Best rom for inactive Evo? - EVO 4G General

Which rom are you guys using? I want to use mine as media player, remote, client for GTalk and voice calls using google voice.
I know Ubersonic is made for this. But its an ICS rom and I've had some stability issues with ICS. Is any other rom basically the same once airplane mode is turned on? I'd like things like Beats audio along with good wifi/gps and battery life.

ECrispy said:
Which rom are you guys using? I want to use mine as media player, remote, client for GTalk and voice calls using google voice.
I know Ubersonic is made for this. But its an ICS rom and I've had some stability issues with ICS. Is any other rom basically the same once airplane mode is turned on? I'd like things like Beats audio along with good wifi/gps and battery life.
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Reloaded .500 in orginal development on airplane mode gives crazy good battery life
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ECrispy said:
Which rom are you guys using? I want to use mine as media player, remote, client for GTalk and voice calls using google voice.
I know Ubersonic is made for this. But its an ICS rom and I've had some stability issues with ICS. Is any other rom basically the same once airplane mode is turned on? I'd like things like Beats audio along with good wifi/gps and battery life.
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Try Sevoca's ICS Strike! rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812324
It gets awesome battery life, in addition to built in support for cpu/ram configurations.
Everything seems to work, but front camera, and video recording is still glitchy (audio won't record, and video records around 5fps at 640x480)

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Music player recommendations

Hi folks, can anyone recommend a good music player. Would new great if it could also download mp3's but guess that's asking for too much.There are just so many out there
Thanks.
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Stock Galaxy S is the best IMHO. I wish I could get it on my Atrix.
If you want to explore 3rd party then you might want to give Winamp a chance...
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PowerAMP is really great.
Anyway, no matter what music player you take, dont forget to combine it with a voodoo sound app/kernel
Thanks guys, got the full voodoo app, just wish there was 1 app to play, download, recognise, show lyrics and allow you to place library where you wanted, would pay a lot for that, sigh!
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MIUI or Winamp - I use both
i love the look of the MIUI music player its really nice, with some nice features
And Winamp lets me sync with my PC so i have all my music from my hard drive sent to my phone via WiFi - love this feature
Definitely PowerAmp. It's worthed. Best sound quality and features.
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Thanks guys, got the full voodoo app, just wish there was 1 app to play, download, recognise, show lyrics and allow you to place library where you wanted, would pay a lot for that, sigh!
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The other guys are right but try soundhound aswell to complete the package.
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ccrows said:
Stock Galaxy S is the best IMHO. I wish I could get it on my Atrix.
If you want to explore 3rd party then you might want to give Winamp a chance...
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i too love stock player, with one major issue thou, if choose albums, or folders view, and switch to thumbnail view, and than exit player, it doesn't remember where i was, but open 'ALL view' every time player starts, it's really retarded behavior, from eclair to froyo, all the same
is there any workaround for this?
DoubleTwist
mortplayer if you wan t play folders
C3 if you like a good visual interface
Another vote for PowerAMP...just an excellent all around player with a great EQ and presets.
