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[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jase33:
You can find a stock rom HERE. You already have bootloader installed.

(stock means it is one that comes from your carrier like when you bought the phone new)

1. Download your prefered Rom from the LEO Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your computer

2. REMOVE SIM and microSD CARDS!! (this is a precautionary measure and is not compulsory)

3. Hold the volume down button and press power on the phone to enter bootloader. (tri-colored screen)

4. Connect your usb cable and make sure you see "USB" in the lower portion of your phone display

5.Run the CustomRUU.exe file as administrator

6. Follow onscreen instructions to set up your New Rom

7. Once phone has gone through the customisation procedure then replace Sim and microSD Cards

8. Set up phone as required and job done.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Helgon2000:
thank you for this detailed awsner but i still have a question :)

step 6: does the programm ask for a rom file or how does it works? because when i installed customRuu for wm7 he dont asked me for any kind of rom
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jase33:
it will not ask for it. just run the .exe file and follow the steps. it is very similar to the way you flashed WP7
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Helgon2000:
ok thank you
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jase33:
also....THIS is a good place for you to reference how to do things.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Helgon2000:
man, i dont know how to say thank you, but u rescued me :) i brought it back to wm 6.5 and it works.. now after 3 hours sitting in front of my pc and mobile.., after having much to high heart rates :D and thinking that i get a heart attack and my phone is bricked.. it works again :D thank you so much :), maybe i will try wm7 again when a stable ver without a energy bug :D is out :P
[Legend Themes and Apps] goose2600:
Does anybody can help me to make a transparent notification bar for CM7?
[Legend Themes and Apps] mrvirginia:
i have one you can use but i don't know which file to change in CM7 to make it transparent. does anyone know?

edit: nvm
[Legend Themes and Apps] Dr.Romca:
It's in framework-res.apk SystemUI.apk, but I think you will need to edit some .9.png's...
[Legend Themes and Apps] exicar:
isn´t it in /system/app/SystemUI.apk
[Legend Themes and Apps] waterpolo:
The background of the widget part is in Settings.apk; appwidget_bg.9.png

The other backgrounds are located in SystemUI.apk. The main part is shade_bg.png

Also the icons set in located in the SystemUI.apk
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
You know I kinda debated about starting this thread but I finally read enough smartass-think-they-are-better-than-everyone-posts. Im a member on countless electonics forums with thousands of posts with the same user name I might add and this forum kinda tops them all as far as "rude people". Yes, I might be "newer" to these forums, but while most of you were in elementary school, I was working on computers, installing networks and doing competition car audio.

Now lets start.

Why were forums made? For the masses to gather and share information, ideas, buy & sell, meet others and just down right chat to one another. *And for people that got picked on in their school days and decide to be a jerk online because they want to feel better about themselves.*

It seems like almost every single thread I read there is someone that asks the "standard question" that has probably been answered numerous times and then you get the standard response. "Well if you would of read, you would know the answer." Instead of being a douche, you could of just typed the answer, gained more post counts and could of probably got your Thanks Meter up another notch.

I love the answer, "Thats what the search feature is for." Well I'm sure almost all of you have tried to search and maybe your search wasnt bigger than 3 letters which gets excluded or so many other queries come that dont get even come close to answering your question. Sometimes its like trying to find waldo in a book with really really big freaking pages.

Then the, "If you would of read the whole thread you would know the answer" response. Well jesus, do you guys realize how fast some of these threads move? Damn, I can make a post, go to bed, wake up and noticed during the overnight the thread gains 10+ pages. Now imagine you are someone new to this, you have read the stickies, done a few searches, got their phone rooted ok but then notice a bug so they ask the "standard question". Well when you have an ungodly amount of threads and an even bigger number of actual posts sometimes its like finding a needle in a haystack. When just asking a question (Which is what forums were made for) can sometimes save you hours of searching thousands of threads.

