[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sph33r:
I keep seeing the same questions in the Cyanogen Nightly thread and I think this needs to be done. I'll attempt to cover all the questions I see coming up every day.

Warning: This may contain helpful information, tongue in cheek comments, and straight up mean comments. Read at your own risk.

Q. Where's my market/gmail/etc?

A. You need to install Gapps.

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Q. My Market stayed in! Cyanogen started putting Gapps in his ROM!

A. No he didn't. He can't, there's legal reasons. What likely happened is you didn't wipe, or you left the check mark in the backup question at the initial setup and it backed it up to Google. That 2nd part is unlikely.

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Q. Will Cyanogen ever put Sense in his ROM?

A. Nope. Sense is not open source like Android is. Plus it's so deep reaching into the OS, that it would be a nightmare anyway. If you want Sense, there are plenty of other ROMs to choose from.

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Q. Do I need to wipe?

A. You don't HAVE to, but it's not a bad idea. With these nightly builds, there are a lot of things changing. However, other than the MMS fix that went in a few builds ago, there probably hasn't been a reason to wipe.

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Q. Is Facebook sync fixed yet?

A. No because it's not a ROM problem, it's a Facebook app problem and that's not Cyanogen's job to fix.

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Q. Is the Voicemail icon fixed?

A. Probably not. It's been mentioned 1,436,034 times so far. You are not helping.

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Q. Where can I submit bug reports?

A. Nightly builds should never have bug reports made on it. Especially since this isn't even at the RC level yet.

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Q. What's your LINPACK score?!?!?!?!?

A. You have much to learn. Benchmarks aren't the end-all, be-all.

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Q. I hate ADW Launcher!!!

A. Put Launcher Pro or Zeam or any of the other launcher options you have. Install Home Switcher to switch between them to try their different functions out.

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Q. I can't find (insert app name here) in the market?

A. The Market functions by knowing what phone/os combo you have. At the moment, there is no such thing as an Evo running 2.2 as far as Google is concerned hence, the market is keeping apps from you. If you go here, you'll find a way to install a hacked up Market apk that will most likely fix it. Make sure you follow the directions COMPLETELY.

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Q. I did the Market fix and it's not working?

A. What did I just say? Follow the effing directions! Reading is fundamental.

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Q. Can I use Swype with this?

A. I use it all the time. The key for me is using the Swype Installer that I got when I joined the open Beta. This makes sure it installs the right version of Swype for FroYo. If you don't have it, I bet an APK is floating around this forum.

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Q. Can I use Sense Widgets on this ROM?

A. Nope, that requires Sense and you'll have to wait for an official 2.2 ROM from HTC for that.

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Q. When I open (insert program name here), it FC's. I installed it using Titanium (or some other backup program).

A. Remove it and re-install from the market. This fixes a lot of the FC problems. It may not fix them all, be warned.

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Q. What is "snap"?

A. It's a kernel being developed by JMXP69 and is posted in the Development forum. You have to flash it from recovery like anything else.

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Q. How do I do those cool benchmarks that all the super rad kids are doing in every other fricken post of the nightly thread?

A. Sigh.. well if you must, search the market for Linpack, Quadrant, and Gears. Those will give you the numbers you crave.

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Q. I'm having FC problems, what do I do? Should I just post up a message complaining about it with ZERO substance?

A. Of course not. Go to the market, download aLogcat and get Cyanogen something he can actually use. Don't be one of those people who complains about things yet does nothing to help. God knows we have enough of that already.

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Q. Should I use SetCPU?

A. Why don't you be proactive and figure that out yourself? Try a day with it running, and then uninstall it and try a day without it. That should give you some metrics to go by.

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Q. Can I overclock this ROM?

A. Yes, Cyanogen does let you overclock to 1152mhz out of the box. If you want more, install Snap.

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Q. My bars are showing 1 or 2 instead of full when it used to.

A. First off, the AOSP signal display is only 4 bars vs 6 on the HTC display. That does make a difference. Secondly, go by the dBm number, that's all that matters. Bars are a graphical representation and are in no way the Bible of signal.

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Q. How do I update my PRL?

A. You can't while in the Cyanogen ROM. It's best to keep a Sense enabled rom in Nandroid so you can flash back if you need to perform some administrative tasks like updating the PRL. I can't say whether the Cyanogen ROM will ever let you do that.

