Thanks for any help. Tess
I've been ordered by Big Man to have a gander at this thread so HERE I AM!
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I'm rooted and running 5.9.902 tried to metamorph a black notification bar and instead my notification bar disappeared. Can I replace framework-res.apk and get it back? And if so, where can I find an apk? I've learned my lesson, backup, backup, backup. Thanks for any help. Tess
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There is an FXZ file out for 902 if all else fails, get RSDlite and flash that over for a completely fresh install of 902.
Pushing a fresh framework-res should work though. Mine has already been modified so I can't give you mine. Find someone who has a fresh one and see if they can pull it for you.
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Totally missed this thread how long has it been here ?
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I missed it too bro. How 'bout you take a look at the first post and see what the date on it is. /trollface
Hello everyone,
the moderating team assigned to your forum has decided to no longer allow any offtopic threads whether those were previously sanctioned by moderators or not.
We have come to this decision due to the fact that those threads offer absolutely nothing to the device specific forum or to development in general.
After all the name of the site is xda-developers.
If you feel the urge to engage in any offtopic discussion, the offtopic forum is always at your disposal.
As such, this thread is now closed.
Please understand that this decision was made only to streamline the forums and to enhance the user experience.
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation,
Diamondback
Moderation Team Leader for the Sony/Motorola/LG devices
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...before posting in dev forums. Really?
Sounds like an invitation to spam.
There should be other way.
dros74 said:
...before posting in dev forums. Really?
Sounds like an invitation to spam.
There should be other way.
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It must be the best solution for the time being, that's why the forum mods have implemented it.
There is always a start.
Go around general android forums and see if u can post some constructive comments.
I asked something for an app development reg api level support for a particular thing i wanted n some guidance if it was possible
n it was shifted to q&a....
Not that it was wrong but just slightly confusing...thought q&a was just surface level questions :-\
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I'm sure with the search function if you really need help with an issue you can find something that's already been posted.
But yes it sort of does encourage spamming.
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Mungulz said:
I'm sure with the search function if you really need help with an issue you can find something that's already been posted.
But yes it sort of does encourage spamming.
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And despite his rule supposed to educate people to read and SEARCH by themselves before blindly asking, threads are full of posts asking for things that have been answered two pages before.....
yes, for newbies is really "educative"
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yes, for newbies is really "educative"
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exactly
10 post is ok, other forums have limitations to 100 posts for some section ...
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10 post is ok, other forums have limitations to 100 posts for some section ...
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ya it's true! with this limitation 60% of new account doesn't post more than 2-3 times xD
But we can send troll post to get 10 posts xD
How are you my friend? Problem?
Spamwise, this is already working. General Optimus 2x discussion, about the all-in-topic 10 post restriction on a thread which is stricly restrict to development.
Dev thread should be allowed to user-specific, so that only known devs should post there. Ofc with some rules like forcing the developers to create a feeback/reporting thread in the general. Or even creating a discussion thread.
dont get me wrong, but ffs, The CM7 nightly dev thread is stupidly and insanely filled in with spam, i mean, 9800+ posts on a development thread?
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But we can send troll post to get 10 posts xD
How are you my friend? Problem?
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Only if it's legible. Sorry you failed
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It was a joke, just forget that i said anything. -.-
svceon said:
Spamwise, this is already working. General Optimus 2x discussion, about the all-in-topic 10 post restriction on a thread which is stricly restrict to development.
Dev thread should be allowed to user-specific, so that only known devs should post there. Ofc with some rules like forcing the developers to create a feeback/reporting thread in the general. Or even creating a discussion thread.
dont get me wrong, but ffs, The CM7 nightly dev thread is stupidly and insanely filled in with spam, i mean, 9800+ posts on a development thread?
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9800+..???
Now if someone gets stuck somewhere, how the hell do they search for it..??
Even in the General forum, there should be a locking system..wherein the thread gets locked after the mod feels the discussion has yielded a result..
Its actually impractical for someone to browse through 30-40 pages of posts trying to find an answer...
duplicate threads should be deleted and the creator of the thread should get the url as a pm..(u can write a script for it..not a hassle..)
Hello
So i am in the same case for the 10 reply, I suppose I can ask my question here
I am using topogigi 1.7 and want to know if I can simply put the horse power kernel rc1 over it or if I need first to upgrade topo to 1.9 ?
thx for your help
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Hello
So i am in the same case for the 10 reply, I suppose I can ask my question here
I am using topogigi 1.7 and want to know if I can simply put the horse power kernel rc1 over it or if I need first to upgrade topo to 1.9 ?
thx for your help
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I don't think this is a problem.
