Forgive me if this topic has already been covered. Simple question though. As root is apparently around the corner, what do you miss that you can't currently do on your 3vo?
For me one of the things is using multi mount sdcard. I use my phone for music in my car and just plugging the usb in is more convenient than having to hit usb storage. Slightly lazy? Yes. But what's technology for? Lol
So what about you guys?
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I would always flash my evo all the time. I think the one good thing about root is we can work out the bugs on our own instead of waiting for a release. (evo 4g battery life for example).
Other then that just wireless tethering was handy about once or twice a month. This phone is pretty solid to begin with so I'm not too concerned unless something crazy is released.
That's so true. I love this phone lol. I feel that there are only a few things people could need root for so I'm tying to find new uses that I've never used
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rutter9 said:
I would always flash my evo all the time. I think the one good thing about root is we can work out the bugs on our own instead of waiting for a release. (evo 4g battery life for example).
Other then that just wireless tethering was handy about once or twice a month. This phone is pretty solid to begin with so I'm not too concerned unless something crazy is released.
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i agree, as much as i enjoy having root and flashing roms, im actually quite happy with the phone as is for right now.
The biggest thing I miss is Titanium backup. I liked being able to backup and restore app data. The ad-free app was nice too. I like Sense 3.0 and it's so fast and smooth that it makes me not miss rom flashing...yet.
The only thing I miss is that you can use the volume rocker to skip music tracks while the screen is off. That's it!
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The only thing I miss is that you can use the volume rocker to skip music tracks while the screen is off. That's it!
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That's deff one big thing I miss for when I'm at work.
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That's deff one big thing I miss for when I'm at work.
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Yea that was my reason also. But not the biggest deal, just annoying.
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Diana Prince said:
Ad Blocker!
Oh yea! That's also a huge one I forgot about until you just mentioned it.
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Roam control app for those ****ty situations when ur phone wont click over to roaming u can force it too
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SetCPU, kernels & ROMs....
titanium by far.
Rom manager will be another miss when i start flashing roms, but for now i need to restore my apps from my og evo.
No more bloat. Really the biggest reason I root is to get rid of all the stuff i don't want on my phone. That and usually better battery life because of the more efficient kernals.
Remove bloat (although not as big now that you can uninstall several apps) and wireless tether.
AOSP and that's it. Lol.
I want CM7 on this phone so bad!
Only Rom I ever really used on regular Evo.
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Remove bloat (although not as big now that you can uninstall several apps) and wireless tether.
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Same here. Really missing wireless tether. Back to using PDAnet for now but it's a hassle to move between two laptops.
Also annoying that I can't remove useless apps like Amazon MP3.
Everything else I can live with.
First and formost for me is Wireless Tether
After that, titanium backup, and getting rid of a bit of bloatware. I'm digging sense, but, would like CM also.
I miss the development section..
And hate readinf/trolling "what if" and "old news" threads
That's what I miss about root
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No more bloat. Really the biggest reason I root is to get rid of all the stuff i don't want on my phone. That and usually better battery life because of the more efficient kernals.
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Yea this is probably the biggest thing on most people's list. I won't be complaining about it though unless it gets to the point where I'm running out of room and we still don't have root yet lol
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Am I the only one? I mean...I've been on Android for the past 2 years. Since the HTC Hero came out. I've went thru the Hero...the Moment...the Evo...the Evo Shift...the Epic...the Nexus S...and now the 3D. All of these phones I have rooted, modded, customized and ran thru the ringer except for the 3D.
I just dont have a desire to do it anymore. When I was rooting...I was doing something different to my phone every other day. Flashing a different ROM...flashing a different mod...changing something....constant wipes...ect. My purpose for rooting all the previous devices was to make them bigger, better and faster. I dont have that desire with my 3D. It honestly works wonderfully and its as fast as I could possibly want. I dont use Wireless tether and when I do its when I travel in which I dont have a problem paying the few bucks for the service as I need it.
So is it just me? Is root that popular to the majority? I'd assume yes on XDA but I wanted to ask.
Completely unrelated...I'm completely EXCITED because I found a sleek black gel cover for my 3D that will still fit in my leather holster. Complete protection and convienence...NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!
Allow me to be the first to say: cool story bro.
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I still had the desire to root, but I'm losing the need to flash. The 3d in stock form is great just the way it is.
I can definitely see your position. After a while the phones start coming with the features you want and its needed less to mod it because the feature is now built in.
