I can't downgrade to 2.27.651.5... I have 2.27.651.7 now, and I downloaded the .5 RUU but I get error codes 170, and 171. I tried going into fastboot mode, and just on the homescreen. HELP! PLEASE!
Run the ruu again while its still stuck at the bootloader screen.
joehunni said:
Run the ruu again while its still stuck at the bootloader screen.
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That didn't work either. :/
maybe the ruu file is corrupted? try redownloading it again and running it
You'll probably just have to wait until that update is rooted.
If you want a copy of the. 5 ruu that definitely works let me know and I will post it for you....well, it definitely works if you have .6. .....
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If all of the above suggestions don't work, try this. First try to root the ROM you have using UniversalAndroot. Then install a custom recovery and a custom ROM such as CM6. If you can get that far and you still find you want to downgrade to .5 then the RUU should work great for ya. Good luck amigo.
Another option would be to try the .6 RUU (which is root-able) instead of the .5 one. Just go to Support on the Sprint website and you'll find the download for it there.
thank you everyone, these are all great suggestions... ill give them a try today after school.
My wifes hero was on .7 and I went back to .6 with the RUU and rooted. It took a while to run the RUU.
I can't imagine any good reason to bother with .7 till its easily rooted.... I rooted .5 and see no reason to ruu to .6 and re-root either though....unless there is a big 'doh!' That I am missing...
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nothing has worked. :/ no ruu will work... so i guess im going to have to wait until someone figures out how to root .7 :/
thanks to everyone who attempted to help.
Same here Im stuck on .7 and tried to get back to .5 and .6 with no luck. I guess I should never do another update until it can be rooted.
There's a new thread in development about rooting .7 now.
Links to Sprint Stock ROMS .7 & .6
Guys go to Android development search nfinitefx45 .7 stock Rom its rooted already with WiFi tether. He has 2 one iS deodexed for custom themes. Good luck!
Here is a link for .7 below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790889
Here is a link to .6 Below: (for those that dont want to update to .7)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6825435&postcount=1
Thanks Go to nfinitefx45 for these not me. Im just posting links
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None of that helps them seeing as how they aren't rooted...
yeah everytime I run the ruu it i get to the unrevoked and it says wait 30 seconds i do but when i try to downgrade to .5 it says permissions denied in cmd prmpt
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that worked for me! thanks!
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Okay i've trying to root my phone for the lazy week but no success. I got my hero about a month ago, and new 2.1 update had just came out so i updated it to 2.1 eclair, but after i realized i could root my phone and have more access to things on the phone than just the 2.1 i wanted to root it. i've looked all over the internet trying to do so, and i finally got here to xda developers and i fouldn a walkthrough to do so but when i get to the part where it says "unrevoked" in the commant prompt, i get suck! i try to type in "su" and it says "permission denied" i would really like to get some help! please!
If you ran the most recent RUU from the sprint site, it is already patched against root. You have to run the older version.
Go to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
Scroll down to Regaw's second post and click on the link that says, "My Personal One I used for testing"
Run THAT Ruu.......THEN proceed to root via his instructions at the beginning of the post.
Good Luck.
P.S. Your software number must be 2.27.651.5
If it has a .6 at the end, you can't root
the software number does end in .6, can i still download that RUU and downgrade? is that what u mean?
jallen3188 said:
the software number does end in .6, can i still download that RUU and downgrade? is that what u mean?
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Yes. The version in the second post on that link is what you have to install before you can root. Your version is .6 (currently unrootable) and the version on that second post is .5. What it will do is reinstall your stock sprint ROM to version .5 and then you can root the phone.
I have a hero and that's exactly what I did to get mine to work.
As far as I know, if you download the RUU supplied by Regaw and run it, you will have software ending in .5 and able to root.
Personally, I have not tried it, but he has...and so have others.
So give it a shot.....can't hurt =)
Chaid said:
As far as I know, if you download the RUU supplied by Regaw and run it, you will have software ending in .5 and able to root.
Personally, I have not tried it, but he has...and so have others.
So give it a shot.....can't hurt =)
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awesome, thanks
sucess!! i got it to work!
Good job, brother!
