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+Cyanogenmod 7 on the Evo
+========================
+:author: Aaron Ball
+:email: nullspoon@iohq.net
+
+== {doctitle}
+
+Good morning everyone.
+
+I recently switched from Verizon to Sprint because my contract ran out and
+another reason or two (they are political). In that switch, I moved from my
+Motorola Droid to an HTC Evo. I would have switched to the Epic since it is
+newer,  but it isn't nearly as far along when it comes to custom mods than the
+Evo is (the Epic doesn't even have an official release of Cyanogenmod yet).
+
+With that , three days in, I voided my phone's warranty by flashing a new Rom
+to it.
+
+Now, for those of you new to this, flashing a custom rom to your phone can do
+wonders. For instance, before I did this,  my Evo 's battery life was roughly
+ten hours. After flashing the Cyanogen mod to my phone, my battery life was
+extended at least eight hours. With some additional tweaking (which was made
+available to me by my custom rom), I now get a full day with pretty heavy usage
+and two days with light to moderate usage.
+
+Another great bit you get out of a rooted phone and custom ROMs is the ability
+to update your phone on your own, instead of having to wait the six months to a
+year it may take for your carrier to release the latest update for your phone.
+For instance, android. 2.3 (gingerbread) is already out and many phones still
+have android 2.1 (eclair). We don't even have the 2.2 (froyo) update yet.
+
+And now, without further adieu, I have flashed Cyanogenmod 7 on my phone which
+is a mod of the long awaited android 2.3, gingerbread.
+
+
+--
+image:files/wpid-screenshot_31.jpg[height=400]
+
+Clearly with this one I am a Sprint customer. This is the notifications drop
+down list showing the added control widgets to the top. This is actually a
+Cyanogenmod functionality, not Gingerbread.
+--
+
+--
+image:files/wpid-screenshot_36.jpg[height=400]
+
+This is the lock screen if you use a pin to lock your phone. Overall, not much different here.
+--
+
+--
+image:files/wpid-screenshot_33.jpg[height=400]
+
+This is the phone dialer. Clearly this is very stylistically different from the
+2.1 and 2.2 dialers.
+--
+
+--
+image:files/wpid-screenshot_32.jpg[height=400]
+
+This is the app menu. I am actually using the Zeam launcher, but this menu
+looks the same in the default Gingerbread launcher, ADW, and Zeam.
+--
+
+--
+image:files/wpid-screenshot_29.jpg[height=400]
+
+This is the home screen. Once again, I'm using the Zeam launcher, so the app
+menu at the bottom looks a bit different. Take note however of the icons on the
+notifications bar at the top; they have changed significantly from 2.2. I do
+miss the gradient at the top, however not having it makes the top bar blend in
+much better with various other aspects of the phone.
+--
+
+That's it for now. If you want to see screenshots of some other specific
+things, please let me know in the comments section and I'll get on those as
+soon as I can. The same goes for questions about anything Android related.
+
+Thanks for reading!
+
+
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