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PowerAmp, I've tried loads but none of them really match it, having said that I use FLAC rather than mp3. Player Pro is another decent alternative
meridian, why?
one may say it is ugly but
you can build playlist by picking files
you can play folders
you can select cue playlist
it can also play flac files
and it is also very good for video
i've only used stock SGS player and poweramp so far (both with voodoo sound module) and,regarding audio quality,the stock player is by far superior in my opinion.
just compare them by yourself and you'll find out how much weaker poweramp sounds.
there's also the new music player from launcherpro's dev,which has a really well done zune/metro interface. it's really smooth and it comes with widget,artworks download etc..it will also feature an EQ in the next builds if you are on gingerbread. on froyo you can use voodoo hw EQ which will come in the next realeases of the app.
lastest alpha build: http://launcherpro.com/music/
thread here on xda: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089808
PowerAmp is great, but once it gets running it never wants to quit. Has anybody figured out how to stop it from running in the background, and draining juice after you quit.? It's the main reason I stick with the stock player, which has a bunch of features if you dig deep enough.
DoubleTwist, simple and powerfull, free and combining a lot of features. Good replacement for the stock player.
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PowerAmp is great, but once it gets running it never wants to quit. Has anybody figured out how to stop it from running in the background, and draining juice after you quit.? It's the main reason I stick with the stock player, which has a bunch of features if you dig deep enough.
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In the advanced options, you have «keep service». Untick it.
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There is a Music Player named ³.
just type "music player" without "" in the market and scroll down. you ´ll find it quick because of its short name.
It cant download music but it has the best design for me and an equalizer. Its free and AD-free.
slimboyslim
SGS with Voodoo my experience and help required!
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I have SGS with Voodoo for last couple of months. Would love to share my experience here:
With Voodoo sound takes quantum leap from stock
I am at 2.2 froyo and Voodoo control at the moment. It has good mid range, punchy with my Brainwavz M2 and better than most phones I have ever heard, still not as detailed as most reviews make me believe
With control plus (I bought it few days back), sound quality deteriorated for me. Very muddy. So, i revoked superuser permission went back to free ver and it is much better
Yesterday tried to compare iPhone 4 with my SGS, same song, Brainwavz M2 and Senn CX 400 as earphones. I dont like to admit but iPhone was much better than SGS - Bass, clarity, stereo effect (Most pronounced); I noticed some parts which I never thought were there. SGS was much louder for sure but over all I was a bit dissapointed with SGS.
My questions to people in forum - is it my earphone? Am I doing anything wrong? I am in Darky's 9.5 with kernel having voodoo sound implementation.
I use stock and poswer amp and feel without any eq or effects, poweramp is a bit better than stock although stock's ui (in Darky's rom) is much better
Can my SGS sound as good as iPhone 4? I had huge hopes before gettign SGS after reading views of people in XDA and here. Overall I would still buy SGS again, it beats iPhone every other parameter..but SQ is close to my heart!
I couldnt post this in dev's forum as i am new and I feel most of the others here would know better than me
Any answers are welcome!
Is there any iPod touch look-a-like players? I love the ui of my Touch music player and would like to get similar to my SGS when I get it soon...
PowerAMP and the one from miui are very good

