i am just trying to root my htc evo 3d gsm version, but i am not sure which ROM to use
which one is the best?
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i have bought the phone from the carrier whose i am using, so its not a problem for me if the phone is locked only for him(if it is already locked)
Wrong section - this is the DEVELOPMENT thread, you're asking a QUESTION so goes in Q&A, learn the ****ing rules
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sorry for the wrong section
i am really not sure which ROM is the best one, because here i see many ROMs
are there somebody who can help and suggest me which one to use?
What hboot do u have ? .....are you rooted already ? ...leedroid is probably the most used at this time ....kingkobra is what I use .....but were all waiting on ics or cm7
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now i am trying to root it with this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248231
is it good?
i just have opened htcdev site and i am following the steps. is that enough?
What hboor are you ....u can check by turning off ur phone then powering on holding vol up
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hboot-1.49.0018
oct 3 2011
I have so far tried every single rom and leedroid has to be the best one but still has random bootlops. Use thr stock Europe rooted version by ganii it includes stock kernel...so far best for me.
via HTC EVO 3D w/T-Mobile 4G
JaY iZz BaKk said:
I have so far tried every single rom and leedroid has to be the best one but still has random bootlops. Use thr stock Europe rooted version by ganii it includes stock kernel...so far best for me.
via HTC EVO 3D w/T-Mobile 4G
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i am not completely sure that i understand you
which one is best? "leedroid" or the stock europe rooted version by ganii(can u please give me link)
one more question...
should i change my ROM if it is stock? maybe the stock one is the best one, or i am not right?
now i am with:
android 2.3.4
htc sense 3.0
software number 1.20.401.8
kernel version: 2.6.35.13-g47321df
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smp preempt mon oct 3 13:56:34 CST 2011
baseband version
10.59.9020.00U_10.15.9020.06_M
build number
1.20.401.8 CL105308 release-keys
browser version
webkit/533.1
Stock Rooted
Check the GSM development section I am on my phone and cannot link sorry
via HTC EVO 3D w/T-Mobile 4G
Yes that version you have is the one, just root and stick for now until ICS or MIUI stable is released
via HTC EVO 3D w/T-Mobile 4G
JaY iZz BaKk said:
Yes that version you have is the one, just root and stick for now until ICS or MIUI stable is released
via HTC EVO 3D w/T-Mobile 4G
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so i dont need to install other ROM, mine is enough good? custom ROMs dont have advantages than the stock rom?
crazy-master said:
so i dont need to install other ROM, mine is enough good? custom ROMs dont have advantages than the stock rom?
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It depends on what u wana do with ur phone? I use leedroid with stock kernel no bootloops. Ive found that there are more mods, themes,tweaks ect that are built for leedroid. However if u like sense 3.5 there are roms for that if ur not that bothered as already stated stick to stock.
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i am mainly using the phone for pictures and internet, i play games but not often
i want to get better battery life, but without losing the phone speed... thats why i am wondering what can be done for that too
i am not sure what is the difference with SENSE 3.0 and 3.5, i will try to find the difference
crazy-master said:
i am mainly using the phone for pictures and internet, i play games but not often
i want to get better battery life, but without losing the phone speed... thats why i am wondering what can be done for that too
i am not sure what is the difference with SENSE 3.0 and 3.5, i will try to find the difference
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Sense 3.5 is just the newer version of sense. I'm using honeysense theme by mayfield so my dock and pulldown are pretty different to stock. I get home from work after a 12 hour day with about 70% battery left with leedroid and stock kernel today I've been hammering data WiFi and a game and I'm at 57% probably 9hrs since charge. Best thing to do make a nandroid and flash away!
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Here you go mate
Leedroid
Sense 3.5
that still dont answer my question
is sense 3.5 and other roms better than the stock one(which i have) in battery life
now my phone is about 8 hours after charged to 100% and now it is at 75%
usage:
display: 53mins
voice calls: 8 mins
opera mobile: 5 mins
wifi: 55mins(but only using it for ~5 minutes with opera)
righ now i am using only CPU Master Free and i made the cpu frequency from min to max and using it on 'demand'
can i improve the battery life with other ROM, an app or anything, without losing phone speed?
Like I say make a nandroid and test some Roms out best bet is custom kernel and undervolt. I am no expert with this tho as I dont tend to do it. The search box will help.
