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Hello everyone, I just got a tilt by AT&T and found this forum while searching for ways to improve/add missing features. I have not worked with this type of software before but hope to learn a lot (likely at the cost of some frustration). Any recommendations on how or what you have done to improve the phone? Thanks,
wavelength20
Just take out some time from your daily life and search Do not ask a question unless you're certain it hasn't been asked before. You'll be shun upon. I'm just saying take some time, search, and you'll be a pro soon enough.
thanks for the heads up. the search for improvement has begun, and will likely go on indefinitely.
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Didn't want to quote your whole post
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But that was pretty deep info lol. It's like you get chocolate and you taste it to see if it's good or not then eat the whole thing in one bite after you're done and then you go to get more chocolate. lol.
mikechannon said:
Sssshh you'll give the game away, remember we're the pushers and we need more junkies
Mike
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I knew this site had underlying agenda...MALWARE COOKED INTO THE ROMS???
5 cents per ROM install
kinda like the people who release XP and Vista .ISO's with Malware preloaded so its untraceable
I knew a guy that was getting $1 an install and made close to $100,000
mikechannon said:
Sssshh you'll give the game away, remember we're the pushers and we need more junkies
Mike
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Psssh. This site is like drugs. Too addicting. But unlike drugs you can't not be addicted to it o.o
Here's a tip- MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING THE FORUMS FOR YOUR DEVICE AND NOT SOME OTHER FORUM.
you can tell i've made this mistake before.
wavelength20 said:
Hello everyone, I just got a tilt by AT&T and found this forum while searching for ways to improve/add missing features. I have not worked with this type of software before but hope to learn a lot (likely at the cost of some frustration). Any recommendations on how or what you have done to improve the phone? Thanks,
wavelength20
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Even though you've been told to read, read, and read some more, I think you need to be told this at least once.......
DO A SEARCH YA FRIGGIN NOOB!!
Now you have been properly initiated.
AndNav2
There is a new version of AndNav available for Android. Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOfKpjEpRa8
Looks good but from what I can tell, maps aren't going to be the greatest.
At least there will be a decent alternative to using the google maps which require an internet connection. Sometimes I just want to use the GPS without the additional expense.
Just tested on 6.0r1 rom, seems to be working great: http://www.andnav.org/index.php/en/community-forum?task=viewtopic&id=292&p=5
Make sure you donate some money to these guys...they've done a lot of work and delivered something great to the community!
Awesome news ! Been waiting for this myself.
so whens the server gonna be up for free navigation?
i just went to the site and they havent release it for US yet.
It's kind of on the down low right now while they make sure all the kinks are worked out of the new server. I've been playing with is since yesterday and it's looking pretty sweet.
No, I'm not going to post a link. If you're really interested you should be able to find it on their site and I don't want to encourage the overloading of their new server. I'm sure once they make it a bit more public the news will be all over.
It's kind of on the down low right now while they make sure all the kinks are worked out of the new server. I've been playing with is since yesterday and it's looking pretty sweet.
No, I'm not going to post a link. If you're really interested you should be able to find it on their site and I don't want to encourage the overloading of their new server. I'm sure once they make it a bit more public the news will be all over.
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It's kind of on the down low right now while they make sure all the kinks are worked out of the new server. I've been playing with is since yesterday and it's looking pretty sweet.
No, I'm not going to post a link. If you're really interested you should be able to find it on their site and I don't want to encourage the overloading of their new server. I'm sure once they make it a bit more public the news will be all over.
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not on their site
lamaravish said:
not on their site
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Yeah it is, you just have to dig a little
I've been using it in Colorado for 2 days...a little buggy, but so far so good.
mswiss said:
so whens the server gonna be up for free navigation?
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It's up and running. Tested today on my way to work.
Where are you suppose to put the Tilepack? I searched and unzipped it into mapnik folder, this took around 1:20min I was wondering if that is normal? Also after doing so I have had no luck with the program it runs smoothly but I cannot get a route loaded no matter what... please help the newb
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Where are you suppose to put the Tilepack? I searched and unzipped it into mapnik folder, this took around 1:20min I was wondering if that is normal? Also after doing so I have had no luck with the program it runs smoothly but I cannot get a route loaded no matter what... please help the newb
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1. Yes moving the map tiles takes a long time depending on how detailed they are.
2. Ask this question in the AndNav forum where the development is happening
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Yeah it is, you just have to dig a little
I've been using it in Colorado for 2 days...a little buggy, but so far so good.
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email me the link atlease pls :] lol [email protected]
I've been using it a bit since yesterday as well. It works, but there is a lot of communication between the G1 and their servers to make things work.
