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do you like aosp or sense?

  • aosp

    Votes: 23 28.8%

  • sense

    Votes: 39 48.8%

  • both

    Votes: 18 22.5%
  • Total voters
    80
Hope it's OK that i'm posting these links. Between the holiday season & the arrival of the Gnex it seems like the guides are a little tied up. I just wanna keep the evo fresh in the mix!
 
OctaveShock said:
Hope it's OK that i'm posting these links. Between the holiday season & the arrival of the Gnex it seems like the guides are a little tied up. I just wanna keep the evo fresh in the mix!
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I think it's kool, Once Frenchy or Ocn get a free minute, they'll edit the OP to include these. :)
 
akazabam said:
The problem with all (or most) of the flashable stock kernels you'll find is that they are provided as a boot.img. Pretty much every custom ROM out there has a modified boot.img. Unless the ROM is stock or meant to be stock with very, very few changes, you should not flash a kernel packaged this way, or you will undo some changes. For example, if a custom ROM supports a2sd, even if it comes with the stock kernel, there are modifications done to the boot.img to support a2sd. If you flash a custom kernel, then flash a stock kernel that is just packaged in a boot.img, you'll break a2sd. That being said, if you happen to find any stock kernels out there, I highly recommend you not suggest people flash them unless they are on a completely stock ROM. I do remember myn providing a flashable version of HTC #17 in modular format (what you want; not packaged in a boot.img), but I can't seem to find it now. Anyway, you can tell pretty easily if a flashable zip is just a boot.img or not. Just open it. If there is just a zip file at the top level, and in that zip is a boot.img file, then it's going to flash a whole boot.img. If you open the flashable zip, and it has just a directory named kernel or something like that, and in that directory are other files, but no boot.img to be found, you should be fine.

All that being said, what users need to do is just flash their current ROM without wiping data to get the stock kernel (or whatever came with the ROM) back. That will undo all other mods, but it's the easiest way. Another option would be to take the boot.img out of the flashable zip of your current ROM, package it in a flashable zip, then just flash it. That would certainly do the trick, but it would be really impractical to make flashable zips for all ROMs and versions.

In any case, it's not impossible to make a flashable zip that has just the stock kernel, but someone with more knowledge than me would have to make it, and I haven't seen any others out there beyond HTC #17. Those that know how to do it always just suggest to reflash your current ROM, anyway.
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I have read pages and pages on this site and i think I am ready to flash my first ROM, but this post from this guy has me second guessing all the information here. And no one ever responded to what akazabam stated. Do I take the lack of response as akazabam doesn't know what he's talking about?

Do I need to use a wipe? I was planning to flash the MikG-v2.61 and was going to use the goldenmonkey 1.1 kernal. Mikg-v2.61 has the boot.img file that akazabam was talking about. I loaded the ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE and was going to use it but now I don't know. I've never done this before, and while this site has an amazing amount of information and everyone in the community seems extremely helpful, I think there is some overload to the information. There is about 10 different sets of instructions and somehow I've become immersed in information overload.

To let you know, I am rooted. I have done a nandroid backup; I have partitioned my sd. Do I need to flash a ROM and a kernal at this point? Should I not use a ROM that has a boot.img? And do I need to use ZZZVR Superwipe for doing any of that? I was ready to flash, but I'm holding off now until I'm sure what I'm doing. I can't afford to brick my phone.
 
Jimi-Drama said:
I have read pages and pages on this site and i think I am ready to flash my first ROM, but this post from this guy has me second guessing all the information here. And no one ever responded to what akazabam stated. Do I take the lack of response as akazabam doesn't know what he's talking about?

Do I need to use a wipe? I was planning to flash the MikG-v2.61 and was going to use the goldenmonkey 1.1 kernal. Mikg-v2.61 has the boot.img file that akazabam was talking about. I loaded the ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE and was going to use it but now I don't know. I've never done this before, and while this site has an amazing amount of information and everyone in the community seems extremely helpful, I think there is some overload to the information. There is about 10 different sets of instructions and somehow I've become immersed in information overload.

