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[EVO 4G General] Pops_G:
Here is my experience:

Zagg:

Good -

Works well as protection

Hides fringer prints decently

Bad -

Blurs your screen a very small amount

Makes the surface feel like rubber

Hard to put on without getting a little dust under it

Generic hard plastic sheet:

Good -

Works well as protection

Feels very smooth, smoother than glass

Easy to put on, and normally you get 2 or 3 in case you make a mistake

Perfectly clear

Bad -

Finger print magnet, oil really builds up

You can see where the protector ends around the edges

Added glare in sunlight(small amount)

Unprotected Glass:

Good -

Feels very smooth

Easy to clean off, just rub it off on your shirt

Perfectly clear

Bad -

Medium finger print problem, but easy to clean

I feel scared to place it face down, once I get a case that recesses the face I will feel better.

Over all I decided to go with unprotected. Its the middle of the road and I feel the best over all experience.
[EVO 4G General] zone23:
Zagg Invisible Shield is NO GOOD.. Its almost sticky. Don't get it! I warned ya.
[EVO 4G General] langdoy:
Agreed, the Zagg is sticky. But I deal with it so that I can protect it. I don't have a huge issue with viewing it or the orange peel look when it's off because you don't notice it when it's on. The fit is nice. On my hero, I had a really clear smooth one from ebay which was great, but was all scratched up. The zagg shouldn't even mark up which is why i'm dealing with it. Sticky, but not to the point that it pisses me off. I put it on myself relatively easily, just spray lots of that solution on it, no bubbles, no dust, 2 minute application.
[EVO 4G General] weedahoe:
Maybe the Zagg is sticky if you put it on backwards but I have ZERO complaints about mine.
[EVO 4G General] itmustbejj:
I ordered a 3 pack of anti-glare/anti-fingerprint screen covers from handhelditems for 7.99 (for the 3pack). They have crazy deals on evo 4g accessories right now. I also got a car charger for like 3.99.

I bought it more for the anti-glare/anti-fingerprints than the actual screen protection.
[EVO 4G General] xavier1022:
Warning!

There is a whole thread started on water damage and most of this comes from any screen protector that requires you to spray on water... ei Zaggs

When you squeegiie the water off the screen it leaks in to the back of the phone and Sprint has been sneaky about placing water damage indicator right on the tip of the phone.. below battery.

Either cover the indicator with protector or stick to the regular screen covers..
[EVO 4G General] Aridon:
I haven't used one since my old treo's.

Never had a problem with scratches. Iphone, iphone 3g, pre, hero and evo. The only one I'd consider using a protector on is the pre and only because the build quality was ****.
[EVO 4G General] colorado_al:
I have had the EVO since Google I/O. Already have a scratch in the screen. Would have put a screen protector on right away, but they weren't available until this week.

Get a screen protector!! Just don;t get one that needs to be wet!

Try Clarivue.
[EVO 4G General] West650:
Get Ghost Armor. I have it and feels/seems like nothings there.
[EVO 4G General] Neotelos_com:
I do believe this phone uses the high-quality Gorilla Glass...

Check the screen stress tests on the Dell Streak, the guy jabs it with a pen numerous times and not even a mark!

So...if this is, in fact, Gorilla Glass...there's nearly no worry about the screen getting scratched unless you are utterly careless or go out of your way to scratch it.
[EVO 4G General] Darth Duane:
Any way you can post a pic of the scratch? What was the cause?
[EVO 4G General] xavier1022:
There its no mention of EVO having gorilla glass...care to share sources?

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[EVO 4G General] ktrotter11:
I have zaggs invisible shield, fits and feels great

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[EVO 4G General] ZUUL42:
I'm waiting for the Martin Fields protectors. That's all I used throughout my Treos & Mogul (TP2 came with a good one). They typically include a protector for the camera lens too.
[EVO 4G General] chazglenn3:
HTC has not ever built a single phone that used Gorilla Glass.
[EVO 4G General] gtkansan:
Phantomskinz.com self healing, freaking indestructible. Ive used on pre, zune gr, etc and they have been flawless. Love it on the evo. Take free shipping, got here in one day.

