yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aimbdd:
yep...

I would make a backup of just wimax, then there would be no need to back it up again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n00bhackin:
Depends on your amount of paranoia about being able to recover. I backup my entire phone, including my SD card, prior to flashing any ROM. So far I haven't had any issues recovering. Granted I'm new to rooting and flashing ROMs...so haven't had enough time to really bork things up.

I know my b/u is over kill, but I'd rather spend the few extra minutes getting everything than find out I missed something if I need to recover.

HTC Evo

Rooted, but still stock...for now

----------------------------------------

The program is designed to work, if it's not, we have a problem.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentphantom:
You are good to go with your backup scheme.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
You don't need to backup WiMax every time. Just back it up once, separately, then backup boot, data, and system regularly.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tailsthecat3:
i have four or five nands on my card that i checked every option for. cant hurt...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danootz:
Thanks for all the replies guys.

I'll take it all into account and do an "in case of catastrophic data loss" backup (in other words, full on backup, full checks)

And keep it to the OP scheme i had for future backups.

:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RANZO:
@n00bhackin

I'm the same way. Better safe than sorry.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coiledwire:
Yep, wimax is a seperate backup.

Before backup, wipe cache and dalvik cache (reduces size of backup file and forces dalvik to be rebuilt when recovered).

At a bare minimum: boot, system, data

If you use apps2sd, backup .android.secure also unless you want to reinstall some apps.

If you use apps2sd to a ext3 partition on your SD, backup SD:ext for the same reasons above.

If your not sure which apps2sd you are using;

1) check on your SD the folder .android.secure, got apps there then its option 1.

2) if you use dark tremors apps2sd, then you know what it does and you back up option 2.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpz1100:
It would be awesome to have a .ini file on the sd with various defaults already enabled.

Maybe next in the next version :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmba:
Greets,

It seems

http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/

is no longer available. Does anyone know where it went and/or how to find the recoveries in ZIP format.

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
Here you go

http://mirror1.kanged.net/recoveries/
[EVO 4G General] david279:
Im seeing pockets of 4G popping up all over Louisiana on clears website. Anybody getting it on their phones? It looks like slidell, hammond, B.R., lake charles are all lit up in green. Anybody?

http://www.clear.com/coverage
[EVO 4G General] tgrgrd00:
Amazing! Good catch. I just checked last week and and there was nothing.

Haven't been in any of those areas to give it a try and just flashed CM thinking we would never get 4G...go figure.

New Iberia before metro NO? Weird. I guess I am going to have to go back to rooted stock soon and be on the lookout!
[EVO 4G General] david279:
I'm very tempted to go slidell to see whats up? It looks like clear is adding places everyday. I'm always in the walmart at I10@Gause
[EVO 4G General] tgrgrd00:
I think I am gonig to nandroid back and see if I can get anything in harahan. Doubt it but looks like they are flipping it on quickly. Will report back if I can get anything here.
[EVO 4G General] kevinsalterego:
Anyone tried this in any of those spots? I'm in Metairie, but it would be nice to know that at least places near me are getting 4g.
[EVO 4G General] david279:
Best buy on vets is selling a bunch of laptops with wimax included so it may be here soon. :o

Ill be in slidell on Saturday, so I will see then.
[EVO 4G General] kevinsalterego:
Ha, I'll have to check it out on my way to Dibbz! Maybe one of the employees knows something we don't.
[EVO 4G General] db2300:
Works in lake charles. Max 5 down 1 up. Not much coverage with one tower. I don't expect to see any added anytime soon
[EVO 4G General] Surf Burger:
I have been waiting for this for a LONG time I'm in Metairie BTW
[EVO 4G General] Muledeer:
I had my wife check in Lake Charles - says 4G is working

didn't expect it to come to LA for a couple of years

Mule
[EVO 4G General] david279:
Does Lake Charles even have sprint 3G? The last time i was there in the summer i could barely get 3G. New Orleans better be next.
[EVO 4G General] db2300:
It does but experiencing the same issue as others with slow data 200-300kbps down , voice echo on some calls.
[EVO 4G General] Muledeer:
Yes Lake Charles has 3G and according to the coverage area - Fort Polk/Leesville has 4G -- all before New Orleans.

Never saw that coming

Mule
[EVO 4G General] david279:
I would think it would take less time to setup 4g in leesville than in new orleans. Clears getting the smaller cities out the way first.

