frenchy714
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Root ROOTING For Dummies Guide.....the Gingerbread Edition
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Cool beans.
frenchy714
Android Expert
Give this a try. It doesn't wipe it 3x for you like superwipe but does the same thing; just run it 3x for the good measure.
chronotopia app its not on market but u can find it on xda..only flashed mikg, no themes or mods,gave it a little time and started added widgets and noticed it.
Ahh ok, sorry don't know anything about that since it's a 3rd party app. I thought you meant the widgets with the ROM.
scudder
Android Expert
KathyL
Newbie
Ok kids, I've got another quick question. Got MikG 2.58 going and love it. Card is partitioned. Loads of internal storage left over. Memory is low. Probably should have done SWAP??? Battery life is sucking though!!! Got Juice Defender running and I've force closed obvious things to help. Any thoughts or advice to help battery life??? I'm totally sick of being tied to my cord! Thanks!
P.S., probably a thread for this but i couldn't find it. Move me if that's the case!!
P.S., probably a thread for this but i couldn't find it. Move me if that's the case!!
frenchy714
Android Expert
Ok kids, I've got another quick question. Got MikG 2.58 going and love it. Card is partitioned. Loads of internal storage left over. Memory is low. Probably should have done SWAP??? Battery life is sucking though!!! Got Juice Defender running and I've force closed obvious things to help. Any thoughts or advice to help battery life??? I'm totally sick of being tied to my cord! Thanks!
P.S., probably a thread for this but i couldn't find it. Move me if that's the case!!
There is plenty you can do in the battle for more battery life. Simple things like turning auto-sync off, auto-screen brightness off (keep mine around 40%), flashing a kernel that allows you to over/underclock and using SetCPU in conjunction w/ a screen off profile, and only using 3g when necessary (sending emails, MMS, browsing the web, etc.). With mobile data (3g) off, keep in mind you can still send/receive SMS and make voice calls.
Doing these simple things can increase battery life exponentially. With light use I can get 3 1/2 days on one charge, with moderate usage (check emails periodically, send texts, and voice calls here and there) I can get 2 days; no problem. I have a stock battery btw.
I hope this helps.
Ok kids, I've got another quick question. Got MikG 2.58 going and love it. Card is partitioned. Loads of internal storage left over. Memory is low. Probably should have done SWAP??? Battery life is sucking though!!! Got Juice Defender running and I've force closed obvious things to help. Any thoughts or advice to help battery life??? I'm totally sick of being tied to my cord! Thanks!
P.S., probably a thread for this but i couldn't find it. Move me if that's the case!!
Get rid of Juice Defender, does more harm that good, IMO. If you are constantly killing those apps you are wasting more battery because they will just start up again, less battery to leave them run then to have them constantly starting up all the time.
Google battery saving tips for evo and you should find a bunch of suggestions. There are a lot of things you can do. See this thread on a possible way of getting a free extended battery. I did it and got a free extended battery.
Ok kids, I've got another quick question. Got MikG 2.58 going and love it. Card is partitioned. Loads of internal storage left over. Memory is low. Probably should have done SWAP??? Battery life is sucking though!!! Got Juice Defender running and I've force closed obvious things to help. Any thoughts or advice to help battery life??? I'm totally sick of being tied to my cord! Thanks!
P.S., probably a thread for this but i couldn't find it. Move me if that's the case!!
well like frenchy said i would try a custom kernel along with what nick said as well, except for the extended battery part. i hate those. they really take a way from the beauty of the evo. it is really a good looking phone. plus that is sort of dishonest way of getting a battery from sprint. but that is up to you. i woud start out with the aggressive freedom kernel and give it a few days.
Well actually this battery isn't too big, so it doesn't look that bad. I was worried about that as well. Right now I'm back on the stock battery because I like my holster.
Not sure how it's dishonest, couldn't be closer to the truth and they know it which is why they give them to you. Not once did I ever lie to them about my battery life and not once did I ask them to give me one for free. I've been with sprint, going on 8 years now and have never paid my bill late, so I'm sure they took all that into account when they decided to give it to me. The battery life on the evo has never been good. I have heard they are getting a little pickier about giving them out, however.
+1 on the aggressive freedom, I just flashed lithid 0.95 today and huge +1 on giving it a few charge cycles.
KathyL
Newbie
Wow, you guys are quick!! 
Here we go....
@frenchy, Thank you very much. Part of the obvious suspects were Brightness (25%), AutoSync (off), NEVER have the 4G on cause I don't have 4G IN the house!
, all my "Settings" have been set to minimal!! It's just since I flashed MikG 2.58 that battery is sucking. Probably the Kernel as you all have said! I also have the stock battery because... well, I'm not paying Sprint or anyone else a thin dime on a battery the size of Cleveland. Ain't happening! I will deal with this one!!
