hi , im the owner of HTC evo 4G LTE for about 4 months already
i'm still running stock and never installed any updates.
my phone info is
Hardware version : 0003
Sorftware version : 1.13.651.1 710RD
Android Ver : 4.0.3
i used to want to install the mean ROM but due to my busy schedule i didn't have the time yet
and after that they released the official jelly bean update and also the mean Bean and severals other custom ROM based on the jelly bean.
now i have the time to play with my phone and i really want to make my experience with android , especially with this EVOLTE better.
please advice me , is it better for me to update to the stock jelly bean ?
or install other Custom ROM that are based on jelly bean?
or stay in this stock ICS ?
i just want a stable phone with good speed and battery life to be use everyday with minimal hiccups.
because i heard bad things about the Jelly bean update that are causing some of the people here some trouble.
please advice as i'm really newbie in Android.
thank you so much.
10-Dee-Q said:
hi , im the owner of HTC evo 4G LTE for about 4 months already
i'm still running stock and never installed any updates.
my phone info is
Hardware version : 0003
Sorftware version : 1.13.651.1 710RD
Android Ver : 4.0.3
i used to want to install the mean ROM but due to my busy schedule i didn't have the time yet
and after that they released the official jelly bean update and also the mean Bean and severals other custom ROM based on the jelly bean.
now i have the time to play with my phone and i really want to make my experience with android , especially with this EVOLTE better.
please advice me , is it better for me to update to the stock jelly bean ?
or install other Custom ROM that are based on jelly bean?
or stay in this stock ICS ?
i just want a stable phone with good speed and battery life to be use everyday with minimal hiccups.
because i heard bad things about the Jelly bean update that are causing some of the people here some trouble.
please advice as i'm really newbie in Android.
thank you so much.
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Unlock your bootloader.. Get root.. Then u deff want to get s-off.. Then i would flash meanbean best rom for this phone:good: There are many guides on here in the dev section..
I would recommend that you go with one of the custom ROMs. The developers generally fix issues that are in the stock ROMs. Before you jump in, I would also recommend that you do a lot of reading. Are you rooted and unlocked? If not, here is a good place to start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026938
Your experience in customizing your phone will go a lot smoother if you achieve S-OFF. There are currently two methods that can be used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163013
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964309
Once you are S-Off, you'll want to adjust your firmware:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...wel-Firmware-Collection-Latest-3-16-651-3-OTA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704612
Once your firmware is up to date, you can flash a new ROM. I am a big fan of Viper4G, Operation Jelly Bean and JB Tranquility.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124391
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142977
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?15830-Operation-Jelly-Bean-3-15-651-16-Build
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?15582-ROM-JB-Tranquility-RLS3-Trans-and-Inverted-2-16-13
While I like Jelly Bean, if you want to stay with Ice Cream Sandwich, Bad Seeds and Team Anonymous have fun ICS ROMs (along with Team Venom).
Once again, I would highly encourage you to do a lot of reading. While it is not that difficult to customize your phone, your experience will be much better if you take the time to learn about what it is you are actually doing to your phone, what could go wrong, and how to fix issues that may arise. Good luck!
yeah, you'll definitely wanna get S-off. It's the easiest way to update radios and such without having to RUU. You said you now have extra time , so just read up as much as you can about the process. There's a thread in the original Dev section. I don't use htc./sense ROMs, but from what I've read, battery life is worse than ICS (on sense ROMs), and a lot of people don't like some of the changes made to sense in the JB update (I tried it for a minute and immediately hated the new battery use reporting, there's less info). After unlocking bootloader, and hopefully S-offing, I would suggest trying out PACman ROM by jamieG71 . It's a very solid AOSP (not HTC) ROM with tons of customization possible. And great battery life, especially when paired with ThickLizards komodo kernel.
Good luck, have fun
From my Evo LTE, yup.
okay
thx for the responses.
im totally stock, no root, no unlocked.
purelly stock, never did any upgrade since i bought this.
so i need to root first ? unlocked the bootloader ? or S-Off first ?
thank you.
so osrry for many silly question.
10-Dee-Q said:
okay
thx for the responses.
im totally stock, no root, no unlocked.
purelly stock, never did any upgrade since i bought this.
so i need to root first ? unlocked the bootloader ? or S-Off first ?
thank you.
so osrry for many silly question.
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If u look u will find all the answers to your questions.. Use the search bar thats what i do:good:
Is it possible to upgrade HTC One V to Jellybean 4.2?I have tried running software update located in settings-->about phone but it says that there are no updates available.So is it possible to get jellybean 4.2 on my phone?Are there any risks involved?Can updating to jellybean harm my phone?btw my phone is rooted.Also can someone please tell me what cyanogen mod is?Can i first install jellybean 4.2 and then install cyanogen mod?
