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Technically not my forum I'm just a mod, but this first one is tech related. To get to the forum click "Forum" by home.
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This one I pretty much solely moderator as the admin moderators Techgeeks a little we are currently trying to get this one onto a new server . It has to do with GPT's (Get paid To's) It's basically ways to get free money legally, and quickly.
If you want to get started in GPT's and don't know any good sites read my review thread
Thanks guys!!!!
I mentioned you guys in the handhels part on tech geeks, and I got the idea of that part from XDA .
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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

reserved 3

Thank you
I am in for the question

sumit doshi said:
I am in for the question
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Sent you question to your inbox.
Edit : Congrats ! your promo code sent and you can utilize it after 24 hrs.

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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:good:

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.

Your most honest opinions (Refugees against and pro)

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Even though this is an off-topic area we actually do not allow any kind of topics ... Forum Rules
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Please find a different website to share your survey , XDA does not fit for it.
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Question [CLOSED] Why there's no Custom ROMs for our beloved Mi11 Ultra yet?

Even though Kernel Source is released
GitHub - MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource at star-r-oss
Xiaomi Mobile Phone Kernel OpenSource. Contribute to MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource development by creating an account on GitHub.
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why there's no custom rom yet?

My guess is the price point.
Higher price - less people buy it in total. I can assume that fewer users mean fewer developers, and less interest when the market for your ROM is smaller.
If there's a technical explanation, I'd be glad to learn.

well i have a fund raising for a dev to get a Mi 11 Pro (shares the same development as Ultra) but it's not that active. Did the same for Mi 10 Community and ROMs were shared after some months like this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-11-0-umi-project-404-rippa-official-28-11-2020.4196093/
(same developer)

jaggub4u said:
Even though Kernel Source is released
GitHub - MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource at star-r-oss
Xiaomi Mobile Phone Kernel OpenSource. Contribute to MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
why there's no custom rom yet?
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Ya its a shame... I did not thought this when i bought it.
I love this phone, really... But im close to say goodbye to it and Xiaomi

BigDisplay said:
Ya its a shame... I did not thought this when i bought it.
I love this phone, really... But im close to say goodbye to it and Xiaomi
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To be honest the mi11 u was a total mess. Still has heating issues, battery is running empty as soon as you unlock the device, camera ist still way under its potential and so on. This was my 10th Xiaomi but definitely the last one. I don't want a phone which performs good on paper only. 1200€ for such a disappointment

The mi11 u is crap and anybody who says differently has never used a good phone.
The gn2 is beaten by the gn1 in vivo devices, the s21u has 5000 mAh too but lasts like 3 hours more, the s21u has the better zoom, software on the global version takes weeks for a security update, the tiny display on the rear still can't be used for video calls or filming, etc.
Software is the biggest Probleme on Global devices tho because Xiaomi thought it is a good idea to throw 2000 devices on the market.
Xiaomi promised so much but delivered nothing.

I happen to like my 11 Ultra, but that's an *drumroll* opinion! We're all entitled to one.
And this isn't even the topic. We're discussing the lack of roms and possible reasons for it - I'm sure that there are threads about personal opinions and thoughts.
Even if you don't like a certain device, please respect the fact that some of the people here spent money on it, don't come here with the intent of having their choices bashed and specifically for this thread - looking for ways to improve their experience. No need to shove anyone's nose into anything.

munky-head said:
I happen to like my 11 Ultra, but that's an *drumroll* opinion! We're all entitled to one.
And this isn't even the topic. We're discussing the lack of roms and possible reasons for it - I'm sure that there are threads about personal opinions and thoughts.
Even if you don't like a certain device, please respect the fact that some of the people here spent money on it, don't come here with the intent of having their choices bashed and specifically for this thread - looking for ways to improve their experience. No need to shove anyone's nose into anything.
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After spend lot of time with custom rom, i still cant live with them. It always have some bugs that sometime will break my mind when i need to use. So i comeback to stock rom again and again. Custom rom now will be need for older phone, which lack of official update

hotto1996 said:
To be honest the mi11 u was a total mess. Still has heating issues, battery is running empty as soon as you unlock the device, camera ist still way under its potential and so on. This was my 10th Xiaomi but definitely the last one. I don't want a phone which performs good on paper only. 1200€ for such a disappointment
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Used S21 plus, moved to Mi 11U then bought Fold 3 cause used MI 11 U too long ( 6 months) , back to Mi 11U now. I am using xiaomi.eu stable 13 version and very satisfy with it. Sorry for my bad English.