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[EVO 4G General] ohwut:
The screen can scratch pretty easy in my experience, I already have a teeeny one along the edge that I'm pretty mad got there. I'd highly suggest getting one but deffintily not one of the wet application ones. I used to love BSE back on my blackberry, would never touch anything Zagg honestly. Go with a Clarivue.
[EVO 4G General] HiredGunSG:
I am currently using zagg and I think it is a great protector. Probably the best I've ever used. I used the same product on my hd2 until I got rid of it. I have no problems swiping. People either have sweaty hands or they just don't wash their hands that often which can ber pretty sad.
[EVO 4G General] mugen939:
I installed the ZAGG shield myself. Your worry of water damage is easily solved by squeegeeing the protector on while holding the unit upside down. This allows the excess water run off to simply fall off the unit instead of getting inside it. I can't recommend invisible shield enough people. Do it, you won't regret it.
[EVO 4G General] adelaney:
I use bodyguardz, and have for 4 yrs. Wish I would of preordered though. Being crazy careful right now. If scratched, I will have to exchange it.
[EVO 4G General] Rennat:
I have seen a few Seido videos on youtube and am wondering about their comparison to Zagg's screen protector.
[EVO 4G General] magicalan:
Invisible shield its the best still has bubbles i just put it like 10 minutes ago
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
Zagg invisible shield here. I don't know what you guys are talking about it being sticky. It has a slight bit of grip compared to glass but I've had ZERO problems with it.
[EVO 4G General] Biggest Fro:
No love for the Skinomi Techskin?

Pros:

Used on Helicopter blades (brag to your friends Ha)

Lifetime warranty

Free shipping

Cons:

Rubbery

Orange Peel look

Yes, you do have to use the provided solution to apply the protector.

I had it on my Hero, have it on my PSPGo, and now have it on my Evo.

Wouldn't go without it.

www(DOT)skinomi(DOT)com
[EVO 4G General] JM-PDA:
I am going to try this one from Seidio:

http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SPM1HEV4

I tried the Zagg IS and it was too sticky for me.

Hope this Seidio is not a sticky.

I am curious about Ghost Armour. Will check it out.

Thanks for all the ideas.
[EVO 4G General] liquidkernel:
That's my theory, too. My buddy took a key to his Nexus One just to see how good it is, no damage.

I had a screen protector on my Hero and I took it off because I didn't like the crinkle finish, the reduced touch screen sensitivity and the added drag.

Glass is pretty scratch resistant.
[EVO 4G General] chris_v:
I got the default one they sold at the sprint store (2pak). I installed the Anti-Glare version. It doesn't cover the buttons on the bottom even tho they seem part of the screen. It feels a lot smoother then the ZAGG i have on my hero (not as sticky).

Although, my hero (the one with the zagg) does have like weird bumps on it now after i accidently slept on it (like depressions in the protector).
[EVO 4G General] bleomycin:
Ive lost all faith in gorilla glass after my experience with it on my droid. I got a huge deep scratch across my droid screen and im still not even sure how. This is the first time ive ever used any type of screen protection on a phone and for now im using the plastic ones available at the sprint store, theyre not bad but im hoping to find a better alternative.
[EVO 4G General] Neotelos_com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYZF0e3HVaI