Cheers
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Ur battery life seems pretty good to me. Thats kinda like u getting 4 hours screen on time off charger for 32 hours. Ive had best battery with eternity 1.3/stock kernal. Ive tried most of the stable releases and this is what i always go back too. U have to flash infected wipe, rom, kernal, su-fix. Thiabia also battery with settings turned on. I dont think battery life counts with screen off and flicking mobile networks on when needed.
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Im a noob to this, but I was having some trouble with Smokin1337's Sick Sense vX.1 rom on my EVO 3D. My trouble was the battery was draining 1% a minute (while using the device) and camera stopped working all of the sudden. I click into either camera or camcorder app or use the camera button shortcut and it just gives a blank (black) screen.
Unfortunately as a noob I cannot post in the Sick Sense thread so I have to refer to Q & A for help. Originally the superuser app I had installed, after installing Sick Sense, did not work properly. It kept force closing so I updated it via the market suggested by another user...forgot his name...too lazy to check...but it was my first post. Now my force closes of superuser have stopped but I still have some more problems.
For one, my phone reboots randomly while using this rom. As mentioned above, the camera does not function anymore. It used to work and now all of the sudden it stopped working and just gives me blank screen. Also, the battery drains quickly while in use literally 1% a minute and I'm not even using 4G. I just browse the web, I don't run any crazy programs that tax the battery or processor.
Originally I was just looking for a Sense Rom that is better than the Stock Sprint Rom. I just wanted a faster rom with no bloat and an excellent battery life seeing as on the commute to my university I take the subway and my phone switches between roaming and no signal. Also, the buildings at my university seem to be cell phone signal resistant. Sprint signal is scarce and data is slow and usually I'm roaming. The same happened with T-Mobile except there was no signal at all. Verizon and AT&T seem to be the kings of signal at my university because they work the best. Anyways, before I continue to ramble on is there any other ROM you guys at XDA would know that would best suit my needs. I've restored from my backup and phone is running good on Stock Sprint Rom for now.
Thanks For Your Time!
P.S. I've looked into some ROMS but seeing that I'm a noob I'm skeptical of nightly releases fearing that my phone would constantly restart or I would brick it. I'm somewhat interested in WTSB Hydro v2.4 but I'll take a Fast Sense ROM, but I don't really want to overclock because I'm not a power user. Currently, my Evo 3D has Hboot 1.5 because it was replacement unit from Asurion for a lost phone so its updated to the latest and greatest (lol we all know that sometimes isn't the best thing...)
Sounds like clean rom is for you.
I agree...clean rom is the absolute best sense rom out their. Sick bat life, and fast as heck. I would also say miui if you like aosp...it has better bat life and is faster without sense, unless you like sense lol...but scott is a wonderful coder.
Thanks for suggesting the clean ROMs. Anybody know if I can turn off camera sound in the rom??? Seeing as I'm a noob with less than 10 posts I can't post in the ROM forum so I have to seek out help in Q & A.
Go with one by virus fast and no problems then once you get hooked you can go to nightlys
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Trying to figure out how to install a certain ROM. Don't remember the devs name...something along the lines of theAndroidosX anyways its the Olympus Trinity XE ROM with beats for the EVO 3D.
Since I got HBOOT 1.5 it says follow a certain method to root your phone/flash kernel or ROM. I can't do that method seeing as I already have Revolutionary. Seeing as I have revolutionary do I just follow flashing instructions of the ROM or do I have to use an alternative method because of HBOOT 1.5?
Any help would be appreciated!!!
Steel rom is by far the best and most stable sense rom out there.
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Thanks for suggestions guys. I went ahead with Olympus though. Seems to be running insanely smooth. I'll try it out and if not I'll try what you guys reccommend...
I have had my Evo 3D for a couple of months now and I want to root it. My questions are. Should I do it? What are some common problems if i do it? (example: when the evo 4g did not have 4g until they found the fix) What are some good ROMs up there?
I rooted my Evo 4g and traded it for the Evo 3D,so I have very little experience.
Thanks if anybody can give me suggestions
Danieliyo said:
I have had my Evo 3D for a couple of months now and I want to root it. My questions are. Should I do it? What are some common problems if i do it? (example: when the evo 4g did not have 4g until they found the fix) What are some good ROMs up there?
I rooted my Evo 4g and traded it for the Evo 3D,so I have very little experience.
Thanks if anybody can give me suggestions
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I say go for it. You won't look back, believe me.
