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[q] evo4g rookie

hey guys, im new to this website thanks to a good friend of mine (he doesnt have an xda account but he has knowledge of it). I'm basically interested in XDA because i wanted more to do with my phone (EVO4G) and i have heard the best source of help would be XDA. i've had the phone since its release date and havent done much with it since i've gotten it. Now im convinced to "root" it and see how fun it is. i'm having trouble doing anything i've seen on youtube and i dont want to do anything stupid to damage it, but i'd love to know everything on rooting and the likes of it...anyone willing to help a brother out? LOL

1. welcome newbie..
2. yes you are in the right place...
3. what the hell took you so long?
4. did you see the sticky : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881747
5. yes, there are a lot of members that will help you...but remember .. it is best to do a quick search first.
6. what is your question?
7.. because its lucky!

You want to start on the unrevoke website,than download the software and hboot drivers,you need them to root your phone,without them it will not work.
Sent from my evil evo!!

Yeah man I'll help you out... Rooted my evo before I even made a phone call... You're going to be amazed at how much better your phone is rooted/customized...
The best advice I can give you is to READ... try the stuff out, if you have issues or questions, like dan330 said, search first cuz more than likely whatever you run into has already been figured out. I've been here a long time so I know what will get you help from the people that know what they are doing.
Check out this thread when you get done with the other... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701245
come back and tell us what you'd like to get started with and I'll walk you thru it if need be.

First of all make a backup of your rsa keys and wiimax.img that is your 4g keys ..just in case you loose them in the process of flashing stuff.....

Sources claim 2.2 Froyo delayed till january.

According to streaksmart.com there will be a delay to the official 2.2 froyo OTA update sorry guys.
Dont forget to thank me

no offense or anything, but it would be nice if you didnt open a new thread for every little update you hear, there are threads already made concerning the matters and you are only cluttering the boards. im not trying to single you out of anything but i personally cant stand it anymore. also i think your topic is wrong, its feb already
also, if people want to thank you they will, i dont know if its just me or not but for me it makes me less likely to thank you when you ask for it

Lol too funny
rptw said:
no offense or anything, but it would be nice if you didnt open a new thread for every little update you hear, there are threads already made concerning the matters and you are only cluttering the boards. im not trying to single you out of anything but i personally cant stand it anymore. also i think your topic is wrong, its feb already
also, if people want to thank you they will, i dont know if its just me or not but for me it makes me less likely to thank you when you ask for it
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Sorry Guys, my smartass little brother created this thread. My apology. Mods please delete this thread thank you.

Glorious - Blackhole 4.2

Hello everyone...
I want so badly to be able to post in teh Dev section to thank people for their work, but I do not have enough posts to do so...
I am a lurker - new to the Android world and loving every second of it... I generally do not believe in superfluous posts, but I need to simply reach 10 so I can thank people for their hard work and assist anyone running into issues that I also hit...
That said, I wanted to let you all know that I installed Blackhole 4.2 yesterday and it is wonderful. So as soon as it drops on here, consider it. I am using the phone that I have always wanted - and I am sure it will stay exactly the way it is for at least a week or two... until the next big exciting change gets made.
I truley never thought I would enjoy tinkering with a phone, modding bits and pieces of it so much... Sure, I have been modding cars for years, but now a phone... I am hooked and I want to thank this community for the wealth of info that we find in here and the good attitudes that go along with it...
Samsung Fascinate, EB01, Blackhole 4.2 FTW
Thank you Sonofskywalker3 for ALL your hard work!!

Good wirte up until you hit the "good attitudes that go along with it."
make a bad step an XDA and this place can be a bear!!

There's a thank you button for that. ;-)
Btw .... glorious ... Blackhole. I giggled a little.
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Yep Blackhole is the heat. I was going to start a new thread until I searched..lol but Im gonna give Blackhole (sonofskywalker3) and Super Dark (thatdudebutch) a huge shoutout. I've been using this combo from the beginning and have no reason to change up. Do yourself a favor and give it a try when it drops!!

JoeDat said:
Btw .... glorious ... Blackhole. I giggled a little.
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I could not resist...
I forget about the thanks button...

Where is this available? Can't seem to find it in the development section?
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Are you a VIP? I don't see the rom anywhere, so you must have the VIP privilege to download it before everyone else.

Its available now. Check development section and/or rom manager.
I actually like my Fascinate

iviustang50h said:
Are you a VIP? I don't see the rom anywhere, so you must have the VIP privilege to download it before everyone else.
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After doing some searching around I see now what this VIP stuff is all about.
Brings me back to my Blackberry Storm days
I am not VIP, but someone had just mentioned it is now avail so I will check it out there
Thanks

^ Cool - thanks. I am downloading it now.

2 more questions....

When i go in to settings and try to open up my display settings itforce closes. Any one else havingthat probbem? I HAVE THE LATEST DEXTER ROM
2. are there any movie down loading apps that allow you to rent movies? I have blockbuster on my evo and I can rent movies like iTunes.

Please go back and read dexmod there this has been stated alreadt there in the orignal post, there is a patch
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The second question, I dont think there is anything avaiable yet for these device yet that will allow you to rent movies.
This link may help: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990805
Sent from my Mynized EVo 4G

Thanks all...