I get that... I personally haven't hit that point and i know many others haven't either. But, I get it.
But, with the way some companies are doing business its still required by some of us. (Like requiring your phone to be a specific chipset, even though your phones chipset could easily handle the app.)
Are We Not Phones?
We are EVO.
ARE WE NOT PHONES?!
3DEVO!
I refuse to have an unrooted phone because I love creating my own personal themes. I try to change the look of all, or most of, my apps. I always change the font. I hate the bloat put onto our phones. I need to have a personal splash screen, boot animations, and my own sounds. I have to have my apps backed up w/ data in case some unforseen incident occurs that destroys my phone. I need wifi tether, or hotspot. Now, roms are what I don't really need, but I always find something that I want, so I start flashing.
They why are you here?
E3D
The time this consumes is almost reason enough to not root your phone
If it wasnt for themes and CM7 I dont think I would root the 3D either...
Hurry CM7!!!!
Okay, now to answer your question:
I am only rooted for CM7 and to try MIUI on capable hardware... Oh yeah and HAVS/UV kernels... And for tethering that I rarely used. Otherwise I do agree with you, for the most part.
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I just want the keys to my house, I wanna be able to move my furniture, paint, choose my corn, take out the trash, clear out the ads & network my pad etc, etc.
Not that I have to do any of that now,
I just want the keys to my house.
Now I have them
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I keep reading that you guys root for tethering, I thought that the 3d came with a mobile hotspot and that you can tether away free of charge since data is unlimited
(currently awaiting my 3D to arrive)
Simple answer. Nope. We're still asked to pay for tethering even with Unlimited Data Plans.
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Complicated answer? ^^
So to get free tethering I must root? Any specific app they can't trace?
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Complicated answer? ^^
So to get free tethering I must root? Any specific app they can't trace?
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Any
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CheesyNutz said:
They why are you here?
E3D
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To learn more about my 3VO. To find hints and advice to get the most out of it.
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I root to remove bloatware. If I don't want an app I shouldn't be forced into it because of its popularity. If I want it I will add it, there's a market for a reason
Sure the stock evo is great but I always like a little more customizations. With root you can save battery, get wifi tether and USB tether, and pretty much do anything you so desire...
I dont flash a rom everyday or even every week. I find a good ROM I really like (currently VIPER) and then I only really flash when they come out with big updates for that ROM.
You don't have to be a flashaholic. There are a lot of good things that can come from rooting: No more Bloatware, better battery life, quicker updates. I love stock sense but enjoy having small modifications like a circle mod for the battery and CRT.
I did enjoy having CM7 with my hero prior to this phone. Some of that might just be that the Hero was so slow and CM7 made the phone ok.
Each to their own but rooting has a lot more going for it then not going for it.
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To learn more about my 3VO. To find hints and advice to get the most out of it.
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That all starts with dat root my friend...
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When Sense 4.0 comes out for the new phones and not the EVO 3D you will want to root, because it will get ported. No Sense 4.0 doesn't exists yet but it will someday unless Apple patents it first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3edvwIRTL4
Go check it out. I haven't played with it yet, so I don't really know anything about it. But give a shout to QBKING77 for posting a video on how to flash it and giving the info about the ROM.
:O we've been had!
Whatcha mean?
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Okay, so I've been toying with this ROM for a little while. It works with the 1.2/1.3 OC Kernel so that's a plus, it's got a blue theme, which is also kinda cool. Has an ACS footprint and boot screen until you load the kernel, then that goes away. Runs pretty smooth, seems to be decent.
Pros: Good smooth ROM, Nice blue color, supports OC kernels, comes with wifi tether and spare parts+ and superuser su update fix included.
Cons: Too much sprint bloatware, ran faster benchmarks on homebase, still on 154, doesn't include numbers in battery life bar.
Just my two cents, but you guys should try it out for yourselves and see whatcha think. While the cons are small, they do matter to me, thus my choice to head back to Home Base.
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Whatcha mean?
Edit....
Okay, so I've been toying with this ROM for a little while. It works with the 1.2/1.3 OC Kernel so that's a plus, it's got a blue theme, which is also kinda cool. Has an ACS footprint and boot screen until you load the kernel, then that goes away. Runs pretty smooth, seems to be decent.
Pros: Good smooth ROM, Nice blue color, supports OC kernels, comes with wifi tether and spare parts+ and superuser su update fix included.
Cons: Too much sprint bloatware, ran faster benchmarks on homebase, still on 154, doesn't include numbers in battery life bar.