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Q. The camera's are (insert problem here).

A. This isn't a "production" ready ROM. You will encounter problems with a lot of things and I wouldn't expect perfection until Cyanogen calls it official.

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Q. When is Cyanogen going to release the (RC1, RC2, Official) ROM?

A. The first rule of Cyanogen Mod is you don't ask for ETAs. Cut it out.

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Q. I'm running XX nightly, should I update to tonights?

A. Stop being lazy. You're running a bleeding edge ROM, why not make that decision for yourself? If you're happy with the ROM you're currently running, and you don't see anyone talking about some new amazing feature, then stay where you are. If you're up for the adventure, nandroid and jump in already!

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Q. Why is Cyanogen so great? Should I flash it?

A. If you ask that question, I say no. I'm really tired of people who don't READ. The Cyan Nightly thread is over 500 pages and I've seen this question asked at least 20 times. Why is it awesome? Cuz it's AOSP and Sense sucks donkey balls. If you don't agree with that statement, don't flash it.

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Q. How do I fix (insert problem here)

A. Start by clicking the "Search this Thread" button and see if you can't find that answer yourself.

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Q. Can you incorporate (insert random Sense specific option here).

A. No. If you love Sense so much, run a ROM with sense. This is AOSP son.

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Q. Why do I lose so much battery when I take it off the charger?

A. This isn't a Cyanogen specific problem, all ROMs do this. The phone doesn't trickle charge after it hits full. I don't know why, it sucks. So when you unplug it, you'll watch it drop to about 94% (from my experience) and then it'll slow down and move normally from there.

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Q. This build lowered my Linpack from 36 to 35!!!!

A. OH NOES!!!!! CALL SPYDERMANZ!!!!!

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Q. My Market downloads the app then stops there and never installs it.

A. Yeah, mine too. Sucks doesn't it? I don't know of a fix, maybe someone else does. The "fixed" market apk does this too.

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Q. Do I need the latest radios?

A. I'm guessing you don't, but why wouldn't you flash them unless they cause some sort of problem with the signal in your area? You can get them from geekfor.me and flash them through recovery.

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Q. Does Cyanogen ROM support 4g in the nightlys?

A. Nope, not yet. Cyanogen himself has said it's a high priority.

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Q. Does Cyanogen support HDMI out in the nightlys?

A. This is another thing that Cyanogen has stated he will be getting worked out. Maybe it's fixed by now but probably not.

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Q. OMG! I just flashed the latest build and Cyanogen included the Market fix and the Facebook fix!

A. I highly doubt that. You probably didn't wipe or you have Google backing up your apps. Again, I doubt the 2nd part is the case. Unless Cyanogen says "I included this", you're most likely mistaken.

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Q. I have the voicemail notification! Is it gone yet?

A. I doubt it.

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Q. Should I use Google Voice for voicemail?

A. Yep.

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Q. Why?

A. Look, I'm tired. Just use it.

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Q. My phone reboots constantly when overclocked to (insert number here)

A. That's because you're phone doesn't want to run at that frequency. Back it down a bit and try again. Every phone is different, not all of them can run 1152 or higher.

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Q. What's the easiest way to find the nightly builds?

A. Pay the couple bucks for ROM Manager Premium. They're added as soon as they build and it makes for a nice easy download/flash process. Koush made this kickass program and he deserves a few bucks.

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Q. My Market says Sprint on it where it used to say Downloads! Why did Cyanogen do that?

A. He didn't, that's Sprint's fault. They're pushing that change out to everyone as is all the other carriers. I hate it, you hate it, we'll get over it.

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Q. My phone is doing (insert random problem here).

A. Every time I have some oddity happen to me, I tend to post it on this forum. Thus, I'm admitting guilt, mark that down. You know what has happened 9 times out of 10? I reboot the phone and the problem goes away and I feel stupid. So the moral is, when a strange problem rears it's ugly head, reboot first.

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Q. My battery life is (great/horrible) <- pick one.

A. Join the club.

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That's all I'm going to do. It's overkill I know, but maybe it'll stop one person from posting another one of these damn questions in the nightly thread. I'll consider it a victory if that happens.