Not to bash anyone but do people install thinks without reading anypart of it

rombold said:
Not to bash anyone but do people install thinks without reading anypart of it
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I don't think its bashing if its the truth seen over and over lol

I remember reading a forum whare someone said they had honeycomb or gingerbread for a certain phone just flash it with that .zip and you have it. Two responses later (Thanks for the Brick)

Look, i hear what you guys are saying about not doing your homework before asking a question but that thread is huge and I really don't understand a lot of it to be honest with you so I figured I would ask.. A friend of mine actually did the dexter rom on my a7 and i wasn't there when he did it. He was going to walk me through it before he went back to Afghanistan but we never got a chance to so here i am.
I am trying to read as much as i can so I don't have to ask you all. But for now I am a noob so you can get on me all you want but i am sure this isn't the last time i will ask a dumb question about something that was discussed somewhere else so please have some patients with me and the rest of the non-enlightened folk...
the A7 was very disappointing out of the box... i just want a better functioning tablet... same as you all.. and i am happy with it now.. I just need to figure out how to do the patch. I wouldn't suppose there a "for dummies" version of how to do this anywhere is there?

try out some video streaming sites thru the skyfire browser. if you cant find it on the market i could post a link for you.
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Yes, there are some know it all butt heads in this forum that leave yo guessing and having to ask again. Ignore those idiots-some of us do care.

The SofaKing said:
I am trying to read as much as i can so I don't have to ask you all. But for now I am a noob so you can get on me all you want but i am sure this isn't the last time i will ask a dumb question about something that was discussed somewhere else so please have some patients with me and the rest of the non-enlightened folk...
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You can always PM people that you see that are frequent posting, because when you ask a question about something that has been covered it drowns the important information, then we have other be lost, but me and others here would be glad to help, seeing as the community has started to grow
Sent from my Mynized EVo 4G

Noob I Am...kind of..

Hello, I'm a noob to rooting, but figured I'd slip in a hello, I barely got my Evo 4G rooted with Revolutionary since going to 2.3. I used to do a lot of iPhone jail breaking and figured this would be the same....I'm learning that it's not...still not sure what a kernel really is hah, anyway, yeah. Hello.

kshortes said:
Hello, I'm a noob to rooting, but figured I'd slip in a hello, I barely got my Evo 4G rooted with Revolutionary since going to 2.3. I used to do a lot of iPhone jail breaking and figured this would be the same....I'm learning that it's not...still not sure what a kernel really is hah, anyway, yeah. Hello.
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Welcome to the community. Just read a lot through the posts and all of your questions will be answered. Just remember to search before you post a question! Once again, welcome!

ubrg33k said:
Welcome to the community. Just read a lot through the posts and all of your questions will be answered. Just remember to search before you post a question! Once again, welcome!
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I was getting ready to post a question, then i searched it and there was my answer, but it came with a new question....which the answer was found the same way, people weren't kidding about this site when they tell me you can literally find anything here. Looking forward to getting more active here. Cheers.

Welcome to android. This site has really helped me learn a lot and I now feel comfortable modding all sorts of things on my evo. And like it was said, always search. There is a ton of info on here and if you can't find an answer, there are plenty of people to help
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Hello and welcome! Lots of info here, just start browsing.

Welcome. Agree with the OP about reading.

What I did to help me learn before rooting my Evo was to just read through the threads in Q&A and General. It gave me a lot of small bits of information that I didn't find in the guides and stickies, and really helped me familiarize myself with what I was getting into. Once I started knowing the answers to some of those questions, I tried to help out. That's really helped me to continue learning.
I'm in the process of doing it again for my boyfriend's Thunderbolt, trying to decipher what small differences there are between the two devices. I know it's usually the other way around - the boyfriend does the rooting stuff for his girl - but we're a couple of odd birds.
Anyway, great to see someone new taking the initiative to search out their questions! It's refreshing to say the least. Welcome to XDA
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good place to start
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701245
this helped me mucho!

plainjane said:
What I did to help me learn before rooting my Evo was to just read through the threads in Q&A and General. It gave me a lot of small bits of information that I didn't find in the guides and stickies, and really helped me familiarize myself with what I was getting into. Once I started knowing the answers to some of those questions, I tried to help out. That's really helped me to continue learning.
I'm in the process of doing it again for my boyfriend's Thunderbolt, trying to decipher what small differences there are between the two devices. I know it's usually the other way around - the boyfriend does the rooting stuff for his girl - but we're a couple of odd birds.
Anyway, great to see someone new taking the initiative to search out their questions! It's refreshing to say the least. Welcome to XDA
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I had to help my boy root his Thunderbolt and I just skimmed through the Thunderbolt threads for a root method that look similar and one that a lot of people seemed to say had little to no problems and went with it. He came from an Iphone as well and now has become quite a flashaholic. Every time I see him he has a new theme or trying new stuff. From what I have seen from that forum we share some of the same developers so it should not be an issue for you.
Honestly I know a lot of people get scared when messing with their phone but most things are common sense and if in doubt a search in here will help you out. Always read the OP over and over till you feel you got it down....
Enjoy and welcome to Android and XDA ...

jayshocka said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701245
this helped me mucho!
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I second this as well. Really helped me out at first.