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[Q] Is the epic in the galaxy is line?

[Q] I just read on android central that the galaxy s lines will receive gingerbread sometime in May. I have had my epic for about 2 weeks and was wondering if it is included in this update? Thanks
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Look at the back of your phone
Look in the general section
Typed from a man on his phone while flying a plane heading towards the samsuck corprate office.

Really?? How could you NOT know tht? Not to be an ass or anything, but c'mon Lol
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MysteryEmotionz said:
Look at the back of your phone
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Lmao...
But yeah, there's anothr thread same thing discussed in general section
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oldpreowner said:
[Q] I just read on android central that the galaxy s lines will receive gingerbread sometime in May. I have had my epic for about 2 weeks and was wondering if it is included in this update? Thanks
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Read the same info on engadget
Epic is a part of the galaxy S line....but has been treated poorly by sprint and samsung since realease (wasnt really ready for primetime when came out, features striped from phone before release, lengthy time between promised updates). But with all that said still one of the best I've had since G1.

Countryazhell said:
Read the same info on engadget
Epic is a part of the galaxy S line....but has been treated poorly by sprint and samsung since realease (wasnt really ready for primetime when came out, features striped from phone before release, lengthy time between promised updates). But with all that said still one of the best I've had since G1.
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Actually the Epic is one of the better of the US carrier Galaxy S phones. The Epic had the front facing camera working from day one, Verizon's just a few months ago. But as anyone will tell you, the US carriers screwed up the Froyo release and will probably do so with Gingerbread. Europe had Froyo on Galaxy S line at the end of November, US...March. So just because Samsung releases the code, don't hold your breath. Go and grab the ACS leaks. Fully functioning ROM coming soon.

Lol...yes it is.

ET4G development

I'm not trying to be a jerk or one of those people who *****es and moans about stupid ****. I'm just wondering why we don't have an aosp kernel yet and why it just seems like development for this phone is lacking. I had an evo and it was so nice having so many options as far as roms and kernels and themes go. I just wonder if its ever going to happen? For this phone. And yes, I will be patient.

There is another tread just like this 6 spots down. Maybe post in that one?
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Why didn't you ask in the other 6 threads about this same topic? Also why not make one yourself? All the *****ing you are doing maybe its time for you to Learn.
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Usually when someone starts speaking with "I'm not trying to be a jerk" that is exactly what they end up doing. Lol
Disclaimer: This is a joke, no need to respond or get offended!
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What a tool.
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Musclehead. Hell yeah. .

And you dont have an evo killer. The evo is already dead, it's been out for over a year. Sprint stopped selling them.

I agree...lol

I think you'll be happy to know that Rootzwiki gave a CM dev an E4GT. Hopefully it won't be long!

So development is lacking because we haven't released what you want? Try making one yourself.. I have been trying to address current problems before moving on.. building an also kernel that continues to LoS is pretty pointless no? Maybe my development is lacking, but I have still released more actual improvements than most, and I don't even have the device..
By the way, EVO was a far more popular phone, and still took quite a while to get also running....
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I'm not trying to be a jerk or one of those people who *****es and moans about stupid ****. I'm just wondering why we don't have an aosp kernel yet and why it just seems like development for this phone is lacking. I had an evo and it was so nice having so many options as far as roms and kernels and themes go. I just wonder if its ever going to happen? For this phone. And yes, I will be patient.
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nickcash said:
And you dont have an evo killer. The evo is already dead, it's been out for over a year. Sprint stopped selling them.
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Your cool.
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nickcash said:
And you dont have an evo killer. The evo is already dead, it's been out for over a year. Sprint stopped selling them.
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Then why are they $99 on Sprints website right now?
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Then why are they $99 on Sprints website right now?
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Lol. Busted!
But anyways. Its been a little over a month and the development that has happened so far is great and its only getting better.
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Is it possible to boot something like Ubuntu?

