New to ROMs... What do you recommend for me?

[JacobMiW]

Features I'm looking for:

Fast speed
Increased battery life
If possible, get rid of the Sprint bloatware
Native screen capture
Sense 3.0 if possible. I need it to feel like a brand new phone.
No issues w/ downloading apps from Market.

I do NOT care for:
Music/video stuff

I do NOT play a ton of games, once I play a game, after a week, I'm bored.

So yeah... What do you recommend for someone like me? I also don't want to have to hassle with bugs/issues, would rather deal with a FINAL, STABLE build.

Oh, and one more thing - what FAQ do you recommend for a newbie like me to flash a ROM? Like I said, I'm very new to this.

 

[xcpefrmreality]

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=93488

I think this is what you want

It's mikg 2.61 thread here in this forum

 

[JacobMiW]

lmao i just started downloading that a few mins ago. using bootmanager, hopefully i dont need to be rooted to do this. wish me luuuuuuuuck

 

[xcpefrmreality]

lmao i just started downloading that a few mins ago. using bootmanager, hopefully i dont need to be rooted to do this. wish me luuuuuuuuck

Good luck!

Wait a sec.... Are you serious about wondering if you need root in order for this to work? Or is that a joke?

 

[JacobMiW]

"failed to back up boot.img"



cant find help online thru google, searched memory card (got a new one due to old one being corrupted)

what do i do next? do i download an app to make a boot.img?

oh, and I'm NOT rooted if that matters

 

[xcpefrmreality]

"failed to back up boot.img"



cant find help online thru google, searched memory card (got a new one due to old one being corrupted)

what do i do next? do i download an app to make a boot.img?

oh, and I'm NOT rooted if that matters

1) if you have a pirated version of boot manager, it won't work (not saying that you do, just saying)

2) you must be rooted for boot manager to get SU permissions.

 

[JacobMiW]

I got past that error. I was able to make a new boot.img file. NOW when i try to install a new rom, it says error building new boot.img.

gonna make a copy of boot img and put in that slot

 

[JacobMiW]

1) if you have a pirated version of boot manager, it won't work (not saying that you do, just saying)

2) you must be rooted for boot manager to get SU permissions.

1) No worries, def not pirated

2) ah so i should root first then?

 

[JacobMiW]

do you recommend unrevoked3 or unrevoked forever?

or do you recommend something else?

thanks, btw, for all ur help

 

[xcpefrmreality]

do you recommend unrevoked3 or unrevoked forever?

or do you recommend something else?

thanks, btw, for all ur help

If you are on android 2.3(gingerbread) then unrevoked won't work, that was for froyo. You need to visit revolutionary.io, I think that's the right name, google revolutionary root. I'll edit with a link for you in a sec.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=111357


And no prob on the help....just hit the thanks button, that's thanks enough

 

[JacobMiW]

public:revolutionary [RootWiki]

boy, looks like a load of work lol

 

[JacobMiW]

Does Revolutionary give me root?
No. You will need to flash this zipfile from recovery.

what does that mean - flash from recovery?

 

[JacobMiW]

so far im zeging root... takes a min or so it claims... we will see

 

[JacobMiW]

its updating everything in hboot/revvolutionry

 

[JacobMiW]

well, i didnt realize that it would flash my data... oops

 

[JacobMiW]

gotta re-install bootmanager, apk installer, etc, FML

 

[xcpefrmreality]

I've been rooted since the froyo days so I wont be much help with rovolutionary

 

[JacobMiW]

its cool, im just annoyed but it'll be fine, a fresh phone to use for rom installation is probably better off. im just providing updates so people in the future can link to this thread if they run into this problem

 

[JacobMiW]

now running bootmanager again

 

[xcpefrmreality]

Does Revolutionary give me root?
No. You will need to flash this zipfile from recovery.

what does that mean - flash from recovery?

Your recovery is like a mini OS, you can install/flash zips/roms from there. If I'm correct revolutionary will give you CWM recovery. Id suggest promply switching over to Amon RA recovery. Most EVO experienced flashers prefer it.

You can access recovery by holding vol down while pressing power when the phone is off, that'll actually take you to hboot and you can select reboot recovery from there.