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Re: Any hope of GPS unlock for Verizon Omnia?
As far as unlocking the Omnia, I am not sure, but I am sure someone in here will have an answer.

For everything else....basically whatever you need to know can be found right here in the forums! Just look around, see if something jumps out at you. For anything specific you need to know just do a quick search in the forums and if you don't find it just ask, there are a lot of very smart + helpful members in here!!!

The one things you did mention.....ROMs are the basic programming on the PPC that runs the device, like Windows Vista is to a PC. It is locked out, and you can't use the memory allotted to it. A kitchen is a term used in refference to the programming used to create (or cook) new ROMs....this can't be done on the Omnia yet, but whenever VZW/Samsung release a packaged ROM update people will be able to take it apart and build ROMs they want....adding apps they use all the time or taking out some they don't use and could help speed up the device if taken out.

A soft reset is the little hole next to the power button on top of the Omnia and basically it restarts the PPC, refreshing the system and freeing up memory you may not realize is in use.

A hard reset is done when you want to wipe the device and set it back to 'out of the box' status. There are a couple ways of doing this that are described elsewhere, but Samsung made it easy by placing a hard reset app int he settings.

As I mentioned, there is a lot to read/learn here, but don't be afraid to ask, no questions are too silly or miniscule.....that is what were here for!!

P.S. Welcome to the community!!!
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