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/# instead of # in ADB

Trying to get to the bottom of my kernel issues and I just noticed that instead of getting a # in adb, I get a /#. Anyone know what that means?

I'm guessing you're using netarchy kernel and bash. RTFM on custom shell prompts.

I'm using KingX and I don't know what bash is. Anyway, I just tried adb again and it's back to a #, so that's a non issue now. I still can't figure out why I can't flash ANY of the new kernels without causing a bootloop. KingX 7 and 8, netarchy 4.1.9.1 or any of the 8.x snap kernels, none of them work. I can flash older ones without issue (kingx #4, #6, netarchy 4.1.8, snap 7.11). Nobody else seems to have this issue, is it possible I screwed up my Evo?

_MetalHead_ said:
I'm using KingX and I don't know what bash is. Anyway, I just tried adb again and it's back to a #, so that's a non issue now. I still can't figure out why I can't flash ANY of the new kernels without causing a bootloop. KingX 7 and 8, netarchy 4.1.9.1 or any of the 8.x snap kernels, none of them work. I can flash older ones without issue (kingx #4, #6, netarchy 4.1.8, snap 7.11). Nobody else seems to have this issue, is it possible I screwed up my Evo?
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You'll need to wipe your phone. Data dalvik, cache.
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SharkUW said:
You'll need to wipe your phone. Data dalvik, cache.
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Done that about 50 times now :/

_MetalHead_ said:
Done that about 50 times now :/
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I've pretty much stayed away from the tricked out kernels because the instability scares me, but the few times I used one I noticed that sometimes my phone had to reboot two or three times before it booted and stayed on. Just a thought.

_MetalHead_ said:
Done that about 50 times now :/
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If you are running ClockworkMod, you need to wipe with amon-RA. they say ClockworkMod does not wipe completely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6855542&postcount=1

illogic6 said:
I've pretty much stayed away from the tricked out kernels because the instability scares me, but the few times I used one I noticed that sometimes my phone had to reboot two or three times before it booted and stayed on. Just a thought.
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I've sat and watched it reboot 10 times in a row before I gave up and restored my nand.
If you are running ClockworkMod, you need to wipe with amon-RA. they say ClockworkMod does not wipe completely.
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I've done it multiple times with both. AmonRA is my preferred recovery.

dwertz said:
If you are running ClockworkMod, you need to wipe with amon-RA. they say ClockworkMod does not wipe completely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6855542&postcount=1
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Afaik clockwork has always wiped ok. I think there were a lot or still are people confused by dalvik being in a separate menu. There are also people that will tell you to wipe twice. It's not a rubber eraser, it's a filesystem.
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SharkUW said:
Afaik clockwork has always wiped ok. I think there were a lot or still are people confused by dalvik being in a separate menu. There are also people that will tell you to wipe twice. It's not a rubber eraser, it's a filesystem.
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I had issues with it and several other people have and I know there were seperate menus. Just saying, it has been several people even ones that have been around awhile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758633
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719763
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An important note for Clockwork mod Recovery users:
Clockwork Mod is reportedly not wiping correctly (ie; if you try to wipe cache/dalvik-cache/data/etc it's not actually doing it, or not doing it right)
You may want to consider using Amon Ra Recovery instead.

I how you know that your first link is all posts, at least as far as I read into, detailing the various levels of crazy required to believe that cm isn't wiping the dalvik cache. Did you read it or just the op?
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SharkUW said:
I how you know that your first link is all posts, at least as far as I read into, detailing the various levels of crazy required to believe that cm isn't wiping the dalvik cache. Did you read it or just the op?
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I read the posts. Some people are just having issues and some people are not. All I was stating is that CWM has been known to have a few issues and to try Amon RA to see if the problems get fixed. I used to have issues installing kernels with CWM. I used it through Rom manager because it made it easy. I ended up going to Amon RA because all the issues I had personally. I know Amon RA has been reducing the size because some people had bad blocks. Have you thought that maybe your phone doesnt and some people does causing the full recovery not to be there?

