Anyone still on the OG? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hey XDA is anyone still on a contract with the evo 4g?
the section seems dead.

No contract for me I am a flashed phone user. The Og section is still very much alive and kicking with new roms and updates coming out on a regular basis. If you think this is you should look at some of the others. While the 3vo is my daily phone I still have service on my Og sort of. It is harder to test my builds on a phone with no service since you cant check the major things like voice/data/mms without it. Keep your eye out cause I am working on several source builds. Rootbox, baked 9, and sourcery for the Og.

jlmancuso said:
No contract for me I am a flashed phone user. The Og section is still very much alive and kicking with new roms and updates coming out on a regular basis. If you think this is you should look at some of the others. While the 3vo is my daily phone I still have service on my Og sort of. It is harder to test my builds on a phone with no service since you cant check the major things like voice/data/mms without it. Keep your eye out cause I am working on several source builds. Rootbox, baked 9, and sourcery for the Og.
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Cool I hope the users will love that rom.
I'm not on the OG anymore, gave it to a family member.
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Im still here,hangin out in the shadows,patiently awaiting for my upgrade,July 1,hahahaha,going to the HTC One.Hahahaha,cant wait.

I'm stilling rocking the OG Evo. I use it as a media player. Its sorta sad to see this phone's forum end.

I passed my OG on to my son when I upgraded to the EVO LTE back in the fall. He hasn't managed to lose it or break it...yet
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jcruz767 said:
I'm stilling rocking the OG Evo. I use it as a media player. Its sorta sad to see this phone's forum end.
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Yea,theres been alot of good times here.Definitely gonna miss everyone and all the fun we had here,building roms and solving drama,hahahahaha.

Drama? That was the 3vo section. The Og was pretty drama free. You can only hope your next device is just as drama free.
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jlmancuso said:
Drama? That was the 3vo section. The Og was pretty drama free. You can only hope your next device is just as drama free.
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You dont remember the dirt days when ole mazda hated everyone,hahaha and all the teams were bickering back and forth?Oh yea you werent around were ya?

Diablo67 said:
You dont remember the dirt days when ole mazda hated everyone,hahaha and all the teams were bickering back and forth?Oh yea you werent around were ya?
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I remember. Good times.

Evilone69tmg said:
I remember. Good times.
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My son got a Evo 4g from his grandpa which is the easiest why to root this thing. Thanks in advance I haven't root since my nexus s 4g.

Bleedpurple said:
My son got a Evo 4g from his grandpa which is the easiest why to root this thing. Thanks in advance I haven't root since my nexus s 4g.
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Need to know your hboot info. If you don't know how to get it. Power down. Once off. Hold power and volume down buttons together. You should go into hboot. Read back all the info and we could help you from there.

Evilone69tmg said:
Need to know your hboot info. If you don't know how to get it. Power down. Once off. Hold power and volume down buttons together. You should go into hboot. Read back all the info and we could help you from there.
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LOCKED oow
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041fTOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.01.15
Dec 21 2011,12:50:32
Ive never rooted a HTC before
Thanks

Bleedpurple said:
LOCKED oow
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041fTOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.01.15
Dec 21 2011,12:50:32
Ive never rooted a HTC before
Thanks
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Go with Captain_Throwback's guide. You can go to this thread as well for help.

If mine didn't have a shattered screen is still be using it to mess around with
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My screen is shattered, buttons don't work all the time, one battery only lasts 3-4 hrs (original stock), USB port is as loose as an 80 yr old hooker. I use it for dev, testing, and backup phone. Hdmi port is still good tested it last week. Also 0 bad blocks!!
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Diablo67 said:
Im still here,hangin out in the shadows,patiently awaiting for my upgrade,July 1,hahahaha,going to the HTC One.Hahahaha,cant wait.
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Kinda funny you should say that, that's the same day my contract is up. I'm also probably going to the HTC One, but I might go to AT&T, we'll see what happens.

What I am going to miss the most is smelkus recovery, not gonna find a better and more reliable recovery...period.
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4ext recovery is a great one. Full touch and everything works every time. On the 3vo we have twrp (aroma will not work correctly), cwm (well its cwm what else to say), then 4ext which is the best for everything. So while you say you will miss smelkus you will find something just as good if not better. Don't get me wrong nothing is better for the Og but each device is different therefore each one has its "best" recovery.
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How many Devs do we working on the slide?

