yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jwzg:
This is the 6th time I've flashed today. I'm playing around with cooking a vanilla ROM and believe me, when (if) it's finished, you'll swear it came straight from HTC. 8 MB PP, based on Faria's vanilla ROM.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] dwny:
JUNKY

You just made me twitch.....new rom....I like new rom
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
When's the next meeting?

Hi, my name is Steven and I'm a phone flashing addict.

As a founding member of the Unhappy Wives Club here it's nice to know that we weren't (and aren't) alone!

However there's hope! Yesterday I upgrading to the Hermes and presented my lovely wife with my Wizard (replacing the Blue Angel handmedown) and she actually asked that I continue to keep her new PDA running the latest and greatest even though I'll be spending the majority of my time on the Hermes forums... maybe she'll want to learn how to cook... hmmmm...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] JamesR311:
Hello, my name is James, I am a recovering MotoModder. I loved my MoMo, she had a new flash/flex at least twice a week. At first I only flashed other people's work. Then it grew from there. Before you know it I was writing my own gain tables and making skins for iTunes. But that was then...

Five days ago I ordered the 8125 from cingular.com. Two days ago it came in. Today it got flashed!!! I feel like the guy who quit smoking but started dipping copenhagen instead :D

I hated to give up my ROKR E1!. The phone would not die, you could always revive her!

And to think I told one of my friends I finally got a new phone, one that I couldn't mod :rolleyes:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] pencilcase:
I even flash my phone at work when i am bored ... havent tried to time myself when reinstalling all my apps though ... I should really give that a try :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] X-plorer:
Just got X-plore 1.0 on my wizard and told my wife I'm done messing with it, I have it just how i want. Now, I see there is a new RUU ROM out there and have downloaded. I haven't flashed yet, but that's probably cause i need to get my battery above 50%! Flashing isn't the hard part, its reinstalling all the apps and setting up my cingular wireless account and exchange folder. Pretty much got all the configurations memorized. Yeah, i think its gonna be a late night....

I feel better now that I got that off my chest.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] golfernutnflorida:
Well see, theres your problem, you should feel like someone that quit smoking and dipping Skoal, not Copenhagen!!!!! lol:D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] hal:
Welcome to FA

Welcome to Flasher Anonymous.

Thanks for sharing.

Hal
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kingdarr:
Hmmmmm

I'd like to try this ROM flashing stuff.......Somebody tell me where to get started and If I brick the phone, is there a way to just flash it again to recover or once it's bricked is it over?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] dwny:
Wrong thread for you! ........ :mad:

People here have real problems....we flash & can't stop! :D

Keep reading and you'll find what you're looking for. Help is given once you do your research and people can tell by the questions you ask. Not trying to be a jerk but you're in the wrong place if you want someone to hold your hand.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] newbie2:
Going along with dwny here. . . A good place to start would be the thread I've linked to:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=298613

The 12-step program has been "reserved" for those of us that just can't seem to get enough, and keep living dangerously "on the edge". . .
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] LASALZ:
I love this fourm However...

I have been able to flash my 8125 to the button rom with out any issues however no other rom will flash...I either get to 99% and it times out and Bricks or it says I need a newer uploader....The rom id like to see work is

fariaclean or any of that sort....any suggestions??

Kenny
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rupture:
Is your 8125 a G3 or G4? Is it unlocked?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] JamesR311:
Didn't take this thread long to get hijacked :mad:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] LASALZ:
It is a G3 unlocked

I have the 8125 g3 unlocked with the latest Rom package from HTC

Kenny
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] edhaas:
Another Junkie

I am really having problems. No new roms for at least 4 days. I couldn't stop myself, and tried flashing the new German T-Mobile rom and converting it to English. Went to bed at 5 am. Finally had to revert back to X-plore when I realized I needed to actually use the damn thing to be productive! I spend more time flashing, re-installing and tweaking, than I do actually using it! Sick..
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] faria:
OK my rom flash logger says ;

432 wizard flashes

75 wife wizard flashes

20 Hermes flashes [1 month old]

and no..im not addicted! [denial]
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] golfernutnflorida:
Your wife is more patient than mine, I just did #3 on her G3 and she was trying to wrestle it away from me.

