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[Epic 4G Accessories] zeoran:
I just got an Epic 4G and while the 16GB microsd card is plenty of space for most stuff, once I start putting alot of converted movies on there, it will disappear fast. Now, I had another 16GB microsd card, along with a class 6 8GB card and a 4GB card, all micro-sd. Is there any way at all to plug something into the micro-usb port on the top of the Epic and have a micro-sd reader at the other end and then have the phone be able to mount the extra/2nd micro-sd card so I can then play movies/etc from there rather than having to constantly pull off the back cover and swap cards?

~Z
[Epic 4G Accessories] b0yc4tt:
This seems pretty impossible, i looked up some info on the subject and

well... all results were negative :(

how hard is it really to swap out that little card on the back though! i mean come on, years ago we had to swap out vcr tapes for ONE movie!
[Epic 4G Accessories] Xhyperion:
+1

Also I have two 32 gb cards on me. One for movies and music. The other for everything else
[Epic 4G Accessories] Grommish:
I've got a 10" SuperPad running 2.2. (Flytouch2) It has 2 regular usb ports and will read thumb drives just fine. (Ud0 and ud1)

Leads me to believe it would be kernal based. If you has a female usb to microusb male and a usb micro reader, as long as the kernal had support I don't see why it couldn't be done.. but the devs would need to confirm or deny.
[Epic 4G Accessories] austin420:
it could simply be a driver issue. i may try to splice a few cables tomite.
[EVO 4G General] treckin:
The first thing I noticed was the smooth app switching transitions. Then I noticed that deleting large text threads works smoothly for the first time. Then I noticed that the 3g radio wakes up faster. Then I tried 4g where I never ever have gotten a signal before and I get 1 bar. The sense clock has flipping tiles. The update caused me to have to clear the voicemail icon in settings>phone. The browser is snappier and pinch/zoom is smoother. The browser address bar now clears the entire address including the http:// prefix when selected with a single tap.
[EVO 4G General] ItsLasher:
My first and only impression is a half assed release which is missing quite a few features from the default Google release and white paper.
[EVO 4G General] Wifflepig:
You'd need to make citations, list what you think is missing from your updated phone - before anyone takes this hearsay comment seriously.
[EVO 4G General] ItsLasher:
Music player EQ

Keyboard

Green bits and icons

Camera update

Various effects--App draw for starters

Wider APP2SD use---Motorola \Samsung has it working

These are what I have found so far that is Android standards and are NOT in this update. Plus there is the addition of TeleNav GPS as bloatware that will not get used.

All the above and no Sense update so what was the point in all this and also all the months of waiting for nothing.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
The point was to make people feel good about having "gingerbread"
[EVO 4G General] slipshft:
It also breaks the Netflix app.
[EVO 4G General] Genjinaro:
First impression?

Its missing Sense 2.0... WTF? :( I might as well had stayed with 2.33 beta, my brightness was usually set that way anyway.

*Sigh* oh well, happy anniversary I guess. :rolleyes: 35 days to go of it untill I get 3.0.
[EVO 4G General] craig198:
horrible. the only thing I wanted fixed (audio quality of the video) didnt get touched. or if they did its way worse than the leaked roms of months ago.
[EVO 4G General] novanosis85:
It's the other way around. Netflix needs to update their app to work on this Evo 2.3
[EVO 4G General] driguez:
No
[EVO 4G General] ItsLasher:
No Netflix works with 2.3 just not this botched release this morning.

• HTC Incredible with Android 2.2

• HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2, 2.3

• HTC Evo 4G with Android 2.2

• HTC G2 with Android 2.2

• Samsung Nexus S with Android 2.3

• Motorola Droid with Android 2.2

• LG Revolution with Android 2.2

• Casio G'zOne Commando C771 with Android 2.2
[EVO 4G General] nickb519:
I am suprised that they did not add a sence update to this I had expected a sence update and a camera update. I wonder if htc has mad a statment on wht they did not upgrade sence. I really was hoping for the camera update. I have yet to install the update. I am doing it now but once i get installed it sounds like i will be diapointed.

upated it, well it did congradulate me for updating.
[EVO 4G General] Stuke00:
None of those 2.3's you listed run HTC Sense.
[EVO 4G General] ItsLasher:
Still the same version of Sense and up until this morning the app worked just fine so you can't blame it on Sense it's all the other BS they did to the ROM.
[EVO 4G General] ktrotter11:
No gingersende rom works, point blank..