The .6 build? I'm a little confused over the different methods i've seen on here... someone point me in the right direction i'll buy you a cookie
im kinda if your shoes too buddy. well the first thing you do is you have to downgrade to .5 version cause the .6 cant be rooted so you need the ruu to downgrade
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=661057
so just run that and yes make sure you back up your phone.
then you have follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
i tried to do this guide and i got to the point where im in the recovery and i flash the zip and then reboot and just get stuck on the htc boot screen so after that i dont know what to do.
so i just stuck with the special permissions and the unevoked apk. and it is still root but i cant get roms which sucks cause i want live wallpapers.
cbwhat said:
im kinda if your shoes too buddy. well the first thing you do is you have to downgrade to .5 version cause the .6 cant be rooted so you need the ruu to downgrade
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=661057
so just run that and yes make sure you back up your phone.
then you have follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
i tried to do this guide and i got to the point where im in the recovery and i flash the zip and then reboot and just get stuck on the htc boot screen so after that i dont know what to do.
so i just stuck with the special permissions and the unevoked apk. and it is still root but i cant get roms which sucks cause i want live wallpapers.
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gotcha... yeah i rooted my phone back on 1.5 but im doing my fathers again he's up to .6
DirtyShroomz said:
gotcha... yeah i rooted my phone back on 1.5 but im doing my fathers again he's up to .6
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same here it was easy on 1.5 i just use flashrec
Have u guys tried universal androot?
Sent from my fresh hero.
see my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7701291&postcount=36
includes a qr code to download the universal androot app. couldn't be easier. just install the app and click root. then load a recovery by either using rom manager or open a terminal and do the usual flash_image recovery method.
im having a heck of a time getting my phone rooted again. i was running CM6.1 when i wanted to apply the repartition mods. well, i did something wrong a few times, and it broke. i have no clue what has happened, but i need help. yesterday, i was able to root and install CM6.1, but it has RA recovery, which i dont like, and no data connection without wifi. today, i ran the .7 ruu, followed the easy root method, but it seems that root manager isnt able to install clockwork recovery properly! i can get su with QtADB, so i know its there, but it simply isnt working. any suggestions or questions that i havent clarified, please ask, becuase im kinda desperate.
I went through some of these problems some time back.
I would recommend you to run .5 RUU, root using regaw's method, install ROM manager to get recovery and go from there.
andythegreenguy said:
I went through some of these problems some time back.
I would recommend you to run .5 RUU, root using regaw's method, install ROM manager to get recovery and go from there.
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is it possible to drop back down to .5 from .7? becuase the tool just hangs on "sending..." and it hasnt worked for me. otherwise, i would have run unrevoked a long time ago.
Just run the .5 RUU from your computer, it should do it... worked for me.
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Just run the .5 RUU from your computer, it should do it... worked for me.
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but it isnt working! its stuck on the "sending......" piece. see, heres how i do it. i run the .5 ruu. it sends the phone to bootloader, i get error 171, i rerun the ruu while the phone is still on bootlader. last time i did that, it worked just fine. now, it gets stuck at "sending........" and i have to stop the whole thing and do a battery pull. im really lost here, i really need to get this working too.
EDIT: i downloaded the .6 ruu and tried that out, and this time, i let it run. i didnt stop it. i got error 150, wrong bootloader version. how can i fix that?
I am sorry man... . I am not sure how to resolve that. Maybe someone around can...
BTW, were you able to run any other RUU?
andythegreenguy said:
I am sorry man... . I am not sure how to resolve that. Maybe someone around can...
BTW, were you able to run any other RUU?
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i think im able to run .7 all the time, but the .7 root method doesnt seem to be complete or im doing something wrong. i just want to get back to .5, thats where i know how to do things.
EDIT: i did some more reading, and i found on android central that you cant use an ruu to flash a phone with a higher hboot than what the ruu updates to. so since .7 seems to use a different hboot then all the rest, i have to keep resetting to .7 until i can get the root to finally work for sure. there seems to be a little trial and error involved with the easy root method.
EDIT2: I FIXED IT! WOOT! i have absolutely no clue what happened there. im so paranoid now that ill probably do nandroid backups daily lol ...whew, that was tough...
steve19137 said:
EDIT2: I FIXED IT! WOOT! i have absolutely no clue what happened there. im so paranoid now that ill probably do nandroid backups daily lol ...whew, that was tough...
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Glad that it worked out.
However, about your comment of going back from .7 to .5, not sure how the hboot thing works, but I have downgraded from .7 to .5. I was having trouble with my .7 rooting and then had to RUU .5, root, recover and go that way...
Rooted and running CM 6.1.0, have backed up 1.21 firmware, what is the easiest way to unroot and return to stock? (remove CWM also). Need to send the phone in for button repair. If I apply OTA update on the 1.21 firmware (updating to 2.2) will it wipe everything clean?
Thanks in advance
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Rooted and running CM 6.1.0, have backed up 1.21 firmware, what is the easiest way to unroot and return to stock? (remove CWM also). Need to send the phone in for button repair. If I apply OTA update on the 1.21 firmware (updating to 2.2) will it wipe everything clean?
