yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
Captain has a completely stock rom based on the latest firmware/partition layout....Make sure you have either RUU'd the latest rom update or you run the firmware/recovery zip first if you havent gotton on the latest firmware...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2639180

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Thanks yankee for this....will do a fresh wipe/format....flash Y18 and let you know how it goes....:fingers-crossed:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gstanke:
Chubbz and sin have a good sense 5.5 rom. The viper rom I noticed was a bit to laggy for me.

HTC Jewel

HBOOT 2.10 S-OFF (rumrunner)

Android 4.3 Sense 5.5 V3
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
He was looking for a "Stock" rom......Those roms are heavily modified from the get go........Not Stock at all.......
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gstanke:
Chubbz 5.5 is pretty much stock. Didn't notice much difference between it and Captain's 4.3 sense 5 stock rooted

HTC Jewel

HBOOT 2.10 S-OFF (rumrunner)

Android 4.3 Sense 5.5 V3
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Where can I find exposed framework? Didn't come up for me in the playstore.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankees2450:
here
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Thanks yankees2450. I'm curious though why you removed them. Were they causing the wakelock some were experiencing? The only change I make with the toolbox is the AOSP recent apps mod. If battery life is better without them installed, I'll get used to the new recent apps style. :) Thanks again for keeping our phone relevant as long as possible.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
Hey Yankees....did you remove the HTC Backup by chance???/ For the life of me, I cant fined it anywhere....lol:confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankees2450:
No, I just wanted to give people options. Stock is the way to go though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankees2450:
I'll double check. Anybody else with this. I'm testing 5.5 now.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
I don't see it either, but I never used it so I didn't think to look for it until now.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wallie71:
Anyone try wifi tether to see if it works on y18? Hasn't since y13 i believe.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] hasseye:
Would love to give Sense 5.5 a ride, any idea Yank when you plan to release it? I'll hold off on upgrading to Y18 for a few days if 5.5 is going to be released soon.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Neipas09:
I just flashed Y18 and as soon as the phone boots up i get crash after crash.

Here's a list of all the apps that crash

Phone

Messages

Mail

HTC Sense

HTC Sense Input

System UI

Updater

Here's the steps i've taken.

Ran the RUU from here - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47503288&postcount=6

Ran 4.13.651.4 Firmware + TWRP Recovery from here - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50112370&postcount=3

Booted into Recovery

Wipe - Factory Reset

Advanced Wipe - Dalvik, Cache, Data, System

Install - superwipe_new-partition-layout.zip (from here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47502916&postcount=1)

Installed Sense_5.0_4.3-Y18
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
FYI - If you ran the RUU you don't need to flash the firmware, just the recovery.

Also, wiping twice is unnecessary. You can skip factory reset and just wipe cache, data & system for a "full" wipe. And if you're going to superwipe anyway, you may as well skip the manual wiping altogether. Additionally, I always recommend rebooting after wiping to ensure the recovery will flash successfully.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Neipas09:
Thanks for the reply.

I actually did a reboot back into recovery just a few mins ago and the flash seems to be successful.

I'm going through the Rom right now setting things up and testing to see if there are any errors.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
I just had my phone shutdown at 14% on Y18. Seems someone had this issue a couple releases back.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankees2450:
Hopefully this week
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
I never used it either until Captain mentioned that it was great at putting back all your settings inside Sense, like ring tones, alarms, etc....It even puts pack your desktop like you had it set up with all the sortcuts and even Groups you have created....works great......Makes flashing and setting up waaaayyyy easier.....:good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Does it work in conjunction with the Google backup, or does it override it? In other words, does it back up your apps too (which syncing to Google does)?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
Yea, I use it along with the normal Google backup....It backs up to your drop box, then gets everything back from there in the beginning of your initial setup of rom....I always thought that HTC Backup would interfere with the Google one, but they work great together....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Awesome, now I'm anxious to use it. lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wallie71:
Yankees, were you able to get wifi tether working on y18?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] nYdGeo:
Thank you for your response. I got my Jewel to 4.13.651.3 by running the RUU and then re-rooting the device. I've been running the rooted stock ROM since. However, both prior and since doing this, I've tried numerous ROMs based on the new 4.13.651.x releases. Every one of them did the same things. Here are some examples:

1. They all connect to my Bluetooth earpieces. With a Jawbone Era (as an example) connected, I get into the Civic Si, leaving my Evo connected to the Era. From the moment that the car starts until I shut it off, every 30 - 60 seconds I get another prompt offering to pair to with the car. I hear them through the Era and they are on screen, prompting for a code.

