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[ACS] [HOW TO] Root, Unroot, Flash Roms/Kernels/Themes, and CWM! (7 videos) 10/19/11

Hey everyone! I have recently obtained an EVO Shift and will be making lots of how to videos for it! I do see there are a lot of written guides, but no videos. I did make many how to videos for the Samsung Epic and I got such a wonderful response from everyone, I figured I would expand to different devices.
Please post suggestions to future videos in this thread, or PM me!
I will be posting more how to videos very soon
How to root the HTC EVO Shift 4G On Android 2.2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipleIgGrqns
How to unroot the HTC EVO Shift 4G to stock Android 2.2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHyPdkDbBo8
How to update radios on the HTC EVO Shift 4G in the bootloader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K20tGEKUB4
How to flash the MIUI 1.9.2 Rom on the HTC EVO Shift and review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghj9yeco2K8
How to update the HTC EVO Shift to Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4wy9ltfyw
How to flash the Supreme Sense Rom on the HTC EVO Shift 4G:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL6gjX5dkNg
How to root and clockworkmod HTC EVO Shift 4G on Gingerbread 2.3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcp2x7poHdw
Youtube Channel:
www.youtube.com/qbking77

You have the Shift now?

How about a how-to video on how to use ADB to manually change your PRL?
Sent from my HTC EVO shift 4G running the latest and greatest cyanogen using the XDA premium app

shawayne21 said:
You have the Shift now?
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Yes I do!
thronnos said:
How about a how-to video on how to use ADB to manually change your PRL?
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I sure can.. can you give me a little information on the benefits of doing this? I'm not too familiar with what changing it will do for people.

qbking77 said:
Yes I do!
I sure can.. can you give me a little information on the benefits of doing this? I'm not too familiar with what changing it will do for people.
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I believe one of the recent prl updates lost 3G data when roaming. Only reason I see to swap prl, at least for me..

qbking77 said:
Yes I do!
I sure can.. can you give me a little information on the benefits of doing this? I'm not too familiar with what changing it will do for people.
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Well with sprint they have 2 separate PRL lines, being able to go to the business prl or an older national one is pretty nice. Especially since sprint roaming currently sucks
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Hell yes . Great idea, vids are sometimes easier to follow. At least for me that is .

What about a Shift that is on 2.3.3. I just got my mother a Shift Sunday and it's on 2.3.3. I've been looking for a way to root it but not sure of the best way. Can someone please help?

squick said:
What about a Shift that is on 2.3.3. I just got my mother a Shift Sunday and it's on 2.3.3. I've been looking for a way to root it but not sure of the best way. Can someone please help?
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Currently there is only temporary root for 2.3... that means when you reboot you will lose root access.
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qbking77 said:
Currently there is only temporary root for 2.3... that means when you reboot you will lose root access.
Sent from my PG06100 using XDA App
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What's the best method for temp root/ I have the evo 3d and we had different methods. I don't know much about the shift. Can someone hook me up with a link?

squick said:
What's the best method for temp root/ I have the evo 3d and we had different methods. I don't know much about the shift. Can someone hook me up with a link?
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Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1185243
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Very AWESOME, thank you !!!!

Qb, good to see u here, used your vids for the wifes epic.
How bout a walk through on flashing radios? First time I did I was sweating, thinking it would brick any second. A lot of the newest roms and kernels seem to need the latest flash, would definetely help some folks out.
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New video up!! Let me know what you guys think!
Thanks for the suggestions as well

Another new video up! Showing how to update your radios! Let me know what you think

Great job man this will help a lot of new and old shift owners. :-O
On my Gingerbreaded Evo-Shifted Premium XDA App.

Right on man, make it look a hell of a lot easier than my first attempt.
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Great thread , have already recommended it to a bunch of people. Thanks . New vids are nice.

