Should I Root my Evo 3D - HTC EVO 3D

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.

swaze said:
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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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).

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Need Help with Father's Evo 3D

Hello All,
I'm home for the holidays, and my Dad asked me to mess with his Evo 3D. I myself have an Epic 4G & am comfortable messing with Android devices.
What I need is some advice on a ROM I can flash to his phone and leave town and not have to worry about. I see him a couple times a year, so I can always mess with it then, but I'd rather not rely on that to help him out.
If anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be swell. I noticed there isn't an official "stable" CM7 ROM released at this time. (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#HTC_Evo_3D)
Any advice would be great.
Up to this point, we've tried hard resetting the beast, but it's still acting very funny/buggy.
It's running GB 2.3.4, and I'm not sure if it's software or hardware, but it locks up, goes through fits of phantom clicks, and a few other oddities. Need to try loading a custom ROM to see if those issues disappear.
Thanks for your help!
I would personally go with the Miui ROM for the 3D, I used it on my NS4G and worked amazing. Currently on my 3D I'm running Warm TwoPointThree with no bugs but, I'm a flashaholic and am looking at Miui now or an ICS ROM. With Miui, the updates which come out every Sunday (I think) are easy to do and have complete on screen directions on how to complete
I actually wouldn't suggest MIUI in this case as it doesn't have 4g or any 3d capabilities. Not to mention it does get quirky.
If he doesn't mind a themed rom I would go with Myns warm 2.3 but be sure to grab the rc1 and not a nightly.
If he wants a more stock look I'd go with Fresh...that may be better long term.
I'm Batman..
Fresh rom! Stable and no issues. I have the same thing with my wife. I flash daily and she wants the thing to just work lol.
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Helton566 said:
Fresh rom! Stable and no issues. I have the same thing with my wife. I flash daily and she wants the thing to just work lol.
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Yea considering the situation ...I'd go with Fresh as well. He doesn't dev much ..he just releases a solid bug free rom and disappears until it's time to clean up an official HTC update.
Prolly the best bet for your dads phone
I'm Batman..
So, I've been doing some reading. And it looks like this is a little bit more involved than the dev on the Epic. That is fine if it were for my personal phone, but perhaps not for my father's.
HBoot, SOff, Fastboot, etc.
It is my understanding that achieving S-Off will void warranty. I mean, sometimes "rooting" will void warranty, but I've heard mixed reports.
Anyways, is there a quick ROM I can load just to see if it's a software vs hardware issue. I'm beginning to think it may be a digitizer problem.
If your not looking to root load a new rom on it, your best bet would be to take it to Sprint and have them look at it.
Warm fan myself. Everything just plain works in it.
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You want to flash a Rom and leave town hoping its stable? I say root the phone and leave it as is.
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knowledge561 said:
You want to flash a Rom and leave town hoping its stable? I say root the phone and leave it as is.
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+1. Best bet to be bug free. HTC stock kernel is solid as a rock.
If the phone is not yet rooted the 2.3.4 version achieving S-off is not possible at this time.
Looks like just taking it in will be the best bet. He has Sprint's TEP, or whatever it's called (I use squaretrade myself).
If the phone is mucked up, shouldn't he be able to walk out with a new phone? He said he's gone in before and they made him send it back to the vendor with previous phones. It was my understanding that if you paid for insurance through Sprint, they ignored the vendor warranty b/c you are paying for a separate on through them...maybe he was just getting the runaround.
Thanks for your help thusfar. Who knows, maybe I'll end up with an Evo 3D sometime in the future. You guys have been great (and very prompt =] )
I would go with CleanRom. It's stock based and pretty much just the bloatware removed.
First, make sure u r not using cwm recovery. It gives me phantom touches on every rom. I always like older veraions of infected rom myself. All cm and aosp roms are buggy for someone who didnt install them.
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I agree with others, just root it and leave the rom stock. This way ur father would be able to install apps for rooted devices.
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Do you guys not read? He has not rooted the phone, thus not able to flash any ROM. Take it back to Spring, if he has TEP they will either repair the phone or replace it
z50king said:
Do you guys not read? He has not rooted the phone, thus not able to flash any ROM. Take it back to Spring, if he has TEP they will either repair the phone or replace it
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Hehe, yes, I'm just going to have him go the repair root. Walking him through rooting & whatnot with his Evo 3D is not yet as easy as it is with a phone like the Epic.
Root it and put warm ROM on it. Most stable I've tried so far.
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I would root it, flash cleanrom2.9.5, then flash a stock kernal, and he would be good to go, as stated above stock kernal is solid, and cleanrom has never givin me issues that I haven't caused myself from messing with stuff.
And as far as rooting goes the mixed review you hear come from the various ways you use to acheieve root based on which bootloader he currently has on the device. Some EVO 3d do have some random bugs, rather it be hardware or software, still a beast of a phone tho
Shot from my sharp shooter in 3d
cleanrom2.9.5

Root now or wait?

