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Hey guys im contemplating flashing Cyanogen onto my phone, seems like there are alot of issues with it.. If you have it installed was it worth it or no.. and if not what do you think of the EVio Rom?

Yellowcard8992 said:
Hey guys im contemplating flashing Cyanogen onto my phone, seems like there are alot of issues with it.. If you have it installed was it worth it or no.. and if not what do you think of the EVio Rom?
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Best is Baked Snacks or DamageControl

Me personally, I've been stuck like glue on cyans latest offerings and just today I ran calkins new rom and I loved it.
Still a DC fan but I got enough love in me for all my ladies.

It's really a matter of preference. I was running Fresh at 0.5.3, then wanted to try something different so i hopped over to DamageControl. As soon as CyanogenMod was released though i've been running his nightly builds & i love them. Best bet is to take a look through all of them & see what it offers that you might want.
Best ROMs

CM6 hands down. Have not flashed anything else after going Stock froyo. You can really tell Sense does slow down the OS. CM6 is only getting better.
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Yellowcard8992 said:
Hey guys im contemplating flashing Cyanogen onto my phone, seems like there are alot of issues with it.. If you have it installed was it worth it or no.. and if not what do you think of the EVio Rom?
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I use the Cyanogen 6 RC and have no reservations. Yes, you have to do these fixes immediately after installing and you lose 4G, HDMI output, and the FM radio, but you gain tremendously in the areas of responsiveness and battery life. If you can tolerate the trade-offs, I recommend it wholeheartedly. I've never used EVio, though. (Oh, what a rhyme show!)

I appreciate it guys, are the fixes a big pain in the butt to flash?

Yellowcard8992 said:
I appreciate it guys, are the fixes a big pain in the butt to flash?
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The market fix takes a bit of time, but is a one shot deal and is only about half an hour.
I don't use Facebook so I skipped the other one. However, I can't imagine it being worse than the Market fix.

Wasn't the Market fix just a matter of removing the old apk, clearing the data, & loading the new one? If i remember it was only a few cmd's through adb ( very simple to do ).
Also, there's a post on the General board saying the FaceBook sync is fixed without using the "hacked" version.

Veritas06 said:
Wasn't the Market fix just a matter of removing the old apk, clearing the data, & loading the new one? If i remember it was only a few cmd's through adb ( very simple to do ).
Also, there's a post on the General board saying the FaceBook sync is fixed without using the "hacked" version.
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I didn't remove the apk. All I did was clear data and force stop. Flashed over the fixed market zip
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That's probably easier than the whole way i did it lol

Veritas06 said:
That's probably easier than the whole way i did it lol
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Root explorer?? Lol
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ehh after reading this I think im going to just go to either Fresh or EviO and just wait for a Cyanogen Stable build or wait til Froyo comes out. Thanks again guys

BigRick10 said:
CYou can really tell Sense does slow down the OS. CM6 is only getting better.
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Techrocket9 said:
... you gain tremendously in the areas of responsiveness and battery life. ...
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Are you sure the speedup is related to no-Sense, or is it just FroYo being faster than Eclair? I remember reading somewhere (Engadget?) that Sense slows it down very little, if at all. And FroYo, of course, focused on 5 things, one of them being SPEED.
I'm just not sure that 2.2 w/ Sense would be that much slower than 2.2 w/o Sense. I guess I could try Ava's thing, but I'd rather just wait for DC 3.5...

EViO
just flashed it today and so far I like it over baked snack

cyanogen for life!

[Q] Custom ROM, Advice?

Hello All again!
I have been rooted for months now, via unrEVOked.
I have done a Nandroid Backup already, and saved everything already!
I want a custom ROM as I have read these have much better battery and such
I am looking for a ROM that has 4G and HDMI out, no HTC Sense needed unless i have to
I was looking into Fresh and Virus, Still have no idea which one to do
Advice?
Kyle

Kyledlindgren said:
Hello All again!
I have been rooted for months now, via unrEVOked.
I have done a Nandroid Backup already, and saved everything already!
I want a custom ROM as I have read these have much better battery and such
I am looking for a ROM that has 4G and HDMI out, no HTC Sense needed unless i have to
I was looking into Fresh and Virus, Still have no idea which one to do
Advice?
Kyle
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I have never used a Virus rom so I can not help you with that one. But can tell you that I have run fresh several times both on my hero and my evo and have not had any problems that one. I am currently running myn's warm twopointtwo and it is also running great.