http://androidforums.com/htc-incredible/74641-incredible-using-gorilla-glass-htc-says-so.html
[EVO 4G General] chazglenn3:
None of the HTC phones use Gorilla Glass.
[EVO 4G General] dj_jelly:
Ghost Armor Is what i use. I use it on all my phones. Its the best thing ever. it wraps the whole phone. I recommend it to all my customers
[EVO 4G General] berkmanmd:
i dig the zagg protectors...never had any issues
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svlittle:
If I can get one quick answer for how many times I might be torn apart for asking that would be great. Friday I added a new line to my family plan to get the evo. I am trying to put my hero running fresh 2.1.2 on another line that is one my account. I got it at Radio Shack and they had no idea what they were doing and screwed up my account. After a day and a half I finally got the accounts switched and when I activated the 3g wont come on the hero. I have all needed codes and have spent about 7 hours total trying to get it working. I am thinking about flashing back to stock but don't want to if not needed. Any help or at least a direction to be pointed. All else fails, I'm going to the sprint store.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feefeeboomboom:
Try it. Use the 2.1 ruu .exe in the 2.1 root guide. DONT DONT DONT accept the OTA when you boot or you can't reroot. Use the UNREVOKED.apk to one click root again.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svlittle:
Good looking out. Going to do it right now. Just out of curiosity, has anyone else had trouble switching accounts on a rooted phone
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feefeeboomboom:
Not that IV heard.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svlittle:
Yeah, I'm thinking i was cause where I bought it. The people I got it from RadioShack had no idea what they were doing. They thought I was crazy when I asked them to switch some esn's around. When I talked to sprint they said radioshack had been screwing up alot of accounts. So if are buying from there, have them do nothing but sale you the phone and activate it. Heading to sprint, quick question, if I go in there with a rooted hero will they trip?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcdfv:
Depends on who's working and how obvious it is.

Usually they're dumb enough to believe you when you say "Oh, it's an app I found"
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canterrain:
This has nothing to do with the phone being rooted.

FYI indirect dealers like radio shack don't have the full ability to switch around esns among lines on an account.

Basically three things have to happen:

first you have to free up existing phones on existing lines. (only sprint can really do this, save for doing an upgrade)

second you have to change the account to reflect the new phones on the new lines. (indirect dealers CAN do this once the line is freed up)

third: you have to initiate either an auto ota programming, or use unlock codes to edit the mobile identification number and your mobile directory number (these are both usually your phone number, but sometimes the MDN is not) Again, only sprint can do this as they have the unlock codes.

Your RS rep probably didn't realize this, and only changed around your account as needed. Now, true, they should have just called Sprint and made sure, or had you make a call on the hero to make sure it was working right... but let's be fair, I'll bet at some point in your life you made a mistake where you thought you knew what you were doing and it turns out you didn't.

Line switches like this aren't common requests at indirect dealers. They mainly handle new account and upgrades.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HyoImowano:
I work at a Radio Shack and we regularly switch lines around like that, we do have to call it in to Sprint though. As with anywhere it's rarely the company and more the person working that's stupid. :mad:
[HD2 General] dvigue:
IS there anyway to make the tiny contact pictures in the threaded sms app larger? they are sooo small...
[HD2 General] Dragonmaster0430:
Has anyone figured this out?
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
I am no genuis or anything lol, but I beleive this would require a registry tweek of some kind. I have know idea where exactly the line or lines in the registry you would have to modify are but I am pretty sure a regusty rweek would achive this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE "BRICKING" OF YOUR DEVICE. FLASHING A RADIO IS DANGEROUS, DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY OR STOP THE UPDATE AT ANY TIME. FOLLOW ON SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS AND BE PATIENT.

That said... let the fun begin!!!

Anyhow this is the latest radio from:

RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.6_Radio_1.39.00.05.31_release_171253_signed

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLASHING:

- Download the EVO-1.39.00.05.31-radio-signed.zip from below

- Put it on the root of your sdcard (top level)

- Reboot to recovery and run .sh or .bat file to gain custom recovery

- Select "Flash zip from sdcard" in recovery

- Select "EVO-1.39.00.05.31-radio-signed.zip" and confirm the flash

- Ath the bottom it will say "Reboot via menu to complete installation" do as it says and select reboot in the menu

- it will then say "writing image" then reboot to a screen with a phone and a green arrow

- then it will reboot again showing the same screen with the arrow but have a little status bar.

- after that it will reboot into android and prompt u with a congrats on flashing the new radio. press ok ansd cancel the firmware update (its useless :P)

- navigate to settings>About phone>Software information

- under Baseband u will see "1.39.00.05.31"

- your done now. enjoy the awesome new radio :P <~~~ congrats its not a brick!!!

