looking for best custom rom

[leo5111]

im looking for the best ones and what tools do i need to root it? i have managed to root and custom rom my captivate and my friends vibrant now my HTC evo 4g friend wants his done..

 

[npark]

There isn't a "best" rom out there per se.

Your choices are between (1) Sense based ROMs, (2) AOSP (ish) ROMs--ROMs that have Sense removed for mostly AOSP experience, or (3) CynaogenMod--never had Sense, never will, based off AOSP open source.

There's no magic bullet. Each ROM has its advantages, and reasons why people like them. I suggest doing some research and reading up on each one. However, deciding whether you want an AOSP experience or Sense experience would greatly facilitate your decision process.

As for rooting, you should start your reading here: http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...-help-info-asking-help-updated-1-14-11-a.html That should be enough information for you to navigate the rooting process. If you have specific questions, circle back here and let us know.

 

[eaguil16]

Myn 2.2 rls5 is great

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[igotsanevo4g]

Hope you have read around as rooting the Evo isnt the same as vibrant/captivate. It takes more steps due to the need to unlock "nand". If you need help with it or anything, lots of helpful people are in this forum.

But if you already know that id say CM6/CM7 is the best, but if you need 4G and HDMI working then... Vealpak or MYN RLS5.

 

[leo5111]

ya i know about unlocking the nand not the how but i know you have to so help will be appreciated..

 

[leo5111]

Myn 2.2 rls5 is great

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does the 4g work? thanks

 

[igotsanevo4g]

does the 4g work? thanks

Yep.

 

[leo5111]

Yep.

i read you have to update the radio after installing the rom,what do i have to install after root to get it to reboot into recovery? and can the radio file be updated with phone booted up or in recovery mode before boot? thanks very much

 

[OrangeGTP]

i read you have to update the radio after installing the rom,what do i have to install after root to get it to reboot into recovery? and can the radio file be updated with phone booted up or in recovery mode before boot? thanks very much

flash the rom...then before rebooting flash the combo radio updates found here (all in recovery)...[ Radios ][ 12-17 ] All EVO Radio, WiMAX, PRI, NV & HBoot versions - xda-developers

 

[leo5111]

flash the rom...then before rebooting flash the combo radio updates found here (all in recovery)...[ Radios ][ 12-17 ] All EVO Radio, WiMAX, PRI, NV & HBoot versions - xda-developers

i downloaded that thanks, i thought id share this, i found digging around on xda, 1 click root&nand unlocker [Program] SimpleRoot .1 ---- 3 Click Root w/ nand unlock!! - xda-developers

 

[JayStation3]

Well as already mentioned in this thread - there is not one "best" ROM out there... they all are great in thier own right. You will have to just check each of them out and figure out which one you like the most. I have tried out "Frost", Myn 2.2 and MikFroyo - all were pretty good, but now I am considering going over to CM7 because they finally got the 4G working on it... we will see

Also - the one click root does not work on the newer EVO firmwares... I attempted it and I got stuck after the second reboot, I ended up having to do a manual recovery flash on my other EVO - Just use the new UnrEVOked3, it works for all versions of EVOs now and its a lot less painful

 

[leo5111]

Well as already mentioned in this thread - there is not one "best" ROM out there... they all are great in thier own right. You will have to just check each of them out and figure out which one you like the most. I have tried out "Frost", Myn 2.2 and MikFroyo - all were pretty good, but now I am considering going over to CM7 because they finally got the 4G working on it... we will see

Also - the one click root does not work on the newer EVO firmwares... I attempted it and I got stuck after the second reboot, I ended up having to do a manual recovery flash on my other EVO - Just use the new UnrEVOked3, it works for all versions of EVOs now and its a lot less painful

ok i downloaded that , thanks

 

[enzofall]

Hope you have read around as rooting the Evo isnt the same as vibrant/captivate. It takes more steps due to the need to unlock "nand". If you need help with it or anything, lots of helpful people are in this forum.

But if you already know that id say CM6/CM7 is the best, but if you need 4G and HDMI working then... Vealpak or MYN RLS5.

+1 cm for aosp
myn for sense

 

[igotsanevo4g]

i downloaded that thanks, i thought id share this, i found digging around on xda, 1 click root&nand unlocker [Program] SimpleRoot .1 ---- 3 Click Root w/ nand unlock!! - xda-developers

That works for 2.1 only, not 2.2

In the good old days we could downgrade to 2.1 from 2.2, root with that and flash a 2.2 rom, but with all the hboots flying around now that method got killed

 

[Michael.reese2010]

I rooted my EVO manually. But my friend asked me to root his while I was at work so I jjust tried to use unrevoked3. It didn't work so I used Z4root to temp root it. And then I h
just ran unrevoked3 while temporarily rooted. Worked perfect

 

[looloo2345]

hands down if you want the best rom vaelpak is the way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[SmokeCrawler]

Cm6 for a stable rom but cm7 is pretty stable for a nightly. It does have some bugs

Vaelpak is an awesome rom with everything working. The Dev of the rom Vaelek is very responsive to questions and involved with his followers on his site

 

[cloak.n.dagger]

I ran into a lot of instability issues with CM6 (but a lot of others have not). I had great success with

VaelPak 3.0: [ROM] VaelPak 3.0 [01/01/11] - NonSense - [SBC-NOHAVSv8] - 3.70.651.1 OTA - xda-developers

and

Myn's 2.2 RLS5: [ROM] Myn?s Warm TwoPointTwo - [RLS 5 - 01/07/2011] - More Than Meets The Eye! - xda-developers

I am now running Myn's ROM with Netarchy Toastmod 4.2.1 Kernel and seem to have great performance with great battery life.

 

[eldub1]

I using rom manager. Are there any other steps to flash myn?

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[dw3bb10]

I also had BAD stability issues with CM6. Couldnt even get CM7 to boot. Currently running Myn 2.2 RLS5 and I LOVE IT! I recommend it.