So I've had the Rezound now for four days after coming from the Dinc2(rooted of course). And I will say the bloatware is driving me crazy. However having to unlock the bootloader thru HTC and still have have S-On bothers me some. So the question is is it worth going thru HTC (and do they keep records that you've unlocked your bootloader), or would it be best to wait for alpharev or someone like that. Thx in advance.
if bloat is the only thing bothering you why not temp root and freeze the bloat until we have true s-off
The chance of revolutionary creating s-off for us is growing slimmer by the day.
Also if you have the updated firmware you can't temp root. They took that away.
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EmerikL said:
The chance of revolutionary creating s-off for us is growing slimmer by the day.
Also if you have the updated firmware you can't temp root. They took that away.
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And I do.
Just HTC unlock and root. The odds of there being s-off anytime soon are very very slim. The odds of there ever being an s-off solution are about the same.
Yeah I would go ahead and unlock. I don't see any point in waiting, someone might have an s-off option in a few months but its just as likely or more likely that we will stay just like we are. I wouldn't have the phone if I was waiting for something that may never come before unlocking and upgrading to a better Rom. I don't see why a developer would put resources into figuring out how to do something that's already been done, while there are a lot of bragging rights to be had most of the really good developers working on this phone are working on things to move us forward.
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tekhna said:
Just HTC unlock and root. The odds of there being s-off anytime soon are very very slim. The odds of there ever being an s-off solution are about the same.
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Yeah I would go ahead and unlock. I don't see any point in waiting, someone might have an s-off option in a few months but its just as likely or more likely that we will stay just like we are. I wouldn't have the phone if I was waiting for something that may never come before unlocking and upgrading to a better Rom. I don't see why a developer would put resources into figuring out how to do something that's already been done, while there are a lot of bragging rights to be had most of the really good developers working on this phone are working on things to move us forward.
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Thanks alot guys very good points. I guess I was worried about the warranty, but the fact is I sent a fully rooted Dinc2 to back to Verizon and back no problems so I guess I'll take the plunge and root this thing tonight. Thx again
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Yes, it is TOTALLY worth doing now!
I used the HTC unlock method, adb'd the
Amon Ra recovery, used Amon Ra for rooting with
SU and Superuser, then used Titanium to take out
all the garbage. Removed about 15 items.
Now my stock phone starts up with a whole lot fewer
things running that I would never use, and battery life
is like my old Increidble 1.
The Rezound is FAST FAST FAST and does everything right.
The process to ge to your Titanium-revised setup is truly easy
and can be done with stuff found right here in the rezound
forums on XDA...
Just unlock... S-off probably isn't going to happen at this point.
It's worth it Bamf came out with a ROM that fixes a lot of the issues that ICS was having. Plus the tether works in infrastructure mode on ICS

To root or not to root??

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.
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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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.
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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.

Did I make the right choice?

