Hey everyone i am fairly new at this stuff so please bare with me. I want to root my Sprint HTC Hero. I let a friend update my firmware to 2.1 and found out he used the 2.27.651.6 build version instead of 2.27.651.5 from my understanding the version that i have doesnt allow me to root my phone. So i some how have to change over to 2.27.651.5 Do i have to flash back to 1.5 and then to 2.27.651.5?? If so how is this done?? remember im new at this and dont want to brick my phone..
Thanks!
Jake24 said:
Hey everyone i am fairly new at this stuff so please bare with me. I want to root my Sprint HTC Hero. I let a friend update my firmware to 2.1 and found out he used the 2.27.651.6 build version instead of 2.27.651.5 from my understanding the version that i have doesnt allow me to root my phone. So i some how have to change over to 2.27.651.5 Do i have to flash back to 1.5 and then to 2.27.651.5?? If so how is this done?? remember im new at this and dont want to brick my phone..
Thanks!
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All of your answers on rooting can be found on this thread. Make sure to do a good search before asking questions of this sort. That being said, if you need anymore help, just pm me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
I finally figured it out. thanks for the help. i had a couple of bumps along the way but its working now!
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Hey guys I wanted to ask a question and see what kind of feedback I get
I had a nice rooted hero but had some hardware issues and Sprint was nice enough to replace my phone
However, now I have the official 2.1 update and I know I cant root my phone again (Even though Ive tried )
My question is, I still have the unofficial RUU that was released a while back that I also used but I was able to root after that update. If I use that RUU again and install it over the official RUU, will I be able to ROOT my phone again?
Im afraid to brick my phone so all your help is greatly appreciated
edisonalvarez said:
Hey guys I wanted to ask a question and see what kind of feedback I get
I had a nice rooted hero but had some hardware issues and Sprint was nice enough to replace my phone
However, now I have the official 2.1 update and I know I cant root my phone again (Even though Ive tried )
My question is, I still have the unofficial RUU that was released a while back that I also used but I was able to root after that update. If I use that RUU again and install it over the official RUU, will I be able to ROOT my phone again?
Im afraid to brick my phone so all your help is greatly appreciated
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Unfortunately, that will not work. It won't brick your phone either, because it won't let it flash the rom.
thanks for the info. that sucks. does anyone think we will be able to root the 2.1 soon? I miss my old phone..
edisonalvarez said:
thanks for the info. that sucks. does anyone think we will be able to root the 2.1 soon? I miss my old phone..
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hehe, who knows
edisonalvarez said:
thanks for the info. that sucks. does anyone think we will be able to root the 2.1 soon? I miss my old phone..
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that's the $64,000 question!
just $64,000................
we shall see when. I see Flipz has something on his website about support for 2.1
Let me pray and hope....
Thanks again guys. Love this website and the support
Wow... check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
WOW is correct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flashing ROM as we speak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Again everyone on this website ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Thank you Regaw!!!!!!!!!!
I just got a new Sprint HTC HERO.. OK guys now what??? Im new to the rooting process and installing ROM's..Ive been reading into Rooting and Installing Custom Rom's but im still don't if I should root it becuase I have 2 friends that as soon as they got there android phones they tried too root them and bricked them soo im still iffy. I have the sprint 2.1-update1 ROM with the 2.27.651.6 Build Number.. Soo if you guys can give me a good Link or Post for Rooting thats updated or new because most of the links I find are old (video would be a plus) for a Noob like me and a Good Stable Custom Rom that you guys can recommend would be great. Thanksss!!!!
The first thing you will want to do is learn to use the search feature of the forum. It is really good and it will lead you to all of the info you will ever need. It will also save you a lot of grief, you will find that you will get much more helpful responses if you first try to help yourself, chances are your question has already been asked and answered 100 times.
Now that that is out of the way, regaw_leinad has a step by step tutorial on how to root the Hero. It's located in the CDMA ANDROID DEVELOPMENT forum. Easy enough to find though. Let me know if you can't find it and I will try and post a link.