Can't you just take any old version ubuntu arm edition build, put
an android kernel in and boot it? Drivers are built into the kernel right? Other than there being no way to receive calls and texts unless, it don't see why it wouldn't work. You could probably make programs that allow you to send and receive calls.
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SirLeto said:
Can't you just take any old version ubuntu arm edition build, put
an android kernel in and boot it? Drivers are built into the kernel right? Other than there being no way to receive calls and texts unless, it don't see why it wouldn't work. You could probably make programs that allow you to send and receive calls.
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Google this topic. Also I think there is an app in the market that will help.
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That app uses a chroot jail run inside android, I'm asking if you can boot a stand alone version of ubuntu. I've never succesfully got any linux distro installed that way.
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I thought there was a thread in developement for this?
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SirLeto said:
That app uses a chroot jail run inside android, I'm asking if you can boot a stand alone version of ubuntu. I've never succesfully got any linux distro installed that way.
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What's sad is that the samsung moment, samsung interecept, and what's even more sad is the samsung galaxy 5 has ICS their devs are incredible a device that old and they ported ICS.
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Ubuntu was ported to the epic a while back.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823370

XxLostSoulxX said:
What's sad is that the samsung moment, samsung interecept, and what's even more sad is the samsung galaxy 5 has ICS their devs are incredible a device that old and they ported ICS.
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The devs are working on it. They are under no obligation to develop for us and expect nothing in return. So either do something about it or shut up.
They're working hard for us so that the epic can live up to its name.

That'd Ubuntu inside a chroot jail, and it's so old it won't even update.
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xboxfanj said:
The devs are working on it. They are under no obligation to develop for us and expect nothing in return. So either do something about it or shut up.
They're working hard for us so that the epic can live up to its name.
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No doubt I got that, but for 1 I didn't say it in a tone like I want it done or their not workin Jack***. I don't expect it to happen there's no use for it. For 2 I would give in return if I knew how to code, seeing how I don't, I don't demand like others. Not trying to be rude but don't act like that towards me thanks.
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No one seems to be comprehend what I am saying. >.>
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Native ubuntu is not possible. Chroot jail is. I've asked this a while back and tried myself, just doesn't work like that.
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[edit] acutally, do me a favor, port this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10486278

ugothakd said:
Native ubuntu is not possible. Chroot jail is. I've asked this a while back and tried myself, just doesn't work like that.
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[edit] acutally, do me a favor, port this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10486278
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Yes, you understand what I'm asking for! I would port this if I new how.
Our recovery is different, and doesn't have those fastboot options. I though only htc phones had those.
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SirLeto said:
Yes, you understand what I'm asking for! I would port this if I new how.
Our recovery is different, and doesn't have those fastboot options. I though only htc phones had those.
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Yes i believe only HTC does that feature but.
IMHO, its not worth it because they don't properly shut off and start to lose battery life. My mother's EVO will say its been running for 118 Hrs but yet she only has the stock battery and it drains crazy even with Juice Defender. And when you shut it off it takes only 1 second and usually anywhere from 2 to 8 seconds to boot.
Ill take Cm7 and have my Boot-ani disabled so it boots fast enough.

XxLostSoulxX said:
Yes i believe only HTC does that feature but.
IMHO, its not worth it because they don't properly shut off and start to lose battery life. My mother's EVO will say its been running for 118 Hrs but yet she only has the stock battery and it drains crazy even with Juice Defender. And when you shut it off it takes only 1 second and usually anywhere from 2 to 8 seconds to boot.
Ill take Cm7 and have my Boot-ani disabled so it boots fast enough.
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Not the same fastboot LOL
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Yes, you understand what I'm asking for! I would port this if I new how.
Our recovery is different, and doesn't have those fastboot options. I though only htc phones had those.
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You can kexec the boot.img, but odds of it booting are very, very slim.
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The real trouble is the X/Wayland driver or the lack there of so chroot jail is the simplest way unless you want to try and write the userland driver
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ugothakd said:
Not the same fastboot LOL
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Hence why i said its different pretty much and idc for fast-boot seeing how it screws up their phones, hence again why i said ill take my CM7 and have the boot-ani disabled so its can boot fast enough for me.

We can do whatever fastboot can do with kexec...I believe your talking about htc's sense "fastboot" which has nothing to do with fastboot in the google android sdk...
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[Q] Why does development on og evo 4g stop?