Look in the downloads area for Trek buddy it creates a lot of the map packs. Tiles.
The site is kinda scattered so I would look around in the forum and yes you do have to be a member to see links.
i don't know if i'm stupid or what, but i still can't find a way to download it lol
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i don't know if i'm stupid or what, but i still can't find a way to download it lol
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Page 5 of the thread. Some guy says something like find the apk here or something like that
BSDADON said:
Page 5 of the thread. Some guy says something like find the apk here or something like that
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xda thread or andnav thread? bc i check pretty much all the xda threads without luck lol
Andnav. Sorry about the confusion
Very new to root and roms. I upgraded to 4.0.1 very soon after having 3.6.8.1.
What are some of the neat things you can do? What settings have you changed? I JUST found out that there was another keyboard other than the android touch.
I did not know where this was appropriate and did not want to junk up cyans rom thread. Hope this is okay and apologies if its not. Just want to know what other cool features I am missing out on, and to also see what settings people roll with.
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Very new to root and roms. I upgraded to 4.0.1 very soon after having 3.6.8.1.
What are some of the neat things you can do? What settings have you changed? I JUST found out that there was another keyboard other than the android touch.
I did not know where this was appropriate and did not want to junk up cyans rom thread. Hope this is okay and apologies if its not. Just want to know what other cool features I am missing out on, and to also see what settings people roll with.
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Best way to get the whole story is to compare the changelog of 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.1 which is available in their respective threads. One thing that was cool was the global search function from donut but that go reverted in 4.0.1. It will probably make an appearance in the 4.x.x experimental series however.....
I should clarify, I did not have 3.6.8.1 long enough to find all the easter eggs either. What settings do you change or things do you use after flashing his rom?
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Best way to get the whole story is to compare the changelog of 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.1 which is available in their respective threads. One thing that was cool was the global search function from donut but that go reverted in 4.0.1. It will probably make an appearance in the 4.x.x experimental series however.....
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Hey DirectMatrix is this going to be another thread like yesterday.
yeah i'd also like to know.. im also new to the art of the root.. i also have my own questions
i know the myfaves app doesnt work, in fact doesnt even appear lol, but the actual myfaves service still works right?
and do the im apps work? im talking about the native one. it doesnt seem to be working for me =/
also, i want my settings optimized for overall speed.. what do you guys use for this?
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yeah i'd also like to know.. im also new to the art of the root.. i also have my own questions
i know the myfaves app doesnt work, in fact doesnt even appear lol, but the actual myfaves service still works right?
and do the im apps work? im talking about the native one. it doesnt seem to be working for me =/
also, i want my settings optimized for overall speed.. what do you guys use for this?
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You don't want the mygayes app on your phone anyways, its just a hog. It still does work, if you need to set it up just go to your online account and do it.
What native im app are you talking about, its been to long since I had the factory rom installed. But I can vouch for aim and googletalk do work.
If you are on Cyanogens rom everything should be optimized to full speed.
yeah i never used the myfaves thing to begin with, thats why when i heard its gone if you root, i didnt really care lol. plus i was already planning on getting rid of the whole service anyway. but thanks!
im talking about the one that comes with the phone. has aim, msn, and yahoo. i try logging but it just endlessly keeps saying "signing in..". im not sure if i just have to wait, or if its not working.
awesome!
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Hey DirectMatrix is this going to be another thread like yesterday.
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This is shaping up to be exactly like the thread from yesterday.
^ which was not the intention... I am fully aware of IM and MyFaves. I mean very literally, do you alter/change anything when loading cyans rom? I.E., turning off the android keyboard.
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This is shaping up to be exactly like the thread from yesterday.
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LOL, yessir. I'm trying to hold back. Who knows I might let one fly at anytime.
I guess I'll chime in. One of the reasons I flashed to this rom over an old roger's rom was for VPN. That and the sweet power widget.
Thanks again for the help yesterday guys.
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I guess I'll chime in. One of the reasons I flashed to this rom over an old roger's rom was for VPN. That and the sweet power widget.
Thanks again for the help yesterday guys.
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Hey no problem, thats why XDA pays us good money. J/K
I meant to ask you yesterday, is Franklin right across the border of AL.
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LOL, yessir. I'm trying to hold back. Who knows I might let one fly at anytime.
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Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Count me in, I'm on the way.
DirectMatrix said:
Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Got start some where.
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Point taken...my appologies...Supreme and I like to keep things lighthearted and have some fun. I'm sure I speak for him when I say we both apologize for offending you.
