Evo 4g root - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have had the 3D for about a month or 2 now and can't wait any longer for roms and devs to finally kick in. My brother has the evo 4g and im going to give him my 3D since he doesn't know what the difference is anyways.
I just can't remember 1 thing, I just checked and he is on Android 2.3.3. Is he fine to root without HTC crappy method? I believe it was 2.4 was the update that locked their bootloaders but not sure completely.
I had the 4g whiles back so i haven't kept up on whats going on here.

Joey_UFC said:
I have had the 3D for about a month or 2 now and can't wait any longer for roms and devs to finally kick in. My brother has the evo 4g and im going to give him my 3D since he doesn't know what the difference is anyways.
I just can't remember 1 thing, I just checked and he is on Android 2.3.3. Is he fine to root without HTC crappy method? I believe it was 2.4 was the update that locked their bootloaders but not sure completely.
I had the 4g whiles back so i haven't kept up on whats going on here.
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2.3.3 is rootabke via the revolutionary.io method.

mattykinsx said:
2.3.3 is rootabke via the revolutionary.io method.
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MATTTTTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mattykinsx said:
2.3.3 is rootabke via the revolutionary.io method.
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is REV capable of rooting 2.3.4 yet?

Joey_UFC said:
is REV capable of rooting 2.3.4 yet?
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As long as it's the same bootloader you're good to go.

Yea it depends on the bootloader.

I'll trade you my already rooted Evo for your Evo 3D
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Gingerbread update lose root?

When the gingerbread update comes out, if I update to it will I lose root? I rooted using unrevoked3 then flashed unrevoked forever.
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well DUH
unless its a modded version
Just wait for a dev to cook a rom based on gingerbread.
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alainater said:
When the gingerbread update comes out, if I update to it will I lose root? I rooted using unrevoked3 then flashed unrevoked forever.
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As a rule of thumb never do OTA updates. You could potentially lose the ability to root forever.
Just check on here when the update cones around. The devs will most likely have a modded rom within the same day.
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Then what does unrevoked forever do?
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alainater said:
Then what does unrevoked forever do?
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some times is screws your phone
gingerbread will never come out for HTC EVO
yang704 said:
gingerbread will never come out for HTC EVO
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don't do drugs
alainater said:
Then what does unrevoked forever do?
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From what I understand it gives you permanent NAND access, but I still wouldn't update.
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yang704 said:
gingerbread will never come out for HTC EVO
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Yeah? Why do you say that. The evo was one of the first phones with froyo.
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michaelvibe said:
From what I understand it gives you permanent NAND access, but I still wouldn't update.
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Ok I'll just wait for a rooted stock gingerbread rom
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CheesyNutz said:
some times is screws your phone
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Haha ok then
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Name one time when an OTA update hasn't killed root.
Do you see my point?
CheesyNutz said:
well DUH
unless its a modded version
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Don't be an ass.
mitchellvii said:
Don't be an ass.
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Get used to it dude loves to be a troll.
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I doubt the Evo will get Gingerbread. I believe the phones will only get one major upgrade, thus Evo started with 2.1, then went to 2.2. I think we will see the Desire Sense come to the Evo though to get the phones on HTCSense.com. This is just my opinion. Sprint will come out with a replacement phone for the Evo which will come with Gingerbread and it will be almost the year mark for the Evo which is about the timeframe of phone life.
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I doubt the Evo will get Gingerbread. I believe the phones will only get one major upgrade, thus Evo started with 2.1, then went to 2.2. I think we will see the Desire Sense come to the Evo though to get the phones on HTCSense.com. This is just my opinion. Sprint will come out with a replacement phone for the Evo which will come with Gingerbread and it will be almost the year mark for the Evo which is about the timeframe of phone life.
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I have no idea what you are talking about and not sure you do either but the evo will get gingerbread and I'm certain cyanogenmod will bring it to the evo long before HTC and sprint.
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dwertz said:
I doubt the Evo will get Gingerbread. I believe the phones will only get one major upgrade, thus Evo started with 2.1, then went to 2.2. I think we will see the Desire Sense come to the Evo though to get the phones on HTCSense.com. This is just my opinion. Sprint will come out with a replacement phone for the Evo which will come with Gingerbread and it will be almost the year mark for the Evo which is about the timeframe of phone life.
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Who cares if Sprint puts out a Gingerbread update for EVO? Just flash a rom that does. They should be ready within about 2 weeks of the release. This stuff only encourages users to root.
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Get used to it dude loves to be a troll.
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SNL Computer Guy.
I'm pretty sure we will get it. We would have heard of a new phone coming out.
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Unrevoked

