[Q] [q] i messed up my phone...can someone please help!!!!!!!!!!!!! - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

first off i love this foum and all of its members it has help me numerous times before. I recently rooted my phone HTC Evo 4G with stock Gingerbread. Used revolutionary got s-off, rooted m phone put a few nice apps on there also flashed a new kernel b/c it was necessary for HDMIwin to work.
But then my mp4 files on my SDcard would only play sound and no video...and my camera wouldnt display anything just a white screen
please help me xda....your my only hope
thank you
Taylor

Every one of those problems points to a bad kernal. Try flashing the same kernal again, make sure you wipe only cache and dalvik before flashing.
It that doesnt work, then that means that kernal isnt compatible with your hardware/rom combo.

That's a great thing about kernels, you can flash them without destroying anything. Try a few different ones out and with each one try to demo every feature you phone has and you'll see that certain kernel-and-rom combos leave you with or without certain hardware or software capabilities. But there are enough out there where you'll find one that lets you use everything you need.
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i cant even get passed the htc evo screen

Hold down power+volume down, boot into recovery, wipe davlik, wipe cache, reflash kernel
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HDMIwin is for Sense 2.2 ROMs. They have yet to update it. Flashing a 2.2 kernel onto a Gingerbread ROM creates problems, such as your white screen camera.
If you want HDMIwin for Sense, then you will have to go back to a Sense 2.2 ROM. I think you can run some sort of app with the Tiamat kernel on an AOSP ROM like Cyanogenmod
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tropicalbrit said:
HDMIwin is for Sense 2.2 ROMs. They have yet to update it. Flashing a 2.2 kernel onto a Gingerbread ROM creates problems, such as your white screen camera.
If you want HDMIwin for Sense, then you will have to go back to a Sense 2.2 ROM. I think you can run some sort of app with the Tiamat kernel on an AOSP ROM like Cyanogenmod
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HDMwIn works with AOSP 2.3 ROM's as well.

AZ1412 said:
HDMwIn works with AOSP 2.3 ROM's as well.
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+1
I miss SENSE 3.0, but missed HDMwIn more. CM7 supports the bluetooth profile that the SIXAXIS app requires.
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Sms issues

For some reason my messages keep deleting themselves for no apparent reason. I do not use handcent or any other secondary messaging service. I've checked and double checked all of my settings and i do not have it set up to automatically delete anything at any time. I'm currently using Incredibly Re-engineered v2.3.1 and Lou's #8 kernel. The problem didn't ever occur when i was using the stock rooted rom.
So does this happen after a reboot, or just something you notice after putting your phone down then coming back to it...? Odd.
Try flashing another ROM, Lou makes a great EVO based ROM called Incredible Revolution. Give that a shot just to see if it is a ROM based issue.
Its a known issue... really annoying.
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It just does it at random. I've even been looking through them and its happened. Is it just the rom you think?
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I have had it happen to me on EVERY 2.2 rom I've used. Its yet to happen on 2.3.2 for me.
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Any 2.3.2 sense roms that you'd suggest? I like my sense widgets.
None exist yet.
Graydon1 said:
Any 2.3.2 sense roms that you'd suggest? I like my sense widgets.
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Dang it. Alright... any temporary patch that can fix the problem until some stable gingerbread roms come out?
Nope... Just hope it doesn't happen often. I use omfgb and its stable it just doesn't have sense. Cm7 is also great.
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Dang it. Alright... any temporary patch that can fix the problem until some stable gingerbread roms come out?
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Bit of a noob question and no reason to open a new thread, but will i lose any data on my phone's harddrive when i flash a new kernel? And should i do a complete wipe as if i was flashing a rom? Thanks alot.
Anyone? I don't want to do it until i have my facts strait.
Graydon1 said:
Bit of a noob question and no reason to open a new thread, but will i lose any data on my phone's harddrive when i flash a new kernel? And should i do a complete wipe as if i was flashing a rom? Thanks alot.
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Nope. Only full wipe when switching roms. Although if youre switching kernels like u said, if youre going from one made by 1 dev and switching to another by a diff dev i would wipe the dalvik cache under advanced in recovery
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Thanks alot, and another quick one, if i were to flash a rosie mod, would i do it just as i would flash a rom/kernel? And would I want to wipe the dalvik cache for that too?
EDIT: Man i have alot of stupid questions, but also how would i remove the old kernel... or do i not have to? lol.
Graydon1 said:
Thanks alot, and another quick one, if i were to flash a rosie mod, would i do it just as i would flash a rom/kernel? And would I want to wipe the dalvik cache for that too?
EDIT: Man i have alot of stupid questions, but also how would i remove the old kernel... or do i not have to? lol.
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Its all good yo. Just flash the rosie mod no wipes. The old kernel will be removed wen you flash the new one. Lol youll get the hang of it man
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Kernel Troubles

