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a suggestion re postings

hi to all
im completely new to the whole pda game, and have recently purchased my vario.
i have spent the last few weeks plodding around the forum, gaining hints and tips - just feeling myself around to understand the capabilities of my ppc.
its great to see so many dedicated people sharing information and helping one another - a real credit, and to the site as a whole, a complete wealth of valuable information. thanks to all involved!!
after my experience here so far, i have a small suggestion that may help everyone, especially other beginners find vital posts, or should i say specific posts within threads.
its very easy for threads to become huge due to thanks yous and suggestions, etc. (they can also stray way off path). obviously these are fantastic and move threads forward, but i was thinking that it would be really great, and save loads of time, if posts where an author, say, releases a tweak/hack or unlocker, has one main thread which they use to release. this thread is locked to replies, but a link is added to another reply thread, where other members can add their comments and suggestions, etc. the author could reply to individuals on this sub-thread, but post important comments and updated releases on the main thread.
thus anyone wanting to either view the history of an item, or just simply download the newest version of a hack could do so without the hassle of searching through say 30 pages.
this would also allow those who want to read the 'other member' comments do so.
obviously the sub thread would link up to the main thread...
i dont want to step on toes, but hopefully other members would agree and some new posts could start this way to see how it goes.
comments, remarks wellcome...
regards
dan

Well I think your idea is a good one in many ways but as updates come about comments and tips also come about and if they are all in order with the updates it does help with it as sometimes the author/developer of the a hack or tweak doesn't always get the instructions perfect and the experience of the other members as they try it and find a better way of using it or installing it helps and if you have them all in the same place and without the need of searching through another forum to find the right part of the page that corresponds with the current version. I think it would almost need to be put into portions. Example for the original hack has a forum then the next version has a forum and then it would keep it in order. What do you think??

as an alternative, a listing of the post # and date announcing the new release by the version number and content listing on the original post of a thread, or the "locked" thread suggested in this thread.

funkydan: I think it would make a lot of sense. I'll try to remember, but it can be hard to enforce. Good policy though.
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One thought is if when you select New Thread you are given two options one for general threads and the other if you are wanting to post a piece of software etc and if they are wanting to post a normal thread they get taken to the normal thread creator but if they want to post a piece of software etc they are taken to a template where the enter in the info and then automatically another thread is created within that thread for other users to post. What do you think?

Poll for the community regarding cabs Delete on 4-1-07[pending approval]

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I wish to start this poll to express an Idea I had this weekend. I have been browsing this site for a couple of years now and have noticed people starting threads for cab files only the only problem is that the first page is great then 2nd a 3rd pages get worse and worse pretty soon your looking through hundreds of posts and the thread is crap. My suggestion would to be to add another section in addtion to the main wizard forum seprate of upgrading and general and make a cabs section this would include specific cabs to make registry changes not all inclusive cabs also it would be for fixes and software to make our lives easier and to make it better we can have the moderators sign off on the cabs to verify they are "correct" or that they are relivant. The moderator can also have the right to delete superfolous posts and add cabs to the first post keeping the site clean. I think this will also keep the forum clean. So if this is a good Idea I'd like you to put your 2 cents in. Moderators if this seems like a good idea then I'd be happy to help.
I would like this post to be deleted at the end of this month as not to contribute to the problem.
I'm going to post an example
Windows Mobile 6 and 5 moderator approved Cabs
Change the G in the title bar to E for edge (link) Moderator approval(put names of moderator that has looked at the cab and verified funtionility here)
Windows Mobile 6 only moderator Approved Cabs
Turn on power management of SDcard (link) Moderator approval(put names of moderator that has looked at the cab and verified funtionility here)
Posts Can be added for example apps then deleted once a moderator tests and approves

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Thanks Gys it looks like we are getting better results

This is infact a very good idea!!
Further, can we have "onshare" amongst all the XDA-DEV guys, so as to share cabs/tweaks and Roms safely and securely?
http://www.onshare.com/en_gb/index.php?ck=ok

on share
Sounds a good saves a lot of time
on share looks good set it up my id is easymob i have some roms to share

Good idea, it can be every hard to find a CAB you used once before and can't find after a ROM upgrade. I think it would also clean up the forums by reducing any CAB request threads etc.

