I have been searching all week and can find no info on anyone having successfully rooted the Sprint (CDMA) Hero.
I'm sorry to post here but it seems to be the most active android modder board, has any Dev managed to acquire a CDMA hero and is any Dev attempting to root it?
Is this just wishful thinking on my part? I sincerely hope not!
After a week playing with I can say it blows the G1 away! Battery life, speaker quality, form factor, etc, far and away a better more reliable device.
A word of caution to anyone going from the TMobile G1 to the Sprint Hero... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BACK UP YOUR APPS OR DATA ON THE G1 & THEN RESTORE THEM ON YOUR HERO! YOU WILL LOOSE NETWORK CONNECTION TO SPRINT! I suspect that apps & data downloaded & used thru the TMobile network on your G1 are unable to use a CDMA connection and attempt to modify your system to access the TMobile network. This breaks connectivity and only a wipe has fixed it (hard wipe using the ##786# menu + your individual reset code from Sprint). Your best hope is to re-download your apps. The good news is your download history should show most of your apps and allow you to download them from your CDMA Hero.
Moderators, my sincere apologies if you feel I posted in the wrong forum. I felt it best to reach the active modders I am aware of and offer some transfer advice for those making the switch.
Thanks all,
-Salamandar
salamandar said:
I have been searching all week and can find no info on anyone having successfully rooted the Sprint (CDMA) Hero.
I'm sorry to post here but it seems to be the most active android modder board, has any Dev managed to acquire a CDMA hero and is any Dev attempting to root it?
Is this just wishful thinking on my part? I sincerely hope not!
After a week playing with I can say it blows the G1 away! Battery life, speaker quality, form factor, etc, far and away a better more reliable device.
A word of caution to anyone going from the TMobile G1 to the Sprint Hero... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BACK UP YOUR APPS OR DATA ON THE G1 & THEN RESTORE THEM ON YOUR HERO! YOU WILL LOOSE NETWORK CONNECTION TO SPRINT! I suspect that apps & data downloaded & used thru the TMobile network on your G1 are unable to use a CDMA connection and attempt to modify your system to access the TMobile network. This breaks connectivity and only a wipe has fixed it (hard wipe using the ##786# menu + your individual reset code from Sprint). Your best hope is to re-download your apps. The good news is your download history should show most of your apps and allow you to download them from your CDMA Hero.
Moderators, my sincere apologies if you feel I posted in the wrong forum. I felt it best to reach the active modders I am aware of and offer some transfer advice for those making the switch.
Thanks all,
-Salamandar
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you're probably in the right forum, since rooting is development. but i do think you should check out the hero forum just in case there's stuff about the Sprint Hero
I dont know much about it but maybe someone can clarify things...now i know cdma is what sprint, verizon, metro, cricket, etc use. Is cdma a hardware type thing or is it a network type thing? And can the sprint hero img be ported and modified to the g1 and somehow allowing it to be flashed to a metro/cricket type service?? Just questions im curious about...
thanks for the response, I agree and posted a different post related only to the Sprint Hero on that forum (hopefully i did not abuse the forum rules, if I did, I understand if a Dev locks or deletes one).
jj972 said:
I dont know much about it but maybe someone can clarify things...now i know cdma is what sprint, verizon, metro, cricket, etc use. Is cdma a hardware type thing or is it a network type thing? And can the sprint hero img be ported and modified to the g1 and somehow allowing it to be flashed to a metro/cricket type service?? Just questions im curious about...
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I may be wrong about this but to my knowledge, CDMA is a Network as well as Hardware and software type of thing. When Android was developed it was not capable of running on a CDMA network, one of many things added when Cupcake (firmware 1.5) was relased. CDMA is a network type so GSM only devices will not work on it and as far as I can tell devices built for CDMA are built specifically for that. There is some sort of hardware in there that allows the device to connect to the CDMA network that GSM only devices dont have. (I may be wrong about this though, I also believe it has to do with the radio).
Finally, I dont know what metro or cricket is and I also didn't know that the G1 was on those networks but if it is, I would assume that if those are CDMA networks its not the same G1 that was released on TMO and differers internally in that it can function on a CDMA network. If that is the case then its probably possible. If not then no.
Dont quote me on any of this. I'm not saying this from an experts point of view just from what I have concluded based on what I know about network types, devices and Android.
jj972 said:
I dont know much about it but maybe someone can clarify things...now i know cdma is what sprint, verizon, metro, cricket, etc use. Is cdma a hardware type thing or is it a network type thing? And can the sprint hero img be ported and modified to the g1 and somehow allowing it to be flashed to a metro/cricket type service?? Just questions im curious about...
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CDMA is hardware AND network... not software.
salamandar said:
I have been searching all week and can find no info on anyone having successfully rooted the Sprint (CDMA) Hero.
I'm sorry to post here but it seems to be the most active android modder board, has any Dev managed to acquire a CDMA hero and is any Dev attempting to root it?
Is this just wishful thinking on my part? I sincerely hope not!
After a week playing with I can say it blows the G1 away! Battery life, speaker quality, form factor, etc, far and away a better more reliable device.