dwertz said:
I had issues with it and several other people have and I know there were seperate menus. Just saying, it has been several people even ones that have been around awhile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758633
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719763
from Netarchy
An important note for Clockwork mod Recovery users:
Clockwork Mod is reportedly not wiping correctly (ie; if you try to wipe cache/dalvik-cache/data/etc it's not actually doing it, or not doing it right)
You may want to consider using Amon Ra Recovery instead.
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switching from rom to rom, i just do a full factory wipe, isn't that technically what dalvik is not doing in clockwork, i've had no issue's yet by doing this, even with some rom's i haven't done it and things have worked fine, but that's besides the point.

tomh1979 said:
switching from rom to rom, i just do a full factory wipe, isn't that technically what dalvik is not doing in clockwork, i've had no issue's yet by doing this, even with some rom's i haven't done it and things have worked fine, but that's besides the point.
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Yes, the general wiping instructions are very redundant. Dalvik is within cache which is why clockwork has it under a sub menu. You "wipe" dalvik 3x with factory reset, cache, dalvik. Some roms have dalvik under data by my understanding, in which case you've wiped it once.
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[Q] What does Kings Format_All.zip actually format?

Found this in the instructions for Unleased r3
The instructions for Note: If you are coming from another ROM please use Kings Format_All.zip
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What does this actually format? Does it mess with the SD card?

As far as I'm aware, it does all the Data/Cache/Dalvik wiping necessary to start off brand new. SD Card isn't touched.

xfusejc said:
As far as I'm aware, it does all the Data/Cache/Dalvik wiping necessary to start off brand new. SD Card isn't touched.
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Correct. It just clears all the data/dalvik/cache. Just like if you were to do a factory reset. Instead of choosing each one separately, (date full factory reset, cache, data, dalvik/cache it will do it all for you. Won't hurt to run that and still do wipe everything separately still just to be double sure Will not touch the SD card at all.
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Its the exact same as calkulin's format all, except his is edify compatible.

Cool, thanks! I failed at the set up and going back to other ROM. Cant get emails to set up cause I must be missing something, but it's late. Will try again tomorrow.

I tried using it with the NEW GB R2 ROM and i get installation aborted. anyone else have this issue

Kings Format All
Hiya all,
Wanted to load up kings now that I have a unlocked Gingerbread 4G (Thank you Revolutionary!)
Tried to load this using the recovery that Revolutionary installs, but it fails every time - telling me that there is a compatibility issue. Anyone having the same problem?

bconway said:
Hiya all,
Wanted to load up kings now that I have a unlocked Gingerbread 4G (Thank you Revolutionary!)
Tried to load this using the recovery that Revolutionary installs, but it fails every time - telling me that there is a compatibility issue. Anyone having the same problem?
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I don't use the new recovery and still use amonra, but you can send a pm to EvolvedAndroid. He unrooted his phone in hopes of getting a 3d and couldn't. So he wasn't working on roms until the Revolutionary root. He may be able to help you.

jayharper08 said:
Correct. It just clears all the data/dalvik/cache. Just like if you were to do a factory reset. Instead of choosing each one separately, (date full factory reset, cache, data, dalvik/cache it will do it all for you. Won't hurt to run that and still do wipe everything separately still just to be double sure Will not touch the SD card at all.
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I agree! I wipe everything 3x and then do the format all 3x and Virus Superwipe 3x! I've nvr had problems installing a ROM!

[Q] Noob ?

Whay exactly does a full wipe consist of? Using RA 2.3 recovery.

I usually wipe system, cache, and dalvik that way I keep all my dl app but some wipe data also. U can wipe boot as well.