Swyped from my evo 4g using the xda app.
[EVO 4G General] foghorn67:
Anything in Covington? Or Madisonville area?
[EVO 4G General] d12bn:
Lake Charles

Lake Charles got 3g January 27 2011, don't know about 4g. After waiting for years for 3g you would think they would just upgrade the system to 4g this late in the game.
[EVO 4G General] codyco83:
Lake Charles does not have 3g yet. and every time i call i'm told it will be the end of the month since i got my evo when they came out. 4g would be nice but i live in moss bluff just north of lake Charles and work in Sulphur just west of it. Luckily sprint did not put me on a contract like they were supposed to when i got my evo so im just waiting for a better phone with a network that is in my area.
[EVO 4G General] d12bn:
Got 3g in Lake Charles 1/27/11 absolutely positive without a doubt. Now 4g I don't know
[EVO 4G General] chris44gw:
4G in new orleans finally!

I try all the time. Living in metairie and working in old metairie I don't get it. For the 1st time yesterday in new orleans I connected on St Charles in between Julia and Girod as well at our condo on julia & baronne 2 blocks away. So could everyone around me with evo's and the samsung one. It worked great!

http://flickr.com/gp/31885518@N02/yp328w
[EVO 4G General] david279:
The clear 4g map shows 4g alive in new orleans. Its mostly downtown but thats a start.
[EVO 4G General] kevinsalterego:
Map shows 4G lighting up in Metairie and Kenner, mainly around the airport and Veterans Blvd.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
When is the state capital Baton Rouge getting it?
[EVO 4G General] kevins669:
I have been doing a lot of searching and testing the past few months in NO... The Clear maps show this 4G to be "outdoor only," and that is definitely true. Also, even where they show on-street coverage, it does not work. It works on Poydras, but rarely more than fair signal. Where I found the best signal, I went into a 3rd floor office, against the window facing Poydrs, and no signal.

Nothing on Canal or Quarter, either.

Very weak/nothing on Vets, I-10 is spotty, but gets a bit better nearing the airport.

In all those areas I could connect, it was usually fair/good signal, but downloading was always at least 5 Mbps. Uploading was absolutely horrible... 3g is better.

Anyway, at least it is moving along!
[EVO 4G General] reissc1:
Not picking anything up yet in north Kenner. I will be in NO and along the gulf coast this week. Looking forward to finding some 4g! It's been a long time coming.
[EVO 4G General] kevinsalterego:
My business, Dibbz, is by the office depot near David Drive and I pick it up in my building, but the upload is terrible. As is the ping. The download generally hits between 4-5mb.

4G downtown is also extremely spotty. It worked inside of Hoshun on St. Charles the other night, but only when I was sitting in a particular spot!
[EVO 4G General] Projectdwnshft:
just found this post and had to say that im out in slidell, eden isles to be exact and coverage is straight **** for me and 2 of my friends with ATT inspire 4g's. daily my phone says H+ but the speeds are below 1Mb with uploads of less. i havent really tested in any other areas of slidell besides my house and my friends. i do notice that at like 4am i can sometimes pull 3megs down once or twice if im lucky. love the fact that im paying for 3g/4g service and my phone moves as fast as EDGE if not slower most of the time
[EVO 4G General] twoslo:
Also just saw this post. A couple weeks back I noticed my phone picking up a 4G signal within Oschner Baptist hospital on Napolean street then again in my office building on poydras street in downtown new Orleans. Needless to say, its the only places I've ever picked up the signal in the whole state. Granted I had just flash a new rom and didnt realize my 4G was even on wwhich is why it caught my attention. I have since flashed another rom and haven't turned on 4G. Guess ill get on that..
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
I've used the 4G in Opelousas, BR, Baker, Hammond, Slidell, Lafayette, and Lake Charles.
[EVO 4G General] Surf Burger:
Me and a bunch of my friends love Dibbz! Ok but now back on subject I can pick up a signal whenever driving past the dome and arena but it goes away fairly quickly.
[EVO 4G General] LexLuger82:
I live in br and never catch a 4G signal yet
[EVO 4G General] sog1971:
Went to Baton Rouge on business last week. Got my first ever 4G connection right outside the airport....Speed was nice.
[EVO 4G General] sog1971:
Flew into BR last Thursday...Got a good 4G connection standing outside the airport...right across the road from where the taxis wait.....
[EVO 4G General] twoslo:
Currently connected to 4g in the cbd. :)
[EVO 4G General] tgrgrd00:
I have yet to pick up a 4G signal in Louisiana. I try daily at work (elmwood) and home (laplace) but still nothing. It looks like the clear map is expanding but I have tried in some places where the map says coverage should be and got nothing.