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Is it possible to upgrade HTC One V to Jellybean 4.2?I have tried running software update located in settings-->about phone but it says that there are no updates available.So is it possible to get jellybean 4.2 on my phone?Are there any risks involved?Can updating to jellybean harm my phone?btw my phone is rooted.Also can someone please tell me what cyanogen mod is?Can i first install jellybean 4.2 and then install cyanogen mod?
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There is no official JB upgrade as of yet...HTC One V runs ICS/Sense 4 stock ROM. You can check the official HTC website for HTC's development on One V (ROM upgrades, software/application updates, security updates) or check your carrier's page for your device. Since the HTC One came out when JB was still in the process, most people from what I've seen have said that it would not have enough RAM to run JB. Doesn't mean it's not possible...some older phones have been upgraded to newer ROMS than newer phones before. But there's no upgrade yet.
Cyanogen Mod is for rooted phones, and their JB ROM must be flashed to a ROOTED phone. All I will venture to say is root at your own risk, voids warranties - I only do it on older phones, phones purchased used...or when I've had a phone a while and am bored of it!
If you prefer looks of JB over functionality, I would suggest installing a home replacement launcher from your app market of choice, there are many available to try out and choose from, and you can often download different themes (like JB theme) to change the appearance of your phone. Don't root, modify, or flash your phone unless (1) you research the process fully, and (2) you know the definition of bricking! :silly: LOL.
If functionality of HTC One V IS an issue for you, you can always find ways to optimize it without getting into the system files. Poke around development forums. Have fun!
******** First off, let me say, that I'm not sure where to post this, so I'm taking a stab here, but it might be better suited for the "Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE > HTC EVO 4G LTE Android Development" threads, that being said, let me know. ********
Feeling really lost, and could really use a friend *sniff*
I keep running into pitfalls, and I think it's because I just have bad timing. I know that the Evo LTE is getting close to EOL, and a lot of dev's have either moved onto to new hardware, lost interest in this device, or are now playing around with the new 4.3 RUU or KitKat builds for this device....
I've been heavily modded on many of my older devices, but with my Evo lte I've been stock (rooted, but still S-On) for over a year now, and I'm just starting to want to get more out of this device.
I did a ton of Google searches for ROM's and finally homed in on one, Beanstalk (the older 4.3 stable builds), but I'm just running into issues at every turn.
Currently I'm on Viper4G 3.1.7, purely because it saved my ass, when I tried going to Beanstalk while still S-On (whoops).
I'm currently S-Off with moonshine
HBOOT 2.09.4444
RADIO 1.12.11.1210
while I can now get Beanstalk to install, and boot, and GApps (jb-20130813), I CAN NOT get my phone to activate, I spent probably 4 hours and MANY reboots and re-flashes trying to get it to let me activate. I've tried both the "Stable (8/27)" and the "Latest Stable (9/17)" builds, both do the exact same thing.
So, needing a working phone, I'm back on Viper4G, and wondering, what is the best ROM to look at for this device?
I would post in the Beanstalk thread, but the dev has already said
I just don't feel the excitement for this phone anymore. Last Saturday I was ready to give this phone up...
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and until I posted something in that thread, it hadn't been touched since Dec of 2013...annnnd then a senior member even said
This is probably the wrong thread to post in since it's been dead since Dec.
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so, I just don't know what ROM I should be looking at, and where to get help on these older ROMs when they have hiccups on install. Can anyone suggest a ROM?
Personally it seems like KitKat needs a little more time in the bakery before I feel ready to put it on my daily use phone.
I even thought about going with the 4.3 RUU right from HTC, but then I started reading all the bugs people where running to, and the fact that you can't downgrade has me worried, and so, like I said about KitKat, I think I just wanted to give that a bit more time as well.
So in a round-about way, I guess I'm asking, what ROM should I be looking at? Is Beanstalk currently the best for this device (I know that's heavily subjective) or is there another ROM I should be looking at that still has active members to bounce issues off of if I run into installation issues?
EvilRSA said:
******** First off, let me say, that I'm not sure where to post this, so I'm taking a stab here, but it might be better suited for the "Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE > HTC EVO 4G LTE Android Development" threads, that being said, let me know. ********
Feeling really lost, and could really use a friend *sniff*
I keep running into pitfalls, and I think it's because I just have bad timing. I know that the Evo LTE is getting close to EOL, and a lot of dev's have either moved onto to new hardware, lost interest in this device, or are now playing around with the new 4.3 RUU or KitKat builds for this device....
I've been heavily modded on many of my older devices, but with my Evo lte I've been stock (rooted, but still S-On) for over a year now, and I'm just starting to want to get more out of this device.
I did a ton of Google searches for ROM's and finally homed in on one, Beanstalk (the older 4.3 stable builds), but I'm just running into issues at every turn.
