Less than a day after the leaked Virgin Mobile EVO 3D Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3/Sense 3.6 ROM was released, developers have pounded away on keyboards all night and released a few fully-functioning ICS ROMs for rooted HTC EVO 3Ds.
By fully functioning, I mean the 3D works, the camera can take 3D photos, the front facing camera works, the 4G/WiMax works, GPS works, Bluetooth works, and the phone boots and runs ICS/Sense 3.6.
It's important to note, at the moment to use a fully-functioning ICS ROM you'll have to be S-OFF as you'll need to flash a new firmware base from Virgin Mobile's EVO 3D line first. Unfortunately, you cannot get around the S-OFF requirement yet, and it can be a scary process to achieve. You might just want to wait for Sprint to do an OTA later this month (if rumors are true). UPDATE: do not flash the firmware portion of the Virgin Mobile leak, it's not required, nor is S-OFF, and it may be impossible to ever get back to Sprint stock
I expect the list to grow exponentially over the weekend, but for starters here's what we have found produced in the last 16 hours for those wanting to try something new and fun(ctional).
ROMs
- CleanROM ICS Edition
- JoelZ9614's stock base
- Virtuous Quattro Sense Edition RC2
- ViperROM ICE3D Beta 1
Kernels
I'll be adding more throughout the day, so if you've spotted one in the wild feel free to mention it in the thread and I'll get this list updated. Also anyone running any of these feel free to share your experiences as I'm stuck using my EVO 3D as a phone today and cannot test anything.
Thank u.
Actually many people in the thread have flashed without the firmware update and indicate that it’s working. That includes hboot 1.5 with S-ON. The Sprint RUU has now been leaked so I will wait for a ROM with the Sprint radios. But it is very exciting time for the Evo 3D.
Rrrr? this I did not know… I can spare 10 minutes to flash a ROM today then
Where did you see tht the Sprint RUU has been leaked? Sorry, I’m going through 15 different sites and did not see that… and I’m extremely under-caffeinated today.
Giggity
I believe it was confirmed that the RUU that they thought was the Sprint version was nothing more than the Virgin Mobile that was released last night. :/
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The one thats labeled SPRINT_VM is the virgin mobile RUU sent to Sprint (which owns VM)
Here is the link to the XDA thread talking about the leak…
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334473
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Yeah, check page 12 thats the virgin mobile one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334473page=12
sweeeeeeeet!
Goodbye MIUI (for a little while anyways)
OMG IM SO HAPPY NOW!!!
are we getting 2D to 3D game conversion?, better 3D stock movie player without causing headache? 3D player can play 3D mkv SBS files?
If not, then I’m totally give up on this phone and trade in for LG optimus 3D
Do not know, this is the Virgin Mobile leaked RUU. Just means that everything now has drivers. So, no idea on the 2D to 3D.
Headache is entirely subjective though, might just want to adjust your 3d alignment. (take a 3d picture, view it, tap, hit the wand, align) and that will carry over into any other 3d display. Should have done that at the first time it gave you a headache (it’s in the manual)
As for the LG Optimus, really? It tops out at 1 ghz stock (ours specs at 1.2 stock, 1.7 OC) – don’t have any issue with someone going away to a phone they like, but hardwarewise that thing looks like a significant downgrade.
Finally, fully functioning ICS ROMs will be on their way. I can’t wait for Deck to get his AOSP ROM fully stable with all the bells and whistles working.
Also, Sense 3.6 is okay and I hope Newt’s ROM get’s that Sense 4.0 working flawlessly within the next few weeks.
ok, without updating firmware it appears you can see 3d, but you can’t take 3d pictures. Trying some other things to verify, but it appears that 2d/3d switch is thrown then that’s that.
Viperrom beta, and going to stress the beta at the moment… it works, but I’ve fought it tooth and nail with superuser problems
scratch that, I’m a dirty filthy liar and did not realize I’d flashed the Anthrax Sense Universal kernel at one point in an attempt to fix things…
Seems to work
So It all works without the firmware update right. I might still wait a day or two and see what new ROMS pop up.
I’ve been running Newt’s ROM and it actually works great. Besides the usual camera and 4G. But it’s exciting that finally we’ll have it all. About time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1635102
Is this not the Sprint RUU then?
on viper, it looks like the only annoying thing is some video flickering in Chrome.