Some of the people on this forum just need to be patient and help people out, instead being an ASS. We were all newbies once. And we will all be newbies to some other subject in the future. "Can't we all just get along"

And before anyone does the standard flaming. No, this did not happen to me. Search my screen names for posts if you wish. I just hate seeing in almost every 500+ page thread were someone asks a question and the next few people have some sort of smartass answer.

Just be nice, answer the question and watch your Thanks Meter go up. Simple as that.

If people werent asking questions then these forums wouldnt even be a quarter of the size they are now.

Thanks for reading. Have a great day. :)

Also, thanks to all the Devs that have spent countless days and sleepless nights to help all of us have a more enjoyable experience with our phones.
[EVO 4G General] themuffinman:
Uhh, there are already a few threads talking about the same rants, next time search before you create a thread......

LMAO, ok sorry. I couldn't help myself, :)
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
I enjoyed that comment. ;)
[EVO 4G General] themuffinman:
Thanks bro,:) but you are right though, there is a little to much tension at times around here. I have been a member of this site for many years, I had another account but I forgot my name and password so I created this one about three years ago. My point is, I been coming here for over 5 years or so and I am on this site damn near every single day but I never post much if ever. I usually search for what I am looking for at best and then just move on while avoiding the stupid crap. I am also a member of sprintusers, ppcgeeks, androidforums and a few others and they all seem to have their fare share of idiots. Since xda is probably the largest site with the most traffic compared to the others I guess you run the risk of seeing more idiots here as well.
[EVO 4G General] lopies:
Well said sminker. If people do not like what people post they are just better off keeping it to themselves. Be part of solution not the problem.
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
Thanks for the replies. Nice to know I wasnt flamed immediately.
[EVO 4G General] Zorachus:
I find XDA to be pretty friendly. The worst tech forums are the tool bags at MacForums that place has a yon of negative and rude posters
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
Doesnt surprise me. Gotta keep your eye on those Mac users. They are a breed of their own. :)
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
i hate the 'wrong section' trolls. just let the mods quietly move it, and dont comment. be happy, dont hate.

very well said.
[EVO 4G General] cdszoke:
Wow

Thanks for bringing this up. This issue really is annoying. I totally agree. But, it's the internet and jerks will be jerks.
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
Sir you are completely right. People can and will act completely different in this "Alternate Universe" than they will in real life. Why? Becuase they can and it makes them feel a little more "Alpha".
[EVO 4G General] cdszoke:
Hey I remember being new to a certain forum not this one though, and asking a simple question. The regular jerks of the forum proceeded to try to make me feel like an idiot. Needless to say my feelings weren't hurt but I guess it's that "Alpha Male" complex.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
haha those jerks on the iphone-developers wont reply at all. i'm experiencing being a noob again with my ipad.

ps: any of you helpful xda people kno more than a thing or two about tinyumbrella and shsh/jailbreak stuff?
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
If i did, i would help you out. But Im holding off for the 2nd gen Ipad.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
I agree, but change your title from REDiculous to ridiculous
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
hah i was going to, and held for 3 months, but then school started and i needed something to type on, so....
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
Thanks Given. Should of checked my spelling better.
[EVO 4G General] HeckNoTechnO:
Well said nice thread more people need to read this. There are many folks here on xda that have helped me over the years, and I lend a hand to those in need when I can. Thanks
[EVO 4G General] ksizzle9:
Maybe it was REDiculous for a resin. I have bee. Aroubg these forums reading and not trying to post. Let's get a forums back the doing better for our phones not flaing and contributing instead.( ill get flamed for that. Everyone gets pissed at some point but leave it out of here. Or at lesast try lazy trolls.
[EVO 4G General] ksizzle9:
Oh yeah, the reality for that is some people( no specifics at all just in general) think they have a ten foot long e ****
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Are you drunk? :P
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
You can always tell when someone is using their phone to browse the forums. Swype was killing me sometimes when I would forget to proof read.
[EVO 4G General] nabbed:
Should have... Are you some kind of a redneck?
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
I did grow up in the sticks (swamps of florida) but Im a city slicker at heart.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
haha nice catch
[EVO 4G General] baknblack:
It's not just here. How many of you have had some asshole get on your bumper and flash lights, blow horn, flip you off. Just to get twenty more feet down the road. People are just mean and rude anymore.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
haha now i have been waiting for 4 hours with my post on iphone developers. i've had 150+ views, and no replys from anyone but me. just pitiful. you guys r the best. thanks for rockin'

