[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] red_hanks:
HTC BlueAngel Tips and Tricks

HTC B.A.T.T.

(and some reminders too!)

I will try to make this thread very informative and of course useful for the BA Community. I decided to make one because I know 8 out of 10 members (mostly new ones) does not read the wiki and does not read the whole thread of a specific topic and will straight ahead asking "can someone help me how to upgrade my BA, BTW this is my first post!" BINGO! So I hope this helps you (yes YOU, aha you the one reading this!) and makes your life easier. But don't rely too much!

NOTE: Don't post any questions and request here. We have a dedicated section for that. If you want to post here make sure you're going to contribute something informative and something that will help the BA community. And please PM me if some of the information here need to be corrected.

If you have something to share, if you know some tricks or any info that we don't know please don't hesitate to share it with us.

(thanks to Egzthunder1)

First, keep this in mind.

RULES

1. Search before posting

Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news.

Search XDA-Dev

If you're having trouble using the site's builtin search function (for 2-3 letter acronyms like ROM/IPL/OS etc. - NUMBER 2), one method around this is to use an external search engine like Google:

Search Google within the Wiki

Search Google within the Forum

Search Google within the entire site

Look HERE also.

(thanks to +Que PPC)

Search Plug In:

There is a search plug in, to do searches on the XDA side directly from your browser search bar. This plug in works in Internet Explorer 7 and up, and in ?

FireFox

2 and up. You can install this at: MyCroft Plugin

2. Be polite and respect your fellow xda-dev user.

There is no need for cursing, flaming, racism or personal attacks. There are a lot of different nationalities on this forum all with different cultures, this means that no matter what you're like, you'll have to adjust to people that are most definitely not like you. It will gain you a lot of respect if you help to keep the peace. It's disrespectful and therefore not permitted to create Alias Member names in an attempt to deceive others.

3. Post only using a clear subject and message.

You're most likely to receive a helpful answer to your question if you use a short subject title that describes your problem and a message that explains in detail what your problem is and what you've tried to solve it.

4. Use the English language.

We understand that with all the different nationalities not everyone speaks English well, but please try. If you're really unable to post in English use an online translator, You're free to include your original message in your own language below the English translation.

Google Translate

5. Post a message only once.

As a large forum we don't need unnecessary clutter, You're free to edit your message as you like, so if you do not receive an answer revisit your message and see if you can describe your problem better. Not everyone is online at the same time, it might take a while before you receive an answer.

6. Do not post warez.

If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, either pay or find your cracks and serials somewhere else. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained.

7. Do not spam.

If you wish to advertise a product, contact us we provide ads. But do not post it in the forums, it will be removed and you're likely to receive a ban.

You are however allowed to sell used goods like your own device, parts of your device or accessories for your device in the marketplace forum, please read the rules there before posting.

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We appreciate all donations to xda-developers.com, it keeps our forum online and well maintained. As a user you're allowed to ask for donations in your signature as a thank you for your hard work. However donations up front are not allowed, this forum is about sharing, not about getting paid to do something, that's what your job is for.

Donate to XDA-Dev

9. Don't get us in trouble.

Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things that will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably don't want to do it here either. This does not mean we agree with everything the software piracy lobby try to impose on us, it simply means you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users, and those that write great code.

10. Help others if you can.

If you see posts from others where you can help out, please do. This place exists because people are helping each other, and even if you are relatively new to the matter, there's probably already quite a few people newer than you that would benefit from what you've learned. Don't be shy.

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Just follow the rules and everything will be fine!

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Why XDA-Developers? Why not HTC-Developers since you only support HTC made devices?

--->This site is about certain PDA-phones, made by a firm called HTC in Taiwan. Their makers named them 'Wallaby', 'Himalaya', 'Blue Angel', 'Wizard' and 'TyTN', but almost nobody knows them by those names. The mobile provider O2 sells them under the brand-name 'XDA', and that's what we had in our hands first. They're also known as Qtek, MDA, SX-56, Hermes and many, many other names.

Since we develop software for it, we need information, and nobody seemed eager or ready to give us what we needed. So we 'reverse-engineered' the devices, found a lot of information, and shared it with the world. But as our site grew we realised that lots of ordinary users were also suffering from a lack of support. They started using the xda-developers forum to communicate and before long the forum was as much a user forum as it was a developer forum.

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You can find XDA-Devs Glossary of Terms HERE

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You can find XDA-Devs Acronyms HERE

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You can find XDA-Devs FAQ HERE

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Custom Paint Jobs for BlueAngel look HERE

(thanks to +Que PPC)

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Fill Your Signature With Your Device Info just like THIS

(thanks to +Que PPC)

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