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Originally Posted by krushr
First off, slow down. In my head, that post sounded like it was spoken by a person that had just gotten finished running a 10K.
Next, as I tell my users, STOP CLICKING. It sounds like you're jumping into areas and changing options that you have no idea about, and that keeps glitching you up. You've done it twice on this page of the thread alone.
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Krushr, I appreciate the help I've gotten from everyone on this board and I appreciate your advice as well but I don't think it's accurate to characterize me as breathlessly "jumping into areas and changing options that you have no idea about". Look at the times on my posts...it's not like I'm posting every 3 minutes. There's a lot of "research" time on my part in between post. And while I opened the HTCemu calibrator with a misunderstanding what it is, I don't think that caused any problem in itself. It seems to me that there's a bug in the rom that keeps the program from closing properly. That seems to be the case with at least one other option menu afaikt.
I have installed only a few programs onto the phone and nothing out of the ordinary; Opnmarket, Opera mini and PIMbackup. Other than that, all I've added are a few mp3 ringers and a theme called Sprint.tsk. It's possible one of those are causing a problem but they're pretty basic stuff.
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Originally Posted by krushr
That said, welcome to the world of flash addiction. Eventually you'll find a "happy place" and slow down, but then after a few weeks/months you'll get back into it.
To answer a lot of your questions, I offer this: - Do everything again from scratch.
- Back up your stuff. Plenty of good programs to back up everything with; personally, I own a copy of RESCO backup.
- Load the original ROM, following the instructions while paying close attention to what's going on.
- Figure out which overlay ROMs/addons to use
- DOCUMENT EVERYTHING as far as which versions of addons you load, the order you load them in, etc.
- Get the phone to where you want it
- Lather, rinse and repeat
You can't be afraid to back up, load ROMS and restore. If you are, you'll be uncomfortable jumping around in the ROM looking at things and experimenting, which is what you're doing. |
I feel (as I laid out above) that I'm not that far from scratch now. I do feel more comfortable making changes now that PIMbackup has worked once for me. I think I chose that one as a free backup rec from somewhere on the boards but if there's better backup programs, I'm all for it.
I"m about worn out on reading about this stuff though and definitely need to take a break for a few days now that the phone's functional. I
*would* like an easier way to unlock the phone...
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Originally Posted by krushr
I'm sure someone has a suggestion for a home screen app that keeps track of all of your notifications. Just look around a bit and experiment. If you screw something up, who cares? You'll have your list to go by, and a solid backup of your information.
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I'll look into that at some point.
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Originally Posted by krushr
When you get comfortable, just load up the ROM you like, add the apps and such, set everything the way you like and cook up your own version! That's probably the answer you're looking for, because it seems that you're torqued by all the little details and probably hate to start from scratch. That would be my suggestion: learn to cook up your own flavor so your restoration time is minimal.
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You're probably right there. I feel like I just want simple but I'm finicky about the details. I've never had the "perfect" cell phone and I thought when I got a smart phone I'd be able to tune it to my ideal. That might be true, but it's a lot more work than I thought it would be.
If "cooking up a rom" means writing code, I don't think I'll ever go there. If it just means starting with Someone else's basic rom and adding details....well that's what I thought I was doing. I guess I just need to experiment with other roms to find the base I want. Are there any basic roms that you'd recommend that are tried and true (and don't have that slide-to-unlock feature)?
I'd really be happy to not pay for spb shell too but so far that interface seems most user friendly to me. Are there any roms that are similar?
Thanks,
John