Does anyone know when unrevoked is going to work on gingerbread
patrick0823 said:
Does anyone know when unrevoked is going to work on gingerbread
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Maybe I would think so.
When I tried it said software too new
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patrick0823 said:
When I tried it said software too new
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Give it a few weeks. I am sure they will have a root in awhile.
rootthesucker said:
they wont update it they say it wont work with 2.3.3 and not to ask about eta... i dont think they will update it... so i guess we are ****ed without lube.
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LOL ye have lil faith my man it will be rooted only bummer is time
Why don't people go to their IRC channel (unrevokedtest on freenet) and ask them?
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Thats where the "they say it wont work with 2.3.3 and not to ask about eta" is posted. I know its seems like time stands still without root, but trust me they are working on it. I sincerely doubt the day of the EVO is over.
I hope so I just decided to root my evo this week
Well since your saying gingerbread can't be rooted can I go back to froyo in any way to root and flash a gingerbread Rom to my phone
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Well since your saying gingerbread can't be rooted can I go back to froyo in any way to root and flash a gingerbread Rom to my phone
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Can't downgrade but did you do the OTA upgrade? Also if there IRC says no timetable and don't ask why would anyone think random guys in a forum would know. Lol
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Yeah I took the ota before I even thought about rooting my phone
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Yeah I took the ota before I even thought about rooting my phone
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I hate to say it , but I believe we are fck'ed LOL, our EVO time has drawn to a close it seems, & when the evo3d comes out the 24th, that's gonna be the final nail to the coffin :-( as devs are moving on.....
I hope not I really want to root my evo so bad
Lookn4me said:
I hate to say it , but I believe we are fck'ed LOL, our EVO time has drawn to a close it seems, & when the evo3d comes out the 24th, that's gonna be the final nail to the coffin :-( as devs are moving on.....
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I doubt it.
Sprint discontinued the Moment almost a year ago and it's still aggressively being dev'd on SDX
so you think they will be able to root gingerbread
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so you think they will be able to root gingerbread
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Yeah, development may slow down, but the Evo still has more development than most other devices. Despite developers moving to the 3D, there will still be development, and unless the bootloader is now encrypted (I know it has always been locked, I've heard that it's encrypted but I've also heard otherwise) we'll definitely see root for the new update. It may take some time, but it'll come.
If you know anyone with an Evo that doesn't care about rooting and hasn't installed the update, trade with them. You can activate the phones on your individual accounts, keep your number, and root right away.
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[Q] 2.3.3 Root

So any yet find a way to permanently root 2.3.3 gingerbread? I used my upgrade eligibility and got my newphew an EVO 4G but came stock 2.3.3. I've tried using z4, tried downgrading to 2.2 by installing drivers and RUU image but getting error messages. I hope HTC unlocks bootloaders for EVO 4G as well!
Still no root, sorry. You'll know when it happens. A billion threads will show up talking about it.
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jordanetodd said:
Still no root, sorry. You'll know when it happens. A billion threads will show up talking about it.
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Not to be confused with the many threads claiming to have done it already.
I've had my EVO for about a month. I'm getting a new one in a couple days due to a mishap at work. Anyone think the hboot might come with s-off?
hawke591 said:
I've had my EVO for about a month. I'm getting a new one in a couple days due to a mishap at work. Anyone think the hboot might come with s-off?
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Guess you should wait and see, no one will know only the person who sent you the phone.
I just got a replacement yesterday and I was lucky it came s-off, hopefully yours will too
We're comin from a pure power source.
metalfan78 said:
I just got a replacement yesterday and I was lucky it came s-off, hopefully yours will too
We're comin from a pure power source.
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from the store or did you have it mailed?
It was mailed to the store
We're comin from a pure power source.
I sent mine back in with S-Off, once they fix the screen someone will be happy to have my old phone .

Rooting a new Dinc 2 with GB?

