Wireless N support unlocked on the HTC Evo

[stangdriver52000]

forgive my ignorance... but how do I run the enable.zip file... I powered up holding the volume down button, but it did not automatically find the zip file and ask if I wanted to update? Thanks for help

[xcopmanx]

Originally Posted by stangdriver52000

forgive my ignorance... but how do I run the enable.zip file... I powered up holding the volume down button, but it did not automatically find the zip file and ask if I wanted to update? Thanks for help

Someone correct me if this is a noob's answer and not right, but I am pretty sure that you need to be in recovery mode and push a custom update file that way from the SD card.

[clockcycle]

Originally Posted by ruckstande

I just wanted it because I was forced not to have it. I don't like the idea of something I buy being capable of so much more and being told I'm not allowed.

There are a lot of features things are capable of, and I doubt they are telling you can not have it. They just cater to the provider, in this case Sprint and in User testing.. Wouldn't want every feature enabled and have 90% of the user population complaining about battery life, now would you?

-CC

[fr0st]

Wirelessly posted (TP2 Biznitch: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.1-update1; en-us; Sprint APA9292KT Build/ERE27) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/530.17)

I actually get better range on my home pc using g instead of n. It's nice someone unlocked this though. One less thing the Apple fanboys have on us.

[JL-F1]

n can run at 2.4 OR 5

if you run it at 2.4 you steal a huge chunk of bandwidth from b/g. so if you are running N and others in the house are using b/g you are now a hog and they got slowed

the only real reasons for n are:
1. using 5ghz cleaner spectrum

2. sometimes, when close to the router, you get more bandwidth using 2.4 n than 2.4 b/g BUT if you have b/g or even other n users as you just took all the bandwidth or were allocated less because the other n user took it

our evo only runs at 2.4

[cerchiarax]

Has anyone been able to get the wireless N support using the unrevoked method. I know someone said it was possible in xda but the steps were kind of vague. Not ready for full root just yet.

[shellguy]

Originally Posted by cerchiarax

Has anyone been able to get the wireless N support using the unrevoked method. I know someone said it was possible in xda but the steps were kind of vague. Not ready for full root just yet.

Full Root is very easy. I see no reason for anyone to not fully root their phone.



Shell

[JaredC01]

Originally Posted by zone23

Yes you are..

What if my house isn't configured for b/g wireless since its so old and insecure? So I'm forced to go back to the stone age for a device I bought in 2010. Its not always about the speed that's the geek in you thinking that way. Sometimes its just about being better. For example N uses higher frequencies (5ghz vs 2.4ghz) that have extended range and penetrate walls better. Don't be a Chris Pirillo.

If you dont use b or g then you have some VERY up to date hardware. As for insecure, you do realize wireless n uses the same wpa or wpa2 security as both b and g correct?

As for wireless n being better due to higher frequencies and having more range, that's just false. The only reason n is running at 5 ghz over 2.4 ghz is because it requires the higher frequency to supply the extra bandwidth. The higher the frequency, the more data you can fit into a specified length. Since the bandwidth is double from g (54 Mbits) to n (108 Mbits), the frequency must also double. I will also let you know that as the frequency increases, the range decreases. Longer waves (lower frequencies) have a higher energy than shorter waves (higher frequencies)... Think of it this way, do AM radio stations have longer range, or do FM radio stations have longer range? AM does. AM runs on Kilohertz while FM runs on Megahertz. In this case the 2.4Ghz is the AM and the 5Ghz
is the FM. Same principal applies.

Edit: Forgot to add, since higher frequencies are lower energy, they don't penetrate walls nearly as well.

Again I ask, what is the advantage?

[cerchiarax]

Originally Posted by shellguy

Full Root is very easy. I see no reason for anyone to not fully root their phone.



Shell

Guess I'm just lazy and I like how unrevoked is just 1 button and boom done. .. Been looking at the root method. Stupid question that I'm sure has been answered before and is off topic if I do the full root and nand flash will that hard reset the rom?

[yang704]

why need N when G is enought