Currently I'm on Viper4G 3.1.7, purely because it saved my ass, when I tried going to Beanstalk while still S-On (whoops).
I'm currently S-Off with moonshine
HBOOT 2.09.4444
RADIO 1.12.11.1210
while I can now get Beanstalk to install, and boot, and GApps (jb-20130813), I CAN NOT get my phone to activate, I spent probably 4 hours and MANY reboots and re-flashes trying to get it to let me activate. I've tried both the "Stable (8/27)" and the "Latest Stable (9/17)" builds, both do the exact same thing.
So, needing a working phone, I'm back on Viper4G, and wondering, what is the best ROM to look at for this device?
I would post in the Beanstalk thread, but the dev has already said and until I posted something in that thread, it hadn't been touched since Dec of 2013...annnnd then a senior member even said
so, I just don't know what ROM I should be looking at, and where to get help on these older ROMs when they have hiccups on install. Can anyone suggest a ROM?
Personally it seems like KitKat needs a little more time in the bakery before I feel ready to put it on my daily use phone.
I even thought about going with the 4.3 RUU right from HTC, but then I started reading all the bugs people where running to, and the fact that you can't downgrade has me worried, and so, like I said about KitKat, I think I just wanted to give that a bit more time as well.
So in a round-about way, I guess I'm asking, what ROM should I be looking at? Is Beanstalk currently the best for this device (I know that's heavily subjective) or is there another ROM I should be looking at that still has active members to bounce issues off of if I run into installation issues?
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If s-off you can downgrade via older ruu, viperruu I believe but don't quote me on it. As for me I haven't had any issues on the new update. me personally I'm not a fan of aosp roms. My personal favorite is the 4.3 sense 5.5 from sin and chubbz. I've tried some of the aosp for the new format and those are the ones that I had data problems with. Viper does have a rom for the new layout as well as Yankees. But then again it's all user preference. Personally I would strongly recommend running the new ruu. Captain has a thread listing aosp roms built for the new layout if that is what you are interested in.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2654590
[ROM][AOSP] CM11 & other AOSP-based ROMs that support updated partition layout
HTC Jewel
HBOOT 2.10 S-OFF (rumrunner)
Android 4.3 Sense 5.5 V3
EvilRSA said:
******** First off, let me say, that I'm not sure where to post this, so I'm taking a stab here, but it might be better suited for the "Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE > HTC EVO 4G LTE Android Development" threads, that being said, let me know. ********
Feeling really lost, and could really use a friend *sniff*
I keep running into pitfalls, and I think it's because I just have bad timing. I know that the Evo LTE is getting close to EOL, and a lot of dev's have either moved onto to new hardware, lost interest in this device, or are now playing around with the new 4.3 RUU or KitKat builds for this device....
I've been heavily modded on many of my older devices, but with my Evo lte I've been stock (rooted, but still S-On) for over a year now, and I'm just starting to want to get more out of this device.
I did a ton of Google searches for ROM's and finally homed in on one, Beanstalk (the older 4.3 stable builds), but I'm just running into issues at every turn.
Currently I'm on Viper4G 3.1.7, purely because it saved my ass, when I tried going to Beanstalk while still S-On (whoops).
I'm currently S-Off with moonshine
HBOOT 2.09.4444
RADIO 1.12.11.1210
while I can now get Beanstalk to install, and boot, and GApps (jb-20130813), I CAN NOT get my phone to activate, I spent probably 4 hours and MANY reboots and re-flashes trying to get it to let me activate. I've tried both the "Stable (8/27)" and the "Latest Stable (9/17)" builds, both do the exact same thing.
So, needing a working phone, I'm back on Viper4G, and wondering, what is the best ROM to look at for this device?
I would post in the Beanstalk thread, but the dev has already said and until I posted something in that thread, it hadn't been touched since Dec of 2013...annnnd then a senior member even said
so, I just don't know what ROM I should be looking at, and where to get help on these older ROMs when they have hiccups on install. Can anyone suggest a ROM?
Personally it seems like KitKat needs a little more time in the bakery before I feel ready to put it on my daily use phone.
I even thought about going with the 4.3 RUU right from HTC, but then I started reading all the bugs people where running to, and the fact that you can't downgrade has me worried, and so, like I said about KitKat, I think I just wanted to give that a bit more time as well.
So in a round-about way, I guess I'm asking, what ROM should I be looking at? Is Beanstalk currently the best for this device (I know that's heavily subjective) or is there another ROM I should be looking at that still has active members to bounce issues off of if I run into installation issues?