Why don't you just try? But make a backup first.
ok will probably give a try and let you know just in case it interest some more peeps
Yea I was like: "What? 10 posts?" Just wanted to help post my findings on certain stuff(been lurking in the shadows reading a bit)
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not just 10 posts!
10 Legitimate posts!!!!!
THREAD CLOSED
Need this on xoom.
Do a quick search and you will find it. Its here.
Please use search next time before posting.
Enjoy SuperNote
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Here is the link to the download http://goo.gl/ciSZH courtesy of Justvinz.
No reason to be a jerk on here. Search is a good function to use and you would've found it by searching but just posting the link you already knew of could've easily solved the problem.
The thread too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282279&page=4
Rayman0625 said:
Here is the link to the download http://goo.gl/ciSZH courtesy of Justvinz.
No reason to be a jerk on here. Search is a good function to use and you would've found it by searching but just posting the link you already knew of could've easily solved the problem.
The thread too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282279&page=4
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I was in no way rude. I said please and even wished the OP fun using the app...I have it myself.
But lets be honest here...that post was about 20 threads down and the open was making a request.
This is why I keep my development to myself. Watch your words when judging others. Reported.
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I was in no way rude. I said please and even wished the OP fun using the app...I have it myself.
But lets be honest here...that post was about 20 threads down and the open was making a request.
This is why I keep my development to myself. Watch your words when judging others. Reported.
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Yes, there was but this is supposed to be a community, and your actions shows otherwise. It's so easy to say "Hey search it up," but just providing the link would have ended the thread; in turn letting it die.
Really? Reported? How childish. No jeers or hurtful words were used, my opinion is that even with a "please" involved that was still a jerk response. This will be my last response on this thread in terms of speaking to you. If you have more to say take it to PM. I forgot how butthurt people on the internet get.
Enjoy your night .
I was thinking about reporting tincbtrar for being rude. Honestly, there's a lot of posters on XDA that would rather jump down your throat for being unable to navigate all 10,000 boards successfully, than to actually answer your question.
I am truly sorry to the OP if I portrayed the image of being rude.
However, The first rule of this forum is to use search. This rule was created so we wouldnt have people creating multiple posts. It is a hinderance to everyone who uses the forum to see mutiple posts. This, for one, is the second request for the same application.
We all do our part to share, and if you read through that thread, I am sure I did my part to help contribute to the community.
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I am truly sorry to the OP if I portrayed the image of being rude.
However, The first rule of this forum is to use search. This rule was created so we wouldnt have people creating multiple posts. It is a hinderance to everyone who uses the forum to see mutiple posts. This, for one, is the second request for the same application.
We all do our part to share, and if you read through that thread, I am sure I did my part to help contribute to the community.
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Well, search this forum for "supernote", and THIS thread is the only one that pops up. Really, I know search is the default answer for a lot of long time-ish members, but before telling people to "just search", realize that search is not the answer to everything.
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Well, search this forum for "supernote", and THIS thread is the only one that pops up. Really, I know search is the default answer for a lot of long time-ish members, but before telling people to "just search", realize that search is not the answer to everything.
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No, if you search the forum using advanced search from a browser (not the xda app) you will also get this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282279&highlight=Supernote and another thread on Writepad in which Supernote is mentioned.
The xda app is terrible for searching, so that is probably why people get frustrated and just post new questions. I feel ya. However, it does get tiring answering the same questions over and over. So in the words of the immortal Rodney King "can't we all just get along?"
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No, if you search the forum using advanced search from a browser (not the xda app) you will also get this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282279&highlight=Supernote and another thread on Writepad in which Supernote is mentioned.
The xda app is terrible for searching, so that is probably why people get frustrated and just post new questions. I feel ya. However, it does get tiring answering the same questions over and over. So in the words of the immortal Rodney King "can't we all just get along?"
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Thank you Okantomi! You are known for helping a lot of people...and for a while I was trying to do the same.
However...when I see backlash like this I give up. The point of xda is to help develop the community...and its a lot easier to help and share when people follow the rules. Creating posts just clutters the forums. I search three times using different search engines to ensure multiple posts are not created - which also ensures people can develop...not answer the same questions five times.
Alas...the apology was heartfelt and hopefully we can all get along.
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Thank you Okantomi! You are known for helping a lot of people...and for a while I was trying to do the same.
However...when I see backlash like this I give up. The point of xda is to help develop the community...and its a lot easier to help and share when people follow the rules. Creating posts just clutters the forums. I search three times using different search engines to ensure multiple posts are not created - which also ensures people can develop...not answer the same questions five times.
