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Hi, I am clueless and i need some help with my (us) mda vaio

I am very new to this high tech stuff, I have a usa t-mobile mda vaio, which i paid to unlock. I know, i could have done it for free, but i could not figure it out. In doing some reading i think i want to unlock my cid, and i want to turn my omapclock speed up to 240. And what about updating my Rom. And how do i back up my file, if necessary. And please easy directions if possible. My phone is off, because of a $4000 dollar internet bill, because they would not give me the code, when i went overseas and used the internet for 7 days. What a surprise. But my wifi still works. Help please.
Rom version: 1.8.10.2 wwe
Rom date: 12/10/05
Radio version: 01.09.10
Protocal vers: 4.0.13.20
ExtRom vers: 1.8.10.104
I dont have a clue as to what this means, but it looks old, compared to everyone else.

wow
wow, what a great forum. I have a million responses. I want to say thank you for all who helped.

this has all has been covered elsewhere, ad nauseum, over and over and over again right here on this very site. Spending a little time looking for things like "omapclock" and then reading them will answer all your questions and then some. For the-universe-revolves-around-me service, they take paypal.

MDA Vaio? So you're saying that Sony and HTC teamed up to build a laptop/Pocket PC hybrid? I'd like to know where I can get my hands on one of these.

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crusher11590 said:
wow, what a great forum. I have a million responses. I want to say thank you for all who helped.
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People won't help you because its already been said. Your just a waste of bandwidth. You sound like a little kid, i want this, i want that.
You want to OC' 240, then keep reading that thread noob.
AND THE SARCASM WAS NECCESARY, maybe that's why no body is helping. No one is your slave to check every minute and answer your post. :evil:

people here seem to think that lazy people should die, when in all reality theyre just as lazy.
to cid unlock it you need ot get lokiwiz software. if youve already upgraded to 2.26, its too late to cid unlock it. to overclock, get omapclock.exe. i use that program in conjunction with smartskeys personally, because the smartskeys.ini file has customizable overclock settings.
thats a start partner, but youll hafta do the legwork yourself cuz im lazy too haha

Thank you. For the response. The only other thing that i have done is down load skype which i think is great. I can admit i am not a computer geek, but I am great in my field. Mortgage financing. So yes i am clueless, and could maybe use a little extra help. And if there is someone out there who could use some mortgage help. I am here. I just dont want to fry my mda.

Search Search Search
Read Read Read
Doesn't matter if you're clueless. As long as you can use the search functions, and bother to take some time to read thru the endless amount of information in these forums. Then you too can be as logical as I have become in the past few months when I originally didn't know a damn thing.

Thanks again. This is the program i used to unlock the phone. http://www.imei-check.co.uk/m3000unlock.php. Did this also unlock the cid? And if yes, how can i tell? And what about backing up the program. So based on the spec's i have listed on my phone, what should i up grade, beside's the omapclock i think to 240.

Well you ddint' need to waste your money. You can unlock your phone for free if you would have bothered to search and read through the results.
Search -> CID Unlock -> Choose wizard forum to search through
Search -> Backup -> Choose wizard forum to search through
You either seem to be lacking common sense or need your hand held through every step.

lol.

crusher11590 said:
Thank you. For the response. The only other thing that i have done is down load skype which i think is great. I can admit i am not a computer geek, but I am great in my field. Mortgage financing. So yes i am clueless, and could maybe use a little extra help. And if there is someone out there who could use some mortgage help. I am here. I just dont want to fry my mda.
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yah im a scientist, and im in a similar boat... to my fortune, my roommate is computer programmer hah
and mpIII man, rome is dead go get in your ****in time machine if ya want buttsex :lol: ****in dillhole

guys take in mind some people (like my Dad for example which 65 yrs old) is courious 'bout new stuff but is slow to understand internet and Mobile hacking upgrading and so on...
sometimes because we dnt know who's hidden behind a nickname I would invite you to be more polite and nice; on the other hand I know its boring to answer always to same question...
so just check case by case and if you really feel like its frustrating t oanswer...dnt answer at all...isnt wasting of time to type a reply blaming this and blaming that?
just IMHO
Giordano

How on earth did you rack up $4000 internet bill?