DOWNLOAD LINK
[EVO 4G Android Development] phinnaeus:
Thanks toast!
[EVO 4G Android Development] blehzz:
Sweet thanks

Wait where's the link lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] Kykiskly:
Download Link

Download Link PLZ :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
is this the radio extracted from football's RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.6 and packaged into a custom update.zip for recovery?

change log? any idea what it updates/fixes/improves?

thanks!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] chumba8:
toast your a monster

Man what a good job your doing toast I can hardly keep up :) I am loving my rooted Evo I/O Phone tho thanks to you I am even sending someone my Incredible to see about root cuz I sill never use it again lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
htc doesnt do chage logs in their ruus anymore. ur guess is as good as mine as to whats changed. they obviously want u to use this radio for a reasion or else they wouldve just left the old one.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ChrisDos:
What is the md5sum of EVO-1.39.00.05.31-radio-signed.zip?
[EVO 4G Android Development] infamousjax:
could this be a fix for the weak Wifi radio?

which radio is this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
didnt see an answer to this previously?

is EVO-1.39.00.05.31-radio-signed.zip the radio extracted from football's RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.6 and packaged into a custom update.zip for recovery?

is there a simple way to determine this? compare radios? what partition are they kept in? mtd2?

sorry bunch of questions as my thoughts flow
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
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[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
Anyhow this is the latest radio from:

RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.6_Radio_1.39.00.05.31_rele ase_171253_signed
[EVO 4G Android Development] pingpongboss:
So should we apply this right after we follow instructions from here? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=690762

Is this supposed to replace the OTA update?

Thanks toast!
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
this will not replace the ota. this will only replace the radio.img and yes u must be root and have access to a custom recovery
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
somebody can correct me if im wrong, this is just what ive gathered from reading.

yes, apply this radio udpate.zip after rooting using's toasts method and running his recovery. when the recovery UI pops up, then load this radio update.zip file posted in the OP. that way you'll still be able to keep root and have the latest radio.

this does not replace the OTA update, this update only patches the radio, it does not patch the software.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Call me stupid, but what are the benefits of flashing the radio?
[EVO 4G Android Development] pingpongboss:
Thanks for the quick response guys. So are we free to apply the OTA ourselves after we root and use this radio upgrade? I keep remembering toast saying not to apply any RUU's (not sure if the OTA update counts as an RUU)

Since they don't release the changelogs, we don't know what has changed. But as toast said, there must be a reason they updated the radio.
[EVO 4G Android Development] arkshel:
You must not be the only stupid one, Im stupid too, what does this new radio do?
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
could increase signal or optimize hardware. the radio controls a lot of function of the device.
[EVO 4G Android Development] DROIDNP:
thanks. Everything went well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tommy96814:
fast battery drain, 4g stuck at scanning / connects disconnects, bad reception.

is there a link to download other versions of the radio? this one really sucks for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Sid6_7:
I have this exact same problem. Glad I'm not alone, but i am on the 1.34_003.

I actually called sprint tech about this and since i was within my 30 days, i am getting a replacement. I was getting a bad block 0x400000 on my misc partition anyhow.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
update your ROM to the latest one....I suspect that you have a crappy ROM that is doing it

also, did you wipe cache after it gets stuck on the "formatting cache...." step?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Sid6_7:
Yup I did that as well. I am about to try wiping the davlik cache this time as Cath0dez tried and see if that helps.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cath0dez:
Nothing has worked for me. I have tried every single available rom and both versions of the radio.

My phone can find the 4g network but gets stuck at Connecting to Sprint or Authorizing with Sprint and never gets working.

Is there any guide to completely starting over with a stock phone? As none of the devs are having this problem, I have no idea how to fix it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tommy96814:
i think it is a bug? i know because its happening even before rooting or putting custom roms.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Sid6_7:
When did this start happening to you? I am thinking it was after the 2nd Root, but dont know for sure. Might be just coincidence it broke at the same time, but who knows.

At this point I tried everything, changed Roms, reinstalled the radio, wipe all caches before and after. Even to the point where I restored the RUU (exe file)

I gave up and decided to call sprint and was told radio is the problem. Store actually tried to fix too and thought it was a provisioning problem. Oh well. replacement on the way. Hope it was nothing I did.
[EVO 4G Android Development] EtherealRemnant:
I've been noticing data lockups with this radio... I'll be downloading something and it will go for about 5 seconds and then stop... the only way to get it going again is to make a phone call and get off of it... then another 5 seconds... and its sporadic and happens on multiple towers (I drove to the north part of town last night to see if it was a tower issue).

