New Ideos x5, what to do first?

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I am getting mine tomorrow. Any advices on what to do before use?
Any updates? stock rom?
Thx

i'm still using the stock rom and I have the phone for 2 weeks

I'm impressed by the overall quality and speed, my previous phone was an ETEN X500 which was, of course, quite slow compared to the Huawei.

The only important things to do with the phone are:
1) change the launcher, stock launcher aint that good
2) change the dialer, I'm coming from WM-6.5 and no dialer is as good as microsofts, "dialer one" seems to do the job
3) get a keyboard that suits you!

used smart keyboard pro and dialer one.
witch launcher is good?

You can use ADW launcher, Launcher Pro, Go launcher EX for a far better and customizable experience.

Of course search on market for "launcher". Every day appears one for every taste.

went with the launcher pro.
how can i remove the apps that are preloaded?
root?

Me too need help!

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I also gonna buy this phone. How to improve performance by using stock rom? I maybe not ready to flash custom rom yet but maybe will flash new kernel to OC to 1ghz because i want to play games. Is do OC is simple? Does HD games is supported by this devices?

Originally Posted by iG3

went with the launcher pro.

I personally use GO Launcher and I really like. Haven't used Launcher Pro, just seen it in a friends Optimus 2X
I think Go Launcher is better, but this is just a thought

As for stock programs, I'm trying to remove them with Titanium Backup, seems to do the job but I don't know if there are any better ways.
I think that the best thing to do is to wait for xda-cookers to create a nice fast rom and apply it!

will try the GO launcher to. thx.

GO Laucher is slower but has free widgets.
Laucher Pro is much faster.

Originally Posted by ciwek90

I also gonna buy this phone. How to improve performance by using stock rom? I maybe not ready to flash custom rom yet but maybe will flash new kernel to OC to 1ghz because i want to play games. Is do OC is simple? Does HD games is supported by this devices?

There is not much you really can do to improve performance without changing rom. Try another launcher and see if that makes the appdrawing faster, but otherwise dead end I would say.
The performance is though enough for many users.

Overclocking is not hard, eg SetCPU.