Sigh...maybe one day.
[EVO 4G General] twoslo:
seems the strongest signal is in the city and around the airport.

If you take airline highway to/from LaPlace, perhaps you can see some 4G while passing up the airport.
[EVO 4G General] compneo:
4G working in Houma and Thibodaux. Very spotty, but I can get 5-6 megs download even in the weak signal spots. Sucks that it is so spotty, but this is definitely a good start. I work in New Orleans and like others have said, I get connection in NO, metairie, and a little bit on the westbank also. I thought my EVO would get retired before 4G came to Louisiana, lol. Now if they could only add more towers.
[EVO 4G General] LexLuger82:
The only 4G in the capital of Louisiana is by the airport, wow.
[EVO 4G General] cuffson:
Ok guys in Slidell the only place I found 4g is on highway 190 east just east I-10. Also on Allen rd. The best signal I was able to get was a full 2 bars. At times the signal is in and out between fair and poor! I'm on 4g now as i type this and I have a fair signal. My location is on the side of the Dollar Store on Hey 190E in Slidell. The speeds are pretty fast. Its alot faster than 3g. I have been told that Verizon 4g is up and running strong with little or no dead spots. What is taking sprint so long? Can anyone answer that for me? I'm using EVO 4g! :-)
[EVO 4G General] david279:
OK i got a nexus s coming my way. How is the expansion of 4g in new Orleans. I see on clears site there's green all over metairie and kenner.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Im gonna guess a lot of these towers are for the purpose of holding spectrum.
[EVO 4G General] david279:
Is 3g still ****ty? Haven't used a sprint phone in a while.
[Epic 4G General] gokuman56:
Hello,

The JIT compiler for the Epic on Froyo is just plain horrible. It is not optimized for the Samsung Epic at all. That is why quadrant scores were so low on 2.2, not because it was biased, but because the hummingbird processor is uable to utilize the JIT Compiler on froyo.If Quadrant really was biased, then how did the epic get the highest quadrant scores for 2.1?

When I had the evo, I was able to play flash videos easily and without low framerates. When I play them on the epic, I get very low framerates compared to the EVO, even when the hardware on the epic is better. I hope that this problem can he fixed soon.

Thanks
[Epic 4G General] globalninja:
Flash videos work fine for me. Quadrant can be purposely inflated through different methods that's why its unreliable.

Sent from my Epic 4g.
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
ZOMG WITH THE BENCHMARKS!

Snapdragons have a cheat sheet of floating points. We don't...It makes them "LOOK" a lot faster with a benchmark.

Our 2.2 Just came out less than 23 hours ago. Chill dude. JIT for us works, it is just not as large of a boost as it is for other chipsets. :rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] dannyniceboy:
It depends on the benchmark. The Epic does better than the Evo in quadrants and neocore/3d graphic bench marks because the opengl already offers direct access to the phones gpu(hardware). Appearently the NDK allows arm7va opimizations for floating point instructions that the snap dragon obviously excels at ( source from google below). This has been discussed many times and I don't know much about the technicallity of any of it other than what I have read other people type.

Anyways I don't know flash works in android, but one would hope that it would be written with the NDK which allows them to work closer with the hardware. Who knows though adobe isn't known for making flash highly efficient.

The NDK provides:

•A set of tools and build files used to generate native code libraries from C and C++ sources

•A way to embed the corresponding native libraries into an application package file (.apk) that can be deployed on Android devices

•A set of native system headers and libraries that will be supported in all future versions of the Android platform, starting from Android 1.5. Applications that use native activities must be run on Android 2.3 or later.

•Documentation, samples, and tutorials

The latest release of the NDK supports these ARM instruction sets:

•ARMv5TE (including Thumb-1 instructions)

•ARMv7-A (including Thumb-2 and VFPv3-D16 instructions, with optional support for NEON/VFPv3-D32 instructions)

Future releases of the NDK will also support:

•x86 instructions (see CPU-ARCH-ABIS.HTML for more information)

ARMv5TE machine code will run on all ARM-based Android devices. ARMv7-A will run only on devices such as the Verizon Droid or Google Nexus One that have a compatible CPU. The main difference between the two instruction sets is that ARMv7-A supports hardware FPU, Thumb-2, and NEON instructions. You can target either or both of the instruction sets — ARMv5TE is the default, but switching to ARMv7-A is as easy as adding a single line to the application's Application.mk file, without needing to change anything else in the file. You can also build for both architectures at the same time and have everything stored in the final .apk. Complete information is provided in the CPU-ARCH-ABIS.HTML in the NDK package.