4g confirmed works, wifi works, cameras all work fine except when I put AnthraX on. Can’t get quadrants for some reason keeps claiming connection error, but they’re not great.
Getting battery drain stats in a few.
Nothing is quite ready for prime time, but it’s darn close
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Nope, check page two of that thread you linked me. Doesnt matter if someone named it Sprint, its Virgin Mobile.
this is awesome, ive been using one of these roms all day and its great everything works perfect from what i can tell i really like the face unlock feature.
also i did not have to flash any firmware, but i am s-off
Any one have an idea (estimate, speculation, guess) as to when the OFFICIAL ICS update will come to the EVO 3D? Or should i just bite the bullet and get one of these ROMs instead?
Rumor mill is saying end of May, after the launch of the lte. I would wait a day or so on general principle.
Im running one now,lots of little things,probably be ironed out this weekend.
This leak we are enjoying today is what was just shipped to the carriers to brand,so not much work left to go.
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witch rom ru running that face unlock feature??
need some help,,,i flashed •JoelZ9614′s stock base from top and for some reason i can not revert back to my previous rom in my backup…..do i need to flash something or delete something before i can revert
You would be better off asking the devs in the XDA forum than asking here. I also flashed Joelz stock, and everything is working fine;wifi tether,camera(s),4g,and gps, its also wicked fast! SO I cant see why you would want to switch back, but I’m sure there’s something you’re missing.
Will second that you might want to ask in JoelZ’s thread.
Only thing I can think of is since there’s partition maintenance done to enlarge one of the partitions that might be affecting something
Well, I don’t see any mention of it here, so I figured I’d post.
That firmware requirement isn’t firm, most people seem able to get by without flashing the firmware. For those of us that did, well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638225
Most of the people who did are kind of freaking out now. Chad, the guy who does the Anthrax kernels, has been working on it, talking to qualcomm, other tech savvy people, and probably God, trying to fix it. It’s currently half fixed…Probably…right now.
But the point is, it’s entirely possible that, if you flash that firmware, you won’t be able to go back to Sprint.
Some of the side effects of that? You can still connect to Sprint towers, but you seem to be treated as a kind of roaming user; you can get kicked off for no reason. People report slower data, finicky data, spotty 4g, difficulty roaming, and no VPN.
Just a warning.
Slower data, finicky data, spotty 4G, difficulty roaming…how will THAT tell us we’re not on Sprint? Lol.
Thanks for this post and comments. I’m going to give it a couple more days, but am psyched to flash to ICS!
I’ve been running ViperROM for a couple of days no – no firmware changes. It is pretty darn nice after I got the initial SU bug squashed.
It’s not terribly different from 3, but it does have face unlock and Chrome and that’s all I wanted it for.
Do you have a link to the spring RUU?
Sorry…Sprint!
nobody does. the one that’s labeled Sprint_VM is the virgin mobile one, people keep passing it around as a Sprint leak and people won’t just let it die already. It’s the Virgin Mobile one someone renamed.
It’s quickly becoming the “did you hear about Weird Al’s parents?” of the ROM flashing world
Even if the network issues are pretty common, they’re worse than normal for most, with just the odd issues.
Specifically, I’m more concerned with getting the idea that, if you flash that firmware (Like the article says is required to do) you will, at best, be branded a Virgin Mobile user..Which means support or warranty/insurance claims from Sprint can be difficult to get. There’s also resale issues.
Root is one thing, it requires a little knowledge to know a phone has root.
Virgin Mobile branding everywhere is going to raise a few red flags. And there’s absolutely no guarantee you can ever go back to Sprint branding on the phone. Chad and some others are working on it, but the consensus is, right now, that those of us who flashed are stuck, possibly permanently.
Ideally, I think the article should at least be edited with these warnings. Even if you flash the firmware and have no usability issues..
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I edited the piece, I didnt realize I had posted anything dealing with the firmware (I blame Cinco de Mayo)
Am I the only one not getting root access with this ROM? Can’t use titanium backup or any root required applications
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If its the rom Im thinking of download superuser from the market even though it has supersu installed that will fix both of them and you can choose which one to use.