[email protected] said:
How on earth did you rack up $4000 internet bill?
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Have you not read all this, he is clueless! Sorry i am in the look and you will findout. I come on here everyday and I find something new. But i started from not knowing a thing!! but now I can show my friends these cool things. IT's not hard to look and learn.

Just Maybe.................
Just a quick suggestion to any moderators or site managers
These "Why dont you use the search function" threads come up time and time again.
The problem for noobs doing a search is the (sometimes) many many pages of post to wade through.
Even if you happen to chance on the exact answer, how do you know you have found it when one thread may contain 3,4 or 5 examples of how to solve a problem??? I give an example, Tomtom 6, or any gps related problem.
I spent a total of 4hrs 10mins on MSN with one user who was having problems with his GPS and TT. I didn't mind in the least, but after lots of hair tearing, we found the problem was his GPS wasnt in a place to recieve a decent GPS signal, i.e. a window cill. :shock:
Joking aside, is there any way of having either locked stickies or a seperate forum for each device to have HOW TO's??
There are many people on here that could easily write a guide, post it and then have it locked so the thread doesn't spiral out of control.
Maybe some of them would be happy to recieve PM's if there was a legitimate problem with either that guide or for the varying device configurations?
And before I get flamed, Its just a suggestion. :wink:

Jerry I agree 100%. This is the one of the forums I have found that does NOT have stickies for often asked about topics.
I also feel that this site needs a kick in the ass with a little patience.
You can tell none of these people work in customer service. THink of it this way...if you are spending 4 or more hours on here a day you are passionate about this topic and you would think you want others to become passionate too which will advance the demand for more of these type of sites and products. You really think giving these noobs as you call them a hard time when they first try and learn about this stuff will help anyone? Except save you precious time to search something else or maybe give you a chance to bust another noobs dreams of learning something about his/her new gadget.
This is the only reason I do not visit this site. Not that I need it but none the less. A real bunch of asses here if you ask me.....

Guys and Girls
The use search is a true pain in the ass if you dont understand what you are doing. It has its own laws and also words that it will never find. I have been here for a year and I still cant work it out. But I agree its a start. Nothing will change untill we move to new software for the fixxing is just to costly.
Sure the same post and answer comes up on this forum, over and over agian. There are still people that spend the time to point people in the right direction.
Stickys, well we have them and still they are not read, more we have more time it takes to move down the list for some meat.
Solution. WIKI, edit the pages and the information and point people to it.
And please, lets see if we can use some nice language, I am all for free speach but we all diserve a bit of respect.

xxpinballxx said:
...You can tell none of these people work in customer service.{/quote]
perhaps they do work in customer serice - for orange :lol:
sorry, i tried to stop myself...
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Controller for the Hermes!

Now that i brought many of you since you thought it exists that was my question. I really want to but roms and games on my ppc but im sorta afraid of over pushing the buttons and eventually wearing them down significantly.
Has any ever tryed this before? Or know where these may be sold?

what a waste of space....

Austinsync - is it really necessary for you to be a prick all the time?
If you have nothing useful to say, ignore the thread and keep your short-tempered, obnoxious opinions to your self - I am sick of reading posts by you that are either unhelpful or downright vitriolic. It's unnecessary and does nothing to improve the either the quality of poeple's posts or make them read anything.
And to answer the OP's question, there is a bluetooth games controller - never tried it with a hermes and would be interested to hear from someone who has.
Have a look here
Cheers,
Smiffy.

here here lordsmiff ......
n00b bashin is not a sport.
as Said above if you don't like the thread don't post !

yea its called a flamer, people like this on a gaming forum i am a member of are banned and locked. i wish that would have to assholes here also.
thank you for the bluetooth controller link, ill for sure check it out.

