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Hi Guys, I bought the Universal for quite some time now, and would like to do more advanced stuff with it. but I am kind of new to Rom flashing; I tried to find the threads to read, but there are just too much information on this web Forum(which is great thanks guys), and I can't seem to find the right Keyword to search, which Thread would you guys recommend me to read? or any main keyword I should search for ?
Thanks and have a very nice day guys.
J
Search the ROM threads...
Jwright's
Midget's
Helmi_c's
Pdaviet.
It's all very personal, fraid you're just gonna have to read up and find which is the best for you.
Hi,
I currently have an Blue Angel, but this will apply to you as well:
If your Universal is working fine, DON'T START FLASHING IMAGES!
The truth is that you MAY end up with a brick.
If you want to do "more advanced" things, why not look at all the Freeware applications you can use? Today, i.e., I got my fingers onto a Universal and tested it with my SD-Card which contains Dosbox and Windows 3.0.
You know what? It ROCKS!!! VGA is absolutly cool and speed is fine.
Think of all the DOS-Games you could run.
This is just one suggestion, but really: don't change a running system.
You read about it and it will seem simple. But if something goes wrong, you will regret it for sure.
Cheers,
vma
SOG said:
Hi Guys, I bought the Universal for quite some time now, and would like to do more advanced stuff with it. but I am kind of new to Rom flashing; I tried to find the threads to read, but there are just too much information on this web Forum(which is great thanks guys), and I can't seem to find the right Keyword to search, which Thread would you guys recommend me to read? or any main keyword I should search for ?
Thanks and have a very nice day guys.
J
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Start with the wiki - the best way to prevent yourself from bricking your Uni. You should then read the forums - the perfect way to prevent yourself suffering what others have already suffered.....
vma said:
Hi,
I currently have an Blue Angel, but this will apply to you as well:
If your Universal is working fine, DON'T START FLASHING IMAGES!
The truth is that you MAY end up with a brick.
If you want to do "more advanced" things, why not look at all the Freeware applications you can use? Today, i.e., I got my fingers onto a Universal and tested it with my SD-Card which contains Dosbox and Windows 3.0.
You know what? It ROCKS!!! VGA is absolutly cool and speed is fine.
Think of all the DOS-Games you could run.
This is just one suggestion, but really: don't change a running system.
You read about it and it will seem simple. But if something goes wrong, you will regret it for sure.
Cheers,
vma
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thanks for the advice vma, but the thing is, my Univeral is a bit too slow when it run what it comes with originally, so I think I will find a way to back up the ROM and give it a try...
Man I reply so late, because I was choked when drinking water, so the water was splited on to the keyboard, then like space bar and some other keys doesn't work, and to make the matter worst.... I try to dry it with a hair dryer, but I was watching TV.... and in 1 min it melted my keys ... so certain keys are now "forever stuck" so I am currently using a mini keyboard I had... will get anoter standard keyboard soon, this mini keyboard is making me very tried
I hope you are referring to a regular PC keyboard and not to the keyboard of your Universal!!!
Have you tried the Registry-hack's and the section on how to optimize your Universal for speed?
Cheers,
vma
vma said:
I hope you are referring to a regular PC keyboard and not to the keyboard of your Universal!!!
Have you tried the Registry-hack's and the section on how to optimize your Universal for speed?
Cheers,
vma
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No! not the unversal ! it's my PC's Keyboard, now I am using one of those sillcone Keyboard, it feels very strange though, I like regular PC Keyboard more
get one of these :¬D
best keyboards IN THE WORLD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Model_M_Keyboard
r3bel said:
get one of these :¬D
best keyboards IN THE WORLD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Model_M_Keyboard
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They are fantastic - there's one manufactured in 1994 on ebay UK at the moment but it's £51 with over three days to go!!!
apd said:
They are fantastic - there's one manufactured in 1994 on ebay UK at the moment but it's £51 with over three days to go!!!
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MAN! I have like 2-3 of those back from 1980, are you sure it's £51?
ROFL What a crazy world we live in
SOG said:
MAN! I have like 2-3 of those back from 1980, are you sure it's £51?
