Arrives Today - What should I NOT do?

MobileBiz · #1 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 08:28 AM

Greetings! I come from the planet PALM.

My Sprint Diamond is schedueled to arrive today.

Is there anything I should or should not do when setting things up? I won't get a chance to do much more than charge and activate today. I hear people talking about skipping parts of the setup where it installs certain things. Are these devices easy to "hard" reset like the Palms? Do they go all the way back to their original state?

I use Exchange 2003 and Hotmail for email. I have a laptop at work and a laptop at home. I'm not familiar with Active Sync. Is it pretty much the same as Hot Sync? I was hoping to get away from having to sync much. I have a shared account with everthing included in our data plans.

I've added a fifth line for the Diamond and will continue to carry my Centro until I get through the 30 day period (is this required in order to get the rebate?). Then I plan to do a swap. I plan to hard reset the Centro and give it and the new line to a family member. I'd like to have the Diamond function on my line. Is there anything I might permanently mess up for the family member on the new line if I play around with Picture Mail, Sprint Nav, Express, Etc.?

Thank you for any advice to help make this transition smoother.

**cornelious2** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 08:37 AM

nothing you can really do to the line that cant be changed. first off install the battery tweak, if you dont have a charger at work its vital, if you do, it still makes life easier. the next list of apps I would get are as follows.

Gyrator 2
TCPMP make sure you get the recompiled edition that works with windows 6.1
Google maps.
theres a bunch of gsensor games on xda that are quite fun.
people have been raving about touchpal as a keyboard switch, though im not sure I am sold yet.

also, make sure you religiously open the task manager and close apps once your done with them it will save your battery a ton especially if you use opera.

**cornelious2** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 08:41 AM

also install the .net framework 3.5

what not to do...
dont load a custom rom on your diamond till you have had at least a week to play around with the phone stock. that way you can really appreciate the gains of the custom rom, and also know what downsides it has.

MobileBiz · #4 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 09:38 AM

Thank you. Can someone please post link to battery tweak and .net upgrade.

**rainfreak** · #5 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MobileBiz

Thank you. Can someone please post link to battery tweak and .net upgrade.

Here you are...

**cornelious2** · #6 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 09:44 AM

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430541 for your .net and gsensor needs.

and http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=40313 is the battery fix cab
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haha posted that to the wrong thread.