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I say go for it. You won't look back, believe me.
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I really want to but I had been searching and I don't find on how to root it. Also, what are some good ROM'S out there?
I really want to but I had been searching and I don't find on how to root it.
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Have you read the stickes? All the info you need is there.
Also, what are some good ROM'S out there?
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You aren't going to get an answer for this. All roms are different, and designed for different needs. The best thing about rooting is you can easily flash a rom, try it out for a few days, and if you dont like it, flash another.
I rooted mine a few months ago, just flashed a few roms this week
LeeDroids and King Cobra are very solid roms, Leedroids is harder on the battery tho.
I say do it... one of best phones only gets better once rooted.
dude, of course you should root it. when has an android platform been made worse by rooting?
if anything, it will fix it... because right now... yours is broken. injured. maimed.
flash eternity 1.4.2 and hit me up for some extra goodies to throw on top of it... kernelllzzzz
Thank you, I will root my phone. but one question, i went to the sticky's on the cdma android dev section and i don't know which process to use to root my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444285
I was thinking to use the first one on the list: [GUIDE] HTC Unlock Hboot 1.50 + TWRP Recovery + Root + Flash!! [9.11.11]
But i don't know
Danieliyo said:
Thank you, I will root my phone. but one question, i went to the sticky's on the cdma android dev section and i don't know which process to use to root my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444285
I was thinking to use the first one on the list: [GUIDE] HTC Unlock Hboot 1.50 + TWRP Recovery + Root + Flash!! [9.11.11]
But i don't know
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It all depends on what hboot version you have. If you have hboot 1.50, you must use that method. If you have anything lower than that, you can use Revolutionary, which is MUCH easier.
sitlet said:
It all depends on what hboot version you have. If you have hboot 1.50, you must use that method. If you have anything lower than that, you can use Revolutionary, which is MUCH easier.
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Thank you, I have 1.50
Myn's Warmtwopointthree RLS1... Best ROM! Stable! Everything works!
Danieliyo said:
Thank you, I have 1.50
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Pretty easy to root 1.5 man
I have a few flashing scenarios that may help you out/clear up somethings once you get unlocked. See the "recovery issues" thread in my signature.
Sidenote: I hope I don't seem like I'm trolling behind Reaper24, he's just everywhere helping people.
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mpgrimm2 said:
I have a few flashing scenarios that may help you out/clear up somethings once you get unlocked. See the "recovery issues" thread in my signature.
Sidenote: I hope I don't seem like I'm trolling behind Reaper24, he's just everywhere helping people.
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Lmao I have seen you pop up outta the blue you do a great job helpin folks man....
Absolutely...
I had purchased my EVO 3D to replace my EVO 4G - within one hour of purchasing I had rooted and installed the MeanROM v0.4. Basically if you are purchasing a piece of hardware such as a SmartPhone, you should have the capabilities of unlocking its potential. However, always NADROID the device.
Synergy or Viper and the instructions on this website worked pretty well to root it.
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-3d-hacks/how-to-root-evo-3d-2-08-651-2-and-later-htc-unlock-method/
Yes you should!
I will put in my .2 cents that I run the Stock Rooted ROM 2.17.651.5, and since 2.08, this ROM moves MUCH BETTER. If you want a stock feel, I would run the OEM ROM.
only if you want to do wifi tethering.
when I was on Windows Mobile 5-6.5, it was always a benefit to install custom roms because of performance and abilities benefits...
but with Android phones, there isn't usually much of a benefit to custom ROMs.
With my EVO 4G, custom roms gave me better battery life and interesting interfaces... but also ran slower, more random reboots, GPS would randomly not work right, Google speach listening would randomly not work, and "tweaks" that just caused bugs. For the last 2 months of my EVO 4G, I ended up just going back to stock and the battery life was poor, but at least the phone worked as intended.
My EVO 3D works perfectly in stock mode and this phone naturally has good battery life (at least 3x more life than my EVO 4G) so its gonna stay that way. I did root for the wifitether app, but not gonna go further than that. Keep it stock man.
+1
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Another benefit to rooting & Stock Rooted, besides wifi tether, is the ability to remove HTC Bloat/stock apps that you don't need or use (T.I backup). If you need extra battery life, pickup a Seidio 4000mah battery ($55 on amazon).