Just my two cents, but you guys should try it out for yourselves and see whatcha think. While the cons are small, they do matter to me, thus my choice to head back to Home Base.
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yeah too bad the battery life bar doesnt have the percentage and no 4g on unlocked bootloader.
i get 12-15 mbps on 4g in philly and brooklyn ny, i would hate to lose it so until then ill play the patience game and wait it out!
Yeah, the lack of 4G kills it for some people. I'm in San Diego (No 4G) or Offshore (Where I'm lucky if I get any cell signal depending how far out I am) so it was a no brainer for me.
yeah that sucks to be paying for 4g and not have 4g service -.- it almost makes sprint not worth it compared to other companies that have 4g in your area.
Yeah. But I like their service. Unlimited data. And actually have fair coverage offshore.
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i do too, i didn't understand when people complained about their call quality as it is superb in the areas where i go, but maybe because they are in different areas so i cant say anything about that.
i was with tmobile before and it was very ughhh, i would be in my room and i had to shift around to get signal, then switched to verizon which was great service but the prices were sky high for so little perks. then i finally switched to sprint it was great ;D
my first smart phone was from sprint too, i believe it was the motorola q9c, then the palm treo 800w, then touch pro then touch pro2, then samsung epic and now finally the motorola photon ;D
I flashed this ROM and now i get an error when trying to dl apps from the market. "... Could not be downloaded due to an error". I looked online and found the market fix where you clear cashe and data, that didn't work. i also deleted the market update. i really dont want to have to reflash everything. can any one help me out or point me in the right direction?
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I flashed this ROM and now i get an error when trying to dl apps from the market. "... Could not be downloaded due to an error". I looked online and found the market fix where you clear cashe and data, that didn't work. i also deleted the market update. i really dont want to have to reflash everything. can any one help me out or point me in the right direction?
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Did you already try dling Market 3.3.11?
That is strange. And yeah. Have you installed the new market apk?
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yes i did. i even uninstalled the update and reinstalled it
Hm......let me see. It works that way for all the apps?
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Hm......let me see. It works that way for all the apps?
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Yes. Every one. And it worked when i first flashed, then all of the sudden, i started getting the error.
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That is strange.....I am not sure aside from try to boot inti recovery and clear cache. Not sure if that will help.
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That was my next suggestion as well...CWM wipe cache/dalvik cache and reboot. If that doesn't work, might want to just flash back to the previous ROM..sorry buddy!
Yeah. I couldn't come up with anything either.
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It worked! Thanks a lot, both of you!
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Good deal. No problem Man.
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Nice discovery, I need to stop being lazy and make a rom.
I'm not a fan of the ACS branding all over.....not trying to be a **** as others would think....
I hear people are still pulilng there battery all the time to reset there frozen non responding phone.
Just so everybody knows if you hold down volume up, volume down and power all at the same time the phone will reset without having to pull the battery out.
Just passing this on as it seems a lot of people are saying still they had to do a battery pull.
Thanks, I'm no technotard but didn't know this. Will most certainly try it next time!
frickin awesome!
I'm always pulling the Damn battery
Evo 3D in full Affect
But does it work while the phone is frozen?
If so, this is really amazing.
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But does it work while the phone is frozen?
If so, this is really amazing.
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Yeah, its also working, when your phone is frozen/in a bootloop or whatever.
...I knew of this feature for some months now - was working on my hd2 running android too.
I wonder, if this is a general android or htc feature.
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Well I'll be............ Great post!
Sometimes it doesn't work but the majority of the time it does!
NICE ...... this is another reason why I love this site, everyone helping each other weather it is something major or something small like this that actually eliminates alot of headaches.
thanks. will test it out next time my phone gets stuck. it's actually very helpful to me...pulling my battery entails removing the skeleton, the rubber cover, the case, and then the battery door...so it's a lot of steps for me
My phone has yet to freeze on the stock rom, but thanks for the info.
Doesn't this work for most devices? I know that's how I reset my touch pad too.
boom!! from my shooter
Awesome, did not know this either
Thanks for the tip. I been using HTC android phones for a year now, rooting, flashing and all, and didn't know abt this.
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Well yes, but pulling battery also disconnects the phone from the cell towers which can reset poor data/ voice connections
Are there many people who experience their phones freezing that often? I honestly havent had my phone freeze on me once.
