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For showcase users [please read]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you haven't noticed me and lmartin92 (AWESOME GUY) are the ONLY SHOWCASE users that has added anything to the community.. Hopefully that is about to change soon, we have a couple new guys that really sound promising, but I'm sure there's many of you that could contribute some Valuable help....
I don't think it's right depending on the Mesmerize Devs and Fascinate Devs do everything for us so I'm trying to learn what I can... And only a few months ago I'd never touched an Android device. Until about 3 weeks ago I'd never touched linux. All this is VERY new to me, but if you're willing to learn and have any knowledge with a computer, which if you've flashed anything you more than likely do, and can simply FOLLOW instructions.. Then there's plenty of people including myself that are willing to teach you what they know...
Bdemartino, has written an awesome theming guide Found HERE... He has the tools listed that you need just make sure to follow his instructions word for word... For showcase users (make sure to use the latest Showcase Pick n pack to pull the framework-res and twframework-res for your themes) Theming is trial and error.. You're more than likely not going to get it right the first try... I have some additional files with the xml edits.. Just PM me if you're interested
Phidelt82 has written up a guide for setting up a DEV box located HERE.. This may be advanced for some, but you can always walk through it and see Linux and play around with some stuff and try to learn some commands..
I'm just learning mods, but again I can teach you what I've learned...
And for all the Showcase users that don't think they can develop or don't have time, then the least you could do to support this forum is offer the Newer guys courteous answers when they ask.. I know that the same questions can get old, but let's not forget that we were all new at one point.. Some people may have no forum experience what so ever... So let's help them out, and if you don't want to do that then simply don't respond and let someone else answer them...
The last thing we want to do is scare away new Users from XDA, you never know what they may bring to the table down the road!!!!
And for the new people...
Please Read the entire posts first before doing anything, if you run into a problem try reading through the thread to see if anyone else has the same issue..
If you can't find your answer then the best place to get an answer is the irc
http://webchat.freenode.net/ channel= #samsung-mesmerize
and you can always post a question in the threads as well....

You should make some QR code stickers that link here and stick them all over your cellular south store.
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sageDieu said:
You should make some QR code stickers that link here and stick them all over your cellular south store.
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Lol
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When I'm at work I'm just going to start installing the xda app on every new Showcase and favoriting this thread. I already install the app for all my friends.

GStone said:
When I'm at work I'm just going to start installing the xda app on every new Showcase and favoriting this thread. I already install the app for all my friends.
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COOL!!! lol, i like your style

sageDieu said:
You should make some QR code stickers that link here and stick them all over your cellular south store.
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GOOD IDEA!!!! Check out my sig!!! All showcase users should spread this QR code EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!

elijahblake said:
GOOD IDEA!!!! Check out my sig!!! All showcase users should spread this QR code EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!
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a winner is me
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Great info
Great info, this is just what a lot of people need to read first. I think this is an awesome intro.

By the way
Hope people know that when doing voodoo lagfix, and flashing roms, disable lagfix first, then flash

lmartin92 said:
Hope people know that when doing voodoo lagfix, and flashing roms, disable lagfix first, then flash
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ha, they should it's been said enough times... Added your name to the first post lmartin

I'm going to try and get my home PC set up as my DEV box this weekend. Once that happens I will start doing some toying and hopefully can help you guys get some Showcase stuff going pretty quick.

Dikvega said:
I'm going to try and get my home PC set up as my DEV box this weekend. Once that happens I will start doing some toying and hopefully can help you guys get some Showcase stuff going pretty quick.
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sounds good...
Welcome Aboard

Just bought a laptop so hopefully now i can start helping
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I've had my Showcase since Dec and the only thing I've done so far is to root it. Hope that I can be of some help as well.
Now to just get this darned thing hacked...

BuLLiT7 said:
Now to just get this darned thing hacked...
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Ew. First step: Drop the 1993 clichés.

