At AndroidFanatic.com we take matters of privacy very seriously. This is an outline of the information that AndroidFanatic.com gathers, how it’s used, and how you can opt out. We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by email at Privacy. Logging Activity Whenever you request a page through your browser data such as your IP address, browser and version, OS, date and time and the site from which you came are stored in a log file and/or database. Any search terms that you enter into the the AndroidFanatic.com Site Search are also logged. This information cannot be used to identify specific individuals, and is only used for site administration, research and development, and anonymous user analysis. This information is kept on a secure dedicated server. Email From time to time, the Administrators of this bulletin board may want to send you email notices. If you do not want to receive these notices, you may disable this option via your UserCP. Your email address will not be disclosed to any third party. Cookies Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a website. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, and which your browser may then store on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. Doing this will allow you to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept cookies or not. Cookies on this site are used for storing login information, statistical site-traffic analysis, our ad management system, and occasionally by advertisers who use 3rd party ad serving solutions. The information collected during the registration process for AndroidFanatic.com is used to contact members, customize content based upon user preferences, display member status, and display the date of a member’s last visit. Information collected in this process can also be used to prevent banned users from re-registering under a different username. The email address will only be seen by moderators and administrators if the "Keep your email address viewable to other users when you post notes?" option is set to no. Cookies may be sent to your browser to enable automatic log-ins upon further visits, as well as for content customization. Any data collected will be used by us and our agents. Contact Us If you have questions regarding our privacy policies, or require assistance in opting out of our email lists, please contact us.

Website Guidelines

This is a community of Android enthusiasts, both experienced and inexperienced. Your behavior here, and ours, can be summed up in 4 words: “Mi casa, su casa” (my house is your house). AndroidFanatic.com is a place where it's okay to be yourself as long as you always act with respect for your fellow members as well as the AndroidFanatic.com staff. Our goal will be to treat our members as we would wish to be treated on their Forums. In return, we ask that you act here as you wish for your own members to act on your site. You are not expected to leave your personality at the door. There are going to be topics and discussions that will have heated debates. Please think before you post and re-read what you type before you post it. Keep your comments limited to the debate at hand and do not make this a personal issue between you and another member. There is tremendous diversity in age, race, gender, language, location (worldwide) and more here and there will be a lot of varying opinions on different subjects. We're all human beings and we're all drawn to this site because we have a common bond as Android fans. We will willingly listen to your suggestions and complaints, and try to incorporate your ideas into the Board. If you come across any violations to these guidelines or have any problems navigating the site, do not hesitate to let us know through the AndroidFanatic.com Contact Form. We'll be happy to address your concerns. Here at AndroidFanatic.com encourage everyone to participate in and enjoy the Community while at the same time adhering to these Guidelines: 1. Be Welcoming! When newcomers arrive, welcome them to our growing community. Many of our community's senior members are a wealth of knowledge and have much to share. Help new members learn about how to find information and resources, save time, and how to get involved in the Community. 2. Be Courteous! Don't attack others. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated. Challenge others' points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully and thoughtfully ... without insult and personal attack. 3. No Flaming Flaming is defined as personal attacks or insults on another person regarding the persons religion/views/knowledge etc. Though we encourage healthy discussion and debate, a certain point comes in which an insult turns personal, and this is strongly discouraged via both public forums and the messenger. Reports of such abuse will usually result in a warning; multiple abuses will result in a Ban. 4. No Trolling The inverse side of Flaming, Trolling is defined by trying to make others insult you. Posts such as "PS3 sux" would be considered trolling, as it is a purposeful act meant to result in argument. Users in violation of this will be Banned. Feeding the trolls is considered equally against the rules. 5. Be Cautious! Think before you post or speak: Do you really want to put your address or telephone number on a public discussion forum? We encourage you to keep personal information personal. In the same vein, do not ask for personal information from others. Discussion forum posts that request members to submit personal information to another party will be removed. Information that should be considered personal includes but is not limited to your home phone number, name, and age. If you must give this out for any reason, please do so privately. 6. Be Appropriate! There may be places where explicit, obscene or vulgar language, graphics or behavior is appropriate however AndroidFanatic.com is not one of them. Discussion forum posts that contain explicit, obscene or vulgar language will be removed. Similarly, discussion forum posts that solicit or offer explicit or X-rated GIFs, JPEGs or similar content files will be deleted without notice! 7. No Ban Contesting Though we like to have an open dialogue with our users, a ban will stay a ban. Please do not log on under a different account or send an e-mail to ask why you have been banned. If you are unable to realize why you were banned, your lack of understanding of the Rules is probably the reason itself. If you logon under a different account somehow after a banning, you will once again be Banned. 8. No E-Mail Abuse It is unacceptable to use the e-mail of users found here on the forum to sign them up for junk e-mail, send them threats, etc. If you do this, you will be Banned and you will probably have your ISP Contacted. 9. No Double Posting If you need to add any information to your previous post, use the "edit" button at the top-right corner of your post. This prevents the page from becoming unnecessarily cluttered, and it takes the same amount of time as making a completely new post right below your previous one. If a double post is spotted, the post will just be removed without question. 10. 5 Word Post Minimum There is a 5 word minimum for ALL posts. Anything less is considered SPAM and will be deleted without hesitation. Also, do not write only one or two words followed by (5 Word Minimum) to meet the requirements set by this rule. If you do this, the post will be deleted and you will have points deducted from your total. If it happens once more after that, further action will be taken. Thanks. 