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Hello!
firstly, thanks to everyone for such a fantastic resource. I always enjoy reading about the latest bits of user made software and trying out delicious freshly baked roms...
I have been a winmo user for about 5 years now (many MANY phones ) but, sadly, i have just purchased a nokia N95 8Gb (i basically couldn't refuse the offer) but one thing that really annoys me about it (and i havent got it yet! it arrives tomorrow) is the lack of intelligent, and credible sources of user discussion and content generation (such as this fantastic site). I really will miss it!
Does anyone know of a good symbian forum/irc/site in a similar vain to xda-dev? I have visited www.allaboutsymbian.com and wasnt impressed with the manner or technical level of its users... maby i just didnt dig deep enough.
Anyway, thanks again!
wish me luck on the s60 side... ill have a tytnII if it all goes tits up
Ant
I spit in the face of Symbian!Ptui!! Although,you could go over to mobiholics.com, I know youll be back soon because we all know youre going over there to sell the phone.
i got a p1i, and my super device of all time, the athena has since been neglected... maybe that will change with the release of the real athena project rom..
so i too am looking for symbian-developers.com
Rory
Hello, my name is Jesse W. and I am a flash-a-holic. Welcome to this meeting of Flash-A-Holics Anonymous.
Flash-A-Holics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop flashing and become electronically sober.
It all started with me back several years ago when I purchased my first Windows Mobile PDA from Cingular, which was the model 8525/TyTN. I was introduced to xda-developers and saw many people were flashing custom roms. I was too afraid then to flash a custom rom, so instead took the safer road and flashed a Cingular rom. I soon grew tired of this pda because more than one email account would render the device useless and it locked up constantly. I did, however, sit in front of my computer screen in cold sweats, completely drunk with anticipation and fear of flashing a custom rom. My next pda was an iphone, and soon grew tired of its inflexability and inability to customize, so I sold it and purchased a Polaris. Soon after, while reading through the list of custom roms available, I took the plunge and downloaded one. I was so drunk with excitement, I honestly don't even remember which one it was. My hands were shaking violently as I scrolled through the instructions. I installed Olinex's HardSPL and it worked!!! I was ecstatic!! I almost fainted as I slowly plugged the usb cable into the phone and rebooted it into HSPL. I must have blacked out because I can't remember the actual flashing procedure. The next thing I remember is configuring multiple working email accounts to my ultimate delight! Months later, I tripped over a udK rom message and read how everyone was flocking to his roms, so I tried one. And it wasn't much longer and he had another updated rom out. Drat! I had to flash again... Then again... Each time the feeling of elation a little less than before, the fear not as pressing, the anticipation not as overwhelming. Then he released a rom with Manila 2D. I was one of the rats caught behind the Pied Piper being lead on a journey with no control of my own. I was hooked. I had become an addict. I had become.... a flash-a-holic. I changed to the Diamond series roms by itje soon after because I liked the look and feel of the device interface. Then I bought an HD. Not because I wanted to... because I **HAD** to. Those of you who are true flash-a-holics will understand. If you're sitting there scratching your head, it's not too late for you, you still have a way out. Seeing a custom rom by Dutty, I couldn't resist. I flashed the rom. I've flashed about every rom that comes out by Dutty now, because I can't stand not to have the latest, greatest rom on my precious hd. Just about every weekend I flash. I think I flash in my sleep... v1.9 extreme is the latest, and I just finished flashing it an hour ago and just now got all my settings back to the way I like them.
If there are any other true flash-a-holics out there, please feel free to share.
** Sorry this got so long, I just couldn't resist heheheee.....
Jesse
Only every weekend? I flash mine sometimes 2 to 3 times a day, compound that with I have 2 HD's and thats 4-6 times a day.
OK I will have to admit it slowed down a bit over the last few days but I'm sure it will pick back up soon.
I love to test new ROM's and love to flash my HD
bobsbbq said:
Only every weekend? I flash mine sometimes 2 to 3 times a day, compound that with I have 2 HD's and thats 4-6 times a day.
OK I will have to admit it slowed down a bit over the last few days but I'm sure it will pick back up soon.
I love to test new ROM's and love to flash my HD
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You're Super-Flash-A-Holic ... Would You please allow me to follow...
