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So i just recently finished rooting with Unrevoked 3 and i want to try out Roms now, I tried to flash Damagecontrol v3.5 but it got me stuck on the loading screen and wouldn't get past it so i just did a restore with ROM manager (thank god) and was able to get my phone back it got me really scared so can anyone suggest any good stable roms? Also did i need to have unrevoked forever install? and my last question would be if i install a ROM can i install themes on it? how does it work?

I've been using Fresh 3.4. Very stable, with riptides theme... u must wipe everything before flashing a rom....
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Don't let that experience scare you away. We're lucky to have a large number of quality roms, themes,etc. For our evos. Make sure you always make a nandroid/backup before flashing new stuff and you're golden. It's difficult to actually 'brick' your evo. Read, experiment, find what you like, and become a flashoholic like most others on these boards.
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Myns warm two point two rls3 is by far my favorite Rom. It's smooth and very stable. Check it out. I always do a full wipe... wipe system, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, and if battery is at 100% wipe battery statts.
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Klk450 said:
So i just recently finished rooting with Unrevoked 3 and i want to try out Roms now, I tried to flash Damagecontrol v3.5 but it got me stuck on the loading screen and wouldn't get past it so i just did a restore with ROM manager (thank god) and was able to get my phone back it got me really scared so can anyone suggest any good stable roms? Also did i need to have unrevoked forever install? and my last question would be if i install a ROM can i install themes on it? how does it work?
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Yes install Unrevoked Forever. Wipe and factory reset twice, wipe cache twice and also wipe dalvik cache twice then retry rom.

Thanks for all the replies guys, i just finished Flashing CM6.1 and i installed a theme called MattedBlue, although i can't get it to look how it is in the picture lol but im getting the hang of this, and must say im becoming a flashaholic

so you got it without my help? glad to hear it.....

Q: what should I do?

Hi, so I'm super green but itching to load custom kernel and rom... So my Evo is rooted and have seen some pretty sweet roms, lol, kinda scared to flash and not sure what roms go with what kernals, do I even need a new kernal? What I really want is a kernal I can overclock to 1198mhz, and a rom build based on honeycomb and or gingerbread that is 100% stable or as close as I can get... Help? Lol...
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hahah exited aren't you... welcome to the root world!
you asked for hc/gb. google hasnt released hc source code yet, probably not until ice cream, so there is none of that. you can however download cyanogen(mod) 7, which is almost totally stable.
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=supersonic
there's the mirror link. download either rls4 or nightly 33. nightly 33 is a bit funky bcuz cyanogen is pulling an april fools prank saying he sold cm to teh duck revolution, and the rom is now called 'teh duck uber distro'. so maybe rls4 or just wait for the next nightly.
everything works. 4g (with one bug that there is an annoying fix for), hdmi (download hdmwin from the market) gps (with a fix) and everything else is perfect. it is still in beta/nightly stages, but should be done soon. it is my daily driver, as well as many other peoples. this rom is crazzzy popular. try it for sure.
start with stock kernel, but i'd try both savaged-zen and tiamat kernels on it. they will both give you much better battery. tiamat tends to give slightly better performance/quickness but savaged-zen (on custom SAVAGEZEN governer) gives fantastic battery. try them both!!!
again, welcome to the community. hope this helps.

Where do I get the kernals? And what process do I use? I have clockwork premium... I just don't wanna miss a step a jack myself
Also, is it gonna wipe my phone, do I need to wipe it? No issues with that though as I do it all the time... And thank you so much for the feedback BTW, still a little confused...
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ok, first of all, clockworkmod isn't the recovery you want to be using. download amon-ra's recovery here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026 make sure you get the pc36img.zip. put the pc36img.zip on the root of your sdcard (that means not in any folders) MAKING SURE IT IS NAMED EXACTLY PC36IMG.ZIP. aka just dont rename it. then power off your phone, and once it is off, hold power and volume down. you will see a white screen with scateboarding droids at the bottom. this is your BOOTLOADER SCREEN also known as hboot, and you see it quite often. so hboot will scan your sdcard, and find the pc36img.zip. hit volume up to accept the 'update'. then once it is done, volume up again to reboot.
you can download kernels from the evo android development subforum right here at the xda.
so first flash your rom. you can either boot up into it, or just flash the kernel right away. flash the kernel just like you would a rom, but without wiping.
enjoy.
any other questions, ask away.