[email protected] said:
Whay exactly does a full wipe consist of? Using RA 2.3 recovery.
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A full wipe, in preparation to flash a new rom would consist of wiping:
data/factory reset
cache
dalvik cache
boot
system
I always wipe everything 2 or 3 times. I also flash Calkulin's Format All after wiping all of the above. That might be overkill, but it makes me feel better before I flash a rom, lol. You get a completely clean start.

k2buckley said:
A full wipe, in preparation to flash a new rom would consist of wiping:
data/factory reset
cache
dalvik cache
boot
system
I always wipe everything 2 or 3 times. I also flash Calkulin's Format All after wiping all of the above. That might be overkill, but it makes me feel better before I flash a rom, lol. You get a completely clean start.
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What would happen if i wiped everything and rebooted? not that i wanna try it or anything just curious

My definition of a full wipe using amon RA is EVERYTHING in the wipe menu except the SD card and when I flash a different rom, I wipe everything on that list with the exception of the card itself. Technically speaking, however, the list that k2buckley posted is correct.
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[email protected] said:
What would happen if i wiped everything and rebooted? not that i wanna try it or anything just curious
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If you tried to boot after wiping what I mentioned, you will either hang at the splash screen or it will boot you right to fastboot (not sure really though, as I've never tried, but it wouldn't boot, for sure). Since it wipes system and boot image, there would be nothing installed for you to boot into. Btw, I would avoid trying that lol.
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k2buckley said:
If you tried to boot after wiping what I mentioned, you will either hang at the splash screen or it will boot you right to fastboot (not sure really though, as I've never tried, but it wouldn't boot, for sure). Since it wipes system and boot image, there would be nothing installed for you to boot into. Btw, I would avoid trying that lol.
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+1........(laughing)
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dougjamal said:
My definition of a full wipe using amon RA is EVERYTHING in the wipe menu except the SD card and when I flash a different rom, I wipe everything on that list with the exception of the card itself. Technically speaking, however, the list that k2buckley posted is correct.
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That's crazy. Wiping everything like that is over kill. No need to wipe data as its all the apps that uve downloaded from the market. The only ones really needed are dalvik, cache, boot, and system. And I've only ever had to do it one time then flash a rom and it works everytime plus I have all my data and apps there still

Papa Smurf151 said:
That's crazy. Wiping everything like that is over kill. No need to wipe data as its all the apps that uve downloaded from the market. The only ones really needed are dalvik, cache, boot, and system. And I've only ever had to do it one time then flash a rom and it works everytime plus I have all my data and apps there still
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He asked what a FULL wipe was. Not if it was necessary or required. And not wiping data when going from one rom to a different one (not an update of the same rom, but to a totally different rom) has ALWAYS left me with weird issues, such as wake locks, cm Widgets on salvage mod, reboots etc.
Oh well, we all have our own methods and rituals for flashing, lol. I will stick to my methods, and everyone else can use theirs.
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Papa Smurf151 said:
That's crazy. Wiping everything like that is over kill. No need to wipe data as its all the apps that uve downloaded from the market. The only ones really needed are dalvik, cache, boot, and system. And I've only ever had to do it one time then flash a rom and it works everytime plus I have all my data and apps there still
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It may very well be overkill, however, that is my method and it has served me well and has saved me a great deal of unnecessary troubleshooting. But hey, to each his or her own, right? Take care and enjoy the rest of your night....
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k2buckley said:
.....And not wiping data when going from one rom to a different one (not an update of the same rom, but to a totally different rom) has ALWAYS left me with weird issues, such as wake locks, cm Widgets on salvage mod, reboots etc......
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Same here, my friend.........and when I change roms, I don't want any remnants of the previous one.
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dougjamal said:
Same here, my friend.........and when I change roms, I don't want any remnants of the previous one.
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I agree as well; I only restore my apps with data and my launcher settings, [person preference].

teh roxxorz said:
I agree as well; I only restore my apps with data and my launcher settings, [person preference].
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I'm guessing u know this but have u ever looked at ur data folder with root exployer or what ever. The app folder might have 5-6 apps in it and the app-private folder holds the apps u dl from market. So wiping it in recovery makes little sense. I've flashed plenty of different roms without wiping data and never had a problem. Plus on an upnote all ihave to do is flash the roms and gapps if needed and restart and that's it. No need to sit there for an hour restoring apps or settings