I know some devs are jumping ship to other phones. Do we have some devs left to work on our phone? If not I'm thinking about buying another phone in the next few months.
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There is not a whole lot of devs left all got the nexus or vibrant
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jriv said:
There is not a whole lot of devs left all got the nexus or vibrant
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That's the impression I got from Twitter. Sad this is a cool phone I like it but looks like I'll look toward the g1 blaze in November.
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slinky1914 said:
That's the impression I got from Twitter. Sad this is a cool phone I like it but looks like I'll look toward the g1 blaze in November.
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I just got this like the other day and it seems to be lacking in support, when I heard about this phone I was excited to get it...But now it seems like it doesn't have that much development, with other phones coming out. The only this is the smaller screen and weaker cpu/gpu compared to newer phones...This thing comes w/ 512MB Ram/Rom if im not mistaken, just like N1. If this is Oc'able it might go to at least 7xxx. Dumfuq is notorious for his G1 OC kernels, lets see what he can do for the MTS now...
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I just got this like the other day and it seems to be lacking in support, when I heard about this phone I was excited to get it...But now it seems like it doesn't have that much development, with other phones coming out. The only this is the smaller screen and weaker cpu/gpu compared to newer phones...This thing comes w/ 512MB Ram/Rom if im not mistaken, just like N1. If this is Oc'able it might go to at least 7xxx. Dumfuq is notorious for his G1 OC kernels, lets see what he can do for the MTS now...
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I think I will stick around a bit longer. When the phone first cane out it had devs on it that loved it. I think we still have some working on it.
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slinky1914 said:
I think I will stick around a bit longer. When the phone first cane out it had devs on it that loved it. I think we still have some working on it.
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I really like the phone's design, it sticks out from the other phones I had. it might not be the best thing in the market but it's defiantly a major improvement from my G1. Even on stock this feels a lot faster than when I had it oc'd to 614MHz.
Ace42 said:
I really like the phone's design, it sticks out from the other phones I had. it might not be the best thing in the market but it's defiantly a major improvement from my G1. Even on stock this feels a lot faster than when I had it oc'd to 614MHz.
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I agree totally. This is a wonderful improvement over the G1. Handles things better too. When I got a text when I was watching YouTube on the g1 I would have a blank screen for like 30secs cause I had SMS popup then I could reply but the video wouldn't play I would have to start over. Not with this little power house those issues are gone.
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Im working on some stuff for the slide.
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Im working on some stuff for the slide.
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I'm afraid some peiole are getting different phones. Seems like the slide is hard to develop for. Cyanogen is having issues too. I wonder if HTC is having trouble with froyo.
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slinky1914 said:
I'm afraid some peiole are getting different phones. Seems like the slide is hard to develop for. Cyanogen is having issues too. I wonder if HTC is having trouble with froyo.
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Check the dev section. Im trying to pull together a dev team to port a modded froyo to phones that havent had a mention of froyo, and the dinc, desire, and evo. If there is one dev left, the slide is saved, if not, i gotta pick up official support for the slide.
More info on the rom can be found on www.incredibleroms.com/jdkoreclipse. Dont download from the link there, as it is the driod incredible version.
I will not let this phone go without devs.
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jdkoreclipse said:
Check the dev section. Im trying to pull together a dev team to port a modded froyo to phones that havent had a mention of froyo, and the dinc, desire, and evo. If there is one dev left, the slide is saved, if not, i gotta pick up official support for the slide.
More info on the rom can be found on incredibleroms.com/jdkoreclipse. Dont download from the link there, as it is the driod incredible version.
I will not let this phone go without devs.
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I appreciate what your doing maybe we can pull people together and get this phone rolling
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jriv said:
I appreciate what your doing maybe we can pull people together and get this phone rolling
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Imma try. Im on xda alot, so i have lots of time to get this going. If worst comes to worst, i will maintain the port. So, you are getting a de sensed froyo woth some cool mods. Its not vanilla, and not sense. I really like the slide, and will dev for it. I already dropped official support for the evo, but may need to pick that one up too.
No phone should be without devs
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Thanks a lot for what you are doing. We appreciate it a lot. I would like a good froyo de-sensed rom. Sense is cool but stock android is faster. And I miss my wysie contacts. Thanks again.
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Friggin delays on jdfroyo. We are still worrking on it.
No phone left behind
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I think we have a few here. I mean Wes and Eugene are here but may have gotten the vibrant and there are a few other new guys here and there. But they have said they will still work on the slide. I think whats holding alot of folks back is the lack of ota to use and port plus this baby is locked pretty tight still even after root but that won't stop anybody. I mean we don't even have a custom kernel or hard spl and it will take much longer because of the security. And, yes, cyanogen is working on his froyo port still and is having road blocks which is holding up future stable additions. It's a great phone still and am happy with slidemr1 v4 rom with a2sd and perflock off and set at a constant 600mhz. JIT would be nice like in froyo, would help a bit but stability and lack of 100% fuction in a2sd ports makes it hard to use froyo daily (and due to fact I'm an app horder). But yeah, the HTC blaze/emerald (the one with the qwerty kb) l will be tempted if things are still this slow by the time late autumn/early winter rolls around.
That's exactly what I am thinking. It is locked up pretty tight and hopefully our ota update to froyo will be a game changer for it and we can move forward.
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I can say, that lack of leaks and ota is holding us devs back. If there was a leak froyo, i would be able to build jdfroyo with no problem. Hopefully i will be able to port something i will make for the gsm hero.
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razr315 said:
Didn't the chief pull an ota not to long ago?
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Not froyo. It was a radio uograde mainly.
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There is some update in this section being talked about but from what I can gather its stuff that has been fixed or only applys to espresso rom. In other words not froyo... but it did state and interesting addition that will be useful to all roms: the ability to use mms/sms over wifi.