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Uchennadi said:
Thanks for the tip. I been using HTC android phones for a year now, rooting, flashing and all, and didn't know abt this.
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Same here.
Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
Thanks for the tip. Repped!
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Are there many people who experience their phones freezing that often? I honestly havent had my phone freeze on me once.
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It doesn't freeze often but every once in a while mine will freeze or reboot.
Thanks for the tip. Didn't know about it. Whnever I'm connected to my computer and it freezes I just fire up a command prompt and "adb reboot". Faster, unless your not around your comp.
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I'm one to always flash some sort of rom on my droid devices, but after a few days with my new toy...I'm wondering how much better it can get? So far the only thing I'm really missing is tethering....everything else is so damn silky!
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I feel the same way
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My a fancy dialer with some cool colors, can't see much else to make it better. besides losing the bloatware
I would like higher screen density. Wondering if touchwiz will work correctly if this is changed once we get root.
I love it as is, only thing I'm looking to do is get rid of bloatware.
Love the phone. But what I think can improve, based on experiences with improvment in my Captivate, is battery life. I was getting phenomenal battery live on it, using Devil Kernel. And eventually, we'll want to be able to up the CPU speed, and tweak voltages (mainly for battery improvement).
Agreed...battery issues is a must! An oc'd kernel wouldn't be too bad as well...
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I've been tethering hotspot using my sgs3. I removed the tetheringmanger.apk and use a widget to toggle on/off. You can setup your own password and ssid with tetheringmanager removed, just can not turn it on/off in settings. I had my tablet connected and surfing web yesterday to test.
p.s.... I am rooted to remove the apk...
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I love it as is, only thing I'm looking to do is get rid of bloatware.
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First thing I did after rooting was make a nandroid, install Titanium Back up and remove the bloatware.
The couple of days between getting the phone and being able to root and make backups caused me some serious anxiety.
nandroid + Titanium backup = warm fuzzy feeling.
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I love it as is, only thing I'm looking to do is get rid of bloatware.
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Me too. But I am looking to get better battery life. Get rid of all the bloatware and ill be set
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Sorry if this has been posted before, but i seem to have found a viable workaround for my constant wifi dropout. I purchased JD Ultimate and configured it such that my 3g connection would remain disabled while i was connected to wifi. Since it manages this automatically it saves the trouble of manually disabling it every time. At any rate, it seems to have worked for me so i figured i would share.
In my opinion something like Juice Defender can damage your phone. But that's my opinion that I felt like sharing.
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Definitely don't use Juice Defender. If you have all the updates installed, you should not have these problems.
Of course, a great solution us a custom rom. I am running Rejuvenated Stock 2.2.1 and it is amazing.
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Definitely don't use Juice Defender. If you have all the updates installed, you should not have these problems.
Of course, a great solution us a custom rom. I am running Rejuvenated Stock 2.2.1 and it is amazing.
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Interested to hear why people are recommending not to use it. I have been using both cm10 and meanrom and still experience the wifi/3g bouncing. Definitely don't want to use JD if it is harming my phone in some way but it is the only thing that has worked for my wifi situation.
humanbean said:
Definitely don't use Juice Defender. If you have all the updates installed, you should not have these problems.
Of course, a great solution us a custom rom. I am running Rejuvenated Stock 2.2.1 and it is amazing.
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I'm also running Rejuvenated 2.2.1 and still have the wifi dropouts. Until we get the update the One X has that seems to fix the problem, roms won't necessarily help.
Juice defender is so 90's
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In my opinion something like Juice Defender can damage your phone. But that's my opinion that I felt like sharing.
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How does it harm your phone? That just what u think?
All it does is turn off your radios when the display is off. If u get the ultimate version you can limit what apps have internet access. So, how does any of this harm your phone?
Ask me about my ability to annoy complete strangers!
Color me stupid but is it just changing the advance setting in WiFi that will fix the problem? Change it from auto connection to 2.4 GHz since many routers are not 5 GHz. Worked for me
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How does it harm your phone? That just what u think?
All it does is turn off your radios when the display is off. If u get the ultimate version you can limit what apps have internet access. So, how does any of this harm your phone?
Ask me about my ability to annoy complete strangers!
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I want to say many have experienced issues with the radios afterwards.
I used it briefly last year and couldn't get it to work consistently, it constantly kept the radios off. Uninstalling wasn't enough, it took a full ruu to fix it.
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I loved JD on my og EVO, but it just doesn't run right or seem to do anything positive on my LTE.
Jack
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