:D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mfrazzz:
I've had a new situation arise today... My SBSH Pocket Breeze, Pocket Weather, and Pocket Informant all "expired" from their "trial" modes (I have codes, but I've been flashing so often I haven't taken the time to put in codes since I flash and reload them again in a few days). This means I've been on one ROM for some time now! Flashing Withdrawls are starting to set in again ;) I've even started looking at old WM5 ROMs that I've never tried... Sheesh...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] texasaggie1:
I, Too, am a Rom-aholic

Hi, my name is texasaggie1, and I have a problem... I'm a Wizard ROM Flashing junkie...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] bkbroil:
Trial apps are starting to expire! Great googly Moogly, that IS a long time on one OS..... I agree, you need to start looking at the WM5 ROMs! :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] b.mann:
hi, my name is Ben, and I'm a flasher junkie. It didn't take long to get hooked. After the first flash....i just felt so alive! I've been flashing for less than 2 month, and it seems like I can never quit.

hahaha im sad

PS: just re-flashed faria's WM6 the real thing from fariaclean
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] unixdeveloper:
Damn this thing kills me

I sleep in the second bedroom and tell my wife I have some office work. Whenever she comes to check on me I switch to my weblogic screen. She thinks I am really busy with my work. Not sure how long it will go like this.

Somebody tell me how to brick this sucker and it should never come back again even in my dreams.

Geez!! Smoking is less addictive than this.

By the way Faria postponing the release the WM6 vanilla does look like a conspiracy to make the people go crazy. Just Kidding!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] cushcalc:
Me too

Hi my name is Stan and I am a proud addict of flashing too.

I have lately been spending a lot of time creating a special folder on my Storage Card - I named it "A Fresh Install", and it has subfolders "CAB's, "Copy to TxtMan", "Copy to Programs-Windows Media Player" (for skins), "Copy to Windows", "Copy to Windows Favorites", "Copy to Windows Startup", "Copy to Windows-Start Menu-Programs", "Registry Keys", "Program Registration Keys", etc. - still fine-tuning.

All this so I can flash something new and then restore all my favorite things as fast as possible.

So maybe you've got something here - "how fast can someone flash and customize?"
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] protoman:
Meetings...

I am not a Rom Flasher Addict. I just like tweaking my phone, plus Rom Flasher Addicts go to meetings...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] NetrunnerAT:
uhm ... i am a flashing Junky too!

ATI X1900CF Flash too a Powersaving Gameing Monster -> now he is dead ... flash wrong version X-D

Flash all weekends different Microcontroller

My newest Flash place is realy a Prothet

I can only say ... flashing isnt a hobby ... its just a personal problem!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stmasi:
I have an 8-pound sledgehammer I can loan you. That should do it. :D

Just kidding, of course. However, I do know how you feel...it is like a drug. I get a new ROM installed, finally get all my apps and such installed, all my tweaks, hacks, and patches, and everything working perfectly.

Then a day or two goes by...

I gaze at my MDA lying on my nightstand...

A slight twitch developes in my right eye...

I don't have a problem! I can quit whenever I want!

Just as soon as I finish this one last flash...

:D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] badbert:
Oh thank goodness, I thought I was alone!! I have been a pc geek for years, hack, mod, tweak...etc. I have wanted a PPC phone for as long as I can remember. Then one day a light shone down from above, and my daughters "N-gage" got dropped in the pool. She called from Hawaii to tell me. So being the good father, I logged on to Cingular to upgrade her phone. I couldn't believe my eyes!! 8125 for $49.95 NO WAY!! So I upgraded mine too. Before it arrived I had bookmarked twenty webpages, downloaded 6 roms and 4 gigs of apps, games and ringtones,and ordered two 2gb miniSD cards... I missed work the day it arrived (and several since then..) and followed all of the information here to unlock (CID & SIM) and flash my phone... I think I have it just the way I want it and something else pops up...

