Best way to speed up Evo? Well first of all you can disable BS service at boot and if it restarts then disable it via service manager apps, as this will release minor resource. Far as battery goes depending on the type of data intensive access you can setup timer so when your phone is idle it will shutoff data access and auto reconnect with given interval. The biggest cause of battery life is you guessed it the display, so change the blacklight setting and make it dim.

Now those are the things you could do without anything, but if you want extreme setup to make phone faster you have to OC it thus killing more battery, for battery part you can use extended battery pack. You can also setup smart scaling profile like I have setup so its all helpful.

 

Your best bet would be to root your Evo and then perhaps look into some of the options available to you.

Battery tips are here:

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-tips-tricks/150799-battery-tweaks-htc-evo-4g.html

 

No - leave them alone - they're largely hibernating so they can be woken quickly. Killing them actually wastes battery.

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-tips-tricks/85554-task-killers-must-read-new-android-users.html

 

Some of the battery saving apps, such as those that manage radios, such as Juice Defender, can be quite effective - as can things root users use like SetCPU to slow down the main processor.

Task managers - nope, you don't want them.

 

It's a free version of a paid app that ultimately lets you set profiles based on location - I'm considering it for those days I forget to turn off wifi and 3G, leave the office, get stuck in traffic and waste battery downloading all sorts of things I don't care about at the time.

JuiceDefender - battery saver - Android Application on the Android market

 

Pardon me HKM, what is BS service? Just curious. Thank you