As you might see by my post count, I am very new here. However, since this forum and xda-developers were such an integral part of helping me figure out how to do things on Android, I wanted to give back.
As an aside, I have owned my Evo (my first android phone) for exactly one week today.
This guide will get you from a stock phone at Sprint OTA 1.47.xxx to CM6 with the Snap Kernel (optional), as well as tips on how to achieve the minimalistic look I am using.
My philosophy was to use as few 3rd party apps as possible, so my OS is quite minimalistic at the moment, but obviously you are free to do whatever you want.
All hardware features aside from what is listed as not working
Facebook Sync
Full Market
Step 1: Root
Before I started doing anything, I downloaded the Free version of MyBackup and backed up all my settings/apps/SMS/Call Log, etc. This is mostly because I had already been using the phone for a week and didn't want to lose everything. In the end I pretty much only restored my call log/sms log and a few other minor things, but doing a backup which doesn't require root before you start seemed like a good idea to me.
For root I used Simple Root OTA 1.47.651.1, and it worked flawlessly. This method includes a NAND Unlock, so you don't have to do anything extra there. Once you are able to boot into your rooted rom I suggest you also go into Extras > Recovery and install the recovery of your choice. I installed ClockworkMod.
Now install Rom Manager. I bought the premium version.
At this point, I actually restored my entire MyBackup and brought my phone back to its pre-root setup, and got everything set up exactly how it was before I rooted it, and then took a nandroid backup through Rom Manager, just in case I didn't like CM6.
You are now 100% rooted, and free to whatever you would like at this point.
Step 2: Install CM6/Snap Kernel
At this point I had all of the Apps/Roms I needed on my SD Card to ensure I could get everything I wanted to work, working.
Base Install:
For these you can use ROM Manager, but I choose to boot into recovery myself. (Turn off phone, hold down Power+Volume Down when turning it back on)
At this point I am at a fully functional (with the exception of things impossible to fix) Froyo Install on my Evo with all expected functionality which I was looking for, including certain Apps.
I decided to customize it just a bit, and got comfortable with the look and feel in the images posted at the end of this thread.
ADW.Launcher, not default settings (Included in CM6)
By the way, BetterCut and SwitchPro are amazing apps, and very much worth paying for.
Everything else in my install is using the pre-installed apps for Messaging, Email, News, Weather, etc.
Summary
I'm sure a lot of people aren't as minimalistic as me, but I just wanted to share my experience and, if nothing else, consolidate the dozens of links I had to bookmark in order to get from point A to Point B.
What you Lose:
4G (I am actually in a 4G area, but I thought it was worth the sacrifice)
AM/FM Radio (I wouldn't use this)
HDMI Out (Hoping it will be fixed soon)
HTC Sense UI, Although other roms (non Froyo) have it.
Tons of Bloatware
What you Gain:
Root, and all the possibilities that come with it.
Huge performance (I went from ~6 to ~42 in Linpack score)
Battery Life
Cleaner/Faster Phone in general
Landscape Mode on Home Screens!
Sex Appeal
Unresolved Issues:
These are some issues which I am almost certain are fixable/easy to fix but I have not yet figured it out.
Native "HTC Style" Flickr Integration, for example, take a picture, upload to flickr, or browse your flickr galleries. Most 3rd party apps seem to do too little or too much.
Strange text message from "9016/ANDROID" every time you get a voicemail.
I'm sure other bugs I have not yet personally found
RC1 seems very stable to me, if you'd rather wait for a release that has all the stuff like 4G and AM/FM working, I have a feeling that isn't too far off.
As you might see by my post count, I am very new here. However, since this forum and xda-developers were such an integral part of helping me figure out how to do things on Android, I wanted to give back.
As an aside, I have owned my Evo (my first android phone) for exactly one week today.
This guide will get you from a stock phone at Sprint OTA 1.47.xxx to CM6 with the Snap Kernel (optional), as well as tips on how to achieve the minimalistic look I am using.