I don't know which worries me more, the fact that I was totally willing to brick something I coveted so long. Or the fact that the creator of my favorite "rom-de-jour" didn't know what "ROTFL" meant! LOL

This is a good time to thank all of you wonderful people who have brought so much enjoyment into my life, thru this miraculous little device!! And also thanks to Cingular for screwing up the price on their page for a week!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] bkbroil:
That's a GREAT story! I love it!

We're all soooo GEEKY!

and PROUD of it!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] :
"flash!"

...erm.. "thunder"

rofl.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] nandlal_mk:
yeeeeah !

it was first flash and then no last.

thank to god who gave me draem come on Windows mobile world,

i may never return to symbian
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mfrazzz:
I used to have a Symbian phone (Nokia 6620) and loved it. Cingular forced me to switch from AT&T to Cingular plan (long story) so I moved to the 8125 since they didn't have the Nokia 6682 anymore and no other Symbian phones. I hated the 8125. After a month I regretted my purchase but couldn't afford to buy an unlocked Nokia, so stuck to this. After about 4 months I was ready to chuck the 8125 into the trash due to all the issues I had with it (dropped calls, locking up, reboots for no reason, etc). I essentially used it as a simple PDA and that was it as nothing else worked right (I couldn't depend on having a phone conversation for more than 5 mins on it!). Then I finally decided to try this rom flashing as a desperation before switching to a Razr or somesuch simple device. WOW! Now the 8125 is the best choice I've made (my wife will argue that since I practically sleep with the thing now). I live and breathe this stuff now ;) Amazing what Faria, Molski, and all the other chefs have done for us, and made this device into what I had always wanted it to be (something that worked and was dependable).

And yes, I'm addicted...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] rverriotto:
another one...

Hi, RV and I'm an addict (Hi RV... Hi RV.....). I'm fairly new to posting here but I have been quitely watching for sometime and through the posts and knowledge shared here I have flashed both mine and my wife's wizard's at least 5 times in the past month. Need help...... Cant... stop.... trying.... new..... wm6.... cooked..... roms..... HELP!!!

Seriously though. nottoosmart, your vanilla is my fav so far. :) :) :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] yellowdragon:
Hello everybody, ehm... My name is Chris and... I... am a... uuhhh... flasher...

I think it all started about 18 months ago, when I found this site and... uhhh... I was able to unlock my 8125 just 2 hours after purchasing it... I mean, the phone was still cold and I was able to put any SIM card already! It gave me a feeling of power and I knew I wanted more but also knew I was threading into dangerous territory...

After that I started flashing just the radio... To make it better... I even opened the phone and applied the foil paper hack!

Of course I wanted more... And so I experimented with the Wizard_Loves... And the Farias and Risidoros and Molskis... And all the flavors of AKUs I could find... I even became a member of the ultra secretive Unhappy Wives Club... Where we flashed for a couple of times... But I needed more...

Then WM6 came... It was newer, more powerful... And I wanted to taste it too... But alas, it was out of my reach and I had to get by with the AKU 3.3 Crossbow Beta for a while... Soon it became obvious I needed to feel the real thing so I began hunting down the then-elusive WM6... From work, from home... Even from the handset! I mean, I was totally out of control...

Until finally I found a reliable supplier... In one crazy day I think I flashed two or three PDAVIETs and a couple of Hongs... I think I even tried a Polish ROM by mistake... It is a bit fuzzy now but I remember the feeling of being ecstasic...

Right now I don't even remember what version of WM6 I have in my phone... All I know is that I'm on the look for the next one... I don't care if I have to manually reprogram my Cingular MMS settings, or replace the E-Ten dialer if I don't like the one provided... Or reflash the radio for the umpteenth time... I want to have the next...

I'm addicted and I admit it...

Thanks for listening...

*sits down sweating*
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] bmueller77:
Hi, I am Bjoern and... well part of a flasher.

I am looking for the perfect ROM and until I find it, I won't stop flashing.

