Making the Move to EVO

[Tonedabone2196]

Ok, so I got tired of my HERO, and I just received my EVO from Radio Shack $99 thank u very much. I have a few questions for my fellow EVO owners.
1. Does the cyanogenmod 6.1.1 have 4g ability?
2. After rooting, is there a "radio" I need to update?
3. Has anyone experienced a better ROM than CM 6.1.1?
4. I have heard grumblings about battery life. Does the CM 6.1.1 extend it any? Should I get a different battery? and if yes, which?
I know there are a lot of questions here, I do apologize for the length. I thank in advance everyone that responds.=D>

[varaff]

1. Not yet.
2. You can do all the updates first and then root or the other way around.
[ROOT][GUIDE] HBoot 2.02/2.10 SOFF - The Savior Edition - Upd. 12.26.10 - xda-developers
3. Yes, plenty. I use Calkulin
[ ROM ][ 12-22 ] Calkulin's EViO 2 ROM v1.7.1 [3.70.651.1 l Undervolted l Themeable] - xda-developers
4. Most are usually better with battery then stock.

[leerage]

Varaff summed it up pretty well. I too use Calkulin's latest ROM and it is awesome. I had the same thinking right before I got the Evo... reading on the internet that "Battery life is horrible". Most of those reviews are misconstrued about battery life. For what the device does, battery life is excellent. I had some extra batteries from my TP2 that I had used and my original Evo battery out does them. I do a heavy amount of text, push email, voice, youtube, and some small games... and always get at least 24 hours. I have a cradle setup to charge my dead batteries, so when one gets low I pop in a charged battery... no more charging on the cord.

[aman1127]

I can only answer 3 and 4. Im using the newest damage control and the battery life with 4g on is almost a whole day. As far as speed, all the roms I tested are more or less the same.

As far as the best rom, i would say try them all out because guaranteed you will get 100 different answers when just asking us. Check out my signature for all available EVO roms.