Neewbie Please Assist

[marvi0]

hie guys i recently made the switch from nokia symbian to windowsafter having been screwd by symbian and gosh why i didnt make the switch earlier dont know anyway i have got a htc tytn 11 and am slowly getting used to it and because i have all the time in the world if given direction and links i normally find my way very well now i have been with the device for 2 weeks and i got it from 3 uk now what i need to know is please what steps can i take to free my device , and get rid of operator services though to be honest it does not appeare to have much staff from 3 uk however i just want to increase its usabilty as well as how do i upgrade the device,if someone is kind as to offer me the links to unlock it and upgrade it i would be gratefull and other helpfull links to make my device better i would appreciate. am sure we all start from somewere even when i first used symbian nokia i didnt have a clue but with time,direction and assistance from guys like you it all becomes a walk in the park thanx looking forward to your help

[schmenge]

You can find a lot of info about unlocking phones and such at xda-developers (http://www.xda-developers.com) forums. Make sure you search before you post as there is not always a lot of tolerance for questions that have been asked and answered several times. :) Other things to do:

Get a good memory manager program (Tapping the X only minimizes a program). I use iLauncher (http://www.sbsh.net), but there are many others, including freeware like Magic Button.
I am partial to phone profile programs. Again I like PhoneWeaver from SBSH (same as iLauncher), but there are lots of other ones as well.
Ditch the lame File Explorer and get either Resco Explorer (http://www.resco.net)(payware) or Total Commander (freeware)
Get a good program for maintaining your device (clearing junk files and such). I have both Memmaid (http://www.dinarsoft.com)and SK Tools (http://www.s-k-tools.com)(some overlap for sure!) and there are others.
Do a few searches here; there are a few older threads on favorite software.