Companies and Consumers - The Global Screwover

Maybe it is just me.. I mean, I look around and see all these companies "screwing me over"...

LG Lotus Elite LX610 - Force Roaming

While I do not condone of using roaming to get out of ETFs (does that even work anymore?)... Sometimes you need to force roaming.

LG Lotus Elite LX610 - Getting Photos to PC

If you are having trouble getting your photos off of your LG Lotus Elite onto your PC, the following instructions will help you.

EVO Contest Over

Sprint's HTC EVO 4G Contest has expired at 11:59pm on May 21st, 2010.

Therefore I deleted the post. Sorry.

How to root the Samsung Moment

Load into test mode with Call+Trackpad+Power

If you are having difficultly, I found the easiest way to get into test mode each time is remove usb cable and battery, then replace the battery. hold call+middle button, then just before plugging in the USB, press power. Plug in the usb within half a second of pressing power!

Now that you are in test mode...

Applying Sprint's HTC Hero OTA Update to your Modified Stock ROM (1.56.651.2)

So, you hacked your Hero, rooted it and customized your stock rom. You removed stuff you don't use, like Stocks, Peep, whatever your tastes are.. But now the update refuses to apply.

Well, hang tight because we can do this, but its a long road.

HTC Hero Semi-Bricked Recovery Method

So you were messing around, and now your HTC Hero won't boot. Well, it might not be a total loss. If you can still get into the Fastboot loader, you may be in luck.

To access fastboot, completely shut down the device by removing the battery, then, with the charge cable disconnected, reinsert the battery, and replace the battery cover. Now hold the Volume Up key while pressing power. Does it come to a plain white screen with alot of text and some android logos? Then you are in luck!

Next, find and download the RUU stock rom for your device. It is usually an exe that is about 100mb in size. Once you have that, run it. It will unpack the data, then warn you about losing your data. Click next. Then it will ask you to connect your phone. At this point, move the window to the side, out of your way.

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to "%TEMP%" (without the quotes), then search for "rom.zip". Copy this "rom.zip" to your memory card (you will need an external card reader/adapter) as "HERCIMG.zip" (this name may be different for non-CDMA Heroes). Once the memory card has HERCIMG.zip in the root, put it back in the phone and press the Volume Down key to activate HBoot.

The system will find the file and scan it. Once it asks if you would like to flash it, it will ask you to press the "ACTION" key, simply press the trackball.

You are now recovering your HTC Hero back to factory status!

Congrats!

HTC Hero Camera Test

Just testing the camera. Pretty nice! This was taken in motion, I think I was doing like 25-30mph. Picture is of traffic backed up on I-30.