I've never owned an HTC device before, so this is somewhat new territory for me. However, I have owned numerous Android devices, and am familiar with "flashing ROMs" and "kernels". I remember being in the UK during the public's transition from feature phone to iPhone stylised phones (I was also in Japan for the same transition some years later), and vividly remember an HTC device with a *huge* 4" screen and a large clock and weather widget on the home screen.
Read MoreYou may (or may not) remember the [problems](http://www.martinirwinphotography.com/myblog/2013/02/21/let-down-by-sony) I had with my NEX-C3. In summary, the two problems were:
* The rear control wheel buttons were not responding (in the left and upward direction)
* The rear screen had deteriorated massively, after careful use
I was upset, and wrote the aforementioned article saying how I was let down by Sony. I still think that I was, in a sense. Either way, it was evident that it was up to me to either pay Sony ~$250USD, or fix it myself. After some detailed searches on the internet, I found solutions to these niche issues.
Read MoreThe Nokia Lumia 920 is the first Nokia phone I've owned since 2004. My last was the Nokia 6260 (online manual), starting my flip phone obsession. I've owned over 50 phones since my first back in 1999, but the turnover rate has slowed down since smartphones entered the market.
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