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[EVO 4G General] rigg419:
Apple's iphone changed the game and made it what it is today, I don't think there's any question that devices like the evo stand directly on the shoulders of the iphone

That said, IMO even after the stevenote earlier this week, I still think the evo its the superior device, both because of the device itself, but also in no small part because in my experience sprint's voice and data network are far superior to at&t

I mean, to this day android is still not as refined or as polished as the iOS, but the beast that is the evo, the freedom that is the android experience, and sprint's excellent 3g network all combine together to render that advantage moot, at least for me.

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[EVO 4G General] bob13bob:
i dislike apple but their iphone is the superior prodcut. evo might be 3gs, but not 4g. generation vs generation apple is leading for now. I believe this will change in the next year. Hopefully like the computer market you'll end up paying 2x the price for the same hardware in apple vs non apple products. with motorola, htc, samsung developing hardware on evo, the competition should drive us the best hardware / dollar spent eventually.

If was able to get iphone on under $40/month plan like I can with evo then I'd go iphone 4 in a heartbeat.

yes, rooted evo more customizable but we need to compare jailbroken iphone vs jailbroken evo.

I hear 3gs faster in games than evo despite being a year older. That is bad. Maybe games are written natively for evo (more buyers and incentive on applle market) or maybe pushing more resoultion on evo is hardr or maybe os or hardare is just crappier.
[EVO 4G General] madsquabbles:
why's iphone the only suitable replacement for the evo. i got it, but i'm seriously doubting that i'll keep it. other than having a huge fricking screen, i'm not seeing a huge incentive to drop my droid yet.
[EVO 4G General] wildcard:
I may not be keeping my EVO (not totally sold on Sprint yet....) but iPhone??? UGH heck no !!!
[EVO 4G General] driguez:
Thanks but no thanks. I dropped the iPhone for Android and not going back. IPhone its nice if you want a good looking phone that simply makes calls, goes online and has nice apps. I don't like their OS,(coming from G1 to iPhone) too simple for my taste, and it is all about taste and what fits your needs, me? I love customization, have dif options when it comes to ROMs, just making the phone mine, and even having the iPhone jailbroken (still have it) it just felt so, bland and tacky, at least to me it does. And don't get me started on it dropping my connection requiring a restart 3-4 times a day.I switched back and forth for the first 2-3 days between the iPhone and Evo, and I haven't picked up the iPhone since. I'm keeping it as an ipod and for my kids to use the games I have installed.

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[EVO 4G General] Sporkman:
Fat chance in hell hate Apple hate at&t even. More

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[EVO 4G General] mrmomoman:
For anyone to say that Apple doesn't make probably the most solid hardware is being blinded by their hatred of Apple. They make very solid hardware and put the extras into it. It shows and you cannot deny that.

I come from years with Windows Mobile 6.x and can't wait for WP7 to come out. Android 2.1 and soon 2.2 will continue to make strides in areas that Apple can only dream of so quickly. Apple's concept is tried and true which is to actually think and act like average or less than average consumers of electronics and create an OS/iOS that will be easy for them. Anyone else who comes along with more technical skills will just find it a breeze. They have done that and in spades. Android is still somewhat confusing for new users and I know this from my first experience with it but I quickly caught on. I have the HTC Incredible and the EVO 4G. I have rooted the EVO 4G and had the fresh .02 ROM on it and its running perfectly.

You can drop out the 4G part of the EVO and it's still a better phone in 3G mode and that is what the media and some of the Apple fanboys have to recgonize. It's a great 3G phone and in its own class as a 4G device as well. Jailbreaking or not that EVO 4G is still ahead of IPHONE and if Froyo is pushed out soon for the EVO 4G then it will just accelerate Android's adoption rate that much faster.

One of the biggest quirks is the ability to select areas of text which IPHONE did a good job on. The magnifying of the area that you want to insert text into is a very smart idea. Having this in the Froyo 2.2 ROM will be icing on the cake.

I am not a Biased person as I just like technology. I can appreciate all aspects of it and can embrace change. My friends who have moved from Apple to Android by my suggestion has really liked the phone and the OS. I created a dropbox for them that I share and I put in applications that I think they would like. They just think its so out of this world for over the air push of applications and they get to use what I use.