Alas...the apology was heartfelt and hopefully we can all get along.
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It would be a real shame if you got discouraged from sharing. I just take a few days off and then it's all fresh again.
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It would be a real shame if you got discouraged from sharing. I just take a few days off and then it's all fresh again.
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You are right...can't get discouraged. There will always be new users that are looking for answers
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can someone explain this
''Please Read: New members (those with fewer than 10 posts) are not permitted to post to development-related forums. The developer forums are intended for experienced users and developers to discuss ways to improve technical aspects related to ROMs and Software. While you may be an expert, we ask ALL users to avoid posting questions about using or installing ROMs and software in the Development Forums. To encourage this new Users can read but not post in these forums.
To ask Questions about developing your device, installing ROMs, software and themes you must go to the Q&A or General Forum.
Remember, your question has very likely been asked already, so please search before posting.
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation''
im just trying to say thanks to developers and answer things that have been question by others,maybe im just know 1 or 2 things about my phone development...but why cannot i post it...how can i post if i cant really comment on those thread?i dont get it...
There's plenty of threads about this in the "about xda" forum. If you'd read the rules then you'd know to search first and you'd have found the myriads of other closed threads about the subject.
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There's plenty of threads about this in the "about xda" forum. If you'd read the rules then you'd know to search first and you'd have found the myriads of other closed threads about the subject.
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owh sorry...
You got 8 more post to go... after you complete 10, find that thread, find that post, and thank them or whatever
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Looks like they explained it for you.
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owh sorry...
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Just do some friendly helping out and you'll have 10 posts in no time, and all useful ones too!
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You got 8 more post to go... after you complete 10, find that thread, find that post, and thank them or whatever
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all right,tq bro...you are awesome...
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all right,tq bro...you are awesome...
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No worries mate
You'll be surprised how addictive helping people out can be!
I'm wondering, is it really that hard to post in the correct section? Here are some threads that should be in Q&A, but all were on the first page in General when I copied their links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994709
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994691
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1990224
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994362
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978458
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993701
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989239
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986175
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1990041
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987624
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989328
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989000
That is 12 out of 20 threads (the stickied ones were not included) on the first page that weren't posted where they should be.
Also, I noticed that most of these threads were started by people with none to very few posts... Connection?
I sense that this thread might get closed for some reason.
The threads that I linked to should be closed/moved, or the newbies (mostly, some senior members as well..) who haven't yet developed the ability to read will soon post every single question they have in General...
My suggestion is increasing the post requirement before you can post in General.
A. Volunteer to become a moderator and hand down infractions or use the report post button.
B. Do you think you have any sort of authority over others and or think you are perfect?
C. Do you realize that your whiny post HAS NO PLACE HERE? (As does my response)
neovdr said:
A. Volunteer to become a moderator and hand down infractions or use the report post button.
B. Do you think you have any sort of authority over others and or think you are perfect?
C. Do you realize that your whiny post HAS NO PLACE HERE? (As does my response)
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B: The OP is correct, the Q&A question exists for question, this one for general discussions. Where did he say he's perfect or above others?
C: Why not? He has a fair point. And I don't see him whining. What is your problem?
But I don't agree: Raising the post count for the General section is not a solution.
Maybe a new closed stickyied thread "This section is NOT for Questions you have, use Q&A for that" might help.
Reported my own post and suggested it to the mods.
Cheers.
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B: The OP is correct, the Q&A question exists for question, this one for general discussions. Where did he say he's perfect or above others?
C: Why not? He has a fair point. And I don't see him whining. What is your problem?
But I don't agree: Raising the post count for the General section is not a solution.
Maybe a new closed stickyied thread "This section is NOT for Questions you have, use Q&A for that" might help.
Reported my own post and suggested it to the mods.
Cheers.
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Because the Q&A section is a no-man's land where no dev ever ventures. Trying to push the new guys that come here to the fringes is not the solution.
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Because the Q&A section is a no-man's land where no dev ever ventures. Trying to push the new guys that come here to the fringes is not the solution.
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Apart from the fact that I and a couple others in fact ARE scanning the q&a section every now and then for questions which are lacking an answer and are not covered in any of the other threads:
That's not a valid reason to post in the wrong section. Especially considering the kind of questions linked in the OP which are pretty often already covered multiple times all over xda.
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neovdr said:
Because the Q&A section is a no-man's land where no dev ever ventures. Trying to push the new guys that come here to the fringes is not the solution.