dkdude36 said:
ok, first of all, clockworkmod isn't the recovery you want to be using. download amon-ra's recovery here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
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100% agree. Amon Ra imo is the much more stable & user friendly recovery

Alright, so, can I do all this just from my phone? Is a pc recommended? Will my stock kernal overclock? Never flashed a rom before, I'm an electronic/computer tech so I pick up shniz pretty quick but still don't wanna b---- this sucker...
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you can do it all from your phone if you want. i perfer downloading on my pc and transferring from there in case i want to modify anything, but you can always just dload on phone. make sure the pc36img.zip isnt in download folder or anything if you do. it needs to be on the root. your stock kernel can't overclock sadly. if you have never flashed a rom before, then cm7 will be crazy different than stock rom. most custom rom's are based off the stock htc software, just modded. cm7 is aosp, which means it is stock GOOGLE software. htc spends quite a few months modifying htc sense into google software, so the speed and memory increase is very noticable. just wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache when switching roms. you might want to backup your apps and their data using titanium backup. just dont backup system data, that can cause problems. then flash the rom after wiping, flash any kernel or addons you want (dont forget to flash gapps if it is an aosp rom, bcuz if you dont u wont have the market or anything) and reboot. for any other mods you install after that on the same rom, just wipe cache and dalvik cache and then flash away. wiping data between roms is always reccomended. if you want to stick with the cm7 nightlys, then all you need to wipe is cache and dalvik. there is never much of a problem with just flashing one over the other without a data wipe.
and forgot to mention, you cant control amon-ra recovery with rom manager. but then again, rom manager is just a touch screen version of recovery. you get used to the volume/power keys pretty quickly.

ok, im freaking out now, my phone is locked in the cm little surfer droid with the arrow circling around been constantly running for about 45 mins, im fuct, really fuct without my phone!!! its my only internet too!!! PLEASE HELP!!!

Did you do a factory wipe, Clear the cache & wipe Dalvik?
Sounds like it just wasn't a good install. Do the above in recovery & reinstall your ROM

ya did you wipe? doesnt sound like it. make sure data, cache, and dalvik cache are all wiped successfully. also make sure you are using amon-ra recovery. cwm can sometimes give you problems.

Been thinking for awhile...

And I've decided to finally root my Evo. Been reading around the tuts, and there's a lot of them, some are old, and I don't wanna use the wrong one -_-, and I'm kinda confused on which one to use.
Not asking for help, but more of a nudge in the right direction, per say...
Phone info: Android 2.2
Baseband: 2.15.00.11.19
Software: 3.70.651.1
HBoot: 2.10.0001
Hardware: 0003
Anything else ya need to know, just let me know.

Go to unrevoked.com, download the program and hboot drivers from the site. Install then unistall htc sync on your pc, enable usb debugging on your phone, connect to pc in charge only, then run unrevoked
This epic reply brought to you by none other than my roxx'd out Evo.

lol nice. seems pretty easy, just dont wanna f it up. but it seems like unrevoked is for 2.1?

No unrevovked is for all versions and will work without any problems...just select your phone and download unrevoked3 the runvthe program, plug your phone into the computer and let the magic happen
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Unrevoked. For sure
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Appreciate it, I'll have to give it a try. Hopefully I dont mess up. xD

unrevoked is pretty fool proof. I was too scared to root my evo (had it 6 months, thought about it every day) Rooted it and that night started flashing custom roms. I flashed three or 4 before landing on Warm Z twopointtwo with netarchy kernel.

Aight I'll have to give it a try.

