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[Q] I just rooted my evo and need help updating because im new to this stuff

Hello and sorry for the inconvenience. I'm new to rooting and updating my evo. I have 2.2 android version since i rooted my evo and i rooted it with unrevoked 3. Now i keep getting updates from my phone but cant install them because im rooted. I was wondering how can i update my evo to the latest android version which is 2. something and how can i also update the latest fota version that's 3.70.
I don't know if i need to install a new ROM or get the update online. Your help would be grateful and thanks in advance.

You have to flash updated roms to keep your phone updated...thats the only way AFAIK

Any custom rom will get rid of the update notifications, and all are based on the newest OTA by now. I think the only 2.3 gingerbread rom is the CM7 nightly, which is very stable and very nice
Before you flash a new rom you will want to make sure you have one of the custom recoveries, RA for example is what i use for my flashing.

What Radio and software are you running?

software 2.2 and what do you mean by radio, basebad or kernel

Have you checked your phone to be sure you have S- off? There is a Rom in the developers section that has the latest OTA 3.70... but I do concur with the guys above in that you need to flash a custom Rom.
Go to the market and download Rom Manager. By using unrevoked I believe you now have clockworkmod as your custom recovery. And I'm pretty sure it would b version 2.6.0.1 which is the good one. By using Rom Manager you can flash a custom Rom directly through the app. My favorite is by far Cyanogen 6.1.2. The only downside is 4g isn't currently working. But the upsides by far outway that issue.
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thanks and as we speak im doing a nandroid back up and want to know out of
myn's and calk's
which one is the best and if both of them work with 4g and i wanted to know if i do a nandroid backup will all my apps and contacts be deleted?

Both are good ROMs but every time I go try out a new ROM, I always go back to Calk's. I like it best but that's just my personal opinion. Once you feel comfortable flashing try them all out. I would reccomend using titanium back up to back up all of your apps though so when you flas a new ROM you can easily recover all your apps.

thanks and will it erase all my contact when i flash a new rom?? cause i already did an nandroid backup. and i want to download calks. SO whats my next step here. does calk work with 4g since i have htc evo 4g. sorry because im an amateur and dont know that much about this

Yes your contacts will be erased but once you log back in with your google acct they will resync. Yes, Calk's Rom supports 4G.
Download Calk's format all (not necessary but just something I personally use) & install it to root of the SD card
http://www.mediafire.com/?ikylelx99c49133
Same with the ROM, DL it to SD card root
reboot into recovery (vol down & power)
Factory wipe
Wipe Dalvik
Install zip from SD Card
Calk's format all
EViO v1.8
After it's done installing the phone will appear to hang a the splash screen This is normal for a first boot after a flash just let it do it's thing. It will eventually come up, I promise.
Enjoy your new ROM

one more thing and sorry to bother you how can i make sure all my contacts are with my gmail account

chotero said:
one more thing and sorry to bother you how can i make sure all my contacts are with my gmail account
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by logging into gmail on your computer and checking "contacts". based on your questions, perhaps you should wait and research more before you dive into something that you can't get out of. you've been warned, just sayin. good luck though

Kernels and flashing

Noob here.
I had a question about kernels. What the hell are they and how do you flash?
I just put Miui on my EVO. I really like it but there are some issues with Bluetooth and also voice messages not wanting to send or receive. Plus the front camera issue.
I saw some others flashed a different kernel to fix some issues so I was wondering how to do that.
Also mentioned was doing a Nandroid backup... what is that?

zatos said:
Noob here.
I had a question about kernels. What the hell are they and how do you flash?
I just put Miui on my EVO. I really like it but there are some issues with Bluetooth and also voice messages not wanting to send or receive. Plus the front camera issue.
I saw some others flashed a different kernel to fix some issues so I was wondering how to do that.
Also mentioned was doing a Nandroid backup... what is that?
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Take the zip you want drop it in your sd card use rom manager recovery and install new zip nanroid is under recovery mode as well

Flash a kernel- place the zip file on the root of your sd card [not in a folder], wipe you cache and dalvik cache, then click install zip from sd card, then select your file
Nandroid [a backup]- from the main menu, select backup and restore, click backup, done.
Always do a backup before flashing a kernel because it may not play nice.

Once you've got the basics down. Just start with one of Netarchy's (my preference) and try a few to see what seems to flow best with your phone. I've had the best luck with Nets 4.3.1 more havs nosbc. Good luck.

To wipe the cache and dalvik cache, is that listed under the recovery menu or do I have to do it some other way? What is stored in the cache?
Also hope I got this right, but I can only use AOSP kernels with Miui? I'm not sure what is different about AOSP. Is Netarchy AOSP?

Unfortunately, I don't believe Nets has any AOSP kernels. Sorry, I don't have a good kernel recommendation for Miui. I'm a MikFroyo fan, tried a lot of roms and kernels, but haven't given Miui a try. I like my 4G. Mik is fast and stable, so I've stuck with it for a while now. Depending on what recovery your using, to wipe the dalvik cache, you should have that option. In clockwork its under the advanced i believe and in amon its under wipe. Don't really know what is stored in cache, but any time you make a change or flash something new, always good to wipe the dalvik cache.