Well after having my last phone break (not being insured and no upgrade till May) I was left unable to afford a new phone. However my girl decided she wanted to get me a phone (and by that I mean, she pretty much yelled at me that she was buying me one no matter what, lol).
I was looking at This, the Galaxy SIII, and the Galaxy Note II. However being that I am a long time HTC fan (I have owned all HTC devices minus my Galaxy S Epic which broke WAY too fast) I opted to get this.
Should hopefully get it tomorrow (Should have been today but USPS "missent" my package), and I guess I was just curious as to how it will run things like the more "power intensive" games (Nova 3, GTAIII, Fpse) or will I need to get a Kernel that I can overclock?
(and I know I will find out tomorrow obviously, but I like to have all my ducks in a row file wise prior to getting the device, so I already have a rom picked out and all my roms setup so I can just drag and drop and be good to go with setting up the device)
Jamio88 said:
Well after having my last phone break (not being insured and no upgrade till May) I was left unable to afford a new phone. However my girl decided she wanted to get me a phone (and by that I mean, she pretty much yelled at me that she was buying me one no matter what, lol).
I was looking at This, the Galaxy SIII, and the Galaxy Note II. However being that I am a long time HTC fan (I have owned all HTC devices minus my Galaxy S Epic which broke WAY too fast) I opted to get this.
Should hopefully get it tomorrow (Should have been today but USPS "missent" my package), and I guess I was just curious as to how it will run things like the more "power intensive" games (Nova 3, GTAIII, Fpse) or will I need to get a Kernel that I can overclock?
(and I know I will find out tomorrow obviously, but I like to have all my ducks in a row file wise prior to getting the device, so I already have a rom picked out and all my roms setup so I can just drag and drop and be good to go with setting up the device)
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You shouldnt have problems running that stuff, mine doesnt at all and its on the stock CM10 kernel
Runs all those games with ease, on stock even. Only games I have trouble with are gameloft, but that's their fault. They can't optimize games for any tegra or adreno powered device. This phone has the power to run everything well for sometime to come.
Right on. Thanks for the heads up guys.
Really glad to hear it since I had to run the Galaxy S at 1.3/1.4GHz to get GTA to run without any lag time (which of course caused the battery to drain WAY too fast)
Just figured I would post an update.
I for one have NEVER been happier with a phone. Can't believe I even doubted getting the LTE. The phone is super fast (even without overclocking it).
Right now I have it on HBoot 1.12 (S-On) with CM10 and while I am sure I will S-Off it at some point, right now I don't see a need for it.
You made a good choice. I just picked up my EVO LTE last week and I can't hardly put it down, much to the dismay of my wife (I rooted it shortly after I got home with it-HBOOT 1.12, no S-off....yet). I came from the OG EVO.
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You guys are definitely lucky in getting hboot 1.12. Even though there is a downgrade method now. I'm just curious as to why you are waiting to s-off your phones?
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You guys are definitely lucky in getting hboot 1.12. Even though there is a downgrade method now. I'm just curious as to why you are waiting to s-off your phones?
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+100 S-OFF makes life SO MUCH easier
metalfan78 said:
You guys are definitely lucky in getting hboot 1.12. Even though there is a downgrade method now. I'm just curious as to why you are waiting to s-off your phones?
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I need to look over Lazy Panda more. I'm concerned with the brick issue some people have had-that, and I've never used Linux or Ubuntu.
Sent using my EVO LTE and a magic wand
FinZ28 said:
I need to look over Lazy Panda more. I'm concerned with the brick issue some people have had-that, and I've never used Linux or Ubuntu.
Sent using my EVO LTE and a magic wand
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I never used ubuntu either I did brick but ran the unbricker while watching the video posted on unlimited.io on which commands to use and worked like a charm as for running lazy panda just follow post 2 in the lazy panda thread to the letter and you should be fine
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I just have not had the time to do it yet. Will probably do so tomorrow.
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the lazy panda method is really very simple... just make sure you follow instructions .. and you should have no probs
I got bored so I am updating my SDK Manager right now then I am going to S-Off this thing.
And I am now LazyPanda S-Off
Was actually super easy (though it had me worried for a minute there). Gave me a slight error with the QHSUSB Drivers, and took 91 seconds instead of 30, but it ended up alright.
Now to see what I can do with this thing being S-Off, lol.
Jamio88 said:
And I am now LazyPanda S-Off
Was actually super easy (though it had me worried for a minute there). Gave me a slight error with the QHSUSB Drivers, and took 91 seconds instead of 30, but it ended up alright.
Now to see what I can do with this thing being S-Off, lol.
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Congrats make sure you flash the lazypanda hboot
Pm me if you have any questions.
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Thanks buddy, I appreciate it. Right now just looking for a good ROM (Trying MeanROM ICS v6.0 right now).
Aside from that just looking into the benefits of being S-Off over S-On. I'll let you know if I need any help or have any questions though.
Just got my LTE saturday as my upgrade from the og evo. I never rooted or played around with any of that with the og evo, but i decided to give it a shot with the lte. Right now i have hboot 1.19 (merely because i got a tad bit confused by meanrom's explaination of needing the latest firmware, so i used a 2.13 RUU).
Ive read through all the terminology and faqs for rooting 101, but still have quite a few questions:
1. In my work i use unix irix quite heavily, dont necessarily program in it, but i can navigate my way around directories, and run quite a few different search commands and the such. How similar is linux and ubuntu (sp?) to unix and irix?
2. S-off, it seems like it is a deeper form of rooting allowing you even greater access to the os. This seems like it more would benefit a dev, not necessarily someone like me who is just getting his feet yet? Since i am s-on, what cant i do that someone who is s-off can or vice versa?
3. With firmware 2.13 i have hboot 1.19. How exactly are these two related?
4. Also, much like question # 2: i understand that someone with hboot 1.15 or 1.19 cant necessarily get s off, unless you follow yarrpirates walkthrough to downgrade, but what is really the difference between 1.15 and 1.19 or between 1.19 and 1.12, besides the obvious s-off/s-on difference?
I would really like to learn more about rooting, so any information would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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Here ya go, read through this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869377
billypilgrim said:
Just got my LTE saturday as my upgrade from the og evo. I never rooted or played around with any of that with the og evo, but i decided to give it a shot with the lte. Right now i have hboot 1.19 (merely because i got a tad bit confused by meanrom's explaination of needing the latest firmware, so i used a 2.13 RUU).
Ive read through all the terminology and faqs for rooting 101, but still have quite a few questions:
1. In my work i use unix irix quite heavily, dont necessarily program in it, but i can navigate my way around directories, and run quite a few different search commands and the such. How similar is linux and ubuntu (sp?) to unix and irix?
2. S-off, it seems like it is a deeper form of rooting allowing you even greater access to the os. This seems like it more would benefit a dev, not necessarily someone like me who is just getting his feet yet? Since i am s-on, what cant i do that someone who is s-off can or vice versa?
3. With firmware 2.13 i have hboot 1.19. How exactly are these two related?
4. Also, much like question # 2: i understand that someone with hboot 1.15 or 1.19 cant necessarily get s off, unless you follow yarrpirates walkthrough to downgrade, but what is really the difference between 1.15 and 1.19 or between 1.19 and 1.12, besides the obvious s-off/s-on difference?
I would really like to learn more about rooting, so any information would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
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Lots of questions, bear w me.
#1) The linux and Unix file system are pretty much identical. All of the commands u would run will be the same. Haven't run Unix in awhile or linux for that matter but linux was built from Unix. And really man, u won't need any knowledge in linux to s-off. The directions are set up so easy a monkey could do it. Those monkeys are pretty smart tho. Rivals some humans. Lol
#2)S-off is not just for devs at all. Really, for u being so new to everything u should s-off because it makes things easier/run into less problems. S-off compared to hboots 1.15-1.19 allows access to all partitions not just some like root only. Read the "dont panic" thread for more in-depth explanations.
#3) The last ota (over the air) update from sprint/htc updated the firmware to 2.13 and the hboot to 1.19. U just have the latest stock firmware. Not much else to it. U just need to downgrade for soff like u would with 1.15 (the hboot/ota update previous to yours).
#4) Last I heard there was really no difference other than the patched exploit that was used to obtain s-off on hboot 1.12. U really must not worry yourself about such things. The hboot is just the bootloader that is like the bouncer for a club. He denies u if u don't have the correct attire (md5) or are a forever alone neckbeard (pass key verification). Their may be some added tools to the newer hboots, but it really isn't anything u will need, or need to worry about since u aren't going to be a dev.
It may sound scary to u at first and u don't want to hurt your new baby. To be perfectly honest though, the people who have issues fail to follow instructions and don't read thru most of the thread.
Just read until ur feel comfortable with doing it. U may still be nervous, but it is worth the sense of accomplishment at the end. Based on all your questions so far I believe u will be just fine.

