HTC EVO 4G (Revisited): When 4G was Cool

[@Truth_Seeker96]

Blast from the past! This was my first ever smart phone! I remember obsessing over it when I was 15 back in 2011, I remember my mom getting it for me and it was ready when I got home from school lol. I had wanted an iPhone before but just had an iPod touch, my first iPhone was the 4s in 2012/13.

[@gilly5809]

This was my first smartphone and I was a huge HTC fanboy.

[@aaronmelson2887]

The HTC Evo 4G was my very first phone. I NEVER owned a phone prior to this one since I was always so broke. But I wanted a phone and this one had just come out and I loved the design and the way it looked. I worked really hard at Fedex and about 3 weeks later I went to sprint and paid the $200 for the 2 year contract and bought this phone. This brings back so many memories at that time in 2010.

[@ffolkess]

W00t! I was the developer who "unlocked" the 29.97fps cap. I remember working on it for days non-stop (thanks ADHD and hyperfocusing!), not even sleeping, along with some other very talented people on IRC, compiling the kernel over and over, testing with that FPS app with the bar graph/histogram. Eventually other, more skilled devs, got the HDMI working at the same time as the uncapped framerate, which I believe was around 45fps.

[@DaveBennettTech]

Ayy! Wow that's dope! It's so great that there are people like you out there, fixing the stupid things that manufactures like to put in place. That 30FPS cap was such a bummer.

[@namesurname4666]

how did other phones with hdmi output work? like the nokia symbian models

[@ruckus7554]

I still remember getting into an argument with a friend about his Iphone4 not having 4G. He swore up and down that it did. Boy was he devastated when the 4S came out and he finally got his 4g...

[@OvenBak3d360]

An evo 4g was my first smart phone. I literally found mine shattered on the side of the road. I took it home plugged it in to my computer pulled all the files off of it. And as it turned out the woman that owned it before me moved to the uk to live with a guy she met online I found chat logs pictures even her plane ticket confirmation emails. I’m serious this is how much personal data was on these phones back in the day. After whipping clean the phone and deleting all her data I took the phone to my local sprint dealer and asked if they could replace the screen. Well I’m guessing since she had moved a couple days prior to my finding it she didn’t report it lost or stolen. I added it to my account added insurance to it payed the $100 deductible and bam just pike that I got a freeish phone with no contract. To this day I have is somewhere in a box.

[@SWOTHDRA]

That HTC skin is still so beautiful and so much better then the things we have today

[@ThinkPadDesu]

Oh man this is a blast from the past. I remember subscribing years ago when I was a kid. Nice seeing you again! :)

[@DaveBennettTech]

Thanks!

[@HIGHRISH420]

The days of Myn and Virus Roms. Miss those days.

[@MsCandyKush_YT]

I miss that phone so much

[@VF5]

I like how you add the "quietly brilliant" line in there at the end lol

[@ROTPx]

My favorite phone to date. Old tech was better. HTC made the best Android experience and UI. The built-in kickstand was perfection. Wish tech was as creative these days rather than being a carbon copy of everything else that already exists. I wish they made a modern version of this device.

[@BeechNeeka-fq9ut]

This was my first smart phone !! I was 25 and i loved this phone

[@BLTtoby]

Awesome video, thanks for it! I just dug mine out of my old technology drawer to mess around with. I have such great memories of this phone as it was my first ever Android. HOURS spent on XDA figuring out root, roms, and recovery. It was such an exciting time full of possibility. It's really too bad HTC fell off like they did, and that new Androids like my current S22 Ultra have eFuses that make rooting a no-go for me. Mad props on including that iPhone vs Evo meme vid too, hahaha

[@SoftPixel2047]

LED lights notification i miss that

[@Kimandy6862]

I switched from iPhone to Android just for the EVO 4G. It was an awesome phone.

[@RickyMcSpanish]

Hey dude, long time subscriber and loved seeing some of the old footage. This is a great video and honestly loved it. I've not watched your content for a while but took a whim on this one and I'll definitely be watching more of your future videos. Keep it up!

[@DaveBennettTech]

Thanks for coming back!

[@stikkykikZ]

I had that phone! I remember people looking at me like I was insane!

[@JamesR624]

3:30 Why doesn't the Pixel have Maps as a live wallpaper again? I used to LOVE that one.

