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FF18 very .... uhh?

Am I the only one whom finds mostly all FF18 builds unresponsive at times? The touch keys don't work randomly... on the latest ota and the leak? Is this kernel related? I hope so.... I find myself constantly trying to find the right one buy no luck... this is perhaps a useless thread but I feel as if this ICS for phone is not even worth it at times
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I get th. Touch key part as we.
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Then use an aosp build
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cp320703 said:
Then use an aosp build
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Or this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748208
"PROJECT:PLACEBO" - now up to you
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pyrostic said:
I get th. Touch key part as we.
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Yeah that just makes using any ICS ROM a turn off at the moment... hope source can fix this.
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cp320703 said:
Then use an aosp build
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I love AOSP, I'm just not going that route at the moment till kernel is tweaked and modified now that they have source. Plus not all of us like to run aosp.
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Why is it that all of these types of things are always categorized as ICS issues when the majority of us dont suffer from often if at all...?
Just make a checklist of consistent variables....
You
Your phone
Your settings
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PhAkEer said:
Why is it that all of these types of things are always categorized as ICS issues when the majority of us dont suffer from often if at all...?
Just make a checklist of consistent variables....
You
Your phone
Your settings
An operaring system succesfully applied to most of the world made by top-notch developers then supplemented by equally great devs that just always happens to brake for you =p
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I've had this on both stock and AOSP. I know my way around rooms and completely wipe before every flash even. its been happening to me since the early FF** kernel based builds. Frankly I think Samsung could have worked longer on this but something tells me it was rushed at the end.
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Was mostly just flippin $#!t
Ive just been lucky I guess.. Ive got a big lib folder I carry around with me...
Any little problem Ive gotten has been easily remedied, and Ive never once had the weird problems that some get no matter what.
Maybe because mine was assembled in the states? Idk...
I do know that Placebo, placebo you want.. Worst case the flash doesnt take and you have to flash a backuo...
Most likely youll say, "this is a stock kernel?!"
Lol
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PhAkEer said:
Why is it that all of these types of things are always categorized as ICS issues when the majority of us dont suffer from often if at all...?
Just make a checklist of consistent variables....
You
Your phone
Your settings
An operaring system succesfully applied to most of the world made by top-notch developers then supplemented by equally great devs that just always happens to break for you =p
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Fixed for ya.
Agree 100% though.

Sorry to say this but I'm running my super nova rom and haven't had any problems what so ever. Nothing looked what you're describing at all. Any chance the phone is having a hardware factory issue since so many others have experienced the same thing?

No its definitely an ICS issue on certain devices. As it doesn't happen on Gingerbread roms based at all. Ive noticed certain users complain about the issue, maybe its different hardware models? Ill wait a bit to see what the developers cook up.... I'll give your super Nova ROM a try.. once all that fails I'll go get a device exchange LOL
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Febby said:
No its definitely an ICS issue on certain devices. As it doesn't happen on Gingerbread roms based at all. Ive noticed certain users complain about the issue, maybe its different hardware models? Ill wait a bit to see what the developers cook up.... I'll give your super Nova ROM a try.. once all that fails I'll go get a device exchange LOL
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Lmfao.
When it fails, ill buy your broken phone for like 20 bucks, you say you flushed it so insurance covers it... Ill flash that same rom on your phone and have no issues =) everybody wins!
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PhAkEer said:
Lmfao.
When it fails, ill buy your broken phone for like 20 bucks, you say you flushed it so insurance covers it... Ill flash that same rom on your phone and have no issues =) everybody wins!
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Who said anything about insurance? I'm very good friends with the store manager. He always performs a device exchange as long as it hasnt had water damage. And no, I'm pretty sure the issues I'm having are real as pressing the power button and having the unlock screen process done but captive buttons not work for 5 seconds or more, isn't a bad flash. Even on shubs one click to FF18.
Btw check list done.... settings are always left stock. Phone seems okay unless I can surgicly open it to check on internals lol... ! Yes I'm okay myself.other than my messed up fist from a drunk fist fight.