@nick, Thank you also! 86ing Juice Defender, although I had it running with the previous ROM and not an issue but will 86 it anyway! Thanks for the thread, I will check it out! +1 on the not being dishonest. Sprint doesn't tell you, when selling the phone, that the battery sucks! I have also been a Sprint customer like forever. I have 3 phones on my plan and pay $200+ every month so the least they can do is cough up a battery! Not sure I want the big battery though, even for free. I agree with Ocean, I like the phone thin! Also, I can't use my Otter Box and I can't afford not too! My arthritis fingers drop my phone all the time! Otter Box saved my phone one night. Out on a "Bar hopping" binge one night and slammed the trunk shut ON MY PHONE at 3:00 a.m.!! Opened the trunk, as fast as a blottoed person could, and my phone was fine!! Not giving up the Otter Box! Haha!
@Ocnbrze, Thank you, again!!! I have a few Kernels downloaded. I have ChopSuey 9.1 Universal, More Freedom 0.9 Universal, and Tiamat 4.1.0. If you think one of those is sufficient, let me know. If you still feel that Agressive Freedom is better, I will download and flash that! I will need to read up on SetCPU because I don't know what settings to use and I don't want to screw it up. I will read about that.
Thanks all and have a great day!!!
Party on Garth, Party on Wayne!!!!
Here we go....@frenchy, Thank you very much. Part of the obvious suspects were Brightness (25%), AutoSync (off), NEVER have the 4G on cause I don't have 4G IN the house!
, all my "Settings" have been set to minimal!! It's just since I flashed MikG 2.58 that battery is sucking. Probably the Kernel as you all have said! I also have the stock battery because... well, I'm not paying Sprint or anyone else a thin dime on a battery the size of Cleveland. Ain't happening! I will deal with this one!! @nick, Thank you also! 86ing Juice Defender, although I had it running with the previous ROM and not an issue but will 86 it anyway! Thanks for the thread, I will check it out! +1 on the not being dishonest. Sprint doesn't tell you, when selling the phone, that the battery sucks! I have also been a Sprint customer like forever. I have 3 phones on my plan and pay $200+ every month so the least they can do is cough up a battery! Not sure I want the big battery though, even for free. I agree with Ocean, I like the phone thin! Also, I can't use my Otter Box and I can't afford not too! My arthritis fingers drop my phone all the time! Otter Box saved my phone one night. Out on a "Bar hopping" binge one night and slammed the trunk shut ON MY PHONE at 3:00 a.m.!! Opened the trunk, as fast as a blottoed person could, and my phone was fine!! Not giving up the Otter Box! Haha!
@Ocnbrze, Thank you, again!!! I have a few Kernels downloaded. I have ChopSuey 9.1 Universal, More Freedom 0.9 Universal, and Tiamat 4.1.0. If you think one of those is sufficient, let me know. If you still feel that Agressive Freedom is better, I will download and flash that! I will need to read up on SetCPU because I don't know what settings to use and I don't want to screw it up. I will read about that.
Thanks all and have a great day!!!
Party on Garth, Party on Wayne!!!!
Wow, you guys are quick!!
@frenchy, Thank you very much. Part of the obvious suspects were Brightness (25%), AutoSync (off), NEVER have the 4G on cause I don't have 4G IN the house!
@nick, Thank you also! 86ing Juice Defender, although I had it running with the previous ROM and not an issue but will 86 it anyway! Thanks for the thread, I will check it out! +1 on the not being dishonest. Sprint doesn't tell you, when selling the phone, that the battery sucks! I have also been a Sprint customer like forever. I have 3 phones on my plan and pay $200+ every month so the least they can do is cough up a battery! Not sure I want the big battery though, even for free. I agree with Ocean, I like the phone thin! Also, I can't use my Otter Box and I can't afford not too! My arthritis fingers drop my phone all the time! Otter Box saved my phone one night. Out on a "Bar hopping" binge one night and slammed the trunk shut ON MY PHONE at 3:00 a.m.!! Opened the trunk, as fast as a blottoed person could, and my phone was fine!! Not giving up the Otter Box! Haha!
@Ocnbrze, Thank you, again!!! I have a few Kernels downloaded. I have ChopSuey 9.1 Universal, More Freedom 0.9 Universal, and Tiamat 4.1.0. If you think one of those is sufficient, let me know. If you still feel that Agressive Freedom is better, I will download and flash that! I will need to read up on SetCPU because I don't know what settings to use and I don't want to screw it up. I will read about that.
Thanks all and have a great day!!!
Party on Garth, Party on Wayne!!!!
Haha..no problem, happy to help and I understand on the case. I had to buy a case for my wife for the same reason.
frenchy714
Android Expert
Wow, you guys are quick!!
@frenchy, Thank you very much. Part of the obvious suspects were Brightness (25%), AutoSync (off), NEVER have the 4G on cause I don't have 4G IN the house!
@nick, Thank you also! 86ing Juice Defender, although I had it running with the previous ROM and not an issue but will 86 it anyway! Thanks for the thread, I will check it out! +1 on the not being dishonest. Sprint doesn't tell you, when selling the phone, that the battery sucks! I have also been a Sprint customer like forever. I have 3 phones on my plan and pay $200+ every month so the least they can do is cough up a battery! Not sure I want the big battery though, even for free. I agree with Ocean, I like the phone thin! Also, I can't use my Otter Box and I can't afford not too! My arthritis fingers drop my phone all the time! Otter Box saved my phone one night. Out on a "Bar hopping" binge one night and slammed the trunk shut ON MY PHONE at 3:00 a.m.!! Opened the trunk, as fast as a blottoed person could, and my phone was fine!! Not giving up the Otter Box! Haha!
