So Ive had my Evo for a little over a week now and been playing with it. Learned that there is alot you can do by rooting the phone. Rooting is basically giving you complete administrator privileges or "superuser" privileges to install different apps and customize your phone. There is a small risk of hurting the phone but only reported errors are with phones that had preexisting problems before installing it and those problems were minimal.
So anyways I went to unrevoked.com and used there simple root software that is super easy to use and does it automatically. It was done in 5 minutes.
Now with my phone rooted I can:
- Have wifi tethering (Create a wireless signal that computers can connect to that Sprint wants to charge 30 bucks a month for)
- Install custom interfaces on my phone. I chose the Evio 2 Rom in pictures below.
- All sorts of different things if you like playing with electronics. Download different applications like ones to overclock the cpu or conserve battery life. I changed my startup screen (pictures below).
Just sharing what I've found Theres alot more to do this is just what Ive found out what to do in 3 days
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So anyways I went to unrevoked.com and used there simple root software that is super easy to use and does it automatically. It was done in 5 minutes.
Now with my phone rooted I can:
- Have wifi tethering (Create a wireless signal that computers can connect to that Sprint wants to charge 30 bucks a month for)
- Install custom interfaces on my phone. I chose the Evio 2 Rom in pictures below.
- All sorts of different things if you like playing with electronics. Download different applications like ones to overclock the cpu or conserve battery life. I changed my startup screen (pictures below).
Just sharing what I've found Theres alot more to do this is just what Ive found out what to do in 3 days
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