Rooted users are aware of the issue which more than likely is kernel compatibility issues it seems

Try and understand why before complaining please
[EVO 4G General] notinkeys:
It takes mine three and a half minutes to start up (consistently, and have rebooted it 4 times today.) Friend Caster doesn't work now, either. Neither would APPS2SD.

So far, not impressed.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
That's the point. N1/NS/NS4G run ASOP 2.3. HTC Sense 2.3 is just AOSP with Sense and HTC's modifications. If Netflix works on AOSP, and all Android ROMs are based on AOSP (which they are), then Netflix isn't at fault. HTC is.
[EVO 4G General] ItsLasher:
This is my point exactly.
[EVO 4G General] MrDrumngun:
So far I am not impressed with it. It may be smoother and all but it's the same boring sense. No inclusions of all the cool features of GB like the power widgets from pulling down the status bar. No theme chooser. No over scroll effect. No Screen off animations. **** is pretty gay to be honest. They could have at least made it a little more exciting.
[EVO 4G General] craig198:
let me answer with a question....could it be any gayyyyyer? lol
[EVO 4G General] bkrodgers:
Both of those are Cyanogen features, not gingerbread features. Doesn't mean HTC couldn't add something like them, but they're not part of AOSP as far as I know.
[EVO 4G General] dougdascenzo:
They did add notification power controls as part of the later versions of Sense, which we did not get in this update.
[EVO 4G General] SoraX64:
I'm sure 99% of the complaints made here will be solved by developers making custom ROMs. Did anybody seriously expect a huge change?
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
My first impressions is

1.Smooth for being a stock Rom

2Faster

3.A lot of internel memory before even deleting bloat. So no a2sd is needed. Imo..

4. Actually have 4G in my house 1 bar but better then none.

I actually might stay with this Rom for a little while. Imo the things that would make this Rom perfect for me. Is if it had power control widget in the notification drop down. And percentage inside the battery. Which I'm sure is just around the corner.

Sent from inside my Nissan S14 Zenki
[EVO 4G General] imex99:
If I do a nandroid backup and then update, can I go back to my nandroid or willl it destroy root?
[EVO 4G General] Genjinaro:
At least some change (i.e. Sense 2.0) Not gonna lie. This was beyond weak, EVO Shift users are dining on the ROM I thought we'd both have.
[EVO 4G General] theoner1:
Anyone notice when powering off the device you cannot power it back on with just a single click on the power button. I have to press and hold the power button in order to power up and in a really strange faster bootup. Also can't press volume down button and power at the same time to go into bootloader mode due to this power up behavior.

I'm using xHausx rooted-Odex version with all the lastest radios and pri. Even older radios and pri have this same power up behavior.
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
If you nandroid back up then update as in the rooted OTA, you will be able to just use your nand back up if you don't like the Rom. But if you update via Sprint OTA you lose root and won't be able to use your backup until a dev figures out how to root the new bootloader or what not.

Sent from inside my Nissan S14 Zenki
[EVO 4G General] :
It's Netflix that needs to update their app people! How ignorant must one be? Netflix hasn't been made compatible with running a 2.3GB Sense yet. If the EVO 3D was released today, people would still not be able to use netflix. Sense isn't just a theme or a skin. It is deeply integrated into Androids framework. I think this update was good because my phone is hella snappy.

So don't blame it for being a "crappy update" because it wasn't one.

Edit: Well I be damned, it seems someone found a fix to the Netflix problem.
[EVO 4G General] slipshft:
The performance is better, much like I experienced on the N1. Although a UI update would have been nice.
[EVO 4G General] :
+1

"Perfect is almost good enough"
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
I saw your edit, which good news, but I want to make a point. The fact that Netflix has to update their app to work on the same (or almost same) base OS is what's wrong with Android but more specifically with OEM modifications like HTC Sense. As I stated earlier, Sense is built on the same source as the N1 and Nexus S. The fact that HTC took it upon themselves to modify it to the point that it breaks an important app shows why a lot of good developers don't even bother with Android. So while it's up to Netflix to ensure that its app works(and as a paid service provider its an incentive for them afterall), HTC is at a greater fault for further degrading the Android ecosystem. Ideally, HTC should take the initiative to ensure that they build software that does not create those kinds of incompatibilities.