Major EF02 improvements from EE03.

- Smoothness
- gps works
- radio works flawlessly (I'm using ec05 modem.)
- when unplugging aux cable while playing music w/ stock music player, it stops music.
- LED notification light is working now.
- Removal of Clear level 2 RAM so newbies don't break anything.
Netflix IS working!
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This update might now keep Epic users from throwing their phones out the window
nimaim said:
This update might now keep Epic users from throwing their phones out the window
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Or keep them from jumping ship so soon!
Op did you try the EF02 or EF10 Modem?
Audio has been completely scratch/stutter free, even with voodoo audio on so far. That alone makes me love this update.
CapsLockKey said:
Audio has been completely scratch/stutter free, even with voodoo audio on so far. That alone makes me love this update.
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Might the bluetooth routing bugs (where all audio comes out of the ear speaker after disconnecting) be fixed too?
But THAT is wonderful news and what I was hoping for. I have had way too much trouble making my Epic a reliable media player which can multitask, and it's Touchwiz bugs taking most of the blame for the stuttering, in my experience. Has the stock music player changed at all? They did away with some features from the Eclair one which were actually better, which I didn't appreciate...
Ffc still sideways while video chatting?
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DroidApprentice said:
Might the bluetooth routing bugs (where all audio comes out of the ear speaker after disconnecting) be fixed too?
But THAT is wonderful news and what I was hoping for. I have had way too much trouble making my Epic a reliable media player which can multitask, and it's Touchwiz bugs taking most of the blame for the stuttering, in my experience. Has the stock music player changed at all? They did away with some features from the Eclair one which were actually better, which I didn't appreciate...
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Looks like it's the same one as Froyo. I use Poweramp so rarely ever touch the stock player.
CapsLockKey said:
Looks like it's the same one as Froyo. I use Poweramp so rarely ever touch the stock player.
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Thanks. Now can you or someone else test the bluetooth routing? (To test, play something through stereo BT, then switch to voice headset mode on another device by placing or taking a call, then see after you disconnect both devices if media audio is routed incorrectly through the phone ear speaker like it is in Froyo.)
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Thanks. Now can you or someone else test the bluetooth routing? (To test, play something through stereo BT, then switch to voice headset mode on another device by placing or taking a call, then see after you disconnect both devices if media audio is routed incorrectly through the phone ear speaker like it is in Froyo.)
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Audio is routed correctly. I just played Pandora in my car over Bluetooth for about 30 min, placed a couple of calls over Bluetooth, and then placed a call when I got home. All worked great!
Anyone else notice that ram usage is crazy high? Mine is at 285mn
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jfharden said:
Audio is routed correctly. I just played Pandora in my car over Bluetooth for about 30 min, placed a couple of calls over Bluetooth, and then placed a call when I got home. All worked great!
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Yayuh. ^_^
Noticing a SEVERE battery drain when in a dead area (searching for signal constantly). At 15% and made one phone call for 1 minute in a period of 7 hours.
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Has anyone tested to see if the FM radio works with EF02?
There were reports of some people had it working under EE03.
monke30butt said:
Has anyone tested to see if the FM radio works with EF02?
There were reports of some people had it working under EE03.
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I'll test it right now.
monke30butt said:
Has anyone tested to see if the FM radio works with EF02?
There were reports of some people had it working under EE03.
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I tried but couldn't get it to scan any channels. Feel free to try it yourself. Flashable zip right here.
No FM radio for me.
My LED notification light is working now.
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No FM radio for me.
My LED notification light is working now.
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Almost forgot about that, added to OP.
Overstew said:
Noticing a SEVERE battery drain when in a dead area (searching for signal constantly). At 15% and made one phone call for 1 minute in a period of 7 hours.
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Was that with the Ec05 modem or the ef02 modem? I get fairly bad battery drain while at work. From the reports that I've heard, it sounds like the ef02 modem has greatly increased signal strength.
how can i use radio on ef02?
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Almost forgot about that, added to OP.
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Led noifications didn't work for you guys?
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Warms 2.3