What is AOSP versus whatever else is used?

in the evo world, every rom you'll find is either AOSP or Sense based. Aosp roms are custom made roms built straight from android source. Miui and Cyanogen are the most popular AOSP roms. Sense roms are basically the rom sprint uses that people have hacked to make it faster/personalized.

Do the kernels have to be specifically for the EVO?

zatos said:
What is AOSP versus whatever else is used?
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AOSP- Android Open Source Project ; closest to bare bones Android [Think Cyanogenmod]
the other is Sense- Think stock HTC Evo, roms like MikFroyo, Azrael, ect

zatos said:
Do the kernels have to be specifically for the EVO?
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I believe so. Make sure you're running a stock kernel with stock rom aosp kernel for an aosp rom.

Nandroid
Nandroid backups are performed in custom recovery. They essentially backup the entire "image" of your current ROM into the "Nandroid" folder on your SD card. The beauty of this is that you can take a nandroid backup, flash a ROM and, if something goes wrong or you don't like it, you can restore via nandroid and return your phone to a previous state.

No one has still answer his original question...
Android relies on Linux version 2.6(the kernel) for core system services such as security, memory management, process management, network stack, and driver model. The kernel also acts as an abstraction layer between the hardware and the rest of the software stack.
So basically, it is what allows for better management between the rom and the actually hardware. For example, your rom could manage how many applications are running and using up cycles of your processor, but your kernel will determine how your processor elevates to the needed speeds for the ongoing task. Kernels are important to keep your phone secure, stable and longer batteries

[Q] wanting to flash warm z twopointtwo Rom

I'm getting a new 16gb micro SD card and after I set that up I want to flash the Warm Z twopointtwo rom. Within Rom Manager it says my current and latest clockworkMod is 3.0.0.8. I want to try this Rom because it has the new sense 2.0. In the Warm Z twopointtwo Rom post it has these options for these downloads:
Downloads:
Nightlies Testing (Newest)
DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 2)
[MD5Sum: 99a461227c47e6a06d89dad880883ffa]
DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 3.0.7 and up)
[MD5Sum: 5ca34912d800a5120349a09cdf5a10b0]
So I assume I download DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 2)?
Also, I understand these instructions to flash the rom, but the only other rom I tried was CyanogenMod 7 and I had to load google apps. I guess maybe that was just for that rom and I don't have to do that for every rom?
Installation Instructions:
Download Rom
Reboot into Recovery.
Perform Nandroid backup
Minimally wipe dalvik and cache. For optimal experience, perform full wipe (data/dalvik/cache).
Flash rom
Reboot
Enjoy
This says to flash just like flashing a rom, but when you flash a rom you do a full wipe. Do I do a wipe with any of these?
Other Optional Downloads:
(Flash these just like how you flash roms)
Transparent Notification Bar - DOWNLOAD
Data Governer Removal RLS1 - DOWNLOAD
Hulu App - DOWNLOAD (DO NOT update flash from market as it will overwrite mod to support Hulu)
Older HTCMusic w/ EMMC Support - DOWNLOAD
Revert Back to Newer HTCMusic w/ no EMMC Support - DOWNLOAD
Task Manager Notifications (Recent Apps Dropdown) - DOWNLOAD
Stock Fonts - DOWNLOAD
DarkStar/Coconut Fonts - DOWNLOAD (screenshot)
Fix Lockscreen Pin Numbers - DOWNLOAD
Original Warm Statusbar Icons - DOWNLOAD
Original Warm Statusbar Icons and Transparent TitleBar - DOWNLOAD
Themed LauncherPro 0.8.3 for Warm Z here or here (Uninstall any prior installations before flashing) (Thanks eyeballer1 and Androidious)
Gingerbread Keyboard - DOWNLOAD
Browser Reflow Enabled - DOWNLOAD (Thanks Nils)
I'm sure after I flash a few Roms I won't be so nervous about bricking my phone.

djgdroid said:
So I assume I download DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 2)?
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RLS1 is the most stable, but nightlies come with newer features currently in development but occasionally will have more bugs. It's all preference.
Also, I understand these instructions to flash the rom, but the only other rom I tried was CyanogenMod 7 and I had to load google apps. I guess maybe that was just for that rom and I don't have to do that for every rom?
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Only certain ROMs require you to flash Gapps separately. They're baked into Warm Z TwoPointTwo
This says to flash just like flashing a rom, but when you flash a rom you do a full wipe. Do I do a wipe with any of these?
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No. If you wipe before you flash any of those, you're going to wipe the ROM. You flash those after you flash the ROM.
As always, just do a Nandroid backup beforehand and everything will be fine. Flashing ROMs really isn't as risky as it's made out to be. Anyone that can read can do it.