Papa Smurf151 said:
I'm guessing u know this but have u ever looked at ur data folder with root exployer or what ever.
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Yes, i have.
The app folder might have 5-6 apps in it and the app-private folder holds the apps u dl from market.
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Not with my current setup. My data/apps/ folder contains ALL of my 3rd party apps except Anfry Birds Rio and my app-private folder is empty.
So wiping it in recovery makes little sense.
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Yes and No.
I've flashed plenty of different roms without wiping data and never had a problem.
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I believe you and don't have a problem with you doing it that way, however, like you, I, too, have flashed a great deal of roms and my method has also served me well. It is not wrong for me to use my method. It's just a matter of preference and nothing more.
Plus on an upnote all ihave to do is flash the roms and gapps if needed and restart and that's it. No need to sit there for an hour restoring apps or settings
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I understand, but, I do not sit for hours restoring my apps. My apps are restored within minutes. Anyway, I appreciate your viewpoint. Take care and have a great night.....
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[Q] Cant flash sense anymore or make a nandroid backup

Hi I recently flashed evo-decks 1.2 stable after I did that I had errors with any nandroids and I can't flash any sense or aosp ones either. I'm stuck and and stumped as to what my course of action should please any ideas would be fantastic thank you.

Well first, do you have a current working rom at the moment?

What he ^ said.
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yes I do its the evo decks 1.2z the one I found to be more of a stable version

[email protected] said:
yes I do its the evo decks 1.2z the one I found to be more of a stable version
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Well backup the rom; make sure you have at least 500mb free space. Do a full wipe [factory/data, cache, dalvik cache], flash the new rom. Make sure you have more space, because the sense 2.1/3.0 can be big in backup size.

What happens when you try to flash another Rom?
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I get stuck at the HTC evo 4g screen just stays white and wont boot I have wiped it numerous times and I get the same result never happend until I flashed the 1.2 stable I also did flash the vipermod and Google apps as well as available memory mod I found I had used that multiple times before as well

Wipe everything 3x, use Virus's CR super wipe after you manually wipe everything. Factory wipe, cache and delvik cache. That should clear everything out. Then flash a Rom. It sounds like something isn't getting wiped.
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Well it says report to the recovery log to see what went wrong its preventing me from even Making a backup at all it says depot to recovery log to see what went wrong seems more serious no?

So because somethings not wiping properly that will give me an error telling me to view the recovery log and then prevent me from flashing different builds and making a nandroid backup I don't seem to see a link for the superwipe under virus I tried searching and i could not locate it is it on his website?

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So because somethings not wiping properly that will give me an error telling me to view the recovery log and then prevent me from flashing different builds and making a nandroid backup I don't seem to see a link for the superwipe under virus I tried searching and i could not locate it is it on his website?
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here you go.
http://bit.ly/jEjuoN

If I were you, I'd backup my SD Card, format it, repartition it, if you're using partitions, and then copy the essentials back over. Specifically, you're nandroid folder, then reflash your Recovery, which hopefully, is Amon Ra.
Then either try to reflash one of your nandroids, although if it was me, I'd just copy the ROM you want first, and then try to flash that, and it if goes well, try a nandroid you have saved.
I've had this happen twice and both times, reflashing recovery did the trick

Alright ill try thanks alot everyone I appreaciate your help ill get back to you guys hopefully with good news

Well so there's no way I could just wipe it with recovery and flash it over cause apparently I'm not the only one with this issue and somebody said it has to do with partitions of my SD card I'm trying to look into it deeper.
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[email protected] said:
Well so there's no way I could just wipe it with recovery and flash it over cause apparently I'm not the only one with this issue and somebody said it has to do with partitions of my SD card I'm trying to look into it deeper.
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You don't have to partition it; first reflash your recovery via PC36IMG image, then copy your sdcard to a pc, format it, then copy the files back over, try to restore a backup, or reflash the rom.

