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Originally Posted by MrObvious
If you get on IRC we can help too.
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So I Google'd "IRC" - Something new to learn!
As for the self-deprecation, well, I just wanted to alert people that the thread was for a "newbie", but that term covers too broad a range of folks. I do appreciate the positive comments of course! Honestly, wading through all the information I've read on the two websites these last few weeks has been an interesting and challenging exercise.
A few comments: the various guides are extremely helpful, to the extent that I was able to get everything working by looking for solutions to the problems I encountered in the guides. (Except for one - tried to install DCD's latest, but couldn't find the VZW cab. Turns out I was caught in the site transition and the non-Sprint stuff was not available at the time.) Then I went to the 20273 kitchen and got a working phone in no time. Running through GC's new VZW GPS fix was easy, but the GPS did not work immediately since I had neglected to turn it on in the Radio Settings. (sigh)
Next issue was that my few programs did not show up - and I realized then that I needed to reinstall each one so that Windows could "see" them. I sync with three systems: the corporate Exchange server, my work laptop (Vista), and my home-built XP system. I'm still getting screwy things happening with Active Sync and Sync Center on the two PC's, but the Exchange server link is working perfectly. Fortunately, I put all my data into back-up folders on my home system, so I couldn't lose it. Good move, given the flaky sync software. In the end, the actual Radio and OS ROM updates hardly took any time at all - it was reinstalling programs, restoring settings, dealing with sync issues, and sorting out the GPS that took hours.
To Journey's point, my phone is a mission-critical device for me, and I must admit that it is not as stable now as it was before the upgrade. In my research I recall that HTC Home might have a mem leak, so that may be the source of the problem. After all the effort to get everything working again I was not considering flashing again anytime soon, but now I believe I will act to get a stripped-down ROM and replace HTC Home. Part of the prep will be to collect all my program CABs (eWallet, ListPro, Pocket Quicken, Skyfire, etc.) in one place so it's easy to reinstall all those. Also need to find a disciplined way to get the settings back up. Someone on XDA mentioned OEMizer as a means of keeping the settings, so I have bookmarked a thread on it so I can begin learning how to use that tool.
Because of the generous contributions of the folks here, I have a list of interfaces I need to explore as well, from Ifonz and MusicFlo to SPB's Mobile Shell and Pocket Plus with stops at Ultimate Launcher and Point UI in between.
I'm intrigued by nueROM 3, but I need to wait for a bit more stability before trying it. And, of course, I need to learn about the no2chem's many nueTools so I can understand why I would need them and how I would use them. Gee, think I have enough to do here?
