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What can a newbie do?

Hi all, another noob!
I've done a few searches to no avail so a simple question with lots of possible answers I'm sure:
As I have just received my O2 XDA Orbit, what, if anything, would the Moderators/Admin guys recommend I do to improve the performance of my Orbit (not that I am aware of any limits so far) or what essential bits of software should I have? Please be aware that my knowledge of computers, PDA's and all this other techno-wizardry could be written on the back of a nano-bot in large font, so please, it will have to be kept to a very very simple level.
If I am too dumb to be able to do anything other than enjoy what I have, please feel free to say so!

Garneth said:
Hi all, another noob!
I've done a few searches to no avail so a simple question with lots of possible answers I'm sure:
As I have just received my O2 XDA Orbit, what, if anything, would the Moderators/Admin guys recommend I do to improve the performance of my Orbit (not that I am aware of any limits so far) or what essential bits of software should I have? Please be aware that my knowledge of computers, PDA's and all this other techno-wizardry could be written on the back of a nano-bot in large font, so please, it will have to be kept to a very very simple level.
If I am too dumb to be able to do anything other than enjoy what I have, please feel free to say so!
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You could try reading the wiki - or using the search button for a start.....
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Artemis
But U guess that being a noob you have the honour of asking 1 silly question!!!
Enjoy the forums.

chandlercjh said:
You could try reading the wiki - or using the search button for a start.....
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Artemis
But U guess that being a noob you have the honour of asking 1 silly question!!!
Enjoy the forums.
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You see, one stupid question and I get access to something I wouldn't have known to look for. Now all I have to do is understand wtf it's all about. Never heard of a wiki before so I'm not sure what to do about that. That link looks great, but again I have no idea how to utilise it.
Sometimes, some of you guys forget just how difficult it is for noobs to this game!
Thanks though.

Since you are not looking for anything particular, using the search would be useless - the wiki is good but has many information for advanced noobies so why don't you start with reading all the threads that you find to be interesting.
I'd recommend you to go to pocketpcmag.com and check out the "best sites" section and start reading about pdas in general, download some apps and get to know Windows Mobile. Try your first registry hack or simply take a look inside to find out how it funtions.
When you have managed this (could take a month or more) then pick a ROM and flash it to your device. Before you do this be sure to do use the USPL patch and make sure you are doing everthing right BEFORE you do it! When your device is "bricked" you probably need help from somebody in the forum. It's better to have a working backup plan before you try that.
I think Meschle's ROM is a good start if you ever wanna try because he included the USPL patch to be sure that uploading his ROM doesn't mess with your pda.
Have fun using this great pda!

Registerme said:
Since you are not looking for anything particular, using the search would be useless - the wiki is good but has many information for advanced noobies so why don't you start with reading all the threads that you find to be interesting.
I'd recommend you to go to pocketpcmag.com and check out the "best sites" section and start reading about pdas in general, download some apps and get to know Windows Mobile. Try your first registry hack or simply take a look inside to find out how it funtions.
When you have managed this (could take a month or more) then pick a ROM and flash it to your device. Before you do this be sure to do use the USPL patch and make sure you are doing everthing right BEFORE you do it! When your device is "bricked" you probably need help from somebody in the forum. It's better to have a working backup plan before you try that.
I think Meschle's ROM is a good start if you ever wanna try because he included the USPL patch to be sure that uploading his ROM doesn't mess with your pda.
Have fun using this great pda!
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Thanks for that...things do start to become clearer. I will check out that web site and I think I now realise that this site is more for advanced users than complete newbies like me...sorry!
I will try a registy hack (once I find out how to do it... )
Thanks for your reply! <beer>

[CLOSED][Samsung SCH-i760 ROM] What would be best???

