Joined the forum in July 2018, left for a while early this year 2020, back again now... : )
@AppLee Thanks for the info, I had a feeling it might be something like that! Not to worry, I've been contacted by another moderator who may insert the link.
Actually, I'm not new here. I signed in about two years ago but because I left for a short while my history counts for nothing I found out. So I'm starting over...
I kept getting a 'spam error' from Akismet which prevented the placing of a link in a new post. For now I have just posted without the link. Can this be fixed please?
@Stef7773 Hi There. It looks like you're doing everything right from what you say. I'm going to take a guess that you have noticed that the recovery screen comes on whilst phone still plugged into pc and the ubports installer still running and have thought you need to do something? If this is indeed what's happening then you should do nothing when the recovery screen presents itself on the phone, it's part of the process; just allow it to continue to completion.
PS If I don't say this someone else will 
: no need to post the same question in two places on the forum it doesn't make it more visible. You would be helping if you removed your other post.
@dcmken There is also a Pine64 sub forum dedicated to ubports.
@AdM You can stop it in Terminal but you need to do it again after a restart.
sudo service bluetooth stop
@Stef7773 Hi There. It looks like you're doing everything right from what you say. I'm going to take a guess that you have noticed that the recovery screen comes on whilst phone still plugged into pc and the ubports installer still running and have thought you need to do something? If this is indeed what's happening then you should do nothing when the recovery screen presents itself on the phone, it's part of the process; just allow it to continue to completion.
PS If I don't say this someone else will : no need to post the same question in two places on the forum it doesn't make it more visible. You would be helping if you removed your other post.
@Lakotaubp You're welcome. Thanks for engaging with this.
@AppLee said in Forum threads in Devices sub-category (and elsewhere) becoming bloated; time to make some changes?:
@ziggutas
Basically you want to create a space for device specific support.
It will:
- Add support ability in the porting area
- Save traffic in the support category
I also like @Lakotaubp's idea to create an arm64 sub-category within the support.
Yes. Well said.
I lack the ability to be clear and concise, I know! And I'll always choose the hardest way to do something as well!
May I use your words to edit the title of this post?
@Lakotaubp Yes, that's it it! I'm trying to work out with my trial version what steps you would be taking on the real thing. It might be something like:
Move the Devices subcategory and all it's content to a safe place
Create the many new device subcategories in the Porting category
As you say, move the current dev threads to their new homes and pin
Under each new subcat users can post in its original dev thread or create their own topic.
@Lakotaubp You're busy, so have a closer look when you have time.
The key difference and the reason for my suggestion in the first place is this:
A user can now post a new topic directly into the new 3t subcategory with all the benefits of having feedback to see how many times someone has looked at it, receive direct replies etc.
vince's original post would be moved to the new subcat and pinned (can't do this on the trial version of nodebb)
New users could be encouraged to post direct into the device subcat, or even moved by you into the subcat.
I appreciate it is extra work to set up for people busy enough already!! But I think it would be easy. Not sure though, I've only been doing it a day and the free trial version is a bit limited!
This will show what I mean. Each device becomes a subcategory of the Porting category.
Look in the OP3/3T for further suggestions on how to deal with a changeover.
EDIT: in the linked example forum I've added a couple of 'new topics ' in the 3/3T subcategory, just to clarify.
EDIT 2: The link no longer works. Had to cancel the trial version to preserve my credit card! I will post some screenshots if there is any interest; and when I've figured out how to do it without clogging up the thread!
@Keneda Thanks for that; I'll take a look.
@Keneda said in Forum threads in Devices sub-category (and elsewhere) becoming bloated; time to make some changes?:
You mean sub-categories for each devices like in XDA-Dev forums as i understand?
That would be a good solution yes
Thanks for your reply.
Similar yes. I've been searching online for some forum software, free trial, same as this; but no luck so far. It would be useful to play about with.
Who provides the software for this forum do you know?