For those who are into the IPHONE that is great for you. Enjoy it. I just so happen and like many of you on this board enjoy the Android OS much more now and much more so when more and more ROM's comes out with Themes. It is exciting to see what these great chefs can cook up and with a little overclocking tweaking and Froyo with its potential BIG BOOST in processing it will be an exciting year for Android OS and phones in general.
[EVO 4G General] kjones2k1:
What is this OTA applications you speak of?? Is it in 2.1?
[EVO 4G General] Minjin:
Add a new poll and ask if people would return their Evos for iPhone 4s if the iPhone ran Android OS. ;)

There's a very good chance that I would. Apple does make good hardware though I don't care for their use of sharp edges, user-unfriendly battery replacement, and lack of expandability. It is solid and quality otherwise.
[EVO 4G General] rigg419:
IMO the really nice thing about apple is not really so much the build quality, which is high, but rather the fact that their chain of stores has some of the best warranty support I've ever seen.

One time I walked in with my ipod touch thinking I would really have to justify how annoying this particular defect was, and why I was bringing it in, but when I talked to the rep, I just said "the headphone jack is loose". He took one look at it, made sure it wasn't broken and them handed me another touch, a refurbished one in a white box.

Contrast that with going to a sprint repair center cause your phone is defective. My one experience with that was so bad that I now always just use the semi-secret online warranty system to avoid the store at any cost .

All that said, there is no way that I would return my Evo for an iphone. For me, android is a better fit as a mobile os, sprint's network is superior to at&t, and the evo is a better device than the iphone, although that last part is mostly just due to the Evo's larger screen. An iphone with a 4.3" IPS screen (at like 1280x720) would be amazing.

This post brought to you by my EVO 4G, by XDA-Tapatalk, and by Swype.
[EVO 4G General] getyourmindright:
no way! I dont believe that LOL is there a video of that?
[EVO 4G General] bsims85:
The iPhone has GREAT hardware, but I never liked their software. I love how much you can customize Android. And how is Apple getting all the credit for doing multitasking "right." The Palm Pre clearly has that crown. The Pre's hardware just doesn't do the software justice. Hopefully HP will steer Palm into the future. Anyway.....I'M LOVING THE EVO!!!! But its all a matter of personal preference.

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[EVO 4G General] techs1200:
My new evo doesn't drop calls when I hold it in my hand. Nuff said!

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/24/steve-jobs-describes-iphone-4-signal-strength-a-non-issue/
[EVO 4G General] skoobz:
att's ****ty and spotty service and capped unlimited data plan...

my work bb curve is with att and att sucks monkey balls.
[EVO 4G General] Mast3rpyr0:
Today we just learned that the screen has a yellow spot and if you dont hold it right you get no signal.. sounds like fail to me.
[EVO 4G General] getyourmindright:
EVO all the way

Right now as I type, I have my EVO plugged into my laptop sharing the 3g internet and I have my PS3 wired into the back of my laptop and I'm online playing COD MW2 its a lil glitchy but I'm amazed that I can do both and I'm only using 3g. Not hating on the IP4 but I am hooked on my EVO.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danwguy:
I recently created a pretty cool vintage droid bootanimation but with all the png's it is 150mb and each png is 336kb, is there a way to optimize the png's so they are smaller? there is only 499 png's in total. Thank you for your help.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
I ran into a similar problem the other day. There are a couple of programs that can shrink the PNGs down without loss of quality(they are considered lossless files). There is PNGout and PNGcrush. These are command line programs. Then, if you need a GUI style one, check out PNGWin(I thought it was called, but can't find info ATM). I found it easier though to use the online program found at http://www.gracepointafterfive.com/punypng . You can only do 25 at a time, but it's quick and you can download the finished ones in .zip format instead of individually. With all that info bouncing around your head, I might add that there is probably no way to get that big of a file down to a manageable size as PNGs. The best you can hope for(at least quickly/easily) is a 40-50% reduction overall. I ended up just converting everything to JPG status and it worked well enough, combined with the files being 20% of the size of even my crushed PNGs, to make it worthwile. Hope this helps!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danwguy:
Thank you, the jpg idea worked like a charm. Was able to get the boot screen down to 13mb from 150mb. I didn't know you could use jpg. Again, thank you.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ECLIPS3:
edit

