benny i understand why the users asking u as they are not sure especially like me got the first android, noob

i have read the faq 2-3 times yet still worries a lot

ppl then to avoid risk and such, i believe u can open a business here,to root and flash rom for ppl
u will be surprise how many will come look for u ....haha

btw i didn't root as don't want take risk and  void warranty

i think theres a bug in 2.3.4 that i cant sort/arrange the apps...i arrange everything manually and trim to 5 pages but after reboot its goes back to same old stuff 9 page and the back to respective page....so some page got empty space/icon....

benny i understand why the users asking u as they are not sure especially like me got the first android, noob

i have read the faq 2-3 times yet still worries a lot

ppl then to avoid risk and such, i believe u can open a business here,to root and flash rom for ppl
u will be surprise how many will come look for u ....haha

btw i didn't root as don't want take risk and  void warranty

And I just found out Android does not support Off-Alarm. Switching from Symbian to Android... Kind of disappointed that such feature is not present.

And Google has no plans to implement it.

And I just found out Android does not support Off-Alarm. Switching from Symbian to Android... Kind of disappointed that such feature is not present.

And Google has no plans to implement it.

Bro what launcher you are using? I am using GO EX and after reinstall it still the same. My problem is I set shortcut and widgets then at certain time, those widgets will be missing. LIke a screen can have max 16, some time check and noticed only got 8 or 10. The rest hilang. Restart and at times those icons will be back. if not gone for good. Pek check sial.

If like this I am going to ADW or LauncherPro again...Yesterday I reinstall back those browser, shortcuts like nearly 10 times le!

I was waiting for the user to respond to me before I reply. He was making a generalized statement which is misleading. ANyway here is my understanding . First and foremost I am not an expert in such stuffs - this is based on my experience flashing the first Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab and present Galaxy S II.

PIT stands for PARTITION INFORMATION TABLE. The pit file basically tells Odin how to divide the partitions (for formating) and also where certain components ( PDA, PHONE, CSC ) to go when flashing them individually. PIT understanding is very crucial when you wish to flash roms from samfirmware.com , one place I always discourage new users from attempting as it is a trap to bricking a phone if you do not understand what you are doing

Cooked roms take cares of PIT ; you rarely see cooked roms asking you to choose PIT during flash thro Odin. Most cook roms, the developer has built in his rom the PIT instructions

For example, in the samfirmware.com Galaxy S site, you can even see different types of PIT listed and a warning that you choose the right PIT file. In its SGS II site, If you look at samfirmware.com - there is a default PIT file you can download at the top box just above the list of firmwares for different regions. If you download any of these official roms, you will see some roms comes with a PIT file and some does not. You asked a very good question, why is the PIT included if is of no use ?
My advise is simply this : If you see a PIT included in your rom, choose it during flashing as most probably the PIT is a changed version from default. You can only use this PIT to flash with the rom that comes with it. You cannot take this PIT and used it to flash another rom - this will brick your phone. When you use a wrong PIT - you have 2 possible scenarios :
- failed flash and phone cannot boot
- flash OK but the whole internal SD is formatted and cannot be detected at all by phone ( my experience with the Tab)

If the rom downloaded does not supplied a PIT file - than you just flash it without it or you choose the default PIT

As the PIT name implies, using PIT basically repartition /reformat your whole internal SD - once you select PIT, you will see repartition is auto selected. All your data in the internal SD will be wipe clean

You can choose NOT to select the PIT during flashing if you wish to have your internal SD intact. I cannot say whether you will have a successful flash. If is successful it just means your present rom PIT is similar to the rom you have downloaded. If is unsuccessful, just flash it again and select PIT

Read this post if you wish to know more. The writer similarly points out about the false/wrong understanding of many users about using PIT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=999097

okay, so let say i have the one without .PIT supplied, no .PIT to select. now should i uncheck re-partition or should i check it?

Yes I understand. I am also a noob just like anybody when I started to learn about root/flashing etc. My difference with some other users is I have an interest and passion and I do a lot of googling/research myself. Forum XDA was just like my another home !!! Another difference I am not the K-K type - I always dare to try new stuffs even though is still alpha stage

What irritates me is that many new users never bother to even read page 1 and PM me questions showing very obviously they don't even know a page 1 exists. I,  and I believe many users here appreciate all questions if the user has done  some initial research or to quote one forumer " self educate" himself first. This is the purpose of an official thread where the TS try to help by posting useful info in the first few pages for easy reference.

I being the TS is not a professional writer nor an expert. If after reading the page 1, any stuff a new user is not clear - asking questions to clarify is always welcome. All the posts in Page 1,  I frequently update it when I find users misunderstand or there are better answers. I get many PM about the different roms because I tested most of them - but the problem is obviously many new users  did not even bother reading up the roms and ask me questions like - which is best rom ?? Is rom ABC better than DEF ?? What is Odin, where to download ? Do I need to wipe cache - don't wipe, can or not ? , what is kernel ? what is recovery, what is download mode etc , what is latest rom etc