Note: if the phone is paired to a device it should not bother you endlessly to pair with another device. The rooted stock ROM I'm using now does not do this.

2. This ROM and each of the other 4 or 5 ROMs that I've tried that are built on this base all offer to pair but immediately pull up the number pad to enter a code (0000, 1234, etc.). The code for that radio is never accepted and it will not pair.

Note: The rooted stock ROM paired immediately with the stock radio in the Civic Si. Did not have to enter a code.

Not sure what manufacturer built the radios for Honda, but I'm guessing that unfortunately its not Kenwood. The rooted stock ROM that I'm using now has paired with it, my two earpieces (I like variety), two different pairs of headphone (old Motorola and new Bose) as well as the Civic, a Hyundai Elantra, a Nissan GTR (God how I wish it was mine!)...basically everything I've ever tried to pair it with. Every ROM I've flashed was first paired with my earpieces. Soon, I invariably end up in the Si and experience one or both of the two options above. I've gotten tried of listening to the constant notifications in the earpiece and turned it off. Then of course it wouldn't pair with the car radio, but endlessly tries to do so. Its easy to tell cause it wakes up the screen at each attempt. If we're on a road-trip in that car I have to disable Bluetooth or it wears the battery down rapidly.

I've completely unrooted and RUU'd back to stock, re-rooted the stock ROM and again it worked. Tried a custom ROM, the problem resurfaces; restore back to rooted stock and it works fine. Did this with at least 4 if not 5 custom ROMs, so its not just this one. Bluetooth functionality is a make/break item for me.

I don't believe that this is the ROM builders issue, but that its in the base. Every 4.13.651.3, and 4.13.651.4 based custom ROM I've tested behaves exactly the same way. Its probably some tiny, simple detail that'll just be a ***** to identify, and I truly hope it gets sorted out. This ROM is sweet and I want to use it again!

Thank you for your time.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankees2450:
No. But there's n app at the play store to get it working on 4G. Can't think of the name of the app. I know someone posted somewhere.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AarSyl:
It's the WiFi Tether Router App ($1.99).
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gstanke:
I've seen similar issues on a couple different threads caused by a loose cover on the phone. Since you say it only does it in custom roms that may not be the issue, but just for shiggles try applying pressure to the back cover and see if it makes a difference

HTC Jewel

HBOOT 2.10 S-OFF (rumrunner)

Android 4.3 Sense 5.5 V3
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
Has anyone tried JB WiFi Tether? That's free, and it's working on my wife's phone running Sense 5.5.

It seems to patch the native tethering so there aren't any additional settings to use.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AarSyl:
I've heard that it works for 3g/4g with the native tether, but I can't seem to get my data to actually transfer. Not sure which hotspot hack I'm supposed to be using...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 63sammo1:
Jb WiFi tether works for me as well. 3g-4g. Also running Sense 5.5
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wallie71:
I just tried it on y17 and seems to work. Data transfers fine. Thanks for the advise.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Just tried it on Y18 and it worked.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] nYdGeo:
Thank you for your response. Since I never say never and will try most anything, I did give this a whirl. Unfortunately, it does not appear to be the issue in my case. That is a facinating fix, interesting. I wonder what the connection is...antenna embedded in back cover loose connection?

