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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.
Hi folks, I’m not from around these parts, I live in the Kaiser world!
I have a friend who is not technically minded, but wants me to update the ROM on his diamond.
I need to put a stable ROM on there that he can use day in day out without having to worry about solving bugs etc himself as I won’t be around to do it for him! He’s just your average, email, music and texting user – doesn’t need anything specific.
Over in the Kaiser section I would recommend PDA Ultimate V19. There are better versions after this, but in the drive for perfection and speed, each new release throws up bugs that need tweaking every now and then – this is what I’m trying to avoid.
Please can you let me know which version of a ROM you would recommend for him? The one you’ve run for ages and always return to. If there are just one or two tweaks I need to make to it, if you could detail those and I’ll sort them before I hand him his upgraded diamond back never to be tweaked again!!
Thanks in advance
Ps. Mods – didn’t want to clutter the ROM section with this, so put it in here.
Please be considerate ogf others and read the rules before posting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=429
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landshark said:
Please be considerate ogf others and read the rules before posting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=429
ATTENTION!: We are glad that our community is growing really fast. Unfortunately, the number of topics in the threads of the forums grow in a very larger manner. Unfortunately not every user is aware of the general forum usage and posting rules. As a direct conseque to that MODERATORS will apply the Diamond forum, as one of the most active forums on the site, a very strict moderating policy which might imply:
immediate thread deletion when newly created thread addresses an already discussed topic;
immediate thread deletion when newly created thread addresses an issue such as "Which ROM is the best", "Diamond vs iPhone", etc.;
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I did read the rules.
Did you read my post?
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I am also interested in this. I have read all the threads till now and kinda convinced me not to update the ROM. From what i've read, ROM v 1.93 has many bugs (e.g. phone rings one and then no more, send SMS to someone and I receive the message -> these are only single member problems, not happened to many people). In the end ... any suggestions on ROM update?
Yeh - what i always return to is stock rom and SPB Mobile Shell v3 on top of it - it's awesome...
I am slowely getting sick of this forum... it became totaly useless as it is impossible to find any info about rom becoase of idiots that NEED to say thank you (and permutations) for every rom cooked.
Just for a taste:
Thread: Miri WM 6.5 23016 :: V 26.0
Posts: 11,860
Thread: EnergyROM HD (23009)
Posts: 2,023
Thread: Dutty's WM6.5 R8 Turbo
Posts: 705
There are surely bunch of usefull informations that nobody will ever see as they are sunk under hundreds of posts that are completely useless (Thank you etc.).
So please:
SHUT THE F*** UP IF YOU DONT
HAVE ANYTHING USEFULL TO SAY!
And admins, please start thinking about giving few most used cookers separeate "forum" within xda-developers or open a "thanksgiving" thread and forbid
posting them within any other topic.
Such as this post, The wheel may be round but it will always have bumps in it.
Moderators will close this thread closed.
Root
If you click on XDA Portal, you will see that in this forum there are 1,709,981 members ....
Are not few and not just manage them ....
it's easy for you to talk
between saying and doing there 'a difference
I like to show my appreciation for the roms cooked. I do that via donation and the forum. Thank you
No matter how many MOD's you have clearing up spam you are always going to get a lot of useless posts in each thread. It would be very time consuming to go through each thread and clear out the waste and a lot of mod's like to see appreciation for the work they have done so to remove every thankyou would also not be appropriate or worth the hassle.
I get what you are saying, yes there is a lot of c**p in each thread and I would love to see each thread cleaned up or shortened in size, but I don't think its practible. All we can do is remind people to abide by forum rules and issues warnings for repeat offenders before banning them.
Also, as much as I appreciate your comments, what you have created here is another useless thread, another rant. I'm I now to issue a warning to you!!
I'll close this thread now before it grows in size and becomes one giant rant!!
About this thread - forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631416
What's wrong with links? Could I talk to the administrator on MSN Messenger or Google Voice about the links issue? I see no reason that that link should have been removed. Can someone clarify? Thanks.
Another thing - why can't we post links before our accounts are verified by a moderator? Is it because there aren't enough moderators to continuously moderate and ban spambots?
I'm not trying to be mean I just want to know.
Read what Fallen Spartan wrote. Seriously. He says exactly why the thread was closed and the link was deleted.
And yes, I think it's safe to assume that the reason your account has to be verified by a moderator is because of the influx of spam trolls.
TechieGeek = Spam Troll
fiktion is correct. New users aren't able to use links until they have posted 8 or more times. This is to help combat against spammers. For the same reason the first posts made by all new users have to be verified by moderators
I hope you understand our reasoning
Rick
I'm waiting for the day that there is a simple authentication service for any forum running VB. That way your posts are linked between forums (I hang out on anandtech and resellerratings) and things like this wouldn't be a problem. Even though this brings up a whole new issue of rules being different between forums.
Well guys, I am seriously thinking of leaving xda. All of my posts are being moved from development to general "lufc" stating that they have nothing to do with development. Granted 1 or 2 of them dont, but not all of them. And he is leaving up posts in there from users that posted stuff since before I even owned this device. I will stay on here til I get CWM running. But after that I am thinking of leaving for good.
Dont take this the wrong way. I mean a couple of you are giving some useful insight, but honestly I am working on this myself and I only got 19 thanks on here and no donations. I mean, im not asking by any means for anyone to fork up anything for this especially since I have not finished the first and most essential need for the streak before any deving can be done. But with that being said, after I get CWM completed, there is really nothing holding me here since you guys wont even see my posts when they get moved half way across the universe.
Sorry guys. And then again, I might just stay, who knows
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