Of course, judging by HTCs actions, they probably are more worried about launching their own app store or having you purchase media from their own stores.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
This is not true
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
You know what your right. Netflix is only provisioned for certain devices. My point is still true foe many apps.
[EVO 4G General] life:
ummm.. from my understanding this is the same as the leaked version, only your getting new radio's and pri, and kernel.

if you want a update for sense buy the shift or 3d, or download one of the many roms available, already made with sense 2.1 or sense 3.0, evo 4g wont get an update for sense until after the 3d is released,if we get one at all, so that you will still want the 3d over evo. if they updated sense why then would you want to get 3d as soon as it is released instead of later when price goes down a bit.

with this release all the 2.3.3 roms that are already made, will no longer have the brightness issues, or whatever else issues caused by lack of updated radio or kernel. also its not htc releasing update but sprint. and sprint just wants new customers for a new 2 years, your already stuck for the rest of your contract weither it be 2 years or 1 year, or just a couple more months.

just my opinion, please dont offense.
[EVO 4G General] archtech3d:
Has anyone noticed an issue with a "New Voicemail (2)" notification coming up every time the phone switches towers/roams/tower to Air Rave? I manually clear it through the settings, but it keeps coming back. I deleted all new and saved voicemails and it still comes back.

I noticed this on the leaked version. I unrooted today and installed official because I'm switching to the 3D soon... figured this issue would go away after official comes out.

Few other people having same issue:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=969280&posted=1#post969280
[EVO 4G General] Odeezie:
Am I the only one experiencing speech to text issues? It seems super slow and I can't tell if it's reading my voice or not because the little microphone isn't "lighting up" to indicate it's detecting speech.
[EVO 4G General] tempe38:
Bleh, Sense still doesn't go into landscape mode. Back to Launcher Pro.
[EVO 4G General] tempe38:
No biggie, but kind of odd, when it boots up (and it boots FAST!) the screen is really dark. And everything looks like they used smaller fonts.
[EVO 4G General] Lokifish Marz:
??? since when

I'm watching dollhouse on netflix 1.2.1/CM7.0.3/Tiamat right now.
[EVO 4G General] bparvin:
Um where is this fix? I am apparently searching the wrong keywords because I can't find a fix.
[EVO 4G General] dozybolox13:
can't get over how fast it boots! Only takes it about 1-2 seconds till lock screen.

I can't get into the bootloader anymore :( but at least ROM Manager can get to recovery for me.
[EVO 4G General] bparvin:
It is the new "Fast Boot" option that is part of the newer Sense 1.0. You can turn it off if you need to get into bootloader. (I think it is under settings->applications)
[EVO 4G General] SoraX64:
I'm loving it. Since I have a Nova screen, I've been plagued by the brightness issue until now. Now that's gone.

I remember back to the few months I was unrooted and on stock, how slow and annoying it was, the terrible battery life, super hot temperatures.. all of that is gone. Everything is really snappy and smooth. Battery is good so far, but I haven't turned off my screen once in the hour or so I've been booted. Not having a single issue so far, no force closes, no Wifi/data problems, nothing.

Sure, it isn't Sense 2.1, but I think it is definitely a worthwhile update. The devs will have some fun with this. The Sense 2.1/GB ROMs so far have left me with a sour taste in my mouth because of a few different issues, and now I look forward to the new ROMs we'll be seeing.
[EVO 4G General] theoner1:
Why can't you get into bootloader? Are you still rooted and enter recovery via ROM Manager?

Edit: NVM he beat me to it
[EVO 4G General] dozybolox13:
Awesome thanks!

Now i just feel stupid :)
[EVO 4G General] tempe38:
What's the brightness issue?
[EVO 4G General] klbjr:
Wow! No updated Sense? Well I'll have to take your guys word for it because of course, as my luck would have it, I drop my Evo, Seidio 3500, Extended case and Lexar 32GB Class 10 card, 4 flights down the elevator shaft at work. And if that wasn't bad enough there is a a 6-8ft space from bottom of elevator and lowest floor filled with about a foot of water & hydraulic oil. Thank goodness for TEP! Well I'll have to contact HTC about this because I received this email from them just this morning regarding the updated Sense:
[EVO 4G General] bparvin:
What am I? Chopped liver?? just kidding... =)
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
What will suck is the chance of you now possibly getting an already 2.3.3 updated EVO, locked bootloader and all.
[EVO 4G General] SComp23:
Anyone know how to get WiMAX Notifier working on 2.3?
[EVO 4G General] intheb0x:
boo this is what WE been waiting for?

