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Some of you may have noticed that Jeff Kirvin, the author of the fantastic “clean and simple” 3.5 ROM, has decided to get out of the ROM building business because he’s been receiving threatening and harassing emails from a downloader who is having problems. Per Jeff, he has pointed this user at the stock ROM, but the user refuses to cooperate and is continuing the email assault.

Perhaps this event is a good stimulus to discuss the etiquette associated with using a site such as this. Here’s a cut at a few simple rules:

1. Anything you download from this site is done at your own risk. There is no guarantee that anything will work; if you don’t want to take the risk associated with possibly bricking your phone, don’t download anything.

2. All of the modders here provide their work absolutely free and without warranty or support requirements of any kind. They invest their precious spare time to build ROMs and tools that vastly improve the performance of our phones. They are under no obligation whatsoever to give you the time of day, much less handholding.

3. This is a community, not a business. If we all play nice in the sandbox, we can have a pretty good time. If you contribute, compliment, and cooperate, we can keep modders interested and involved. Constructive feedback helps us and the modders. Harrassment and whining just makes you a turd in the punchbowl.

Personally, I believe my phone has been vastly improved by the information and downloads I’ve received from this site. If modders are willing to share their work with us, we owe them our gratitude and respect.