OK so I have had my evo for about two years now and when I first got it I rooted it. then a while later ics came out and so did ics roms for the evo. but every time a rom would be stable enough for daily use there would be no more updates for it. even though there would still be bugs with it and it continues to be like that. so i mean whats up with that. would it be that its just not worth it to work on it or the devs don't have time? I just want to know out of curiosity.

detaVe assumes
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OK so I have had my evo for about two years now and when I first got it I rooted it. then a while later ics came out and so did ics roms for the evo. but every time a rom would be stable enough for daily use there would be no more updates for it. even though there would still be bugs with it and it continues to be like that. so i mean whats up with that. would it be that its just not worth it to work on it or the devs don't have time? I just want to know out of curiosity.
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From what I've read, I don't think the evo hardware can handle many of the features that came with the phone. I'm assuming that is what you are talking about though (4g, ffc, etc).

The problem is, HTC no longer supports the OG EVO. The source for drivers for things like 4G and the FFC were never officially released, so this is why those items in ICS and JB ROM's don't work. If you want a fully-functional ROM, stick with a Gingerbread ROM. Everything works-period.
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I also see this a lot too. I wish I knew how to develop so I could make a driver that works for the front facing camera. That is the only thing holding me back from ics and i want it so bad. I think what happens is the dev gets a new phone and wants to work on the newer one, which there is nothing wrong with.
EVO 4G: Swagged Out with Swagged Out Stock+.

Whiplashh said:
I also see this a lot too. I wish I knew how to develop so I could make a driver that works for the front facing camera
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Yeah I want to know how to develop also. I've been working on learning coding and what not. Like the basic stuff haha

The ffc needs a proprietary driver. The one that works on GB can't even be modified to work on ICS(easily) it needs to be about 90% rewritten to function. Writing one from scratch would almost be easier and its not easy and extremely time consuming without a team of devs experienced in coding camera drivers.
We are legion, for we are many.
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Unless you can make a compelling argument with Htc and convince them to release source code lol (hypothetically) Another solution would be to buy an Evo 3d. They have fully functional 3.6 sense roms with everything working.

Jsparta26 said:
Unless you can make a compelling argument with Htc and convince them to release source code lol (hypothetically) Another solution would be to buy an Evo 3d. They have fully functional 3.6 sense roms with everything working.
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Yes 3.6 and 4.0 cuz they're both ics
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I doubt that would happen. They would rather you buy a new phone.
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xconduit said:
I doubt that would happen. They would rather you buy a new phone.
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Exactly, that's why sense 4.0 roms on the Evo 3d dont having working 4g or 3d because htc abandoned the evo 3d and are focused on the evo 4g lte. You can get an evo 3d a lot cheaper than a 4g lte. It is a damn shame I know, believe me.

So as far as the og evo 4g goes the most up to date rom that can be used is gingerbread?
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Is there any current development on the FFC or 4g drivers? Where would one start to learn about why goes into creating these drivers? Has anyone taken the time to contact HTC reguatding the matter? Are there alternative drivers that could be used?
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Is there any current development on the FFC or 4g drivers? Where would one start to learn about why goes into creating these drivers? Has anyone taken the time to contact HTC reguatding the matter? Are there alternative drivers that could be used?
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No, I wouldn't know, yes and they will not be released and no.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948619
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Pbrussell said:
So as far as the og evo 4g goes the most up to date rom that can be used is gingerbread?
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Up-to-date, no. That would be Jelly Bean. Fully functional, on the other hand, yes, that would be Gingerbread.
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Any chance of an HTC EVO kitkat rom?

I saw that the HTC HD2 which is basically the GSM version of this phone got a kitkat rom and I was wondering if this phone would get a kitkat rom...

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I saw that the HTC HD2 which is basically the GSM version of this phone got a kitkat rom and I was wondering if this phone would get a kitkat rom...
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If it were to get KK, it would be in an unofficial capacity and would not be fully-functional, since neither WiMax or the FFC would have working drivers.
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Well Jellybean doesn't have those features either, but it doesn't stop me, and many others from using jellybean roms.
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tzuba12 said:
Well Jellybean doesn't have those features either, but it doesn't stop me, and many others from using jellybean roms.
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That's pretty much what I meant by my first post. Any update to KK won't be "official", but someone may still develop a KK ROM for it

