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Hi guys,
Picked up my wizard this morning. I knew out of the box that it wasn't going to be what I wanted and after reading for about a hour today I have sucessfully sim and cid unlocked my phone and flashed it to the 2.3 custom rom I found here.
The info on the forum cut my learning curve by about 90% so thx guys!
E-
You get my vote for Noobie of the year!!!!
You came,
You read,
You flashed your Rom!
Thanks for showing us that sometimes it does happen this way.
Welcom to XDA-Dev and enjoy the Wiz...
I second kyphur's words!
Congrats and thank you for taking the time to research first!
Steven
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ec9 said:
Hi guys,
Picked up my wizard this morning. I knew out of the box that it wasn't going to be what I wanted and after reading for about a hour today I have sucessfully sim and cid unlocked my phone and flashed it to the 2.3 custom rom I found here.
The info on the forum cut my learning curve by about 90% so thx guys!
E-
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Now that's the way I like it! The same way like I learned everything.
Nest time I see some one-time-poster I'm gonna place a post with this topic link in it
ec9 said:
Hi guys,
Picked up my wizard this morning. I knew out of the box that it wasn't going to be what I wanted and after reading for about a hour today I have sucessfully sim and cid unlocked my phone and flashed it to the 2.3 custom rom I found here.
The info on the forum cut my learning curve by about 90% so thx guys!
E-
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Yes. Excellent job. Now you should work on seeing if you can fix the dropped calls issue with that ROM while using data apps
Good to see some successful posts.. out of many unsuccessful ones.
impressive! didn't think it was possible anymore but I have reason to continue living! thanks ec9!
In the famous words of myspace addicts...."you're in my top 8!"....
But since I'm on T-Mobile I can say...."you're in myfav5!"
ec9 said:
Hi guys,
Picked up my wizard this morning. I knew out of the box that it wasn't going to be what I wanted and after reading for about a hour today I have sucessfully sim and cid unlocked my phone and flashed it to the 2.3 custom rom I found here.
The info on the forum cut my learning curve by about 90% so thx guys!
E-
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That is amazing to see now. Very impressive.
hey!!
ec9, i feel exactly the same way as you!! i started the same way as you did. this device is awesome, i bought it the 1st week it was out went around looking how to customize it. after reading a lot on here ive successfully unlocked and flashed my 2nd ROM! it was moliskis rom. awesome site... Thank you all for making it what it is!
Just f*ucking Google it...
I too, came to XDA on a chance Google search. After spending several hours reading and chasing various links around, I identified my device as a G4, performed the reception fix, CID-unlocked it via the $42 IMEI site, and flashed it with Molski 3.0.0.0 -- NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER. (Except for missed calls, non-responsive buttons, etc., but that's ALSO covered in a separate thread)
XDA is an amazing resource, with some incredibly talented people. All I can say to other noobs is to be patient, thorough, and to READ READ READ.
The answers are there, you just need to calm down and LOOK. Don't try SH*T until you're confident you know what you're doing. (Excuse my language)
I LOVE XDA-dev!!
Very Impressive.
Great !
This is a great forum for ANYONE to learn about their devices and see how much they can push to do the things that the devices can do.
I think right out of the box, these devices are kinda limited in their potential. The great guys here in this site make it better and help these devices achive higher grounds.
I am very glad that you had a great experience. I have been this forum for a little over a year and always had great help and experience.
I'm also glad to see someone actually knows how to READ!!
Even though I've had my Wizard for almost 10 months now, xda was one of the FIRST sites I bookmarked after getting it. Even though I registered right away, I read threads for several weeks before ever posting anything.
I had CID and SIM unlocked and flashed to two of Summiter's ROMs within the first 6 weeks I had my phone. That was all it took to become addicted. If I'm not on here reading every day, I go into "information withdrawal".
I'll never be at the level some of these gurus are at, but I'm learning some of the "how-to's" little by little -- and, expanding my knowledge of how to do things that I wouldn't have DREAMED of doing with this phone a year ago.
I'll admit it -- I'm HOOKED!!
Congrats on picking up the information so quickly. I'll have to echo what's already been said here about a GREAT first post by a NOOB!!
Im glad that some newbie's are able use the info here and in the immortal words of the crystal method "there is hope"
We must all give credit to all those ROM cooks for all there hard work and diligence and to the other members that have made it so simple to understand and learn through there trials and errors.