I am a little new to this but succesfuly rooted my last showcase and had 2.2.1 with pick n pack .3 and voodoo kernal and it worked great other than I couldn't silence phone calls with the volume rocker. Anyone else have this issue? Then I flashed superfrankenclean Tom with comavault kernal and I had a lot of verizon stuff on it like location services powered by vzw and also 3g mobile hotspot vzw wasn't worried to much about it till this morning my service dropped to nothing then I dialed *228 which I know now was big no no and then my phone went into roaming and couldn't get any service at all so took it to csouth got a new one which probably will be charged for and then tried to do step by step instructions for froyo and links were gone and instructions so I tried to root with z4 which I did then couldn't get red recovery screen to work when I flashed update.zip kept getting no signature or something so anyway I was able to redo my steps on the froyo build from Odin as I had somehow remembered and now I got everything going on pnp.3 and using voodoo but I really miss voodoo control sound is this still not available for it? I would like to go back to superclean with comavault but would like some advice and feedback from more experienced users I posted this in another thread but figured this was best thread for it and I really wish we had our own thread because I read on this site for days back 2 weeks ago and had massive migraines from trying to figure out what would work for showcase and what wouldn't and some things like rom manager you use the fascinate for something then for other things on this site you use the mesmerize so any help with what is most stable and what to run would be appreciated only thing I can tell not working with pnp.3 now is can't silence phone calls still but I really like the superclean and would go back to it if someone posted about what's happening to cause the radio signal issue
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Sorry for the lengthy post guys just trying to clear lots of things up I encountered and figured other newbies may benefit from it too.
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The best advice I can give you is learn to listen (read) and follow the discussions and advice these forums provide. Only flash ROMs, kernels, etc. that are either designed for the Showcase or are known to be compatible with it. Period. If you don't pay attention, and just go off flashing this and that and whatever, you're asking for trouble. There's no need to get a headache over all the stuff that's out there that isn't for the Showcase. Only concern yourself with what is either for, or is compatible with, the Showcase. Everything else isn't relevant.
And if after actually reading the original post and the thread and you still aren't sure if its a-ok for the Showcase, just ask. But read first. Don't be that guy who asks, when the original post clearly states it is or isn't Showcase compatible in the second or third sentence. Know what I mean?
As for the superclean ROM. I'm running it and the comavolt kernel and have had absolutely zero issues.

I've had two other people tell me they lost their signal all together with superclean to and they tried to go back to pnp and they still had no signal. Only way they got it back was to use odin. Guess ill try it out again as I really liked it. Under settings and mobile network which one of the boxes do you have checked? Home automatic a or b?
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add144 said:
Ew. First step: Drop the 1993 clichés.
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Yeah, I suppose that was a little cheezy.

[Q] Mistakenly rooted my phone to the wrong stock rom

By mistake while trying to root my phone to stock Tmobile g2x rom i put on the i guess lg g2x rom.Now my phone wont read my sim and thinks it the uk version i guess.Can anyone help me get it back to stock us G2x tmobile firmware
Many thanks

You have a reading and comprehension problem we don't fix that here, try a primary school for that, I heard 4th grade is where its at....
Wrong section btw
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Mvengeance said:
By mistake while trying to root my phone to stock Tmobile g2x rom i put on the i guess lg g2x rom.Now my phone wont read my sim and thinks it the uk version i guess.Can anyone help me get it back to stock us G2x tmobile firmware
Many thanks
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you need to be WAY more specific in the steps you took. did you flash a custom recovery? did you make a backup? wait....i'll answer for you.....no, of couse not.
you have a g2x,and yet you say you put on a lg g2x rom. ?????

stefan.buddle said:
You have a reading and comprehension problem we don't fix that here, try a primary school for that, I heard 4th grade is where its at....
Wrong section btw
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wow,lol. that's my job to be the crude,harsh one. i actually played nice this time and bam! lol, you jump in and take my place.
mods,please move thread.

I think he means to say he flashed an optimas rom. If so I think paul has a sticky on this problem in the LG Optimas section.
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crazythunder said:
wow,lol. that's my job to be the crude,harsh one. i actually played nice this time and bam! lol, you jump in and take my place.
mods,please move thread.
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Always a pleasure, trolling threads of the caliber are what I do best... No
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i mistakenly use a custom nvflash to try to convert it back to stock .What i didnt know was it was for the 990 not the 999

Mvengeance said:
i mistakenly use a custom nvflash to try to convert it back to stock .What i didnt know was it was for the 990 not the 999
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Mvengeance said:
i mistakenly use a custom nvflash to try to convert it back to stock .What i didnt know was it was for the 990 not the 999
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Should learn to read before flashing roms
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read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037098

Wow, completely hostile and unnecessarily rude much? Keep it up fellas, that's what makes this forum great.
-fakeass thumbs up-
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First off, the guys are right you have a read comprehension issue.
Next, considering this you probably shouldn't be on XDA or MoDacO.
Lastly, let me point you in the right direction... I hope..
http://android.modaco.com/content/l...g2x-compatability-topic-g2x-owners-read-this/
Finally, when you fix your phone after reading the forum post go ahead and send me $100 for helping you out... lawl.
Cheer's !
MATE... (American sarcasm)

Moved to proper forum.

