Root CM7...should I?

[pandacookie]

I am tempted to try CM7. I'm getting bored with Sense. The one thing that makes me hesitant is the whole "bootloop of death" thing. Should I try CM7? When I used CM7 on other phones I needed gapps. Do I still need to use it? Where can I get the latest gapps, should I need it?

 

[Granite1]

I am tempted to try CM7. I'm getting bored with Sense. The one thing that makes me hesitant is the whole "bootloop of death" thing. Should I try CM7? When I used CM7 on other phones I needed gapps. Do I still need to use it? Where can I get the latest gapps, should I need it?

Yes you still need to flash the gapps file.

The chances are relatively low of getting the dreaded bootloop of death. I'd try it out, just make sure you nandroid first.

 

[mikem0269]

go here under aosp is gapps and i would try decks its built more for the evo
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/459584-rom-kernel-theme-info-evo-4g.html

gapps
gapps-modified-vvm-20110828.zip

Decks
[10-11-11][ROM] gingerbread-evo-deck [1.3][2.3.7 Stable] #Stablistic - xda-developers

 

[MizzouBrent]

Deck! I'm currently running his 1.3d beta which was his last 2.3.5 release

 

[pandacookie]

Downloading gapps now. Just got CM7. Will try Deck's later. I am sooo bored with Sense, so I can't wait to get started!!!

 

[youdoofus]

Oh yes, try CM7!!! Its bomb diggity! Id also try out the xplod rom. Thats what im running and Im a stalwart CM7 lover. I believe its CM7 based anyways WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYbetter battery life and so much more responsive!

 

[MizzouBrent]

Oh yes, try CM7!!! Its bomb diggity! Id also try out the xplod rom. Thats what im running and Im a stalwart CM7 lover. I believe its CM7 based anyways WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYbetter battery life and so much more responsive!

You should try deck. It's basically a cleaned up cm7. My phone gets outstanding battery life with the 1.3d build and the LEE kernel. (Tiamat 3.3.7)

 

[LittleRedDot]

Oh yes, try CM7!!! Its bomb diggity! Id also try out the xplod rom. Thats what im running and Im a stalwart CM7 lover. I believe its CM7 based anyways WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYbetter battery life and so much more responsive!

I wanna try your setup cause my battery life isn't desireable. So can I just do a nandroid, then flash the rom and kernel in your sig? The pull the nandroid, old rom & kernel off the SD (to free up space), and if I don't like it I can just do that in reverse and end up exactly where I am now?

 

[ocnbrze]

I wanna try your setup cause my battery life isn't desireable. So can I just do a nandroid, then flash the rom and kernel in your sig? The pull the nandroid, old rom & kernel off the SD (to free up space), and if I don't like it I can just do that in reverse and end up exactly where I am now?

yep you got it. once the zip file have been used you can delete them. also try not to have too many nandroid backups on the card. they also take up a lot of room on the card.

and yes that is what nandroid backups are for. if you do not like the rom you can just nandroid restore back to the previous rom.

i also really like the xplod rom with the tiamat kernel.

 

[LittleRedDot]

Oh yes, try CM7!!! Its bomb diggity! Id also try out the xplod rom. Thats what im running and Im a stalwart CM7 lover. I believe its CM7 based anyways WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYbetter battery life and so much more responsive!

Hey doofus, can you provide direct linkts to the rom and kernel? The ones you have don't work.

 

[ocnbrze]

Hey doofus, can you provide direct linkts to the rom and kernel? The ones you have don't work.

you can get the roms and kernel from here:http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/284413-roms-kernels-download-page.html

 

[LittleRedDot]

Oh yes, try CM7!!! Its bomb diggity! Id also try out the xplod rom. Thats what im running and Im a stalwart CM7 lover. I believe its CM7 based anyways WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYbetter battery life and so much more responsive!

Which version of xplod are you using?

 

[LittleRedDot]

I hate using dl links that take me to 4 different websites, I could really use the direct links?

 

[LittleRedDot]

Every link on this site and xda takes me to a dl site that wont let me dl it. Can anyone post link for the xplod rom?

 

[mikem0269]

Download Xplod E4G RLS1 signed 102711 192402 zip
Just click download below the box

 

[LittleRedDot]

Yeah that worked, thanks... Which gapps are you using?

 

[mikem0269]

Yeah that worked, thanks... Which gapps are you using?

Here is the gapps for xplode or you can use the one in the rom and kernel guide
Download Team Nocturnal Gapps zip

 

[LittleRedDot]

Oops, I flashed the rom, gapps, and kernel at the same time... Did I screwup?

 

[MizzouBrent]

No, it's fine to flash all in the same recovery session. I do it all the time.

 

[LittleRedDot]

Ok I'm now running xplod with the updated tiamat kernel... and the battery life is definitely way better... But the speed isn't there. I've overclocked to the point where I feel comfortable, and I'll give it a few days. The rom is definitely stable though, thanks for your help.

 

[pandacookie]

Just letting you all know that I am using Deck's rom and the Tiamat 3.3.7 kernel and I am LOVING it! The battery life is outstanding and I am loving customizing the phone, which is something that I could only do with limitations on Sense. The possibilities are endless with AOSP!

 

[MizzouBrent]

Yes! An aosp convert!

 

[pandacookie]

One question: if I don't like the kernel could I just flash the rom over what I have now? That way I can have the kernel that came with the rom and start over. Hope I was clear.

 

[ocnbrze]

One question: if I don't like the kernel could I just flash the rom over what I have now? That way I can have the kernel that came with the rom and start over. Hope I was clear.

well there is two ways you can do it.
1.hopefully you made a nandroid backup that you could just restore back to before the kernel.
2. or you could wipe dalvik cache and cache and re-flash the rom.

 

[pandacookie]

I didn't make a Nandroid this time because I wasn't sure if I was going to keep Deck's rom or flash back to CM7. So thanks for the advice.