edit: my bad 17 views. haha i read the views from the wrong thread.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
That's cause iPhone users are the worst. Granted all phones have their fanboys but iPhone's are by FAR the worst... to think they still believe they have the best phone on the market.
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
I have a friend that thinks his IPhone 4 is the greatest invention ever.
[EVO 4G General] jhoffy22:
This is the wrong forum and thread to be asking a question about an Ipad. Don't clog the forums with questions irrelevant to the Evo. This is the Evo forum, not the Ipad forum. Try reading up on forum etiquette next time. You don't just got slipping in a question in someones thread and derailing the damn thread. Completely inappropriate.

:rolleyes:;)
[EVO 4G General] InfectedMushroom:
I think it's because people really just will post a question and wait and be lazy instead of just doing 5 minutes of searching and Google. It's really annoying seeing the same questions far too often.

People help those who help themselves. You can't have the training wheels on forever.
[EVO 4G General] lovethyEVO:
TLDR. Can you tell me what you are trying to say in one sentence? :p
[EVO 4G General] housry23:
I think people forget when they were new to something and what it was like. Flaming people for being noobs is wrong and everyone was a noob to everything they know at some point. Now I am no know it all and I am still learning Android and the ins and outs of Phones. When I originally started rooting my Android phones I would search Google and Forums and find most answers that I needed. There always seemed to be that one thing I couldn't find by searching. Maybe I didn't word it right on the search or maybe when I did search I got to a bunch of threads with hundreds of pages, read a few of them and decided to ask to get my answer instead of spending days and days of reading(which I already did to figure out how to root my device anyway). I always appreciated the one person that would answer my question instead of flaming me.
[EVO 4G General] skylar.sutton:
I don't flame people for being noobs, I flame them for being incompetent. I was an EVO noob at some point as well, and I had many of the same questions they had. I also discovered that most of what I need/want is available with some simple searches and an afternoon of reading.

I respond with helpful comments when the thread starts out with: "I think I have a grasp on [something], and I searched around but couldn't quite figure out [problem]. Here is what I have tried [intelligent stuff]".

I also respond with troll comments when the thread starts out with: "Hey WTF is [something common like 'rooting'] and how do I do it?"

Yes, forums are a place to exchange knowledge and grow the community... but 90% of these forums are just lazy people spamming the same 5 questions over and over.
[EVO 4G General] skylar.sutton:
I couldn't agree with you more.
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Its like a pack of wolves are surrounding you when you ask a newbie question lol.
[EVO 4G General] pinetreehater:
OP...I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, I have actually blown a fuse over people being rude. About 4 years ago I was a gnat's hair from getting banned because I was reverse flamming all the assholes who were rude. That got the attention of a certain moderator who took me down a notch via PM. For entertainment, read back about four years in my posts (maybe less...but it was a while back) .

The lesson I learned was it was not my place to police the forums. Just as it is not yours to decide if someone is incompetent. With the mainstream media's attention to rooting, it is inevitable that we will have newcomers who have no clue. That is far from incompetence. And searching is not always the answer....it is so cumbersome to search these forums....even if you could come up with the correct keyword, you still would have to search multiple times.

It is an interesting social phenomenon. You have those that just have to be "first ". You also have those that just have to point out your mistake in an effort to feel useful. I liken them to those fools who flash their lights at you to move over when you're in the fast lane on the highway...even though you are hauling ass too. That tactic makes me stay put real good...and usually slow down.