Typical XDA assholes at your service. People wonder why some don't like XDA. Hopefully the thread linked to gets you back on track.

Thanks to my fellow xda-ers who speak out against this bad behavior. Why do you guys feel the need to be mean? It's not funny and it makes you look the fool to attack people just to be a jerk. Please refrain. This is the best forum around except for the haters.
He was asking for help.

ickster said:
Thanks to my fellow xda-ers who speak out against this bad behavior. Why do you guys feel the need to be mean? It's not funny and it makes you look the fool to attack people just to be a jerk. Please refrain. This is the best forum around except for the haters.
He was asking for help.
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+1...
Dude, if you still need help... keep asking. Someone here will help you.
In my view, they failed in doing what they purposed to do.. to show this guy as being stupid. All they accomplished was revealing their own immiturity. Oh, look! I didn't spell immaturity correctly.. Oh please, by all means.. show me how awesome you are by pointing out how stupid I am.. Idiots..........
No matter where we go.. We'll always be confronted with the egotistical morons of society...

Thanks I admit I should have read more into it.I was pointed in a general direction to get the CM7 rom off my phone but never told how,was just told it was simple.Sucks because now im stuck with the o2x firmware on the g2x,It works but i have no signal and all this LG bloatware

I rooted Thursday. This is the third root I've done myself. I paid to do the Evo, it was too complicated.
I'm really funny when I do it. I'm soooo scared. I'll read every single post 10 times...literally. Talk myself in and out of it....read a few more times. The reason I'm scared is if something goes wrong, I'll be lost...I'll have to read the suggestions ad nauseum again, be terrified to try anything (LOL) and it'll take a month to figure out.....cause thats how I roll.
But rooting the G2X was pretty easy. Once you've been rooted, you kind of always have to be.
I hope someone can help you. I'm sure I've read that screw ups are fixable. That its hard to brick this phone doing root. Don't quote me on that one though.
But for others. It really is pretty easy doing the root. Just read read read....if I can do it, you can. Believe me.

this is what i did to my phone sadly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007825

i'm assuming you meant you flashed a new rom but can't get back to recovery, in that case search youtube. lets HOPE you still have stock backed up. i'm also assuming you have the optimus 2x rom saved, why?

rom/kernel/theme list

Could someone put together a list of the roms kernels and themes for this phone and keep it updated? I wish I knew more about this stuff and I'd do it myself but I'm kinda new and getting confused... hence the reason for the request... Any takers?
Thanks for everyones hard work... you all rock!!!
BAN
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All you need to do is look in both respective forums under infuse. One for themes and the other for android developement.
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Yeah seriously. Just read so you can learn along the way too.

Thank you both for the replies. I don't want to give the wrong impression... I read the fourms often. Just saying a list would be great... would help people know what fourm to start with, myself included. When you come into the game late its really tough to figure out where to start... for instance, the lastest and greatset stable build. No big deal though, I'll figure it out soon enough. Thanks again for the replys!
BAN
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I agree that more reading can definitely be done so that you have a better understanding of everything, but I also agree that the whole process of finding roms and kernels and themes is a pain.
I'm working on a website at android.jakaar.net which will encompass lists of roms and kernels for a large majority of Android phones. It's currently limited to the Samsung Captivate and Samsung Infuse, but go to
android.jakaar.net
I know it doesn't cover much right now, but I am working on it.
I hope it helps, and please forgive the fact that it's not the greatest site at the moment, it takes a lot of time to put all the info together.
let me know if you have a specific device you'd like me to add to my site. To do that, you can email me at [email protected] or go to android.jakaar.net/contact.html

Desperately need help

Flashed CM 7 Kernel with the Sky Ice Cream ROM. Phone won't boot past the Samsung logo. How do I get into Recovery?
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acles003 said:
Flashed CM 7 Kernel with the Sky Ice Cream ROM. Phone won't boot past the Samsung logo. How do I get into Recovery?
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you flashed a CM7 kernel on a Touchwiz rom....
what did you expect to happen?
first of all, turn off the phone
secondly, go READ what the F you are doing. getting into recovery is basic knowledge and involves 3 fingers..... you need to figure out how to do the rest.

