How To's: Unlocking, Relocking, Flashing, Dumping and Troubleshooting

[toastcfh]

justted to wanted to throw this in here. my laptop has always had problems syncing with my diamond. i know it has nothing to do with my phone cuz it works on every other computer ive synced it with. its something bout my usb drivers is all i can guess, cuz ive tried multiple os. my simptoms are when trying to update roms using ruu and copyin files, the sync will just end(disconect). anyhow so when upgrading roms i always had to flash from the internal storage. which at times was aggrivating cuz of havin to download the rom directly to the phone and at times finding out it was a self extracting file not a rar. but on to my point, i found out if u hook it up usb with it off and put it into the tri color mode(hold down, press and hold the power button) and wait a minute it will say "usb" at the bottom. at this point run the ruu on ur computer and after followin the ruu steps the rom will update with no problems. now i only posted this cuz i havent seen this anywhere and i know others have had the same problem i have. the only solution ive seen anywhere is use another computer. well heres another option. i hope it helps someone. maybe itll make its way to the first page.