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Seriously, I rollover it alot when going for UserCP or topic list and this damn thing keeps enlarging/taking up a big portion of my screen.
The other ones are fine though.
isnt there some sort of ad blocker available for your browser??
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isnt there some sort of ad blocker available for your browser??
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Yes there would be but thats not very supportive of XDA now is it
I've never seen an add on xda.
I've heard about them, but never seen them!
These adds are necessary to keep our servers running.
If you want to remove the with an add blocker feel free to do so, but please donate to xda first.
Be aware that we have bills to pay: bandwidth isn't cheap these days.
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These adds are necessary to keep our servers running.
If you want to remove the with an add blocker feel free to do so, but please donate to xda first.
Be aware that we have bills to pay: bandwidth isn't cheap these days.
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I understand the ads are needed to support the site, but when they start affecting a user's browsing experience, that's when it becomes a problem.
I see starting today there is this new ad that shows up on the bottom that plays by itself (I thought I had some sort of spyware because I had my volume up), don't anyone else see a problem with this?
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I understand the ads are needed to support the site, but when they start affecting a user's browsing experience, that's when it becomes a problem.
I see starting today there is this new ad that shows up on the bottom that plays by itself (I thought I had some sort of spyware because I had my volume up), don't anyone else see a problem with this?
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I have to agree with you:
when it affects the user's browsing experience it is counter productive, since the less users are willing to "endure" the ads the less revenue it brings.
I also must admit: Since the beginning of banners on the net I have chosen to use an ad-blocker-script on ALL sites.
But because I am a regular visitor here (and currently even a small part of the infrastructure) I choose to donate to compensate for bandwidth usage etc..
This way I can say with a clear conscience: although I block the ads I still contribute (financially) to this community.
If you want to talk to the admin about this you can talk to Svetius(eg. by PM), he is always open for constructive criticism and valuable feedback from the users' point of view.
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Hi there
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O hai thar.
hey ...... 9 more to go
Statistics show that new members are more likely to leave XDA due to being ridiculed in off topic, then if they made some valuable posts in other sections they can post in.
Ahh... but it's like a test... If they can survive off topic... they're ready
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Ahh... but it's like a test... If they can survive off topic... they're ready
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In that case, statistics show most new members don't survive off topic. lol
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In that case, statistics show most new members don't survive off topic. lol
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Plus 90% of statistics are made up
twitch153 said:
Plus 90% of statistics are made up
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On the other hand statistics show that 77% of all people saying statistics are not real, are indeed not real
There has been a 50% reduction in useful posts from informed lurkers since the 10-post rule, and a 0% reduction in stupid posts from idiots in the same timeframe.
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There has been a 50% reduction in useful posts from informed lurkers since the 10-post rule, and a 0% reduction in stupid posts from idiots in the same timeframe.
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Figures show that you are included in that 50% reduction of useful posts due to the fact you are like the other 65% of xda who have less than 10 posts
Hello Felllas!!!
hi all folks...
Closed
8. Donations.
We appreciate all donations to xda-developers.com, it keeps our forum online and well maintained. As a user you're allowed to ask for donations in your signature as a thank you for your hard work. However donations up front are not allowed, this forum is about sharing, not about getting paid to do something, that's what your job is for.
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OK, so I made a donate button, hopefully the mods approve (it is for a good cause). Input your donation amount [for now, we are doing pennies, maybe we might increase it a little later on(now that I think about it, if 100 members donate 0.01, that's only $1.00 lol w/e)]. We'll see how this works. I'll try to list the people that donated, for (Sugar Honey Ice Tea)'s and giggles. (The forum needs to be family friendly.)
No donate button. I don't know when my bank statement will come in.
Just go to your account and send the penny as a gift. No charges and I don't need to verify.
*Mod Edit: Link removed*
P.S. Add a note with your XDA username, so I know who you are.
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You all know that idea, and you always thought about it. I was thinking about it as well. Now with internet it is much easier to do. Would like to know if it would be ok with the mods/admin to start a donation account where members would donate a penny (or whatever the lowest donation amount is), and then me wee how much is collected in a given amount of time...and then of course donate all of it to XDA to pay for server space, etc. What do ya'll think?
CURRENT BALANCE:
$4.15
DONATED LIST
Jaszek ($0.01)
DirkGently (£1=$1.52 Thanks)
Archer (£0.01=$0.01 Thanks)
BazookaAce (€2.00=$2.61 Thanks)
I'll donate for teh lulz
even if was just for you xD
Max. (From my Galaxy 2)
I'm in
4 million members..perhaps 100 Thousand of them active..
£1000.00 in pennies..