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Now let's all take a deep breath, and get back on topic, shall we? But not in this thread. It will remain closed as a thread for this topic already exists: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/why-is-there-no-sign-of-a-custom-rom.4304301/. Please use the existing thread for continuing discussion.
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Censorship on social media platforms

Truth is the first casualty in a war or something similar is an often quoted saying these days. The recent reports of censorship on social media platforms are good examples of this censorship. Freedom of speech does not mean the license to troll or spread wrong information. I feel censorship by impartial judges is justified. The operative word being impartial.
What do you think? Do you agree with this view?
Do you think social media platforms should allow the unfiltered flow of content?

I don't use FB, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, Tic-tok or bother to view a any of the major US news network's bs.
They pushed too hard and the worm has turned...

blackhawk said:
I don't use FB, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, Tic-tok or bother to view a any of the major US news network's bs.
They pushed too hard and the worm has turned...
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Not using any of these social media apps is definitely one approach. The problem is if we have family members active on only these platforms!

ManojNairOnline said:
Not using any of these social media apps is definitely one approach. The problem is if we have family members active on only these platforms!
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Not good... my Mom didn't raise a fool.
Need to bring up their level of wherewithal.
All those sites are purveyors of disinformation at the very best and completely untrustworthy.

censorship is no longer a matter of social media, it's daily business on public media too and concerns all people around the world. nowadays it's even forced by law on governments outrage. we have passed 1984 long ago.
I don't see a reason why we should play their game and self-censor each own. On the other hand there are people out there spreading fake-news on telegram or whatever, so I am fine with our common board rules - no religion - no politics.
Having own opinion is part of our identity. we don't judge about someones avatar or profile signature - what we all have in common we are tech nerds, that's why we signed up here, don't we?

this is currently happen on xda? some true useful stuff is from 4pda (WwR MTK which is really great tool to create scatter files for mediatek devices, Orange State Disabler which patches little kernel to remove the 5 seconds delay on unlocked bootloader, just to mention two of them) and is mirrored on xda by members (not authors). some genius russian spend lot time and mind and offers it for free, so why not allow link to origin for respectful giving proper credits?
my opinion, xda should generally allow links to 4pda and only censor if necessary. each link should be surveyed for its advertising character on its own. only explicit links should removed, no generalized claims...
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@Pervokur
Welcome to XDA! We're greatful that you share your knowledge.
However; I've removed the references to 4pda! Same applies to your post here.
4pda is not only another phone related website (and not at all affiliated with xda-developers) but also well known for the distribution of malware and warez. Links to 4pda are not accepted on XDA.
XDA Forum Rules (excerpt):
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aIecxs said:
this is currently happen on xda? some true useful stuff is from 4pda (WwR MTK which is really great tool to create scatter files for mediatek devices, Orange State Disabler which patches little kernel to remove the 5 seconds delay on unlocked bootloader, just to mention two of them) and is mirrored on xda by members (not authors). some genius russian spend lot time and mind and offers it for free, so why not allow link to origin for respectful giving proper credits?
my opinion, xda should generally allow links to 4pda and only censor if necessary. each link should be surveyed for its advertising character on its own. only explicit links should removed, no generalized claims...
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@Alecxs Thanks very much for sharing your opinion. Censorship is a very subjective qualification for an action especially on a completely private website. In all the years that I'm visiting, monitoring and contributing to XDA - even before I was allowed to join the very small team of volunteers who mediate this site - I've never seen that anything has been censored on XDA. What I've seen (and am actually also now doing as a moderator) is that posts were edited or removed in cases when no content would remain after an edit because those post were not in line with the rules of this private website.
Would you call it censorship if I remove a post with a link to a child-porn site and ban the author? I certainly wouldn't call it so, and I'd even report all information I have in such cases to my local police station. Would you call it censorship?
Would you call it censorship if I remove a link to a website that offers warez and cracked premium applications and inform the authors that we don't accept that at all and made all users aware about this stance shown in rule no. 6 of our forum rules? I certainly wouldn't call it so. Would you do?
If we've visitors at our home and we told them please not to smoke but they don't care and do, I ask them to immediately leave. Would you call that censorship of the actions of our visitors? I certainly wouldn't call it so. Would you do?
In your above post you clearly explain that 4pda is another phone related website; something I also mentioned in my post that you've quoted. And the third bullet of our rule no. 11 says:
Encouraging members to participate in forum activities on other phone related sites is prohibited.
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I think it's just fair and quite understandable that XDA doesn't want to be a promotional platform for another phone related website.
If I visit the restaurant "Bella Roma" and order my drinks but when the waiter brings the menu, I say negative, please bring me the menu of the "Bella Napoli", I like to order their food, I'm most likely told that I won't be served and eat at the "Bella Roma" but could leave any time.

no generalized claims. that's all I said
edit: google translate: no sweeping accusations. that's what I wanted to say