Who would like to see this running stock? Or who would like this to be as senseless as possible and still run beats audio with Miui launcher?
Beats audio doesn't even work with any evo4g rom .......
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Also if it was stock it wouldn't be a "Warm" rom
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What? 2 posts and neither make sense what exactly are you asking? Beats requires hardware to fully function you only get partial functionality with the Beats app and a beats enabled kernel, for true beats you need a beats enabled audio processor along with the software and it's overrated unless you listen to alot of rap/hip-hop r&b or pop, rock doesn't sound that great on it I have a laptop with a beats audio processor, beats speakers and beats headphones, sounds great when I listen to rap/r&b but southern rock and metal sound like total crap and way over bassed
We are legion, for we are many.
What I am getting at is gutting as much as you can of sense and leaving whats required for beats to work and you are mistaken because beats works on warm 2.3 you can enable and disable and difference is night and day? I apologize for any confusion. Also by stock I mean the way it was released to us. That should have been obvious.
rombold said:
What I am getting at is gutting as much as you can of sense and leaving whats required for beats to work and you are mistaken because beats works on warm 2.3 you can enable and disable and difference is night and day? I apologize for any confusion.
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It doesn't work when you enable beats it goes into a debugging mode the true effect is not there
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it has worked on mine I can enable and disable get sound from both and as mentioned sound is night and day. It might not work to my knowledge but something is working with it because there is a huge difference in clarity.
rombold said:
it has worked on mine I can enable and disable get sound from both and as mentioned sound is night and day. It might not work to my knowledge but something is working with it because there is a huge difference in clarity.
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It might sound somewhat "better" but it doesnt work fully like if you had a 3vo you could tell the difference from our "beats" compared to ours
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I love the feel of Miui and would like a gutted warm 2.3 cooked up with the min req for the beats to function as it is currently thats what i am getting at. Anyone wanna cook this up?
rombold said:
I love the feel of Miui and would like a gutted warm 2.3 cooked up with the min req for the beats to function as it is currently thats what i am getting at.
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Just install the miui launcher on xda delete Rosie.apk and lock screen and remove Widgets and that's it
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That's more or less what I did but I feel like someone who is more familiar with dissection a rom would be able to remove all the unnecessary apks. That and miui rom and launcher differ quit alot I would want as much miui integrated. basically a hybrid sense aosp of some sorts
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That's more or less what I did but I feel like someone who is more familiar with dissection a rom would be able to remove all the unnecessary apks
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Can probably expect someone to do it later since its only had one release so when it gets a couple more updates someone will jump in most likely
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Omg beats requires hardware as well as software for full functionality you can get the same effect as beats on an evo4g with proper eq settings trust me beats on the evo4g doesn't sound anything like the real deal real beats with hardware sounds like a studio with huge subwoofers trust me my laptop was close to 2grand and my headphones were 185 I know what real beats sounds like personally I wish I had bought the Bose audio driver laptop and the Bose noise cancelling headphones instead cuz I don't even use the beats that much I ususally use winamp pro with custom eq settings to listen to a mix of music I only turn on beats when I'm listening to all rap/r&b
We are legion, for we are many.
http://www.dshack.net/2011/10/what-the-heck-is-beats-audio.html
That page has images of what the beats "audio processor" does. Basically it's an eq, with good marketing. It's all going to depend on the quality of the headphones you are using also. You can create similar results using any eq. But as Evil said, true beats requires hardware and kernel support our evos do not have. Would you like some tips on recreating the beats sound with any eq?
Edit: Google the equal loudness curve. It's an eq setting most people find quite pleasing.
And remember people your audio is only going to be as good as your cheapest or crappiest piece in the system. I.e. $5000 speakers through a $500 amp or cheap ass cables won't sound like$5000 speakers.
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Ideas for DX after life as a phone?

I posted this question in another forum, and have some great responses so far, but I wanted to see what people's opinions were here as well:
This topic may sound a bit strange, but I'm wondering what people have done/plan to do once they have upgraded to a new phone after using the DX. Ideally, I'd like to use it for multimedia/music purposes but I'm wondering if there have ever been any ROMs or anything similar that could perhaps save some internal storage space or increase battery life by getting rid of the "data" and phone/radio aspects of the device. I do have the official Motorola car and home/multimedia docks so I can still find some realistic uses for my DX (especially if I'm trying to save battery on my new S3) but I wanted to see if anyone has ever done this and what ideas people may have. I realize that battery life could potentially be significantly better with no data usage (aside from occasional wi-fi) though, to be honest, I don't even know if what I'm asking about is even technically possible (i.e- creating a ROM for this purpose only) but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks!
It makes a good streaming media player.
There aren't any ROMs that remove the phone functionality, but there's always airplane mode.
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I've turned my DX into a VOIP home phone using sipdroid. I also use it for Torque and hooking up as a media streaming player to the speakers in my garage.
I'm running Gingerbread CM 7.1 kang and have used sqlite to disable the "disabling" of wifi in airplane mode. I get a solid two days of use before charging.
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Rom to use for Evo as a media device only