I've had the same issue with most ICS E4GT roms, and doubt it is anything user related. Don't pay attention to the trolls. I've fully wiped my phone and it made no difference. Hopefully someone can figure it out. It's pretty annoying having to turn the screen on a off twice to get the capacitive buttons working.
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Who said anything about insurance? I'm very good friends with the store manager. He always performs a device exchange as long as it hasnt had water damage. And no, I'm pretty issue the issues I'm having are real as pressing the power button and having the unlock screen process done but captive buttons not work for 5 seconds or more, isn't a bad flash. Even on shubs one click to FF18.
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The only thing I notice is a bit of lag. I didn't have this issue before but it isn't so horrendous that I wanna destroy it. Ill be switching to a rom after I find one with absolutely no bugs. Oh an can I flash ICS to ICS now?
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proxy0 said:
The only thing I notice is a bit of lag. I didn't have this issue before but it isn't so horrendous that I wanna destroy it. Ill be switching to a rom after I find one with absolutely no bugs. Oh an can I flash ICS to ICS now?
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No you still can't flash ics to ics the emmc bug is still present
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riggs170 said:
No you still can't flash ics to ics the emmc bug is still present
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You think they'll push an update to the phone to fix the issue?
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phelixian said:
I've had the same issue with most ICS E4GT roms, and doubt it is anything user related. Don't pay attention to the trolls. I've fully wiped my phone and it made no difference. Hopefully someone can figure it out. It's pretty annoying having to turn the screen on a off twice to get the capacitive buttons working.
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Thank you, glad I'm not the only one who has this issue. The screen on and off is so far the only solution to this so far...
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Oh an can I flash ICS to ICS now?
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You can if you use the latest agat kernel built from source but remember not all developers have built in the new safe kernel! So you would always have to odin the kernel if it isnt baked with the ROM.
For reference, here is the link to source built kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767421
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No you still can't flash ics to ics the emmc bug is still present
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That's been fixed now that we have source for ICS.
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Ok heres my input. I believe that its a combination of software and hardware. Remember response time of soft buttons depends on how stable the rom is and also whats running at the time they where pressed. Ok say like you have a few apps it the background running and you turn off your screen. Once the screen come on the buttons may take a second to come on because the screen has more of a priorty than the soft button. Its all in how you look at it. And with apps running it slows that process down greatly because a combination of the proccesor and ram being used. Remember not notice but our soft buttons have a back light and they are press sensitive. So with them working together plus all the other stuff i explained timing would be off. But think about it. Lol is it really a depressing ordeal lol. I actually witness it and continue on without even thinking about it. Sorry for rambling lol

Will the Evo ever get a fully functional ICS/JB rom?

I believe what's missing is proprietary code and drivers that can only come from an official ICS/JB from HTC, and that's never going to happen.
So all the ICS/JB roms we have the same issues - camera/camcorder, 4G etc.

Maybe, but the only way we got this far was by the Devs writing their own drivers and code. It's not easy at all to do that.
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I wish...
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I strongly doubt it. This is my last month with the EVO (Contract ends). 4G is a deal breaker for me since I use it at home and work, so waiting for it to work on ics or jb its not really an option. Plus I'm getting bored of the only available 4g ROMS.. I need something new to satisfy my flashing needs
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Camera and camcorder work on a few roms but wimax would take a miracle.
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What they said ^

I don't care about Wimax, its so rare anyways. Proper youtube/camera/camcorder/Netflix is much more important.

Simple answer:
NO.

Just stick with GingerBread.
Newer ones are too laggy for an EVO.
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All the times ive wished....
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Just stick with GingerBread.
Newer ones are too laggy for an EVO.
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some can be but thats usually the developers fault. The evo is actually a really capable device it just has stupid power requirements. im running jelly bean on my phone and its smooth as hell.
this is the ROM im running Click Me
anyway no its never gunna happen unless by some miracle HTC makes the drivers and the Stock ROM for the evo fully open sourced and HTC isnt known for there open source-ness. OR if some developer somehow finds the free time and motivation to code the drivers them self, The probability of any of these happening is very..very low so low if scaled on a percentage from 0 to 100 the probability dosnt even register a whole number.

thread closed. pointless to be here anymore. we all have our answers

[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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(q) true tablet/hybrid mode/mod

Is there tru tablet/hybrid mode mod or anything other then playing with dpi's and flashing crap load of mods?
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Jsarge45 said:
Is there tru tablet/hybrid mode mod or anything other then playing with dpi's and flashing crap load of mods?
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Wait for a port of paranoid android:beer::thumbup:
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I have been and a leaked 4.1.2 too. No other option im guessing? Anything from slll work on our note 2
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Jsarge45 said:
I have been and a leaked 4.1.2 too. No other option im guessing? Anything from slll work on our note 2
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We won't have too many ROM options, besides AOSP and TouchWiz, until CM10 is officially released. It's out for the international version, but only time will tell how long it takes to reach our version of the device.
If you want to take a giant risk, go ahead and flash ParanoidAndroid for the international version, but it'll probably hard-brick your device.

Stefenatefun said:
We won't have too many ROM options, besides AOSP and TouchWiz, until CM10 is officially released. It's out for the international version, but only time will tell how long it takes to reach our version of the device.
If you want to take a giant risk, go ahead and flash ParanoidAndroid for the international version, but it'll probably hard-brick your device.
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Hard Brick? If this were Wikipedia I'd tag that with [Citation Needed]
I agree it will probably make it non-functional, but I find it hard to believe it's something that restoring an original sprint partition wouldn't fix.

aramova said:
Hard Brick? If this were Wikipedia I'd tag that with [Citation Needed]
I agree it will probably make it non-functional, but I find it hard to believe it's something that restoring an original sprint partition wouldn't fix.
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Maybe so, but I've heard stories of people hard-bricking their devices by flashing kernels made for different devices.

