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The following forum post excerpt was in response to a thread that had been started on XDA in regards to Sprint's data speeds being extremely slow. The argument had been made that perhaps it was slow due to the abuse of their unlimited data plan by way of a few of those with rooted devices using wireless tether indiscriminately. It was also stated that this may also lead to Sprint getting rid of their unlimited data plans altogether. With that said, I wholeheartedly disagreed with that notion and went on to explain my view accordingly...
So as we all know or may not know, an official alpha build of CM7 has been released for the HTC EVO 3D. Unfortunately since it's still ALPHA, there are some issues that still need to be worked out such as the battery not charging correctly, the camera not working, bluetooth etc. Now I've been a huge fan of AOSP builds of android, as opposed to manufacturer overlays (Sense, Touchwhiz, Blur, etc.) since my original G1. With that said, I also need my daily driver phone to have all of its features working. I flashed CM on my EVO 3D and boy was it fast. It was nice to finally see an AOSP ROM in all its heavenly glory being backed by a dual core Snapdragon processor but. That lasted for about an hour before I flashed back to my trusty sense ROM. The sense ROM that I've actually been rawkin' for the past month. Different builds of it anyway. Which brings me to this review.
The sense ROM that took me away from all others which I believe to be the most stable, battery efficient, and cleanest looking EVAR is Warm TwoPointThree by Myn and Team Warm ROMs. I don't even think official builds have been released as of yet, however, if you scour the official discussion thread on rootzwiki, I'm sure you'll find one. That's where I first got a taste for this ROM goodness. Even more so, if you set up an SVN program on your computer, you'll be able to download every revision made to it by tapping into their ROM repository. Isn't that just convenient. Let's get to the ROM shall we?
So you updated your PRL and all of a sudden... BAM!!! You're stuck with that annoying 1x and your download speeds have dropped from 1.2Mbps and above to about 0.12Mbps and below. You can always call Sprint, wait on hold for hours, and then finally get a rep that's going to tell you that you have to reset your phone, update your PRL (which you already did), go into a Sprint store, or basically that you're just plain SOL.
With that said, if you have a rooted handset, there is another options which I've written a step by step tutorial for. Click the "Read more" link to check it out...
This tutorial is a general How-To for flashing a Custom ROM on your fully rooted Android device using the Clockwork Mod Recovery image. Keep in mind that this video was made using an Sprint HTC EVO Shift 4G and that the exact details may vary depending on the ROM that you're flashing on your device, the version of Clockwork Mod Recovery that you're using, the specific device you're attempting to flash, etc. With that said, remember to do as much research as possible for your exact setup, device, and what your attempting to flash. Google is your best friend when it comes to things of this nature and more.
This tutorial will not only Perma-Temp Root your Sprint HTC EVO 3D, but will also give you the ability to watch HULU from your phone's browser. Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, if followed correctly, you will also be able to overclock your EVO 3D to 1.8g. Keep in mind that this is still only a temp root. Essentially that means that if you were to reboot your phone, you would lose root along with any changes you had made to the main partitions of the phone.