Like the other hundred "What rom should I use" posts
Try them out and find the one you like the best.

Thanks! Ill test it out, does it have 4G support?

Kyledlindgren said:
Thanks! Ill test it out, does it have 4G support?
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Myns rom does have 4GZZZZZ.

Bielinsk said:
Like the other hundred "What rom should I use" posts
Try them out and find the one you like the best.
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Well, I am pretty sure I posted in the Q A section

animal7296 said:
Myns rom does have 4GZZZZZ.
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Sweet! Thats what i wanted to hear, flashing in a few!
THanks!

i liked both but i really really liked the virus roms. Very stable, no problems, and i love the way they look.

Loki 2010 said:
i liked both but i really really liked the virus roms. Very stable, no problems, and i love the way they look.
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does this have 4g?

idk. i dont have 4G in my area yet and it doesnt say so on the page

hmmm , yeah I was originally going to do virus but I couldn't find the 4g, yeah I am in a area that 4g is literally everywhere I ever go, does it say in your settings?

[Q] Best ROM for a noob?

I am rooting my buddy's EVO this weekend and he isnt the most technically savvy guy ... I have a DINC and i am quite familar with loading ROMS kernels radio's etc on it ... Just curious as to what ROM people would recommend on the EVO for a guy thats not really technically inclined... I current run CM on DINC but i think a Sense based ROM would be better for him because thats what he is used to ... been looking around and noticed Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo seems to be pretty popular.. any other suggestions?

nope, thats about simple as it gets xD i could recommend a cyanogen rom (6 or 7) but no 4g and no sense. myn is a good rom i used it for a while

MikFroyo 4.3 is sweet and fast. Also it is very clean and a sense rom.

Ricism78's Stock Turbo, with Netarchy kernal of choice. Stable and fast. Everything works.

Dont root, keep him stock.
Unless you want to be his phone support from now on.
(I speak from experience)

I would agree on keeping him stock.
If not, the most stable ROM is probably Myn's from my experience :\

Bielinsk said:
Dont root, keep him stock.
Unless you want to be his phone support from now on.
(I speak from experience)
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Yeah i know but he wants the free wifis! omg lol

Tether is free.

WiFi Tether requires you to be rooted for it to be free? At least thats how it is with the DINC...

Yes wifi tether requires root.

Bielinsk said:
Dont root, keep him stock.
Unless you want to be his phone support from now on.
(I speak from experience)
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+2, if you do the root you're tech support from now on. Also if the phone gets bricked, guess who is to blame? If your friend wants a rooted phone have him do it himself, doing it manually, so he learns a bit about abd, patience, and fear...
That bring said if your friend likes Sense, I'd recommend Fresh or Warm. For a senseless rom, Vaelpak is really nice.
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[Q] Best ROM?

I was looking throught the ROM choices for the droid incredible and I noticed a lot of them. I began looking through them and i couldnt decide which one i wanted. I currently have CM6.1 but it keeps looping. Any ideas on which is the best one and why?

I think it really depends on what you're looking for. Cyanogen is a great AOSP-based ROM. If you're looking for a Sense-based ROM, there's Skyraider or Redemptive Revolution. The three ROMs I've mentioned are just a few of MANY. They all bring something good to the table. It all boils down to what your preferences are.
Also, I'm currently running CM6.1 with no problems. You might try wiping your cache and Dalvik and re-flashing.

MrAwesomeMan said:
I was looking throught the ROM choices for the droid incredible and I noticed a lot of them. I began looking through them and i couldnt decide which one i wanted. I currently have CM6.1 but it keeps looping. Any ideas on which is the best one and why?
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If there was a "best ROM," everyone would be using it, so it would be the only ROM. What we need are criteria to help you select. Answer my questions below and I'll be able to give you some insight:
-Do you prefer Sense (stock UI), or vanilla UI (like in Cyanogen), or something completely different?
-Rank these three in the order of importance: speed, stability, features.
-Do you want a high degree of customization (above what a stock ROM offers), or do you just want it to work out of the box?

I tried that and it just keeps looping. I would like something that wont brick easy and with some features that i wont have with the stock ROM and pretty fast and smooth. The UI doesnt really matter just as long as its cool and i can add themes and i would perfer some customization. I hope Im not being to picky.

MrAwesomeMan said:
I tried that and it just keeps looping. I would like something that wont brick easy and with some features that i wont have with the stock ROM and pretty fast and smooth. The UI doesnt really matter just as long as its cool and i can add themes and i would perfer some customization. I hope Im not being to picky.
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Try these two:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764787
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768626

They both look nice. is there any difference between them?