It is easy. I'm a noob to rooting and was a breeze. Now just need to get brave on kernels.
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hmm, i ran unrevoked, and it says
"Communications with phone unexpectedly interrupted. Try again."
Recovery image: ClockworkMod Recovery
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make sure USB debugging is enabled, make sure htc sync is NOT on your computer, make sure u have the drivers downloaded and installed from unrevoked, and make sure ur phone is connected to charge only, also, anti virus/firewalls may mess it up, and make sure ur screen timeout is set to like 30 min so the screen doesnt shut when its rooting ur phone

jeffm922 said:
make sure USB debugging is enabled, make sure htc sync is NOT on your computer, make sure u have the drivers downloaded and installed from unrevoked, and make sure ur phone is connected to charge only, also, anti virus/firewalls may mess it up, and make sure ur screen timeout is set to like 30 min so the screen doesnt shut when its rooting ur phone
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Aw, it's the screen timeout, didnt think of that.
It safe to rerun? Cause it went through and pushed it and rebooted the phone..

Oh, nvm. Just changed the screen timeout to never, and re-ran unrevoked, and it worked. Cool cool.

Ok, I have one last question, if/when I decide to put a rom/kernal on, i just put it on the root of the sd card, and flash it via the clockwork orange recovery menu correct?

You will want to usually wipe all your data, cache, dalvik-cache before you shoot a new rom, some roms include wipe features with them such as Virus' new Sense 3.0 B1, however you can grab Caulkins Format all which works well too. Then just apply the zip package via recovery.

Don't wipe data when flashing anything other than a rom. When flashing kernels, themes, mods, etc just wipe cache and dalvik.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)

yeah when flashing a ROM, make sure you go into the wipe menu, and wipe AT LEAST data/factory reset/cache/and dalvik cache, if using clockwork it might be a good idea to wipe twice, then yes, as long as the rom is on the root of your sd card you can click install zip from sd and choose the rom and it will flash for you, If you don't wipe you will run into many problems, boot loops, force closes, bunch of bunch of things.and +1 to what plainjane said, only wipe data for flashing a rom , and only cache and dalvik cache for doing themes, kernals, anything besides a rom. If you wipe data to flash a theme, u will erase ur rom and have nothing to flash to. But i think you get the idea! glad to see you finally rooted your phone! welcome to the addiction!

haha yup!
if i flash a rom, do i have to flash a kernal to, or no?
thats the most im confused about.
So far the only thing I've done is use unrevoked, and made a backup, backed up my 4g key. so if I were to use CM7 7.0.2.1, I would put it on the root of the sd card, wipe the data and stuff, then put the frost theme from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852021&highlight=cm7+rom and flash it?

You don't need to flash a kernel with a new Rom. But it's always an option for better performance,battery life, ect...
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[Q] HELP can't flash kernel :confused:

hello all
i just upgraded to the Tmobile GS2 from my trusty old Nexus One. I must say I do miss my good ol' nexus but i am truly falling in love with the beast that is the GS2!
anyways, after having the device for you know, 10 hours, I decided it was time to root it. The root went smoothly, CWM, Titanium, and SU are all working properly.
However, I have tried to flash several kernels but I am not able to overclock using any overclocking app, and in ABOUT PHONE it says im just on kernel 2.6.35.11. Making me think that the kernel flash did not happen , although it did say that it was completed successfully each time. I have noticed bits and pieces of other people having a similar issue, although I havent found a fix.
Does anyone know why my GS2 wont take to the kernel I am flashing over it?

That's weird have you flashed bullet or synergy kernels cause they have boot animation, and so you will no 4Shore if it stuck. Also in about phone you will see the bullet or synergy.
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bbobarino said:
That's weird have you flashed bullet or synergy kernels cause they have boot animation, and so you will no 4Shore if it stuck. Also in about phone you will see the bullet or synergy.
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ah yes thank you for reminding me I forgot to mention this.
YES I DO GET THE BOOT ANIMATIONS. But nothing in ABOUT PHONE and SetCPU or any other similar app cant change the Governor or Max/Min settings.....Im super confused

Can you post a link to the kernel you're trying to install? Only certain ones are compatible with the Stock image you're running.
Are you wiping cache/dalvik? If yes, when?

tweak. said:
Can you post a link to the kernel you're trying to install? Only certain ones are compatible with the Stock image you're running.
Are you wiping cache/dalvik? If yes, when?
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I have tried to install (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348007) BULLET versions 2.9b and 2.7b! I have also tried the newest Synergy (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333128) kernel.
I have been wiping cache from CWM after flashing kernel. The only way I know to wipe dalvik is from flashing via rom manager, but I dont like doing that so much. Should I be? Thank you for your help already, I will do whatever you tell me to lol

I should also note that I am not looking to run a custom ROM, at least not at this time. I have my stuff already set up very nicely and would like to keep everything as is (no wipe) , just get that kernel working....

