Noobie wanting idiots guide to update XDA 2s please - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading

As the title says!!
I'm in no way a developer, I just found this site as I was searching for upgrades to fix the hanging problems of my 2s.
I've seen this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=24000&highlight=
But i'm not sure where to find the tools he mentions.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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How can I get started?

Hey all,
I see lots of people making roms for the wizard, but my search for tools to start doing this on my own has come very short. Can anyone suggest how I can get started making my own roms? I have done quite a few exhaustive searches on here, google, and buzzdev with little to no success.. all I've really found are old posts, dead links, and unanswered forum posts.
Please at least point me in the right direction, I have a lot outdated knowledge from when I used to test ppc2k3 devices for Symbol Technologies, and I would like to try the other end of what I was working with... I look forward to your responses and hope someone out there is willing to assist
Thanks!
~Rick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=249836
Awsome, Just after I posted this thread I found that post, I am glad that you were able to confirm that it was a valid one.
Now, as far as testing your roms, do you typically put your devices in harms way, or do you have some kind of emulator that you use to test?
Is there some kind of comprehensive "How to" somewhere on MSDN or some other forum, or did everyone here just blindly poke around till they figured stuff out? (Which I am in favor of doing if necessary)
I just want to make sure that I can get myself as educated as possible without turning my device into a 6.2 ounce paperweight. I love the kinds of contributions people make here and I would love to be able to make my own contributions one day
Thanks (Sorry if im being pesty I am just so interested in getting started)
Don't worry about bricking the phone... as long as you don't flash ipl/spl you can always put the phone back into bootloader mode and reflash a rom that works...
ok so I downloaded a billion tools... but where do I get a base rom to start with? I decided a best bet would be to download the HTC shipped rom off their site, but that uses an NBF file, and all of these tools reference an NBA file, as a matter of fact every "rom" file I have found has an NBF file in it... how does that happen?
I kinda feel stupid and im losing faith in starting this
im have trouble?
I'm having a litte trouble with the posts can sombody help me out?

ROM tutorial

Just wondering if anyone has made or would make a sort of tutorial about howto upgrade rom, make new rom, customize rom etc. preferable with pictures'n'stuff
Excellent idea jpless.
Does anyone with some experience can do that?
I have a new HTC P3600 Black, at 2 days
I'd like that too, the problem is that there's too much info about this on the forum, some of that info is outdated, valid only for a specific device, and sometimes valid for a couple of devices but posted on a specific device forum( hermes ).
Since we would really like to do this but fear bricking our devices, I think it would help if a known, trustworthy and experienced member had the time and will to start the creation of a centralized source of info about this topic, like one big wiki page divided by main steps and device-specific tools/methods which would later be improved by other users( wiki ).
Who knows, maybe there's someone who just needs a nudge to create something useful to the community.
I really hope someone will do, cause I wanna learn it the easy way
Btw what is this ROM Kitchen thing I keep reading about?

Just introducing myself and saying hi

Hey guys, I have been scouring the ends of the internet trying to find a support group like this for help on the T-Mobile Wing. Is there anyone else that lives in Arizona on here? I'm looking for lots of help and want to do everything to my Wing that I can figure out. I'm a total noob to registry hacks and programing stuff, but not to forums. So that being said, I will be searching and probably still asking stupid questions on here in, hopefully, the right sections.
Thanks,
Austin
Welcome to the forum!
The built in search function on this forum sucks and does not cover the WiKi among its other flaws.
I recommend you use google to search the site.
Hope you find all the answers you are looking for!

Noob proof dictionary and guide

Hello. I`m new to this forum. Found a lot of useful stuff and understood a lot. I`m new in smartphones. It takes a lot of searching around to find what you can actually do with your XDA.
I think it would be great if somebody will do some kind of a noob dictionary and how it works. How to change skin, menu, input method, what is it flashing and so on. It took me couple hours on this forum to actually understand the possibilities of smartphone. I came here when searching for new way of input method and found tons of another unbelievable and useful stuff.
So I`m asking: is here somebody with some spare time and so kind to do a noob proof guide and dictionary for new smartphone users?
The possibilities are unbelievable. It just takes hours of searching to find and understand how
By the way sorry for my English. I`m not from english speaking country.
Does somebody else think it would be great?
Hi,
Look here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/
Scroll down and you will find a glossary/dictionary for noobs near the bottom of the page. As you are scrolling down, you can also click on the picture of your device and it will take you to a page with all sorts of information about your device.
The xda wiki is a great source for the basics. You can find everything you need to know about flashing your phone, etc.

Learn to Be a Dev

So i spend alot of time answering questions and making guides, i also have a very large knowledge in the android OS not just the Moto X. So i thought i would try to learn how to make roms and other things for the Moto X.
So i was wondering if someone or a Dev could point me in the best direction on a couple things to help me start.
1. Good Guides on Rom development
2. Good Tools
3. what Programing languages i should learn.
idk i guess all in all just help me get started. i have a lot of free time and i am very willing to learn, so please dont flame me or tell me to google i know the rules i have been here for some time, but i just want someone who knows what there doing to point me in the right direction of things that helped them get started.
Thanks
DJ
dray_jr said:
So i spend alot of time answering questions and making guides, i also have a very large knowledge in the android OS not just the Moto X. So i thought i would try to learn how to make roms and other things for the Moto X.
So i was wondering if someone or a Dev could point me in the best direction on a couple things to help me start.
1. Good Guides on Rom development
2. Good Tools
3. what Programing languages i should learn.
idk i guess all in all just help me get started. i have a lot of free time and i am very willing to learn, so please dont flame me or tell me to google i know the rules i have been here for some time, but i just want someone who knows what there doing to point me in the right direction of things that helped them get started.
Thanks
DJ
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I began to learn then stopped because i ran out of time but i just googled it. found results like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801690
http://apcmag.com/how-to-make-your-own-android-rom.htm
xda university.... http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/introduction-how-an-android-rom-is-built
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/xda-university-building-your-own-android-rom/
i think thats the top four responses which it would be silly for someone to retype all that info for you. Also, there are many different ways to build roms so there isn't one answer.
jayboyyyy said:
I began to learn then stopped because i ran out of time but i just googled it. found results like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801690
http://apcmag.com/how-to-make-your-own-android-rom.htm
xda university.... http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/introduction-how-an-android-rom-is-built
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/xda-university-building-your-own-android-rom/
i think thats the top four responses which it would be silly for someone to retype all that info for you. Also, there are many different ways to build roms so there isn't one answer.
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thank you and im not asking for someone to retype just links works for me

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