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    Root Thinking about updating my radios...good/bad?

    I have been thinking about updating my radios...what are the good/bad that can come of this? I have heard that updating radios can sometimes cause bricks...any truth to this?
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    Root Interesting...About Battery Calibration

    The Truth Behind “Battery Re-Calibration” Just found this, seems interesting...
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    Root Trying to get "haters gonna hate" boot animation,but failing

    Hey everyone, I had the kinged v1.3 on my phone earlier, but my phone just didnt like it too much. So I ended up going back to alliance rom 7.6. But I really liked the haters gonna hate boot animation from the kinged rom. I pulled the .zip file from the kinged rom, and copied it over the...
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    Root Going to try amon ra

    What are the instructions for flashing amon ra?...The file I have downloaded is; PC36IMG_RA_2.3 Any help would be appreciated!
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    Root Need help with adb/cmd commands

    Hey all, I had started a thread awhile back asking about some issues I have having with adb drivers..well I got that resolved. But now I am trying to delete the 2.1 htc photo widget and push the 3.0 photo widget...does anyone know the EXACT commands to do this? Thanks!
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    Root Having issues getting adb to work

    Well, I have all of the android sdk stuff, and the java stuff installed. But once I try to get the custom drivers installed to my phone it says "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware" Anyone help?
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    Root Has anyone tried the prl hack with 2.3 roms?

    I was thinking about trying the prl hack again since my sprint speeds have been dead for the past week. I am on mik's 2.3 sense 3.0 rom, I just dont wanna get stuck with a bad prl if something goes crazy with the rom. Anyone had any luck?
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    Root What made you decide to root?

    I was always not sure about rooting my phone. My evo was the first android based phone I had ever had, so when I first got it I wanted to take my time learning the system before I did anything. But I was always scared about rooting because of the dreaded "brick issue". Plus, I never really...
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    Root Do AOSP roms get better battery life than sense roms?

    I was just wondering if AOSP roms get better battery life than sense roms?. Because I am currently using a stock battery and I have 40% battery life left after 20hours..(8hours my phone sat idle) but I've used the phone just as much if not more than I did on a sense rom. I NEVER,EVER got more...
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    Root Question about flashing latest radio?

    I just noticed the latest evo radio over on xda which is 2.15.00.04.08, I currently have radio version 2.15.00.11.19, I have never "flashed" a new radio. Anything I should know before I do so?
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    Root Going to flash CM7, quick question about builds

    I am going to flash CM7, I am coming from a sense rom. I am going to do a full wipe and use caulkins. But this is probably a stupid question, but I see there is a bunch of different "builds" for CM7. I have the "stable" build. Should I flash the latest "nightly build"?
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    Help Phone went into roam,data speeds trippled?

    I live in Indiana, we do have 4g in the town I live in, but its very spotty (have to be outside and holding phone at eye level to get signal) My 3g speeds have always topped out around .20mbps...Well today I was driving to the store and noticed my phone had went into roam in an area where I...
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    Root Myns 2.2 with netarcy toastmod 4.3.4 havs more...wow

    Well, I just flashed myns 2.2 and netarchy custom kernel (listed in title), my phone is running the best it ever has, and my battery life is insane! I have the 3500mah battery, I started with a full charge yesterday morning and with moderate to heavy use I am still at 42% on my battery. And my...
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    Root Should I be quick to flash a new kernel?

    Should I flash a new kernel or should I wait a few days and let this one settle in? I flashed myns warm 2.2 with the htc-kernel #15, And my battery life has been pretty bad. I came from airbourne virusrom with the netarchy kernel that came with it. For the first few weeks I had that...
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    Root Clockwork mod-clear cache partition, same as wiping cache?

    Is wiping cache partition in clockwork recovery the same as wiping cache?, Im getting ready to flash a new rom and I just wanted to make sure. Thanks guys
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    Root Going to flash myns warm 2.2, couple questions

    I had posted a week ago that I was thinking about switching roms, now I am going to make the jump. Just have a couple of questions before I do so; I see in myns thread over on xda, that I have to flash the radio/wimax updates in the thread, I am coming from airborne virusrom with netarchy...
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    Help Files won't download on evo?

    So I've had this issue for awhile, I've seen that others have had this issue. Don't know if there is a fix, but I've noticed that when I try to download big files, doesn't matter what format they will never fully download. If I'm on wifi or 3G it's the same. It either downloads the files as a...
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    Root Been thinking about going to cm7 or myns warm,been having issues with current rom

    Just like the title says, been having alot of issues with airbourne virusrom, such as random freezing, and other annoying things. But I'm thinking about going to either cm7 or myns warm 2.2. Which would you all recommend? Is there anything special that goes into flashing either of those? I've...
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    Root Going to switch roms, do I have everything right?

    Ok, So for the past 2 days I've been using mikfroyo 4.5. I am now wanting to switch over to; [B]VirusROM AirBouRne Series
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    Root I'm rooted, now what?

    Hey everyone, I've read through the rooting for dummies thread, which actually helped me get rooted (thank you!) I rooted using unrevoked. I got titanium backup, and rom manager. I've froze a few bloatware apps and moved some larger apps to sd. Now I've heard that I should do a "nandroid...
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    Help Issues with seidio 3500mah battery

    I got a seidio battery this past christmas, it worked awesome for the first couple of weeks I had it. But then I started to notice a pretty steep decline in battery life. I tried all of the tricks out there for cycling my battery; the dreaded "plug in,unplug,in,un,in,un...etc..." And I tried...
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    Seidio 3500mah (my own tips)

    Over christmas I got the Seidio 3500mah battery. I have an unrooted evo, And I have to admit the new battery has been so much better than my stock battery. But I was still a bit disapointed with the 3500mah, I would still have issues with the battery being on the charger all night (phone being...
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    Help Weird things after OTA (blockbuster,swype..etc)

    Has anyone else had issues with their phone after installing the OTA update?, I have a full stock EVO, no hacks or anything. After updating I've had a few times when using the new swype keyboard that when I open the browser and try to type in an address and it wont let me type. And now when I...
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    So this was kinda jacked up

    Ok, so I had posted a thread on here a few weeks after I got my EVO. I was asking if there was anywhere on my phone that partially installed apps or anything else that could be taking up internal memory on my phone could be hiding. Because I could never get my internal memory up over 43.2mbs. I...
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    Help Phone completely froze

    So I had my phone on the couch..hadn't been on it for an hour or so. Went to use it and my screen was locked up, but the thing is it had my "profile" widget and the bottom part with the phone key and add widget button zig-zagged all across the screen. I had to pull the battery, and when I...
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