Not a vast sum but could probably feed a few third-world families for a year. Let's do it!
Oooor, lets bump it up to $1.
Well you guys can chose. I guess I would need a mods permission to do this first.
If we bump it up to $1, I take 25% for coming up with the idea .
I remember a website where you can give money to raise a bar to reach the top, but I forgot what its called. Anyone know?
In for a Penny, in for a pound!
Happy Xmas.
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I remember a website where you can give money to raise a bar to reach the top, but I forgot what its called. Anyone know?
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Kickstarter?
I'm tempted to give you two pennies!
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Kickstarter?
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That was it, but it's too late now. lol
servase said:
I'm tempted to give you two pennies!
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Do it. lol
Have another penny
Just a suggestion, if you will actually donate the $$ to xda, shouldn't you change the thread title?
Definitely NOT being sent from my HTC Amaze4G until Christmas Day.....
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Just a suggestion, if you will actually donate the $$ to xda, shouldn't you change the thread title?
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Only people who pay pennies get to decide that
What she said.
Yo Jay-Z, you've received 2 euros from the almighty bazooka
May i suggest the first $5.00 raised goes to Jaszek, to buy him a Christmas Four-Pack from all of us?
The rest to go to xda/charity...?
Hahah, fine by me!
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Just a suggestion, if you will actually donate the $$ to xda, shouldn't you change the thread title?
Definitely NOT being sent from my HTC Amaze4G until Christmas Day.....
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I'll do that
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May i suggest the first $5.00 raised goes to Jaszek, to buy him a Christmas Four-Pack from all of us?
The rest to go to xda/charity...?
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I am pretty broke right now. lol. Well for now I'll let it run until lets say Dec. 31st, and we'll see what the final balance is. Then I might steal from it. lol
And thanks everyone for donating so far (especially the people who killed the point of donating a penny and donated more [and also its only Europeans donating now, americans show them you arent cheap ])
Sorry! I'll be MUCH cheaper next time!
Sadly, today an amazing Dev has been forced to close a thread because of the ignorance and absolute selfishness of a spiteful and moronic user base.
Let it be known to all, that developers use their own time and resources to bring us their work and prolong the life of our devices.
Let it be known to all, that intolerance will not be tolerated. No patience given to the impatient and sanctions placed on those who insist on breaking the basic rules of politeness and decorum in the forums.
One such sanction is an enforced thread lock brought on by incessant philistinism.
We, as a community need to pay respect for developers who help to improve our device experience, not push them away.
I sincerely hope that the decision is made for @corsicanu to return, but I will personally advise that he spends a good amount of time away from this part of the community where, vicious, acerbic and often cruel outlooks have become the toxic norm.
I wish @corsicanu all the best and thank him for bringing his knowledge and absolute commitment to our device.
As always, brother, keep the faith.
Moozer
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Sadly, today an amazing Dev has been forced to close a thread because of the ignorance and absolute selfishness of a spiteful and moronic user base.
Let it be known to all, that developers use their own time and resources to bring us their work and prolong the life of our devices.
Let it be known to all, that intolerance will not be tolerated. No patience given to the impatient and sanctions placed on those who insist on breaking the basic rules of politeness and decorum in the forums.
One such sanction is an enforced thread lock brought on by incessant philistinism.
We, as a community need to pay respect for developers who help to improve our device experience, not push them away.
I sincerely hope that the decision is made for @corsicanu to return, but I will personally advise that he spends a good amount of time away from this part of the community where, vicious, acerbic and often cruel outlooks have become the toxic norm.
I wish @corsicanu all the best and thank him for bringing his knowledge and absolute commitment to our device.
As always, brother, keep the faith.
Moozer
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Keep it up buddy, no need for any drama. Yes you are right but here nobody gives a damn about the process as you already saw. I'll continue what i started, i never lost hope. Only closed the threads as everyone gone wild lately regarding pie.
Regards.
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Keep it up buddy, no need for any drama. I'll continue what i started, i never lost hope. Only closed the threads as everyone gone wild lately regarding pie.
Regards.
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Just angry. You know I've been fighting your corner and trying to maintain some sort of order. Lay low for a while. Anything you need - you know where to find me.
Hello,
I watched things going over the last few days. I wanted to thank corsicanu for his great work on hadesrom which I use since a few months because (almost) only d**b people talked over the last few days.
@moozer you are totally right that shouldn't happen. But I want to underlign the fact that most of the people who are benefiting from the excellent work of @corsicanu are not talking on those threads (the famous silent majority). And we are all thankfull for the great work done by you. Please always ignore the stupid ones in this community as you do and keep up the great job up for all devices!