11. Be Ethical! AndroidFanatic.com's website: resources, articles and discussions are based on basic, appropriate professional ethical behavior. Unethical behavior: use of other admin's member lists for PM invites, email invites, spamming, warez, license sharing, and other illegal activites are completely inappropriate and will result in the loss of membership at AndroidFanatic.com. 12. Signature Guidelines -The maximum font size allowed in signature lines is 2. -The maximum number of lines in a signature is 4. -Maximum image size in signatures is 500 x 130 pixels. -Signature text should comply with our regular posting rules. No all-caps, no alternating caps, etc.. -Signature text that is too long or obtrusive will be removed. This would include overly creative use of punctuation, color, etc. which make the signature too flashy. -Signatures with just your username will be removed. Usernames are on the top of every post, so there's no need to have it in your signature too. -No affiliate links! -No external linking to other websites. If your signature is in violation of any of these new rules, the Staff may remove it without prior notice. If you have any questions as to whether something is acceptable, please PM a Staff Member. 13. No Cross-Posting Do not post the same discussion more than once on a discussion forum or on many forums. Duplicate discussions are frustrating and counterproductive for other members, especially for those whose time and energy is limited. Duplicate discussions will be deleted. 14. No Advertising – Spam Do not heedlessly place your advertisements through the Discussion Forums. This will be considered SPAM and could result in the loss of your AndroidFanatic.com Membership. Affiliate links are not allowed within the forums. If you wish to promote a particular program then promote the program not your own affiliate tie with it. 15. Competing Sites The internet is a big place, and it's no surprise that from time to time a site will come along whose mission is to occupy the same niche as AndroidFanatic.com. We have no issue with that. However, it would be against our best interests, and therefore the best interests of our members, for us to allow such sites to build upon our popularity by promoting themselves on AndroidFanatic.com. Therefore, no competing site may attempt to gain traffic from AndroidFanatic.com in any way, including but not limited to links in posts, signatures, profile information, PM's, emails, or IM's. 16. No Abuse of PM Private Messaging is provided to the members of AndroidFanatic.com as a service intended to enhance the Community experience. The purpose of private messaging is to allow for discreet conversations to take place between members. This privilege is not to be abused! Solicitation, spamming, or harassment of any kind is strictly forbidden. Any member receiving an inappropriate private message should forward that message to an Administrator or Moderator right away. Although private messages are normally only accessible by those who send and receive them, they are part of the database and as such, property of AndroidFanatic.com. An Administrator, if so inclined, could locate the Private Messages in the database and read them. They are private, but not necessarily secret. In addition, Private Messages are not intended to deprive the Community of valuable information or experiences which could benefit the entire group. Please do not use private messages if the content of the message can be helpful to others. 17. No Copyrighted Material Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the member should not be posted on the discussion forums or software libraries without the consent of the owner. If such an event occurs, the individual posting the information shall be held solely responsible. AndroidFanatic.com shall not be held responsible for member-posted information that may violate copyright law. 18. No Warez Posting up and asking for illegal warez is strictly prohibited. This includes but is not limited to: ROMs, isos, and game cracks. Violation of this Rule will usually result anywhere from a Warning to a Ban, depending on the offence. Note: These rules are subject to change. AndroidFanatic.com Discretion AndroidFanatic.com and its assigned agents reserves the right to remove a post which does not relate to the topic being discussed in the forum. In addition, AndroidFanatic.com reserves the right to organize discussion forums in order to best serve the majority of our members. For example, narrow-interest or minimal activity topics may, at AndroidFanatic.com's discretion, be relocated to a more appropriate discussion forum, or deleted entirely. AndroidFanatic.com or its assigned agents also reserves the right to prohibit or delete discussions that are thought to violate applicable law or that may be harmful to other members, the sites that compromise AndroidFanatic.com or the rights of AndroidFanatic.com or others. That said, we cannot ensure prompt removal of offending discussion forum posts. We also reserve the right to remove your membership from you should you violate these Guidelines. Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is impossible for AndroidFanatic.com to review all messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that AndroidFanatic.com does not actively monitor the contents of all posted messages and is not responsible for any messages posted. AndroidFanatic.com does not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and is not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of AndroidFanatic.com or any entity associated with AndroidFanatic.com. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. AndroidFanatic.com has the ability to remove objectionable messages and will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if it is determined that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately, in fact, we may not edit or delete posts that break our rules at all. We have many time constraints on us and cannot guarantee that we will be able to edit or delete posts that break the rules/user agreement. If you do not agree with this then do not view or register for AndroidFanatic.com. Although this Discussion Forum does not and cannot review the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we at AndroidFanatic.com reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless AndroidFanatic.com, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited (the makers of the bulletin board software), and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). We at this discussion forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you. Use of the site is at the discretion of the Administration of AndroidFanatic.com, and that any use may be terminated by the Administration at any time. AndroidFanatic.com is a provider of an "interactive computer service". Postings on AndroidFanatic.com are "provided by another information content provider" and not AndroidFanatic.com unless posted by the owner. AndroidFanatic.com is not the "publisher or speaker" of any posts in the discussion forums unless posted by the owner. The user agrees as a condition of registering at AndroidFanatic.com to be truthful in regard to all information given during the registration process, to use the site as per the instructions, not to disclose his password to others for use, and that the site has a license (permission) for use of anything the user submits or posts to the site. Freedom of Speech Although the constitution of the US guarantees that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, this website is not Congress. Freedom of speech rights do not extend to this privately owned website. The TOS/Guidelines of this website governs the behaviors and activities of the members. If you choose not to follow the guidelines agreed to during registration, the result is a disabling of your account.