posted in wrong thread.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Glad to help :) I struggled with that for like 3 days, reading different forums, trying to ask in chat rooms, etc. Another forum member ihtfp69 showed me one of his that used JPGs and yea, that made life so much easier. 13MB is still a pretty hefty sized boot animation since it gets stored in your internal phone memory. If you use a2sd it's probably not too big of an issue, but if you are wanting to share with the community then it might be something to look into as that might scare a few of them away. Check out my Mario one in this forum, I think it's pretty cool too :) I have a Wall-e and Eve one that I did for a forum member over at android forums but not quite sure if it is polished yet, waiting to see how it works for him. Anyway, have a good one!
[EVO 4G General] Freelancerx:
so has anyone noticed that the evo censors certain words when using the voice to text function? i thought it was pretty funny haha
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
HAHAHA wow i just checked it out.
[EVO 4G General] sk63:
It's actually Google and they been doing that for a while. Their reasoning is that speech-to-text is not exactly perfect so it is quite possible to interpret a normal word as a naughty one. So rather than display possibly offensive results they err on the side caution. Plus it's always amusing to have google tell me to go %$&*# myself.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Fun tip: add ".com" to the end of the censored word, and it won't be censored. For example, "****.com" is not censored.

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[EVO 4G General] Freelancerx:
nice tip thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] EliWay:
Does it also work for OTA updated devices?
[EVO 4G Android Development] techwerkz:
Yes. It will work on a lot of devices.
[EVO 4G Android Development] EliWay:
Yup! Worked perfectly. Thank you!
[EVO 4G Android Development] StammesOpfer:
I had to restart my phone before it would work but after a quick restart everything worked as advertised
[EVO 4G Android Development] r.mauldin:
worked great for me. thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] campchi:
I just call Sprint and get it from them, they have it to me without asking....

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[EVO 4G Android Development] thatguythatdid:
Nice work but does anyone know

What is authentication key?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] techwerkz:
Not everyone was having the same luck. There are other ways to get your MSL. My corporate account rep gives me mine on all my phones when I ask. However, this is a method that will work for the masses, and not rely on customer service feeling giving or not.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Midnigh7:
I get this error when I try to run the SPC/User lock read.

Any Ideas?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] techwerkz:
Try power cycling the phone. Then try once more.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Midnigh7:
alright...that worked...i swear i've restarted the phone before...

Thanks again!
[EVO 4G Android Development] briankwest:
Why not chat up sprint and ASK for the MSL... thats what I did... and they just gave it to me... same with my HTC Hero... they just gave it to me if you ask nicely.

/b
[EVO 4G Android Development] daylon17:
great info. thanks a lot for this.

although EYE am havin a problem, i have a moto Q9c (sprint) and it isnt showing up on CDMA wrk.

i have activesync going and it connects fine to the phone.

i cannot even find the darn thing in device mang...

any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Albaholic:
Worked great for me... Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] chucky2006:
Great

Had to restart phone when I changed the Com port, worked perfectly, thanx.
[EVO 4G Android Development] drewX2:
Worked like a charm for me. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] CentroniX:
Here's a surefire way to get Sprint to give you the MSL with one phone call... Tell them you keep getting error 1012 whenever you try to use data or update the profile. They'll walk you through fixing the "error", and they have to give you the MSL in the process. Works every single time without fail!
[EVO 4G Android Development] goffmj:
Dude this works great and is quick, probably quicker than sitting through Sprint message prompts. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] verse187:
this works perfect it gave me the code but after that what can i do with im a noob sorry guys
[EVO 4G Android Development] shadyraver:
Need Your Help

OK here Is the situation. My friend has an evo 4g with a bad esn number..now what he wants to do is flash the evo over to cricket. I read somewhere u can flash the evo over to cricket is that right? And what about the bad esn? Hopefully someone can give me some suggestions and point me in the right dirrection
[EVO 4G Android Development] mynigman:
excellent stuff. should be added to op of cdma sprint banner method as well. great info concerning the driver install!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] chillfancy:
Thank you!
[EVO 4G Android Development] rizapn:
I can CONFIRM ... it is WORK !!!