To let you know, I am rooted. I have done a nandroid backup; I have partitioned my sd. Do I need to flash a ROM and a kernal at this point? Should I not use a ROM that has a boot.img? And do I need to use ZZZVR Superwipe for doing any of that? I was ready to flash, but I'm holding off now until I'm sure what I'm doing. I can't afford to brick my phone.
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so let me start by saying that akazabam definitely knows what he is talking about. that guy is the resident guru around these parts though he has not been around much lately. and it is hard to take his post out of context like that. not sure what other post he was refering to. do you have a link to the thread his post is in.

actually what he says is true. his main thing was that if you flash a rom that has mods in it like a2sd and then you flash a stock kernel (the one release from htc) then it could break some mods like a2sd.

the rom and kernel you are talking about are fine. just flash the rom first and get it set up then go back to recovery and wipe dlavik cache and cache and flash the kernel.

really the best place to learn all of this is to read the http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html. there is sections on flashing roms and kernels.
 
Jimi-Drama said:
I have read pages and pages on this site and i think I am ready to flash my first ROM, but this post from this guy has me second guessing all the information here. And no one ever responded to what akazabam stated. Do I take the lack of response as akazabam doesn't know what he's talking about?

Do I need to use a wipe? I was planning to flash the MikG-v2.61 and was going to use the goldenmonkey 1.1 kernal. Mikg-v2.61 has the boot.img file that akazabam was talking about. I loaded the ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE and was going to use it but now I don't know. I've never done this before, and while this site has an amazing amount of information and everyone in the community seems extremely helpful, I think there is some overload to the information. There is about 10 different sets of instructions and somehow I've become immersed in information overload.

To let you know, I am rooted. I have done a nandroid backup; I have partitioned my sd. Do I need to flash a ROM and a kernal at this point? Should I not use a ROM that has a boot.img? And do I need to use ZZZVR Superwipe for doing any of that? I was ready to flash, but I'm holding off now until I'm sure what I'm doing. I can't afford to brick my phone.
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Howdy. I definitely know (& remember well!) the jitters before my 1st flash- like a potentially very expensive science project should something go wrong. Following the instructions & links provided by the guides on this thread will get you what you're looking for. Also, I didn't start messing with custom kernels til my 4th or 5th rom. All the roms from page 1 have wonderful kernels already baked in. Get your feet wet with mikg (an AMAZING build) & maybe re-address the kernel business in a week or 2. Good luck. In my experience the thing to be most worried about is managing the subsequent flashing addiction! :D
 
ocnbrze said:
added new kernel to the kernel section.
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This kernel is ridiculous. Blazing fast, super smooth, plays great with mikg 3.00. Also, TWRP 2.0 is fantastic. Super sweet touch screen interface, no more volume buttons, totally theme-able. It feels way easier to work with than any of the recovery images I've used so far & I've barely touched the options it has to explore.;)
 
OctaveShock said:
This kernel is ridiculous. Blazing fast, super smooth, plays great with mikg 3.00. Also, TWRP 2.0 is fantastic. Super sweet touch screen interface, no more volume buttons, totally theme-able. It feels way easier to work with than any of the recovery images I've used so far & I've barely touched the options it has to explore.;)
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Yes this kernel works awesome with MikG 3.0!
 
Hey, deck ics is out of pre-alpha. There is an alpha 1 & alpha 2 release available. Info link (NOT direct download link) in aosp section on 1st page of this thread has links to both. Still no working camera but getting there!

Edit: oh, & happy new year, all!
 
Hi there,

Could someone please tell me which ROM is the closest to the last update. One of my friends has a rooted evo and wanted the sprint theme to it. I was thinking it was the 4.53 update. Also would you recommend oxed or deoxed..

Thanks
 
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