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Root Recommend Kernel?

After rooting my phone I used rom Mik3.11, but didn't change the kernal. I plan on changing both the rom and kernal tonight and was wondering if there is any preferenceas to doing the rom or kernal first.
 
You have to flash the rom first. every rom will include a kernel. More often than not, it's the stock HTC kernel (for sense roms) or the stock Cyanogenmod kernel (for aosp roms). Read the OP of any rom you download...if it's something other than the stock kernel, it should be noted.

So after you flash the rom, flash the kernel. Or you can let the rom boot, then go back into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache, and then flash the kernel.
 
I'm going to give the 4 Korner a try and I'll just use the Classic SBC kernel that comes with it for a while and see how that like.
 
2strokenut said:
I tries the mason kernel with decks 1.3d and it seemed a bit more fluid when scrolling but I had reboots when using Google maps, which I can't have using my phone for work. Tiamat 3.3.7 sbc is still flawless for me except for lag every once in a while
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These are things I should know about. :) I'll have to look into duplicating that bug.

As with anything there are a great many factors in choosing a kernel. But with the current state of roms available for the supersonic, I think one should always figure out what rom, or class of roms they are interested in and then move to the kernel once they are comfortable.

When you're at that point try as many kernels as you can, run them through their paces, and choose the one that is best for how you use your phone. Some issues with one kernel may not be issues with others because they don't use those features. As an example lets take bluetooth. I haven't messed much with the bluetooth stack at all in Mason, because I don't use it at all, wouldn't be able to test it, and could only base any development in that area on theory. But other developers may have, so another kernel might be better if that's something that important to you.

One of the great things about our device is we have plenty of options, which was in fact, the motivation for development of Mason in the first place. I wanted more options to be available, both for myself and everyone else. Hopefully this will continue to be the story of the evo, which is almost a infamous phone at this point, and hopefully we can still attract/keep enough developers to keep the supersonic habitat diverse and interesting.
 
Unfortunately the only one for sense with sbc is underworld or the classic sense kernel.

They don't have anthrax's music performance increases though.
 
Rxpert83 said:
Unfortunately the only one for sense with sbc is underworld or the classic sense kernel.

They don't have anthrax's music performance increases though.
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Do you think it's that much better? I go back and forth on my thoughts on the audio quality
 
I ran lithids agressive freedom for the past week and I could notice a difference. I had to flash back.

I need my morning shower music to be top notch :p
 
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