A word of caution to anyone going from the TMobile G1 to the Sprint Hero... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BACK UP YOUR APPS OR DATA ON THE G1 & THEN RESTORE THEM ON YOUR HERO! YOU WILL LOOSE NETWORK CONNECTION TO SPRINT! I suspect that apps & data downloaded & used thru the TMobile network on your G1 are unable to use a CDMA connection and attempt to modify your system to access the TMobile network. This breaks connectivity and only a wipe has fixed it (hard wipe using the ##786# menu + your individual reset code from Sprint). Your best hope is to re-download your apps. The good news is your download history should show most of your apps and allow you to download them from your CDMA Hero.
Moderators, my sincere apologies if you feel I posted in the wrong forum. I felt it best to reach the active modders I am aware of and offer some transfer advice for those making the switch.
Thanks all,
-Salamandar
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if u had used astro to back up your apps and install them one bye one u would not have had a problem
Thank you superg05 that's a good idea.
Android is capable of supporting both CDMA and GSM.
harpreet1988 said:
Android is capable of supporting both CDMA and GSM.
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it is now. but originally it was only built for GSM... only T-Mobile's GSM most likely lol
this is really dumb but has some tried one click root yet? or will that mess up the recovery image leading to a possible brick. becase its running 1.5 not 1.6 right?
I one click rooted my friends g1 the other day and it works fairly well. Don't think you can use the gsm hero root method to root a cdma hero.
Just fyi attempted to root the Sprint Hero using the one click method, but was unsucessful. I couldn't seem to back up the stock image. Any advice?
brianhaden said:
Just fyi attempted to root the Sprint Hero using the one click method, but was unsucessful. I couldn't seem to back up the stock image. Any advice?
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it would probably be best to wait till more people get their hands on the sprint hero. the more people that get their hands on it, the faster way a rooting method that works will be found
Is there a working gingerbread/honeycomb port? I just got this tab, and I don't know what to install. I didn't get it through sprint, and am not using the 3g part of it so if something breaks that, its no big deal. I am not sure where to look, the threads over at the development section seemed to be mostly for GSM devices and I don't know the effect of flashing something like tat on a CDMA devices. Any link to a noob guide, or information would be very helpful.
But I only plan on using it as a wifi model. Will I run into any problems? I really appreciate the help.
You shouldn't have any problems. I think you will be able to install gsm roms too if you only want to use wifi. i need my data so I have to stick with cdma roms and one of the only developers for the verizon galaxy tab has left and i don't think he will be making new roms.
Thank you for replying so quickly! Oh ok i figured i would still have to use the cdma roms. I will start reading the forums and reading guides on how to flash android since i am a total noob at this. Thank you for your help!
So I read that it was not possible ti get a captivate modem/rom to support 4g/hspa+
However I read several ppl on here get the h+ with their captivate?
I look thru the roms but none say hspa+...
Can someone help me out and tell me which rom I can get the h+ with?
3g ib my area is terrible I get 50kbps if I'm lucky, and h+ is available here...
Thanks so much. I really hope its possible, I love captivate and would hate to have to get a new phone...
piffdaddy420 said:
So I read that it was not possible ti get a captivate modem/rom to support 4g/hspa+
However I read several ppl on here get the h+ with their captivate?
I look thru the roms but none say hspa+...
Can someone help me out and tell me which rom I can get the h+ with?
3g ib my area is terrible I get 50kbps if I'm lucky, and h+ is available here...
Thanks so much. I really hope its possible, I love captivate and would hate to have to get a new phone...
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Unfortunately, our phones don't support H+. We can get HSDPA, and the i9000 modems can get HSUPA, but that's not true H+. However, if HSDPA/HSUPA is acceptable, try flashing an i9000 modem/kernel/rom setup and see if that works for you.
piffdaddy420 said:
So I read that it was not possible ti get a captivate modem/rom to support 4g/hspa+
However I read several ppl on here get the h+ with their captivate?
I look thru the roms but none say hspa+...
Can someone help me out and tell me which rom I can get the h+ with?
3g ib my area is terrible I get 50kbps if I'm lucky, and h+ is available here...
Thanks so much. I really hope its possible, I love captivate and would hate to have to get a new phone...
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if 3g in your area is that crappy, dont think that hspa is going to fix it. it all rides on the same bands/frequencies. hspa+ is just an increased 3G. in my experience with all my '4G' devices, excluding my LTE ones, obviously, its no different than rocking an i9000 rom/modem on my captivate.
piffdaddy420 said:
So I read that it was not possible ti get a captivate modem/rom to support 4g/hspa+
However I read several ppl on here get the h+ with their captivate?
I look thru the roms but none say hspa+...
Can someone help me out and tell me which rom I can get the h+ with?
3g ib my area is terrible I get 50kbps if I'm lucky, and h+ is available here...
Thanks so much. I really hope its possible, I love captivate and would hate to have to get a new phone...
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To clarify this one thing for ya...
Those reporting the "H+" on their Captivate were more than likely running one of the previously leaked i897 firmwares, that had that built into the leak itself. So nothing official and probably someone thought it would be cool, funny, etc. etc.
The latest i897 leaks are back to just showing the "3G".
Anyway, just an fyi.
So I've been researching this for two days now and my head is spinning. Basically, I am planning on trying to migrate my beloved HTC One from the Rogers network to either Wind or Moblicity for the better rates.
Now, I understand the signal differences and the lock-down on the radio, but the part I can't seem to figure out is if it can successfully be done. Or if it can, is there that actual limitation of speed that cannot be worked around.
This would be great SEO on the topic because there is no straight answer. I am more than happy to do all the steps necessary to do this. I am already fixed up and rooted, still would need to add S-OFF (if that is what it would require).