It will indeed be a great time saver, as it's really hard currently to go through a lot of pages without actually having the link to the cab file.
Great Idea.

Isn't this why we have a Wiki?

Great time saver for members but a great time waster for mods, don't ya think?

anything that makes this website better is good with me.. this is the best site on the web.

time waster
Infact it would be quite the opposite problem. The moderator only need to monitor 1 thread and this will infact save time. How say you moderators. By keeping one thread clean and having a checks and balances system it will let the community know that we are trying to accomplish a goal towards providing resources for fixes etc. but keeping in mind that people in the community don't want to waste htere time either. As for the wiki that is a good resource but the idea is to keep the forum clean. If people had a forum link to go to then they would just need to go there for safe fixes and possibly not post over and over again. As aside I frequently ask moderators to erase my threads that seem not to help the community. I would also like to see more of these practices on this forum but I'm not a moderator so i have to rely on them.

suggestion
Another suggestion would to make all cabs registered as XDA Developers open source I have posted a working cab as an example. Maybe eventually we can work as a community to make our own freeware tweak utility suck as Tweaks2k.

Use the WIKI.

that's a good idea , and to make it even easier , we can upload some cabs we had already downloaded so everybody can use it

I agree with putting this in the wiki. There are still too many, "why isn't my device upgrading when I flash the rom?" questions going on right now for the moderators to do this very effiectively.

My vote goes to Wiki also! The idea is pretty cool and save a lot of time to all of us!
Time is money!

yea i agree... being organized will release the site from numerous senceless threads wen its easier to find something your looking for

Consider this another vote using the WIKI.
That's why it exists right ????

WIKI
OK how about putting a link on the forums page directly to the cabs on wiki

Yeah I'm thinking we would not have any problems posting on the FTP site unless their are roms. If you want I can host a site for Moderators to share cab files ECT. But I too would not want anyone to post illeagal software on it just fixes and patches
sids911 said:
This is infact a very good idea!!
Further, can we have "onshare" amongst all the XDA-DEV guys, so as to share cabs/tweaks and Roms safely and securely?
http://www.onshare.com/en_gb/index.php?ck=ok
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Sounds like a good idea in theory. But, I have a feeling it will also start out good and turn into a crap thread again. But it will depend on the moderators, if they are willing to put in the time and effort to keep it clean.

Freewarepocketpc.org NEW SITE!!

So,
My new site:
http://freewarepocketpc.org
I don't have all of the programs on there but I have a lot of useful programs and you can use. I know there are a lot of other sites out there but these are my suggestions and things I know work on the AT&T Tilt.
Hope I don't get banned since I've contributed and asked questions.
My site is http://freewarepocketpc.org/

I like the idea of having a site to collect all the various useful bits and bobs on, but you really need to be crediting sources for your posts.
For example: in the KaiserTweak post you don't link back to XDA-Dev's thread, you don't credit the author, and the download link is on your own site. Bad form.

RSS Support ???
Is there RSS Support for you blogs ???
I would love to have it in Google Reader.
By the way nice collection ...
- TKN

Looks like a good resource. Thanks!

Looks nice, another site I'll have to check everyday now, thanks.

tariq_niazi said:
Is there RSS Support for you blogs ???
I would love to have it in Google Reader.
By the way nice collection ...
- TKN
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FireFox FTW! I'm sure IE7 does the same too.
http://freewarepocketpc.org/feed

ZzFDKzZ said:
FireFox FTW! I'm sure IE7 does the same too.
http://freewarepocketpc.org/feed
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Thanx, worked like a charm!
- TKN

Or you can just go to http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ for a lot more...

dan13l said:
For example: in the KaiserTweak post you don't link back to XDA-Dev's thread, you don't credit the author, and the download link is on your own site. Bad form.
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Not to mention illegal