Thanks in advance
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uhh im not too sure anymore but i think the best way to do it would be to apply an older stock rooted rom and then plug your phone into a comp with htc sync, and then do the update thing thats it got on there.. thats the way i was told a while back but im not sure if theres an easier/better way to do it. probably should wait till someone else comments before you go do anything but yeah youre meant to do something like that ^ i believe..
From my own experience, the technicians doesn't know if its stock, cm or what. They fix the problem and that's it.
I've sent my device twice with cm on it and there was no problem
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Thanks for the replies although I would be happy to send it in with CM and whatnot, as it is not mine I do not even want to take the risk. Can anyone confirm that installing the latest vodafone firmware will restore phone to stock?
basically run a htc update on it (if you haven't S-OFFed then 2.1 is fine)
Search isn't working now so I can't link you, but either way find an offical RUU and it will do everything for you. Remember if you do update it to froyo (official) it is a difference process to root again (but still possible)
Or else.. search the forum.. I made a thread called "easiest way to unroot".. or something like that.. Always use the SEARCH feature before asking questions..
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Or ask anyway, and feel the loving response from the XDA forums
Ol' whitetigerdk's thread on unrooting is a good one though, check it out buddy!
TheGrammarFreak said:
Or ask anyway, and feel the loving response from the XDA forums
Ol' whitetigerdk's thread on unrooting is a good one though, check it out buddy!
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Old???? Okay I admit.. did turn 34 on the 17th this month.. but Old¿?? ;-P
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whitetigerdk said:
Old???? Okay I admit.. did turn 34 on the 17th this month.. but Old¿?? ;-P
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It's time for the younglings my friend
method 1 (preferred)
you can leave the LEGEIMG.zip to the root of your goldcard and go to boot loader and let it load and you confirm the update. i suggest using the same one that you use for the downgrade.
if, you don't have it download Legend rooting tools, extract the zip. locate testimage.zip... copy it to your goldcard and rename it to LEGEIMG.zip. (make sure you dont ended up renaming it to LEGEIMG.zip.zip if you know what i mean lol)
method 2 (goldcard not needed)
For the past few days i've been playing around with official RUU. and heres what i've done so far on testing the official RUUs from HTC (link from stickies)... it'll turn your Legend to stock.... even if your on CM7 or any other roms....
But... if you have an HBOOT of less than 1.00... be warn. RUU with Froyo will update it and there's no known method to downgrade. unless you dont care about it and thinks its about time you update it and you have intention on doing the S-OFF...
Well I bought a used Hero cdma phone, rooted it and installed cyanogenmod on it. I did all this before activating it with sprint. When I called them they were not able to get it hooked up. I didnt want to tell them it was rooted so after an hour of them trying things we gave up.
I am trying to unroot and go back to stock now to see if it will activate. I have been running into nothing but trouble.
I have been reading alot of threads here and have gotten this far...
after trying to install stock rom i got this "Verifying system type.... E:unsupported radio version, E:Update failed...."
I downgraded the radio by flashing an older recovery and turned s-off
now when i try to install hercimg.zip I get "cant open....(bad)....install aborted"
The only thing I can see is the problem is I need to be using hboot 1.41 not 1.47 that im on.
Any input, help or a point in the right direction would be super awesome!
Thanks in advance!
dude why are you making this so dificult just run the latest sprint ruu and it will return everything back to stock give me a minute and ill dig up a link for you
u can try this method if u dont have a computer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657086
or u can just run the normal ruu from your computer.
http://www.4shared.com/file/2uQunBaV/RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2276515_R_si.html
Some people wayyyyy over think these processes.
Sent from my HTX Zero Hero Sense 3.5
Bierce22 said:
dude why are you making this so dificult just run the latest sprint ruu and it will return everything back to stock give me a minute and ill dig up a link for you
u can try this method if u dont have a computer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657086
or u can just run the normal ruu from your computer.
http://www.4shared.com/file/2uQunBaV/RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2276515_R_si.html
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Neither method work for me! I have Tried everything. As far as I can tell RUU's wont work because my HBOOT is 1.47. I have tried to flash a HERCIMG I have flash year old nandroid back ups! and many other methods but the hboot won't go back to 1.41! Do you have any insite. Hercimg flash just fails and RUU give a usb connection failed. AS far as I can tell from reading other post, the new hboot starts different and screws up the ruu! Thanks in advance!
Correction: all the links in the first method are dead so I wasn't able to try it!
Are you still having this issue ???
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laie1472 said:
Are you still having this issue ???
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
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Yes I haven't even tried anymore today! I have been trying stuff for 2 weeks and have hit a wall! I don't know what else I can do!
Sent you a pm.
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