Completely Newbie and Beginners Questions (Wizard)

[toneslee]

Hi all

I have recently bought a UK MDA Vario, and then I found this site. I have spent the whole weekend reading posts on this website and find it very interesting what we can actually do with our devices. Everyone here seems to have in-depth knowledge of this device and it's programming structure. This is my first HTC device and I have some very basic questions which I'm not sure if anyone here is bothered to answer (or point me a link where I can find the answers).

I can understand SIM-unlock, but...
(1) what is CID unlock (in fact what is "CID" and "SuperCID")?
(2) What is Bootloader?
(3) What is ROM? (is it equivalent to the "Windows OS" we install on PC?)
(4) What is Extended ROM, and what is usually placed in here as opposed to ROM?
(5) Can we just use any ROM on any variation of Wizard, and work?
(6) What is RAPI?

Thanks for your patience, guys.
Tones

[toneslee]

Hi guys
So will you help out a beginner pls?

Thanks
Tones

[vijay555]

toneslee: may I be so bold as to direct you towards the Hitchkikers Guide to HTC Phones, so to speak, the Wiki, top left of your browser or here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com
It won't answer all of your questions, but it'll help.

We're all newbies from a certain point of view, and a lot of gestalt knowledge goes into the Wiki. Have a look through there, have a hunt around on the board, and any questions or answers that need clarifying, elucidate here. We'll be glad to help as far as we can I'm sure :)

V

[Panja]

I can understand SIM-unlock, but...
(1) what is CID unlock (in fact what is "CID" and "SuperCID")?
(2) What is Bootloader?
(3) What is ROM? (is it equivalent to the "Windows OS" we install on PC?)
(4) What is Extended ROM, and what is usually placed in here as opposed to ROM?
(5) Can we just use any ROM on any variation of Wizard, and work?
(6) What is RAPI?


Hey dude,

Welcome on the forums.
I will try to answer your questions.

(1) CID = Country ID.
CID unlock will unlock the country ID on your phone so you can install other roms and also other roms with different languages (e.g. if you have a Dutch MDA and want an English rom)

(2) Bootloader for our phone is like the BIOS on a pc

(3) ROM is like an image.
We have 3 different rom types.
* OS Rom - image that includes the Operation System of our phones
* Radio or GSM Rom - rom is for all phones features, GPRS etc
* Extended Rom - this rom includes additional application, customizations etc

(4) Check answer 3 :)

(5) When your phone is CID or SuperCID unlocked you can install any kind of rom of any language or manufacturor

(6) This enables your PC to control the Wizard using USB ActiveSync connection



Maybe there are some others that can correct me or fill me in.

[Veedubya]

Thanks Panja. This was useful as I am a Newbie too.

[toneslee]

Thanks, guys. Appreciate it very much.

Looks like it helped someone else already too... great.

Tones