Take care, bro
KC
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412623
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439528
I never thought i would be an addict, that was only for the weak....
My name is Mike and i have a problem....
For me it started with my first Winmo phone, the JASJAR.. I tried to modify it into something more useable and cant even remember which rom i flashed it with..
But as soon as i got the tytn 2 it all went horribly wrong!! I cant remember the first rom i put on it, but then everyone was using the hyperdragon roms, so i changed to that.. Was so excited at how much more use there was in my phone.. Had just got all the progs and settings back to how i wanted them, and a new rom was available!!!
I hesitated about going through all the procedure again for all of about 5 seconds, then flashed the new one, and by the time it was all back to running the way i like there was another new rom!!!
This went on for a couple of weeks until i had to go on holiday to prevent madness setting in...and how painful that was you will never know... a top quality hotel in Turkey with a very slow wirelss connection that would cut out after you had used 1Meg of bandwidth....
Now I have the HD and my symptoms are slowly clearing up due to the current climate of disillusion, but I have no doubt i will be flashing away to my hearts content in a few weeks.....
I would like to thank all my support group for all the help that is given freely and without hesitation, and i might have to look at training to be a chef to slow me down.... or will that make me worse??
Problem; I ain't got no stupid problem. So I flash my PDA a few times a d-d-day...
It all started in the 90's with computers: First I flashed my motherboard BIOS, seeing some nice performance enhancements.
Next thing you know, I'm flashing my vidio card, modem, CD player; I even flashed the home entertainment DVD player.
I would have never been noticed, but I just had to flash the wife's sewing machine....bricked it!
All these years later, here I am hanging out with a bunch of losers......I can quit anytime I want.....ANYTIME!!!
LOL
Hello,
i'm do0fusz, a dofus to the knowhow of flashing, buth still a addict..
Just yesterday i went from 1.8 dutty to L26, to the Lite02282009.
this mornin to dutty 1.9..
i neeed mooooree..
annyone got a good hit for me :|
getting dry here!
* flashed my mother in law...
sewed me
i flash my device two times a day
couldnt choose what to preffer
davideuck for its speed
or duttys for its layout
Don't forget, flashing people is crossing the line...
I don't think I have a problem with flashing. I have limitted myself to flashing inanimate objects at least. I find that the changes which come after flashing sentient objects (people) tend to be undesirable. I flashed some fruit, and some trees (out of scientific curiousity). I could swear they're more vibrant than before, but that might just be some sort of placebo effect... Flashing people on the other hand... well... It just makes them angry. I believe there are too many male flashers and not enough female flashers, and this is what makes most people angry...
Oh... you're talking about flashing roms onto phones... nevermind.
Caid.
i need help!
i flashed a parrot, he starred laughing at me :|
I Cant Resist
Yes I to am a FLash-A-holic...I flash roms, radios everything. I can't seem to stop. It's like my diamond is calling me, I even dream of flashing. Right now i'm waiting for the ultimate "flash" hit....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486471. Unfortunately I dont have an HD yet, but you can only imagine what would happen once IF I got one. lol...Do I need help NOOOOOO it's freedom. I love seeing people on the bus with the diamond and stock rom inching over to look at my custom roms..I've even flashed on the bus "internal method" just out of the need LMAO!!!
welcom brother,
verry brave of you to admid..
hahha
do0fusz said:
welcom brother,
verry brave of you to admid..
hahha
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lol yes i had thought i was the only one..but now I know it seems to be a world wide epidemic lol
Another Flasher-a-Holic and hunter-A-Holic here!
Sad state of affairs our lives have become. HATE YOU HTC! Every day, looking for roms, better software updates, new realsess, news on the future..... love it really... i think or just addicted to making this HD as powerful as possible with the most productive software EVER!!!!
Sound fricking CRAZZZY
Does this journey ever end people we will get back to the old ways of life.... do we want to???
The CRACK is good JA?
Hello my name is Vizag Dude.
Every one else in the room: Hello Vizag Dude....
I am flash-a-holic as well. I am so addicted, that I stopped working. I go to work and even before I start my OutLook, I open my IE browser and pick the first option in my Favs, Blackston: XDA-Developers section.