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Yup! See: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBM-PC-AT-PS2-Clicky-Keyboard-Model-M_W0QQitemZ280092443368QQcategoryZ33964QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Yup! See: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBM-PC-AT-PS2-Clicky-Keyboard-Model-M_W0QQitemZ280092443368QQcategoryZ33964QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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HHM..... even have bidders too !!! but the one on e-bay is like... PS2 the connector I had is like a bigger forgot the name of it though.... but if I want to sell it, one of the first thing I need to do is ................... CLEAN UP !
I am trying to find a software to backup my ROM at the moment
and there, the melted one.... and the sillcone one....
so don't use a hair dryer on ur keyboard and the sillcone keyboard ain't good, it's very silent though, I can hardly hear any typing sound
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HHM..... even have bidders too !!! but the one on e-bay is like... PS2 the connector I had is like a bigger forgot the name of it though.... but if I want to sell it, one of the first thing I need to do is ................... CLEAN UP !
I am trying to find a software to backup my ROM at the moment
and there, the melted one.... and the sillcone one....
so don't use a hair dryer on ur keyboard and the sillcone keyboard ain't good, it's very silent though, I can hardly hear any typing sound
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Yikes! Although knowing flea-bay, it'd still sell!!
Just wanted to say since I've had my Touch HD I've had countless support from everyone on here, theres too many names to mention, but today, I received my Touch Pro 2 and will be leaving this forum... (only down the road though, 2 doors down I think).
Never been a better set of people working with a device and I thank each and everyone of you, especially the chefs and their support teams, without you my HD would be no where near as good as it is now.
Hopefully you will all be getting a Touch Pro 2 and coming to help me there, but until then, I'll only be in this forum in dribs and drabs helping where I can until I sell my HD.
Au revoir!
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Just wanted to say since I've had my Touch HD I've had countless support from everyone on here, theres too many names to mention, but today, I received my Touch Pro 2 and will be leaving this forum... (only down the road though, 2 doors down I think).
Never been a better set of people working with a device and I thank each and everyone of you, especially the chefs and their support teams, without you my HD would be no where near as good as it is now.
Hopefully you will all be getting a Touch Pro 2 and coming to help me there, but until then, I'll only be in this forum in dribs and drabs helping where I can until I sell my HD.
Au revoir!
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NICE... Congrats Pal. I will be seeing you shortly in that section too. I am waiting for T-Mobile to release that device for us here in the US so that we'll have the 3G capabilities .
But Touch HD would still be one of the top devices I have used.
I will chk out your reivew on the TouchPro (Rhodium) section if you have one.
Congrats on your new mobile.
I need a help from you if possible.
Iam also planning to buy a touch pro 2.
But, it will be really helpful for me if you can give me few details about your new phone.
1. Is it having the same yellowish tint as Touch HD screen?
2. Have you tested the out of box video playback ? is it the same as HD or any improvement (I mean some updates video drivers??
3. What about the battery life? (too early i know , but still)
Thanks in advance
Goodluck and congrats on your new device my friend...
have fun, moved thread to blackstone
But why do you leave this beautiful thin device THD and get this ugly fatty TP2?
Nice mate,
i wish you all the best there.
i wanted to get a TP2 but it was not yet released when i flushed my X1 so i got HD.
btw TP2 has a 0.2 inches smaller screen, can u live with that?
for me, i will not get a TP2 unless an external KB is essential.
best of luck
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But why do you leave this beautiful thin device THD and get this ugly fatty TP2?
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Haha, I know what you mean, but with this device being narrower and a bit fatter, it actually feels better in the hand. Plus I want a hardware KB, this has it where the HD obviously don't. Love both devices, can't fault either.
HDuser said:
have fun, moved thread to blackstone
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Thanks for that.
anaadoul said:
Nice mate,
i wish you all the best there.
i wanted to get a TP2 but it was not yet released when i flushed my X1 so i got HD.
btw TP2 has a 0.2 inches smaller screen, can u live with that?
for me, i will not get a TP2 unless an external KB is essential.
best of luck
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You don't really notice the difference, whats 0.2"!!! No seriously, you don't notice the difference but the screen does look a lot clearer than the HD for some reason, I thought they were the same. Seems more responsive too.