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you're wrong they answer the questions that never been asked before if your question doesn't answer so search it first before creating a new thread if you search for an hour so search for a day and if you can't find it and you search for almost a day that's the right time to post don't post anything because you only want to reach 10 post to be able to post in developers section
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you're wrong they answer the questions that never been asked before if your question doesn't answer so search it first before creating a new thread if you search for an hour so search for a day and if you can't find it and you search for almost a day that's the right time to post don't post anything because you only want to reach 10 post to be able to post in developers section
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The thing is when I go into the Q&A and see a bunch of old threads I am gonna think like that. I didn't talk out of my ass but went to the section and that was what compelled me to answer. The problems of this forum imo are solved with active moderation. Things like warnings, thread deletions and relocations. Until that investment is made we will be suffering this kind of problems.
This is no way a bashing thread towards the moderators here. All I ask that if you're going to close or delete threads please give us notification of why. I know people have a habit of posting in the wrong area and the thread has to be moved. But if I open up a thread which I did about 2 days ago basically saying thank you and expressing my like for this forum and the people who make it all possible why would my thread get deleted without any reason of why it was deleted? Especially if I didn't break any rules or cause flamming or trolling.
I love the 90s good times
I've seen them post reasons for closing threads, but I can see it being very time consuming to post a reason every time. If it was closed recently, I bet they thought your thread could have been posted in our nifty new off topic lounge ([OFF TOPIC LOUNGE] The Four Galaxies) or the New Forum Request thread. We all want to thank somebody, but I don't think a new thread is necessary. Just my two cents...
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I've seen them post reasons for closing threads, but I can see it being very time consuming to post a reason every time. If it was closed recently, I bet they thought your thread could have been posted in our nifty new off topic lounge ([OFF TOPIC LOUNGE] The Four Galaxies) or the New Forum Request thread. We all want to thank somebody, but I don't think a new thread is necessary. Just my two cents...
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I haven't seen that thread. Nice though
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Would the mods consider that thread to be official? I wouldn't think so. At least not enough to expect us to post certain things there. Not sure how thank you threads are treated considering all the bashing lately.
That being said Kenny does a great job so if it was him I'm sure he had a good reason. Not to single any mods out over others... Just my dealings with him has been great. And he is fast at getting back to you.
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I saw there wasn't a topic in this section that was for general discussion. Lots of threads were getting locked, moved and deleted. I thought it would be good to have a place where people could post off topic stuff without getting reprimanded. I asked Kenny for his permission to start the thread and he said it was okay. So I started it.
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Would the mods consider that thread to be official? I wouldn't think so. At least not enough to expect us to post certain things there. Not sure how thank you threads are treated considering all the bashing lately.
That being said Kenny does a great job so if it was him I'm sure he had a good reason. Not to single any mods out over others... Just my dealings with him has been great. And he is fast at getting back to you.
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eskomo said:
Would the mods consider that thread to be official? I wouldn't think so. At least not enough to expect us to post certain things there. Not sure how thank you threads are treated considering all the bashing lately.
That being said Kenny does a great job so if it was him I'm sure he had a good reason. Not to single any mods out over others... Just my dealings with him has been great. And he is fast at getting back to you.
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At this point, I'm certain they do expect us to post certain things in there that aren't relevant to already opened, much needed, topics. That thread will help declutter our forums & keep us from opening unnecessary threads (I.e. "this forum is dead" thread).
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I saw there wasn't a topic in this section that was for general discussion. Lots of threads were getting locked, moved and deleted. I thought it would be good to have a place where people could post off topic stuff without getting reprimanded. I asked Kenny for his permission to start the thread and he said it was okay. So I started it.
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100% support. Like I said above, it will help everyone from opening unnecessary threads and declutter our forums. It will even benefit newbs/noobs, making everything easy to access, find & understand.
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Stop it guys you are embarrassing me...lol.
@E The Magnificent it is entirely possible your thread was deleted for the reasons mentioned here.....or maybe your spelling J/K.
And my PM "door" is always open so similar questions can be asked directly to me if you like.
But yes the Off-Topic lounge opened by @oscarthegrouch is the official lounge for this device and please post there anything not device specific.
Thanks Oscar for doing that.
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Stop it guys you are embarrassing me...lol.
@E The Magnificent it is entirely possible your thread was deleted for the reasons mentioned here.....or maybe your spelling J/K.
And my PM "door" is always open so similar questions can be asked directly to me if you like.
But yes the Off-Topic lounge opened by @oscarthegrouch is the official lounge for this device and please post there anything not device specific.
Thanks Oscar for doing that.
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That works
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