I think I saw some discussion on this but I can't find it. Looking for a rom which has no phone features, so the Evo can be used purely on wifi for media playback, browsing etc. I am planning to use it to make calls via SIP/Google Voice on wifi only, and the primary use will be for media.
If the cell radios are disabled, battery life should go up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850220
[ROM][For inactive devices]Ubersonic RC1
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You mean this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850220
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850220
[ROM][For inactive devices]Ubersonic RC1
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Thanks, that looks great.
I was excited for ubersonic and my decommissioned Evo. I flashed it and was disappointed, so then I removed it. The concept is good, the rom I didn't think much of.
One thing to remember is that Netflix doesn't work on ICS and that's something I'm using the device for still, lol.
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I was excited for ubersonic and my decommissioned Evo. I flashed it and was disappointed, so then I removed it. The concept is good, the rom I didn't think much of.
One thing to remember is that Netflix doesn't work on ICS and that's something I'm using the device for still, lol.
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That's a good point. So would a GB rom in airplane mode be just as good?
ECrispy said:
That's a good point. So would a GB rom in airplane mode be just as good?
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Sure
Shouldn't be too hard to make a updater script to remove the phone parts. Ill see what I can do.
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ECrispy said:
That's a good point. So would a GB rom in airplane mode be just as good?
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That's what I'm doing now
I ordered myself a long HDMI cable for it too. The phone is actually going to be a dedicated Netflix and gaming device for my bedroom TV. Now with an AOSP rom on there I can finally use my bluetooth gamepad.
Any stable GB rom is good for using it for primarily media device with HDMI use. I carry a wifi hotspot device with me so I just run my devices off of that and keep them in airplane mode. I combo Google voice and talkatone for free calls and texting. I've also synced my wiimote to the EVO via Bluetooth so that I can just control it from my couch to play videos and games on my big screen.
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That's a good point. So would a GB rom in airplane mode be just as good?
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No bluetooth when in airplane mode or has that issue been sorted out? Great idea gutting all the phone software and turning this into a HDMI netflix streaming tool.
Pre-dawn raid said:
No bluetooth when in airplane mode or has that issue been sorted out? Great idea gutting all the phone software and turning this into a HDMI netflix streaming tool.
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Was that an issue? I don't think I've ever had trouble turning individual radios like wifi and bluetooth back on when airplane mode is enabled.
I logged some serious time last night with the OG in airplane mode playing SNES with a bluetooth controller.
deathsled said:
Was that an issue? I don't think I've ever had trouble turning individual radios like wifi and bluetooth back on when airplane mode is enabled.
I logged some serious time last night with the OG in airplane mode playing SNES with a bluetooth controller.
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Nevermind, just tried it on my current rom and it works fine. I distinctly remember bluetooth being disabled when airplane mode was turned on but that might have been on a stock rom or something.
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Nevermind, just tried it on my current rom and it works fine. I distinctly remember bluetooth being disabled when airplane mode was turned on but that might have been on a stock rom or something.
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Well when you turn on Airplane mode it shuts down all radios (mobile network, wifi, and bluetooth) but then you can turn back on the ones you want (maybe not mobile network since that would totally defeat the purpose of Airplane mode)
I'm looking to use my Evo as a music player (through bluetooth) and offline GPS in my car when I get an Evo LTE in a couple of weeks. What version of Android would be the most efficeint for this? I'm still using 2.3.5 now. Would there be a benefit to going to ICS?
I will try out Ubersonic first and see how that works for me.
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I'm looking to use my Evo as a music player (through bluetooth) and offline GPS in my car when I get an Evo LTE in a couple of weeks. What version of Android would be the most efficeint for this? I'm still using 2.3.5 now. Would there be a benefit to going to ICS?
I will try out Ubersonic first and see how that works for me.
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Hi I am looking for something similar. Did you have any luck with Ubersonic? How did it work for you?
johnsonjf said:
Hi I am looking for something similar. Did you have any luck with Ubersonic? How did it work for you?
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I sold my Evo before I got around to using it.
johnsonjf said:
Hi I am looking for something similar. Did you have any luck with Ubersonic? How did it work for you?
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I just installed Ubersonic, I'll let you know what I think about it after rolling with it for a few days.
It pretty much looks like what I am after so far though.
jaysus145 said:
I just installed Ubersonic, I'll let you know what I think about it after rolling with it for a few days.
It pretty much looks like what I am after so far though.
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I ended up taking the plunge with Ubersonic too. I tried Thundershock but found that Ubersonic was smoother and more responsive. Only downside is that I don't have that ability to make emergency calls (I want to keep the phone in my car).
However, other than that, Ubersonic is pretty trim and fast.

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