*THIS "PROJECT" IS CLOSED ON MY PART!*
If you wish to still follow this, please visit the below link, I believe alquimista and some other folks are still giving this a try.​
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/samsung-sch-i760/108112-sch-i760-rom-r-d.html
Samsung SCH-i760 ROM
**UPDATE 03/10/08**​
I have found some useful tools to help me accomplish this, but still have some things left to find. Any help would be awesome, first I need a way to find what I can remove (useless files that take up space) and most importantly where I should to start to make this work. I'm pretty sure the forums will be closed later today, so if you could email if your able to assist me I would appreciate it!
What do you think?​
Hey everybody, I've been browsing this forum numerous times in the past couple of weeks looking to customize my i760 and haven't found much on it for upgrading it's performance. It seems that not many users have this phone, so I'm thinking of creating a ROM for this device.
It will probably take me some time, being this will be my first time creating anything for a PPC.
I'm asking for some help for this:
a) From fellow i760 users to get some input on what might be the best items for the ROM.
b) Also from advanced users on the best way to approach this creation.
All help will be very much appreciated.
I'd like to have some contribution to this forum, seeing how my phone has been completely customized from developers on this site. Big Thanks to all of you out there whos software I am using! You all have done a great job, I appreciate your time and hard work for it.
What are your all's thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance.
Any question you can email me @ jtisr241 @ aim dot com.

TheChampJT said:
Samsung SCH-i760 ROM
What do you think?​
Hey everybody, I've been browsing this forum numerous times in the past couple of weeks looking to customize my i760 and haven't found much on it for upgrading it's performance. It seems that not many users have this phone, so I'm thinking of creating a ROM for this device.
It will probably take me some time, being this will be my first time creating anything for a PPC.
I'm asking for some help for this:
a) From fellow i760 users to get some input on what might be the best items for the ROM.
b) Also from advanced users on the best way to approach this creation.
All help will be very much appreciated.
I'd like to have some contribution to this forum, seeing how my phone has been completely customized from developers on this site. Big Thanks to all of you out there whos software I am using! You all have done a great job, I appreciate your time and hard work for it.
What are your all's thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance.
Any question you can email me @ jtisr241 @ aim dot com.
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I had the i760. I got rid of it because of the lack or roms.
And Your are right there are no roms out there, its not because people dont have it, but its something with the way Samsung makes their roms. It's not as flexible with as the HTC devices.

Thanks for the info, I still have a ton of research to do before I look into the development, I'll keep that in mind hopefully I can find a way around it.

hey help for all phones would be cool

spring777 said:
hey help for all phones would be cool
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I'm not sure what compatibility the ROM will have, another thing I'm learning.

I would love to see a rom that does not include the d-day and all the get it now and vzw branded software there under WM6.1 with the threaded MMS of 6.1 and the Palm threaded SMS. But, that is just a pipe dream, so I will settle for just a software update.
Thank you for your effort sir.

spring777 said:
I would love to see a rom that does not include the d-day and all the get it now and vzw branded software there under WM6.1 with the threaded MMS of 6.1 and the Palm threaded SMS. But, that is just a pipe dream, so I will settle for just a software update.
Thank you for your effort sir.
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Any idea on when the update wil be available? Hopefully I can incorporate this with the new files on the update.

i have the i760 and yeah I think this would be a good thing but samsung just does stuff differently with ROMs
here to help

byrnsey88 said:
i have the i760 and yeah I think this would be a good thing but samsung just does stuff differently with ROMs
here to help
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Thanks, that's what I hear, hopefully once I figure out all the odds and ends to ROM's I can better understand how this is configured.

I second the vote for a rom that does not have the "extra" garbage including that useless picsel browser thing. An end button deactivator (comes in handy to "accidentally" hang up on the wife, but most of the time it's a pain in the ass), a built-in S2U2-like app, built-in touchscreen inteface (ifonz-like I guess). Overclocking.
Overall better memory use, power use, touchscreen use, end deactivator (tried AE, it hated my i760!!)
Update: Oh you know what I'd really like to see - one touch access to contacts, then particular category. The thing I miss most from my cell phone is pressing one button which calls up MY contact list, not the thousands of contact in Outlook. So to recap press a soft key, get the personal contacts list category.

what is the good word?

yea there's def. not a ton of support for the i760; but i've heard that there will be an update to wm6.1 for it so that should satisfy alot of us owners if its true

I hope theres a 6.1 Rom!!

I hear there is and Verizon will have it for download for the i760 on there web site when they finish there part of it.

JASTECH said:
I hear there is and Verizon will have it for download for the i760 on there web site when they finish there part of it.
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Do you know when it will be completed?

760 for High speed Internet Bluetooth connection
Hey does anyone have any luck using the 760 as a celluar modem? I am using PDANet to open the profile and I connect without issue but I can only stay connected for a very short time usually less then one minute.
I have also been all over this site and I am looking for a ROM and there does not seem to be much of anything available for this device. Has anyone had any success with the ROM or any update that would let me use this device reliably with my laptop. I am not sure if it is Verizon or a setting on the phone but it is killing me.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Todd

I just ordered a i760 so i can help.
i say no iphone interface, its not that good i dont see why people want to copy it.