i am NOT impressed.

htc dropped the ball on this one..

with this old ass sense.

what a joke.
[EVO 4G General] dude64:
Haven't seen anyone mention this. I'm having issue with the HTC clock/weather widget. Now, it doesn't show weather without turning on the location services. I can't even select any other city, the moment I turn off the location services, the stupid thing goes back to a text prompt to turn on the location services. Anyone else having the same problem? I saw someone mention a fix for netflix, can anyone please point to it? Thanks.
[EVO 4G General] jbarajasp:
the update is great.
[EVO 4G General] BrianDigital:
Hey did they ever fix that bug with friendstream where u click on tweet from the widget it just opens

Friendstream?
[EVO 4G General] nickb519:
Dude that sucks but tep is great. Yeah sence was not updated at all. So the HTC rep was incorrect, if you talk to them please pm me with what they say.

As for the software other then my disapointment on no new sence and/or camera app. I find it to run faster and I am getting a better 4G signal. That in itself is worth it.
[EVO 4G General] ZuperBlahq:
You have to apply RA2.3 with a pc36img update to restore your recovery. Just to add more light to the subject.
[EVO 4G General] novanosis85:
Actually we have been waiting for the EVO 3D.
[EVO 4G General] MrDrumngun:
I don't like that there is no dsp manager, over scroll effects, and screen animations when going to sleep. Gay.
[EVO 4G General] borrowedchief:
It's a nifty update. Nothing more than that.
[EVO 4G General] sand1303:
I didn't do anything but wipe and install the Rom. Everything seems to be fine, still rooted. But then again I don't remember if I have been back into recovery so u might have something
[EVO 4G General] sand1303:
Well just booted into recovery with Rom manager and it said ra-2.3 so I guess mines still good.
[EVO 4G General] lil_bono:
Smoother? Maybe. I have not been unrooted for at least 6 months, so I was selfishly looking for the Sense goodies. :(

Ava and Mik ROMs had gotten me accustomed to 3.0 lock screen with shortcuts, SMS backup and updated SMS formats.
[EVO 4G General] hypersonicx:
Fail Or Not...

So lets see here...

No HTC Sense UpDate at all...

No Camera UpDate....

No 2.3.4 which also means No Video / Audio chat with GoogleTalk.

No TV On / Off Screen Animation...

So what was the whole point in this update again...

If they did fix anything, they could have left it on 2.2 with a miner update to fix the small things.

If Im going from 2.2 to 2.3.3 I was thinking there would be some big to look forward to but guess not.

Fail... Looks like its a wrap for the Evo. Just like all technology, its time to move on. Evo 3D or Samsung Within
[EVO 4G General] ropodope:
We never had the brightness issue with our gb rom, it's only a .1 preview and puts so many of these current gb finals to shame. Everything is working on it and I mean everything and then some, the first time around. It's completely aosp and you don't need to apply a bunch of fixes and a separate gapps zip either. very stable and is good enough to be your daily driver as is. Fast as lightning with the savaged zen 2.2 kernel. As good as it is now, I can't wait to see what the actual final will look like. Holy cow. Htc upgrade makes no sense. Try it now, thank me later. http://vaelek.com/index.php?/topic/1182-vaelpak-4-gb-aosp-preview-v01/

ropodope

Sent from my Vaelpak GB AOSP Preview Edition v0.1 for Evo 4g. Flash and ye shall receive.
[EVO 4G General] klbjr:
So the bootloader is locked...again? Thought they figured that out already? SH*TTTTTTTTTT! I remember after I shattered the screen on my launch day Evo, 2 weeks in, they sent me a updated one that it took the devs a lil while to figure out. Here's hoping not, but it still will work out. I can rock with stock till Evo 3D drops in a couple weeks, plus I'll have a mint condition Evo to sell. Just sucks that I don't have the accessories to go with it! Oh well. Just another day in the life a smartphone junkie!
[EVO 4G General] novanosis85:
This was my impression of the new OTA update.
[EVO 4G General] nickb519:
Ok I got a question the old Rom had a battery useage and it refreshed the time everytime you took the phone off the charger the new one is not refreshing that. Has anyone had that happen or know where I can find that information.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
No offense but, less the complaints about silly Sense®, the complaints here seem to be about Gingerbread itself.
[EVO 4G General] christobal65:
I really don't know what the complaints are about with the OTA. Did people honestly expect a major change in the user experience with the update? Gingerbread has always just been a minor UI change with some deeper changes in the OS to manage apps and better power management. If people were honestly expecting the new 'stock' rom to look and act like a heavily modded rom available here they of course were going to disappointed.
[EVO 4G General] bkrodgers:
Quoted for truth. Sure, it'd be nice to get more. But getting Gingerbread is a good thing.