If anyone really wants this type of ROM, go to TMO GN2 forums and look at DaGR8s ROM. Or join #saurom on freenode. I asked if he could bring it over but he would rather have me maintain it but I know zero when it comes to modifying stock roms, smali, etc lol.
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Arent there issues flashing zips from 7100 at&t and tmobile on sprint. I know Verizon is somewhat similar to sprint?
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No I dont mean to flash the TMO version lol. I meant like port all the features to a stock deodexed rom for our device. Thing is, I have no experience with touchwiz so I couldnt do it. He's looking for someone to maintain it for our device.
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Sorry but im bit of a nooby to all this but I learn very fast. This is mt first rooted phone so I dont know any rules but im not ignorant to boundaries. I did install Andrea kitchen thing but haven't had time to play. I just really like tablet mode and dont like other variants having doin way more mods and roms, lol
I think today im goona mod back case for wireless. Im also coming for htc (evo 4g) and note 2 samsung is like beyond super user friendly.
So im not sure what you mean by porting and maintaining...
I hear great things about CM and paranoid android and am eager to get them on my note2
Currently running mac rom 2.1 with alpha kernal and crap load of mods.
As spoken from Morpheus, "how deep does the rabbit hole go"
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Jsarge45 said:
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No offense, but I don't understand what you're asking. I say this because Android 4 is the same on phones and tablets. I have ASUS Transformer Infinity (TF700T) and this phone, and both are running Android 4.1. The difference are more device specific about screen size and particular hardware.
The mods I've seen are more about squeezing more functionality out the device, such a WiFi tether and mutli-app. They don't bring a more tablet experience than what the device already is in my use thus far.

Youtube hybrid tablet mode on note2 or look up paranoid android. You'll see what I mean/layout
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Jsarge45 said:
Youtube hybrid tablet mode on note2 or look up paranoid android. You'll see what I mean/layout
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Your cruelty knows no bonds. Making me search, LOL. Took me a while to find something that showed it. Most just videos on found on Youtube left in the ROM(s) in phone phone mode. This one showed it best that I was able find first.
But yes, I get it now. The sad part, only a few apps I use really have tablet interfaces. I like a similar interface across devices if possible. Although, it would be nice if K9 had a tablet UI. But I digress....

Haha sorry.
Yea I meam to me with 5.5 inch screen its more tabletized to me so why not exploit it more. **** if you advertise it as a "phablet" then why not send it with the optionm?!
I keep trying
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I like the idea of picking some apps to use in Tablet form. NFL Game Pass has a good tablet app; but I believe it's designed for 10" tablets, not the small ones such as Nexus 7. I like Chrome's interface on the tablet over the phone as well.
I have the ASUS Transformer Inifinity. Needless, some apps are interesting with their user interface.
Unfortunately, most apps on Android are still designed for the phone interface. As Android tablet get more popular, we'll see design interface incorporate the larger screens.
At the moment, I'm just happy to have a larger screen so I can see without having to zoom everything.

I hear ya but im constantly in settings and everywhere else hitting the back button a lot. Would be nice to have it all on 1 screen. Im gonna try and port PA. I would of bought or stayed with my evo. I want to see just how far I can take this lil big thing.
Was at wedding Saturday night and whipped it out & the table was in ahh at phone. Mostly iphoners. They were jaw dropped. Just wish I had hybrid mode to make them faint. Lol
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Jsarge45 said:
I hear ya but im constantly in settings and everywhere else hitting the back button a lot. Would be nice to have it all on 1 screen. Im gonna try and port PA. I would of bought or stayed with my evo. I want to see just how far I can take this lil big thing.
Was at wedding Saturday night and whipped it out & the table was in ahh at phone. Mostly iphoners. They were jaw dropped. Just wish I had hybrid mode to make them faint. Lol
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I tried talking to the developer of PA, and all he said was to wait for CM10 to come out.
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My coworker saw my GN2 and I heard a "GOD DAMN!!!!" Another coworker (Sprint GS3) and I like to tease another about his iPhone4 since he complains a lot about it.
Yea, the settings is a nicer setup on my tablet. Switching tasks is a lot faster too. I just hit one button instead of holding it down. But I like this phone's recent task list. It actually closes the programs. I really like the clear memory option too. Why they can't incorporate a clear cache, is beyond me, but something I would like in that menu area.

Im so impatient. I want to buy n7100 just to flash it. Lol but I guess I'll have too
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I was just in version playin wit DNA and it feels like im on gingerbread. Ran quadrant. 8000...
Couldnt play vids but I wasnt impressed.
Yea switching tasks is becoming cumbersome especially when im not driving but yea I get looks and ahh's everytime it comes out. Was recently at an indoor waterpark resort in PA mts and there was starbucks in there. 1st time I paid the baristas where like, hell yea a screen I can read bar code. Couple workers few days later where like, ah your the guy with the note 2? Can we see it.. lol
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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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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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FinZ28 said:
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.

b_rain said:
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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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

FinZ28 said:
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 .

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 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