I use the latest CDMA Workshop demo (v3.8) and try to read Sprint HTC EVO 4G running on 2.3.3 ... without entering this "command", cdma workshop always give me error "Phone ask for SPC bla-bla-bla" ... after doing this ... it display the SPC correctly !!! THANK YOU very much ...
[EVO 4G Android Development] shatten:
htc phone ask for spc

found htc droid 2 verizon, workshop 2.7 go to security tab in SPC write 000000 select SPC boton and selec send :) now can write nam
[EVO 4G Android Development] 2gunsup:
I somehow managed to lose the ability to do any of these codes after flashing a rom/radio on my device. The only one that works for me is the diag code ##3424#..

Can someone advise me on how fix this issue?

Edit: Nevermind, figured it out. Flashed a stock rom that matched radio I had installed and commands worked again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dwss:
This fixes the SPC error.

You sir /win
[EVO 4G Android Development] pnonu23:
Running Unofficial CM9 for Supersonic Nightlies Cant seem to do any commands like ##3424# will this only work on sense roms

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Also I downloaded a app off the market for free called MSL Reader It read my msl in 15 seconds but I'm wondering if its supposed to be six zeros 000000 cause that's what keeps popping up
[EVO 4G Android Development] iBlowpot:
You are correct. Sense ROMs only ... and your MSL has most likely been modified already if you're w/another company aside from Sprint.
[EVO 4G Android Development] DustbinK:
Is it required to install HTC Sync to get the CDMA workshop method to work?
[EVO 4G Android Development] FutureAirways:
Hi guys trying to connect to cdma workshop and after installing htc sync i still cant find the drivers win 7 64. I did instal the modem driver but still have the 9k without a driver. After running cdma i get failed.. phone does not answer when i click read under security (after connecting successfully to port), not sure what im doing wrong
[EVO 4G Android Development] savoca:
Probably bad on the drivers. I'll link you to the ones I used (x64) when I get home.
[EVO 4G Android Development] artcotto:
Hey!!! What about if you are running a custom ROM - and don't work the EPST codes?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bonerstorm:
errrr nope not working here... when i try to update the diag driver i get an error message saying there is no device information that has to do with the file....im talking about the usbmodem inf

running xp

im dead in the water until i get some more info or help
[EVO 4G Android Development] riskybzns:
Don't want to drag this up, but on step 2 I'm not seeing "Other Devices" under device manager.

Phone is connected to my pc and I'm able to see the removable disk (G) on my desktop.

Thank you for your time and all help is appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] riskybzns:
Help, please? :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] cytherian:
^ You probably didn't enter ##3424# to put your phone in diag mode.

I was frustrated as all friggin' hell because my 2nd Hero wouldn't cough up the MSL. CDMA Workshop couldn't retrieve it. aLogCat didn't show it in the output. "adb shell getprop" didn't show it. I had to manually install MSL Reader and run that. It worked, although it locked my phone. At least I got what I needed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Dustin256:
Time to put minutes on my Boost Mobile phone boostmobile.reloadcodes.com :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] kelvinpacquette:
Zte warp elite N5918 from boost mobile

i got to unlock CDMA it worked for me as it don't say invalid sim anymore but i am trying to use it on my GSM network but cant get my MSL code i try alogcat, MSL reader and what ever app there is to look up MSL but the root access i believe is my problem whe ever i root and restart i have too factory reset and start back over
[EVO 4G Android Development] XxTeXx07xX:
Nope GET YOUR MSL EASY!!!!!!!

CHECK OUT MY THREAD!

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-j7/themes/msl-t3628774
[EVO 4G Android Development] fazzmanic:
Thx for the walk through got the MSL code ez mode.
[EVO 4G Android Development] oOflyeyesOo:
Is your MSL code part of your sprint account, or is it attached to your phone? Just wondering if I got a new phone now, or down the line. Would my MSL code stay the same?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dmoses1969:
Not Working

Not sure what I am doing wrong but keep getting

" Windows was unable to install your HTC DIAG, windows could not find the driver software for your device."