MrAwesomeMan said:
They both look nice. is there any difference between them?
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Yes, read the OP threads, since those tell you what each ROM contains. If you are looking for something specific, just flash one of them and use it for a few days. You can always create a nandroid backup of it, and flash the other to test it out.
You aren't really going to know the intricate details of the differences unless you just flash them.
Are you looking for a ROM that has something specific? You will want to look at the Theming threads too, cause there are quite a few themes for both of those ROM's as well. Those threads will also tell you what versions of the ROM it'll work on as well.

Not as of right now. I'm just looking for something thats cool and i can have some fun with. Also how would i know if my radio is on S-OFF?

MrAwesomeMan said:
Not as of right now. I'm just looking for something thats cool and i can have some fun with. Also how would i know if my radio is on S-OFF?
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It actually says in your hboot menu.
Kind of a subjective question haha... but I have been switching back between lous stuff. So redemptive revolution and redemption. The later uses the incredible framework and the first uses the evo framework. Both are super sexy with his kernel.

I thought so. Its on S-OFF but i dont remember doing it ha. and i just installed Redemption ROM v2.3

That's actually what I have been using for the past week and a half, decided to return to it and it's been flawless.

give both evervolv and OMFGB a try. they are two of the current Gingerbread (Android 2.3.2) roms and ive had great luck with both.

Anyone know of any cool themes and what are some awesome things I can do with redemption 2.3
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MrAwesomeMan said:
I was looking throught the ROM choices for the droid incredible and I noticed a lot of them. I began looking through them and i couldnt decide which one i wanted. I currently have CM6.1 but it keeps looping. Any ideas on which is the best one and why?
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I started off trying to stay stock but rooted. Took off the bloatware. I then decided to take virtuous 3.2 a shot. I really liked it. I have the 2400 battery that with juice defender I was getting almost 36 hours with a good amount of use (txt and web surfing). I was reading up on Incredibly Re-Engineered v2.20 and I love it. Its everything everyone says. Its fast, the battery life is good so far but I am still tweaking it. I am a novice user but i guess it all depends what you want really. Re is solid and I have had VERY little problems.
Incredibly Re-Engineered v2.20 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893233

Running the SkyRaider 3.5 and loving it.
Trying to download the redemption 2.3 to give it a try, but the servers they host it on suck and it says its gonna take 4-6 hours to down load it

I'm currently on 2.3 and I like it. It's smooth and pretty fast. The only thing is that I cannot find any themes for it.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but as long as the themes are using the same framework shouldn't they install fine?

thats what i hear but im not 100% sure but i think redemption 2.3 does not have the evo frame work, i think it has its own and i couldnt find many themes for it.

Ultimate Droid is really nice.. Many tweaks for the user to further customize the ROM to your liking.

The cyanogen7 rom (I'm now using build 22) and its been about as solid as I could of hoped it could be. I tried omfgb and it was great as well. But like what others have said, decide what you want out of it and try a few different roms to see what works well for you.
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To Root or Not To Root?

Coming from an Evo 4G that I had rooted right after I got it... ran a ton of different ROMs and that phone seemed like it needed to be rooted to really make it run right... I'm finding that I really don't see any benefit to rooting this phone (other than free tether)...
So, am I missing something? What are these improvements in these custom ROMs that are making it worth it to root... this thing is so freakin awesome already I just can't think of anything else I need...

There are tons of perks in the custom ROMs: themes, TSM-mod, cm7, MIUI, faster lighter ROMs, debloated, Rouge recovery to name a few. If you flashed roms on the EVO im sure its just a matter of time until you dive into the ET4g dev section.

ignore this

phatmanxxl said:
There are tons of perks in the custom ROMs: themes, TSM-mod, cm7, MIUI, faster lighter ROMs, debloated, Rouge recovery to name a few. If you flashed roms on the EVO im sure its just a matter of time until you dive into the ET4g dev section.
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What's "TSM-mod" and "Rogue recovery".. Or more precisely, what are the advantages of them?
I've looked around at the Dev section but the phone's been out long enough that it's hard to find threads that actually explain what all this is.. it's just assumed that I already know...
I know, I know.. use the search fxn... you dont have to flame me... I'll find out on my own

blakjak220 said:
Yeah, I'm not saying I can deny the "flash bug" for long... but I'm so impressed with the phone as is that I'm content for now I guess...
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If your impressed now, just wait till you start flashin'.
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Reason to flash=MIUI.
Calkulin's rom is great for a boost of performance on a stock rom as well...