Help with temp root.

My girlfriend wants to temp root her evo. It has the latest ota. She doesn't want perm. For now . Please help.
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I dont think that there is a temp root for the evo anymore. Her best bet is to Perm root using Revolutionary.io
Elw00d said:
I dont think that there is a temp root for the evo anymore. Her best bet is to Perm root using Revolutionary.io
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Ewww... Really? Well, I'll see if i can convince her... She is new to all this.. Well, I'll keep looking in the mean time... If you see anything let me know thank you
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Haha, i got her perm rooting. She doesn't have Internet at her house so she is downloading everything to the sdcard and copying it to the computer. She said the drivers installed fine. I want to ask before I finish with her, is there any complications from downloading to the sdcard first then moving files to pc?
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What's her number? she a hot sexy lady? LOL!!!!!!! Tell her that there is a hot guy on XDA that wants her number. :-D Other than that. lol. who cares if it is fully rooted. however, IF SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT HERSELF then it isn't for her. My professional opinion is unless you're married. Stay off her phone. lol. cause she could dump you at anytime for me. LOL! well, she'll be in good hands with me. so haha. LOL
*Runs away before you track me down to attempt to kick my ass. LOL!*
I've been away from this board a while. Any EVO 4G can be rooted now? Latest software and build? Is this similar to to the revolutionary method for the EVO 3D?
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What's her number? she a hot sexy lady? LOL!!!!!!! Tell her that there is a hot guy on XDA that wants her number. :-D Other than that. lol. who cares if it is fully rooted. however, IF SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT HERSELF then it isn't for her. My professional opinion is unless you're married. Stay off her phone. lol. cause she could dump you at anytime for me. LOL! well, she'll be in good hands with me. so haha. LOL
*Runs away before you track me down to attempt to kick my ass. LOL!*
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Haha, jerk. But ok, she just really wants to root it. But yeah, i totally understand your point. She really wanted a temp root because she doesn't like all the bloat. But all y'all have is perm.. She isn't dumb, just new to everything. And I mean 100% new. She won't know how to fix anything. I've explained to her what backups and all that good stuff is. She knows what an RUU is. But if something does go wrong, it's only me. So, I will just tell her to wait a bit and see if a temp comes out.
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sdc177 said:
I've been away from this board a while. Any EVO 4G can be rooted now? Latest software and build? Is this similar to to the revolutionary method for the EVO 3D?
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It is revolutionary
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Lol, she wants to do it... The serial number, I'm new to this part to. I just need to know one thing. Is the the whole string with or without the spaces? Or is it just the first part before the space?
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So is your gf single yet? I'm really horny. Now I understand you can be tried after working 80 hours... I'll take care of her for you. LOL!!!! lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but yeah... just let her know to call me and I'll tell her that who cares if she roots her phone... because sprint will no longer support the phone. you won't ever see an update for the EVO. the evo is old news now.
btw. don't get mad at me. lol. just having fun.. cough cough, or am I? LOL! yeah, it's that time of the night again. haha
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So is your gf single yet? I'm really horny. Now I understand you can be tried after working 80 hours... I'll take care of her for you. LOL!!!! lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but yeah... just let her know to call me and I'll tell her that who cares if she roots her phone... because sprint will no longer support the phone. you won't ever see an update for the EVO. the evo is old news now.
btw. don't get mad at me. lol. just having fun.. cough cough, or am I? LOL! yeah, it's that time of the night again. haha
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Really really lame ass post. Ur hitting on a dudes gf on a phone jacking forum. I'm sure even if his gf was on here she would want nothing from u and u just sound lame even if ur joking
Papa Smurf151 said:
Really really lame ass post. Ur hitting on a dudes gf on a phone jacking forum. I'm sure even if his gf was on here she would want nothing from u and u just sound lame even if ur joking
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lol my thoughts exactly.
To be honest though to the OP, if she would come on the forums she would be able to learn real easy with step by step instructions on each ROM she wants to flash.
although if she just wants ROOT then that is fine aswell, but to just have S-OFF isnt much until you install SuperUser and BusyBox. you also want to get Titanium Backup so you can get rid of the bloatware either by freezing it or uninstalling it