Pirateghost said:
you flashed a CM7 kernel on a Touchwiz rom....
what did you expect to happen?
first of all, turn off the phone
secondly, go READ what the F you are doing. getting into recovery is basic knowledge and involves 3 fingers..... you need to figure out how to do the rest.
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Thanks buddy. Class act.
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acles003 said:
Thanks buddy. Class act.
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yeah? would you like me to hold your hand while i spoonfeed the knowledge thats already available here?

Sorry for trying something new, being worried, and wanting the answer quickly so I can fix my phone. I did find the answer, no thanks to assholes like you.
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acles003 said:
Sorry for trying something new, being worried, and wanting the answer quickly so I can fix my phone. I did find the answer, no thanks to assholes like you.
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this site does not exist for support.
let me repeat that.
THIS SITE DOES NOT EXIST FOR SUPPORT.
you are expected to help yourself around here. watch the video that you are presented with when you sign up.
dont get pissed off at me because you didnt want to do your research and understand what you were doing to your phone. you will get zero sympathy like that.
drop the f'n attitude and teach yourself a thing or 2....

Thanks again for your help. Appreciate it.
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Wow rom manager i guess is dangerous
If people have an issue, and dont know how to get in to recovery. And your very brave flashing anything with out knowing how to get into recovery. Also cm7 kernel is for cm7. Be more careful in the futre or you will be bricked. You lucky this time. Also you may need to odin the stock tar at this point. But flashing a rom again after a data/cache wipe is worth a try. Also you should not nor should anyone be flashing anything. With out throughly reading and understanding what your about to do. It is also adviseable to have knowledge of the basics.

Pirateghost said:
this site does not exist for support.
let me repeat that.
THIS SITE DOES NOT EXIST FOR SUPPORT.
you are expected to help yourself around here. watch the video that you are presented with when you sign up.
dont get pissed off at me because you didnt want to do your research and understand what you were doing to your phone. you will get zero sympathy like that.
drop the f'n attitude and teach yourself a thing or 2....
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calm down. he was just asking for a little help... instead of *****ing at him why not help him out. everyone needs to start somewhere, so he messed up his first time. live and learn.
and OP. glad you got it working read into some more tutorials before you try again.

. Need to just read and understand what your doing before you attempt these things. Is it reallt that difficult to do a little research. Before possibly breaking your phone. And anyone will tell you that same thing. Because thats how we all learned read before hand. Lots of people are willing to help but not if your just going to be to lazy to research

I asked on two separate threads and no one answered me. I go on XDA and other forums over 5 times a day. I dont do coding or development for a living.. just wanted better battery life out of my phone. People are jumping to conclusions that I didn't do research. I did, I asked questions, got fed up & thought, let me just try this.
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You need to go here and read this it should recover your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348

silver03wrx said:
You need to go here and read this it should recover your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
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Thank you. I got it into recovery using the volume keys and I wiped data and reinstalled the sky ice cream ROM. that's all I needed. Other guy just wanted to feel like a tough guy.
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^ i was just about to post the thread that he did ;P
but once you get it all back up an running. take a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383464

acles003 said:
Thank you. I got it into recovery using the volume keys and I wiped data and reinstalled the sky ice cream ROM. that's all I needed. Other guy just wanted to feel like a tough guy.
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yep. im a tough guy.
why dont you learn a little bit about me before you go and make assumptions like that?
shockingly, i help out a lot, but i like this little thing called 'brutal honesty'. sometimes lazy people need a taste of it every so often. instead of spoonfeeding, it pisses them off enough to teach themselves something or make sure they comprehend what they are doing.
hate it or not, this site is NOT a support site. that has been stated time and time again....its nothing new.
its time to shut up or nut up. plain and simple.
keep calling me names and trying to demean me. it wont work.