I agree with some of the posters here that Austinsync's comment is un-called for. I know you do not tolerate some kinds of questions well Austinsync, but this particular Hermes board has remained fairly flaming/sarcasm free (by comparison to the upgading board for example).
So
Do not reply to a post if you cannot do one of the following:
Reply with the knowledge you undoubtedly have
Reply with guidance on how to use the forum if it's a new poster
Report the the post if you think it is "unworthy" of the forum
Obnoxious, rude, overly sarcastic comments and flaming will be met with a ban in future (of varying length) for any user who ignores this guidance and site rules.
Mike

I agree. This whole XDA Dev forum is being spoilt by lack of tolerance by some . All of us were new at this once and although there may well be some real offenders (who fail to take even basic advice from the stickies) I think we should leave it to the moderators to 'address' these people.
Mike (Channon) is there no way of you moderators classifying each post so that the 'less helpful ones' are normally not shown when main stream browsers view the posts? This may be a Forum capability that the server software lacks but it would be very useful especially in some of the rather long posts where getting to the detail can take so very long because of poor posts by some.
A filter to take out the 'less than helpful' would be really good - if used carefully.
Good luck....

tony.wheeler said:
I agree. This whole XDA Dev forum is being spoilt by lack of tolerance by some . All of us were new at this once and although there may well be some real offenders (who fail to take even basic advice from the stickies) I think we should leave it to the moderators to 'address' these people.
Mike (Channon) is there no way of you moderators classifying each post so that the 'less helpful ones' are normally not shown when main stream browsers view the posts? This may be a Forum capability that the server software lacks but it would be very useful especially in some of the rather long posts where getting to the detail can take so very long because of poor posts by some.
A filter to take out the 'less than helpful' would be really good - if used carefully.
Good luck....
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Hi Tony
There is no automatic facility for this. There can be filters for certain words but they don't work very well and posters can avoid them by deliberate mis-spellings etc. The odd swear word may be ok in the eyes of some provided it is not used as a means to abuse fellow members.
As far as avoiding the general membership seeing useless or abusive posts goes, there is no immediate way of doing this. Only when a Mod or Admin spots something or it is reported does it get moderated. The prevailing feeling in Mod/Admin circles is to try to hit a balance of freedom of expression against perfect manners and etiquette. So, of course, we will never keep everyone happy or even most members happy. Both those that hate noob posts and those that like gentle politeness will not be satisfied as we hover around the middle between the two extremes. Despite this, I feel it is the correct approach. So as above when we get a post that falls the wrong side of the line, I tend to leave it for all to see but also post the condemnation of it as well. Other moderators may delete the post. This can cause problems as the following posts from members can tend look odd as they appear to be replying to something that no longer exists. (I may obscure flagrant swearing however).
On the whole this particular Hermes board has been friendly. Bigger problems come in upgrading when you have the inevitable conflict between Noobs trying to upgrade and Gurus trying to develop ROMs- the clash of the Tytns as I like to think of it The true Gurus tend to keep out of this as they are the ones that originally made it possible to cook the ROMs and their task was over a long time ago. They are waiting to get their teeth into newly released devices and kick off another round of development. The cycle will always end though, at the stage where Noobs conflict with ROM Gurus - and that is where we are at now, made worse of course by the doubling in members on-line at any one time since last year.
Mike

This is a pretty nice place overall. Nicely run, too.
Anyway, the bluetooth controller listed above looks pretty darn cool. Too bad it's so expensive.

Is there any way to get a normal usb controller, coupled with a usb adaptor to run on the hermes? I mean... i have NO idea about how drivers work on the hermes... So this whole idea could be rediculous... but if it gets the gears in the head spinning... why not?
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Imonstrous said:
Is there any way to get a normal usb controller, coupled with a usb adaptor to run on the hermes? I mean... i have NO idea about how drivers work on the hermes... So this whole idea could be rediculous... but if it gets the gears in the head spinning... why not?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that would require USB-host functionality, which HTC has been studiously ignoring for quite a while now.