My philosophy was to use as few 3rd party apps as possible, so my OS is quite minimalistic at the moment, but obviously you are free to do whatever you want.
All hardware features aside from what is listed as not working
Facebook Sync
Full Market
Step 1: Root
Before I started doing anything, I downloaded the Free version of MyBackup and backed up all my settings/apps/SMS/Call Log, etc. This is mostly because I had already been using the phone for a week and didn't want to lose everything. In the end I pretty much only restored my call log/sms log and a few other minor things, but doing a backup which doesn't require root before you start seemed like a good idea to me.
For root I used Simple Root OTA 1.47.651.1, and it worked flawlessly. This method includes a NAND Unlock, so you don't have to do anything extra there. Once you are able to boot into your rooted rom I suggest you also go into Extras > Recovery and install the recovery of your choice. I installed ClockworkMod.
Now install Rom Manager. I bought the premium version.
At this point, I actually restored my entire MyBackup and brought my phone back to its pre-root setup, and got everything set up exactly how it was before I rooted it, and then took a nandroid backup through Rom Manager, just in case I didn't like CM6.
You are now 100% rooted, and free to whatever you would like at this point.
Step 2: Install CM6/Snap Kernel
At this point I had all of the Apps/Roms I needed on my SD Card to ensure I could get everything I wanted to work, working.
Base Install:
For these you can use ROM Manager, but I choose to boot into recovery myself. (Turn off phone, hold down Power+Volume Down when turning it back on)
At this point I am at a fully functional (with the exception of things impossible to fix) Froyo Install on my Evo with all expected functionality which I was looking for, including certain Apps.
I decided to customize it just a bit, and got comfortable with the look and feel in the images posted at the end of this thread.
ADW.Launcher, not default settings (Included in CM6)
By the way, BetterCut and SwitchPro are amazing apps, and very much worth paying for.
Everything else in my install is using the pre-installed apps for Messaging, Email, News, Weather, etc.
Summary
I'm sure a lot of people aren't as minimalistic as me, but I just wanted to share my experience and, if nothing else, consolidate the dozens of links I had to bookmark in order to get from point A to Point B.
What you Lose:
4G (I am actually in a 4G area, but I thought it was worth the sacrifice)
AM/FM Radio (I wouldn't use this)
HDMI Out (Hoping it will be fixed soon)
HTC Sense UI, Although other roms (non Froyo) have it.
Tons of Bloatware
What you Gain:
Root, and all the possibilities that come with it.
Huge performance (I went from ~6 to ~42 in Linpack score)
Battery Life
Cleaner/Faster Phone in general
Landscape Mode on Home Screens!
Sex Appeal
Unresolved Issues:
These are some issues which I am almost certain are fixable/easy to fix but I have not yet figured it out.
Native "HTC Style" Flickr Integration, for example, take a picture, upload to flickr, or browse your flickr galleries. Most 3rd party apps seem to do too little or too much.
Strange text message from "9016/ANDROID" every time you get a voicemail.
I'm sure other bugs I have not yet personally found
I think you inadvertantly aided me with my issue... I was trying to fix my facebook sync and tried to do the work-around I found on xdaforums and when I went into my terminal and started typing I may have screwed up my kernal and installing / flashing the V3 stock kernel from the link you provided so far seems to have fixed my stability issues!
For the Facebook or most APK. If you put that APK on your SD card. You can go to the market and Download an app called appinstaller. It will give u a list of APKs on your card and you can select which one to install.
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Originally Posted by Unclm311
Wow... I'm in the process of following your guide... and I didn't realize how awesome this was.
I'd love to do the facebook thing, I downloaded the apk, but I've never used adb. :-\
Also, what exactly did you tweak in ADW.Launcher for performance? (if you don't mind sharing)
Thanks!
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I downloaded the hacked Facebook with the contacts sync and each time I go to install it, it just says "Application not installed" I tried regularly and through an installer program.
Ok did you reboot after uninstalling the stock facebook.
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Originally Posted by Unclm311
I downloaded the hacked Facebook with the contacts sync and each time I go to install it, it just says "Application not installed" I tried regularly and through an installer program.