Not sure if its the fact i am running CM 7 or what but whenever i try a different kernel then there stock everything boots just fine but the touch screen doesn't work. I am lost and have no clue what to try.
What kernel are you trying to flash?
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If running cm7, ya gotta flash a gingerbread AOSP kernel - try that.
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I believe it was the AOSP kernel part that i was missing. I finally got a Invisiblek to install. Thanks for the help.
bjohnson8949 said:
I believe it was the AOSP kernel part that i was missing. I finally got a Invisiblek to install. Thanks for the help.
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Invisiblek is the way to goon Gingerbread roms. I've flashed his newest with OMFGB 1.1.1, and it is awesome. No problems snappy, excellent battery too!
Sometimes people (including me) mix up AOSP and Sense, sadly they don't like to play with others if you install them with the wrong rom. Racists, pft.
I have only had the phone about a week now so I have had a lot to learn. So far everything seems good now and I am happy. Now if i could just get better battery life lol.
I was trying to install the following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972746 I am getting same issue installs fine boots. Then when I try to unlock screen I get nothing. I have HtC incredible running cm 7 rc 3
clockworkmod 3.0.0.8
radio 2.15.00.11.19
If you need anymore information let me know.
I am doing the following for install.
reboot to recovery
clear cache
clear dalvik cache
install zip from sd card
Thanks for all the help already
bjohnson8949 said:
I was trying to install the following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972746 I am getting same issue installs fine boots. Then when I try to unlock screen I get nothing. I have HtC incredible running cm 7 rc 3
clockworkmod 3.0.0.8
radio 2.15.00.11.19
If you need anymore information let me know.
I am doing the following for install.
reboot to recovery
clear cache
clear dalvik cache
install zip from sd card
Thanks for all the help already
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It worked fine for me...and still working
Maybe download it again and then try it. Just as a question are you by chance trying to flash a froyo kernel and not realizing it? Its gotta say gb or gingerbread
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I was trying to flash Tiamat Version 3.3.3-sbc -- Current Gingerbread with SBC from the link I posted.
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I was trying to install the following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972746
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bjohnson8949 said:
I was trying to flash Tiamat Version 3.3.3-sbc -- Current Gingerbread with SBC from the link I posted.
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The link you provided is the EVO kernel. Have you tried the Inc kernel?
Evo: http://www.thebcblends.com/cayniarb/Kernels/evo/Tiamat_Evo-v3.3.3-sbc.zip
Inc: http://www.thebcblends.com/cayniarb/Kernels/inc/Tiamat_Inc-v3.3.3-sbc.zip
The zip files have different contents.
EDIT - I just realized the thread you linked has both the Inc and the Evo versions. I saw that it was in the Evo subforum and jumped to the wrong conclusion. In any regard, make sure you are flashing the right one.
I just flashed
Inc: http://www.thebcblends.com/cayniarb/Kernels/inc/Tiamat_Inc-v3.3.3-sbc.zip
and i am still having same problem. Any ideas ?
Edit: Messing around with rooted phones is something I have just started so it maybe something simple I am missing.
Not sure why my cell doesn't seem to like other kernels but
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905873
seems to be doing just fine so i will leave it alone.
Thanks for all the help.
Have you tried Incredikernel? Kernels are really a matter of personal preference, but Incredikernel seems to be one of the best. (And also my favorite.)
I gave it a shot a while back and had trouble. My issue is that he touch screen doesn't respond. Incredikernel is recommended in several places but i had zero luck with it supporting the screen. I have started to wonder if its support for slcd.
I will try it again and see what happens.