Best wishes for that pie adventure!
I feel like I'm the culprit since I think I was the first one to point out the video in corsi's description. I'm sorry.
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I feel like I'm the culprit since I think I was the first one to point out the video in corsi's description. I'm sorry.
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No. Don't think that way...It's been a thing that's really gone on for a long time..really almost 18 months. It's been gradually getting worse and things have to come to a halt because of this.
OneUi
Are we getting HadesRom OneUi soon
Hyped
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Are we getting HadesRom OneUi soon
Hyped
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Should I laugh or kill myself?
re:suggestion
best to proceed it.
corsicanu said:
Keep it up buddy, no need for any drama. Yes you are right but here nobody gives a damn about the process as you already saw. I'll continue what i started, i never lost hope. Only closed the threads as everyone gone wild lately regarding pie.
Regards.
Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk
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I reckon we should move away from xda entirely. I'm setting up a mastodon server, and if you would want to host blog posts, updates etc. I would be happy to take it on board. It would be your own page with your own full controls on how it looks, what people can access it and what they can see. Heck, you could add a donations button. Anything to support your great work. You already have me on telegram so just let me know if you're interested. I will have the server set up in the next few weeks. I guess I could also dedicate some space on the cloud storage area for roms to be hosted as a mirror, but again that's up for discussion. Just let me know how you feel about this if you're interested.
It's a shame that it's come to this but XDA is just full of t***s (if you know what I mean) and I feel like mastodon is the future anyways.
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No. Don't think that way...It's been a thing that's really gone on for a long time..really almost 18 months. It's been gradually getting worse and things have to come to a halt because of this.
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Just noticed you're using RR 7 as your main os? how? When I used it last it was very unfinished, unless you've been building yourself. I would get round to doing that but the Lineage 16 repo is like 100 or so gb and that would be mad to download on my rural internet, maybe days.
kepler442b_ said:
I reckon we should move away from xda entirely. I'm setting up a mastodon server, and if you would want to host blog posts, updates etc. I would be happy to take it on board. It would be your own page with your own full controls on how it looks, what people can access it and what they can see. Heck, you could add a donations button. Anything to support your great work. You already have me on telegram so just let me know if you're interested. I will have the server set up in the next few weeks. I guess I could also dedicate some space on the cloud storage area for roms to be hosted as a mirror, but again that's up for discussion. Just let me know how you feel about this if you're interested.
It's a shame that it's come to this but XDA is just full of t***s (if you know what I mean) and I feel like mastodon is the future anyways.
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Just noticed you're using RR 7 as your main os? how? When I used it last it was very unfinished, unless you've been building yourself. I would get round to doing that but the Lineage 16 repo is like 100 or so gb and that would be mad to download on my rural internet, maybe days.
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RR7 is very stable for me. crDroid is most stable and best to customize, but I'm back on HadesROM v6 simply for performance
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Are we getting HadesRom OneUi soon
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Easy way to update. Wrap device in aluminium foil whilst restarting. This will generate enough MHz to push notifications to the system server for a forced update to OneUI. Once you have restarted, rewrap the device and to initiate the upgrade, place the device into the microwave and put on medium/high settings for 45 seconds. This, again will create enough gamma harvesting to recreate the SoC and ensure stable application of the OneUI to your device. Allow device to cool (lol...sometimes they can get a little hot), then restart.
We profit
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Keep it up buddy, no need for any drama. Yes you are right but here nobody gives a damn about the process as you already saw. I'll continue what i started, i never lost hope. Only closed the threads as everyone gone wild lately regarding pie.
Regards.
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will you continue the project to pie?
umila said:
will you continue the project to pie?
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Did you read what you quoted? The answer is there
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Did you read what you quoted? The answer is there
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ha ha ha. sorry, I was very excited when he said
"I'll continue what i started, i never lost hope"
and I hope that all people who don't know themselves yesterday will no longer appear, unless they give donations to our masters
lol:fingers-crossed:
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Easy way to update. Wrap device in aluminium foil whilst restarting. This will generate enough MHz to push notifications to the system server for a forced update to OneUI. Once you have restarted, rewrap the device and to initiate the upgrade, place the device into the microwave and put on medium/high settings for 45 seconds. This, again will create enough gamma harvesting to recreate the SoC and ensure stable application of the OneUI to your device. Allow device to cool (lol...sometimes they can get a little hot), then restart.