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ec9 said:
Hi guys,
Picked up my wizard this morning. I knew out of the box that it wasn't going to be what I wanted and after reading for about a hour today I have sucessfully sim and cid unlocked my phone and flashed it to the 2.3 custom rom I found here.
The info on the forum cut my learning curve by about 90% so thx guys!
E-
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Sorry, I have to totally dissagree with all the praise you are getting.
How can anyone know that thier new device is not 'going to be what they wanted' in less than a day? You will have no base line to measure changes against.
I believe everyone should be made to use their new device for a month, dead standard! I can't help singgering, laughing and shaking my head in disbelief when I read about people complaining that they have to reset 4-5 times a day, that their device freezes, crashes, conflicts, or things don't work, etc, etc. Then they abuse HTC, MS and anyone else they can think of - some people curse and abuse their device, describing it as crap and shouldn't be sold like this.... then they tell you all the changes and mods they have made, and the rubbish they have installed and.... WHAT DO YOU EXPECT!!!!
My Hermes is dead standard and runs like a dream - constantly impressed by it.
I have no quams about people wanting to mod, develop, experiment, etc. but please use your device in original config for long enough to know if you are making improvements or making a mess.
IMHO anyway.
Welcome!
Since a longer time I'm reading the forum and thanks to you guys I learned a lot about my Wizard. I know now how to unlock and "unsimlock" my phone, how to flash it and many many more.
Before I will ask a question I'm reading and searching a forum to find that what I need, that's way until now I didn't post anything, so I want just to say hello to all members.
People gatherd here are very talented and helpfull people.
Best regards.
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Sorry, I have to totally dissagree with all the praise you are getting.
How can anyone know that thier new device is not 'going to be what they wanted' in less than a day? You will have no base line to measure changes against.
I believe everyone should be made to use their new device for a month, dead standard! I can't help singgering, laughing and shaking my head in disbelief when I read about people complaining that they have to reset 4-5 times a day, that their device freezes, crashes, conflicts, or things don't work, etc, etc. Then they abuse HTC, MS and anyone else they can think of - some people curse and abuse their device, describing it as crap and shouldn't be sold like this.... then they tell you all the changes and mods they have made, and the rubbish they have installed and.... WHAT DO YOU EXPECT!!!!
My Hermes is dead standard and runs like a dream - constantly impressed by it.
I have no quams about people wanting to mod, develop, experiment, etc. but please use your device in original config for long enough to know if you are making improvements or making a mess.
IMHO anyway.
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If you buy a truck for off-roading and find out the first day that it doesn't have 4 wheel drive, should you continue to drive it for 30 days to see if it will magically appear?
Congrats for researching, mate... I dunno if anyone else feels this way, but there seems to have been an influx of semi-retarded users posting recently saying things like "why won't my Sony Ericsson P990 flash???"... ok it's a bit of an exaggeration, but they're still bloody dum questions!
Like you when I found this site, I spent at least 2 days researching before I even tried to modify anything and everything I searched for came up with appropriate answers... in DEPTH! And the pay-off was quick and painless as a result... my universal now works - full stop. With the O2 ROM, it was a bag of poo compared to what it was made for, and I say that after 8 months or so of usage with original ROM.
I will be pointing resident idiots to this thread too from now on. Many thanks for your intelligence, it's what contributes to this site being as great as it is
Geez. this is the first time I've seen this post. That was like the XDA Developers Hall of Fame at the beginning. Anyway, congrats to the original poster and all who learned the right way. Mods can we re-title this thread "The Perfect Newbie" and make it a sticky to replace some of the outdated ones?
To be or not to be Noob ........
There are loads skulkers like myself that have never bothered to post.
I bow to the superior knowledge of the Windows Mobile gods and keep my trap shut until I have learned / read enough to say something intelligent on the topic.
Most things are clearly labled and easy to find.
Some of the useless post just add clutter and makes it difficult to find the truely useful info.
There will always be impatient PFY's and noob's that can't be bothered to search.
Search + Google is your friend.
When I get online I'm always going to two websites first. That is, Myspace and XDA Developers. And after I explore those two sites, I never remember what other sites to visit.
But when I'm here, I exaust almost every forum like several times looking for something new or something to talk about. I get tired as I sign on here several times a day, looking at the same crap every time, just hoping there's a new version of Slide2Unlock, PocketCM or just some new stable Wizard ROM. AND I LOVE IT!!!