[@KPWASRIGHT]

My fav phone of all time

[@gohan5123]

I was starting my senior year of high school and this was my first smart phone. Ahh good times

[@DARKSHREK000]

Dude I can't believe that so many years later, your interests still line up almost flawlessly with OG subscribers like myself. This was my first ever phone and it I recently rebought it off ebay last August. Glad I did cause I was able to use it online!! Had no idea that capability died in September lol. I stopped using it now, only because the programs necessary to root the device no longer function and are not supported by Windows 10.

[@DaveBennettTech]

Wow that's crazy haha. Yeah, your timing was perfect! Couldn't even connect my google account on mine.

[@DARKSHREK000]

@@DaveBennettTech man, that blows! Glad we were able to experience it back in the day. Android has been pulling more features than they've been adding, as of late. Just recently found out the hard way that they removed android beam. Tech is hustling backwards lol

[@TechReviewTom]

Dude I can’t believe I found you man, I forgot about your channel!! You’re a legend man!

[@m1kephenix]

wow... This brings back memories. Fun fact: I was the one who opened the Google issue report on the 30fps issue back then. I was doing as much as I could to make that issue known back then, in hopes it would get fixed. Eventually HTC released an update to uncap the framerate. One of the few moments I felt like I helped make a change in the world...lol.

[@ShowNoMercy7]

My first phone ❤

[@Towerr72]

One thing you forgot to mention. I had the Evo 4G (followed up by the Thunderbolt on Verizon with "real" 4G and ending with the M8) and I LOVED HTC Sense. It was, by far, the best skin over stock out there. Anyway, the one thing you forgot the mention was the total backlash Sprint got over the 10.00 premium data charge they tacked onto everyones bill, that purchased this phone, myself included. WiMAX was so limited in rollout, that many users never got to test it out, yet we were all charged that extra fee for "access". Later Sprint revised the wording to keep the fee on peoples accounts. Seeing Clockwork Mod brought back some happy memories!!!

[@mcch1n]

I searched up open source gangster to find that channel not knowing it was you 😂, happy I found this channel

[@rwj777]

I actually bought this phone when it was first released and also the tablet version HTC View., that I still have to this day. It was one of the first tablets that actually operated on the Sprint network without Wi-Fi. I currently use it as an alarm clock and music player. I still have many songs downloaded on it and it still able to connect to current Bluetooth devices for streaming. I truly miss HTC phones. They were very well built and reliable, but unfortunately they couldn't compete with Apple and Samsung in the end.

[@MiguelRPD]

Considering how often people video chat. We should get that kickstand back.

[@DaveBennettTech]

Agreed

[@TechReviewTom]

I remember drooling over this phone and it was a miracle when the htc sensation came to T-Mobile, all we had before that was the mytouch 4g

[@TechReviewTom]

Dude flash player was amazing!!! I miss it so much!!

[@soysuave8426]

Well done video! I also spent a lot of time with custom roms back in the day. Are you planning on making a video for the HD2?

[@bobbycordle9564]

This was a favorite phone in my history. I saw you can still buy this phone on Amazon. But I don’t know why anyone would because it is mostly now just a paper weight & only maybe nice for nostalgia reasons if someone really just wants it for that reason, cause most features won’t work now but if I can find a skin of the appearance that I can make my phone look that way. I might for a little while just as a throwback lol.

[@matthewholt9501]

Yoooo this was my first ever android phone and first ever phone i bought . So many good memories with this phone .

[@johnsnow9653]

Man, I remember that thing. Was an iPhone user and really envied the screen size.

[@MisterUrbanWorld]

Didn't even know you were "OpenSourceGangster", lol. You should've kept the same name.

[@DaveBennettTech]

Haha. If I covered more open source stuff then I would've

[@MisterUrbanWorld]

@@DaveBennettTech Your original name 100% left my brain, and when I randomly clicked on this video, and saw that i was not only subscribed, but heard you say "opensourcegangster" nostalgia happened. Reminded me of how excited I was about the earlier days of Android when they were just appearing on the scene to compete against Apple. I miss those days. Not the same today.

[@IceDiamondArmy]

Lol Thank you For addition info on the Evo, trying to get it work and having internet problems and trying to update stuff on it so i can use rgb apps on this phone rather my main phone. how does one update the cerificate?

[@matthewblack8552]

I like digging up old phone review videos. Even better are current videos that review classic Android devices from the earlier days. I too had the Evo 4G and battery life was pretty good until you turned on 4G WiMax. I could literally watch the battery level drain line while using it.

[@RedForeman]

The last Android I ever owned…

[@marvin7533]

I had this phone through Sprint when they never had 4G.

[@smallsheep184]

Welcome back again Dave !