I see the thread that says there is no root for Gingerbread but I've seen other posts that say there is an experimental beta for root.
Can someone enlighten me?
I have a buddy with a INC 2 and looking to root it, but it has Gingerbread already loaded.
There's currently no software root. The only option is the XTC clip.
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awww.. makes me sad.
will check back here in a few weeks, maybe some luck then
Yup.. no root for people who updated to GB or got it preloaded. Stock isn't horrible though. I haven't had any real problems except wanting a couple more features like abit louder speaker or stronger vibrate options.
You can always get an XTC clip to S-Off. So no, it's not impossible. It's just not free
Edit: sorry, Nasty, didn't read see you already mention it
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I may be wrong, but I don't believe gingerbread has a known exploit yet, for any phone. So even if you get s off, I am not sure it will help because root is a whole different thing.
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kingsway8605 said:
I may be wrong, but I don't believe gingerbread has a known exploit yet, for any phone. So even if you get s off, I am not sure it will help because root is a whole different thing.
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What?
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kingsway8605 said:
I may be wrong, but I don't believe gingerbread has a known exploit yet, for any phone. So even if you get s off, I am not sure it will help because root is a whole different thing.
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Well, you are wrong. AlphaRev and Unrevoked have implemented a GB root exploit for both the HTC Sensation and the HTC Evo 3D in the latest Revolutionary solution.
In Twitter land there has been some success with other HTC devices, but the Dinc2 is proving to be troublesome.
Actually, I am rollin' a Moto Droid X2 and they just released a rooted GB update before my phone allows OTA update. Root it up!
tpbklake said:
Well, you are wrong. AlphaRev and Unrevoked have implemented a GB root exploit for both the HTC Sensation and the HTC Evo 3D in the latest Revolutionary solution.
In Twitter land there has been some success with other HTC devices, but the Dinc2 is proving to be troublesome.
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Must be a new exploit. Last I checked the only root path for phones with gingerbread was a rollback to froyo.
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SoCoolAZ said:
Actually, I am rollin' a Moto Droid X2 and they just released a rooted GB update before my phone allows OTA update. Root it up!
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You rooted it when it had froyo though. It is easy to flash a pre rooted rom, op is asking for a way to root an already installed gb.
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kingsway8605 said:
I may be wrong, but I don't believe gingerbread has a known exploit yet, for any phone. So even if you get s off, I am not sure it will help because root is a whole different thing.
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If you manage to s-off the phone I would think you could flash a custom recovery with fastboot and from there flash a rooted rom.
tpbklake said:
Well, you are wrong. AlphaRev and Unrevoked have implemented a GB root exploit for both the HTC Sensation and the HTC Evo 3D in the latest Revolutionary solution.
In Twitter land there has been some success with other HTC devices, but the Dinc2 is proving to be troublesome.
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Revolutionary uses the same temp-root exploit as it did with alpharevx, which means, that temp-root exploit is patched in GB. So revolutionary only works on froyo Inc2s.
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tpbklake said:
Well, you are wrong. AlphaRev and Unrevoked have implemented a GB root exploit for both the HTC Sensation and the HTC Evo 3D in the latest Revolutionary solution.
In Twitter land there has been some success with other HTC devices, but the Dinc2 is proving to be troublesome.
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Well considering we aren't concerned with those phones and there isn't a gb root for our phone, then you are wrong.
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knipp21 said:
Well considering we aren't concerned with those phones and there isn't a gb root for our phone, then you are wrong.
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Why is he wrong? He said there's no GB root for the INC 2 but was pointing out to kingsway8605 that there is such a thing as a GB root.
Gingerbreak, it's been out for a while. But since Verizon likes to patch to OTA's and cover that exploit (Just like they did with the Droid X) Yes, it's proving to be rather difficult.
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Why is he wrong? He said there's no GB root for the INC 2 but was pointing out to kingsway8605 that there is such a thing as a GB root.
Gingerbreak, it's been out for a while. But since Verizon likes to patch to OTA's and cover that exploit (Just like they did with the Droid X) Yes, it's proving to be rather difficult.
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I reads kings post as gb on inc 2 doesn't have an exploit yet. Because if I remember correctly he made a comment about temp root on the 3d a while back. Either way no big deal
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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...
buzz86us said:
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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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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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.
buzz86us said:
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!!!
Dave
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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.
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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 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

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