I'm afraid that starting threads to promote your own site or even other sites of this type is not on!.
If someone asks a question, by all means suggest a site or even refer them to your own site but we are not here to be promoters of members sites. So the way you let folk know about your site is by being helpful to others , answering questions and OK from time to time giving a link to something on your site
I also take note of the poster above who feels you might give more credit to the developers and in particular this site.
There is also the fact that until this point the OP has only 4 posts. That brings this thread precariously close to SPAM.
So far the OP has the balance wrong here. It should be lots of help and support to other members and perhaps the ocassional mention of his site. NOT 4 posts and a thread started with the sole purpose of promoting his site.
This is not open season on starting threads to take people away from here rather than supporting THIS site by putting up the collected links and tips in our own Wiki site. If we already have the information in the Wiki (as I notice lots of the registry tweaks are) then there is no need to refer people elsewhere.)
I am inclined to close this thread, what do the members think?
Mike

I'm with you Mike.

For mikechannon
Hello,
I'm agree with you.
Private.
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Newbies let's play !

This is time cutter thread till we get engaged with new marshmallow. But let's do something different.
Most often we seeing juniors making useless thread and which ultimately clutter general section and sometimes dev section too.
So consider this thread is just to share some primary knowledge to newbies.
So what next ?
Well Any junior member have post count < 10 can participate this thread. provided account been created yesterday or before that.
Who want to participate just enroll here by simply posting here.
Initially we will start for 50 participants
Who have enroll here will get one question and if he/she satisfactory answer then he/she will get promo code (Free) for one of my (no choice will be given) paid application from play store. (Application may require root). question will be asked via PM and have to reply with PM only. Winner with question and answer will be announced here on OP.
Question will be asked via PM from Me or my friend @Androidwizzard
Read posted Q/A as question may be repeat.
At least by this we may prevent common duplicate post and also juniors may get help.
Ready ??
Thanx @Androidwizzard for offering help for this.

Winners and Question Answer asked.
1. What you mean by rooted device.?
sumit doshi said:
Dear Sir, Root is small procedure performed to our device and with this we can access and modify the system partition otherwise it's read only. Regards Sumit
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Nice.you will get Promo code soon on your Inbox

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Thank you
I am in for the question

sumit doshi said:
I am in for the question
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newbie questions
I've been an iphone power user since iphone 3. so far, loving the note 5. hopefully someone can help with these issues:
1. default apps - is there a way to change the default mail app to either 'nine' or 'outlook'. something that could also work with voice commands.
2. camera - is there a way to have the "PRO" mode as the default when opening camera.
3. phone connected to BT in car, calls go through fine. but when i want to send a text, and click on the microphone on the keyboard, i can't get it to go through the car's BT. (my iphone worked perfectly in this situation)
4. package disabler - is there a way to find out what each package does, to determine if something is safe to disable or not.
5. settings / sounds and notifications- all of a sudden the option under mail, keeps on crashing. ??

dr.ketan said:
This is time cutter thread till we get engaged with new marshmallow. But let's do something different.
Most often we seeing juniors making useless thread and which ultimately clutter general section and sometimes dev section too.
So consider this thread is just to share some primary knowledge to newbies.
So what next ?
Well Any junior member have post count < 10 can participate this thread. provided account been created yesterday or before that.
Who want to participate just enroll here by simply posting here.
Initially we will start for 50 participants
Who have enroll here will get one question and if he/she satisfactory answer then he/she will get promo code (Free) for one of my (no choice will be given) paid application from play store. (Application may require root). question will be asked via PM and have to reply with PM only. Winner with question and answer will be announced here on OP.
Question will be asked via PM from Me or my friend @Androidwizzard
Read posted Q/A as question may be repeat.
At least by this we may prevent common duplicate post and also juniors may get help.
Ready ??
Thanx @Androidwizzard for offering help for this.
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Having this thread with such an ambiguous name, is somewhat clutter. I wouldn't expect anyone much to use it.

Thread closed per OP request.

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Unlocking my device
Can you provide your info to where you want me to send my info?

J0hnnyB0i said:
Can you provide your info to where you want me to send my info?
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