• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Search results

  1. N

    Root [CDMA] rom confusion

    ok. im having a little confusion about how far the roms have come for the evo 3d. in the past i had an htc hero and it was rooted and flashed to cm6 and the whole deal. and i want to do it to my evo 3d now. iv been using it stock since release day but im ready to root and flash. my confusion...
  2. N

    [Sprint] Why does verizon get better battery life than sprint?

    Not sure where this went so feel free to move it. Im wondering this because iv always had android phones on sprint, currently im using the evo 3d and i have to keep 3g off all day or even in my pocket idle the phone will run my battery all day like crazy. I always thought it was android because...
  3. N

    Root [CDMA] Evo 3d bootloader unlock date?

    Isnt the official bootloader unlock update supposed to be available this month? This month is reaching an end and i still havent seen it... Any info im missing?
  4. N

    Help sending pictures over wifi?

    is it possible to send mms over wifi? i was always under the impression that you cant, all the research iv done says no, and it wouldnt work on my htc hero, but as it seams on my evo 3d and my moms samsung intercept its allowing it. 3g turned off, wifi on, and pictures are sending. in my...
  5. N

    Help Charging port loose.

    not sure if this is up twice, i put it up and then couldnt find it, but is anyones charger loose? the chargers not loose as far as falling out, but it wiggles back and forth from left to right. im kinda concerened itwill become a future issue and im wondering if i shud return
  6. N

    do otter boxes leave marks on the phone?

    i was asked about purchasing an otter box when i purchased my evo 3d yesterday, its $50 which is a lot for a case but to my understanding it offers great protection. iv never owned one but im wondering a few things about them. 1) does it leave any marks or scratches on the phone if you decide to...
  7. N

    Help Crooked camera lens? (solved)

    i purchased an evo 3d today, everything is set up and it seems to be rumming ok, but my excitement went down when i noticed the 3d cameras were crooked. 3 of the corners meet with the silver ring that goes around it inside the red, and one corner is pushed down a bit, im wondering why this would...
  8. N

    info on evo vs hero and rooted?

    Im wondering about getting an evo. I currently have an htc hero cdma and its rooted and running gingerbread. Its laggy a lot with force closes. Im thinking about getting an evo but im wondering if its much better? And also if i do get a hero is it worth it to install gingerbread or is it already...
  9. N

    where do i find the newest gapps (google apps)

    I have an htc hero cdma (sprint) and I'm running aosp 0.9.9.2. Do I still use mdpi gapps like on cyanogenmod. And where can I find the newest ones for my phone. And also how do you flash them? Do you just flash over the old ones?
  10. N

    recovery menu options

    when you go into the recovery menu, one of the options is partitions menu and inside that it contains mount /system, mount /data, format boot, format data... ect. what do these all do? and just an extra if anyone has any knowledge to this do you know which one contains the cache for your...
  11. N

    what aosp rom do i need? cm6 is too slow...

    i have an htc hero cdma running cm-6.1.0.rc1 and its wayy to slow laggy and adw launcher does nothing but force close. i want to change to an aosp rom as iv heard there faster. and have different launchers. but i dont know what one to use... from what iv seen my interpretation is that some aosp...
  12. N

    htc hero cdma lag and adw launcher force close problems

    i have an htc hero cdma (sprint). im running cm-6.1.0.RC1 and my phone is often very laggy! im using the set cpu widget. my phone runs better on 768 then the lower speeds. but even still my phone keeps everything open. and if i keep hitting back it will keep going from message to convo list to...
  13. N

    How do i clear my gallery? its showing the wrong pictures?

    im running 6.1.0rc1 for the htc hero cdma (sprint). i recieved pictures from friends and saved some off facebook. when i was done i deleted them. but now for some reason everytime i save new pictures, there thumbnails are correct, but if you click on it it blows up the old picture that used to...
  14. N

    question about new titanium backup option

    what does it mean integrate updates of system apps into ROM. what does this do? is it needed?
  15. N

    overclocking question?

    i have a rooted hero running cyanogenmod 6.0.1 rc1. i just downloaded the overclocking widget and im wondering what to set the min and max at? whats safe? whats recomended? what will lag my phone and what will make it just right? anything you can tell me about it. what it will do to battery...
  16. N

    nightlys questions?

    im wondering why the nightlys arent on the mirror website anymore? i know that the new 6.1.0 rc1 is out. is that why? now that thats out as stable the nightlys arent needed? and then when they begin to change that the nightlys will come back out again for this new one? or did the nightlys get...
  17. N

    clearing cache question

    what gets cleared when you clear dalvik cache and cache partitions? like will i have to reflash the froyo mms fix after doing this? or will it stay like the gapps do? because i know the gapps stay in system or something like that. so im not quite sure where things are stored
  18. N

    cm6 mms downloading problem

    I'm not sure what to do about this, I'm running cyanogenmod6 nightly build-87 (10-11-10). I have on gapps mdpi 10-8-10 and the froyo mms fix. My phones info is Baseband version: 2.42.01.04.27 Kernel version: 2.6.29.6-cyanogenmodameer@darchstar #3 Build number: FRG83 What I don't...
  19. N

    view .zip files flashed to hero?

    Iv flashed different .zip files to my hero, gapps, froyo mms fix, market fix etc. You get the point But im wondering how i can view a list of all the things iv flashed. Iv made many changes to my phone and would like to see what is currently flashed to my device. And also i was wondering if...
  20. N

    Help text messges wont send

    i have a (sprint) cdma htc hero with google. i rooted my phone and now i do the 2.2 android nightlys every night. but for some reason my phone wont send text messages, it will here and there, but everytime i try sending a message thats over 160 characters that goes into the 2nd message it will...
  21. N

    is it best to always have the newest version of clockworkMod recovery?

    i just discovered that in the ROM manager app you can update your clockworkmod recovery version, i updated to v2.5.0.1 and when i boot into recovery mode it looks completely different now, its a different color green, its got different options, and instead of pressing home as the ok you have to...
  22. N

    will flashing a nightly on (sprint) htc hero completely replace rc1?

    i was running android 2.2 on the htc hero. the zip files install name was update-cm-6.0.0-Heroc-RC1-signed and i flashed a nightly over it. is this the same as wiping the phone to factory and then installing the nightly? or will installing over it leave rc1 on there and then just apply the...
  23. N

    android 2.2 on (sprint) htc hero with google, texts are only sending in roaming...?

    So i have a question, after installing 2.2 on my hero, everything was working fine, until now. im having problems with my text messages, they wont send under sprints network, if i put it in roaming then they send right away, but roaming has awefully slow (1x) network speeds, but if i put it...
  24. N

    installation aborted when installing cyanogen mod 6 on (sprint) cdma htc hero with google

    im trying to flash the cyanogen mod 6 (V6.0.0-RC1) on my cdma hero and it keeps saying E:Can't open /sdcard/update-cm-6.0.0-heroc-rc1-signed.zip (bad) installation abborted... what does this mean and why? im assuming its the zip file? so where can i download a working version of android 2.2...
  25. N

    how can i nandroid my (sprint) htc hero with google before rooting?

    im rooting my cdma htc hero with google from sprint and one thing people say to do is nandroid. i read that you do this after rooting and before updating roms, but i have to ruu before i can root because my build number is 2.27.651.6 and has to be .5 so this will clear it off... anyway to backup...