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Hi, I'm new to the HTC devices and only have experience with Motorola devices, from what I understand, rooting and flashing a custom rom is a radically different process on an HTC device. That having been said, what's the best rom for gaming? On the Evo 3D and how do I go about rooting and applying it, PS, I want to play emulators with my wiimote and ps3 controller
hi!
If you want to use wii or ps3 controller with emuators you need a AOSP rom, miui or CW7 works, but you will lose 3d funtions 4g and i think MHL hdmi tv out...
wow lame ;/ guess i'll just stick with stock rom then, um, can I at least root without loosing 3d and everything?
moocowgal said:
wow lame ;/ guess i'll just stick with stock rom then, um, can I at least root without loosing 3d and everything?
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Yes you can ofc root without loosing 3D , 4G. You can also try different ROMs with sense 3.5 , beats audio.
But you will have to check your hboot version. If it is 1.50 , the only way to root is htc method.
If you dont wish to flash custom ROMs then you can simply try MODs like percent battery , htc amaze camera , bootscoot ( to change boot ad down anims)
o.o hboot? wassat? how do i check it o.o , this is all sooo cunfoosing >.< thank you all though for the help
go to settings>power>uncheck fastboot. Then hold physical power button select power off.your phone will shut down. after that press and hold volume down button with power button simultaneously. Your phone will then bootinto bootloader. On the top of the screen it will say *LOCKED*. Below that you will find your hboot version.
moocowgal said:
Hi, I'm new to the HTC devices and only have experience with Motorola devices, from what I understand, rooting and flashing a custom rom is a radically different process on an HTC device. That having been said, what's the best rom for gaming? On the Evo 3D and how do I go about rooting and applying it, PS, I want to play emulators with my wiimote and ps3 controller
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Best preformance comes from synergy or Infected eternity. if you want the phone to be even faster, toss a custom kernel as well to overclock it. Personally i use Infected eternity RLS 1.42 with Rcmix kernel(download from kernel manager on market and flash with flash image gui)
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!
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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.
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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).
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.
Hey everyone,
I have had my Sprint Evo 3D since July 28th of last year. I knew right away that I wanted to root, having played around a little with unofficial OS's when I had my BlackBerry.
I am hboot 1.5,, S-on, and unlocked with HTC's unlocker.
Since then, I have run a few different Sense-based ROMs for Gingerbread. Current firmware is 2.89.
I have run an ICS ROM based on the VM leak, but it didn't really play nice with my phone, so I went back to a Gingerbread ROM.
Recently I have been trying out a ROM based on Sprint ICS, but it is in the early stages and actually has a few of the same issues as the one based off of the VM leak.
I understand that the ICS is relatively new to the Evo 3D, and that development takes time. That having been said, I just wanted to start a thread detailing what I do with my phone, what kind of issues I have had with ICS, and asking for opinions on where I should go from here.
I use my phone primarily to surf the web, play games, text, email and make phone calls.
The Gingerbread ROM I have been on was stable and played games just fine. Both ICS ROMs I have tried, I experience force closes most of the time, and severely wonky performance the rest of the time.I play games like Dad Space. Mass Effect, 9MM, and most of the 3D games made available for the Evo. I don't knowif the gaming troubles I have experienced with ICS ROMs is because of the ROMs, or because these games haven't been optimized for ICS yet,
I am thinking of trying out MeanROM, but do not know whether I should try to change my hboot or not, or relock, flash the OTA, and start all over again. I am intimidated by trying to get S-off, I mean I have flashed some ROMs, but I am hardly an expert.
So basically, where should I go from here in order to maximize my phone's potential for my purposes? I still have the backup I made with my Gingerbread ROM, so I could always do that.....
I was also wondering about superwipe, but do not want to lose my 3D pictures and videos.
Thanks in advance for your help and patience.
Lots of questions. Super wipe doesn't erase sd cards, so your pictures will be safe. If you want to make sure, very them off first.
I recommend you get s-off first using the wire trick. It'll make things easier for you with respect to flashing Roms and radios, hboot, etc and takes most people like five minutes once they're setup.
Install a custom recovery that can be flashed through bootloader. Recommend 4ext.
Install Meanrom through recovery.
Update firmware using freeza's zip available in CDMA development.
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Okay, did the wire tric, got S-off. Updated firmware and hboot(losing back compatibility to Gingerbread in the process, but oh well). Am currently hopping between 3 ROMs on my 3VO: a rooted stock ROM, MeanROM ICS, and a ROM I am beta testing for a buddy. This all went down last night, Can't wait to see if I can play ganes again.
A question about MeanROM ICS:
In the MeanROM thread, it is stated that the camera has panorama and HDR....but I don't see it.
And I cannot get gameloft games to play on any ICS ROM?
GAPO said:
Okay, did the wire tric, got S-off. Updated firmware and hboot(losing back compatibility to Gingerbread in the process, but oh well). Am currently hopping between 3 ROMs on my 3VO: a rooted stock ROM, MeanROM ICS, and a ROM I am beta testing for a buddy. This all went down last night, Can't wait to see if I can play ganes again.
A question about MeanROM ICS:
In the MeanROM thread, it is stated that the camera has panorama and HDR....but I don't see it.
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Try flashing the camera mod here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717113
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And I cannot get gameloft games to play on any ICS ROM?
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Known issue. Since you are s-off, you can flash GB Roms if you downgrade your hboot first. Then play the games. See s-off is nice.
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coal686 said:
Try flashing the camera mod here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717113
Known issue. Since you are s-off, you can flash GB Roms if you downgrade your hboot first. Then play the games. See s-off is nice.
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Thanks. And yeah Gameloft has said that their games for the Evo 3D are not yet compatible with Android 4.0 for the 3D. Yet. Who knows if/when...?
Also, on MeanROM ICS, I accidentally hit the Blockbuster app icon, and got a warning from within the app that said:
"Tampering detected! You will not be able to download or view any encrypted content."
lol
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Thanks. And yeah Gameloft has said that their games for the Evo 3D are not yet compatible with Android 4.0 for the 3D. Yet. Who knows if/when...?
Also, on MeanROM ICS, I accidentally hit the Blockbuster app icon, and got a warning from within the app that said:
"Tampering detected! You will not be able to download or view any encrypted content."
lol
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Yeah, that app checks for root.
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Anything else I can flash to maximize my MeanROM experience?
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Anything else I can flash to maximize my MeanROM experience?
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You could also try the coolexe beats mod.
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Anybody know if Hotspot works on MeanROM?
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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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.