Alright, it seems there won't be an update anytime soon from Verizon, so I'll try to get something accomplished here, it seems all I do is work sometimes. Anyways, I'm still messing with apps and plugins to see what I want to build here. As soon as I can figure which I want I'll post the news.
Any suggestions on what should be included?
**SEE FIRST POST**

i760 Rom Dump
@ TheChampJT
I've been watching this thread for a bit now. At the same time I have been digging deep into my i760.
I was finally able to use itsutils (from here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~itsme/projects/xda/tools.html ) to run the following commands without errors:
pdocread
pmemmap
pmemdump 0x80000000 0x02000000 rom.nb
That last one gave me a 32Mb file obviously titled "rom.nb". I was feeling all uber l33t until I realized I have no clue what to do now. I am trying to decompile the file I dumped with the perl script that Willem (aka itsme) posted on his RAPI tools site. I am trying to compile the perl script in WinXP, because that's the OS I dumped the rom.nb file with. Should I boot into linux (fedora 8 or Backtrack3beta is all I got) to run the perl script? I haven't tried much of anything with it yet because I just dumped the rom.nb file late last night. However, any advice would be much appreciated.
I think my i760 is CID unlocked, because the first time I tried to run pdocread I got an error that said "Have you CID or application unlocked your device?". When I was able to run pdocread, I assumed I had somehow CID unlocked my device. But I have no way to tell for sure whether its CID unlocked or not. Its not like there's a popup window on the i760 that says "You've CID unlocked you device!!" So that's my second question, how do I know if I CID unlocked my device?
I've been hacking away at this for a solid 12days now Well, more like a month or so. I always peek into my new toy's registry as soon as I get it and make a few changes here and there to see what happens. I've run the Windows Mobile Security Configuration Tool and set my profile's security to "off". I made some changes to the reg entries under the policies entry. I've also done the whole **33284 then set to DM then reboot and set data connection to Modem Through USB, connected my i760 and installed the drivers for the Samsung modem in that mode (they are different from the MCCI drivers and modem set up). As you can probably tell, I operate on a "try a small hack, then see what happens, repeat" basis.
So that's where I'm at right now. Probably TMI for you, or anyone else reading this, but I am trying to put out as much info/knowledge as I can.
Obviously I am willing to help get a working, easy to use, cooked rom. Let me know if you want any of the files I have pulled off my device or any of the tools or dll's that I have found on the web, or any of the print outs I got from the itsutils cmd line tools.
Ta Then,
Alqui
You can PM me here at XDA or over at PDAPhoneHome, that is unless you think I'm a total ****tard, then don't PM me anywhere.

T9 for the front.

All Known Registry Edits

Hey guys I just want to say to ND4SPD, Shadowmike and the rest of you who have help in the wm6.1 ROM development, GREAT WORK. I just wanted to throw this thread up to get a response from everyone with edits. I know when I flash my phone to try new ROMs I have to search for all the registry edits. It would be easier if i could just go to one thread. So I hope this helps (plus the same questions wont get ask on every other thread).Thanks again.

suasp0nte said:
Hey guys I just want to say to ND4SPD, Shadowmike and the rest of you who have help in the wm6.1 ROM development, GREAT WORK. I just wanted to throw this thread up to get a response from everyone with edits. I know when I flash my phone to try new ROMs I have to search for all the registry edits. It would be easier if i could just go to one thread. So I hope this helps (plus the same questions wont get ask on every other thread).Thanks again.
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http://www.allshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1214
AllShadow is possbily the best website for the Shadow/Juno. No offense to XDA They just have everything covered there quite well.

ajb303 said:
http://www.allshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1214
AllShadow is possbily the best website for the Shadow/Juno. No offense to XDA They just have everything covered there quite well.
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Hey thanks for that it really help. But I know there is more out there I just can't remember were I found them. But that is definitely a good find. Thanks again

Freddyreyes.com is also another great site for the sahddow as well. I am still new to this, have had success customizing my shaddow, but still am lost when it comes to registery edits. Can anyone please tell me how to explore my device files using a registery editer?? That seems to be something that has really held me back from the things I still need done on my phone. Future thanks!! Excuse my ignorance in this matter. . .