And this ROM isn't really for us anyway. It's for the 95% (or whatever) of people that don't root. For us, it still provides us a lot of value even if we aren't running it, as it gives a more stable base for custom gingersense ROMs. It'll give us new kernel source as well, and can even end up helping AOSP implementations as well.
[EVO 4G General] SteveGrandRapids:
I won't be happy until I get my Wifi Hotspot and USB tethering back . . .
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
WiFi tether for root should be working. I used it yesterday for about an hour before i went to work. I have v 2.0.7. backed up in TB.

Sent from my Synergy Powered EVO
[EVO 4G General] christobal65:
Yep I got it installed and working on mine too
[EVO 4G General] drpeachfuzz:
Getting FCs on camcorder when recording then pressing stop to end it. Anyone else have this problem or a remedy?
[EVO 4G General] jimisdad:
I have the same problem
[EVO 4G General] mykrlz182:
Anyone having a problem charging? I keep getting the exclamation point on my battery icon.......I won't let me charge...
[EVO 4G General] el_chamuco:
This is bull ****. Wit the old sense doesn't look or feel like we have a new up date
[EVO 4G General] el_chamuco:
And the internet is not showing pics, even after I download the latest flash player
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
So when the Evo received 2.2 [froyo] it didn't feel like you had a new update either?

Come on guys, sense is overrated anyway. Not like you can't get sense 3.0 via a custom ROM anyway...
[EVO 4G General] el_chamuco:
Yea but I was expecting more from this update.

At least sense 2.1
[EVO 4G General] sag7392:
Not to change the subject-- but your Facebook image is funny as hell!!!! Had me in tears laughing!!! I know...I missed the bus on this one, but still funny!
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Why? Gingerbread was an overall incremental update [from an end user perspective]

Given the leak had Sense 1.0 there was no reason to think the OTA would have different.
[EVO 4G General] el_chamuco:
But not fully working
[EVO 4G General] el_chamuco:
And we not even got the screen animation when u put the cell 2 sleep, or the green line that show when u got to the top/ bottom of a screen

N I think that those little things were some key parts of gb
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Then go with AOSP.
[EVO 4G General] jonnythan:
The Evo uses Sense and does not use the stock Google Music Player, keyboard, camera, or overall UI.
[EVO 4G General] beastman59:
Does the Netflix from XDA work on the updated Evo?
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
Thanks :D lol

Sent from my Synergy Powered EVO
[EVO 4G General] RickMG:
Originally Posted by Odeezie

Am I the only one experiencing speech to text issues? It seems super slow and I can't tell if it's reading my voice or not because the little microphone isn't "lighting up" to indicate it's detecting speech.

I am too. Working when I test it, but not when I use it (how does it know?) Also, I'm noticing switching between screens is very slow. Other than these two issues I am satisfied with the update and especially the help here from XDA for updating with root and making it simple. :D
[EVO 4G General] beastman59:
Tried it myself, and the xda version doesn't work either. I called Netflix and was told they are aware of the problem and working to fix it soon. There will be an update in the market.
[EVO 4G General] nickb519:
I as well have that problem. I had one today that was crazy the camera locked up and then phone restarted and it took forever to restart
[EVO 4G General] burreld:
Any word on when Netflix is going to add the updated EVO to the list of phones

I noticed Netflix is not in the market. My guess is it does work they just suck. My buddy can't download Netflix on his Samsung???

Has Netflix anounce when they will re-grace us with there app? HBO2Go still works.

Not many new features. Seem to be under the hood. The display and icons look diffent. I haven't noticed much in the speed department.

The battery usage stats seem better. Oh the copy/paste/select is much better and seems to be in most apps.
[EVO 4G General] Odeezie:
Yeah, I've also been experiencing restart problems. The SMS widget is also sluggish, it keeps reloading the numbers into names.
[EVO 4G General] nickb519:
The sms widget is ok for me what one are you using.