Lordsmiff said:
And to answer the OP's question, there is a bluetooth games controller - never tried it with a hermes and would be interested to hear from someone who has.
Have a look here
Cheers,
Smiffy.
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I've ordered one to try so ill drop back and let you know how it goes (if it does).. but it may take a few days/weeks to arrive as its shipping form Australia to the UK. I only found very few places selling them and the Aus one worked out cheaper than one that looked to be in the UK (but wasnt very clear at all)

anddroid on HD2. is it Possaoble?

I had my hd2 for 2 months and i love it. But, im getting very disappointed that it's lacking in apps and community support unlike the andriod and iphone os. I see poplur apps that are available for android and iphone but not wm. i am starting to wish i never got the hd2 and really wish i knew about the evo thats coming out soon.
on top of that i see the phone on ebay has really dropped in price to about £270 ($411)
so is it possible to put android on hd2?

Wow
Before you get blasted for making a post and not searching let me give you some advice, Search! There are a LOT of threads about Android on HD2, it's not there yet but it is being worked on. Really, type Android in the search bar and you will see all the threads asking the same thing, good luck

*INSERT GENERIC FLAME HERE*
Your luck i just dont have the energy today

While we are on this topic, is it possible to use my HD2 as a vacuum cleaner?

Nimche said:
While we are on this topic, is it possible to use my HD2 as a vacuum cleaner?
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If you used the search functions (like most people) you would find your answer.
If you did this simple thing you would find that at this time, its not yet possible, HTC have the best group of developers on it but are having some trouble with the porting or something.
I'm just a few days away from being able to use my HD2 as a micro-oven

djchubbs said:
I'm just a few days away from being able to use my HD2 as a micro-oven
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I bet your cooked ROMs will taste delightful!

Off: I succeeded in using my HD2 as a condom yesterday! Took me ages to port every bit of information...
On: Let's assume you haven't read the forum rules, thus you wouldn't know about the built in Search function. There`s Google. Why not Google for something (such as "android on hd2")? After all, it`s much easier to type and to read than typing a long post on a board where you need an account and where you need to wait for others to answer your question...

At least he searched the price of the HD2 on ebay...

i bet you guyz are unfriendly , help him if not *********** ,......,
anyway its still under development and needs some time i can say its 40 % to its full
potential
tc

roycio said:
At least he searched the price of the HD2 on ebay...
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It also really surprised me to see the price of HD2 drop down so quickly. Maybe mostly because not so many people can get on well with HD2, which is the best phone I've ever bought.

Easy on the flaming guys. Im sure he understands now. For all u know, u might just drive someone away from xda with negative thoughts......where as this is one of the most helpful community.

Like yourself I'm a new HD2 owner. I can understand why you might think there's a lack of apps for our device, when devices like the iPhone have 160,000+ apps. However I've found four different GPS nav apps out there (Igo, CoPilot, TomTom and Garmin), an app to make a flashlight out of your camera LEDs, a registry editor, a voice-dialler, a metal detector, a decent file explorer, a media player etc etc etc. The question needs to be asked, how many media players / file explorers / gps apps do you need on your device? For me, one of each is more than enough. Many of the iPhone apps are just double-ups of the same functionality.
After getting my phone I spent the next week on XDA searching for apps, themes, tweaks and games, trying them out and working out what works and what doesnt.
My HD2 is now running and looking mint, and I've got more games than I know what to do with. As the others in this thread have already pointed out, you do need to take the time and use the search function.
As for support, you couldn't be more wrong - it was the emmense wealth of knowledge of XDA-developers that gave me the confidence to buy the HD2. It will take you time to find the info you're looking for in these forums, but the answers are there, and you'll end up with a superior phone to the iPhone if you're prepared to give it a chance.
Drop me an email on [email protected] if you'd like to know where to find the bits you're after.

Not only he did not serch .. but hes speling sux too. !