Anyway, thanks again!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Lurien:
How's sense 5.5 coming along Yankee?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Y18 still stable for me. Have most moved on to the M8?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] hasseye:
It seems like most have, it's been pretty quiet around here and I only imagine it to get worse over time. I'm looking to move to the M8 but the price is still a little high, I like to wait till it drops before I commit.

Which developers have moved over to the M8? Is Yankee planning the switch?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
No one of consequence ;).
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] descriminator:
It appears that cpt.Throwback here has M8 in the signature..... i surely hope he only uses it to dump the rom off and port it to Evo LTE... otherwise where are we gonna get all the sense dumps, and new firmwares???? :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] hasseye:
Captain I see you've officially made the switch? Is it significantly worth it? When do you expect to leave the EVO world and give your all to the M8 world?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
If any new update comes out for Jewel, I'll still take care of it, since I still have mine.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
I played with the M8 and while it is a gorgeous device, it's (and other phones as well) just too big for me. I prefer to carry my phone on my hip. The original EVO was a perfect size at 4.5". At 4.7", the LTE is a bit big but I have gotten used to it. From time to time it catches on my seat when getting in and out of my car, but I've adjusted so it doesn't happen too often. I'd pretty much have to carry the M8 in my pocket. Not my preference. It's a great device though, and Sense 6 looks really nice.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Wanted to give some feedback. Yankees removed Sense5 Toolbox (and xposed installer) from Y18, but posted the .apks at my request. I questioned if that's what was causing the battery issues that some were complaining about in Y17, so I decided to do a test. I ran Y18 for a few days without installing xposed/Sense5 Toolbox, and I got really good battery performance. I was getting well over 24 hours on light use, and at least 18 with moderate use. If I was waking up the phone regularly, battery seemed to be burning about 5% every 2-2 1/2 hours. Pretty good. Yesterday I decided to install xposed/Sense5 Toolbox and right away my phone dropped from 100% down to 90% in about an hours time. With over a days usage, that burn rate seemed to hold true. It did seem to burn much slower over night when the phone was sleeping for a long time, but burned pretty fast with normal usage. I uninstalled xposed/Sense5 Toolbox earlier this evening and battery performance improved immediately, pretty much in line with performance before I installed xposed/Sense5 Toolbox. So my experience indicates that xposed/Sense5 Toolbox does adversely affect battery performance, on this ROM at least. The only reason I installed it was to get the AOSP style recent apps, but that's not enough to sacrifice battery life. I'll just have to learn to like the Sense5 recent apps layout. :) Just thought I'd share.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drumwizard:
I had been wondering about this myself, I just hadn't gotten around to testing it. The only thing I used xposed for was app permissions, but I can get that else where without it.

Thanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AarSyl:
I think that the main culprit is actually Sense 5 toolbox. It has some elements that are continuously working, like the MMS tweak, for example. I haven't noticed much of a change with battery life while using XPosed with different modules. And considering how I have my modules set up, I don't really intend to remove it. NFC LockScreenOff Enabler is one of my favorites.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
You could be right. I've never used XPosed by itself. I knew it had to be installed to use Sense5 Toolbox, but never played with any other modules. Maybe I'll play around with it to see what else it offers, and to see if it affects my battery life by itself. Good information, thanks!

By the way, what does the NFC LockScreenOff Enabler do?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankees2450:
Been very busy. I have a few hours today n tomorrow to work on 5.5. No eta yet. Stay tuned
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankees2450:
HEY GUYS WE NEED HELP WITH THIS. thanks to Sin

https://twitter.com/JasonMacHTC - HTC USA President

https://twitter.com/moversi HTC USA product management.

tweet at them to re-release the 4.3 update for the htc evo lte aka jewel and to also release the kernel source it is gpl.