Has more on front too, nice to have a Start Menu button and a home button as well as the hardware Zoom slider, Front notificaiton light is always nice too
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Congrats on your new mobile.
I need a help from you if possible.
Iam also planning to buy a touch pro 2.
But, it will be really helpful for me if you can give me few details about your new phone.
1. Is it having the same yellowish tint as Touch HD screen?
2. Have you tested the out of box video playback ? is it the same as HD or any improvement (I mean some updates video drivers??
3. What about the battery life? (too early i know , but still)
Thanks in advance
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Will let you know these, haven't tested them as yet. Not sure what you mean about the yellowish tint?? Video playback I would imagine is the same as this is driver issue not hardware.
Battery life actually has a monitor on it from last full charge, so will let you know in next few days about that, fully charging it now so tomorrow will be day 1
Congrats on your new device!
Personally i prefer those 0.2" and a 3.5mm jack
Congrats on your TP2!! I'm doing the same once it arrives in the USA 7/22 for T-Mobile 3G!!
Thanks friend.
Waiting for your valuable reply
jaypeev_9 said:
Goodluck and congrats on your new device my friend...
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OMG don't wish to be rude, but you're actually congratulating somebody on buying a cell phone in the same way one would congratulate on the birth of a child. This is nuts!?
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OMG don't wish to be rude, but you're actually congratulating somebody on buying a cell phone in the same way one would congratulate on the birth of a child. This is nuts!?
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You cancongratulate me on the birth of my child too if you like, it was 2 days ago.
Well nicelad, I am not really able to congratualte for the decision to buy a TP2 BUT all the best for your little one!!!
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Well nicelad, I am not really able to congratualte for the decision to buy a TP2 BUT all the best for your little one!!!
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I was the same as you to be honest, a little bit pesemistic about the tp2 as I had my Blackstone, I didn't know what could be better, but I needed the hw kb.
To my amazement, the screen is clearer and more responsive, but don't get me wrong, if it wasn't for the hw kb, I wouldn't have changed.
Love both devices, just waiting for HSPL and roms to start flying about
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Thanks friend.
Waiting for your valuable reply
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Ok, again, not had chance to check video but will be doing that later today.
Battery.... A nice feature is that when you go into settings--power, there is an information tab at the end, which displays the time you have used it.
So far, my battery has depleated 11% (I'm on 89% left) with factory stock ram and so far I have...
19 hours, 10 minutes standby
41 minutes talktime
44 minutes device usage
Device usage is just when you have the device out of standby, whilst I've been doing this I've installed about 15 programs, set up Tom Tom, used Tom Tom for 10 minutes and also been playing with settings... So far I'm quite impressed.
I've also sent/received 32 text messages.
Hope this helps
Think I'll hold off purchasing any new phones until something comes along and blows my mind away. Unfortunately the TP2 didn't do this for me, but have fun anyhow.
@ nicelad_uk - Best of luck with your new baby. I hope you were well rested beorehand mate
I thought i would try a stylus on the hd2 as i was so used to one on the touch HD,
well i receibed it today from good old ebay and it looks nice but it is PANTS !
maybe its just the one i got but it doest work well...
just thought i would share
Careful with non-official stylus. I ordered one, didn't work properly and stopped using it immediately before damaging the device.
wait for the offical htc hd2 capacitive stylus due out later this month.
Thanks for sharing. How well does it work for note taking?
Thanks
Jonndz said:
Thanks for sharing. How well does it work for note taking?
Thanks
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absolutely terrible !
looks like i will have to wait for an official one !
if anyone wants to try it then you can have it....................
Audio Oblivion said:
wait for the offical htc hd2 capacitive stylus due out later this month.
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where i can buy this stylus? you can post a link with more info?
I bought the dagi stylus when I was in Taiwan. It's supposed to be the "official HTC Stylus" (before rebranding). That works pretty good. I could use excel quite well with it, just that I need to keep the thing at a certain angle.