YouTube doesn't play and setcpu

Ok so I'm new to the whole flash kernal thing. I just flashed a kernal today and after the process was over I realized that my setcpu on boot would just restart continously and wouldn't allow me to access my phone at all. So after wiping the data and reset to factory I didn't install the setcpu but then my YouTube app would load videos but when it plays it only shows a white screen. I wanna know if there is a particular kernal that can fix these issues or perhaps the Rom I'm using is bad but its the fresh Rom and I haven't had any of these issues with this Rom until I flashed the kernal can someone please help me.
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Have you tried a different kernal or reflashed the rom?
We're comin from a pure power source.
Yep, its the kernal. Different Evo's behave differently to kernals. That is a tell-tale sign the kernal you are trying isnt working with your phone.
Yes I have flashed a different kernal and still same issue I haven't reflashed the Rom. But I know there has to be a another kernal that fixes this issue so my only concern is what kernal is it
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Where can I go to try out different kernals
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The dev section has kernals, or kernal manager from the market. Or the rom you flash has the kernal already
We're comin from a pure power source.

Non-Asop roms always freeze.

I reflash to odin, root with the new one click, wipe data, cache and dalvik, flash SRF, after a few hours it will freeze with a black screen and I have to pop the battery to re-boot. I've tried wiping 3 times, turning journaling on, etc. Every non-asop rom eventually freezes on me, however, miui and cm7 never have that problem? Looking for suggestions and and aswser as to why the aosp roms never have the same issue. Any other rom freezes with in 24 hours, cm7 and miui have never froze on me.
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First!!!! Edit ur title to AOSP
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Try ec05plus
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Dont wipe before flashing srf...
And are you overclocked?
I wish i knew cause as soong as my phone goes into standby, it wont come back on. i even changed the voltage settings like recomended..its a over clocked kernal but i dont overclock the settings at all
I'm not overclocked, just flashed the genocide kernel to see if that makes any difference. So what steps should I take? What I did was
Odin to stock eb13
Ota update to ec05
New clockwork mod
Wiped data, cache, and dalvik
Flashed SRF
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Skimp Killah said:
I'm not overclocked, just flashed the genocide kernel to see if that makes any difference. So what steps should I take? What I did was
Odin to stock eb13
Ota update to ec05
New clockwork mod
Wiped data, cache, and dalvik
Flashed SRF
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i usually just odin pre-rooted eb13
let it boot and sit for 5 mins...
go into clockwork and follow ext4 conversion
and then flash SRF without wiping.
Most new roms backup data and they dont like it when u wipe data before the flash...and cm7 and miui dont do this so maybe thats why your getting freezes.
Simply AOSP dosen't, and I've had the same problem on there. Someone on craigslist needs to just trade an evo for my epic so I can get full cm7 goodness, ha ha
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Skimp Killah said:
Simply AOSP dosen't, and I've had the same problem on there. Someone on craigslist needs to just trade an evo for my epic so I can get full cm7 goodness, ha ha
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lol or wait for the within like everyone else
I'm very impatient, ha ha. Right now I'm odining the EC05 stock plus tha's pre-rooted, then Im gonna let it sit for 5, boot recovery, and flash SRF with out wiping, well see how that works. I had my hopes up because it seemed that the new CWM might have fixed my issues, but alas, no.
It sucks, my choices are
Stock, and super slow with everything working
CM7 or MIUI, super fast with out mms, gps or cam (on cm7)
or Everyother rom, fast, but have to pull my battery 5 times a day
asdfghjkl said:
lol or wait for the within like everyone else
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Skimp Killah said:
