Do you lose anything rooting the phone? I would like to do it, but I'm afraid of messing up the phone.
Well technically you shouldn't have to lose anything. You do have to go down from 2.2 to 2.1, root, then put whatever ROM you want. But you shouldn't have to lose anything if you back up everything the right way. Download the app AppBrain and sync all your apps there. And make sure you sync all your contacts with Google. You can even export your contacts to your SD card for extra measure and just import them when you're all done. If you're using LauncherPro or most other 3rd party launchers you can even back up your homescreen layout. As long as you read the directions, follow the directions perfectly, take your time, double check every command before you press enter you should be fine. I say go for it!
WOW what a difference I might have to try that ROM at some point later. Hay Jerzyiroc do you thing this thread belongs in the ROMs forum? Should I move it or do you want me to leave it here?
Ya this ROM is AWESOME. VaelPak 1.4 just came out, I heard the benchmarks are over 1600 and Linpacks 40+. I know there may be ROMS that beat that but it's coming from a Sense ROM and it's INSANELY stable. Literally 1 force close in the week I've had it and I'm using the phone all the time. I'd say give it a shot. It's Sense but with practically all Sense removed... I put it in the main Evo page because in the main page people are always talking about custom rom this custom rom that i can do this and i can do that with my custom rom n stuff but other people never get to see what we're talking about. So I figured let me make a few videos actually
showing them the differences. Maybe it'll help some people better understand the advantages of installing a custom rom, maybe some people are against the wall about it and this is the push to get them to do it, maybe some people doubt the claims that some of us make about the custom roms like the smoothness and responsiveness and now they can see it in action. It's up to you, you can put it in the Hacks section, but if you can leave it here. It'll shine some line on a subject that even myself was in the dark about. =D
Although I was waiting for a one click method to root this has convinced me to take the plunge now. Quick question though. Which Rom are you using ? Mind shooting a video of a game like nova with your current Rom?
I'm using the VaelPak v1.3a ROM. It's actually been updated to v1.4 and it's even better. You can find it here>
[ROM] VaelPak v1.4 FroYo (9/3/10) - NonSense - [BFS][OC][UV][FPSU] - xda-developers.
Edit: I'll try and shoot a video within the next few hours. Promise!