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[EVO 4G Android Development] martuseich:
Best means to unlock my replacement EVO 4G loaded with GB

I've been running Elite 3 in Froyo until a couple of weeks ago when my USB port finally gave up the ghost. I have a replacement plan through Best Buy so I took my EVO 4G in & when the replacement arrived it's loaded with GB.

I'm still thrilled with the EVO 4G. Still a great phone even if 2 years old & ES3 on Froyo still worked great.

So busy with our business that I never took the time until now to look at upgrading to ES4. HBOOT screen shows pink highlighted "*** LOCKED (OOW) ***". Don't mean to come across as lazy but business is SO busy and I'm down a tech so time is at a premium & I'm already suffering lack of sleep. I use the phone for my biz and can't afford for it to be down. You guys have a recommendation for safest and most efficient way to unlock & re-root so I can flash ES4?

I see a vid on Youtube for a process that takes about 20 minutes. If that's what I need to do, great but I'd rather go with something you guys endorse before I jump in and use just anybody's process.

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I should have prefaced this by saying it was back in March 2011 since I rooted and ES3 was only ROM I ever flashed. Just liked it so much I saw no need to try anything else. I have searched xda forums last few days and read several of the guides and am in brain trainwreck mode trying to sort out all the information inundation about which is best process and recovery & so forth.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Try this... http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/root-for-htc-evo-4g-gingerbread-is-here/
[EVO 4G Android Development] martuseich:
Thanks Diablo. Will give it a go when I get home tonight (early tomorrow morning lol) from working on the locks / access systems at the hospitals.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Sounds good,gl.
[EVO 4G Android Development] martuseich:
Finally got around to getting re-rooted. So pissed that all the bloatware kept starting & restarting itself, I made the time to get it done.

Diablo, YOU ROCK! The link you shared wouldn't work for my unit as it that process refenced units pre 2.18, but it referenced another link for those of us with HBOOT 2.18. The guys who put that page together have done a fantastic job. Any idiot can follow their step by step & have success.

For those who have HBOOT 2.18, here's the stupid proof guide for rooting:

http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-root-htc-evo-4g-on-hboot-2-18-with-s-off/
[EVO 4G Android Development] martuseich:
Stock HTC keyboard

Anybody know how I can get the stock HTC keyboard back?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Thanks brother.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wgallt:
I ran the Froyo version yesterday and I'm hoping the gingerbread base makes for better battery life. I was draining about 1 to 2% per minute lol.
[EVO 4G Android Development] EVOlvedAndroid:
This was my favorite rom. I would say: try to make the theme kinda close to the last release; since his was kinda based on the honeycombb look you should update it just a little to ics; if you can try to make the entire rom inverted.
[EVO 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
I wonder if that's a kernel issue?

Diablo, what is the kernel of choice amongst Evo devs these days? I have 3 Evo 4Gs on my plan but my daily driver is an OG Epic so I'm not quite as familiar with Evo development. I know there is something new out there...
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
You'd want to run an SBC kernel with that version. I used Netarchy 4.3.2 cfs-sbc havs More and got phenomenal battery life.

I wish Net or toast would have stuck around to update their kernel to GB.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
+10 always miss netarchy goods. :(

As for those requesting the froyo-era notification toggles, I don't believe anyone ever got that working in GB. Hence the popularity of quick settings in notification. Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong.
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
Quick Settings is better anyhow
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
I like the more freedom kernel,Lithid does great work with kernels,its worked great with every rom i've used.

Ok guys i'm uploading the first beta,so Wgallt can test it for me.I changed it over to the new OTA 4.67.651.3 base,so it was updated from froyo to gingerbread,soo far everything is still intact,including the froyo rosie,i still have things to add,update and edit,so be patient.I will have Wgallt keep you guys informed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Chaz187:
Waiting patiently to try this out. ... I loved the original this will be great.

