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**bigsupersquid** · 10-06-2010, 09:56 AM

Greetings, earthlings.
Suppose posting here in intros first would've been most appropriate, but I was just too interested in the topic which drew me to this forum and jumped right in.
This isn't my first pass at getting into the software innards of a cell phone, I've been messing with this stuff since getting my oldest samsung phone on sprint, back in 2003.
My favorite accomplishment was helping some serious techs, much more skilled than I, figure out how to run linux on the palm centro. it ran, could use apps and play some games, but never did figure out enough of the proprietary internals of the phone to hook it to the network The whole reason I went trying to plunk linux on the beast in the first place was that verizon had intentionally put a software lock on the internal gps, and I was hoping to use linux to get around that. It would've worked, too, if anyone could've figured out the hardware registers which serviced the gps. oh, well.
Recently my woman convinced me to get a replacement for that centro (left on a windowsill with an open window in 2008, got rained on and messed up the directional hard keys so I couldn't play mame or any other games, which was mostly what I used the piece for.)
We have been using virgin mobile for this year, because they're so cheap, but I didn't realize what a tight grip the provider has on the phones. No giving out the MSL (SPC or whatever) anymore, claim they don't have access to it; yeah, right. No usb drivers for the data cables. No downloading except from them... well, you all know this anyway, eh?
So, after 3 weeks of my kyocera s1300 junx (I mean jax, I guess) not having incoming services except for working wap access and hunting numbers for direct access to tech support rather than non-english-speaking 'customer service' to try to avoid the eternal 'wait 24-72 hours', I agreed it was time to upgrade. Knowing about the locked-out access to vm handsets, I went researching for a decent model which'd work on their network which I could also install what I wanted on it.
Found info on HoFo which led me here, indicating that it was possible to install apps, ringers, etc., on the vm510 <rumor touch> and here I find the unlock procedure for the handset! Yay! Thanks, Crogon here, and Bruce at HoFo with the app install thread, and the others whose names I've forgotten with ringer install info!
So, at this point, I've gotten one for myself, had vm kill my old account with all its service issues and transfer my balance and plan, plus money for the net10 phone I had to refill just to talk to tech support, to the new phone with a new number. Works great. And I have access to most of the phone now. Love the working GPS, up-to-date java mipd2, resolution, etc. A great new toy! Too bad I can't run mame on it (yet, anyway

) but at least I have some games to carry around for when I'd otherwise be bored off my a**.
So, here I am!
I noticed some people can post attachments. Couldn't find info on forum search about the requirements to be able to do that. Opened a filesharing account to share stuff with people here, but some of the stuff I want to post is so small that I don't want to bother with the filesharing site for those tiny bits.
Anyone care to clue me in on the requirements to be allowed to post attachments?
Thanks in advance.
Lotsa good info on this forum, I'm enjoying it.

**Mr._Pseudonym** · 10-06-2010, 10:41 AM

;^) Welcome to CDMA Gurus. We hope to establish our forum as the number one resource for cell phone hacking on the Internet, as well as the newcomer-friendliest!

:^) You're off to a great start already, I see. We hope to see more of you as time goes by. As for attachments, we're currently set up to allow everyone to attach .zip files up to 100,000 bytes on our host, while larger ones would be placed on third-party hosting and then linked to from here. This is mostly to protect our own bandwidth, see. We're still growing.....

**bigsupersquid** · 10-06-2010, 10:55 AM

hmm. I can't find a button to attach files other than pics or videos. my permissions at the bottom of the page don't allow posting attachments.
also, while I've got you on the horn as it were, I also can't find custom avatar under settings. I've read it should be there.
Thanks for the welcome, and the help.

**Mr._Pseudonym** · 10-06-2010, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by bigsupersquid

hmm. I can't find a button to attach files other than pics or videos. my permissions at the bottom of the page don't allow posting attachments.
also, while I've got you on the horn as it were, I also can't find custom avatar under settings. I've read it should be there.
Thanks for the welcome, and the help.

:^/ The Quick Reply doesn't have buttons for attachments, but the Go Advanced button on the Quick Reply window does. Or should; it does for me, but I'll have to check with one of my test accounts to make sure it works for regular users.....

:^, The Go Advanced button is there for everyone, but the ability to post attachments is not. Mostly this is to protect our bandwidth. Still, it shouldn't be a problem with really small files. I'll discuss it with the other staff and see what we decide.