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Originally Posted by Razmaniac

I have to say I am disappointed at my Windows Phone purchase. I am a previous user of an XV6800. With it, I successfully "jailbroke" my first phone, flashed my first ROM, bricked my first phone, and subsequently un-bricked because of a great community willing to help those in need. Always in search of the next best thing, I dabbled in Blackberry OS, iPhone OS, and most recently android OS. I have to that none of these platforms are perfect, but the community of Windows Mobile, now Windows Phone, really stood out as a great example of people working together to try to get the most out of their mobile experience, or so I had thought. It has been a crushing blow being on this thread. After being away for so long, and never having immense knowledge in the first place,I thought that their would be plenty of people willing to help out a fellow user. I figured out how to flash my phone relatively easy, and even find a new ROM (great ROM, minus the bugs but that's what you guys are improving). There are still things that elude me. Each question I have asked hasn't been without hours of searching. To this day I still can't find a launchable, full list of all programs, nor can I get the GPS working. Not only has this thread been unhelpful, but I have been flat out ignored. I was wondering if it was because of a newcomer, but throughout the entire thread there are many newer users asking for help who are completely being ignored as well. You may tell me to get off my soapbox and just leave you to yourselves, but I want to stress that this is a community, one in which we work together to mold and shape Windows Phone to be all that it can. If you're still reading this by now I know you care about your fellow users. Answering our simple questions may take just a few sentences and a few minutes and we would be eternally grateful to you. Remember all the times you needed help, those who were there that helped you. All I ask is that you do the same, to your peers.

@ Razmaniac or anyone else who thinks these brilliant minds are not helping you because you are new or they don't care. Please do not take this as an attack, but simply an education. I came her as a newb and asked A LOT of reasonable questions to a newb, but that I am sure seemed stupid to most of these guys who can do this in their sleep. There were so many that openly offered me assistance. If I felt that my question got lost in the numerous posts I read through, then I read the forums and quickly realized who some of the real brains here were and sent them direct messages. All were more than willing to help me. I took a little mouth from some in the forums at first, for what they thought was silly and stupid, but the majority are here to help and even the ones who picked were really just breakin me in and became very helpful themselves. Don't make enemies with the regulars here. They are the ones who know everything you need to know, work tirelessly for free to provide you with very valuable tools and information, and do it for the love of their work and the occasional Thank or small donations that probably only support the coffee habit required to complete the demanding deadlines we try to impose on them. Cut them some slack. Give them a chance. Make some friends here. Or find a different OS cuz without them your device would be crap.
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