Ok I'm a big HTC Evo fan and well sadly my evo's charger port messed up on me and no longer works...so I decided to upgrade to 3do I was just wondering if anyone had some rom/ kernel combo suggestions? Or recent rooting guides thanks in advance
I am one of many
I would go with meanrom as rom wise.
as in rooting it all depends on what h-boot your on if its h-boot 1.50 then you need to do the HTC method on their website
You have to try Warm or Eternity. Sense 3.0 for a solid theme, or Sense 3.5 for smoothness.
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Ok I'm a big HTC Evo fan and well sadly my evo's charger port messed up on me and no longer works...so I decided to upgrade to 3do I was just wondering if anyone had some rom/ kernel combo suggestions? Or recent rooting guides thanks in advance
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Go with inbREDed rok its fast super stable and amazing battery life
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Warm!
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I'm on Eternity right now, but I switch between that and Warm. You can't go wrong with either one. As for the kernel just stick with stock for now. HTC hasn't released source for the kernel yet. So none of the custom one are fully working yet.
Alright I'm familiar with warm...I love warms theme... so ill try them all see what I like and that sucks they better release the kernel soon!!!
I am one of many
spirithandler said:
I would go with meanrom as rom wise.
as in rooting it all depends on what h-boot your on if its h-boot 1.50 then you need to do the HTC method on their website
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Alright I thought about meantime I like speed mostly anyways and it was ultra plain and i have 100+ apps so I need space...also is their a way to get s-off with the HTC one?
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I've tried several different combos.. I started using Warm Two Point Three back in november. For some reason my dialer was locking up so I switched to MIUI. When I was on MIUI 2.2.17 w/duces super zip I was getting excellent battery. At which point I swore I would never go back to sense.
Then... all the ICS builds came out. I flashed around a few and then decided to give mikuney a chance. All I have to say is WOW. I really enjoy it. Anyway, good luck.
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I've tried several different combos.. I started using Warm Two Point Three back in november. For some reason my dialer was locking up so I switched to MIUI. When I was on MIUI 2.2.17 w/duces super zip I was getting excellent battery. At which point I swore I would never go back to sense.
Then... all the ICS builds came out. I flashed around a few and then decided to give mikuney a chance. All I have to say is WOW. I really enjoy it. Anyway, good luck.
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Alright ty I'm used to miui and cm7...kang project was my favorite ics rom.ill look into mikuney
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Its called MikRunny. I just upgraded not too long ago too and I'm still getting around to the million roms our phone has, but as of right now im rolling with Eternity with the stock theme. Ive tried Toast's, Joelz, and Kushdecks ICS's, Joelz ICS AOKP, Joelz ICS MIUI, Eternity, and ViperRom. The ICS roms are my favorite hands down, even ICS MIUI, but theyre still being worked on so I'm holding off for a bit til they get a little more stable. Im still getting around to others. I want to try the other MIUI, CM7, and the Sense 4.0 ROM being worked on. Im holding off on that til it gets a little more stable too though. We have so many great devs/ROMS its pretty difficult to get around to all of them. I kinda need to use it as a phone too lol. Try em all, theyre all great.
I would use Meanrom if you want everything worming and good battery life.
MIUI is ok... If you like a iphonish setup.... But bluetooth audio doesn't work with MIUI as well as 4g or 3D camera.
I'm on the fence here guys and need some either reassurance or confirmation of my fears/concerns.
Let me start by saying i'm borderline pissed off that I pay for a Sprint contract and yet VM is getting ICS possibly far before Sprints EVO 3d...This is a large driving force behind wanting to root.
So anyways here are my concerns..
-It's a VM build...does this cause adverse affects?? Lower priority?? ETC??
-I Roam most of the time and use a custom PRL. Is this possible with the ICS ROMS??
-I want EVERYTHING to work still...I do not want to comprimise things not working for ICS. I'm not including app incompatibility here...more or less saying everything working that would work if we had an official ICS release.
Additional questions..not really concerns..
-Is there any roms currently with Sense 4.0 that are fully functional as This would be nice considering we'll never see it officially.
-Can I get better performance??
Lastly, If I do decide to root where do I start...I see tutorials but they say from hboot such and such etc..however I have no idea what I have on my phone to know what tutorial to use...I just got it 2 months ago, and i've fully OTA updated it. I came from an optimus v to sprint evo 3d...I had my optimus rooted and had custom roms on it.
I say Root, but I always root my phones.