Oh yeah, Welcome to the Hero Forums! Enjoy!
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If they managed to ACTUALLY brick their phone, and not just did something they didn't know how to undo, it's cause they either can't or didn't read/search/askfor help.
It's damn near impossible to brick these phones, and honestly I don't even think you can brick them in the rooting process.
So did you get your phone rooted yet?
Thanks prios914 I found that regaw_leinad Post on rooting the Hero. But since this post was written last year when the hero had 1.5 would there be any diffrence since it now has 2.1??
liftedngifted1 said:
Thanks prios914 I found that regaw_leinad Post on rooting the Hero. But since this post was written last year when the hero had 1.5 would there be any diffrence since it now has 2.1??
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Follow this guide right here and you should be good
Thanks!! But since I have build 1.6 I have to go back down too 1.5 in order too root right?? Also why cant you root the 1.6 build???
liftedngifted1 said:
Thanks!! But since I have build 1.6 I have to go back down too 1.5 in order too root right?? Also why cant you root the 1.6 build???
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Yeah you have to downgrade. It's just not possible to root the .6 version yet
Your welcome liftedngifted1 and the guide I was referring to from regaw_leinad was the one that thatguythatdid pointed you too. I'm new to the forums so I do not have the ability to post links yet.
As for Roms, if you are like many of the users of this forum, you will probably develop a case of ORD - Obsessive Rom-updating Disorder.
There are plenty of good roms to try out you just want to make sure you do your Nand backups and be sure to get Titanium Backup from the market as it will make it easy to restore the apps that you like to use on a regular basis, it will save you time.
Enjoy.
I'm confused. You said you had 2.1 and then you said you have 1.6. Sprint did not release 1.6 for the Hero. The phone originally had 1.5 and then they released an updated version of 1.5. And last month they released 2.1 followed by a patch for it. If you have 2.1 follow the steps from regaw's post or goto unrevoked.com from your phone.
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I'm confused. You said you had 2.1 and then you said you have 1.6. Sprint did not release 1.6 for the Hero. The phone originally had 1.5 and then they released an updated version of 1.5. And last month they released 2.1 followed by a patch for it. If you have 2.1 follow the steps from regaw's post or goto unrevoked.com from your phone.
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I think he meant he has the update .6 build of the 2.1 system
Sprint recently released two RUU's 2.27.651.5 and 2.27.651.6 so when they are referring to 1.5 or 1.6 they are referring to the last two digits of the newest RUU's.
prios914 said:
Sprint recently released two RUU's 2.27.651.5 and 2.27.651.6 so when they are referring to 1.5 or 1.6 they are referring to the last two digits of the newest RUU's.
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yes they are
Hi this is probably a really stupid question but I am new and don't really know what I'm doing lol. I was wondering if there was an easy way to upgrade my sprint hero to 2.2. Google offers the official stock android but I don't know how to install it and I can't figure out the search here. Can someone lead me in the right direction? Maybe link to the right thread? Thanks for the help
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Hi this is probably a really stupid question but I am new and don't really know what I'm doing lol. I was wondering if there was an easy way to upgrade my sprint hero to 2.2. Google offers the official stock android but I don't know how to install it and I can't figure out the search here. Can someone lead me in the right direction? Maybe link to the right thread? Thanks for the help
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Here is a good place to start for general questions and answers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674833
One thing is for sure your going to have to root your phone before you can do anything so here's the rooting guide for 2.1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
The official source code for 2.2 doesn't just install on our phone everything has to be packaged in a rom and if its not supported by htc we have to do it ourselves so if you look around in the forums you'll find a lot of good 2.1 custom roms and darchstar built a 2.2 froyo build from the ground up. Good luck.
What is darchstar's 2.2 rom called
Just wanted to double check, newbie here but willing to learn. You have to get to your phone into a root statues, at which point your going to flash a new rom onto it with either 2.1 or 2.2?
atimmerman88 said:
Just wanted to double check, newbie here but willing to learn. You have to get to your phone into a root statues, at which point your going to flash a new rom onto it with either 2.1 or 2.2?