We profit
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Watch out saying stuff like this on this forum, someone might actually do it lol
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Watch out saying stuff like this on this forum, someone might actually do it lol
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So it shall be done
The name of this thread should be:
"Telegram is slowly becoming a better place than xda for free speech regarding Android development, UB and rooting"
I'm just curious, why is it so important to be on Telegram instead of here on XDA? I know Telegram is a well working system for quick, smooth and "all in one" chat/communication, but honestly, it's killing this forum. If you have a question and you put it here on this forum, your lucky if someone even answer (properly and in detail), while on Telegram it's already been discussed, tested and answered, long ago?! And the discussion on Telegram seams to be active almost 24/7 (like XDA back in the days), while this forum is stagnating more and more?
Are we meant to focus on Telegram instead of XDA from now on when it comes to brain storming regarding development and more complicated stuff?
XDA was the place for devs and tinkerers. But too many rules started to make it impossible to enjoy a place that once was as open as a hooker at a trucker stop. Just like anything else, it always comes to a stale point and time to move on. When you start off as a great forum and then start to police everything, especially devs and one's freedom of speech, you're no longer going to be the go to place. Telegram is where it's at.
Thanks!
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XDA was they place for devs and tinkerers. But too many rules started to make it impossible to enjoy a place that once was as open as a hooker at a trucker stop. Just like anything else, it always comes to a stale point and time to move on. When you start off as a great forum and then start to police everything, especially devs and one's freedom of speech, you're no longer going to be the go to place. Telegram is where it's at.
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That explains it!
Wasn't aware it had gone that far?!
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I'm just curious, why is it so important to be on Telegram instead of here on XDA? I know Telegram is a well working system for quick, smooth and "all in one" chat/communication, but honestly, it's killing this forum. If you have a question and you put it here on this forum, your lucky if someone even answer (properly and in detail), while on Telegram it's already been discussed, tested and answered, long ago?! And the discussion on Telegram seams to be active almost 24/7 (like XDA back in the days), while this forum is stagnating more and more?
Are we meant to focus on Telegram instead of XDA from now on when it comes to brain storming regarding development and more complicated stuff?
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I've searched on telegram and there is just one group with 38 members. It seems inactive...
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I've searched on telegram and there is just one group with 38 members. It seems inactive...
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The "lg v40" group has around 240 members and is active pretty much all the time...
looks like all bootloader unlock and root threads were closed here.
I can't be the only one that can't find it .. I type in LG v40 and nothing that big pops up.
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I can't be the only one that can't find it .. I type in LG v40 and nothing that big pops up.
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I've tried to find a way to share a link to the group, but it doesn't work for some reason?
Anyways, Rose (@MissRose_bot) is the admin of the group LG V40. Maybe you guys can find her, and then, go from there
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I'm just curious, why is it so important to be on Telegram instead of here on XDA? I know Telegram is a well working system for quick, smooth and "all in one" chat/communication, but honestly, it's killing this forum. If you have a question and you put it here on this forum, your lucky if someone even answer (properly and in detail), while on Telegram it's already been discussed, tested and answered, long ago?! And the discussion on Telegram seams to be active almost 24/7 (like XDA back in the days), while this forum is stagnating more and more?
Are we meant to focus on Telegram instead of XDA from now on when it comes to brain storming regarding development and more complicated stuff?
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Well what we are trying to do is use Telegram for testing purposes and then put the final guide on XDA....cause this is where we go for the guides and such....but the rules have already removed our bootloader unlock threads....
A shame really. I don't think that telegram is a decent replacement. Too much chatter and noise. But agree with the sentiments around too many rules around here and combine that with the small number of phones that are bootloader unlockable and together they are doing a good job of killing off interest. Especially when someone kills any start to conversations around unlocking the bootloader.
I used to come here 2 to 3 times a day. Now....i think my last resort will be going to pixel. Too bad google doesn't know how to make a flagship.
And Htc
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A shame really. I don't think that telegram is a decent replacement. Too much chatter and noise. But agree with the sentiments around too many rules around here and combine that with the small number of phones that are bootloader unlockable and together they are doing a good job of killing off interest. Especially when someone kills any start to conversations around unlocking the bootloader.
I used to come here 2 to 3 times a day. Now....i think my last resort will be going to pixel. Too bad google doesn't know how to make a flagship.
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Good old days, back in 2010, had my first touch screen smartphone, HTC Desire (Bravo)... I loved it, and how easy it was to unlock the bootloader on their website! And rooting was natural. Xda was really a great place and everybody lived happily ever after, hehe
To bad HTC doesn't make any flagship anymore ;(
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Here's the LG V40 Telegram link: MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED
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Here's the LG V40 Telegram link: MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED
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Per the forum rules, using XDA to promote social media is not allowed:
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I actually find it similar to what the OP thinks. The forums are dying a slow death on some devices (some are still having threads created like breeding rabbits - lol)
The problem is twofold. On one hand you have the "instant-ness" of live messaging. Ask a q and get answers almost right away instead of waiting for days or months for someone to reply and get an answer if you're lucky. In the connected age now, everyone wants everything instantly. Waiting is for old school.