I am sure if the Admin would check the amount of time I am spending in this forum, he would go crazy. I login from my train via my HD to see if any new ROMs have been released. I go home and putting my 1 year old to sleep, with one hand, I would be browsing this section to see if there were any new posts or new threads. After my polaris, when I got my HD, I told myself, this is an expensive device and i will not flash much. But I could not resist, I think, the First cooked ROM I flashed for my device was Ponosha's... and thats it, from then on... I keep flashing every day... sometimes 2 or 3 times a day.
Thank you all for your support.
Hardqs said:
Another Flasher-a-Holic and hunter-A-Holic here!
Sad state of affairs our lives have become. HATE YOU HTC! Every day, looking for roms, better software updates, new realsess, news on the future..... love it really... i think or just addicted to making this HD as powerful as possible with the most productive software EVER!!!!
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watching movies, ingnoring the misses, and then...
the magic happends..
THE BRICK RINGSS TOOO!!!!!!
( all the tweaking for nothing,,..
mother in law still reaches me.. )
do you remember the good old day's of being happy pushing a ringtone on a mobile the size of mexico?
hi all,
my name is bl1nky,
i'm a little new around here. i've had my touch hd since december. my first winmo phone. and have to say i too have fallen, there's not a day passes when i'm not hoping there's a new rom to try when i get home. i don't think this will pass. am i doing some thing wrong ? i loved my dear nokia's in the past, but this is so much more....
bl1nky
Hi
I'm Hellonasty and i flash my HD more and less 10 times a day!!!
I'm crazy? lool
I believe I may be a Flash-A-Holic too if only because I'm developing my own custom ROMs. ROM R&D takes A LOT of flashing.
Hello my name is Chris, and I am a flash-a-holic !!!
Touch HD & Raphael constant flashing new ROM's just to see how they work and look, i never knew it could be so addictive !!! what with this forum and facebook i will never need to go outside LOL !!!
Love this place and the friends here...
Chris
Hello, i am a WM user since my qtek s200, and that is a way back, i love WM phones, i had over 6 WM devices and now i had a contract renewal and i got myself an iphone 3gs. I am a iphone hater -or maybe was-, and i do have the device for 4 days now. To my suprise the iphone is really good, really fast, and now that has turn by turn navigation its really usable. Fluent graphics, really powerful applications, and really really good support.
I thought i would never say this, but i am selling both my HD's, and its gonna take me a while to get back to WM devices.
Flame as you guys want, i just wanted to give my 2 cents on the thing thats happening.
I went the other way. Had enough of the low-res toy that is the Iphone, with Apple constantly blocking users from doing what they want.
My condolences
Well - as always it depends on what you want from your device... If you are satisfied with the abilities apple lets you use - go for the iphone. If you want a device you can customize in every way you want - go for a WM-device. And I have to agree with arfster: The resolution on the iphone is a disgrace! I'm definitely not willing to go to anything below VGA after having a WVGA device!
But I'm happy as long as your happy with the iphone!
orb3000 said:
My condolences
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Nice one!
I used to own an iPod touch (Iphone without the phone) and just found it to gimmicky. Sooner or later you will get bored of useless apps & games and come running back
Anyway have fun with your iPhone! I certainly would like to have one for 12 months +!
Ben.
sedde said:
Hello, i am a WM user since my qtek s200, and that is a way back, i love WM phones, i had over 6 WM devices and now i had a contract renewal and i got myself an iphone 3gs. I am a iphone hater -or maybe was-, and i do have the device for 4 days now. To my suprise the iphone is really good, really fast, and now that has turn by turn navigation its really usable. Fluent graphics, really powerful applications, and really really good support.
I thought i would never say this, but i am selling both my HD's, and its gonna take me a while to get back to WM devices.
Flame as you guys want, i just wanted to give my 2 cents on the thing thats happening.
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Congratuations.
I've seen enough of what it can do to know that you're making the right move. Once jailbroken, I've seen how customizable it is, perhaps even more customizable than winmo phone. Everytime I see her, the phone looks different. She was having a HTC Hero look just the other day, and before that it looked like a Palm Pre. I've seen my cousin's iPhone and played with it, and it is truly amazing and awesome. Fantastic application functionalities and choices. Fantastic speed and smoothness. Fantastic for internet on the go. Fantastic media device.