The Following User Says Thank You to autorail1 For This Useful Post:
I haven't flashed the snap kernel but my battery is going like crazy. It's been sitting with the screen off and at 1:15 it was at 29% and 2:15 it was at 23%... that doesn't seem normal to me. I have very good reception here so I know it's not searching for signal. Any chance the snap kernel will help me?
Also, what is there to consider when thinking about flashing to the snap kernel? I didn't see that in the other forum link.
Did you get SETCPU to under clock 245 when screen is off. I also run Juice Defender, But you can only get juice defender on 2.1 and back it up and apply when u get to 2.2
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Originally Posted by Unclm311
I haven't flashed the snap kernel but my battery is going like crazy. It's been sitting with the screen off and at 1:15 it was at 29% and 2:15 it was at 23%... that doesn't seem normal to me. I have very good reception here so I know it's not searching for signal. Any chance the snap kernel will help me?
Also, what is there to consider when thinking about flashing to the snap kernel? I didn't see that in the other forum link.
I used Snap V3, in the link I posted (I think) he lists all the pros and cons. Basically its tweaked for performance.
I haven't had any battery issues with CM6 regardless of having Snap installed, but I have to say my batter doesn't last an impressive amount of time either, probably just slightly better than out of the box stock.
When I flashed to Snap I simply downloaded the Snap Kernel and the Stock CM6 kernel both to my sd card and flashed away, didn't really take much into consideration when I did it.
How did you flash the kernel? I tryed it, but was not sure if it worked. Is it flashed over it? Like normal Kernels. When I flashed a kernel to Fresh it showed a new kernel name, but the name was the same. Maybe I did something wrong. Also does your set cpu adjust to a higher speed? with that kernel loaded, It is still showing 1152000 MAX
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Originally Posted by werkkrew
I used Snap V3, in the link I posted (I think) he lists all the pros and cons. Basically its tweaked for performance.
I haven't had any battery issues with CM6 regardless of having Snap installed, but I have to say my batter doesn't last an impressive amount of time either, probably just slightly better than out of the box stock.
When I flashed to Snap I simply downloaded the Snap Kernel and the Stock CM6 kernel both to my sd card and flashed away, didn't really take much into consideration when I did it.
Last edited by autorail1; July 29th, 2010 at 02:46 PM.
So I've been running Unrevoked 3 for about two weeks now, and I hate how it's not NAND unlocked because I want to run Cyan6 sooooo bad. Stupid noob question, but do I have to unroot before I can root with this program? It wasn't working before; thus why I had to use u3, but now it can actually detect my phone, which is great. I tried running it again today, followed all the steps, too, but nope, still no Cyan 6 and kept getting the "Older version!/update failed!" message or something.
So I've been running Unrevoked 3 for about two weeks now, and I hate how it's not NAND unlocked because I want to run Cyan6 sooooo bad. Stupid noob question, but do I have to unroot before I can root with this program? It wasn't working before; thus why I had to use u3, but now it can actually detect my phone, which is great. I tried running it again today, followed all the steps, too, but nope, still no Cyan 6 and kept getting the "Older version!/update failed!" message or something.
Nope, just follow the steps for Simpleroot, you should be a-ok. CM6 is fantastic btw, I'm still amazed... can't believe I was missing out (and I've only had the phone since last saturday haha)
So, I went through one hell of a time last night trying to get this "simple" root thing to work. While the process may be simple, the complications that went along with literally every single step were far from it for me. The night was capped off with my SD card going into a permanent "read only" state just as I began flashing clockwork to my card.
So I went and got a different card because I found out that the one I had purchased was a fake from a scam... great news... and started it all again this morning.
Everything was going fine this morning with no issues whatsoever and me following verbatim every single thing that the SimpleRoot told me to do and everything the forums said. Then, suddenly, on Step 4 when the phone is supposed to go into bootloader and recognize the "update" then run through the update process, I get no such option. Instead, what I am seeing is just a bunch of "wrong image" messages and then nothingness.