I think for my first rom, I'll first try the stable rom,
Just for clarification, if on Rom Manager my clockworksMod says 3.0.0.8 which flash do I use?
DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 2)
[MD5Sum: 99a461227c47e6a06d89dad880883ffa]
Or do I flash
DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 3.0.7 and up)
[MD5Sum: 5ca34912d800a5120349a09cdf5a10b0]

djgdroid said:
I think for my first rom, I'll first try the stable rom,
Just for clarification, if on Rom Manager my clockworksMod says 3.0.0.8 which flash do I use?
DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 2)
[MD5Sum: 99a461227c47e6a06d89dad880883ffa]
Or do I flash
DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 3.0.7 and up)
[MD5Sum: 5ca34912d800a5120349a09cdf5a10b0]
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Second one, since you're on clockworkmod 3.0.0.7+
Sent from my Droid Incredible running CM7 RC2.

Thanks I was hoping "DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 3.0.7 and up)" was the right one. Must be different that the typical decimal system cuz in the decimal system 3.0.0.8 is not quite up to 3.0.1.

The program ROM Manager is up to version 3.0.1.3.
The latest ClockworkMod Recovery version is 3.0.0.8.
You need to use the one that says:
"DOWNLOAD RLS1 (Clockworkmod 3.0.7 and up)
[MD5Sum: 5ca34912d800a5120349a09cdf5a10b0]"
Please read through the entire Warm Z twopointtwo thread.
I know it's long, but if you're really interested in learning about modifying your phone, then it's well worth it.
Much love my friend

I have personally used warmz. I liked it a lot because it was nice and functional. You will download the one for 3.0.7+. If you download the one for CWM2 it may give you an error during the flash stating something about edify and amend scripting. Also do the wipe then flash the Rom. It was a very easy process. The first boot does take a little longer so keep that in mind.
Have fun!

Thanks for all the help. I have started reading thru the Warm Z thread and I'll drill thru it till the end. I really do want to understand all this and help other newbies.

djgdroid said:
Thanks for all the help. I have started reading thru the Warm Z thread and I'll drill thru it till the end. I really do want to understand all this and help other newbies.
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I'm with you, I'm a NooB at this stuff but it's very exciting!
I'm still confused exactly what I need to "wipe" in ClockworkMod before installing?
I know how to do the Delvic cache wipe but I'm afraid to wipe anything else and erase my SD card, etc.. sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm Sceered ! LOL

Wipe Cache and Wipe Data/Cache. You should copy your sdcard to your computer or something, cant take too long.

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Wipe Cache and Wipe Data/Cache. You should copy your sdcard to your computer or something, cant take too long.
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Cool, thanks !

All I can tell you is warm z twopointtwo is the best rom I have used so far. haven't really verified battery drain yet, but it's beautiful. Finally an update to Sense on my phone!

I personally love this ROM. I would recommend the nightly downloads though. I used the RLS1 version for a while because the word "nightly" honestly scared me away from that one. I decided to take the plunge and go for a nightly. I'm glad I did. I flashed the 3/31 nightly, and my phone flies. Havent had an issue so far. Good luck on your new adventures into Sense 2.0
Edit: wanted to also say my battery easily gets through a whole day of standard, facebook, snes, calls, texing use

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.

Question regarding the new 2.3 OTA kernal and rooted ZIP

So, there is Haus's thread which provides download links to the ROM, Kernel and Radios.
I am currently running Salvage Mod and a Tiamat kernel.
If I flash the 2.3 OTA ROM while still running the Tiamat kernel, will I run into issues?

Mindspin_311 said:
So, there is Haus's thread which provides download links to the ROM, Kernel and Radios.
I am currently running Salvage Mod and a Tiamat kernel.
If I flash the 2.3 OTA ROM while still running the Tiamat kernel, will I run into issues?
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No because after you flash you will no longer be running the Tiamat kernel you will be running the new stock HTC kernel. Flashing the ROM flashes the kernel as well.

zone23 said:
No because after you flash you will no longer be running the Tiamat kernel you will be running the new stock HTC kernel. Flashing the ROM flashes the kernel as well.
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Oh...
I was under the impression (based off the links provided in the other thread) that the ROM and kernel needed to be flashed separately.
Thanks for clarifying!!

Mindspin_311 said:
Oh...
I was under the impression (based off the links provided in the other thread) that the ROM and kernel needed to be flashed separately.
Thanks for clarifying!!
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Generally no I flashed it on my EVO and didn't flash any thing else. You might want to go back and take another look I will as well but that generally not the case they come with the kernel.

To flash back to sense you don't have to do anything special. You don't have to nandroid back to sense or anything like that. The only thing you have to do is clear user data, cache, and dalvik cache then flash. You don't need to restore anything first. I saw your other post. Also I'm fairly positive that the ROM has the kernel but if you want to be safe download the kernel as well and just stick it on your storage card just in case.
Remember clearing user data will wipe all of your apps and data.

The kernel is a modified one just incase you have the brightness bug still I think.
When I flashed the new mikg v1.0 i know I still did but I flashed that kernel and it fixed it but I never flashed one of the new stock ROMs cause of the 1.0 sense on it.
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