[@FELIPE8226M]

My first smartphone I owned this was the coolest thing in 2010-11

[@kdog350]

This was very well done. I really enjoyed it.

[@TechReviewTom]

Htc sense was way better than Samsungs UI I wish they were still around

[@scuffedadamsandler]

Are there any working 4g/5g phones (old or new) with a sliding keyboard that can be serviced in 2022? Will do anything to relive and feel that nostalgia.

[@zeblackboi]

It's my first android phone. It was stolen the first week i had it.

[@eliasmalam]

Hello nice video that phone was amazing did you own htc latest phone 📱?I

[@CalebCorenza]

I still have my htc evo 4g it needs a new battery but it still turns on

[@gesucristo9191]

is it possible to control a phone using another phone for gaming through a cable?

[@brandonminiman]

Epic look back!

[@DaveBennettTech]

Thanks!

[@shadoe1l0]

Hey Dave where's your tech videos?

[@arash_misses_papa]

I still have that phone nothing works just games music and other no network its outdated

[@J.Wick.]

Look at that glorious Notification LED...So much better than an AOD. AODs are fine and all, but let's have both.

[@jay.fromthebay]

I remember getting the evo 4g as my very first smartphone when I was a couple years into college. Holy shit it was an insanely feature packed device, and it just ran circles around anything else. The screen was beautiful and so high res, and the camera was pretty sharp for daytime photos. WiMax definitely had its teething issues and it wasn't really Sprint's fault. Sprint owned about half of Clearwire, and they owned the 2.5ghz spectrum WiMax operated on. The government forces companies to use spectrum that they hold within a certain period of time or they forfeit it, so they have no choice but to use WiMax. The only problem was WiMax, running on 2.5ghz, didn't travel far or penetrate buildings well. It was blazing for the time though, at best I'd see 14mbps, but usually about 6. WiMax completely ate through battery because it used a completely separate radio and antenna, which also created issues when let's say you were watching a yt video then your 4g would cut out and the phone would revert to 3g. Since the 4g and 3g networks were not unified, you'd be getting a different IP address so if you had something in process like that a video buffering, forget about it. In areas where WiMax was deployed well, like LA, it was GOOD. You had perfect hand offs from tower to tower on the freeways, it was dope. The EVO 4g was so popular and so much dev work went into it. It was sexy, functional, and a lot of people's first time realizing the power of Android and open source. It hit me when I was listening to the FM radio built in, heard Linkin Park had a new album, then I went to download utorrent, download the album over 4g, then realize I couldn't open it since it was a zip file, so I found a winzip equivalent all in the span of my 30 minute train ride to college. What an amazing eye opening experience. Other than the garbage camera, the EVO 3D was a perfect step up in every way as it doubled every single hardware spec and made the phone a total joy to use. The ram limits on the EVO hurt the most, but the 3D was even better rounded.

[@Tcray430]

great phone for its time!

[@SofaDogDog]

Welcome to Phonemart, how may I help you?

[@akshar_dave]

Thank you for this! 😊

[@internetcarson]

I still have my Evo!

[@DaveBennettTech]

That's impressive! I had to ebay mine

[@DarkWane]

Nice video thank you 👌👍

[@isaiah9496]

My first “smart “phone

[@audybryan2730]

Love that phone it changed android

[@GREiy45]

Hey it's you!

[@DaveBennettTech]

It's me!

[@MA-th4ts]

Funny how apps running in the background killed froyo and still kills android to this day. Love bloat

[@ericwalk9608]

I had this phone with Sprint... When they charged extra $15 for 4g and it wasn't even available on Sprint😆

[@PocketWater0]

I dumped HTC as soon as they went the iphone route and decided to lock in their battery. Went to samsung and now everyone went the iphone route now i hate owning any type of phone.

[@SWOTHDRA]

This was fake 4G tho.......

[@solidsnake6405]

The Evo/Evo 3d and the Note 2 was when phones were fun and had a soul.nowdays they all are boring lifeless cookie cutter devices.. I flashed my Evo with so many different roms that my nand stop working lolol..

[@foxdavani4091]

And it was the first camera to have manual mode. Yes. It had no shutter control but it had iso, color, sharpness, contrast and exposure. It even had touch metering control. Yup. HTC was the first.

[@lewiscrise-walker8227]

Watched on my Motorola Edge S! 🤍🙂😀❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@DEAD4LIVE]

Great vid I remember looking at how cool and innovative htc was until the m10... Htc needs Jesus now more than ever.

[@DaveBennettTech]

Thanks! And yeah, it's a shame because their early phones were so good agaisnt the competition.