This is one of the funniest Android response threads that I've read lmao. At least the repsonses were good natured and not hateful like some other threads have been. And I hope the OP didn't get scared away, he should think of it as his initiation. And Im sure a lot of Senior users had at least one noobie moment in the beginning.
When I had my Shadow/Juno and started modding my first post was "where is the windows folder"

chrisrj28 said:
................ And Im sure a lot of Senior users had at least one noobie moment in the beginning.
When I had my Shadow/Juno and started modding my first post was "where is the windows folder"
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i hate to correct you but if you refer to an old question, please provide the answer with it,
thanx

General Complaint RE HD2

Chefs, I appreciate what you are doing and I have tried multiple ROMs and this is not to be directed at you.
I hate this damned phone. Today, I was at 100% battery when I left the house at 9:30am. I viewed a few web pages, played around with morphgear for 5 mins or so. By noon I was down to 40% battery. I only made 1 <5 min phone call! The thing was hot (temp) too as it usually gets when I start messing around with it.
I recently formatted the MEM card too. No help.
Not to mention all the other issues. I feel cheated. It also makes me want to leave Tmo after being with them since they were called Omnipoint (10+ yrs) eventhough I know the phone issues aren't their fault (but their poor 3g coverage in the NY/NJ area is).
I'm not looking for any tips, tweaks, or hacks. I am a technical support lead in an escalations department and I consider myself highly technical which is why I was just promoted to Lead Technician. I am simply venting.
I tried the MyTouch before this and returned that, happily. My Blackberry was great but had no entertainment value. Srsly, I am dying to try an iPhone with AT&T for a few weeks soooooo bad.
Thank you for reading.

And this is posted in rom development why?

I have moved this thread to the correct forum and will close it. You will not generate any positive comments on your post from anyone on here.
If you are really looking for help to solve your problems and are happy to articulate them here then please pm me and I will be happy to reopen the thread.
I assume you are aware of these posts, for example...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638 and this...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=575604
WB

You have tried multiple roms but have you tried a different radio??
Radio can make a big diff in battery life depending on your area ....

Better Moderation Needed

This is in reference to this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=1413086
I am reposting my response in hopes that the Moderators will read it and do something about it...
We have a problem here. There are 100s of roms, each claiming to be the best thing since sliced (ginger)bread. I, like many readers, dont have the time or know-how to check out every single rom out there. So, we ask for other people's opinions on which are good, which are bad. It is completely useless and incredible time consuming to read through every thread about every rom, because they all say the same things. If you look at the above thread, you see the normal responses...
There needs to be some better moderation in this forum for it to be useful at all. At this point we have dozens of threads with 500+ posts, and people are expected to read through the whole thing, usually filled with usually bumps, or "i like this", or "this sucks", to find anything useful. the search box returns ALL relevant items, which means that every single post mentioning a rom will be returned.
I know that I want to get the most out of my device, but between working, commuting, volunteering, and trying to spend time with my friends, I have very little time to devote towards trawling through the treasure trove of junk posts that litter this forum.
My proposal is to make threads for roms be on topic, and eliminate useless postings.
People, if you like a rom, rate it high. If you dont, rate it low.

jbarol said:
There are 100s of roms, each claiming to be the best thing since sliced (ginger)bread.
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What I hate even more is the users who claim the same fact. Minutes after flashing a new Rom it's amaaaaazing. It's soooo fast, the battery-drain is gone, it's smooth, the dev is a geeeeenius etc. When you say something about it better brace yourself as WW-III is about to start. No bad things please about the favorite Rom!
Guess it's the way these forums work. Say something positive (usually B.S.): great! Say something negative (even with valid arguments): GO AWAY!
Oh well.

Better moderation isn't needed. Neither are lazy sods who want to be spoonfed.
Think of the work the devs have done.
Think of the hours and hours of coding and testing they do.
Think of the fact they do it for free or beer money.
Then think of someone who's posted about 30 times who cannot be bothered reading about these ROMs and making his own mind up.
Think of a whingeing brat.