I'm half way there in my saving to buy a second hand 3GS.
newuser888 said:
Congratuations.
I've seen enough of what it can do to know that you're making the right move. Once jailbroken, I've seen how customizable it is, perhaps even more customizable than winmo phone. Everytime I see her, the phone looks different. She was having a HTC Hero look just the other day, and before that it looked like a Palm Pre. I've seen my cousin's iPhone and played with it, and it is truly amazing and awesome. Fantastic application functionalities and choices. Fantastic speed and smoothness. Fantastic for internet on the go. Fantastic media device.
I'm half way there in my saving to buy a second hand 3GS.
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What stuff from HTC Hero or Palm Pre did you actually see? Are you certain that it is customizable. Because all I can see is the same old home screen with an HTC Hero Wallpaper.
Yes you now have turn by turn navigation but just see what happens when you take a phone call. On my Diamond TomTom just continued working and I could chat away to my heart's content. The iPhone will terminate the satnav application to tale the call. The iPhone is very, very shiny but has some serious restrictions - not to mention having to jailbreak to get away from the control freakery that is Apple.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
theres my thoughts
kidding but in all seriousness, and im sure we remember the other conversations iphone is for ppl and winmo is for others
it depends on what ur needs are from the deivice
What is it about people that they feel the need to come on a Windows Mobile forum to start a new thread to announce that they just got a new iPhone ?
Can't they just ressurrect one of the other 1000 threads that were started everytime Apple passes gas. ?
I have five Macs currently, am typing this on a Mac, my first PDA was an Apple Newton. I have been an Apple fanboy for 30yrs. And am on my second iPhone.
I also love my Kaiser. Now when I got my new 3Gs last month, my first thought wasn't to rush right over to XDA to start a new thread to announce that I had gotten a new iPhone, why is that everyone elses first thought ?
Can we just add all the " I just got a new iPhone " threads to the AS team's list of duties ?
denco7 said:
What is it about people that they feel the need to come on a Windows Mobile forum to start a new thread to announce that they just got a new iPhone ?
Can't they just ressurrect one of the other 1000 threads that were started everytime Apple passes gas. ?
I also love my Kaiser. Now when I got my new 3Gs last month, my first thought wasn't to rush right over to XDA to start a new thread to announce that I had gotten a new iPhone, why is that everyone elses first thought ?
Can we just add all the " I just got a new iPhone " threads to the AS team's list of duties ?
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+1 for this!
denco7 said:
What is it about people that they feel the need to come on a Windows Mobile forum to start a new thread to announce that they just got a new iPhone ?
Can't they just ressurrect one of the other 1000 threads that were started everytime Apple passes gas. ?
I have five Macs currently, am typing this on a Mac, my first PDA was an Apple Newton. I have been an Apple fanboy for 30yrs. And am on my second iPhone.
I also love my Kaiser. Now when I got my new 3Gs last month, my first thought wasn't to rush right over to XDA to start a new thread to announce that I had gotten a new iPhone, why is that everyone elses first thought ?
Can we just add all the " I just got a new iPhone " threads to the AS team's list of duties ?
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denco7 said:
What is it about people that they feel the need to come on a Windows Mobile forum to start a new thread to announce that they just got a new iPhone ?
Can we just add all the " I just got a new iPhone " threads to the AS team's list of duties ?
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The AS team thinks these should be considered spam, but we need the xda admin's blessing...
galaxys said:
The AS team thinks these should be considered spam, but we need the xda admin's blessing...
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Plus one for this
poetryrocksalot said:
What stuff from HTC Hero or Palm Pre did you actually see? Are you certain that it is customizable. Because all I can see is the same old home screen with an HTC Hero Wallpaper.
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No, it's more than a mere wallpaper. It also includes customizing the icons, the keyboards, the phone pad, the home screen itself, etc.
Did some googling, and found this..
Of course, don't expect it to have the complete behaviour of HTC hero, just like you would not expect a winmo phone that has been customized to mimic iphone to behave like iPhone.
Cheers.
Just thought I'd introduce myself real quick like.
The names Kjell (say it like shell, but with a German accent) and currently living in Norway. I've lived most of my life in the US though. (Primarily in the south.)
