thanks, L0lAj, that helps a lot.

one item still makes me pause... a link in the tutorial directs me to pick a region and CDA, and takes me to a page showing phone models. the w300i does not show up there. this is one of the things that have held me up some... is there another model that is "equivalent" to the w300i, or close?

You may not know... but I wanted to ask. I haven't found anything that tells me.. and I didn't want to brick the thing.

Thank you again!

kirkhere