OP updated! Let me know what you guys think

qbking77 said:
OP updated! Let me know what you guys think
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Nice choice of ROM for the how to.
Sent from Gingerbread Speedy 4G

Word on CM 9/10 on the MyTouch 4G

Ciwrl (Abhisek Devkota) is a CyanogenMod Head Moderator, & part of the community staff
He replied to my comment on Google+ about CM9/CM10 not being on the MyTouch 4G yet, and gave a clear reply saying that its in the works
"Moe Nasrallah
CyanogenMod... Please start supporting the MyTouch 4G with newer releases :/ .. The most we got from you is CM7.2. We'd love to get our hands on CM9, or surprise us with CM10 builds. There are devices with lower specs than ours that got CM9, and I don't know why our device's community got ditched like that :c
Abhisek Devkota
+Moe Nasrallah you and the vision are in the same boat: broken OMX (which we can rewrite relatively quickly) and broken camera drivers(which we have to rewrite completely).
Until we rewrite the camera drivers (which is in progress), we won't release a 9/10 build. No one is 'ditching' anybody, things just take time.
-ciwrl (Disclosure, I am a vision owner)
Moe Nasrallah
+Abhisek Devkota thanks for the clarification  "
*Image of the convo attatched*

This is absolutely great news! I was sure we'd never get official CM9 or CM10
Sent from my Mytouch 4g using xda app-developers app

Awesome! But if I remember correctly, didn't we get cm7 rather late as well compared to other devices? So we probably will be getting cm10 late. Forget cm9, I want cm10!
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G

0.0 said:
Awesome! But if I remember correctly, didn't we get cm7 rather late as well compared to other devices? So we probably will be getting cm10 late. Forget cm9, I want cm10!
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G
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Forget CM10, I'm getting a Galaxy Nexus!
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I2IEAILiiTY said:
Forget CM10, I'm getting a Galaxy Nexus!
Sent from my Dark Unicorn Resurrected v.2.5 using Tapatalk 2
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Which will have cm10
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G

I2IEAILiiTY is ditching us for another device

0.0 said:
Which will have cm10
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G
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Or official JB.
b4d455b345t said:
I2IEAILiiTY is ditching us for another device
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Soon, not yet.

yeah there are like 20 fully functional ICS roms, we dont want CM9 we need CM10

I2IEAILiiTY said:
Or official BJ.
Soon, not yet.
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fixed

Looks like the dhd dev is doing a really good job at fixing up JB (cm10) for their device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778202
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Did cm even release their 10 source?

THEindian said:
Did cm even release their 10 source?
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They've been merging stuff, so I would assume so?
Edit: sensors are working according to the dev in the link I posted earlier
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G

0.0 said:
They've been merging stuff, so I would assume so?
Edit: sensors are working according to the dev in the link I posted earlier
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G
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I wonder if anybody has tried porting that

THEindian said:
I wonder if anybody has tried porting that
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I would like to, but idk where to start. Cnote would be a better person to port it. Oh, and btw, dev said gsm is online and connected to at&t HSDPA. He's blazing fast at fixing it!
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G

Porting that rom will be awesome. :fingers-crossed: And yeah, Cnote is a boss at porting. God knows how many roms he has ported so far for this device

Did anyone ask for a jellybean port? Cnote's got it covered.

b4d455b345t said:
Did anyone ask for a jellybean port? Cnote's got it covered.
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I was about to try porting it myself as well lol. Good thing he's on it! Can't wait
Btw, the problems with the ROM is no superuser. Go got andoidsu.com/superuser/ and download 3.2-RC2 and the binary. Choose the ARM version
Edit: I know the HTC Vision section will have one tomorrow, according to one dev. If that one does have trackpad working and all the other stuff, hope someone can port it. Idk if I can, not experienced enough
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G

The Desire S has a jellybean rom, but isnt as stable as this one. Hopefully we'll also get a rom built from scratch (source). I'd love to port, help out, and develop. I got an intro programming class this coming semester. Where did you learn to port? The forums here? I'm really interested

b4d455b345t said:
The Desire S has a jellybean rom, but isnt as stable as this one. Hopefully we'll also get a rom built from scratch (source). I'd love to port, help out, and develop. I got an intro programming class this coming semester. Where did you learn to port? The forums here? I'm really interested
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I learned from the forums. There was a thread about it. Check Mr.highway's guide. I also asked other devs to help me
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G

Cnote: "We need a modded kernel I tried modifying 2 but no success. "
:/

[ROM]2.77.651.8[Rooted Stock-O.T.A]

Alright, nothing special here at all. It's just the newest ota rooted and in a flashable zip. you can use this as a dev base or a daily driver for bone stock rooted. nothing has been removed at all, i dont know what the changes are, just figured id do this while my little one napped.
Rooted
ZipAligned
Busybox
data/app
init.d support with sdcard read ahead
http://d-h.st/qzu
MD5SUM=6ae854e8781af7a9fe47d736284306f7
Feel free to mirror or do whatever is clever
All Thanks
FootBall for the RUU
HTC
dsixda​

so the only thing i did was cook this up and flash it to connect to WiFi.