Thanks,

Charles
[EVO 4G Android Development] wgallt:
Well that made my day! Diablo pulled it off and I just did a two hour test drive and aside from a couple of kinks with the camera and wifi it's running like a champ. The battery drain is pretty rough like the original so we need to take a look at some alternate kernels. But all in all it's looking great. I'll let him fill ya in on the details tomorrow. Big thanks to Diablo for his hard work and stepping up on this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Like Wgallt said theres a few bugs with the wifi and video,i believe i know what the video issue is,its the wifi thats a little tricky,im testing a few kernels,like wireless n fix to solve this issue,since its a 4.67 base.Everything else works great,wgallt has confirmed the new updated base from froyo to gingerbread has been successfully applied.If anyone has any suggestions for the wifi,i will definitely give it a shot.

Everything stayed in tact,so it looks like the original,nothing was changed as far as the graphics go.I noticed konikub had some video and battery issues with his latest release,i will try to fix this issue also.I'm off to work,but ill be on it as soon as i get home guys.
[EVO 4G Android Development] drtwrk127:
Thanks for keeping everything from original intact, and thanks for taking on this task. The original is one of my favorites, and I'm glad to see it continue on :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
Awesome! I Was wondering how the transition from Froyo to GB would go and it looks like it's not a problem, huh?

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BTW, which music player is in this? I think Koni always used the MIUI player, which has been updated since ES III
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
That part was the easy part,the only thing i'm struggling with is the wifi,it keeps disconnecting and when taking a picture,the view finder shows black and white,but the the pictures come out in clear color,the video isnt a big deal,but wifi is,so i'm trying to solve this,once its solved,the roms golden.Any suggestions would be great.Its definitely fast and very responsive,but the battery life is still crappy also,so thats another issue.

Edit:Since Wgallt has tried the first beta release already,ill post it in the op,if anyone wants to try it out.Please read the issues before installing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
Having been on AOSP for so long, I'm not sure where Sense Kernel Development has gone. Has there ever been an SBC Kernel for GB released?

Which brings up another question. Is this still Sense 1.0?? Can that be upgraded to 3.0 or higher?
[EVO 4G Android Development] btbamzao:
detcup is "maybe" working on integrating it into his lionfish releases.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Yes its still sense 1.0 and yes i believe it can,i'm trying to contact Tommytomatoe about a few things,ill ask about upgrading to 3.0.
[EVO 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Maybe Aamikam can offer advice? He dealt with this going from MikFroyo to MikG
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Yea i'm talking to him now,trying to figure this out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gruesomewolf:
I'm downloading Rom to have a look.....unfortunately I have to go to work very soon. So not sure when I will truly be of any help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Thanks brother,i do appreciate the help if you can find time,im steady trying different things,no luck yet.I have extracted the kernel and im looking at the init.rc and the init.supersonic.rc file,this is like chinese to me,lol.
[EVO 4G Android Development] guih:
Diablo thanks so much forcontinuing this; its none of my business to make requests but I think it would be best to keep this as sense 1.0 or at least first working on making a stable sense 1 version.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JDM Civic EG8:
Thanks Diablo i'm like a kid in a candy store all lol. All we need is an sbc kernel and this rom will be set haha.

Sent From My Evo 4G Amped Up On Verizon Tower Power!
[EVO 4G Android Development] ca1ne:
To answer an earlier request, the power control toggle would require a compete framework hack... I was going to look into it with fresh eyes (I tried to do this mod awhile ago), but I did come up with some new ideas for it, though I want to finish up a couple projects first...one being an attempt at an sbc kernel with undervolting with incredicontrol or vipermod...

Btw, Ty diablo for bringing this ROM back to life, I forwarded this to a friend who would not leave froyo because he loved this series..
[EVO 4G Android Development] btbamzao:
Really excited about this! Anyone having an issue with the dl link?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Chaz187:
Nope really fast for me!!

Downloaded and testing now!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] rootlinux:
Awesome to see this rom back in Dev.