Oops...just noticed that I have only been a member since 2008. So maybe only a couple of years back.
[EVO 4G General] anthonyandrews:
are you saying that YOURS is NOT 10 feet long?:eek:
[EVO 4G General] anthonyandrews:
I was driving on Highway 99 this morning, and exactly that happened. The fog was so thick you could not see more than about 5 or so car lengths ahead. I was going 70 in a 65. After the fourth "flash", I extended my hand out the window to present a friendly hand gesture towards the driver. He sped around me, passed about 4 cars, then a a flashing red and blue light let him know why everyone was driving slow!

The Highway Patrol had passed me minutes earlier, but could still barely be seen ahead if you were looking for him.
[EVO 4G General] fachadick:
If you can help, do - if not, skip. Don't be a douche.

2 sentences, but close enough. :p

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G General] pinetreehater:
Love it! Some people mistakenly believe the signs that say "slower traffic keep right "means they have the right to make you move if they're going faster than you....I believe the intent of that message is that if you cannot maintain the posted speed limit you are to move over. I get a kick out of those fools that think they can get you to move by simply flashing their lights. Now if I am stopping traffic up and people cannot pass, well I will move over. But if there is ample space to go around me and I am speeding too...and you think I should move just because I am in your way...I say it's just as fair for you to move as it is for me.
[EVO 4G General] IMiLL102911:
I can never understand why someone takes the time to reply with a smart ass comment instead of just answering the question. If you're going to take the time to leave a smart ass comment you might as well just answer the question or not say anything at all and let someone else who wants to help answer the question.
[EVO 4G General] AbsolutZeroGI:
I'll admit I get a little irritated at noobies every now and again. Usually, I just skip the thread though, I always keep my often witty and hilariously offensive comments to myself (or post them to my Facebook where the noobies can't see them).

My only pet peeve here is when someone says they've bricked their phone. The etymology of a word or phrase is important too and when noobies start using it the wrong way, it doesn't make your post sound like an emergency, it makes you sound like you have no idea what you're talking about. The word "brick" if suppose to mean when you've screwed up phones so bad, they're just as useless as a brick. If it turns on, it ain't a brick. I just wish people would say "I messed up my evo" or "won't boot passed recovery/hboot/opening screen" or something like that instead of using words like "brick" thinking it'll get their thread more attention by using more panic-related terminology. Like I said earlier, I avoid these threads like the plague to avoid being one of the douchebags but they all eventually do get help from the newer people who don't hate it yet.

Other than that, I'm good. I will help any noobie who can make his way to the IRC chat with just about anything, I just can't stand those buzzwords.

Oh, and my e-**** brings all the e-ladies to my place of employment and/or living quarters. You can be certain, it's more prodigious than yours. I'd educate you on my methods, but I'd be forced to demand compensation.

My hatred for noobies dates back to when 13 year old kids turned 31337 into 1337 or "leet". Infuriating, because that culture used to be so rich and fun and now it's populated by morons who can't type one line of code. Saddens me.
[EVO 4G General] AyyRayy:
Hah +1 I agree brick is used way too frequently to describe a problem .

Sent from Evo powered by CM7
[EVO 4G General] pinetreehater:
And another reason to go easy on those that haven't searched....if you're using CM you cannot search the forums....the damn search box disappears. Well, you could quickly hit advanced search before it disappears.

Does anybody else's phone do that when using CM? Hate it...
[EVO 4G General] kamtsa:
Hmm, a new comer thinks that he is better than everybody else. That's rude.

Seriously, jerks in forums is like salt on food. At the right proportion, it makes things more interesting.
[EVO 4G General] baknblack:
Amen, I may be new to android but, I've been in computers and technology for years. I've written code in pascal, fortran, visual basic, and java. At this point in my life I don't want to take time to learn to build and compile code for android so once in a while I might ask a dumb question

Give the new people a break.

