Okay finally got my evo! now what?

[blockburner28]

What should I do first? root it? if so what are the cons of rooting it?

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Thanks in advance everyone!

[tool2269]

Edit: read stickys

[edufur]

I havent rooted mine yet. I wouldnt reccomend it personally unless you need the htc tether capability. But if you don't need that now, I would wait and see what happens with froyo. This puppy is amazing just stock.

[r.mauldin]

I would unlock now before you accidentaly update to a new ota rom from sprint that locks the phone from root. Who knows how long it will take to find a new exploit to root the phone if sprint locks it.

[nunyabiziz]

Okay I finally got married! now what?

[Ele7eN]

you may want to do a hard reset. i don't really know why, but my battery life has been much better since i did. one thing i noticed is that it now defaults to CDMA instead of GSM.

[VENTURE7O7]

Originally Posted by Ele7eN

you may want to do a hard reset. i don't really know why, but my battery life has been much better since i did. one thing i noticed is that it now defaults to CDMA instead of GSM.

can anyone else confirm this? want to try if it works

[eman]

I say first thing is to learn what a forum is all about and don't start a post asking what to do with your device when this whole sections is about that!

I will help you out because I feel generous. Go to the below link and read everything that sounds interesting to you. Do not start a new thread until you read it all!!!

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=181

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by Ele7eN

one thing i noticed is that it now defaults to CDMA instead of GSM.

I don't understand, the Evo doesn't support GSM, or did I miss something?

[xcopmanx]

Originally Posted by orangekid

I don't understand, the Evo doesn't support GSM, or did I miss something?

For a lot of people, myself included, the EVO's preferred network type was set to GSM. Setting it to CDMA seems to help battery life.