If you want a reference: http://pockethacks.com/htc-official-stylus-for-capacitive-touch-htc-hd2/
I picked it up in taiwan for about US$10 if I'm not wrong. If you'd like to, search ebay for it. it's prob about US$12 with shipping.
antilagman said:
I thought i would try a stylus on the hd2 as i was so used to one on the touch HD,
well i receibed it today from good old ebay and it looks nice but it is PANTS !
maybe its just the one i got but it doest work well...
just thought i would share
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Can you specify which stylus it was ?
click here
I am not holding my breath waiting for a stylus for the HD2. The Iphone has been out for 3 years and they still don't have a descent one. I am not sure capacitive screen are too friendly with Styluses..... I miss my HD1 :-(
I have a telus htc vogue with a broken screen, anyone know where I might find one? Out of pure boredom i would like to get it working.
Unfortunately they don't seem to have parts lying around for this device these days. A peek through craigslist showed that there are used htc touch's out there anywhere from $40-100 depending on the condition. Because the screen is one of those unwarrantied things that likely are expensive to repair/replace, I'm guessing it's almost better to replace?
jamezelle said:
I have a telus htc vogue with a broken screen, anyone know where I might find one? Out of pure boredom i would like to get it working.
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Hey jamezelle,
I have a Vogue with a broken power button (in the main board) laying around. If you just need the screen, I can sell it to you for like $10 + shipping. The device works great otherwise, I just haven't got the time to fix this thing...
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Hey jamezelle,
I have a Vogue with a broken power button (in the main board) laying around. If you just need the screen, I can sell it to you for like $10 + shipping. The device works great otherwise, I just haven't got the time to fix this thing...
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what brand is it??
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what brand is it??
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Verizon branded, but the device should be the same, right? I don't believe that the different branding calls for different screens... (could be wrong on this one).
egzthunder1 said:
Verizon branded, but the device should be the same, right? I don't believe that the different branding calls for different screens... (could be wrong on this one).
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no they don't use a different screen.
mikurej95 said:
no they don't use a different screen.
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Drivers are different, it seems...
Really?? Im planning on buying one, and as far as I can tell, they're the same . Never listed any specific requirements to use it. Maybe one of the drivers work better then the other, but the screen is still the same...
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Really?? Im planning on buying one, and as far as I can tell, they're the same . Never listed any specific requirements to use it. Maybe one of the drivers work better then the other, but the screen is still the same...
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That's what I thought but jamezelle says that he had already tried it and the drivers don't match...
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Really?? Im planning on buying one, and as far as I can tell, they're the same . Never listed any specific requirements to use it. Maybe one of the drivers work better then the other, but the screen is still the same...
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there are three different screen manufactures for the vogue screen meaning different drivers. i don't remember the manufacturers names off hand, but i know dzo's android kernel auto detects which screen you have and then uses the appropriate driver.
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That's what I thought but jamezelle says that he had already tried it and the drivers don't match...
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im still looking into if a new power button can be resoldered on and how hard that would be.
jamezelle said:
there are three different screen manufactures for the vogue screen meaning different drivers. i don't remember the manufacturers names off hand, but i know dzo's android kernel auto detects which screen you have and then uses the appropriate driver.
im still looking into if a new power button can be resoldered on and how hard that would be.
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okay, thanks for the info, and its a good thing i have android
and if you need a guide to dismantle, here is a pdf (english) http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...sg=AFQjCNH7enoc8fxNeBdWUnuJPkGrRcEMAQ&cad=rja
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okay, thanks for the info, and its a good thing i have android
and if you need a guide to dismantle, here is a pdf (english) http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...sg=AFQjCNH7enoc8fxNeBdWUnuJPkGrRcEMAQ&cad=rja
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I have already dissasembled 2 vogues, but thanks for the how to and the time it took you to find it (i will probably use it because i dont remember how to step by step )
Hi,
I am not new here, just never posted..
I own a what I found out to be the HD2 protorype, called the HTC PRO.THREE
It's all functional, and all the hardware and processor is the same as the regular HD2 accept for one thing... it has only 320Mb ROM.