Glad you got it working, deff beware next time. Read up on kernels n such any questions we'll be glad to help. I remember when I was brand new to Android period and got a lot of great help and advice from the great community

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Glad you got it working, deff beware next time. Read up on kernels n such any questions we'll be glad to help. I remember when I was brand new to Android period and got a lot of great help and advice from the great community
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That's all I was looking for. Thank you.
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Pirateghost said:
yep. im a tough guy.
why dont you learn a little bit about me before you go and make assumptions like that?
shockingly, i help out a lot, but i like this little thing called 'brutal honesty'. sometimes lazy people need a taste of it every so often. instead of spoonfeeding, it pisses them off enough to teach themselves something or make sure they comprehend what they are doing.
hate it or not, this site is NOT a support site. that has been stated time and time again....its nothing new.
its time to shut up or nut up. plain and simple.
keep calling me names and trying to demean me. it wont work.
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I love thus Guy........
The brutal honesty is something we need.
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Brutal honestly is what every thread has. And what does it turn to? Flaming. Other will get mad and start talking all hard with will all be internet tuff that. We definitely do not need that.
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Pirateghost said:
yep. im a tough guy.
why dont you learn a little bit about me before you go and make assumptions like that?
shockingly, i help out a lot, but i like this little thing called 'brutal honesty'. sometimes lazy people need a taste of it every so often. instead of spoonfeeding, it pisses them off enough to teach themselves something or make sure they comprehend what they are doing.
hate it or not, this site is NOT a support site. that has been stated time and time again....its nothing new.
its time to shut up or nut up. plain and simple.
keep calling me names and trying to demean me. it wont work.
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calm down.
he learned from his mistake. look at that. he wont do it again.
he would of still learned without you chomping on his a**.
and as much as you say its not a support site. its a site for flashing, with flashing people are always going to run into problems, and always gonna need help. so no, it isnt a support site. but yes, it is a site where friendly people can help someone who's having a problem. instead of calling someone out for their mistake, why not help them fix it then direct them to tools so that they dont make the mistake again, we're all human. so maybe he just got his phone and was excited to flash? or was fustrated with his battery life, as he said in a previous post. and he looked up instructions and didnt understand. but this site not being "a support site", he couldnt get help, so he took it into his own hands. i would of done the same thing. just because you know how to do something doesnt mean you get to cuss someone else out for not knowing how.

noobie thanks and advice

Hi everyone I'm a newbie to modifying android phones. I totally loved my stock g2x,but... like everyone else i wanted it to be the best and greatest! i tried installing cm7's nightly build as well as another developers build of ICS. Thats when i started having issues and thought i may have soft bricked my phone. I tried x0xhellx0x's HellFire™ Sandwich v 1.6 p999 4.04 and followed the guide located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513387 to the letter. Not surprisingly it worked like a charm and my g2x is back up and better than before. I was amazed that it automatically downloaded and installed all the apps i had been using previously on the stock g2x. I now have the latest and greatest g2x i can and am thrilled. My advice to any newbie trying to update their rom for the first time is to search the forum extensively, read all they can before they try anything, and if a guide is provided FOLLOW IT!!!!!!!!! I thought the guide for the helfire rom was going to be a pain as it required extra steps but in all honesty it was the easiest since it worked from the reboot without any issues. I've yet to encounter an issue with it and have to give credit to all the developers of the rom it is awesome. I haven't posted any questions here because i found all my answers simply by searching for them. this site is great and truly jammed full of useful and helpful information for newbies if we just look for it(search). Please search ladies and gentleman it worked for me and got my phone working again after i messed it up trying to take a shortcut. please search and read before bricking you phone.

Wait there is this thing called "search"? First new person on the g2x that used that feature. You deserve a medal and I just recently started and its not as complicated as it seems.
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moeahmad1995 said:
Wait there is this thing called "search"? First new person on the g2x that used that feature. You deserve a medal and I just recently started and its not as complicated as it seems.
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yes it's an awesome "feature" with a nice easy to use and user friendly drop down box which can be found in all forums and threads! i agree it is pretty easy an uncomplicated "IF" you follow the directions/steps outlined. I though the scrubber step was possibly going to be a pain because it made the whole process take a few minutes longer. However it actually made things go much smoother and was less painful in the long run. Imagine actually writing over the data properly preparing the phone for a new rom successfully working... what a concept! All in all it was a perfect solution to a newbies dilemma of a phone that would only stick in a reboot loop after a failed attempt to update the rom after not following all the steps suggested beforehand. Yes us newbies are an impatient bunch LOL

Holy ****, are pigs flying!?
But seriously it's nice to know there are some people who do search and find what they need.
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yes didn't you hear???? the FAA cleared porky's flight plan at 8AM this morning

You should try klathmon's tutorial on hoe to over clock and under clock. I just used it and it made my phone a lot better. It is a lit of reading ( blame him for that, he devotes his time to help people like me and you), but is worth it and shouldn't be too hard to follow. If I can do it so can you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558080
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