@Ocnbrze, Thank you, again!!! I have a few Kernels downloaded. I have ChopSuey 9.1 Universal, More Freedom 0.9 Universal, and Tiamat 4.1.0. If you think one of those is sufficient, let me know. If you still feel that Agressive Freedom is better, I will download and flash that! I will need to read up on SetCPU because I don't know what settings to use and I don't want to screw it up. I will read about that.
Thanks all and have a great day!!!
Party on Garth, Party on Wayne!!!!
You're not going to want to use Tiamat w/ MikG because it's an AOSP kernel and can only be ran w/ AOSP ROM's. You may want to give Golden Monkey 1.1 kernel a try, you can find it here.
Read up on SetCPU and if you need help, give us a holler...I'd be more than happy to share w/ you my setup.
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/210253-setcpu-guide.html
Wow, you guys are quick!!
@Ocnbrze, Thank you, again!!! I have a few Kernels downloaded. I have ChopSuey 9.1 Universal, More Freedom 0.9 Universal, and Tiamat 4.1.0. If you think one of those is sufficient, let me know. If you still feel that Agressive Freedom is better, I will download and flash that! I will need to read up on SetCPU because I don't know what settings to use and I don't want to screw it up. I will read about that.
Thanks all and have a great day!!!
Party on Garth, Party on Wayne!!!!
yep like frenchy said tiamat is an aosp kernel. there are two types of roms and the same goes for kernels.
there is sense which we know that htc adds it on top of the android os. it is basically a launcher and a bunch of widgets designed for sense. there are sense kernels that go along with these roms. also make sure that you flash the right version of sense kernels. there are kernels for gingerbread and then there are kernels for froyo. so long as you flash a gingerbread rom make sure that it is the right kernel for it.
the other type of rom is aosp (android open source project). these roms are pure android os without the sense launcher or its widgets. and because of that these roms tend to be smaller, faster, and usually gives most people the best battery life. however, they do take a little more tweaking here and there to get everything just right. and like sense roms there is a corresponding type of kernel. these are the aosp kernels.
so be careful on what you flash.
OK I followed the directions and after I enter my beta key I keep getting the error
Root acquired!
Sending in Caroline...
Retrieving Caroline from certain doom...
Retrying Caroline...
Caroline failed, but had this to say: An error occurred while reading the partit
ion.
Errors (if any):-
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
Press (almost) any key to exit.
Root acquired!
Sending in Caroline...
Retrieving Caroline from certain doom...
Retrying Caroline...
Caroline failed, but had this to say: An error occurred while reading the partit
ion.
Errors (if any):-
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
mtd: ECC errors (0 soft, 2 hard) at 0x00000000
Press (almost) any key to exit.
try and do a factory reset if you have not already and then try it again.
frenchy714
Android Expert
Welcome to AF! The icon in the upper left of the DOS command window is a drop-down button that will let you get to the edit option that allows you to copy/paste between DOS and a window. So just copy and paste the key in. That should do it.
what also worked for me is to use notepad++. basically copy the beta key from the generator and paste it into notepad++ and then copy the key again in notepad. like frenchy said, then you go to the command window and click on the top left corner to bring the drop down window, select edit, then select paste. it actually took me 4-5 times before it worked. not sure why it does that for some people. but keep trying. it is frustrating, i know. keep us posted.
hezhonker
Newbie
OK, totally frustrated because the code I was given is saying invalid in revolution. tried entering it at least 20 times now. verified all characters in notepad to make sure I wasn't entering a lower case l as a uppercase i etc... have had three other people enter it and still invalid. can we get a new code somehow. tried to regenerate and the same beta code keeps coming up.
im guessing it is not working because i tried it on my mac in virtual box last night and it did work at that time but revolution kept throwing errors that it was loosing communication with my evo during the process so i gave up and moved to my windows 7 netbook. would love to get this taken care of as I had to unroot the device after having cyanogen on it because I lost some functions with voice mail. wanted to quickly back up some files and restore to root and cyanogen but didn't realize gingerbread broke unrevoked. what a pain. i hate windows.
im guessing it is not working because i tried it on my mac in virtual box last night and it did work at that time but revolution kept throwing errors that it was loosing communication with my evo during the process so i gave up and moved to my windows 7 netbook. would love to get this taken care of as I had to unroot the device after having cyanogen on it because I lost some functions with voice mail. wanted to quickly back up some files and restore to root and cyanogen but didn't realize gingerbread broke unrevoked. what a pain. i hate windows.
mikem0269
Android Expert
Lots of people have had this problem but try copy and paste that seems to solve it. There is a spot at the top left corner on the doss box that when clicked there is a drop menu to edit then paste
hezhonker
Newbie
Thanks. I will give that a try. Didn't think copy past would work in the prompt. Will let you know how I do.