^from android.com
[G2 and Desire Z General] IntegraR:
Hi All,

I'm getting a very weird and annoying issue regarding HSPA on Virtuous ROMs.

I found that H is not working properly in the same place where it got to work on Stock ROMs.

I'VE READ ABOUT THE FAQ ON THE ISSUE:

Q: I used to see HSPA+ (H) connectivity with the stock ROM, where Virtuous shows me 3G in the same area. Why is the data slower?

The stock T-Mobile ROM lies about data rate and displays H even if you are in a 3G-only territory. Virtuous displays H only when you actually have HSPA+ service.

HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN ANSWER FOR ME. IT IS VERY WEIRD THAT HSPA NETWORK (shown as "3G+" in virtuous 1.0.0) IS TRIGGERED EVERY TIME I MAKE A PHONE CALL. However, I'm not able to start H by opening a browser, etc which triggers a data transfer.

Therefore, it should not be a network problem. Also, when I switch back to stock ROM, the HSPA is working properly.

May I ask for your kind help? Thank you in advance!

P.S. I'm using:

HBOOT: ENG S-OFF 0.84.2000

Radio: 26.06.02.27_M

ROM: Virtuous 1.0.0 with htc kernel (also tried using Std and Adv kernels but problem still exists)
[G2 and Desire Z General] bstylz911:
i think that the 3g+ is H

cause i get H speeds when it is 3g+
[G2 and Desire Z General] Aringer2000:
Yea same problem

When I switched to Virtuous even 0.9.5, I no longer have HSDPA speeds nor HSPA+.

P.S. im running 1.0 right now
[G2 and Desire Z General] IntegraR:
anyone plz?
[G2 and Desire Z General] the orange bandit:
No problems here - I get the 3G+ everywhere I used to get H.

Also, you mention that HSPA is working correctly when you switch back to a stock ROM - that's probably not true. The stock ROMs show an H whenever you have *any* 3G coverage (whereas pretty much all of the custom ROMs differentiate between '3G' and '3G+/H'). So when you see an 'H' on the stock ROM, you have no way of knowing whether it is 3G (like you're seeing on the custom ROMs) or if it is, indeed, HSPA+.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ludow:
Menu - settings - about phone - network

HSDPA

It is working. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] codf4ther:
Pretty sure he's using new icons, in the latest roms. There's no issue, its just using a different icon to show the same thing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] trance2315:
It's just the icon, they really don't differentiate between the speeds.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lainvalenajr:
Yea the rom is based on orange and they use 3g+ and t-mobile uses HSPA... well speed should still be the same
[G2 and Desire Z General] IntegraR:
To clarify, I do know about the 3g+ icon issue.

My problem is that I can only get UMTS after switch to new ROM. No 3g+ no matter how much data I transfer.

The most weird thing is that 3g+ is triggered only when im making a phone call.

Im sure its not a carrier cheating issue because i was able to get hsdpa in *#*#4636#*#* mode. After switching to virtuous i only get umts.

Thanks all who was keen to help and reply!
[G2 and Desire Z General] death1246:
I am having the same issue you are...

Im stuck on UMTS HSDPA nor HSPA will load... I did a nandroid restore and now it wont get off UMTS

EDIT: I am running 1.0.1

EDIT AGAIN: Updated to Latest Radio and everything is back Online! :D
[EVO 4G General] mustangboy88:
When I first got my Evo, the notifications worked. Now they don't. I came from a bb and when I heard the facebook app got reworked it made it a little easier to make the switch. Now I am not a facebook crazy teenager, I am in the military and I use it to talk to friends over seas. Sometimes the notifications can mean if I get to talk to a good friend or not . Is this a facebook issue or an Evo thing. What's weird is that my wife has an Evo too and it works for her phone. But I seem to read that it conflicts with sense. Is this a myth, or is there some fact behind this. As I am typing this I am running CM7, if that makes a difference.