I have attempted to go back through steps 2 and 3 numerous times with no improvement whatsoever... can someone please help me because this is really starting to frustrate me and I'm pretty sure that even if this process doesn't brick my phone, I am most likely going to still use it as I would a brick and chuck the damn thing through a window!! Please help!!
I don't know exactly what the problem you're having is cause I'm very new to all this, but I know it hung on "starting part 2" on step 4 for me. I restarted from the beginning at step 1 and it worked perfectly after that. Good luck!
EDIT: Also, if you are going to throw your phone, at least make the throw useful and aim it at the loser who scammed you.
Last edited by Unclm311; July 30th, 2010 at 11:08 AM.
Well, I guess it's just not meant to be then, I've followed every single guide there is numerous times and I've gone through SimpleRoot well over 15 times, all the way through each step. Nothing makes it so that my phone will recognize the update and update. No one seems to be able to help either so I guess it was a good run and it was fun while it lasted... so long, Android Community, it's too bad, it could've been fun...
EDIT: @Unclm311 - *Aims very carefully for Hong Kong, says a little prayer, and lets fly what was once a great phone...*
Cyanogen was acting crazy on me yesterday and I was getting horrible battery life. I read a little about how novatek screens were having problems with cyanogen.
Cm6 is much faster than the other froyo build i used, Ava-Froyo which has sense. The linkpack were similar, but the quadrant scores almost doubled with CM6. I was getting mid 500s with the stock rom, mid to high 700s with Ava, and 1200-1300 with CM6. I am not using the snap kernel nor am i overclocking.
And that text message for voicemails happened with Ava too, so its just not with CM6. Only flashed Ava last night, and just flashed CM6 a couple of hours ago, the only other bug is that i have noticed is when i restored text messages with My backup pro, they showed up as all coming in today at the same time, 2000 messages, so they are all out of order now. I think this is because the sense message app is not in there, i use handcent but understand that handcent uses whatever stock app to get the messages, so the issue might be importing them into the stock android message app CM6 uses.
I tried going for the 1.22 OC with the Snap Kernal and my EVO locked up. Unfortunately, i forgot to turn off the "Load At Boot" feature and now every time I try to reboot it locks up again.
I tried going for the 1.22 OC with the Snap Kernal and my EVO locked up. Unfortunately, i forgot to turn off the "Load At Boot" feature and now every time I try to reboot it locks up again.
How do I solve this sticky problem?
Can you boot into recovery? If so do a factory reset/data wipe and then restart.
Yeah...I tried doing it a few more times, too and it just wouldn't work for some reason. Read everything closely and carefully, was very patient, followed all the steps and it just wouldn't work. "Main version is older!" kept popping up, wouldn't let me update, and now still no Cyan6. Might have to completely wipe out my phone to try this root process again :/. Baked Snack is fine, but I'd like to just try more ROMs.
Yeah, had to recovery, wipe and reflash everything - bummer.
Oh well, tried SetCPU at 1.19 instead of 1.15 and from what I can tell there is really no difference on the benchmarks. Why up voltage and use more battery for no gain? backed off to 1.15 ;-)
When a RC2 comes out or other newer version that I feel like flashing to, do I have to reinstall the googleapps addon and full market update after flashing to the new ROM? (a new CM6 rom though).
When a RC2 comes out or other newer version that I feel like flashing to, do I have to reinstall the googleapps addon and full market update after flashing to the new ROM? (a new CM6 rom though).
Not sure but it cant hurt and takes about 15 seconds
What is the deal with wifi tether and froyo? Can you use the wifi tether download or does it have built in free wifi tether? Also does shoot me work for screen shots?
I'm currently on CM6 RC1 and it's built in, it works great. Extremely simple setup as well.
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Originally Posted by lite blue
What is the deal with wifi tether and froyo? Can you use the wifi tether download or does it have built in free wifi tether? Also does shoot me work for screen shots?
[Guide] From 100% Stock to CM6 Froyo