You need to find out what hboot you are on, take back cover off, remove battery, put battery back in, cover back on, then hold power and down volume rocker. You will get to a white screen and it will tell you which hboot you have. Since you say you have OTA updated, you are likely on 1.5.
You should go through the downgrade process to get you on 1.4 which will allow full s-off and be the simplest route for flashing firmware/ROM's.
I have been using the VM ICS leaks since they came out and the Dev's did their
thing on them and I haven't had anything not work. I am using MeanROM ICS and Mike keeps it updated pretty regularly.
Whatever you do, do not install the VM firmware file you may see posted. It is unnecessary and will likely cause issues.
There are no ROM's that have fully working Sense 4.0 + ICS + all other items(3D Wimax).
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-I want EVERYTHING to work still...I do not want to comprimise things not working for ICS.
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If you want EVERYTHING to work, do NOT go with an ICS rom at this time.
They are still working on all the bugs. Camera issues. 3D issues.
3D is important to me. That's why I bought this phone. Some videos won't play in 3D, some 3D games won't work in ICS and 3D you tube videos will not work in ICS. (at least that is the last I read).
I'm staying with GB for now until I'm sure all the bugs are worked out and everything works. It may never happen.
I feel the same way. I don't want to compromise anything for ICS.
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If you want EVERYTHING to work, do NOT go with an ICS rom at this time.
They are still working on all the bugs. Camera issues. 3D issues.
3D is important to me. That's why I bought this phone. Some videos won't play in 3D, some 3D games won't work in ICS and 3D you tube videos will not work in ICS. (at least that is the last I read).
I'm staying with GB for now until I'm sure all the bugs are worked out and everything works. It may never happen.
I feel the same way. I don't want to compromise anything for ICS.
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I do recommend you root. The custom roms beat the snot out of the stock.
As long as you use a Sense based ics Rom, everything works. I take 3d pics and video and just watched a 3d YouTube video just to check.
While they are not yet as refined as the Gb roms, everything works.
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Two biggest benefits of rooting regardless of the phone:
1) Full system backups in recovery.
2) The ability to remove all carrier crapware.
Now, there are several other benefits, such as upgrading to more updated ROMs that will eventually not be available for this phone (it will never officially receive Android 5.0 or Sense 4.0).
As for fully functional, I'm running the Booster Shot port with Sense 3.6. Silky smooth and fully functional, including 3D.
If you choose to root, fully read and understand the process so you don't brick your phone. Get your HBOOT versions (mentioned in a previous post in this thread) and root accordingly.
Definitely boost in performance even if you don't go with ICS. I compared my rooted 3d with my roomates 3d and my 3d runs so much faster it seems like it isn't even the same phone.
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I would recommend root, since you have a lot of options to choose different ROMs.
No Sense 4.0 ROM is working correctly. There are issues with 3d and with call drops, what is more important I think Anyway, most ROMs using Sense 3.6 run ok.
I also have the benefit of having daily contact with my rooted evo vs my girlfriends not rooted evo... Mine phone is way faster at everything.... Even before I went to meanrom ics....
The difference is night vs day...
If you really want to see the performance of your phone, the way it should be most definetly Root it.
I haven't done it myself but I'm 100% positive google will find you a list of benefits from obtaining root...
And btw even tho its a little weird and in beta my favorite thing about ics is google chrome... It's just an awesome phone browser, just what stands out in my mind atm.. ask me tomorrow and ill prolly say something different.
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If your on the fence, don't do it. If your going to commit to modding your phone, you have to know 100% what you're up against. For most, that's bricking your phone in a certain way so you can downgrade it. Than getting the hboot down through a tool in a LINUX distro. Than going through ruu than using revolutionary. And lastly flashing a recovery. It's not difficult
As long as you know what you are up against.
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My two cents:
Root it.
Backup your stock system, flash an ICS rom. If you don't like it, simply restore back to the original setting. You can still add tweaks and goodies not available to the non-rooted.
The beauty of being rooted is it's yours, totally yours, too make how you want it.
Root, root, root!
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another vote for root.
zcink said:
If you want EVERYTHING to work, do NOT go with an ICS rom at this time.
They are still working on all the bugs. Camera issues. 3D issues.
3D is important to me. That's why I bought this phone. Some videos won't play in 3D, some 3D games won't work in ICS and 3D you tube videos will not work in ICS. (at least that is the last I read).
I'm staying with GB for now until I'm sure all the bugs are worked out and everything works. It may never happen.