Then you have the forum itself which increasingly becoming less user friendly as you guys said. Enforcement is good but if you go overboard, people are gonna leave and they ain't comin back. It's fine to move with the times but sometimes it's not always gonna be good. I mean, look at the marketplace. It's effectively dead space since it'll throw you out to swappa. There should really be a place where people who offer paid services like unlocking or repairs to post their stuff in there like there used to be and posts in other forums for such services could be moved there when needed. Not just shutting them down. One might argue that it's illegal and all that but you could just then outline how the posts should be phrased to avoid such issues.
I dunno. I love this place and wish folks would come back.. but having the vibe of a state-pen visit when you log in ain't fun either.
sidenote : I see more and more mods having custom sigs and banners announcing their "Status". Is that a thing right now? The profile box description ain't enough anymore?
"self promotion is not allowed"???
I'm not promoting myself! I don't even have anything to promote!?
Weired!
My wishful thinking and nostalgia is definitely the reason for my disappointment here on XDA.
Do you guys remember:
"Two years ago, Chinese company CCMT bought SuperSU from Chainfire, a move which did produce a lot of chatter, and in some cases negative emotions, in the Android enthusiast community."
I believe this was a clear sign of what was going on in the Android world/community.
And don't forget the slow death of Android/Linux as open source. I am of the opinion that Google has always abused the rules, making open source a commercial "control" tool for their own benefits.
And then we have all those governments need for control. No one can deny that smartphones have become the most effective tracking tool there is. No need for implant rfid chips as long as we use our smartphones like we do.
And also the desperate race to get our personal information, opinions and interests/habits for both political and commercial reasons.
All this and the fact that today, more and more people own a flagship, so no big reason for rooting, except for privacy...
I'm starting to wonder who's really in control on xda those days, and who's reading/checking what we're up to in here?
Time for me to wake up and "climb a higher mountain"
OnePlus is in control of XDA now. lol
nyttliv7 said:
"self promotion is not allowed"???
I'm not promoting myself! I don't even have anything to promote!?
Weired!
My wishful thinking and nostalgia is definitely the reason for my disappointment here on XDA.
Do you guys remember:
"Two years ago, Chinese company CCMT bought SuperSU from Chainfire, a move which did produce a lot of chatter, and in some cases negative emotions, in the Android enthusiast community."
I believe this was a clear sign of what was going on in the Android world/community.
And don't forget the slow death of Android/Linux as open source. I am of the opinion that Google has always abused the rules, making open source a commercial "control" tool for their own benefits.
And then we have all those governments need for control. No one can deny that smartphones have become the most effective tracking tool there is. No need for implant rfid chips as long as we use our smartphones like we do.
And also the desperate race to get our personal information, opinions and interests/habits for both political and commercial reasons.
All this and the fact that today, more and more people own a flagship, so no big reason for rooting, except for privacy...
I'm starting to wonder who's really in control on xda those days, and who's reading/checking what we're up to in here?
Time for me to wake up and "climb a higher mountain"
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I can't speak for xda, but just like supersu and a lot of great apps like esfile explorer....most of the online forums are being bought by large or shady corporations and run my legal and compliance teams. These corporations aren't interested in the community. They are interested only converting the apps to spyware, advertisement, and what data they can collect and monetize.
It's interesting that if I go to some well known devs and mods profiles here on xda, they have links to Telegram, but I'm not allowed to share a Telegram (LG V40) development link??
Xda moderators, you're confusing us!
Please inform us what purpose this website/forum has those days?
I know for sure that originally, this was the place to be if you wanted to unlock Bootloader and root!
Sad....
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It's interesting that if I go to some well known devs and mods profiles here on xda, they have links to Telegram, but I'm not allowed to share a Telegram (LG V40) development link??
Xda moderators, you're confusing us!
Please inform us what purpose this website/forum has those days?
I know for sure that originally, this was the place to be if you wanted to unlock Bootloader and root!
Sad....
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They would allow the threads if and only if the info was public...which Vlad already shared but you need to have an Octopus box thing which costs $500 US, Vlad is helping and only asking for money if it takes along time but he's doing the communication from Telegram...so that kinda makes them salty...but I will never understand why they allowed the HTC people to Monetize S-Off...and post it all over XDA....