I'm very impatient, ha ha. Right now I'm odining the EC05 stock plus tha's pre-rooted, then Im gonna let it sit for 5, boot recovery, and flash SRF with out wiping, well see how that works. I had my hopes up because it seemed that the new CWM might have fixed my issues, but alas, no.
It sucks, my choices are
Stock, and super slow with everything working
CM7 or MIUI, super fast with out mms, gps or cam (on cm7)
or Everyother rom, fast, but have to pull my battery 5 times a day
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I can promise you stock is not super slow if you are talking about my odin tar... maybe true stock
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chris41g said:
I can promise you stock is not super slow if you are talking about my odin tar... maybe true stock
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I'm talking about true stock. I use your odin tar as a starting point seeing as how its pre-rooted. Honestly have never given it a try as a daily driver, if SRF freezes after flashing and not wiping, I may have to give it a try.
Yours is the EC05 plus pre-rooted with no CIQ right?
Yes
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wow.. I was just about to post a thread about the samething.. to see if there was ANY rom I could use that wont do freeze..
I have tried SRF, Midnight and Frankenstein roms.. I even tried them with diffrent kernals and no luck.. it always freezes..
I dont know if it makes a diffrence but I havent tried any rom thats based off of the EE03 Modem.. like the "Swiss Cheese Samsprint" EE03 rom..
bigdreco said:
wow.. I was just about to post a thread about the samething.. to see if there was ANY rom I could use that wont do freeze..
I have tried SRF, Midnight and Frankenstein roms.. I even tried them with diffrent kernals and no luck.. it always freezes..
I dont know if it makes a diffrence but I havent tried any rom thats based off of the EE03 Modem.. like the "Swiss Cheese Samsprint" EE03 rom..
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They are based off of the 2.3 kernal, not ee03 modem. Try them, they work fine, trust me.
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marcusant said:
They are based off of the 2.3 kernal, not ee03 modem. Try them, they work fine, trust me.
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I don't even understand that response?? They are all 2.2.1 android.. EC05(2.6.32 linux kernel), and thus that's where the kernel comes from.. the modem can be whatever the user odins.. eb13 ec05 ee03...
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chris41g said:
I don't even understand that response?? They are all 2.2.1 android.. EC05(2.6.32 linux kernel), and thus that's where the kernel comes from.. the modem can be whatever the user odins.. eb13 ec05 ee03...
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Don't worry. This whole thread makes no sense unless the OP means that CM7 is the only ROM that does not freeze.
The Epic has no other AOSP ROM that I am aware of. I guess even the stock ROMs freeze for the OP.
asdfghjkl said:
i usually just odin pre-rooted eb13
let it boot and sit for 5 mins...
go into clockwork and follow ext4 conversion
and then flash SRF without wiping.
Most new roms backup data and they dont like it when u wipe data before the flash...and cm7 and miui dont do this so maybe thats why your getting freezes.
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i actually find that sometimes i get FCs if i dont wipe so wiping has nothing at all to do with this
I'm wondering if you are using any cpu control apps? Setcpu? Pimp my cpu? Voltage control?
And/or any ram mamaging apps like auto memory manager?
I would suggest after you get on srf 1.1.1, get setcpu, do a quick auto detect on there, and change settings to conservative 200 min 1000 max, see if that helps, make sure you do NOT have both voltage control and setcpu installed.
Auto memory manager will also interfere with the ram tweaks in srf that's why I included that
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@prodigy
CM7 and MIUI are both aosp, neither of those freeze, neither does a stock odin flash, any custom rom freezes.
@dr
I'm not using voltage control or setcpu, but I am using an auto task killer. Could that be the issue? And why is it only on non-aosp roms that I have this problem. Never had a bad flash with miui or cm7, and evey custom rom always freezes after trying everything.
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Lightest/Most power effecient ROM?

