A Request
Please... Let's keep the thank you and welcome back posts to a minimum, as well as create a QA thread and move all discussion there to avoid cluttering the thread like last time. If you guys remember, that was why
@Grarak closed the thread and took a vacation from XDA. This thread has been open for just under 24 hours and most of the posts(8 pages!) are either thanks and welcome back/we missed you or steps to upgrade. This thread is not for that. Use the thanks button or use other social media for that. I understand this is an exciting moment, but please ensure that a repeat of last time's situation doesn't occur. Thank you. Ideally, this post itself should not be necessary(I consider this very post as clutter); this should be a given.
I'm hoping that XDA Labs and
@blk_jack can solve this issue globally in a way that benefits BOTH developers and consumers and everyone in between. For more info, I highly recommend reading this short post by the XDA Labs Dev.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66898411&postcount=3507
MOD edit: Here is a quick link for your convenience.
EDIT: My last hope for for a global fix of the current forum's state is an eventual overhaul of XDA using the concept of XDA Labs, effectively separating development discussions from consumer QA, support and spam, while still maintaining everyone's viewing rights of public dev discussions for enthusiasts, aspiring devs, and anyone else who is curious. Providing an effective way for consumers to get their job done quickly (via labs) will minimize issues for everyone. For now, I suppose all we can do is create a QA thread and move this crap there.