Because sometimes we just have to ask.
There comes a time for most of us (we know some of you know all you can about phones) when we are just not sure of how to do something.
There are many examples we could give, from a simple factory reset through to setting a a specific led notification light colour for emails from your Mum.
So the question is who or where do you turn to, to find the answer?
Friends, the web, forums, the manufacturer, the phone shop?
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I usually end up at the XDA forums. It can be a bit intimdating at first as many members/users use shorthand phrases that will initially just bewilder a newcomer – the average user may not know what “CWM”, “NANDROID” and “CYANOGEN” refer to or mean but we all have to start somewhere and there are many people on XDA willing to help newcomers and explain things in detail.
I’m the same.
Back in the day it was extremely complicated to flash custom ROMs and you pretty much had to work out each step yourself. I managed to get Android onto my HD2 but it was a real headache.
Nowadays I’m seeing more all-in-one helper apps that lead you through the steps and make it reasonably simple. I found one when I updated my HD2 to ICS and another more recently when i rooted my S3.
For simpler things XDA is still my best bet, but Google often throws up help from elsewhere.
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