Hi guys, whats the most lightest/power efficient stable rom which will give me good battery life on desire Z?
I have yet to root im on 2.3 gingerbread Offocial
Try them all for a few days and make your decision; what's "good" for one isn't necessarily "good" for another due to each user using their device differently. That being said, I've heard good things about G-Lite.
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Some that I can think of off the top of my head aimed more at battery/performance improvement:
G2 Slim : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324616
EliteMod CM7 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246682
Though won't be much new changes to it since he's on EliteMod ICS now, which I love for the lightness/performance. Check the link in my signature if you want to try the ICS android version instead.
Virtuous G-Lite: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349030
Kind of the long running 'light' rom for a while.
Ok
Ok so I decided I want to get the
Virtuous G-Lite ROM
But I'm new to all this and I dont understand what steps I should take and even what half of these words mean when I tried googling it
Can you please put me on the right direction ?
and will the Virtuous G-Lite support my UK Desire Z phone ?
Okay search for glite in the development forum and download the rom. It should be around 120mb. Then copy it to your sdcard. Don't put it inside any folder nor should you extract the zip file. Now reboot your phone into recovery and wipe data, cache, dalvik. Then choose the option to install zip from sdcard. Select the zip file which you copied earlier. After flashing reboot your phone. This information is based on the presumption that you have successfully attained root and s-off on your device.
EDIT: As you haven't rooted your phone yet I suggest you follow the link "minus" below in my signature. There download the appropriate pdf.
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hokay
Ok im in Glite now and I dont see a android notification bar
like without one, i cant do anything much so i need to go to a different rom do you know any?!
and I dont want to do a kernel thing because I dont understand it and i dont want to brick this phone
problem
ok the GLITE rom is giving me problems because it wouldn't log in to my primary gmail account for the market, so I used my other account and now i get an error message everytime I try to download something from the market.
Do you recommend any roms out there or should I try Elite rom, but once again I dont understand this kernel stuff its worrying and i want battery life atleast
edit: I dont like go launcher pro it doesnt have the android notification bar
Edit 2: 20 mins later, I cleared the cache, dalvik etc then I went to the launcherpro site and got the latest one and my notification bar has returned (or just come) how ever market still doesnt let me download anything
did you wipe everything before installing the rom? you may need to clear market data/cache
settings>apps>manage>play>clear
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also I get better batery life and more options with elite cm7 (cmp elitemod is also nice) but choice is yours
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hi
demkantor said:
also I get better batery life and more options with elite cm7 (cmp elitemod is also nice) but choice is yours
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I would like to try it but I dont understand any of the elite kernel stuff
you flash a kernel the same way a rom, just flash rom then kernel. elitemod cm7 has both kernel and rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17219499
in the second post you will the download link
put it on root of sd card
boot into recovery and wipe everything (superwipe or fastboot wipe even better)
then flash zip
then reboot
sign in
reboot
your ready to go
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oh
Ohhh so when I try to install the ROM the kernel will be installed along side it right?! that means its going to be easier than I thought.
what is this super wipe?
yes, many roms come packaged with a kernel, some don't, some require extra packages such as gapps to be flashed as well. the link I sent you just need to flash the rom, all is bundled.
superwipe came about in the g1 days, orginaly by osaka. it runs a script to wipe your phone clean to help insure a good flash of the next rom. there are many variations but I suggest finding one that formats system/cache/data to ext4 as well as wipe
search for superipe+ext4 in the threads
and fyi fastboot -w is an even cleaner wipe but needs to be done at a computer and learn how to use fastboot
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GLITE Has this bug where it wont show the notification bar on first boot. One reboot will fix it. Also glite is bit old in terms of ease of use(customization) but it is very good in terms of battery. Elitemod is good too.
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yeah
strawmetal said:
GLITE Has this bug where it wont show the notification bar on first boot. One reboot will fix it. Also glite is bit old in terms of ease of use(customization) but it is very good in terms of battery. Elitemod is good too.
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Yeah that bug happened to me, I tried to clear dalvik cache and then I updated the launcherpro then it randomly came. Is elitemod more easier and more customisable?what android version is it? Because on glite the battery life is brilliant but it feels like I'm sacrficing widgets (power control), the quick settings I had previously and the overal look is quite 'boring'
So with elite mod would I need to do any overclocking what so ever or anything else? And how can I make a back up of my current glite installion and revert back to it just incase elitemod doesn't work out for me
well your first step, just like when changing to any rom, is boot into recovery and make a backup. then you want to do a full wipe. then flash the next rom
nik3r has made a couple versions of elite mod, the one being suggested to you is based off of cm7 so its gingerbread, same as glite. it is slightly overclocked out of the box and has just about all the options avalible for a rom of its day, far more than glite. as for battery life, if you keep the oc/uv settings as they are you should get just as good battery life. I'm a moderate to heavy user and I do just fine with it
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