The more people who hound them the better the out come. you want to see sense 6 on this device right? then tweet and re tweet.

time to grab the pitch forks and light those torches folks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gstanke:
I'm tweeting it daily! Hopefully they will release it out if the goodness of their heart or they will get so annoyed they have to release it. If you guys want sense 6 you gotta help!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
I thought the 4.3 update was already released (but subsequently pulled back due to bugs), which is how I thought we started getting these 4.3 ROMs. Is that not the case?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gstanke:
I have no idea why they pulled it but they did. Obviously the last one works or else we wouldn't be running sense 5.5. In order to get sense 6 though we need the kernel source.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] prw94:
I have been discussing the ROMs in this thread, that I found through intense searching trying to familiarize myself with this stuff, with another noob on the “Help” board, and I need to either fish or cut bait as far as doing something with it on my phone, so I’m jumping into this pond and asking my question. I will repeat, I am a noob.

I have an Evo 4G LTE. It’s running MeanBean 3.03, S-off and rooted. I did none of that, it was like that when I bought it. PRI is 3.02_003, PRL is 53269, it’s running Sense +4, kernel is 3.4.10-g19136fe, baseband is 1.13.11.0830 and firmware is 3.16.651.3.

I would like to put one of the 4.1.2 ROMs in this thread on it. Primarily I’m just looking to get 4.1.1 off the phone, because of HeartBleed concerns, otherwise I would keep MeanBean on it until the thing croaks because I’m quite pleased with it.

But the main reason I don’t want to go with the 4.3 is my complicating factor, this phone is flashed to use Page Plus, the Verizon MVNO. I’m using a Sprint phone on Verizon’s network. I only get 3G with it, but I knew that going in and I’m good with it, it serves my purposes.

The indications I’ve been given through researching this, from people who deal with such things, is that going to 4.3 is likely to screw up the keys that have been changed and break the PP flash, as is going to an AOKP ROM or appreciably messing with the radio.

That may or may not be true. I’m not inclined to find out if I don’t have to. I certainly could be wrong, but I’m proceeding under the belief that the incremental step up to 4.1.2 will be the least drastic change I can do to the phone.

I’ve researched the flashing process here and elsewhere and feel pretty comfortable with moving forward and doing it. I’ve already created a nandroid with TWRP and it’s sitting on my SD card and backed up to my desktop. I’ve backed up my user apps with Titanium Backup. I’ve also downloaded Y14 to my SD card, it’s sitting there ready to go.

However, and this may be my “noobness” showing and I may be reading it wrong and would welcome any correction or guidance. But it appears firmware, kernel and other updates might be required with using the later versions of 4.1.2.

And as noted I’m trying to make the least drastic changes possible to the phone. I really do not want to have to revisit the Page Plus flashing, I just want 4.1.1 off the phone and this seems like it would be a first-class replacement.

My question … given my situation, should I go with Y14 or one of the earlier versions of 4.1.2? I don’t care a thing about having the latest and greatest, just want something that’s going to work.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lreyes:
HTC pulled the 4.3 update because its impossible to put the update over the air when the update changed the partitions for the phone. If you change the partitions then everything has to be deleted.

Think about it. Some idiot will just go ahead update it via OTA and complain that HTC deleted every single thing on his/her phone.

IMHO..Smart choice by HTC. Nobody want's Sprint's bloatware and "extra features".
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Oh I get why they stopped doing the OTA update, but I don't get why they stopped making the update available for download (local update). I figure if you go to the trouble of downloading it, you're probably knowledgeable enough to understand the change in partition layout.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
Wouldn't it be nice if this was true?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] prw94:
Following up on my noob diversion, I chose to flash Y10. After some initial concern when it got stuck on HTC white screen on reboot, I kept my cool and quickly found a fix in this thread (reboot into recovery, wipe again and reboot) that solved the issue. Best of all, didn't lose the Page Plus flash, and no HeartBleeds enabled.

I guess I can take the yellow rookie stripes off my tailpipes now (auto racing reference for the uninitiated), and I'm going to shut up, keep following and learning from this thread and probably at some point take the plunge to 4.3 or 4.4. I love this phone and I think it has plenty of life left in it, and I appreciate everyone who's trying to keep it going.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
lol Point taken.