But when I think about it, if I'd have my perfect ROM, I am sure that someone cooks one, that is faster, has more Ram or is more stable... So, uhm... yes. I am addicted, too.

I love to see my phone working better, faster, etc... But I hate reinstalling and reconfiguring every software after a new flash...

Some days I was shocked, because I (again) forgot an important birthday, but I remember all serials of the software on my phone *ouch*
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] daheufster:
Haven't started flashing my (soon to be) wife's wizard. If I do that I think I don't live the day of my marriage, which is the comming May 11th. Have flashed my wizard about 10 times a week (flashing, re-flashing (to MBE?), and yet flashing to a new one...

It's hard to choose.... so hard te let go... so hard NOT to connect the wizard to my computer...

My (soon to be) wife is telling me that I should marry my wizard instead of her... Well it would be a sollution.... no complaining and nagging about my wizard... I go to bed with my love en my princes and I wake up only with my princes.. Now guess who is my princes....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] wolverine9827:
My precioussss

I too am a flash addict.... my preciouss sitss there looking at me it doess.... waitings for my flashess... the runes beckon me to another cookers hot rom of yet another "vanilla" flavor.... preciouss likess the rainbow colors of the bootloader screenss.... SMS backup, PPCContactsBackup, and another rom goes on my little preciouss.... nice preciouss.... nasty Molski and Faria keep pumping out juicy tidbits for my preciouss.... then Hong and Nottoosmart and the latest from anichillus (You DA MAN!!!)... my preciouss spends more time booting than being used!! THE RING!!! My preciouss with Xplore 1.1 loaded and still 27 MB free!!!! GOL-LUM!!!!!!! It's been 10 days..... my preciouss gets anxioussss..... see latest nobigdeal v4 beckoning... calling my preciousss... Faria shows new rom building/flashing tool.... tastes better than baby orcses... Xplore 2.0 in works..... what's my precious to do????

They're calling to my precioussss...... nasty dark twisted little romses.....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] peter111964:
dead xda

Hi Guys Was Directed Here From One Of My Posts I Have A Dead Xda2i After Trying To Flash A New Rom Using Windows Vista I Have Tried To Run Flashing Again On An Xp Machine But Keep Getting An Error Message 101 Connection.my Screen Is Blank Showing Only Usb Or Serial If Not Connected And V1.01 Can Anyone Help?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] pozzwali:
this is worse than Crack... Spent too much time flashing and now that I've broken my hand thats all I do. Of course I still have to play dress up with the daughter, but even she knows what cingular 8125 G4 locked with Xplore 1.1 is. I've created a monster @ 5 yrs old. Do we goto hell for this? :confused:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] badbert:
When will it end... Farias kitchen gives us unlimited variations!!!

I can create it just the way I want, but wait, what if I tried this..... I have flashed it SIX times since Thursday!!

SOMEBODY STOP ME!!! WAHAHAHA (Evil Laugh)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] TauRho:
me too...damn!

me too. IT manager. my wife thinks that my PDA is my REAL LOVE. it is right.

:(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] RickoT:
Hi... My name is Rick and I'm a flasher...

I actually used to do this for a living at my old job at Symbol Technologies.... When I got my new job... I missed my weekly flash sessions with Magneto (WM5 Codename we were testing)

After I left I got my Razor, and started motomodding.... but it wasnt the same

Now I have my 8125, and.. well.. I relive those days every chance I get, sometimes... more than once a day. I, I just dont know what to do anymore.... now I have something stable on my phone, but... new things come out every day.... I wish I could cook my own roms so I can make exactly what I want, but... well I cant find a vanilla that is stable for my device...

Now im staring at my phone, wondering, waiting for the next great ROM, when will it come?

3 am is never too late to see the incandecnet glow of the bootlader, in its wonderful rainbow of colors, the progress bar, the percentage count... the uncontrollable nailbiting... will it work? will it brick? Will it be all I want it to be and more?

I've even been tempted to use my girlfriends phone upgrade to get another 8125 so I can get my fix...

