Just bought the XV6800 for verizon.. need help.

[roopull]

If you're new to these types of phones, I think the best thing you can do is install a program to make the interface easier to operate with your fingers. Some of the phones w/o keyboards have similar interfaces...

I use the HTC Home set up that you can find here on the forums.

It's also worth mentioning that I found the "kitchen" Roms to be less stable than the official ones. Until you start running out of memory, I'd just stick with Verizon's Rom & add programs you want.

That's my 2 cents, anyhoo.


Here's what Home looks like... ignore the wall paper. I'm referring to the icons on the screen.



contacts touch-dialing tab



weather tab... touch it for a 5 day forecast



application launcher... much easer than hitting start, programs & then finding the app you want to use. Just put your favorite ones, here.




Mine is from Sprint, so your mileage my vary.

[GaMedic]

Originally Posted by roopull

If you're new to these types of phones, I think the best thing you can do is install a program to make the interface easier to operate with your fingers. Some of the phones w/o keyboards have similar interfaces...

I use the HTC Home set up that you can find here on the forums.

It's also worth mentioning that I found the "kitchen" Roms to be less stable than the official ones. Until you start running out of memory, I'd just stick with Verizon's Rom & add programs you want.

That's my 2 cents, anyhoo.

I and hundreds of others seem to disagree with the statement that stock ROMs are more stable than Kitchen ROMs. I hate to even qoute that statement. Everyone is entitled to there opinion but my guess is that you didn't build a very good ROM if you found the stock ROM to be better.

[roopull]

Originally Posted by GaMedic

I and hundreds of others seem to disagree with the statement that stock ROMs are more stable than Kitchen ROMs. I hate to even qoute that statement. Everyone is entitled to there opinion but my guess is that you didn't build a very good ROM if you found the stock ROM to be better.

You're probably right... maybe I didn't build a very good ROM the dozens of times I did so. I tried just about every combination I could think of, and some of the results were very good.

I don't necessarily think the stock ROMs are better, they're just inherently more stable, in my opinion. The stock ROMs are full of garbage that most people will never use. Once they're upgraded with the official updates, though, they're as reliable or moreso than anything else I've ran on my phones.

SSORG87 is coming from the position of having a new phone & not knowing much about it... to suggest to him that he should jump into the kitchen & start mixing & matching features is dangerous. He sounds to me like a complete novice & is more likely than any of us to brick his phone.


Before he jumps into the kitchen, I think he should try adding & deleting programs, first. He should find out what he likes and get a good bit of experience in using the phone... learn its weaknesses and strengths. After a while, he'll run out of memory and want to fix it. By then, he'll have learned a good bit & just might be ready to go cooking... The LAST thing I want to see is another person saying, "Help, I bricked my phone."



Considering he's already posted a thread complaining that he can't even get the kitchen to run on his computer, and I'd say we're looking at a countdown to his phone being bricked...

I'm not trying to diss the kitchen. It has amazing potential, but it is NOT for a person who just got his first ppc.


again... just my 2 cents...

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[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by GaMedic

I and hundreds of others seem to disagree with the statement that stock ROMs are more stable than Kitchen ROMs. .

Boy I agree 100%.

I have three XV6800's sitting here. One has the stock verizon radio & ROM.

The 2nd one has dcd's 3.2.6 & the 3rd has one I did myself with Touchflo.

The stock verizon phone is BY FAR the slowest & least stable of the three. I'm sure that is partly because it boots with the least amount of available memory so it freezes up & needs a soft reset more often.

~John