To answer your question....I was pretty much being completely serious about reading the change logs and comparing. That's where I get most of my info but as far as settings go, I second someone else's poste about the badass power widget. I also like the 5 homescreen options, the logcollector app is nice for troubleshooting, the fact that the buld.prop file has been changed slightly means that the new version of "My Account" runs properly without any futzing around, and playing around with the text app is fun because of the mms enhancements courtesy of rgv151.
Many of the other enhancements that make cyan's ROMs awesome are behind the scenes that just make it run faster (kernel tweaks, CPU scaling etc). These have no options available to the user, they just are part of the build that contribute to cyanoganized awesomeness.
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I meant to ask you yesterday, is Franklin right across the border of AL.
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It's about an hour north of the AL border.
s15274n said:
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Just like Direct said we ain't tryna make fun or nothing. We do help out alot, but after a long boring day of programming at work we got to do something fun to help pass time away. And hey we really didn't even joke around unlike the other thread. Best thing to do is just play around with the phone, try out all the apps, play with the settings, and just explore. Like Direct said alot of things are behind the scenes.
Minker17 said:
It's about an hour north of the AL border.
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I figured it was close. I stay in Huntsville. And been thru there a couple times. Think we even had a car show in Franklin a couple years back.
hey everyone...i love the xda site i been on here since i found out that android was ported on the hd2 and now i check the site everyday to find all the info on my evo...i am very interested in creating apps and roms working with computers and just do all that good stuff the devs here do so i would like to know how every1 started their work/careers...schools,training??? do you really have to be a smart person to do this? what is the 1st thing i should do?
bartbg323 said:
hey everyone...i love the xda site i been on here since i found out that android was ported on the hd2 and now i check the site everyday to find all the info on my evo...i am very interested in creating apps and roms working with computers and just do all that good stuff the devs here do so i would like to know how every1 started their work/careers...schools,training??? do you really have to be a smart person to do this? what is the 1st thing i should do?
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learn to code in C++? Maybe Java
I don't know what you are talking about, I build airplanes not write code
bartbg323 said:
hey everyone...i love the xda site i been on here since i found out that android was ported on the hd2 and now i check the site everyday to find all the info on my evo...i am very interested in creating apps and roms working with computers and just do all that good stuff the devs here do so i would like to know how every1 started their work/careers...schools,training??? do you really have to be a smart person to do this? what is the 1st thing i should do?
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Start from the ground up, take apart some apps, ask friends if they are into Android and possibly find a developer to work with, my buddy Scary Alien and I are building multiple apps and it makes it more fun. Get some books if that is how you learn, I reccomend Apress books. And just have fun with it! Its not too hard but it does help to know basic algebra as you use lots of math in coding.
Cheers and feel free to PM me if you need some help along the way!
-CK
thanx guys i will give that a try...it sounds n looks pretty complicated but i wanna give it a shot
bartbg323 said:
thanx guys i will give that a try...it sounds n looks pretty complicated but i wanna give it a shot
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If ya need some further help contact me
I never went to school
orb3000 said:
I never went to school
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haha never? so how did u do it?
Captainkrtek said:
If ya need some further help contact me
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k thanx i sure will
orb3000 said:
I never went to school
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LoL...but at least you can read and write orb...ahh and speak 2 languages.
Hi Guys,
A member of the cyanogenmod posted a fix for the direction issue.
I just wanted to bring it here, so more people can test it.
Original thread:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20584-directioncompass-issues/
Keep an eye on that thread, maybe there will be an update.
EDIT: I think ali ba posted a open source fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13123944&postcount=31
People reporting that is working to!
**All credits to stat101ca from cyanogenmod forum
Awesome. I depend on Satnav for work, thank you!
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Awesome. I depend on Satnav for work, thank you!
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Just note that this just installs the original closed source GPS module, problem with CM7 is that loc_api module calculates the bearing/direction wrong. But only on Legend, so probably the data from GPS is not usable as is.
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Just note that this just installs the original closed source GPS module, problem with CM7 is that loc_api module calculates the bearing/direction wrong. But only on Legend, so probably the data from GPS is not usable as is.
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Couldn't really care less which bit of which ROM it installs as long as it works
Well you'll care once you update your ROM you'll have to apply this "fix" again
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Well you'll care once you update your ROM you'll have to apply this "fix" again
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Hardly; I won't be updating until it's fixed. Besides, it's one more tiny update to apply, I'm sure I can spare the 20 seconds out of my life.
