hello

Greetings, all.

So glad you are here!  Have browsed for information before, but am just now joining you as a user. 

Have had my eXpo since January.  It's pretty much set up the way it was when I opened the box.  Always wanted to customize, change the OS, etc... but was overwhelmed by options.  I am pretty much technology illiterate and my developer boyfriend wants me to figure it out for myself. (You know, the whole "teach a man to fish" argument.)  I do find the original set-up fairly awkward, as many others have stated.

Alas, now I am having some issues which are forcing me to spend some time on this.  Mixed blessing, I guess.

Thanks, vanillagorilla.

A couple quick questions: 
   
     --How do I choose the interface that will work best for me? 
        --Am I missing some obvious guide/ pros & cons list?
        --Phone used most for sync w/Outlook (esp. calendar & tasks), music, some web surfing, guitar tuning, some MS Office viewing/editing, email, etc.
     
     --Is Android a distant pipe dream?
         --Starting to work as a music therapist and find myself getting jealous of all the music related apps available for iPhone and Android that simply don't exist for Windows Mobile...

Frankly these questions may be unneccessary, if I can't fix my touchscreen.  Anyone have success replacing theirs? (see post under general support forum)

Vangy . .  . uh, no. Any further use will result in a ban.   (j/k). VG will do fine, however.


Titanium and Idles (what an awful name) are built into the stock rom. Titanium can be found by going to Start>Settings>Home. Click on the items tab and select Windows Default. Been a long time since I had an LG rom, not sure where to find Idles. Idles has been removed from most, if not all, cooked roms. Sense (or mobile sense) is the interface HTC uses on top of Windows mobile. As mentioned, you can download a trial of SPB Mobile Shell. It is a good and well polished shell. I actually paid for it when I used WM 6.1 on my Incite. After Dark got cookin' 6.5 roms, I never used it again. It uses too much memory for my taste and Titanium can be customized enough to be useful.

As for Android, we currently don't have someone with the time, knowledge and equipment to get this off the ground. We are a small community compared to those devoted to HTC products. I won't say it will never happen but you will probably have  moved on if/when does. Still could be fun for use on a (working) backup device. Especially in a dual-boot setup.

Enough rambling, I posted a reply in your screen issue thread. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

Welcome to the forums plumtuckered,

These two guys have hooked you up with all the info you would need. I'm sorry to read about you screen issues. The Expo had been a rock for me thus far. Hope you get it fixed as this phone really is awesome, especially with darks ROM and SPB.

By the way Eric, i like Vangy too.

OHH YA SEE!! THANkS MAN!

I'll pull this forum over right now . . .