I just want to express my concern and my OCD over this place. I am totally unsatisfied of this experience and ask that you may CONTINUE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
See what I mean, I can't control myself.
Great... I'm back here again... I need Xanax...
I am extermely addicted... I LOVE THIS SITE! I'm going to participate as much as possible.
Yep same here, ever since I bought my artemis and discovered this site I need to check daily the artemis threads just to see whether something great has come out. And then there is de development and hacking thread. I just can't believe how many talented people there are on this forum. It's just amazing what some guys can make and develope!
My wife is really starting to nag me about this. I should buy her a pda too
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Yep same here, ever since I bought my artemis and discovered this site I need to check daily the artemis threads just to see whether something great has come out. And then there is de development and hacking thread. I just can't believe how many talented people there are on this forum. It's just amazing what some guys can make and develope!
My wife is really starting to nag me about this. I should buy her a pda too
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Ye u should b able to convert her over to ppc quite easily. Just find a feature she would find useful and then there's no switcing back to a regular phone after that.
Ugh! I'm getting sick of coming here every 10 minutes looking for an update to S2U2! Someone make me stop!
Have as homepage of my psp, N-DS, cell, Smartphone, Smartphone PPC, PS3, PC, Laptop, PPC PDA.
I'm Addicted. I need my fix quick.
I have to admit I'm addicted. I probably check the site about 4-5 times a day and just hang out waiting for something new to happen. Maybe we should get a chat room up and running?
I'm addicted.. I come here everytime I go on my computer and even on my phone.. because this site is really active.. people posting, updating new software and replying every minute.. maybe I'm alittle over exaggerating about the every minute part.. but this site is constantly active
i admit that i became an addictited freak too.
A thread like this was created a few years ago...
I´m also adicted for 2 main reasons:
Helping other people
Get nice ROM´s & apps for my Universal
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This is the thread created a couple of years ago.
Also the OP only made a couple more posts and hasn't been seen for over a year!! There is hope for all of us.
Mike
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LOL!
Yes still hope!
btw: In all this time here I haven´t found how to make the pic you attach apperas like yours in big and not in a small pic attached?? how?
ME Too - - "2Learn is 2Help Yourself & Others"
I do 2,3,4 Hours a day, looking for mis-posts, and seeing what's new
xda-dev's getting a lot of traffic<I'm wondering why=LOL>, and pages are getting a bit [email protected] (still bareable!) <([could Flar put a 'users online' counter at top of page])>
hTC Elf/Elvin (Phone) & hTC BA (handheld 'everything' <not phone>)
And long may she reign, (Whole Site) #===#===#[_d.b_]#===#===#
Thanks a lot Mike!
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Howdy all,
I'm new to these forums and figured I'd just introduce myself and say hello (as I do on all forums I join).
I'm Rozza C and I currently own a G1 Android phone. I've been browsing the forums for a long time now, but never took the plunge to join, until now.
Anyway, that's about all I have to say.
Look forward to seeing you all in the forums! =)
Welcome!
I hope you enjoy to be part of this community as I do.
welcome aboard Rozza
search, follow the rules, have fun and be careful...u're gonna be addicted
Thanks for the warm welcome guys
My friend had a G1 than got a nexus one.... pretty sweet phone. Im new also, trying to figure out what I want to get on my miniscul budget LOL
mozkam said:
My friend had a G1 than got a nexus one.... pretty sweet phone. Im new also, trying to figure out what I want to get on my miniscul budget LOL
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Yeah I'm nearing the end of my contract now, so I'll be able to upgrade soon.
Problem is...I don't have any money, seeing I just finished university and haven't found a job yet! =O
So I might be sticking with the G1 for a little while longer...
^ Understand... except different situation. Got a job but a wife(well fiance) and child who suck all the money I earn away from me LOL...
Im thinking I'll go with a G1 myself also or a HTC tilt 2..... G1 would have to be unlocked (go AT&T)
LOL
I'm in the UK and I'm happy with my current network (T-Mobile)...
I just hope they give me a good renewal deal...
Welcome to XDA - you'll soon find yourself getting addicted!
t-mobile were doing the desire on an upgrade for free from what i remember, this was about 2 weeks ago though, but that does depend on your tariff! (this was for £25 a month)
They're decent phones, my brother got one recently and they beat the pants of my hero.... bring on that 2.1 update.....
Stu
Hi Rozza C.
Just a few tips to make friends...
