Hi there. I just got my HTC EVO 4G LTE yesterday and rooted it as soon as I got home using this tutorial:
How to Root the HTC EVO 4G LTE - Latest - YouTube
It went smoothly, but, since I'm so new to the smart phone world (this is my first smart phone, at long last), I'm still a little unsure about some things, and figured this would be a knowledgeable place to ask questions.
The first thing on my mind is that I go into my Task Manager a lot to check on what things are running in the background so I'm not wasting battery life or memory. Usually whenever I check, there are a handful of things running that I haven't opened, like "Car" and "HTC Sense" and "GMail" and "Facebook", or just other general things that I haven't opened, or have previously closed. Is there a reason this is happening, and what's a good way to solve it?
Another thing is, is there a general consensus on the "best" custom kernel/ROM to try out? I don't think the root method I did from the tutorial video actually modded the kernel or ROM except for giving me root privileges, though I could be wrong about that. I checked out ViperROM Senseless and freEVO LTE, but wasn't sure which one would be better. I'm just wanting to kind of trim down on bloat on the phone. I don't exactly know what HTC Sense does, but I hear a lot of people complaining about it; perhaps someone could tell me exactly what it is.
Any insight is greatly appreciated!
How to Root the HTC EVO 4G LTE - Latest - YouTube
It went smoothly, but, since I'm so new to the smart phone world (this is my first smart phone, at long last), I'm still a little unsure about some things, and figured this would be a knowledgeable place to ask questions.
The first thing on my mind is that I go into my Task Manager a lot to check on what things are running in the background so I'm not wasting battery life or memory. Usually whenever I check, there are a handful of things running that I haven't opened, like "Car" and "HTC Sense" and "GMail" and "Facebook", or just other general things that I haven't opened, or have previously closed. Is there a reason this is happening, and what's a good way to solve it?
Another thing is, is there a general consensus on the "best" custom kernel/ROM to try out? I don't think the root method I did from the tutorial video actually modded the kernel or ROM except for giving me root privileges, though I could be wrong about that. I checked out ViperROM Senseless and freEVO LTE, but wasn't sure which one would be better. I'm just wanting to kind of trim down on bloat on the phone. I don't exactly know what HTC Sense does, but I hear a lot of people complaining about it; perhaps someone could tell me exactly what it is.
Any insight is greatly appreciated!