When first connected to usb and phone prompts for, Charging Only, HTC Sync, Disk Drive, Share Connection, Which one do I select or does it matter?

No matter where I place the drivers I downloaded, I can point to that folder and it will not update the drivers?

UPDATE: Never mind, I figured it out. YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] dmoses1969:
Follow the instructions

People, Follow the instructions and it will work!!! Works great!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] vdub804:
you dont need cdma workshop or diag drivers just type < adb shell getprop >
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
Thread moved.... to development section :D

Good work on the tutorial. ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] SteelH:
I did that and got a ton of info, I searched thru it all, tried every 6 digit code I could, and still no MSL. What is the correct item I should be looking for when I do adb shell getprop?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vdub804:
[ril.MSL]: [xxxxxx]
[EVO 4G Android Development] DraginMagik:
you rock.

i had read a couple other posts but was missing one part. your step by step w/ pictures saved me much /bang-head-on-desk
[EVO 4G Android Development] ocelot4ark:
I don't have a ril.MSL in my getprop screen...
[EVO 4G Android Development] ocelot4ark:
Thanks to OP! Worked for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] marctronixx:
ok well i need assistance.

i put in the ## code THEN attach the phone to USB but nothing happens. nothing asks me to install anything. i do see a image pop up of what looks like a tower, the phone and a server icon. see attached photo.

also what mode should it be in? usb only? disk drive? i need help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnsongrantr:
make sure USB debuging is enabled on the phone.

the pop up for drivers will be on the workstation, if it doesn't pop up, go into device manager

Start>run> devmgmt.msc

look for anything with a ! or look for htc diag in the list of hardware attached, if need be go to properties and re-install drivers

also try switching USB ports once in htc diag mode.
[EVO 4G Android Development] marctronixx:
Thank you. Will try when I get back to the laptop. I'm running tried and true xp pro. I'm my case I need to be using "htc sync" mode rather than, say, "charge only".

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Thumbed wirelessly from my HTC EVO 4G thru Sprint PCS. Please excuse any typos.
[EVO 4G Android Development] marctronixx:
under ports (COM and LPT) i see HTC Diagnostic Interface (COM 12) and its working fine. no unknown icons anywhere to be found... i have htc sync and debugging on and running.... if you can tel me where i should go to update the drivers then perhaps i should do that...
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnsongrantr:
that sounds good in cdma workshop just choose com port 12

is there a problem connecting? everything sounds to be correct from what you just said
[EVO 4G Android Development] marctronixx:
OK! so i went into the device mgr and under the port tab for htc diag manager, changed the com to something not in use. closed out cdma workshop. did the ## code THEN switched to HTC Sync THEN fired up cdma workshop.. it worked FINALLY!!!! thanks gents for your kindness and help! got the MSL!!!!!

EDIT. so in my case i did not need to add any additional drivers hence why i never got prompted to install any. that was messing me up...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Valicore:
Thank you very much for this, it worked perfectly and the screenshots and directions were right on for EVERY step. 5 Stars for your thread!
[EVO 4G Android Development] hdad2:
@OP

Thanks! WinXP-32 actually found the driver automatically for me when I selected the right folder for the search. Very easy.

Long time reader, first post to say thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] farunkel:
newbie question

forgive my ignorance, but where exactly in these steps do you associate your verizon account with the evo (meaning, making the phone ring when people call your verizon number)
[EVO 4G Android Development] re2gie01:
Can the OP reload the drivers for x64, the link is down.
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnsongrantr:
these are just instructions oh how to get the keys to the castle, not what to do once you have the keys... and that part really shouldn't be discussed here.

It's a grey area of legality of our science. But if you search long enough you might find the way.
[EVO 4G Android Development] farunkel:
why?

why can't i do whatever i like with my phone and my number?
[EVO 4G Android Development] techwerkz:
Link is back online. My web host had a bit of a glitch with their billing system.