[EVO 4G Android Development] leebo:
Hi all. I installed Brads Sprint Updated 3 beta 4 this past weekend, and I have several questions.

Have had my EVO for 1 1/2 years now. I rooted it after several months, but I've only ever flashed stock Sprint ROMs (modified to allow un-installation of Sprint apps).

Also, I've only flashed two or three times in the entire 1 1/2 year period, so each time I have to re-read on how to do it because of my lack of experience. I have been using CWM and see no reason to change.

So far, I'm very happy with the ROM. My phone had gotten very, very sluggish. I switched to Go Launcher Ex because Sense kept re-starting every time I returned to my main home screen. Free space had gotten down to 25 -30 megs. Both Wifi Tether and Wi-Fi Tether would not stay connected to any device.

So with that background, here are my questions:

I did not do a Full Wipe, but I did wipe cache and delvik cache).

I had previously removed much of the Sprint bloatware b4 flashing. I expected it to return as I thought it was included in this ROM. But it did not. Why?

However, I copied Brads ROM to my SD card using a MicroSD card adaptor, then re-inserted the card into my phone and flashed it. Upon restarting, the card was not mounted anymore. In fact, I could not remount it. I had to do that from recovery.

did I do something to cause this?

But then, after re-starting the phone, several Market apps were either gone or had lost their links to the icons on my home screens. Had to re-install them (and I still have not finished, because I can't remember every app on every home screen!).

So flashing this ROM seems to have broken some links to screen icons, wiped some apps (Swype) but not others (Go Launcher Ex).

I thought flashing a ROM wiped everything. My past flashes always did. What is different about this type of flashing?

a2sd support. What is this? I have apps2sd installed, but there are still apps (like the official Facebook app) that can't be moved (the option is greyed out).

I take it from reading, a2sd is intended to fool your phone into moving apps to a partition on the SD card and keep the phone thinking they are still in internal memory?

And if so, Can apps with widgets be moved while retaining the use of widgets?

What percentage of the cards space should I make each partition?

Wmillea said: "If you are using A2SD do not use the On SD check settings under Applications."

I dont see anything to check under applications. Where can I find this? (Keeping in mind I have not yet partitioned my SD card so I can't take advantage of a2sd right now).

Also, I'm not familiar with the notification icons. Is there a screen shot somewhere explaining each one? Is the one that looks like a camera iris supposed to be the Wifi icon?

Otherwise, I'm very happy with this ROM and my phone right now. Even battery life. I still read posts complaining about it, but previously I was only getting maybe 4 hours before I was below 50%. I haven't pushed it much, but I can see I'm getting way better than that now.

I do still get the message, when using Sprint Wireless Tether, "You are not subscribed". I have yet to try to see if it works in spite of this, but I'm more interested in seeing if Wifi Tether works, as I live in LA and 4G is everywhere.

Thanks Brad and thanks everyone for all the info and tips you have posted.:)