A glimpse of CyanogenMod 6 on the HTC EVO 4G
Once I saw that people were running the latest nightly builds of CyanogenMod on the EVOs, I needed to give it a shot. But I have to admit, getting my EVO rooted – at least at the time I did it – wasn’t exactly easy. SimpleRoot and unrevoked now have painless tools for hacking your post-OTA EVO, but if there’s one point you should take away from the video introduction below, it’s that you partake in hacking at your own risk and that you need to read quite a bit before you even think of touching your phone. It’s also important to be sure you have all the appropriate files on hand before you begin and that you’ve found some threads where people in your exact situation (firmware version, computer OS, etc.) are experiencing resonably painless success with a given method.
Disclaimers aside, I have absolutely zero regrets about hacking my EVO or about installing a CyanogenMod nightly build. It isn’t a finished product just yet, but the ROM is pretty amazing. And I say that without truly appreciating everything this software has to offer, or all of the work that’s gone on behind the scenes and under the hood. I’m sure I’ve missed a great deal of features in this quick overview, but I intend to write a more in-depth review, or at least walk-through, later on – probably when the final release for EVO is out. What I have seen is impressive, and while this ROM is “not to be used as a daily driver,” I’ve had no problems so far, save a few minor visual glitches.
![SGP Neo Hybrid for Galaxy Nexus [Video]](http://www.droiddog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DD.png "SGP Neo Hybrid for Galaxy Nexus [Video]")
Any chance we will still be getting that “how to”? I also have a Mac and had to do the unrevoked3 but from here I have no idea where to go! and cant find a straight answer
I seriously doubt I will write a how-to on this, specifically because there are so many different situations to address at the moment. It would be pretty messy. If you were in the same situation I was – ran unrevoked after they addressed the OTA EVOs, but before they addressed NAND unlocking – you need to pick up with NAND unlock:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/07/20/how-to-unlock-…
I don't know your situation, and I don't know what the risks are so I'm not recommending anything. When you are ready to flash a CM ROM, if that's where you're headed, remember to read up on updating the radio and WiMax software.
Hope this gets you going in the right direction.
how do you get the black notification bar?
John, This is a bit off topic but i've run into the same problems when it comes to certain programs that are only windows based. VMware seems to always have many problems and things not working perfectly. What I had to finally do was use bootcamp (all macs come preloaded with it). The downsides are that you have to create a partition on your hard drive (which is very inconvenient if you aren't ever really using it but for your phone) and that you have to shut down and reboot your computer every time you want to switch. I did find it very useful though in reading my usb drivers where as VMware seems to be unable to do. Hope this helped you out for future problems.
John, This is a bit off topic but i've run into the same problems when it comes to certain programs that are only windows based. VMware seems to always have many problems and things not working perfectly. What I had to finally do was use bootcamp (all macs come preloaded with it). The downsides are that you have to create a partition on your hard drive (which is very inconvenient if you aren't ever really using it but for your phone) and that you have to shut down and reboot your computer every time you want to switch. I did find it very useful though in reading my usb drivers where as VMware seems to be unable to do. Hope this helped you out for future problems.