Swyped from my Cyanogenic powered Evo
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Facebook notifications = epic fail... sometimes they work... most of the time they don't. Blame facebook..
[EVO 4G General] dustinmatthews87:
Facebook = Epic Fail
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Facebook for android in itself is worthless. The notifications work every now and then but they still havent added real notifications for things like comments and likes.
[EVO 4G General] xviiivx:
They've never worked for me, but I have facebook setup to send me email for the notifications I want... and my Evo gets those emails instantly. Seems like a good solution.. works great for me, anyway.
[EVO 4G General] jacoballen22:
What he said^ f#%* the notification, just wait for the email. :/

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G General] krazyflipj:
If you really need notifications, I suggest using Flow from the market.

Sent from my CM7 Powered device
[EVO 4G General] mustangboy88:
Thx guys. I appreciate the replies. There is always the chance a post like this turns into instant flaming, but I am glad that didn't happen. Thx for the insight. I just wanted to make sure that there want something I couldn't do as far as the setup side of the app that I was perhaps missing. Thx again.

Swyped from my Cyanogenic powered Evo
[EVO 4G General] Papa Smurf151:
U can also have the notifications sent to u as text. Works the same for me.
[EVO 4G General] mustangboy88:
I used to use a beta of bloo when I had the Moment. But that was hit or miss as well. But at that time it was way better than the facebook app that was available.

Swyped from my Cyanogenic powered Evo
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Bloo was the best bet for real notifications... I used to use it.
[EVO 4G General] krazyflipj:
Flow is way better IMO especially since you can set it up now for push notifications.
[EVO 4G General] mustangboy88:
Going to check out Flow. I wonder why Facebook just doesn't utilize this as notifications without getting Gmail notifications all the time.
[EVO 4G General] Papa Smurf151:
Check out my black social apps. The notifications work at times but at least the colors and icons look good
[EVO 4G General] mustangboy88:
Ok...I am looking at how to set this up, and unless I am reading this wrong, isn't my inbox going to get flooded with facebook emails? Right now I have them archived, and for that specific reason.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Pretty much... or if you choose texts its going to get annoying as hell after a while which is exactly why I dont do it.
[EVO 4G General] Papa Smurf151:
ud get the same thing if u were getting notifications from the facebook app itself just not in email or by text. plus u can choose what u want to get. i only get when someone writes on my wall, sends a message, comments on a photo, or comments on a status i put out there and i use facebook alot and dont get a ton of texts. alot of the time it stays in the same thread for my text
[EVO 4G General] mustangboy88:
This is partially true. For Flow to work the email has to be sent to the inbox. For the facebook app, I can have them archived and still get the notification.

Swyped from my Cyanogenic powered Evo
[EVO 4G General] makskylan:
Where can you find "flow "? I did a market search but didn't come up with anything..
[EVO 4G General] krazyflipj:
I got paid version so it automatically deletes email. Not sure if free version supports it

Sent from my CM7 Powered device
[EVO 4G General] krazyflipj:
Try Fplus

Sent from my CM7 Powered device
[EVO 4G General] makskylan:
Have it downloaded... too bad it doesn't have chat on it? That is the notification that I would like to have working on facebook... the other notifications I have as a text or email sent.
[EVO 4G General] flexte:
finally working??

today facebook push notifications started working. i didnt do anything on my end. still set to refresh every 2 hours but i get the almost immediately. anyone else notice this?
[EVO 4G General] 4 Door Skyline:
Same here
[EVO 4G General] rushco:
Same here. Was surprised.
[EVO 4G General] :
Same here, I don't recall upgrating either.
[EVO 4G General] Papa Smurf151:
I believe it was a fix on facebooks end. On there servers or whatnot. Same goes for some phones not getting pics on last facebook update.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
So fast! :rolleyes:

Only been broken on and off for a couple months.
[EVO 4G General] deathsled:
Whatever they did still sucks, lol

Before, with the latest FB app, I would get noticications no matter what, even if I had the refresh set to never and all the notification options in FB turned off. To fix this i reverted back to the previous version.

NOW, even the old version that was working fine for me is notifying me constantly despite all the notifications being disabled still.

Thanks for a killer app FB!!!!
[EVO 4G General] splmonster:
Weird not working for me.. Not showing notifications for people posting on my wall. I also read to check the box in notifications for Facebook for Android but me and my girls doesn't show up in that. Nor does it show we use that app under list of apps. ????