ET4G development

I'm not trying to be a jerk or one of those people who *****es and moans about stupid ****. I'm just wondering why we don't have an aosp kernel yet and why it just seems like development for this phone is lacking. I had an evo and it was so nice having so many options as far as roms and kernels and themes go. I just wonder if its ever going to happen? For this phone. And yes, I will be patient.
There is another tread just like this 6 spots down. Maybe post in that one?
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Why didn't you ask in the other 6 threads about this same topic? Also why not make one yourself? All the *****ing you are doing maybe its time for you to Learn.
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Usually when someone starts speaking with "I'm not trying to be a jerk" that is exactly what they end up doing. Lol
Disclaimer: This is a joke, no need to respond or get offended!
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What a tool.
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Musclehead. Hell yeah. .
And you dont have an evo killer. The evo is already dead, it's been out for over a year. Sprint stopped selling them.
I agree...lol
I think you'll be happy to know that Rootzwiki gave a CM dev an E4GT. Hopefully it won't be long!
So development is lacking because we haven't released what you want? Try making one yourself.. I have been trying to address current problems before moving on.. building an also kernel that continues to LoS is pretty pointless no? Maybe my development is lacking, but I have still released more actual improvements than most, and I don't even have the device..
By the way, EVO was a far more popular phone, and still took quite a while to get also running....
nickcash said:
I'm not trying to be a jerk or one of those people who *****es and moans about stupid ****. I'm just wondering why we don't have an aosp kernel yet and why it just seems like development for this phone is lacking. I had an evo and it was so nice having so many options as far as roms and kernels and themes go. I just wonder if its ever going to happen? For this phone. And yes, I will be patient.
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nickcash said:
And you dont have an evo killer. The evo is already dead, it's been out for over a year. Sprint stopped selling them.
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Your cool.
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nickcash said:
And you dont have an evo killer. The evo is already dead, it's been out for over a year. Sprint stopped selling them.
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Then why are they $99 on Sprints website right now?
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poppygt said:
Then why are they $99 on Sprints website right now?
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Lol. Busted!
But anyways. Its been a little over a month and the development that has happened so far is great and its only getting better.
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Hello Galaxy S3 users!

I just jumped ship from HTC, I've been using HTC since I've ever had service, and was loyal to HTC, until this phone just caught my eye and wanting to try something new I went with samsung, I should be getting mine tomorrow or Wed!
So what do you guys think of the phone? And what major bugs (if any does this phone have)
Welcome. You won't regret your purchase. I love mine.
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BubZX said:
Welcome. You won't regret your purchase. I love mine.
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Do you know how easy it is to root? I've never been on a samsung before and isn't Samsung and Cyanogen together? So we should have better CM10 builds than HTC?
Check out this thread here its very easy.
[HOW TO] Root, Unroot, Hotspot, Roms, Tips and more! (13 videos) 7/24/12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558
djdant said:
Do you know how easy it is to root? I've never been on a samsung before and isn't Samsung and Cyanogen together? So we should have better CM10 builds than HTC?
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Considering we have a daily driver worthy CM10 build while the Evo 4G LTE barely has a CM9 port..
djdant said:
I just jumped ship from HTC, I've been using HTC since I've ever had service, and was loyal to HTC, until this phone just caught my eye and wanting to try something new I went with samsung, I should be getting mine tomorrow or Wed!
So what do you guys think of the phone? And what major bugs (if any does this phone have)
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I tried the evo lte for a few weeks and I exchanged it for the s3 just the other day. I don't regret it, I had the og evo for 2 years! I do think the evo has a few things better than s3, but if u add it all up, s3 wins out IMHO. Just my 2 cents
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I started with a Htc One X, moved over to a Evo Lte, now i just bought the S III and i am absolutely loving it! I had a couple good hacks in dev sections of both devices, dont claim to be a real developer but look forward to digging into this phone and seeing what can be found:beer:
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Thanks guys! I can't wait to get this phone! I know i'll have sense envy tho haha, but i'll get over it, I don't think imma even try Touchwiz, im gonna go with JB or ICS
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Thanks guys! I can't wait to get this phone! I know i'll have sense envy tho haha, but i'll get over it, I don't think imma even try Touchwiz, im gonna go with JB or ICS
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I would give touch wiz a shot, it may surprise you! So many features built into it.
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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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FinZ28 said:
Meaning it'll require a SE Linux enabled recovery, correct?
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Yes sir. Hit that nail on the head.
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FinZ28 said:
Meaning it'll require a SE Linux enabled recovery, correct?
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How hard would that be to implement? Is it possible?
caspar347 said:
How hard would that be to implement? Is it possible?
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I have no idea, honestly. I wouldn't think it would be all that hard, but I don't know what's involved with it.
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At any rate, I'm willing to test such a ROM and recovery if they're ever created. I've got an inactive EVO that I've recently been feeling the itch to ROM.
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

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