This time, try going to "Advanced" while in CWM; then 'Wipe Dalvik Cache', you might get an ext-sd card error, but your dalvik will still wipe; and then try flashing the kernel.
If that fails, goto "Mounts and Storage" and wipe your cache partition, then dalvik, THEN try flashing.
Get back to us! Always nandroid backup before this procedure as well.

A lot of the custom roms here (with the exception of juggernaut) show a static name for the kernel, regardless of which one you have installed. Juggernaut is the only one that will show the true kernel version. You may very well have installed the new kernel, and just can't tell because the name doesn't show up in about phone.

tweak. said:
This time, try going to "Advanced" while in CWM; then 'Wipe Dalvik Cache', you might get an ext-sd card error, but your dalvik will still wipe; and then try flashing the kernel.
If that fails, goto "Mounts and Storage" and wipe your cache partition, then dalvik, THEN try flashing.
Get back to us! Always nandroid backup before this procedure as well.
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Thank you! Your first method appears to have worked for me. I can now OC. Related question, what are the details on the new smartassv2 governor and lagfree governor. How do you all find that they compare to the interactive governor, which I am used to using on my N1.
During the time of me writing this response, my phone restarted itself automatically, something that has been happening with the my S2 regardless of which kernel (even stock), do you all experience this aswell? is there a fix?
to mstrk242: thank you for this note, I did not realize.

[Q] AOKP Won't Boot - 0% battery?

When I turn on my phone, the AOKP loading screen appears for about one or two minutes, then the screen shows an android notification saying, that there's 0% battery and immediately, after let's say half a second, the phone switches itself off again. This way it can't be booted and I'm 100% sure, that the battery is above 90% when doing this, I even tried to re-charge it for a couple of hours, but it's still the same. What should I do now? I'm using the kernel included in the AOKP zip.

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When I turn on my phone, the AOKP loading screen appears for about one or two minutes, then the screen shows an android notification saying, that there's 0% battery and immediately, after let's say half a second, the phone switches itself off again. This way it can't be booted and I'm 100% sure, that the battery is above 90% when doing this, I even tried to re-charge it for a couple of hours, but it's still the same. What should I do now? I'm using the kernel included in the AOKP zip.
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Try full wipe and flash ROM again. But before reboot, clear data, cache and dalvik cache. If it don't help, flash kernel RECOMENDED IN ROM'S OP, not that from zip.
AND NEVER AGAIN FLASH KERNEL FROM ANY ZIP!

parkourz said:
Try full wipe and flash ROM again. But before reboot, clear data, cache and dalvik cache. If it don't help, flash kernel RECOMENDED IN ROM'S OP, not that from zip.
AND NEVER AGAIN FLASH KERNEL FROM ANY ZIP!
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The first step didn't help, same result. Could you please recomend me some kernel that would work with AOKP? I've been trying to find one for a couple of hours by now and I'm hopeless... A direct link would really help me.

Ondwak said:
The first step didn't help, same result. Could you please recomend me some kernel that would work with AOKP? I've been trying to find one for a couple of hours by now and I'm hopeless... A direct link would really help me.
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all kernels are found here for AOSP
if AOKP is android 4.1.2 (im sure it is) DOWNLOAD the KERNEL LABELED CM10 (Latest one[im assuming u can find the latest one by looking at the upload date xD])
http://www.mediafire.com/?lo2ctaplonbdh

Well, thanks alot! It worked with the TK kernel for CM10, although the ROM itself had some minor bugs so I switched back to Sense based ROMs... problem solved!