Very nice.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
The rom looks good and runs good,its just the wifi issue,other than that,everything else works,4G,3G and data.I'm waiting for a response from lithid about this matter.
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
I wish I could offer an idea or two about the WiFi issue.... :/
[EVO 4G Android Development] P. Dexter85:
Nice clean and fast rom but only two issue. The Wifi won't connect and the why is the camera stuck on a grayscale.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
I said in the op i would'nt respond to members like this,hmm.Anyway i'm steady trying different things to get wifi up and running,just to let you guys know,i wont give up until this is solved.And as for you Dexter,learn how to read before making comments.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ca1ne:
What kernel are you running as a base? Could it be the band n issue..?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Ive changed the kernel a few times,extracted it,went through the init.rc file and the supersonic.init.rc,still no go,i tried wireless n fix,nothing.Gruesome is gonna go through the rom with me this afternoon,lets see what we can come up with,hopefully we can get this straightened out between today and tomorrow.Grue said theres been an issue with wifi,when porting from froyo to gingerbread,especially the 4.67 OTA.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rootlinux:
Thanks for the update.

Looking forward to great things.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Let me ask a question,does anyone remember if konikubs latest release("Elite Series III")had wifi issues,i installed the original to see how it connected to wifi and it would'nt,now i tried my tablet and wii and both connected to my wifi just fine,i'm just trying different avenues to see if i can figure this thing out.Who else is running Elite Series III?can you connect to wifi?
[EVO 4G Android Development] life:
its been so long since i ran it, but i never had problems with any rom connecting to my wifi, except a couple alpha/beta roms/kernels, that werent exactly ready for release. but i believe the elite connected no problem.... again its been awhile.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ca1ne:
A more drawn out process would be too recode 4.67 with this roms edits, but that is a long process. There is a post somewhere that goes through fixing data/wifi issues, I just can't seem to find it right now...
[EVO 4G Android Development] guih:
Back when I used it I had zero wifi issues
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
It was fine. I never had a problem with it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Yea i'm running it again,it works on the elite series 3,hhmm,back to the drawing board.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jr71x:
Good luck on this, is an interesting rom...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Ok guys looks like it was either me or the rom,but the rom gave up first,the wifi works now,thanks to outerdepth for his long hours going through everything with me on google talk,we were able to figure this out,wifi works great now,everythings updated and still in its original form,you can also flash custom kernels now.No luck with the video yet,but it takes great color pics.Everything else runs great.Hopefully i can have this thing posted in the morning,im gonna run a few more little tests on it to make sure everythings golden.Then ill post it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ca1ne:
If you don't mind me asking, what fixes did it require?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
We thought it was some text in the init.rc file that needed to be changed,it had the same problem as 3.5 roms and the wifi,theres some text thats not added in the rc file for some reason.I didnt know anything about rc files until now.Learn something new everyday,but the kernel i was trying to bake in was corrupted,so i had to find another stock kernel that worked,which outerdepth had on his pc,so i used that one and it worked.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Notorious:
Diablo I don't recall if this was odex or deodexed?

From my Mikrunny 4g using XDA app
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Its deod'exed,i didnt see any od'exed files anywhere.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Ok guys the wifi issue is resolved,im uploading now,so you guys should be golden,enjoy.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jr71x:
Thanks, will it be .2?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
No its no longer froyo,its been updated to 2.3.The latest OTA.
[EVO 4G Android Development] btbamzao:
Simply amazing Diablo! Somehow missed this rom originally, but tried it out thanks to your thread and it was great. Will be running yours as a daily now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rogerandgina:
Elite Series IV

I wanted to take the time to say Thanks to all whom keep this rom alive. I'm sure this would be really appreciated. Keep up the good works guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Your welcome guys,enjoy.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
my dropbox link went south,i'm reuploading it now,about 10 minutes.

Edit:Ok its back up,enjoy.
[EVO 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Thanks, Diablo! Quick question; were any gains made on the battery life issue? Or was that all tied in to the problems you cited above that also effected wifi, etc?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neitmrh15:
No volume wake?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Yes the new kernel works great.