Thank you for this fix. I'll try it tomorrow
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
Yes, it works! thx
Just now tested it and it works brilliantly, thanks for posting this =)
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Just note that this just installs the original closed source GPS module, problem with CM7 is that loc_api module calculates the bearing/direction wrong. But only on Legend, so probably the data from GPS is not usable as is.
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I don't care what it does; it works and that's what matters. I still can't believe they released the final CM7 without GPS working while older nightlies worked fine.
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But only on Legend, so probably the data from GPS is not usable as is.
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Legend and Aria and every other msm7k device with libloc using version 20000.
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Legend and Aria and every other msm7k device with libloc using version 20000.
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If you can add debug messages to heading/bearing calculation it would maybe help you to get a better idea about whats going on?
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If you can add debug messages to heading/bearing calculation it would maybe help you to get a better idea about whats going on?
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Oh, thank you, this is a great idea!
Now, would you care to tell me where to add these debug messages?
Sygic Aura works fine after installing Gps fix but Igo don't play well... I mean, application run but with an heavy delay in updating the video probably because the program it's waiting for GPS update.
Tested with a fresh install of CM7 today.
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Oh, thank you, this is a great idea!
Now, would you care to tell me where to add these debug messages?
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If you could add debug messages to bearing/heading calculation WE (THE NIGHTLY USERS) could help you with debugging with OUR OWN logs. kthnxbye.
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If you could add debug messages to bearing/heading calculation WE (THE NIGHTLY USERS) could help you with debugging with OUR OWN logs. kthnxbye.
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Another great idea!
Where was that "bearing/heading calculation" again? I can't seem to find anywhere.
Anyway, if I find it, what "debug messages" do you want me to add?
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Another great idea!
Where was that "bearing/heading calculation" again? I can't seem to find anywhere.
Anyway, if I find it, what "debug messages" do you want me to add?
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Sarcastic and synical, I am sure you are a great developer and I am very glad with the roms and your development, but I don't understand why you have to behave like this, feels no good.
Paul
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Sarcastic and synical, I am sure you are a great developer and I am very glad with the roms and your development, but I don't understand why you have to behave like this, feels no good.
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Maybe because he is tired of answering the same questions/suggestions over and over again?
Sent from my HTC Legend
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Maybe because he is tired of answering the same questions/suggestions over and over again?
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Another explanation would be that I'm actually trying to get people out of their demanding attitude towards something that is more in the spirit of open source. I failed, obviously.
CyanogenMod is not some closed source project of a few people trying to get a little bit of fame. We are enthusiasts, we enjoy what we do and most important: We open source every freaking single line of code.
Yet still people run around giving unbelievably ridiculous advice ("add debug messages") de-facto trying to tell me what to do instead of trying to accomplish it themselves.
No, "I don't know how to" doesn't count – I don't either. I've been writing software for quite a few years now – embedded systems, web development, HDL, etc. – and I know very well that it's absolutely exhausting to actually do something instead of telling others what to do. It takes a long time to understand code, it might be frustrating and you sometimes have to stop, do something else and resume a few days later. Same for me as for everyone else. I'm not angry that most people are afraid of that.
What actually makes me want to scream is a patronizing, "kthnxbye"-ing smarty-pants who thinks he had some sort of brain wave telling me to "add debug messages". It's a standard procedure to attach a debugger, add debug output, do whatever gives you insight on what it's doing and why it's wrong.
To get an idea about this specific bug I had to find out when the compass is used and when it takes the heading values, where those values are retrieved, whether there are any conversions going on that shouldn't, whether it's a random issue or something there that triggers it. All by reading through crappy code that was reverse engineered by guessing and hacking together code that was never written for the Legend's hardware and running around outside like an idiot because I still need a real GPS signal to get debug output.
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Another explanation would be that I'm actually trying to get people out of their demanding attitude towards something that is more in the spirit of open source. I failed, obviously.
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You're going about it in entirely the wrong way, if I may. If it annoys you that much, knock a FAQ together when you've the time, and stop answering posts that rile you up. People get responses to demands, and they don't stop once they get a response.
I'll probably get a nice pile of mad for this bit, but try to understand that the vast majority of people who come here don't understand this "Linux thing" or software development- they have a phone, and they just like it to work. They like cool stuff, and they like not having to pay for it even more. If their post annoys you so much, why not just ignore it instead of getting your rage/apathy/etc on? People don't learn by being told they're dumb, they learn by asking questions. If you don't want to answer them, then don't- it's really that simple
Do bear in mind before you reply that most people here really value the work you guys put into CM. Don't think that my post suggest otherwise, I really am genuinely trying to help the situation here.