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Silly Question....but I've only owned one HTC Device before, the BLUNDERBolt.....
My phone has been rotted (thanks to the instructions on Dev Help), but it's still S-On. I thought unlocking the bootloader would mean S-Off? Am I correct that we don't truly have a rooted device (since we can't make changes to the System partition) until we have S-Off?
Sort of...
Unlocked and root allows us access to custom recoveries and some apps that require root. We can make changes to the system through recovery only. It is the long road to make changes to system. Once we do get S-OFF we will be able to access system through file managers.
It's going to be like the early days of the ReZound all over again. Let's hope we get S-OFF before a lot of custom roms start showing up. Having to fastboot kernels after flashing the roms was a little time consuming and more advanced than what the normal rom flashing community was used to.
why does everybody hate the tunderbolt? it was a great device! and swifty is right. with S-off things will start to take off if we ever get s-off. sure hope somebody finds a way to unleash this beast!!
luke1333 said:
why does everybody hate the tunderbolt? it was a great device! and swifty is right. with S-off things will start to take off if we ever get s-off. sure hope somebody finds a way to unleash this beast!!
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I went through 3 devices due hardware issues. My co-worker is on his 4th.
Blunderbolt Ha!
tdetroit said:
I went through 3 devices due hardware issues. My co-worker is on his 4th.
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It is amazing how much heavier the Thunderbolt is than the DNA. It's like a CRT compared to LED.
hobie5 said:
It is amazing how much heavier the Thunderbolt is than the DNA. It's like a CRT compared to LED.
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This gave me flashbacks ot the horror when we would get ashipment of 50 new CRT monitors for the computer lab back in the day....much heavier than 50 LED monitors...lol. UPS guy HATED US!

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