I feel the same way. I don't want to compromise anything for ICS.
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What are you talking about? 3D works fully and smoothly (Even better than Gingerbread)
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exactly...every sense based rom is fully functional with 3d also...this is a one way street to root....root...backup your rom...flash...any chance you don't like you can always return to your previous state...unrooted...since there are no drawbacks except the fact that you have to setup all over again at a new rom, can't see a reason not to....with these guys here after all it's child play to root and to reverse it so no worries...
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What are you talking about? 3D works fully and smoothly (Even better than Gingerbread)
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I think you are correct on Sprint roms, however that's not what I'm reading on GSM roms. I'm constantly reading and paying attention to the bugs people complain about.
When I'm confident that everything works, I will definitely flash a ICS rom.
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OP's original question to root or not to root. That is the question.
I say YES! Root by all means. Because he is on Sprint CDMA network. Lots of good roms there. By all means root and enjoy the phone.
Absolutely!
zcink said:
I think you are correct on Sprint roms, however that's not what I'm reading on GSM roms. I'm constantly reading and paying attention to the bugs people complain about.
When I'm confident that everything works, I will definitely flash a ICS rom.
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OP's original question to root or not to root. That is the question.
I say YES! Root by all means. Because he is on Sprint CDMA network. Lots of good roms there. By all means root and enjoy the phone.
Absolutely!
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Yeah, I guess you're right. I'm only on sprint roms.
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Thanks for all the replies, I'm still debating this though mainly because i'm wondering if there would be benifit to waiting till the official spring ics comes and then letting devs release some roms based on that one instead of the virgin mobile one.
I'm thinking then we could flash the sprint firmware and possibly that updated firmware would be a plus, to performance.
Also...I see that I would likely have to downgrade to Hboot 1.4. Is there a performance/feature hit in doing so?
I guess its not really a question of if I do it anymore but when...before or after official sprint ics OTA.
swilllx2p said:
Also...I see that I would likely have to downgrade to Hboot 1.4. Is there a performance/feature hit in doing so?
I guess its not really a question of if I do it anymore but when...before or after official sprint ics OTA.
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No performance hit as far as I can tell. With the custom roms, my performance has vastly improved.
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Ok, so I just checked and I'm on hboot 1.5. Fully stock, fully updated as stated. Can someone point me to the threads and steps I need to take to do this?
Edit: I'm only asking for verification on steps/threads to use as I do not want to mess up and use an outdated tutorial or something and f up my phone. I just want to take every precaution to ensure I do not end up with a brick, and I follow the exact steps Needed for my situation. Not trying to make anyone angry that I'm asking for something I could search for...I just trust you guys to point me to where i need to be more than i do myself searching the correct tutorial for my situation.
Also when on the optimus v i used clockwork mod recovery...I'm assuming this isn't the recovery to use for this phone? And also this five minute wait to edit my post is frustrationg >< lol.
All you need to do is go into the development threads and read. I'm 59 years old for Christ sake, and figured out how to root my phone by reading the first few "stickied" posts. Took all of 15 minutes to get hboot 1.5 removed and hboot 1.4 with s-off installed.
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Well yeah, Not to flame you but the amount of time you've been thinking about doing it and getting advise if you should or not, I would think you'd be doing some reading on how to do it.
If you get stuck, there's plenty of people to help you out.
Just make sure you know enough first so you are confident in doing it.
What is the best ICS ROM for Sprint Evo 3D CDMA?
That is a hard one to answer since each developer comes up with a rom with their own tweaks and mods that makes them awesome in their own way. It is like asking is Ford better than Chevy. It comes down to preference.
I personally prefer mikeyxda's Meanrom ICS v1.9.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645211
It is very solid and he updates it very frequently. But even he would tell you to look around. I have been with his work for a long time and I decided to look around and I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1666938
It is a rom that is based off Meanrom ICS. That is what I am currently running.
Hope this helps!
Remember to wipe it until it bleeds if you go from one rom to the next. You could run into boot loops or residual code if you don't. If you just go from an older rom to an updated one (v1.8 to v1.9 for example) a cache/dalvic wipe should be sufficient.
Flash away!
Is the SOS M just launchers from the Google Play Store?
im partial to this rom...works amazing and is smooth.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1641115
Zekosteel said:
Is the SOS M just launchers from the Google Play Store?
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It is the rom that has been modified a little here and there. When you run the install, you can select from different launchers to use.