Honestly, if you're happy with the phone as is, then maybe you should just leave it as it is until something comes along that makes you change your mind. Having a stock/unrooted phone is not a sin

blakjak220 said:
What's "TSM-mod" and "Rogue recovery".. Or more precisely, what are the advantages of them?
I've looked around at the Dev section but the phone's been out long enough that it's hard to find threads that actually explain what all this is.. it's just assumed that I already know...
I know, I know.. use the search fxn... you dont have to flame me... I'll find out on my own
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Tsm is like Cyanogen settings from the cm7 roms, but compatible with Samsung ROMs, Rogue recovery is clockwork recovery but redone, the options are grouped better, better theme, a lot less pain in the ass to use.
Oh yea check out qbking77's videos, he does a lot of how to's and reviews of ET4g ROMs, great stuff.

cds0699 said:
Honestly, if you're happy with the phone as is, then maybe you should just leave it as it is until something comes along that makes you change your mind. Having a stock/unrooted phone is not a sin
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I completely agree. That's what I do with my phones. It also gives you time to get really comfortable with the new device as I know quite a few things change going from an htc phone to a samsung device. I generally will use the phone as is out of the box until I find something I can't bear, don't like or if there is actually a defect of some sort in the software. At which point, I check xda and see if there are fixes for said problems. If there are fixes and you're comfortable, root it and give it a shot. I'd suggest Calkulin's as it kinda seems like the go to rom for just about everyone on here, then maybe venture into the abyss. I'd suggest staying away from modems and other mods until you understand them and are comfortable.

I agree as well, nothing wrong rocking a completely stock phone. There are times I run a stock (debloated) rom just for a change.

I'm running a rooted with no fancy rom phone here. The only reason I haven't flashed a rom yet is because my first phone had GPS problems and this one doesn't. And plus, my evo with 3.0 rom has its own issues too. So I just don't want to jinx it. My wife's phone has the GPS problem. Thinking about bringing it in to the store for a replacement.
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Root? Root... ROOT!!!!!!

phatmanxxl said:
Tsm is like Cyanogen settings from the cm7 roms, but compatible with Samsung ROMs, Rogue recovery is clockwork recovery but redone, the options are grouped better, better theme, a lot less pain in the ass to use.
Oh yea check out qbking77's videos, he does a lot of how to's and reviews of ET4g ROMs, great stuff.
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Thanks man, for the info and the referral. I'm comfortable enough with rooting and tech that it's just a matter of learning the different names for things, as it all goes by something different over here.
And thanks to everyone else for their input... I think I'm just gonna run it stock until I find something I can't live with.. Because right now, I love this thing.

Ok, scratch that.. I rooted yesterday.. just couldn't help myself, I need to be able to tweak the notifications toggles...

Like a drug, its good stuff you probably don't like nascar anyways either or kies or the allinone messenger battery sucker or the.... well ya dig..?
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Mynaga said:
Like a drug, its good stuff you probably don't like nascar anyways either or kies or the allinone messenger battery sucker or the.... well ya dig..?
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Dig.........

blakjak220 said:
Coming from an Evo 4G that I had rooted right after I got it... ran a ton of different ROMs and that phone seemed like it needed to be rooted to really make it run right... I'm finding that I really don't see any benefit to rooting this phone (other than free tether)...
So, am I missing something? What are these improvements in these custom ROMs that are making it worth it to root... this thing is so freakin awesome already I just can't think of anything else I need...
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To be perfectly honest with you the way to go is stock rooted. None of the TW roms are really offering anything so much more exciting than stock TW. But definitely root it. On the practical side you can use the Wireless Tether app (if needed) block ads (a big thing for me) and access all files through Root Explorer. IMO those are reasons enough to root. In a nutshell, if you root your stock ROM you aren't really altering it and it is super easy to revert to non-rooted so there really is no downside as far as i can tell.

I debated the same thing... to root or not to root? I rooted and i am glad i did!

I held off for a while too but miui and the xplode roms are awesome. Just something different.
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Well I rooted and flashed Calk's ROM... within 5 minutes it was having freezes and what not so I said screw it and restored my nandroid of stock... I'll be stayin here for a while.
Edit: not saying anything bad about Calk's work... It prolly would've been resolved with a wipe and clean install and some tweaking but I'm just wanting fast stability right now and stock TW is super fast and my battery life is awesome