I don't think it's a case of 'better moderation' being needed. If you see threads like this which are either pissing contests or made by people too lazy to do the hard yards, simply report the thread.
I've found the mods are normally very quick to either move a thread to the correct part of the forum if it's in the wrong spot, or close the thread post haste if it really is one of those mindless threads.
I've reported several (4 or 5 from memory) of the latter over the last few days and all of them have been closed within the hour.
Can't get better moderation than that IMHO. My point is, the mods aren't mindreaders nor are they here 24/7. If you see a thread that shouldn't be, let them know and more often than not if will be dealt with.

I got back to flashing about a month ago and it took me roughly 20 minutes to figure out which ROMs were the most popular ones. It's not that hard.
The rest of the ROMs mostly have short and to the point feature lists, sometimes youtube videos and screenshots too.
If anything, perhaps a complete ROM list would be handy.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

We all have busy lives, but crucially what we don't have is the same usage profiles and aesthetic tastes as others. What makes ROM A the best thing since sliced bread for Person A may make it a complete toilet for someone else.
It's a bit like buying shoes; if you send your mate out to buy some because you can't be bothered to go out to look at them and perhaps try a few on, don't be too surprised if you end up as a fashion victim with blisters.

MistahBungle said:
If you see a thread that shouldn't be, let them know and more often than not if will be dealt with.
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I think that the bigger problem is with pointless posts within threads. If there was an option on the report menu for "Not constructive to conversation" or something, I would report away, and hope that people get the point that no one cares if they want to wait until someone else posts, no reason to tell us about it.
Edit: I just tried the report button for a pointless post. lets see if it works.
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We all have busy lives, but crucially what we don't have is the same usage profiles and aesthetic tastes as others. What makes ROM A the best thing since sliced bread for Person A may make it a complete toilet for someone else.
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Agreed. Where we run into a problem, however, is when roms A, B, and C all have as a description:
"Fast, Better Battery Life, and gives a reach around upon start up." Seeing the same description over and over again is as pointless as having no description. neither one tells me, the client, anything useful. This one is not a moderation problem, but a problem in communication. You spend a lot of time making your rom/kernel/widget the best it can be. Spend a little more time and tell me why I should care, why it is better than your competition.

Oh ok I have a idea! Let's all instead of using the search button just start a new thread every time! That way xda developers will be full of pointless threads that people can spend hours looking through! Great fun yes!
If I was a moderator here I think I could quite easily give you a answer in just two words...

jbarol said:
This is in reference to this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=1413086
I am reposting my response in hopes that the Moderators will read it and do something about it...
We have a problem here. There are 100s of roms, each claiming to be the best thing since sliced (ginger)bread. I, like many readers, dont have the time or know-how to check out every single rom out there.
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Better moderation is not needed (at least not because if this "problem")
I you want to find the best ROM MAKE the time to read the threads (typically the first post of the OP and the last few pages to see the current feedback is enough to get a pretty good picture) If you don´t have the time just pick a ROM based on the typical screenshots and description and try it.... if you aren´t satisfied, pick another. Most ROMS differ little in actual performance and any modification that really result in better speed/battery life ect.. are quickly adopted by the various developers.

B3311 said:
Better moderation isn't needed. Neither are lazy sods who want to be spoonfed.
Think of the work the devs have done.
Think of the hours and hours of coding and testing they do.
Think of the fact they do it for free or beer money.
Then think of someone who's posted about 30 times who cannot be bothered reading about these ROMs and making his own mind up.
Think of a whingeing brat.
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This pretty much says it all.
We aren't here to spoon feed anyone. If you can't find a ROM that suits you, I suggest you go elsewhere. This is not "XDA Smartphone Support", this is "XDA Developers".
What a ridiculous thread

the_scotsman said:
This pretty much says it all.
We aren't here to spoon feed anyone. If you can't find a ROM that suits you, I suggest you go elsewhere. This is not "XDA Smartphone Support", this is "XDA Developers".
What a ridiculous thread
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I have to agree. If you can't spend the time needed to run a custom rom then maybe you should just stay stock. Stock roms work just fine for the average person that doesn't have the time to put into a custom rom.
It is not the moderation teams job to do your research for you. We have enough on our plates dealing with threads like this one.