It wont let me install it are there any other ROM's that are good?
Zekosteel said:
It wont let me install it are there any other ROM's that are good?
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I usually go back and forth between Mean ICS and ZR3dX (both listed by previous posters above), but I also like Nocturnal: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640134
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What is the best ICS ROM for Sprint Evo 3D CDMA?
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I am running MeanRom ICS v0.91 with Leedroid Tweaks 4.3.0 and it is great. It runs smoothly, everything (3D, Wifi, 4G, etc.) working. I recommend test driving it.
My preference
I prefer Booster Shot. It's a fully functional port and is in no way based on the VM leak. I've tried the other main ones out there as well. I've stuck with this one.
saboxerman said:
I prefer Booster Shot. It's a fully functional port and is in no way based on the VM leak. I've tried the other main ones out there as well. I've stuck with this one.
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Got a link to that ROM? What are some of the differences? Like why would one want to use a ROM that has been ported to the 3D vs. the VM leak? Thanks in advance.
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Got a link to that ROM? What are some of the differences? Like why would one want to use a ROM that has been ported to the 3D vs. the VM leak? Thanks in advance.
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Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1636442
To be honest, I can't point out every little detail, however, I ran CleanROM ICS (the one with Sense and the one without), ViperROM ICS, and two of the MeanROM's prior to 1.7, and each had little things that just didn't jive with my particular phone. I recall clearly the MeanROM having touch screen glitches (bear in mind my digitizer is fine, does not glitch on any other ROM). Whether they've been corrected, I don't know.
However, the most recent version for Booster Shot has had no glitches for me. Only downside is my battery life has returned to what it was when I first got this phone. It's not great, but, I live with it because my phone doesn't glitch and everything works, including the 3D camera.
As for the difference between this and the VM leak? Not too sure other than this is what I understand: the port took a fully functional system from another phone and is tweaked and made to work on ours whereas the VM leak was a leak that devs took and developed the ROM around the bare bones of the leak.
Are there any with the Sprint WiFi hotspot hacked or with a better battery life? And on the side is it possible to boost the signal or speed of your phones internet?
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Are there any with the Sprint WiFi hotspot hacked or with a better battery life? And on the side is it possible to boost the signal or speed of your phones internet?
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Sprint Wifi Hotspot has not been hacked on any of the 3d ICS ROMs (they fixed the hack used for GB ROMs). But, the Wifi Tether app works fine (when setup correctly) and is better anyway.
MeanICS has excellent battery life. I've used my phone about an hour today and after 16 hours off charger, still have 83% battery left (and I was at work with poor signal for 8 of those hours).
As for boosting signal/internet speed, I don't think so, but do not know for sure.
<biased opinion>
d3rpROM ICS (link in my sig)
we have a sense and a non-sense
</biased opinion>
lol
Zekosteel said:
What is the best ICS ROM for Sprint Evo 3D CDMA?
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Really nice one to try:
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-3d-custom-roms/mikvirgin-ics-rom-for-htc-evo-3d-best-ics-rom/
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Are there any with the Sprint WiFi hotspot hacked or with a better battery life? And on the side is it possible to boost the signal or speed of your phones internet?
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Try this for 3G (seemed to help my phone, others reported differently)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140870
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556371
Try this for 4G:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154439
As for battery with Booster Shot, it's something chubbzlou is aware of and working on. I've been trying my own stuff and have found I get better battery life after deleting Juice Defender and System Tuner (sounds counter intuitive, but, I've been running my own personal tests to see if there are differences). With moderate to heavy usage, I am averaging 8 to 10 hours so far. However, after completely ripping out all of the apps and their associated widgets, I don't want or use (HTC News, News and Weather, Stocks, etc), my battery life is already better.
I ment the battery in general but I will try the thing for 3G
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d3rpROM ICS (link in my sig)
we have a sense and a non-sense
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Definitely +1 this ROM. Ran everyone of these ROMS for more than 24hrs and I have stuck with this one. The SVN updates and logs are what drew me to this ICS flavor.
il Duce said:
<biased opinion>
d3rpROM ICS (link in my sig)
we have a sense and a non-sense
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I like this ROM but the only downside is tat there are no names under the apps you add to the homescreen.
My signature. Stock 1.13 (Sense 3.6). This is the rom leak JoelZ posted, I believe all he did was add root. No major hiccups, and EVERYTHING works.