I had a app called cdma options that jumped from Verizon to sprint when ever I wanted to without rooting my phone. In areas where 3g with Verizon was better for internet I would make the switch and YouTube/internet would load faster. Since the new system update it stopped working.

That figures.

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What the heck? I got the EVO yesterday afternoon and have been enjoying it. I left the house for work with it fully charged and by noon the battery was already dead and the phone off. I played with it a little this morning but not too much. It was in my desk most of the time. What can I do to make the battery last longer (besides obviously bring a charger to work, which I will be doing). I have been hearing that short battery life is a common thing.

Root

I make sure my GPS and WIFI are turned off at work... and close ALL your apps if not using them. hold down the home key and go to task manager. close the programs. some will stay open if you do not exit them a certain way.

Thanks I was wondering where the heck the task manager was.

certain apps will eat your battery more than others. angry birds tears mine up lol. 18.42MB

wifi is alot better than mobile neterwork(3g) i prefer wifi when available

when not online I turn off my mobil network, still get text just not pic text and i have had my battery last 3 days just by turnin that off and back on when I want to look somthin up

The evo must work different from my droid. I've never had to use the task manager. Whenever I check and see what's running I usually have few apps running and those are generally supposed to be running. I hate that android phones have such poor battery life. The iphone 4 lasts much longer without having to tweak settings. Hopefully the next android version will be better.

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only thing I find that drains mine is internet

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/a...213_215946.png
and i use the heck out of it too

Impressive! How do you get the display to use so little battery? Display is my #1 battery eater. I keep it on auto brightness.

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same way i've been saying. same way for EVERYTHING .......

root root root

If I root my EVO whats the best system to switch to and am I going to have to continue updateing the system or is it a one time deal.

if you want the latest and greatest, you will be updating your phone every week/2/3/month. depends how updated you wanna be. Cyanogen Mod is nice and new, and super stable, theres' a bunch of evo3d roms coming out , pretty sick too, if you like the stock/sprint feel/look

My droid is rooted, still can't get that kind of battery life.

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Once you get familiar with swapping roms it doesn't take that long to swap and get your phone set back up.

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how and where do I go about gettin started

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690762

there might be otherss...look up unrevoked 2....i hear thats easy