[EVO 4G General] tropicalbrit:
You should still be in recovery mode. Time to flash custom ROMs? Nope! First we shall partition your SD card. Before that, we are going to back up stuff on your SD card to the computer. Because partitioning your card will wipe it clean.

I am going to assume you have the stock 8 gigabyte card.

You should still be in recovery mode.

Plug up phone to your computer. Select "Mount as MS" in main menu of recovery.

Your computer should pop up with "Removable Disk".

Create a folder on your Desktop. Drag and drop files from Removable Disk to the folder on your desktop. You don't need those radio files anymore.

Is everything done transferring? Time to make the partition.

Select "Partition sdcard" in main menu, select Partition SD card.

Set swap size to 256 MB. Use volume keys to get to this number then select with power button.

Set EXT2 size as 1,024 MB.

Select to continue. Let it do its thing.

In "Partition sdcard" menu, choose SD: ext2 to ext3. Let it sit there.

DO NOT DO ext3 to ext4. DO NOT DO IT.

Your SD card is now partitioned. Excellent. Let's put everything back on your card... Almost time to start flashing...

Plug up phone to your computer. Select "Mount as MS" in main menu of recovery.

Your computer should pop up with "Removable Disk".

Remember where you stored all of your stuff earlier? Drag and drop files from folder to your phone again.

Unmount with power button.

FLASHING TIME!

Let's start out nice and smooth. Let's start out with a (mostly) stock rooted ROM .

I suggest Barebones, thread here. Find the download link in the OP for the odex one and download. Don't extract or anything

When the download is finished, mount as MS again. Transfer to your phone.

Transfer done? Unmount and navigate to the Wipe menu.

Wipe everything except for SD card. Twice. Believe me. Do it every time you flash a ROM.

Navigate to "Flash zip from sdcard" and find the Barebones .zip. Select with power button.

You are now flashing your first custom ROM, congratulations!

Let it sit there until it finishes. Then get back to the main menu and "Reboot system now".

Let your phone sit for a couple minutes. Skip sign-in. Let it sit on the homescreen for a couple minutes then reboot. Adjust all of your settings then reboot. Then feel free to do your set-up.

Let's get you some good data speeds. First, go to Settings - System Updates - and update PRL.Once that finishes, reboot.

Go to Market and get MSL Reader. Open the app. If it asks for "Superuser Privileges" then accept. It will tell you a 6-digit code. This code is unique to your phone. Write it down, but you can always get it again.

Go to Phone (Dial ##3282#, Choose edit mode) and enter your MSL code

select Data Profile

Hit the menu button and choose restore.

Just sit there, your phone should reboot. If it doesn't, then hold the power button and reboot.

Your phone should do "Hands-Free Provision". Once it says your phone has been provisioned, hit "Okay".

Once it starts to check for PRL update, hit cancel.

Turn on 4G, give it time to turn on (it doesn't need to connect)

Go to Phone (Dial ##3282#, Choose edit mode) and enter your MSL code. Select Advanced, scroll down to RTSP Proxy Port and HTTP PD Proxy Port. Click on them, set them to 0 (zero).

Set RTSP Proxy Address and HTTP PD Proxy Address to 0.0.0.0

Go back to the main menu of EPST and select Wimax

Find EntryRX and click on it

Change value from -89 to -110. Hit "Okay"

Hit the menu button and "Commit Changes" or "Commit Modifications". Your phone will reboot.

Go to Settings - System Updates - and Update Profile.

Once it finishes, reboot

You should now have about as good speeds as you can have on Sprint. :D

Feeling more adventurous? Let's try some different ROMs!

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