Anyone else experiencing this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
im flawless with this radio...i've downloaded about 6 gigs of files in the last few days
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheMike1:
Ok, I followed the method listed in the first post. My only difference was that after the phone with a progress bar it rebooted back into recovery mode, at which time I selected Reboot Device. I was never greeted with a "Checking for Update" or "Congratulations..."

When the phone first started it said "No Service" on the Slider but quickly changed to "Sprint" and I now have excellent service and it is showing the Correct Baseband version (1.39.00.05.31) under Software Information.

Am I ok, or did I do something wrong? I used command reboot recovery from shell initially to get into recovery mode, could this be the reason it rebooted intoo recovery again after flashing the radio image?

Thanks I just want to make sure I shouldn't redo this :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] cath0dez:
I finally gave up and nuked the phone. Used the executable from this link - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=685835.

4g is now working. I am going to root the phone again and see if the 4g cuts out again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] EtherealRemnant:
Had you fully rooted? I am curious if the stock RUU wipes out the root and engineering SPL...

I'm thinking this radio is bunk. I didn't have any connectivity problems at all until flashing this radio.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
yep...use that thread to go back to STOCK
[EVO 4G Android Development] EtherealRemnant:
Does anyone have a zip of just the stock radio?
[EVO 4G Android Development] cath0dez:
I was fully rooted and the RUU brought me back to right-out-of-the-box stock - its like I just picked it up.

I'm not exactly sure when the 4g went out - I had this radio loaded correctly before full root and reloaded it along with fresh's rom after getting full root access. It was either the full root, the rom, or the second radio flash that ruined it.

Next time around I am going to do full root using Toasts method and not use clockwork until I have a stable full root, radio, and rom going.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cath0dez:
Here's the link to the stock radio.

http://geekfor.me/evo/radio/139000426radio/

FYI- this did not restore 4g on my phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Sid6_7:
Crappy, I just tried this and didn't work. Next Evo coming up. ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] EtherealRemnant:
Thanks for that. Didn't work either. Neither did having Sprint reprovision my phone... back to stock I go. If that doesn't work, its back to Best Buy I go.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
4g should work after flashing to OMJ rom...did you guys try that?
[EVO 4G Android Development] EtherealRemnant:
My issue isn't 4G. We don't even have it in Denver yet. My issue is that my 3G data works for about 15-30 seconds... then it locks the data arrows and I have to make a phone call to reset the radio... Then data works again... for 15-30 seconds...
[EVO 4G Android Development] cath0dez:
Yes - tried every ROM that was supposed to work with 4g.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eyecon82:
hmm..not sure what's going on with you...sorry
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheMike1:
It should also be noted that I flashed a custom rom prior to flashing the radio. I am not sure if this makes a difference I just want to make sure I didn't mess anything up. Thanks :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] EtherealRemnant:
So I flashed back to stock, then ran the profile, PRL, and HTC updates... Now I'm on this radio and having no problems. Now for root...
[EVO 4G Android Development] cath0dez:
Alright - all is well. After starting from scratch and going through the root process from the beginning I thankfully have full root unlocked and RvU 1.3.2 installed with working 4g on my phone.

I am going to avoid this radio like the plague unless something comes up, but it looks like everything is working fine without this update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SecretAgentHam:
Mirror Download

I noticed the site Toast/Flipz provided was down a while ago (when i tried to flash my radio) so now that its back up i decided to mirror it off of MegaUpload...

if this is a no no, please let me know and i'll take it down. also i dont mean to take away any traffic from Flipz' website, this is simply a just in case the site goes down again. do what you will with the link.

www(dot)megaupload(dot)com/?d=BNPW3N85
[EVO 4G Android Development] rlvaldez:
Did anyone else's phone not reboot back into android and basically sat there in recovery saying, "flashing CACHE...", or is it just me?
[EVO 4G Android Development] rickgomez2003:
No there have been a few of us with this issue.
[EVO 4G Android Development] T Mac:
Mine did that. I just chose to reboot and it worked. I just verified the correct baseband version.