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Glad you got it worked out. I didn't chime in on your initial question because I'm straight Sprint and have no clue on how the PagePlus/Verizon stuff works. I do agree that there's plenty life left in the EVO LTE. I'll be on it a while longer.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
I'm having an issue where I lose wifi connectivity pretty regularly on any router with wpa2 encryption. The signal still appears to be good, but no data passes. Toggling wifi off and back on again resolves the issue. Seems like I heard something about this a year ago or so, but my search turned up nothing. Anyone have any idea what's going on and how to fix it?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] hasseye:
I'm actually having a similar issue. It must be a kernel issue because I went back to the "stock" Sense 5.5 Captain was working on and the issue is still present there.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bluecardfish:
Yankees, I'm having a issue with the Bluetooth auto connecting then disconnecting as soon as I place a call. Anything I can do to fix it?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] prw94:
Question ... and it's probably another noob question, but I'm more curious than anything ... after flashing to Y10, my battery usage went to crap compared to MeanBean, I'd say it was 15 to 20 percent worse, with most of the usage being on phone idle. Which was surprising because all throughout this thread, everyone's been singing the praises of battery usage on Yankees' ROMs.

I went in and disabled locations, etc., all the things that I've seen recommended here and elsewhere, but with no success. Friend of mine suggested rebooting. I did and it was an immediate fix that I probably should've thought of sooner.

I've pretty much kept this phone on since I got it, other than when I flashed this ROM. Is it good to reboot every now and then with this ROM just to "clear things out," so to speak? Can anyone offer any specific ideas on what might've been causing the drain on phone idle?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
Download a wake lock tracker.

Greenify also works wonders.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Yanks, just wanna say, you've been a great asset to this community. Thanks soooo much for all you do.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Yeah, things have been really quiet. I echo the sentiments. Thanks for all your work on the EVO LTE.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drumwizard:
Anyone having problems sending files via BT on Y18?

I had no problems on Vipers 4.3 Sense 5.5 or Cap's stock 4.3 sense 5 rom...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wallie71:
I believe I'm on Y17 and having an issue with volume level when using wired headphones. They work fine when listening to music but when a call comes in, the volume level is extremely high and it won't adjust by using the volume buttons. When I press volume down, it shows the volume level going down but level remains high. Any thoughts?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drumwizard:
I have the same problem. I've noticed it does this when the headphones don't have a microphone in them. I've tried headphones with a microphone and it works normal.

This was happening to me back on a ported sense 5 4.1.2, so I'm not sure if its this Rom specifically causing the issue...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
So has this ROM reached end of life? :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Smackmethg:
Yankee, wanted to thank you and all the others that helped keep my Evo relevant this last year.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
Im thinking all the EVO threads are reaching EOL.........:(
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gstanke:
Not quite, sin and chubbz are still putting in work for sense 5.5.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AarSyl:
I'm still working on making a kernel. With my Evo on reserve status means that I can flash to my heart's content. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gstanke:
And currently as I type this I am themeing the systemui for sins V5 in JB blue
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cirehawk:
Thanks for your continued efforts guys. Good to know there is still a little work going on for the LTE. It'd be nice to hear from yankees telling us whether he's moved on a lot. I know it's not owed, but would be nice nonetheless.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpaulien:
Yes, I am glad that there is still activity in here, for a couple various ROMs, since I just got my phone. I still don't have S-OFF, just because I'm lazy, but I might have some time tonight to work on that. Anyway, keep up the good work, I'll be joining the ranks soon.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bilal_liberty:
Guys I have a question;

Does asphalt 8 works in this rom?

I have ported this rom to One S, but this game doesn't works and so I'm asking ...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankees2450:
Update

Sorry guys, been very very busy.

New build is coming today or tomorrow. This is 5.0 (4.3) Y19.

-Great battery life

-Beats is fully working.

-camera improves

-build.prop tweaks

-system/etc tweaks

-re-compile system/lib to improved performance

-new shortcuts settings

-re-compile system/customize to improve performance

-I'll add more change log on OP

Stay tuned. I'll continue updating until I change phone. My upgrade is in December. :thumbup::thumbup: