I have a non sprint unbranded HTC Hero (through GCI in alaska). Does anyone know if a non-sprint htc hero can flash a sprint rom and still work on a non sprint network? I have been using the leaked modified ROMs such as damage control and fresh just fine but I was told using the sprint one may jack up my phone. Since the customized ROMs are now being based off that I am worried about downloading any new ROMs or the official sprint one. Anyone happen to know?
THANK YOU!
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I have a non sprint unbranded HTC Hero (through GCI in alaska). Does anyone know if a non-sprint htc hero can flash a sprint rom and still work on a non sprint network? I have been using the leaked modified ROMs such as damage control and fresh just fine but I was told using the sprint one may jack up my phone. Since the customized ROMs are now being based off that I am worried about downloading any new ROMs or the official sprint one. Anyone happen to know?
THANK YOU!
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This is more or less belongs in the q&a section. But to answer your question yes it will. You will have to get your apn settings and manually program them in your phone. But everything else should work. I would suggest you use the flashrec method and make a nandroid then try apn manager to see if you can just put your apn settings on your new rom
I am still new to CDMA phones. When you say APN settings do you mean the settings the carrier puts in when they program it at the desk. Such as the MIN # and such?
And when you say flash rec method, you mean copying over the ROM file to the SD card and doing the whole power+volume then pressing home and flashing from feature thing?
And if thats the case, does that mean ill have to use one of these custom ROMs here and not the sprint one? (I havent tried installing the sprint one but in the past its usually an executible and runs itself)
Thx for answering all my noob question, someone else did the rooting for my phone and im slowly learning. Never been too great at the phone thing.
I just reread your first post and you say that you've used damages rom and not had any problems then you should be good to use any rom just make sure to do a nandroid backup before you do anything else
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I just reread your first post and you say that you've used damages rom and not had any problems then you should be good to use any rom just make sure to do a nandroid backup before you do anything else
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I've really been doing this whole root thing because I wanted 2.1 early, but now that sprint has released an official one id really like to use it. Do you think its safe to use the official one on my non sprint hero?
Thx again for all your help, im just worried about bricking my phone or making it unusable on my network.
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Hey everyone, I'm new to this forum. So...Hi
Anyways, I've got a problem with my Rogers Htc Dream. I was trying to root it and was following a guide on youtube. Then i realized rooting for T-Mobile G1s and Rogers HTC Dreams were different. Now i notice when i turn on my phone it shows a T-Mobile screen instead of the regular Rogers loading screen. I guess i installed the T-Mobile firmware on my phone. I checked in settings the current firmware im running is now 1.0. So, i'm wondering if anyone can help me put back on rogers firmware on my phone and also link me to a Rogers HTC dream rooting guide. Thanks in advance.
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Hey everyone, I'm new to this forum. So...Hi
Anyways, I've got a problem with my Rogers Htc Dream. I was trying to root it and was following a guide on youtube. Then i realized rooting for T-Mobile G1s and Rogers HTC Dreams were different. Now i notice when i turn on my phone it shows a T-Mobile screen instead of the regular Rogers loading screen. I guess i installed the T-Mobile firmware on my phone. I checked in settings the current firmware im running is now 1.0. So, i'm wondering if anyone can help me put back on rogers firmware on my phone and also link me to a Rogers HTC dream rooting guide. Thanks in advance.
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Yeah I have that too.
Not really an issue. I just too happy to care when I finally rooted my Dream.
Outblaze said:
Yeah I have that too.
Not really an issue. I just too happy to care when I finally rooted my Dream.
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Okay so, the root worked for you? Everythings alright its just the start up screen that changed?
To get back to stock rogers firmware apply the update from rogers found here:
http://rogers.com/techsupport/
Then follow this guide to get your phone rooted and install cyanogenmod:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_Rogers_Dream_EBI1_to_CyanogenMod
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To get back to stock rogers firmware apply the update from rogers found here:
http://rogers.com/techsupport/
Then follow this guide to get your phone rooted and install cyanogenmod:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_Rogers_Dream_EBI1_to_CyanogenMod
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I'm abit scared to follow that guide because there seems to be some ifs about it, like it says avoid anything that writes to the kernel, otherwise you're dead. And it says you require a EBI1, how do I check if I have EBI1
"The Recovery Flasher utility will only work if you're on a version of Android that Rogers/HTC hasn't yet fixed.
If you are at the recovery screen, move on to the next step."
Well how do I know if they haven't fixed it? And if we can't use fastboot to flash images, as Rogers prevents it, then if this procedure goes south we're stuck? I can verify the MD5 of the SPL update ZIP 20 times, but that's not going to guarantee that when I flash it it's not going to brick my phone
edit: I booted with camera and power and it says hboot is 1.33.0009, does this mean I don't have to risk bricking when I root? The tutorial is for 1.33.0010.
I think that it makes it sound a bit worse than it is. I have never tried it but from what I have read if you boot a EBI0 kernel with a EBI1 radio it will just freeze. You will just have to pull out the battery, boot into recovery and then flash a EBI1 kernel on top.
Rogers is bad for releasing updates for their devices. All their Android devices still run cupcake, even the new LG Eve. This is to our advantage because none of the rogers firmwares are fixed. You can give the Recovery Flasher a try because the worst that will happen if you have a fixed rom is nothing.
If you have a 0009 spl you can follow the guide here to update your spl and recovery then start following the guide at Installing HTC System Image. You could also just use the method on the wiki for 0010, I cant see any reason that wouldn't work.
My phone is perfectly fine after the gaining root. So far not much of a difference, except for the virtual keyboard and two more screens and a few more apps and options.
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I think that it makes it sound a bit worse than it is. I have never tried it but from what I have read if you boot a EBI0 kernel with a EBI1 radio it will just freeze. You will just have to pull out the battery, boot into recovery and then flash a EBI1 kernel on top.
Rogers is bad for releasing updates for their devices. All their Android devices still run cupcake, even the new LG Eve. This is to our advantage because none of the rogers firmwares are fixed. You can give the Recovery Flasher a try because the worst that will happen if you have a fixed rom is nothing.
If you have a 0009 spl you can follow the guide here to update your spl and recovery then start following the guide at Installing HTC System Image. You could also just use the method on the wiki for 0010, I cant see any reason that wouldn't work.
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I really want to root so I can install applications to the memory card, and to get 1.6, but I'm really really really scared that it's going to break. I got the phone from ebay, so I'm pretty sure if it breaks I'm out $300 bucks. I'm really at a cross road here!
Ya i was kinda scared the first time too. Then I just bit the bullet and did it. Try to read through the forums as much as you can to learn as much as you can about how your phone works. Also make sure that you understand each step completely and what it is doing to your phone. This is what I did and it made me feel a lot better about the process.
The main risk is flashing the radio and spl once you are done that the chance of bricking is almost none of not none. If you have any questions that you can't find answers to by yourself just ask and me or someone else on the forum will answer them for you.
Yeah, if you're on the Rogers HTC dream, just follow the Rogers heres your real root thread, and all the guides he post. And follow it while filling in the rest with logic.
You'll probably get lost like I did, don't be afraid to ask around.
does anyone know the warranty if it bricks?
Hey everyone, thanks for the help. I went through with the root and everything seems to be working fine. I can make phone calls and everything. I'm running a hero rom. The only thing thats different is it shows a T-Mobile screen instead of Rogers. I don't think thats a big deal, is it?
I have been using a lot of developed roms lately after my Cyan 1.6 broke down - I think T-mobile locked it. My phone couldn't make phone call or texting.
I think T-mobile is using some method to locked all developed rom. I wiped my phone and changed the rom, it will be fine for couple of days, then same ****ing **** (no phone call and texting).
Probably only happen to me, for some reasons. My friends don't have this problem.
I want to try to use the legal rom (by that I mean the very original 1.5 rom from Google or T-mobile).
Who has it? Thanks!
It's a conspiracy, man.
Get one of your friends to try to fix it.
It's never advisable to have another person deal with your electronics but trust me, there should be nothing wrong with your device nor is T-Mobile spying on you.
You probably did something wrong, get a friend to fix it.
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I have been using a lot of developed roms lately after my Cyan 1.6 broke down - I think T-mobile locked it. My phone couldn't make phone call or texting.
I think T-mobile is using some method to locked all developed rom. I wiped my phone and changed the rom, it will be fine for couple of days, then same ****ing **** (no phone call and texting).
Probably only happen to me, for some reasons. My friends don't have this problem.
I want to try to use the legal rom (by that I mean the very original 1.5 rom from Google or T-mobile).
Who has it? Thanks!
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That doesn't make sense. There are no such things of T-Mobile locking down development Roms. Did you completely wipe everything then reflash a new ROM? If you want a bare bones stock AOSP rom then use Enomther's Official Donut ROMs.
I have been useing G1 for a long time, and I used the Cyan 1.6 for last 5 months (or 4?). I never had any problems until lately (2 weeks ago).
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I have been using a lot of developed roms lately after my Cyan 1.6 broke down - I think T-mobile locked it. My phone couldn't make phone call or texting.
I think T-mobile is using some method to locked all developed rom. I wiped my phone and changed the rom, it will be fine for couple of days, then same ****ing **** (no phone call and texting).
Probably only happen to me, for some reasons. My friends don't have this problem.
I want to try to use the legal rom (by that I mean the very original 1.5 rom from Google or T-mobile).
Who has it? Thanks!
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Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your sim card? Maybe try your friend's sim card?
On another note, please read the rules before posting, this should in the Q&A section as this is not related to android development. Report for move. I hope you figure out your problem!
So Enomther's Official Donut ROMs is the official rom for G1?
Or sorry, I never post any things here.
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Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your sim card? Maybe try your friend's sim card?
On another note, please read the rules before posting, this should in the Q&A section as this is not related to android development. Report for move. I hope you figure out your problem!
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It would be weird if my sim card is the one has problem because once I wipe my phone (completely) and flash a new rom, it will be fine for couple of days.
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It would be weird if my sim card is the one has problem because once I wipe my phone (completely) and flash a new rom, it will be fine for couple of days.
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Doesn't hurt to try . Do you do a complete wipe?
I cant answer you question, but i dont think t mobile locked your phone down for using other roms. back when i used to run 1.6 roms, after a few weeks/months 2 of them kind of screwed up for me too. just reflash something else.
sorry i dont have an answer on the original rom. maybe you can follow one of the guides to unroot if you want official rom/stock again. unlockr has a guide i think
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just search on this thread for how to UNROOT and return to stock.. theres a whole thread on it...
BUUT... I dont see how that will fix anything... as for T-Mobile does NOT have any "lock" or anything related on your phone... upgrade to the latest AMon_RA recovery 1.7.0 - and do a COMPLETE wipe... wipe everything... re-partition your SD card.. and load a fresh rom... why not go with a 2.1 rom.. may as well.. Right now I am using HTCClay's superbad rom.. the latest one... no problems here..
The government is in on it man!
Joking LOL I couldn't resist =P
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aeroxy said:
I have been using a lot of developed roms lately after my Cyan 1.6 broke down - I think T-mobile locked it. My phone couldn't make phone call or texting.
I think T-mobile is using some method to locked all developed rom. I wiped my phone and changed the rom, it will be fine for couple of days, then same ****ing **** (no phone call and texting).
Probably only happen to me, for some reasons. My friends don't have this problem.
I want to try to use the legal rom (by that I mean the very original 1.5 rom from Google or T-mobile).
Who has it? Thanks!
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Reflash back to RC29 and just wait for t-mobile to update. took about 24hrs for it to happen but it did come through eventually.
Hey guys, I'm pretty new to Android really, a few months back I bought a G1 to dabble with it, but through some conflicting information and me screwing it up basically - I bricked it.
Now, I've upgraded my contract to a Wildfire, with 3 UK. It's a branded device, with their logo on boot, and Planet 3 app etc..
I've had a fiddle with the basic stuff, finding my way around and that, but I'd like to gradually take it further.
For now, I don't need the latest and greatest, so I don't want to go down the way of custom ROMs etc.
What I do want, is to have it think it's a generic HTC Wildfire, no network brandings, so that when HTC rolls out a release (As they have 2.2 this week) I can get it then, but I don't need to flash myself with CyanogenMod or whatever.
I wondered if it is possible to do this by removing the CID somehow?
Basically, I'm a noob, and I don't know if it's possible or not, but I pretty much want to just stop my phone thinking it's 3 branded, and get a stock HTC ROM on there, so that I can update it OTA as and when HTC roll them out.
Thanks in advance.
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I have read about GoldCards, I know that they allow you to flash a ROM different from what your CID allows by bypassing it - but I'm not really sure if that's what I describe above or not. If I created a GoldCard, and flashed a stock HTC ROM via it, would I then be able to update it to 2.2, and further in the future OTA just as if I'd bought an unlocked device?
Quick update,
I've created a GoldCard successfully, and have rooted and installed CWMod recovery, and made nandroid backup.
Can I put any ROM on, such as this HTC stock "Buzz" one, or might it not work because of different radio/SPL or something?
Not sure if the one I use will have to be Wildfire specific, or radio specific or whatever?
I've got a CDMA Hero 200 running on the MTS network here in Canada. This may be a stupid question, but if I flash the Cyanogen Mod to it so I can save apps2SD and wipe the cache/settings as it seems I'm supposed to do, will that wipe all the programming from the phone that connects me to my network? It's CDMA so you can't just pull the SIM card b/c it doesn't have one.
In other words will I have to get the phone reprogrammed so it will connect with the mobile network for voice/data or do those settings stay in the phone even if you wipe it before flashing the new ROM? I'm guessing my carrier likely frowns upon rooting and flashing third party ROM's so they probably wouldn't be interested in programming the phone for me if it wipes those settings. I guess I just don't want to flash a ROM in the hopes of making my phone more useful only to make it useless by eliminating the programming and data connection.
If any of you seasoned vets could help a stupid noob out I'd appreciate it.
upgrading (and i mean upgrading lol) your phone from stock to cyanogenmod will not touch any of your network settings.
the only thing i can really think of that doing something would wipe your network settings would be a rtn reset, or an ruu stock rom flash which you wont even be close to doing.
flash away i say, cyanogenmod, ics and zero hero are way better than the stock rom
Just do a backup of your current stock ROM in case anything goes wrong.
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I'm an MTS user, if you use a rom like Cyanogen7, it is slightly faster then most roms but it will say SPRINT on the lockscreen and pulldownbar, that is tough to get rid of, I like ZeroHero cause its awesome!!!
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I'm an MTS user, if you use a rom like Cyanogen7, it is slightly faster then most roms but it will say SPRINT on the lockscreen and pulldownbar, that is tough to get rid of, I like ZeroHero cause its awesome!!!
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That's actually very easy to get rid of.
Push this eri.xml in /data after a factory data reset (before reboot). Change cellular south to your carrier...
Link: http://db.tt/F5qqpVKk
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Like Dastin1015 said, backup then install the any rom to your hearts desire.
Try the Zero Hero Sense based rom. It's pretty snazzy!
Okay so I've got everything ready to go with the ROM on my SD card, but I'm wondering when I click to flash the ROM in ROM Manager do I just select the .zip version of the ROM from my SD card or do I have to unzip it first?
Thanks for all the help. I can't wait for my phone to be useful again.
to my knowledge...
nothing will mess with the modem of your phone unless you somehow flashed a GSM HERO rom.
but i don't have a canadian hero cdma :/
winphone said:
Okay so I've got everything ready to go with the ROM on my SD card, but I'm wondering when I click to flash the ROM in ROM Manager do I just select the .zip version of the ROM from my SD card or do I have to unzip it first?
Thanks for all the help. I can't wait for my phone to be useful again.
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Don't unzip.
I always reboot into recovery and install zip from there. You can format and wipe after making a nandroid. I've never installed a zip from rom manager... but thats just me.
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Good afternoon all,
I have an HTC One PN072. I've flashed the phone from Sprint to Cricket. They were very adamant about me not "resetting" the phone as it will remove the information, or flash they've added.
I've done several searches and can't seem to find a thread indicating 1) if this is possible and 2) a guide to doing so. The phone already is rooted and has TWRP on it as well.
If anyone knows of a thread I would love a link to a guide.
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Good afternoon all,
I have an HTC One PN072. I've flashed the phone from Sprint to Cricket. They were very adamant about me not "resetting" the phone as it will remove the information, or flash they've added.
I've done several searches and can't seem to find a thread indicating 1) if this is possible and 2) a guide to doing so. The phone already is rooted and has TWRP on it as well.
If anyone knows of a thread I would love a link to a guide.
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I have a Sprint One fully flashed to Verizon and I flash custom ROMs all the time without any problems. I have never lost any settings and I don't even have to re-activate my phone. I would think that as long as you dont use Bootloader to flash a complete RUU image you should be fine. Goin s-off if your not already might cause issues here as well. (If someone knows for sure please correct me) I would say just download a ROM and install it with TWRP. I have updated firmware as well with no issues as well, however the firmware I upgraded with did not contain a radio update, which I am hesitant to do since I imagine that will effect my flash. I did my flash myself but it seems like a headache re-doing it.
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I have a Sprint One fully flashed to Verizon and I flash custom ROMs all the time without any problems. I have never lost any settings and I don't even have to re-activate my phone. I would think that as long as you dont use Bootloader to flash a complete RUU image you should be fine. Goin s-off if your not already might cause issues here as well. (If someone knows for sure please correct me) I would say just download a ROM and install it with TWRP. I have updated firmware as well with no issues as well, however the firmware I upgraded with did not contain a radio update, which I am hesitant to do since I imagine that will effect my flash. I did my flash myself but it seems like a headache re-doing it.
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The wipes in TWRP usually recommended before flashing a custom rom don't remove their flashed data?
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The wipes in TWRP usually recommended before flashing a custom rom don't remove their flashed data?
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Not that I have ever experienced. That was true on my EVO LTE and has so far been true on my One. I have the newest TWRP and in the past two days I have flashed EclipticOne, Elegencia and Insert Coin. On my old Droids Clockwork recoveries reset worked fine as well. DONT do a factory reset from inside the ROM. I have not tried it on my One, but on my EVO and my Droid 1/2/3 phones that would undo parts of a flash and I would have to reactivate. If I were you I would just work within my current firmware and flash what was available.
It is possible for you to flash your phone back to Cricket for free but its requires a lot of setup and can be a real pain in the ass. Getting 3G on Verizon was particularly painful and I have many screen shots and pages of notes on the actual procedure. When I upgraded from my EVO to the One I managed to get it right the first time by following my notes but it was still a serious hassle.
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Not that I have ever experienced. That was true on my EVO LTE and has so far been true on my One. I have the newest TWRP and in the past two days I have flashed EclipticOne, Elegencia and Insert Coin. On my old Droids Clockwork recoveries reset worked fine as well. DONT do a factory reset from inside the ROM. I have not tried it on my One, but on my EVO and my Droid 1/2/3 phones that would undo parts of a flash and I would have to reactivate. If I were you I would just work within my current firmware and flash what was available.
It is possible for you to flash your phone back to Cricket for free but its requires a lot of setup and can be a real pain in the ass. Getting 3G on Verizon was particularly painful and I have many screen shots and pages of notes on the actual procedure. When I upgraded from my EVO to the One I managed to get it right the first time by following my notes but it was still a serious hassle.
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i was thinking about getting my one flashed to verizon but how does it work?? say i get my phone flashed.. is it verizon pre paid?? does that come with unlimited data?? text & talk?? how much would my bill be a month? sorry for all the questions
I apologize, so just to be as clear as possible, if you follow all of the wipes that roms usually ask you to perform in TWRP then you should be fine? However, do not perform a factory reset in the rom itself once loaded?
Doing a wipe through TWRP's wipe feature is fine as long as you dont go into 'Advanced' and mess with settings. Do not do the factory reset within the ROM once the ROM is loaded. If, while installing a ROM, the installer wants to do a wipe, that is fine as well.