strapped365 said:
so the only thing i did was cook this up and flash it to connect to WiFi.
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I am on boost mobile if I root my phone will I still be on boost?

donutkidd said:
I am on boost mobile if I root my phone will I still be on boost?
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No idea, I don't know anything about flashing it to a different carrier, but since it is flashed to boost didn't they root it before they flashed carriers?
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk 2

strapped365 said:
No idea, I don't know anything about flashing it to a different carrier, but since it is flashed to boost didn't they root it before they flashed carriers?
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk 2
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I would suppose, but I'm doing it for a friend and I'm just looking for conformation of if she will have to reflash or not.

Thanks man . Good look.

prboy1969 said:
Thanks man . Good look.
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It appears they actually released the source to go along with this. Atleast in the discription on htcdev it notes 2.77.651.8.
Sent from my myTouch 4G Slide using Tapatalk 2

Hey strapped.
Any firmware/driver/kernel updates here? What version of GB?
Wondering if this is even worth the time.

VICODAN said:
Hey strapped.
Any firmware/driver/kernel updates here? What version of GB?
Wondering if this is even worth the time.
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Honestly man, it seemed like the only change was the 2.77.651.8 part. Hell the new source compiled into a kernel didn't even seem different. Same 2.6.35 kernel version soooo I have no idea. I think the goal here might have been just to close the explot
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strapped365 said:
Honestly man, it seemed like the only change was the 2.77.651.8 part. Hell the new source compiled into a kernel didn't even seem different. Same 2.6.35 kernel version soooo I have no idea. I think the goal here might have been just to close the explot
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using Tapatalk 2
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Someone at htc must've been bored lol
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jesuscash said:
Someone at htc must've been bored lol
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I didn't run it for long. Cause I needed to go back to SS for tethering to download the source n mess around with it for a while
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using Tapatalk 2

I think there were a couple system apk changes (just the names it looks like lol) but yeah, looks pretty much the same... Still runs smooth as hell once I supercharged it and formatted to EXT 4 and installed dodgejrc's Sense kernel lol

bilgerryan said:
I think there were a couple system apk changes (just the names it looks like lol) but yeah, looks pretty much the same... Still runs smooth as hell once I supercharged it and formatted to EXT 4 and installed dodgejrc's Sense kernel lol
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Well the old kernel boots the "new ROM and the new source boots an old ROM. So again I think they just wanted to close the root....anyways I'm so glad I'm saving for a SGS II or III.....no sh*t I'm so tired of HTC.
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using Tapatalk 2

strapped365 said:
Well the old kernel boots the "new ROM and the new source boots an old ROM. So again I think they just wanted to close the root....anyways I'm so glad I'm saving for a SGS II or III.....no sh*t I'm so tired of HTC.
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using Tapatalk 2
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+1. Just wish that Samsung's phones wouldn't feel so cheap
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

I can't do any Samsung I refuse to pay for something that goes to apple processors in return... HTC is now beginning to be over priced.. its why I swapped and got spectrum for 50 brand new. They have awesome signal haven't lost service once in past 3 months, always 4G LTE. I love it. Plus HTC should have gave the Evo shift ics. Just lack of support is what it is. Sad but guess that's what upgrades are for anyways about to flash this on my shift great work! I'll be over thinking some things here soon about sense
Sent from my VS920 4G using xda premium

donutkidd said:
I am on boost mobile if I root my phone will I still be on boost?
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i am on china telecom.flash roms can't change your carrier.

Enhancements/Fixes:
- Minor UI Change. Embedded phone numbers now take user directly to Dial pad

nvm, after running aokp so long sense just looks horrible

Well that's what it's about. Having choices .

I've been playing around with this lately and was wondering how to get the extra options for the restart app to go into recovery and such. I replaced the restart apk with the one from newSense but it didn't change so I'm missing something.?.

Old Good Roms

I'm trying to find some of the old good ROMs and all links seem to be down. Namely I was hoping to find TDJ's darkside sense, faux123's orangeglacier, and any of the gingerbread sense ROMs that were stable. I went back to Royal Ginger a while back and while I love it for the most part, but the camera feels like it uses about 20 pixels to create an image.
Does anyone have these stashed away that could maybe upload them to a file sharing site for me?
I would greatly appreciate it.