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that is correct
its not too hard once you finally get set-up
i suggest trying out a basic rom without all the bells and whistles first
then once you realize you can load a rom and you mess with it for a bit, try flashing a new kernal, try using overclock, try out a new launcher even *adw or helix.....*, then if you're still feeling good you can try jit
by then you should understand a bit more.
Hey guys,
Been looking for an android 1.6 rom for a Sprint Hero looked through the forums but couldn't find any with links that work.
I'm just looking for an RUU thats 1.6 since the 2.1 rom doesn't work well on it.
I'm not looking for a rom that I need to root for, this is for a friend so the easiest and least risky way of going back to 1.6 or another better than 2.1 rom.
I hope I didn't miss this in the forums because I don't want to waste your time, just been trying to get this issue fixed for a while.
Vanquished said:
Hey guys,
Been looking for an android 1.6 rom for a Sprint Hero looked through the forums but couldn't find any with links that work.
I'm just looking for an RUU thats 1.6 since the 2.1 rom doesn't work well on it.
I'm not looking for a rom that I need to root for, this is for a friend so the easiest and least risky way of going back to 1.6 or another better than 2.1 rom.
I hope I didn't miss this in the forums because I don't want to waste your time, just been trying to get this issue fixed for a while.
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Roms are for rooted phones only You need rom manager, superuser, and a recovery as well.
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I guess I'm looking for an RUU then, I know you can install different versions of the actual OS without doing anything special, done it many times before. I'm just looking for Android 1.6 from Sprint, not a custom one because that requires rooting it.
-Thanks
It had 1.5 originally, then went to 2.1. that's why yer having trouble finding 1.6.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=608434
hope that helps. I think it's a rootable 1.56.
Thanks! I downloaded it and will try and install if probably later today! With that ROM do I simply have to click ARU Wizard for the RUU (like the RUUs from HTC) or will I have to use other files in the folder?
Thanks again by the way.
No problem. I hope its what you were looking for.
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Hey there, It seems all my searches on rooting the sprint hero on 2.2.1 are bringing up results from 2009 and 2010. and mostly for 2.1
Is there an updated way of rooting the 2.2.1?
Also is there a sense 3.0 rom thats stable for the sprint hero?
also also lol is there a way of rooting the phone by just flashing a rooted rom like in some phones?
thanks alot
sorry if they are dumb questions
edit.. can the hero still be rooted on unrevoked?
theres a thing called the search button
Bierce22 said:
theres a thing called the search button
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thanks
I did search about rooting it, in unrevoked my radio version is not supported. and other methods are for 2.1 seems all i can find. all outdated. i must be missing it.
I shouldve known you would flame, i see you flaming alot on here. not much of a helper lol i guess we all have our roles. But as i stated in my OP that i searched and found outdated stuff.
As for the rest of the questions i have found my answers
by the way
thanks again
chef2 said:
Hey there, It seems all my searches on rooting the sprint hero on 2.2.1 are bringing up results from 2009 and 2010. and mostly for 2.1
Is there an updated way of rooting the 2.2.1?
Also is there a sense 3.0 rom thats stable for the sprint hero?
also also lol is there a way of rooting the phone by just flashing a rooted rom like in some phones?
thanks alot
sorry if they are dumb questions
edit.. can the hero still be rooted on unrevoked?
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If your heroc has 2.2 its already rooted.. we root 2.1 so we can install 2.2 etc.
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If your heroc has 2.2 its already rooted.. we root 2.1 so we can install 2.2 etc.
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uggh, it is 2.1 firmware sorry lol getting caught up in my searches and what im seeing.
i am seeing that super1click should work if i follow the instructions. am i safe to sy that? lol
thank you
look i only flame when people really deserve it obviously you didnt search hard enough because stickied at the top of the forum is full list of information for noobs that ill duce put together.
Try this ,,, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140850