The rest is exactly the same as the rest of the HD2's, works with all the ROM's and what not.
I have done a little research and found that there were only 500 made and scattered around the world as BETA TESTERS... I bought it without even knowing it was so "special".
Now I need to sell it since I got a T-Mobile HD2.
Do you think it being a prototype is some sort of added value for it?
lets assume that most of these are no longer among the livng...
anyone wanna buy it? how much should I ask for it?
Not saying you are lieing so please do not take it that way. But it would be a good idea to post some pics of the HD2 so everyone her can see it is a real HD2. There is just too many HD2 clones floating around and being sold out there these days.
If it is a prototype HD2 as you say it may or may nit increase the value as the T-Mobile and regular HD2s have more more MB for ROM then your HD2. But then again if you find a avid phone collector or a developer that is interested in it you might get a little more for the HD2. Just fpoer my personal interest I am going to google your HD2 model number you provided to see what I find.
Best of luck selling it.
Edit: Ok seems like you are dead on with the model name of the prototype HD2. Here is a link that I pulled up on it if any one wants to check it out. I would still post pics of your HD2 to calm any fears anyone might have that is interested in purchasing your HD2.
I don't think it's worth more because it was a prototype of special, maybe if it was an iPhone I could see it.
I do think it's cool as hell though and would be cool to have one, I just wouldn't pay more than like $100 or so to get a device with 320mb ROM when I have the exact same one with 1gb ROM.
clone?
Maybe it is simply a clone.
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Maybe it is simply a clone.
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it wouldn't have the exact same hardware and custom ROMs/radios would not work on it.
Contact xmoo, he bricked his pro three, and is always the first to find/release test roms and such, maybe he's interested.
samsamuel said:
Contact xmoo, he bricked his pro three, and is always the first to find/release test roms and such, maybe he's interested.
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Hey baruchh just encase you don't know who xmoo is he is a member here on XDA. He is the one that started the very much used "Leo 1.5 T-MOBILE Test & Stock ROMS" thread in the T-Mobile HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Development forum.I linked his profile on his name for you.
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Hey baruchh just encase you don't know who xmoo is he is a member here on XDA. He is the one that started the very much used "Leo 1.5 T-MOBILE Test & Stock ROMS" thread in the T-Mobile HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Development forum.I linked his profile on his name for you.
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thanks a bunch, i will.
its a pitty some people are so darn sceptical before checking stuff out.
the only reason i want to sell it is because i dont need two phones.
i got a better one and this one just sits there. its still unique though and might be valuable for some people
baruchh said:
thanks a bunch, i will.
its a pitty some people are so darn sceptical before checking stuff out.
the only reason i want to sell it is because i dont need two phones.
i got a better one and this one just sits there. its still unique though and might be valuable for some people
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it sounds like a sweet device.
Hej,
Indeed I did brick one. And got a new one and sold the new one here on xda.
The prototype doesnt have that much of a big value cause it doesnt run current roms that good.
So if you want to sell it, I would offer around $100. The one I sold like half year ago was $170 inc shipping.
So let me know what you think.
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Hej,
Indeed I did brick one. And got a new one and sold the new one here on xda.
The prototype doesnt have that much of a big value cause it doesnt run current roms that good.
So if you want to sell it, I would offer around $100. The one I sold like have year ago was $170 inc shipping.
So let me know what you think.
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Hey xmoo with it being the prototype/test device, does that that mean you can flash any radio version to it without bricking it? And out of curiosity how did you brick the one you had?
When I had mine. There was no HSPL or the Radio upgrade from HTC
The phone came shipped with mfg spl 0.67 plus radio 1.01.
So I wasnt able to update the rom and bricked it trying to drop SPL. Cause the radio and spl didnt allow higher version roms.
You can flash all signed and unsigned official hd2 roms. So no custom.
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App
i have dutty's rom installed right now
i have had several different ones before that.
i will have to pass on 4he 100$, will use it as a media center in the car instead...and a gps!
Enjoy!
If you ever want to play with the Test roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768251