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Being that you're S-off, it is possible to downgrade after running the 4.3 RUU. Also you can try updating your firmware. I haven't been on any of the older partition layout ROMs for quite a long time but I do recommend running the RUU. You will remain S-off and your bootloader may even remain unlocked. (Mine did) If not, it's not a big deal to unlock it again. Most of the limited development remaining for this device is based around the new partition layout. There is even a new Viper build. Just my ยข2.
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Greeting,
I moved your thread to Q&A, please post questions in Q&A in the future
Thank You,
BD619
BD619 said:
Greeting,
I moved your thread to Q&A, please post questions in Q&A in the future
Thank You,
BD619
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Congrats on the moderator status!
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Here's a tip for the OP. Flash the rom, then reboot into Android without flashing Gapps. THEN reboot into recovery again and flash Gapps. You won't encounter the Welcome screen, so you'll have to add your account through the settings. The same problem happens to me, no matter which AOSP rom.
aarsyl said:
Here's a tip for the OP. Flash the rom, then reboot into Android without flashing Gapps. THEN reboot into recovery again and flash Gapps. You won't encounter the Welcome screen, so you'll have to add your account through the settings. The same problem happens to me, no matter which AOSP rom.
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You know, I did notice that. I didn't post that permutation of installation steps, but I did find that if I flashed either of the "stable" or "latest stable" builds of beanstalk WITHOUT GApps, I could get around the welcome screen, but I still couldn't place a call. Also I noticed that my PRL version was sky high for what I should have. Currently have 16018, but when I checked it while on Beanstalk it was something like 65002 (if my memory is correct) could this be causing issues too?
I never checked the PRL version whole on AOSP, so I truly couldn't tell you.
I have an HTC EVO 4G LTE loaded with DigitalKarma that I bought from a friend.
When I look at Software Information it says that the Android version is 2.3.5 which I believe is what the phone launched with. The Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE spec page on this site says that it's Android 4.0.3. Should I infer that I could just upgrade to Android 4.0.3 rather than a mod?
I'm looking for the latest greatest stable mod out there but I'm not finding any reviews or anything. What mod(s) would you recommend for someone that never wants to change mods again? These mods fall into different families that I know nothing about yet, so suggestions for mods of the different types might be good. Mods that seem to stand out in my searching are Dirty Unicorns, Beanstalk, and Viper 4G.
I'm not a developer or tester or anything; I'm just a guy that wants a good end user experience without a lot of complication and heartache.
Thanks people.
I must have asked a touchy question. The internet is too full of opinions to not yield one after a few hours. Let me start over:
It looks like my choices are Sense based (stock?) or AOSP based. People seem to be very happy with some of the AOSP roms but I've also seen that there have been problems with camera functions and menu buttons. Are there any AOSP builds out there that have solved these problems? And to what extent? Perhaps sense based is better for a noob like myself. I've read of some Sense based roms being as configurable as AOSP roms.
Most of what I have read about OSs for the 4G LTE were written before 2013. I get the impression that development has stopped for many of the mods that are out there. Maybe they were complete, or maybe the developers got new phones; idk. I'm looking for ROMS that are the most fully developed. I don't want to install a ROM that stopped development before it could reach its full potential (lacking features that hadn't been figured out at the time).
Do you have any suggestions on which mods I should try? Tell me what you like about them if you can. Or tell me that I'm a dumb ass and that I should've searched the forums and found the thread where someone asked the same exact question last week.
Thank you everyone. If it wasn't for you developers I probably wouldn't be able to have a smart phone at all.
Hartlus said:
It looks like my choices are Sense based (stock?) or AOSP based.
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IMO, Sense is the most stable on this device. The last official RUU that HTC released was 4.3. You'll find all the instructions you'll need in my guide down in my sig. There are more current Lollipop roms you can flash, but aren't as stable.
IMO, Sense is the most stable on this device. The last official RUU that HTC released was 4.3. You'll find all the instructions you'll need in my guide down in my sig. There are more current Lollipop roms you can flash, but aren't as stable.
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I haven't done anything yet but this helps a lot. Thanks also for the version recommendation.
I have one more question regarding the process. Since someone has already loaded DigitalKarma on this phone, should I follow one of the guides from the beginning of the process? Are there different instructions for a phone that's already been flashed?
Hartlus said:
I haven't done anything yet but this helps a lot. Thanks also for the version recommendation.
I have one more question regarding the process. Since someone has already loaded DigitalKarma on this phone, should I follow one of the guides from the beginning of the process? Are there different instructions for a phone that's already been flashed?
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Depends on what you want to accomplish. I suggest that you follow the guide from the beginning. The 4.3 RUU has an updated partition table for the phone which newer roms use. By flashing the RUU, you will unroot your phone. The rest of the guide will get you back to root. It's a little bit of work, but it should be fairly simple since the guide walks you through it all. If you really don't want the stability issues of Lollipop right now, there are quite a few stable KitKat roms that are really good.