Post questions in threads that have nothing to do with the actual topic
Start new threads, asking questions that are the top-most answered questions in the forum
Download cabs from developers that have spent a great deal of time making a product, and then post it as your own work and take credit for it
Yeah, basically don't do any of the above and you'll be okay
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Hi Rozza C.
Just a few tips to make friends...
Post questions in threads that have nothing to do with the actual topic
Start new threads, asking questions that are the top-most answered questions in the forum
Download cabs from developers that have spent a great deal of time making a product, and then post it as your own work and take credit for it
Yeah, basically don't do any of the above and you'll be okay
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HAHAHA
I'm tempted to add to this list but I can see that going down a dark road, no sense in getting this thread locked
Welcome to XDA Rozza!!
Keep THIS THREAD in mind if in the next couple months you start forgetting to do things like eat and go to work. There is help if you fall too far down the hole
It seems as though What I was trying to do was considered Kanging. The funny thing is that I wasn't trying to do that. My intentions was merely to get my feet wet in development. But I understand now. Also, I want to make something perfectly clear; My intentions was never to steal. Until today, I never knew what Kanging was or even knew it existed. I just wanted to explore the possibilities of having more Devs on site. Anyway, thanks to the few that responded. Peace.
Seems like an interesting idea, I have too much on my plate ATM (grad school, 3 kids, wife, full time job, and trying to learn linux in my "spare" time), but one suggestion is go to the thread here to try and get a good working understanding of the way to do it.
Lastly, no to the dev forum as this isn't development (dont mean to sound like a sarcastic ass).
If you do get it set up, you could do it through a G+ hangout.
(I edited this because I dont know if the contact I suggested would appreciate me doing so as I don't actually know him and am just working off of an impression).
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Seems like an interesting idea, I have too much on my plate ATM (grad school, 3 kids, wife, full time job, and trying to learn linux in my "spare" time), but one suggestion is go to the thread here to try and get a good working understanding of the way to do it.
Lastly, no to the dev forum as this isn't development (dont mean to sound like a sarcastic ass).
If you do get it set up, you could do it through a G+ hangout.
(I edited this because I dont know if the contact I suggested would appreciate me doing so as I don't actually know him and am just working off of an impression).
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Understood. And thanks for the reply and feedback bud.
And the link you used is no good. Got another there?
So I joined xda today for a few reasons. One being that I would love to be able to do a fraction of what some of these people on here do. I just got cm9 and saw that they put the source out too, but i havent a clue as to what to do with it. Google+ hangout sounds like a good idea.
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So I joined xda today for a few reasons. One being that I would love to be able to do a fraction of what some of these people on here do. I just got cm9 and saw that they put the source out too, but i havent a clue as to what to do with it. Google+ hangout sounds like a good idea.
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Sounds good. Now we need someone to give us direction. If we can recruit an individual with some working knowledge of the material we will be set. In the meantime, If you want to get started learning the foundations be my guest. I'll get started as well. I'll PM you for e-mail addresses. If you can respond to this it will help to keep this thread alive. It will promote traffic.. Thanks bud.
[Announcement] We are currently looking fir an individual out there who knows the basics or foundations of building a custom ROM from CM9 or earlier. We would like to ask for your assistance in giving us a general direction. TYVM.
Hey man. It seems as though this has reached a turning point way before it had a chance to begin. Hahaha. But listen man, if you still want to talk about this project for future purposes, I will be more than happy to do so. Just pm me or e-mail me bud. Thanks again and sorry about all this.
My name is Dustin, from texas. I used to mess around with phone and computers when I was growing up. Things have come a long long way since then. So I'm trying to pick back up my old hobby of building phones, but now I'm wanting to go further and learn the whole programming side of it. I know a little, basically what I've researched online, which some of it I found useful, some of it not. I have lots of questions and a lot of junk phones. I am wanting to learn everything I can because I enjoy this. So if I sound silly trying to explain or ask please forgive me thank yall for having me.
dctalk06 said:
My name is Dustin, from texas. I used to mess around with phone and computers when I was growing up. Things have come a long long way since then. So I'm trying to pick back up my old hobby of building phones, but now I'm wanting to go further and learn the whole programming side of it. I know a little, basically what I've researched online, which some of it I found useful, some of it not. I have lots of questions and a lot of junk phones. I am wanting to learn everything I can because I enjoy this. So if I sound silly trying to explain or ask please forgive me thank yall for having me.
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You came to the right place, welcome to XDA!
So where would I ask the many random questions that I have