And the spelling police really piss me off.
[EVO 4G General] lizard1:
There are already new members littering threads with questions like "why can't I post in development related forums. " Who want to be the good samaritan and answer that question over and over again, without getting upset. Nobody on this forum, member or not, owes anyone anything. If the consensus is you need to read, then read. I did my fair share of reading first so I don't have a complex about people who encourage others to engage in the practice. One big problem wiith not reading and just asking is you have the same question over and over being answered by different people with different opinions and ideas. How can someone be so discerning as to pick the right answer to his question when they know virtually nothing to begin with. Leave out one step when installing a rom or trying to recover and somebody can get mixed up real quick. If you like flaming people and telling them to read, perhaps you can take some initiative and compile the information in a sticky or a pdf file so new people wouldn't have to do so much reading. What I don't understand is why once a sound method for doing something is arrived at, why doesn't a moderator/administrator delete a lot of the threads/material that preceeded it. At that point a lot of it becomes useless conversation anyway. In my opinion it is all of this "fill" that new people have to sift through in their search for knowledge that is most discouraging.
[EVO 4G General] blackroseMD1:
Same here. I know that I asked some dumb questions on here when I first got my Evo. Fortunately, I wasn't flamed to much. I always try to answer someone's question before the flaming starts, if I can.

As for the spelling and grammar police...it's a forum, not an english class.

Sent from my CM7 Supersonic 4G
[EVO 4G General] david279:
I don't like the post police. Ex. Your posting in the wrong forum man. And they don't provide any other useful information.
[EVO 4G General] admorris:
Damn...this is just a love fest. Goes right along with my new years resolution of being more positive. Amazing how much less stressful day to day events are with a positive attitude (and staying away from Fox News...haha). Great post OP...totally agree with your post. Very well written.
[EVO 4G General] GaryJ51:
Shoud have checked your grammer also. ;)
[EVO 4G General] GaryJ51:
You probably stand and chat in doorways too.:p
[EVO 4G General] Drewmungus:
It has gotten alot better in the last month or so. For a while it was really bad.
[EVO 4G General] baknblack:
I agree it has gotten better, so it's not all negative.
[EVO 4G General] ramiss:
Can you tell me what this thread is about? I didn't want to bother reading the 10+ pages. Plus the OP is just too many clicks away.

...lol

Seriously though, I agree that people need to stop being rude and should choose to ignore rather than post negative/unhelpful comments.

But I also agree that there are some very annoying/lazy users out there. I am one of those people who enjoy reading through threads, and it does no good for the collective knowledge base if the same questions/answers show up over and over again.

There has to be a happy balance of users initially researching and everyone else filing in the gaps.

So the real question is...how do we teach lazy users to do their own homework without being rude?

Sent from my device.
[EVO 4G General] blackroseMD1:
Oh, the irony!!!

(grammar ;) )
[EVO 4G General] sminker:
I agree that there are some lazy people out there that just want the answers without doing research. For those people I typically give them a link to a sticky that goes over the basics.
[EVO 4G General] Bigjim1488:
All I have to say is that I recently came from the epic and it is much more plesent here in the evo section. The people in the epic section of xda are some of the meanest most disgruntled people I have come across

Sent from my Evo while i should be working
[EVO 4G General] tuscolavol:
Come on over to Myn's rom thread. Some of the nicest, most helpful, friendly folks I've ever been pleased to converse with. It's truly an amazing community.

Sent from my Warmed up Evo
[EVO 4G General] Bigjim1488:
I have to agree with this!

Sent from my Evo while i should be working
[EVO 4G General] :
I agree with you OP. This forum was better back in the day. The only reason I'm here is because there is no other forum that measures up in size and activity.

My best times on this forum was when I owned a Tilt 2. Everyone was friendly and there was no forum beef/drama. It boils down to moderation. I understand they can't monitor everything but they should at least appoint more mods.

The faster you answer a redundant thread the faster it will site and get buried.
[EVO 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
Fox isnt that bad, I can say the same about MSNBC, there is always the opposite for something dont be to closed minded if you will be positive!