I was a Nokia kind of guy, specifically the 9x series, like the 9000, 9110, e90 etc. (Owned each one at least once.) Then I switched to an old QTec (QTek?) phone a few years ago, and hated it. Went back to Nokia and just last year jumped onboard the horrible iPhone bandwagon. (It's a great phone, just, hate being tied down...)
I bought a used HTC Touch HD last week seeing how I've been eying the HD2 for a couple now. But I'm not sure how I'll like Windows on my phone again. So I'm taking it slow.
But needless to say, I'm quite happy with the HD1. It's got a great screen, it's pretty fast and I enjoy the many, many customization options.
My iPhone is being used as an MP3 player/gaming console for my little one.
I'm thinking about testing out some custom roms for the HD. Anyone got any suggestions? Maybe a rom with the possibility to change your local weather to a non HTC chosen location? (I tried doing this on my own via the XML file, but can't. I'm just not that leet lol.)
Anyways, I've said too much. Thanks for having me.
KSon
KSon82 said:
My iPhone is being used as an MP3 player/gaming console for my little one.
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It is a toy for children (or the simple-minded)
KSon82 said:
Just thought I'd introduce myself real quick like.
The names Kjell (say it like shell, but with a German accent) and currently living in Norway. I've lived most of my life in the US though. (Primarily in the south.)
I was a Nokia kind of guy, specifically the 9x series, like the 9000, 9110, e90 etc. (Owned each one at least once.) Then I switched to an old QTec (QTek?) phone a few years ago, and hated it. Went back to Nokia and just last year jumped onboard the horrible iPhone bandwagon. (It's a great phone, just, hate being tied down...)
I bought a used HTC Touch HD last week seeing how I've been eying the HD2 for a couple now. But I'm not sure how I'll like Windows on my phone again. So I'm taking it slow.
But needless to say, I'm quite happy with the HD1. It's got a great screen, it's pretty fast and I enjoy the many, many customization options.
My iPhone is being used as an MP3 player/gaming console for my little one.
I'm thinking about testing out some custom roms for the HD. Anyone got any suggestions? Maybe a rom with the possibility to change your local weather to a non HTC chosen location? (I tried doing this on my own via the XML file, but can't. I'm just not that leet lol.)
Anyways, I've said too much. Thanks for having me.
KSon
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Welcome aboard
Have a look on Blackstone section and in the Wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=451
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone
Read, Search, Respect and Enjoy!
Good luck,
JAguirre1231 said:
It is a toy for children (or the simple-minded)
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THUMBS UP
I love the people at XDA!
Thanks all for the welcome.
I've been looking at the HD roms, going to read up a little about the flashing technique first. Don't want to brick anything.
Welcome and enjoy XDA! Happy Flashing!
Well first off, Welcome to XDA.
As a starter I'd advise you to read the wiki's and stickies for your device.
If unsure about anything feel free post a query in the Q&A forum (generally for each device a Q&A thread has been created for queries) or to contact a moderator for assistance
Rick
hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
musicbear said:
hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
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Themes are different looks of the device, it changes the icons, color, more.
Launchers are customized versions of the stock launcher with more features added.
musicbear said:
hello!
II's been a long journey , but I'm finally here! I've wanted to be here for quite a while, and I finally made the switch. I've got my first Android after owning a lot of phones, but all iPhones for the last 15 years. The first phone I owned was not an iPhone. It was a small phone that had snake and a space type game built in. I think it was a Nokia and it had an antennae on it. I had an awesome Samsung flip that played music unbelievably well. I had an HTC that came with a stylus. I had a sidekick and a rumour. Oh, but my first gadget was a palm pilot.
I'm here with a new zflip4. It's taking me some time getting used to it, but I'm learning. I love all the customization possible on an Android. I still don't know the difference between "themes" and "launchers" among other things, but I live that I can do so much more on an Android than an iPhone.
I posted question that I'm praying someone can answer. It involves an issue I'm having with settings-display- screensaver. I'm so confused!!
So, that's me, my phones, and why I'm here. I know I'm going to learn a lot here. Thank you for the chance to introduce myself and my zflip4 to all of you!
PS Help!!
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Welcome to the xda family.
Cheers.