FinZ28 said:
That's pretty much what I meant by my first post. Any update to KK won't be "official", but someone may still develop a KK ROM for it
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Oh sorry you did say unofficial, that's what I get for glancing over posts
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tzuba12 said:
Oh sorry you did say unofficial, that's what I get for glancing over posts
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No worries
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HD2 is a legendary device, many roms support it, sadly, not our device
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HD2 is a legendary device, many roms support it, sadly, not our device
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I would dare say the EVO is legendary in its own right. It was the first 4G phone on Sprint, and was pretty revolutionary for its time and the first EVO in a line of good handsets to carry that name. The phone had a ton of development for it, and it still has support to this day. The biggest problem is the lack of driver support for both WiMax and the FFC, as I've already mentioned.
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I would dare say the EVO is legendary in its own right. It was the first 4G phone on Sprint, and was pretty revolutionary for its time and the first EVO in a line of good handsets to carry that name. The phone had a ton of development for it, and it still has support to this day. The biggest problem is the lack of driver support for both WiMax and the FFC, as I've already mentioned.
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I am purchasing a new LCD and digitizer for my evo 4G (supersonic) since the screen got destroyed right before I bought my Evo 4G LTE (jewel). I wanted to see if there were any plans for a kitkat ROM for the evo 4G because I recently installed android 4.4.2 on my roomate's kindle fire and it runs amazing! I heard Google was trying to make kitkat run better on older devices. I think 4.4.2 could be great for the Evo 4G. I have high hopes that when I fix this phone someday there might be a 4.4.2 ROM available. I miss this device and the community that came along with it. Can't wait to get back into playing with this device again haha.

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I am purchasing a new LCD and digitizer for my evo 4G (supersonic) since the screen got destroyed right before I bought my Evo 4G LTE (jewel). I wanted to see if there were any plans for a kitkat ROM for the evo 4G because I recently installed android 4.4.2 on my roomate's kindle fire and it runs amazing! I heard Google was trying to make kitkat run better on older devices. I think 4.4.2 could be great for the Evo 4G. I have high hopes that when I fix this phone someday there might be a 4.4.2 ROM available. I miss this device and the community that came along with it. Can't wait to get back into playing with this device again haha.
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Biggest thing holding back kk is lack of a recovery that can properly flash it. I know of one guy who has already built kk but can't get recovery working.
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Meaning it'll require a SE Linux enabled recovery, correct?
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FinZ28 said:
Meaning it'll require a SE Linux enabled recovery, correct?
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Yes sir. Hit that nail on the head.
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FinZ28 said:
Meaning it'll require a SE Linux enabled recovery, correct?
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How hard would that be to implement? Is it possible?

caspar347 said:
How hard would that be to implement? Is it possible?
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I have no idea, honestly. I wouldn't think it would be all that hard, but I don't know what's involved with it.
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At any rate, I'm willing to test such a ROM and recovery if they're ever created. I've got an inactive EVO that I've recently been feeling the itch to ROM.

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I saw that the HTC HD2 which is basically the GSM version of this phone got a kitkat rom and I was wondering if this phone would get a kitkat rom...
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I am STILL rocking a Evo 4g but running 4.1.2 Rom (for the Google NOW experience) and love it. Just got a second one and playing around with some Sense Roms that will have everything working. Some (Jellybread 1.4 for example) are very well designed with a Holo look and feel.
I don't see why it should be too hard to 'skin' a Sense theme to bring you Kit Kat goodness!!!
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I have no idea, honestly. I wouldn't think it would be all that hard, but I don't know what's involved with it.
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Is there any new updates on the CM 11 kitkat Rom unofficial? I've been itching to try this out and see the improvement on the OG EVO. I really want to see if kitkat can really run smooth on a low spec device. I've had a few JB ROMs that ran decently smooth.. with over clock at least.

I was trying to build a recovery with SELinux enabled for this, but it was too large. I read that I could probably change the compression to make the kernel smaller, but never got around to doing it, as my newer devices took precedence. I don't even remember where I left off with it, to be honest .

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I was trying to build a recovery with SELinux enabled for this, but it was too large. I read that I could probably change the compression to make the kernel smaller, but never got around to doing it, as my newer devices took precedence. I don't even remember where I left off with it, to be honest .
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If you ever find it, I'm ready to test it.

Captain_Throwback said:
I was trying to build a recovery with SELinux enabled for this, but it was too large. I read that I could probably change the compression to make the kernel smaller, but never got around to doing it, as my newer devices took precedence. I don't even remember where I left off with it, to be honest .
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If you do end up looking into it and need testers, I just successfully replaced the LCD and Digitizer on my OG Evo. It is ready to flash whatever I throw at it