My name is Rick.. and I am an addict
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ClassicalDonkey:
MAn i am so the same, till WM7 coms out i have hit a wall!!! I have my own rom running what i want how I want!!!

Can someone write WM7 for me!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kshorty1:
They've got you all

Hi guys,

I was about to download xplore and faria's kitchen when I stumbled on this thread. I'm using Faria's real thing right now but the thought that there could be something better is driving me nuts. I don't want to become a flashing addict but I also want the perfect ROM. I know there have been several posts asking which ROM is the best but can you guys tell me which you think is the best?

All this points to one thing. Windows mobile is less than perfect and we keep looking for ways to make it better. Can't Microsoft just release the perfect ROM and sure all you flashers?! Even if they do, you guys will still cook and flash.

Admittedly, there is a feeling you get from looking at a freshly flashed phone!

Flash on flashers!

Qtek 9100-Faria's Real thing
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Madcap180:
Hi, my name is Madcap, and I am a flasher... ;) .. I've been flashing for a week now. :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] thomassster:
i think you need help if you have xda developers forum as your homepage
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kellyb:
no luck with any flash!

hi, obvoiusly new to this. eventhough i've done a few flashes before by following hte instrtuctions all the way since the first qtek.

have serious trouble upgrading an BA to another WM5 or better WM6 (already upgraded few months back from brick! can't remeber how :(. tried 20 different ways and followed countless posts and instructions. the activesync connection keeps breaking after the update util checks everything and is ready to go (xp and vista). then i get update error or connection error (error 264 or error 220).

even followed instructions on www.mrvanx.org which i found extrememly clear but same result.

really frustrated.

would settle for WM% with AKU3.5 :(

Need to talk to someone over the phone, perhaps this way it would be shorter and surer. hope you can help.

my cell# is +20101444777 skype id: kellyb123
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] funkadesi:
another one...

hi, my name is Anmol and yess... im a flasher

my story... well i remember visiting this website back in may last year when the 8125 was barely 3 - 4 months old, but my god , this site ahd so much stuff for it, at that time i was using my Nokia 6600 (best symbian phone ever) i loved it, modded apps, appearence, everything, but then it was getting old (plus no mp3 support and it wasnt loud eihter) and thats when Nokia stated hyping up its "N - series" i was soo double minded about getting the 8125 ,i ended up getting the n71 (worst decision ever) and the started breaking down during the end of last year, so as horrible as i felt, there Was light shined upon me , as god of smartphones had truly spoken to me - when i found a Treo 650 (my friend gave it to me) i didnt wanna use because it was with verzion (Non-GSM) plus horrinle interface so i put on this local listing sites and i found a guy who wanted to trade his 8125 for it , in instant i became a proud owner of the 8125 - and from then on the addiction has never been stronger

Current rom: Crossbow Reloaded 1.7

next rom: XMA 6.0 (most likely)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Raithlin:
Man, I thought I was bad because I flashed once every 2 weeks or so... :p

I look at you folks and I see the real reason ROM kitchens were created. :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] j3d1n4s7y:
Hi, my name is Jedi Nasty, and I'm an addict.

It's been 37 minutes now since I last flashed. I don't know how I've made it this long and I don't know how much longer I can make it. I never know where or when I'll get my next fix...but one thing is for sure...I need that pure bliss I feel when I see that rainbow. I need to feel that fire shoot through my veins when I see that 100% on my screen and then everything goes black...I know that something new is about to happen...and I can't stop it...

I have been flashing the ROM on my Wizard now for 10 months...I have flashed so many times I couldn't fathom to recall.

What's worse, like others here, I am a secret chef. I have watched others on this forum release their ROM's and then end up with more than just one addiction. I don't know if I can handle that. I can't stop tweaking The Nasty Edition ROM...I'm addicted. I'm on v.2.1 and I don't know if it'll ever stop. This is the first I've spoken of it...and perhaps will be the last.

Thank you for listening.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] dwny:
We need 20 steps & a smartphone....12 don't work !