[Wing, P4350 ROM development] simplicity05:
I'm going to retort on the behalf of newbs in reply to all the constant "Go Read Newb!" replys.

First I'd like to start by saying - I agree. Read.

Telling someone to go read the OP (original post) or OP's in this thread's case is definitely not uncalled for. I've followed ttran's work since the early days of Open Touch v2.1. He and us that closely follow his masterpieces all know that tran has done nothing but offer up the simplest flashing instructions that can be, often within the first few posts of his new thread, unless there is a silly problem in the flash process.

However, there are bugs to be found in every piece of software, and people do get frustrated with it. As do the people who've either found the same bug or found the solution and have answered the same question time and time again. But, having said that, I truly think it unfair to set a thread such as this one in front of somebody and tell them "Read!" Especially considering starting I believe with v4 these threads have exceeded 1,000+ posts, and obviously never stop growing.

Think of it. You buy something from a company that says "Hey! I got this really cool piece you can put on your car and it will increase your miles/kilometers per gallon/liter by at least 20!" All excited you rush to fit said piece on with the instruction sheet provided. Then you start your car, ready to be in money saving heaven. But then you hear a clunk, and your car barely moves. Then you start hearing strange noises. It's all a disaster.

So you call up the company you bought this from and talk to their customer support. They tell you "We'll mail you the sheet that will help you trouble shoot your problems."

In a few days your manual arrives. But it's the size of a New York City telephone book. It's huge! You open the cover, and of course there's no table of contents. You start to thumb through it and you see a bunch of diagrams, you read a bit, but nothing seems like it applies to you.

You turn back to the company for advice. You think it's something small. Simple. Something they probably know off the top of their heads. You call in. "DID YOU READ OUR MANUAL?! EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS IN THE BOOK WE SENT YOU!" How would you feel?

Alls I'm saying is that these threads are gigantic. People have problems, and they might not always know what they're looking for. If you DO know what they're looking for, remember a few things:

1) Don't automatically assume everyone uses the same # of posts per page as you. Saying "oh it's like 3 pages back" to someone like myself that uses the maximum number of posts per page means going back 150 posts instead of 60.

2) If you DO know which post someone needs to read to solve a problem they're having,

post a link to the exact post

! Don't know how? You can click the post number of each and every post to open a new window with just that post in it - shown below:

3) Telling someone to "Use the search function" is unacceptable. Flat out unacceptable. Don't think that someone doesn't know how to search just because they ask about something. They might not know what to search for. If you know what they're talking about, for the love of HTC go ahead and tell them to search, but also tell them

what

to search for.

High and low of it all, just throw these guys a bone. I know most of you are like me and love to help as much as possible. So go ahead - be helpful, not hurtful!

P.S. I myself am not sorting through over 1000+ posts to find the various questions and matching answers to the issues I've had so far with the diamond version, and IMO that's the best one out of the bunch. I'll be reflashing back to 4.0 lite black until the issues can be finally laid to rest.