[schick79]

Just flashed to 23549 - my first time ever using a custom rom. Loving it so far! Just had a few quick newbie questions. I've only had a few minutes to quickly search through all these threads...

1) I did NOT do the Verizon carrier provisioning first, and I made and received 1 test phone call, sent and received one text, and used a little bit of data. Everything worked fine. Is there a possibility that I was roaming?

2) Should or shouldn't I use *228 with a custom rom?

3) I saw something about a series of resets/flashes/etc., what is that for, and do I need to do that?

4) Are there any other links that would be a good read for a first timer like me? I will probably stay pretty active with this once I get the hang of it, but I'm really hesitant to play around until I get more comfortable. Also, having to take the time to re-set up all my e-mail address accounts and re-sync all my data... if there's a way to back that up, that would be awesome.

Thanks in advance!