No sir,you can flash the hack though,i decided to leave the rom as is,like everyone wanted.No tweaks,except zipalignment.
[EVO 4G Android Development] guih:
Will the ROM remain that way or do you plan on adding some things in the future?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
I'm not sure,i guess it depends on if everyone wants it tweaked.Most wanted me to leave it as is.Theres definitely a bunch of new tweaks out right now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] migjr415:
Thanks for what you are doing with this Diablo this is one of my all time favorites
[EVO 4G Android Development] life:
anyone have a mirror, for some strange reason dev-host wont establish a connection for me, whats really weird is im a member.... So i have used it many of times. but it wont let me download this file :s

edit:

nevermind got it to work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wgallt:
Great work Diablo, sleep is overated anyways! I think as long as this rom keeps with the Elite Series look and feel, some performance tweaks would be great. Any ui changes like rosie, notification bar, etc. should be optional flashable mods.
[EVO 4G Android Development] migjr415:
The links are down anyone got a mirror??

Never mind Dev Host is back up!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Chaz187:
I would lov for you to add all the new tweaks but leave the theme alone. Bring it up to date!!!!!!

Thanks,

Charles
[EVO 4G Android Development] NaterTots:
Diablo, Thank you for this.

The Rom looks great and it really says something about Koni letting someone brings this back to life.

Thanks again. I've run this for the day and really like it. The camera looks kind of cool being in black and white until you take the picture.

I also flashed this into a Boot Manager slot without an issue.

Naters
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Yea dropbox penalized me for 3 days for exccessive activity in my public folder,aint that some crap.Dev-host should be up,thats why the mirror.

Ill see,if we get enough people wanting tweaks added.

Thanks brother,im glad to see you over from Android forums.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rogerandgina:
I'm having issues texting while on wifi has anybody else have this problem
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Alot of people wnated me to leave this,but let me look at it tonite and see what tweaks i can add.I really like it the way it is,myself,but ill look tonite.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
what do you mean,what is it doing?Now for some reason when i first booted into elite after initial install,and turned on the wifi,i couldnt surf the net or get connected to the market,until after i turned it back off and did a reboot,then turned it back on and it worked fine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rogerandgina:
Sorry should of specified. The texts would not go through. It fine now. I think it was a freak accident. Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] xsisbest:
This is so cool. Elite Series were by far my favorite roms. I can't wait to get this puppy up and going again. I know the toggles in the notification dropdown were extremely cool and unique but with the quick settings now they almost become obselete. If you do add quick settings I would only recommend to keep it a black background to match the theme. I think that would look very classy.

Thank you so much for bringing this back to my Evo. I know it's been missing it for close to a year now :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] NaterTots:
I hadn't thought of that. Yeah that was my first time seeing those toggles and I think they are great. Used them a bunch today.

That could look really sleek. Unless everyone is talking about the Tweaks? I wouldn't mind some of that. But still a great Rom. Decent battery life while sleeping last night. Reflashed the update today and I'll see how it is tonight.

Naters
[EVO 4G Android Development] JDM Civic EG8:
Great job Diablo quick question about the quick settings in the notification..Is there any way I could replace the Bluetooth toggle for mobile data? I don't use bluetooth at all,And prefer to have mobile data up there so I can turn it off while using Wi-Fi.

Sent From My Evo 4G Amped Up On Verizon Tower Power!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Thanks brother,i will take a look at it sometime tomorrow,i'm really tired,that wifi issue kept me up for several hours,so i'm kinda drained,but i will look into that and tweaks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xsisbest:
They kinda replicate Cyanogenmod now.. But I think Koni was one of the originators of that.. Plus he made them look sexier :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Konikub pmed me and said he was happy with the rom and made me a banner for the op,i thought that was pretty cool,anyways he says he hopes to come back soon and for me to keep up the series until he gets back.I also got an invite to become part of a dev team,not sure which one to take,if not both.So thats up in the air and i got more requests for tweaks to be added,so i guess i will add a few tweaks to the rom in a few days,i'll let you guys know.Enjoy the rom guys.

