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Where to start for this Noob! HELP!

UKCAT5FAN

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Hello Ya'll! I have to admit that I know little to zero about my Samsung Captivate and smartphones in general. For the past couple of days since reading about the new firmware for Android, I have been learning about various things you can do to your phone such as rooting, flashing, lagging, custom roms, kernals, one click lag fixes, ect and I have to say that I am more confused than EVER!! I think I am learning about something like how to root your phone and then I read another term that I do not know and I find myself looking for the meaning of that word or term and I'm going into an entirely different direction than I was just 5 mins previous and I STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED ANYTHING OUT!! LOL! It's rather frustrating. I am not a savy computer guy and actually don't know much about them other than the most basic of functions.

I am wondering if there is anyone who direct me to a good learning source to learn about my phone. I mean something that starts at the basic beginning from terminology to how things run on the phone. I think if I learn that first than I may understand how to change certain things and why to change the phone. Also understanding what to change. I need to learn these things because I do want to get the most out of my phone and turn it into my personal phone. Any help at all is very appreciated! After reading alot of the post, I know that I have come to the right place in search of these things. So, with all that said... I'M ALL EARS!!
 
I would recommend mastering your phone the way it is now before you explore into rooting, flashing etc.
Trust me thats a whole other headache in it self that you probably wont need at this point.
But if you dare to explore, i would invest in a JIG.
You tube has great tutorials on how to make them your self.

Just play with your phone and you'll pick up things..google is your number 1 research guide..it will also help if you tag xda in the search bar followed by your problem..read read and read before you start thinking about flashing roms...read into odin and how to use it..it will save your life along with the jig...when you get tired of reading, read some more...
 
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