Orical might have them. PM him. Also, you might try Insert Coin. It's a pretty good GB Sense ROM. I never had a single issue with it.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on Nov. 13th. Still waiting.

estallings15 said:
Orical might have them. PM him. Also, you might try Insert Coin. It's a pretty good GB Sense ROM. I never had a single issue with it.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on Nov. 13th. Still waiting.
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Thanks I'll give it a shot.

Or you can try Android Revolution HD
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III SGH-T999

saranhai said:
Or you can try Android Revolution HD
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Hey you go enjoy your GS3
But really both roms are great
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda app-developers app

I like mikmik ROM pure SENS(E)ual eye candy and stable
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Didn't want to open up a new thread, hopefully this will suffice.
There are so many threads in the development forum but I want to find the most stable ICS rom. There are several but which ones are stable with most things working.
I'm going to put the rom on my brothers phone

Faizt20 said:
Didn't want to open up a new thread, hopefully this will suffice.
There are so many threads in the development forum but I want to find the most stable ICS rom. There are several but which ones are stable with most things working.
I'm going to put the rom on my brothers phone
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aospx

Until you mentioned Sense I was going to say cm7. This phone had cm7 very early on and I always felt like it should have been the Nexus Two.
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sobody know about an old or new rom that work fine without notables errors...???

estallings15 said:
aospx
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jocami said:
sobody know about an old or new rom that work fine without notables errors...???
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As estallings15 said, AOSPx is a good ICS ROM that's stable and reliable. I use it as my daily driver and I have no complaints.

darinmc said:
I'm trying to find some of the old good ROMs and all links seem to be down. Namely I was hoping to find TDJ's darkside sense, faux123's orangeglacier, and any of the gingerbread sense ROMs that were stable. I went back to Royal Ginger a while back and while I love it for the most part, but the camera feels like it uses about 20 pixels to create an image.
Does anyone have these stashed away that could maybe upload them to a file sharing site for me?
I would greatly appreciate it.
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virtuous_unity-v2.39.0.zip
virtuous_affinity-2.05.0.zip
DARKSIDE_SENSE_v4.0-wipe-dscam.zip

Dragonswithin said:
virtuous_unity-v2.39.0.zip
virtuous_affinity-2.05.0.zip
DARKSIDE_SENSE_v4.0-wipe-dscam.zip
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You had best remove that CoreDroid link before a mod does.

Had no clue it was a problem was in a hurry when I posted. But now your post has the link as well lol.

Dragonswithin said:
Had no clue it was a problem was in a hurry when I posted. But now your post has the link as well lol.
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Fixed!

Royal Ginger is very stable ROM after you install it and download all your programs reboot into recovery wipe dalvik and cache and this ROM is pure magic
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda app-developers app

codefire is very staple

Dragonswithin said:
virtuous_unity-v2.39.0.zip
virtuous_affinity-2.05.0.zip
DARKSIDE_SENSE_v4.0-wipe-dscam.zip
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EDIT: Im just stupid.
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HTC Evo 4g and Shift Roms

Will Evo 4g roms work on Evo shift 4g? Just asking, not actually going to try. See I was guessing because the only physical difference is the keyboard, would this mean it would work. Sorry if this is a dumb question.

No, that's a completely different phone.
Take a look in the dev section for the rooms that are available.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)

CNexus said:
No, that's a completely different phone.
Take a look in the dev section for the rooms that are available.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)
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Yea, i see. So what roms do you recomend, like the best jellybean rom?

There is no "best" rom for any version.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)

CNexus said:
There is no "best" rom for any version.
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+1

The best thing you can do for yourself, and the safety of your device is read. Then read some more. Then when you are done read some more. Knowledge is the only thing standing between you, and a paperweight. As to what Rom is best. That is a question that has no definitive answer. There are many variables. The greatest one being the user of the device. I would suggest learning the flashing, and Nandroid processes to a " T " . It will save you a lot of time, and headaches. It will also help you find what is best suited to your needs for a daily driver Rom.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11

Also, if you find a ROM you'd like to try but the links are broken, you can post in the thread asking if someone can mirror a link. Most of the time the answer is yes.

If any1 is selling this phone or want to donate it pm me. I need it for rom building.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=201778101
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coderzs said:
If any1 is selling this phone, pm me. I need it for rom building.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=201778101
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I can sell mine on ebay rooted,pm me