Konikub
[EVO 4G Android Development] alaman68:
ACS.............;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
I'm dying to flash this, but I'm pretty tied up til Saturday night.

Awesome work, Diablo. Many thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] xsisbest:
I'm the same as you.. And if it's the same as the old rom I will attach a zip file that you can flash in recovery that replaces Bluetooth with Mobile Data.. you can also push a widget.txt file to /system/customize... Just give it the correct permissions.. Here is what you need in the text file.

toggleGPS|toggleWifi|toggleMobileData|toggleFlashlight|toggleWimax

There are other widget toggles you can add instead of those above too like toggleSound, toggleAutoRotation, etc.. Look in Koni's old thread and do a search for widget.txt and you'll find all you need. Good luck!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Thanks Hip,you might want to wait until saturday to download it,i will be adding a few build.prop tweaks and maybe some others in an update by saturday.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JDM Civic EG8:
Thanks alot xsisbest really appreciate this. I did some digging, and found a list of all the other toggles you can add in as well xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9885714&postcount=1

Edit: I changed the order around to my likings, if anyone wants it link below... here is the order I have it setup as..

Wifi

Wimax

MobileData

GPS

Sync

AutoRotate

https://www.box.com/shared/8v69t8tvba4ykvsu0rau

Sent From My Evo 4G Amped Up On Verizon Tower Power!
[EVO 4G Android Development] xsisbest:
Flashlight isn't working for me for some reason. I thought it might be the toggle but it didn't change anything by moving it in from the edge.. anyone else unable to get the flashlight toggle to work? no app either to choose from.
[EVO 4G Android Development] life:
probably why it doesnt work.... no app
[EVO 4G Android Development] nickespi:
instant Classic!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] jr71x:
It is pretty nice;-) although black and white video, gotta be able to watch movies, tv... could be a DD, once vid is good, thanks for this;-)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
I added it in the update.

I'm still working on the video issue.

Ok guys i have added tweaks to the update,its still uploading,i will post the channelog in the op also,but heres what we have......

Tweaks added:

Upgraded video recording and picture quality

Increased wifi speed

Decreased dialing out delay

Internet Tweaks

Render UI with GPU

Increased size of delvik cache from 32m to 64m

Increased scrolling response

Increased battery saving potential

Increased overall performance

Increased video acceleration

Apps added:

Flashlight
[EVO 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
I fly home tomorrow and will definately be trying this on an Evo or 2. Thanks, Diablo, and ACS is the best because they have QBKing77! ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
Ok guys the new tweaked ELITE is up,enjoy.

Yes sir,enjoy brother.Have a safe trip.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Blokgang:
Hows this working so far...anything standing out as non functional other than what's listed? How's batt life?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
I'm running it as a daily and everythings golden except the video,which i am working on now,i have added tweaks that will help the battery life,you will have to download the 1.1 version and try it,to see for yourself.
[EVO 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Downloading v 1.1 now; will flash tonight back on Florida time.

Any noticeable differences with the stock kernel? (I'm guessing that was the battery life issue?)

Team Nocturnal! Good choice, Gruesome is awesome and their work is professional. Keep up the good stuff!

Have a great weekend, everyone!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diablo67:
I'm glad you made it back safely,brother.I think you will like the update.I'm also presently working on another project,i plan on putting alot of time into this rom,it will definitely be one of a kind.Hopefully you will have time to test it for me,when im done with the beta,like i said it will be a slow process,i want to make sure its perfect and unique.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SpyderPalo:
Wouldn't you know.... I just deleted my "Koni" folder on my PC with all the little fixes I liked. Like the Widget.txt file I used to make the toggles what I like...

I prefer the toggles Koni made over the quick settings ones that are out now, i.e. just one swipe and you have the toggle.

THANKS Very much for resurrecting this ROM!!!