Flashing CM10 S-ON Amon-ra recovery v2.3

i got the links from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078193&page=1 for CM10 and GAPPs. it says something about A2SD but i'm not really sure what that does. Do I need it, as in the instructions it just says to get both CM10 and the gapps. Also, I already tried installing the programs and then rebooting into the bootloader screen and then recovery. When I wipe data/factory reset and then try to flash the cm10 from the sd card it aborts halfway through. What am I doing wrong?
edit : i have s-on and hboot 2.18.0001

You need to wipe everything, not just data. As in data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then try flashing your rom again
Also, A2SD stands for "Apps2SD(card)". If the rom has it enabled, then you wont be able to use it properly without having a partitioned sdcard (that means without having setup your sd with a portion of it for apps)
But you can flash any rom with *-on, the only thing that you cant do (this part is specific to the supersonic evo, its different for other htc phones) is flash radios
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gooeymonster said:
i got the links from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078193&page=1 for CM10 and GAPPs. it says something about A2SD but i'm not really sure what that does. Do I need it, as in the instructions it just says to get both CM10 and the gapps. Also, I already tried installing the programs and then rebooting into the bootloader screen and then recovery. When I wipe data/factory reset and then try to flash the cm10 from the sd card it aborts halfway through. What am I doing wrong?
edit : i have s-on and hboot 2.18.0001
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If your using amon ra 2.3, then you should wipe everything EXCEPT SDCARD before flashing the rom of your choice, not just factory reset. Some ppl go as far as to wipe everything three times. If that doesn't work you should try to download again to make sure you don't have a bad download.
Edit: dangit CNexus beat me lol
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CRIME INC. said:
If your using amon ra 2.3, then you should wipe everything EXCEPT SDCARD before flashing the rom of your choice, not just factory reset. Some ppl go as far as to wipe everything three times. If that doesn't work you should try to download again to make sure you don't have a bad download.
Edit: dangit CNexus beat me lol
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CNexus said:
You need to wipe everything, not just data. As in data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then try flashing your rom again
Also, A2SD stands for "Apps2SD(card)". If the rom has it enabled, then you wont be able to use it properly without having a partitioned sdcard (that means without having setup your sd with a portion of it for apps)
But you can flash any rom with *-on, the only thing that you cant do (this part is specific to the supersonic evo, its different for other htc phones) is flash radios
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i just pressed "Wipe ALL userdata/factory reset" "Wipe CACHE:" "wipe Dalvik-cache:" and wipe "DATA:" but theres still stuff like "BOOT" "SYSTEM" "SDEXT" and "DATA:Battery settings" and Data:rotate settings (the last two i'm going to assume aren't important). But it still aborted the installation... Maybe it might be a corrupt file? Because I didn't actually try the files from the other thread yet, but from another video which was for the LTE...

gooeymonster said:
i just pressed "Wipe ALL userdata/factory reset" "Wipe CACHE:" "wipe Dalvik-cache:" and wipe "DATA:" but theres still stuff like "BOOT" "SYSTEM" "SDEXT" and "DATA:Battery settings" and Data:rotate settings (the last two i'm going to assume aren't important). But it still aborted the installation... Maybe it might be a corrupt file? Because I didn't actually try the files from the other thread yet, but from another video which was for the LTE...
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If you downloaded the files from the lte thread then that's your problem. Although cm10 is cm10 on any phone, the links are device specific. Download from the evo 4g thread and try again
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CRIME INC. said:
If you downloaded the files from the lte thread then that's your problem. Although cm10 is cm10 on any phone, the links are device specific. Download from the evo 4g thread and try again
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ok thanks bro i already downloaded stuff from the evo thread so ill just send it to my phone and then try again

Yeah thats the next thing I was gonna suggest....most ROMs do device checking, but it can get dangerous if you flash a rom thats not for your phone, even if its similar.
For example, over at the Sprint Samsung S3 forums, I've seen some people end up with bricked phones when they accidentally flash roms made for the international S3, just because the misc partition on the international version just happens to be in the same place as the boot partition on the Sprint version. Very dangerous sometimes so be careful what you flash, this goes for ANY flashable zip, whether it be a mod, theme, app, rom, etc. Just my 2 cents
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everything went great, thank you Cnexus and crime inc.
another question though, in the app store it says that my evo still isn't compatible with games like modern combat 4. anyway around that?

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