CERegistryEditor
johnnyeoneal said:
Freddyreyes.com is also another great site for the sahddow as well. I am still new to this, have had success customizing my shaddow, but still am lost when it comes to registery edits. Can anyone please tell me how to explore my device files using a registery editer?? That seems to be something that has really held me back from the things I still need done on my phone. Future thanks!! Excuse my ignorance in this matter. . .
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You can't explore your phone using the registry editor....a registry editor is intended to help you make modifications to the system registry in order to make certain changes to the system.
A very useful tool I use is the CERegistryEditor by mdSoft (http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/).
It is very powerful & I can perform backups of the whole ssytem registry into the PC directly & even compare registry backups with the current active system registry to check for changes or modifications made by certain applications or settings.
Another advantage is that you can make use of the full QWERTY keyboard of your computer thus avoiding mistakes when modifying the registry on the phone/device using device-side registry editors (PHM RegEdit or dotFred's Task Manager).
This tool should give you a lot of mileage with whatever modifications you need to make.

[REQ]Bluetooth hack Tools

Got any ideas,when we run the Bluetooth hack tools,we can gran access to others ppc/handphone to steal message,photo,video & alot things,shutdown,restart,close phone signal,any 1 got those hack tools?
n i try some bluetooth hack tools,is not support by Ppc 6.1WM,it show error report.
kindly share this tools with me,thank you!!

First you want to hack wifi and now its BT???
Look for other forum cuz this one is not for those things.
Any MOD could be kind enough to lock this thread?

Sorry, but I don't think anybody will help you in this forum even though people can give you what you want.
These tools are legal as long as you use them within legal limitations.
Asking for tools that can "steal" messages, etc... is clearly intended illegal activity and nobody will help you do that.
Here's a link that will help you get started with asking questions in a smart way:
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

honeychea said:
Got any ideas,when we run the Bluetooth hack tools,we can gran access to others ppc/handphone to steal message,photo,video & alot things,shutdown,restart,close phone signal,any 1 got those hack tools?
n i try some bluetooth hack tools,is not support by Ppc 6.1WM,it show error report.
kindly share this tools with me,thank you!!
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they have tons of app for hacking wifi and BT using linux so learn linux then hack

Please let me know where you live so I can stay away from you. I wouldn't want someone to pry into my phone without my consent. Wirelessly.

sad
Soaa- said:
Please let me know where you live so I can stay away from you. I wouldn't want someone to pry into my phone without my consent. Wirelessly.
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please dun screw me like that lar,i like to hack,but i dun know how to hack,my dream become CEH,just for fun,come to malaysia please ^^

[Q] Another wp7 total noob, ex simbyan user !

Hi all! Like I've said it in the title, I'm a total noob on wp7 area! So I have a few questions for you! I've recently bought an OPTIMUS 7, found a gps app after a big research (nokia drive) but I can't find any way to port a java app to my device, since the manufacturer didn't put java on Optimus ROM. My question is: is there any way to port .jar apps to this device?
Thanx all and very much apeciated your hard work for those like me!

hi, and congrats on your new phone. as i can see, if you are able to load nokia drive, you have already unlocked your phone! unfortunately, as far as i know, there is no way for the moment to run .jar app on wp7. you could try to check the wp7 development forum to see if there are any project working on the specific app you are looking for.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=607
hope it can help, and enjoy your new phone!

thanx for your answer and for congrats. I do hope that wp7 develops more and that we can have acces on system folders like symbian platform. I totally love this phone and it's my dream to make with it things that symbian allows his users to do.

shtresatu said:
thanx for your answer and for congrats. I do hope that wp7 develops more and that we can have acces on system folders like symbian platform. I totally love this phone and it's my dream to make with it things that symbian allows his users to do.
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you know, there a hack or an app here, on XDA to create folders, not officially but ofc it does the work. A quick search will help you.

I know, thx for the tip. Already used it, unlocked my device by reg modification, used (a lot) Tom Installer, I'm waiting for touch experience to be released and try it, or another coocked rom witch will give me full acces to my phone. I'm looking also for a taskman wich can give me the oportunity to close running apps, not just see them and after that use the BACK Arrow until i'm back on home screen. Maybe microsoft will give us the chance to use our phones not just download what they want and and in rest to stare at it.