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i dont have a data plan now so i cant activate the phone and i cant use adb cause its not working on win7 for me..is there anyway i can just flash spl and radio and skip the recovery image? I tried someones sim but it just says error when i try to register.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.. or Confirm this is correct. but..
If you're on an official rom you're out of luck, but if you can update to an ADP rom no login will be required. It's not a SPL or radio issue, purely rom based.
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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.. or Confirm this is correct. but..
If you're on an official rom you're out of luck, but your can always update to an ADP rom. No login required on those. It's not a SPL or radio issue, purely rom based.
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im not sure wat ADP is..but im trying to root and i followed the guide for one click root from unlockr, is there anyway for me to use a ADP rom?
What phone are you using on what network? Was the other person's sim card on the same network? did they have an android data plan?
ADP means Android Developer Phone.
sonikamd said:
What phone are you using on what network? Was the other person's sim card on the same network? did they have an android data plan?
ADP means Android Developer Phone.
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Oh both sims were tmobile US, and the other phone was a moto zn5 so it wasnt a g1 plan.
So I'm *assuming* you're on a G1. You basically have three choices, either goto a t-mobile store and beg one of their techs to let ya use their data to register, find someone else with a g1+data and ask to use their sim card or go adp.
The downside of going with an adp rom is you'll loose the t-mobile branded stuff like tmo ringtones, the myfaves app, ?youtube? (not sure on this one, you should do some reading first or hope someone else chips in).
If you really need your phone now, and are able to install custom roms the adp version of donut can be found --here-- Note: I run the official roms so am not too well versed in ADP vs. AOSP+ADP but it looks like you may actually want the latter(AOSP+ADP)
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So I'm *assuming* you're on a G1. You basically have three choices, either goto a t-mobile store and beg one of their techs to let ya use their data to register, find someone else with a g1+data and ask to use their sim card or go adp.
The downside of going with an adp rom is you'll loose the t-mobile branded stuff like tmo ringtones, the myfaves app, ?youtube? (not sure on this one, you should do some reading first or hope someone else chips in).
If you really need your phone now, and are able to install custom roms the adp version of donut can be found --here-- Note: I run the official roms so am not too well versed in ADP vs. AOSP+ADP but it looks like you may actually want the latter(AOSP+ADP)
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i dont have root i just installed dreaimg.nbh then flashed cupcake via home+end the press alt+l then alt+s.So i dont have any custom recovery images on my g1.
what guide did you follow? I'm confused, i thought the dreaimg.nbh was part of the rooting/testkey part...
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what guide did you follow? I'm confused, i thought the dreaimg.nbh was part of the rooting/testkey part...
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this first:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/
im up to this but at setup screen:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/
can i rename the recovery image to update.zip the load it in recovery mode?
No, no renaming the recovery image.
Ok, so let me get this straight. You unrooted a rooted phone, to install the official cupcake so you could "one touch" root it which installs a custom recovery image @ the same time?
this is starting to hurt my head...
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No, no renaming the recovery image.
Ok, so let me get this straight. You unrooted a rooted phone, to install the official cupcake so you could "one touch" root it which installs a custom recovery image @ the same time?
this is starting to hurt my head...
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i never rooted before i was just following the instructions because i had 1.6/donut on my phone.all i wanted to do was install a hero rom and the one click is the shortest way i knew.
Gotcha, headaches gone but unfortunately it looks like your stuck. It appears this process *assumes* you have a data connection(for the login process) and without this most guides out there are going to be useless, especially at this point.
I'd say add data for a month or w/e then remove it if you must once done doing what you're doin... or go back to looking for someone with data that can help ya get logged in. Bout the only ways out I can forsee atm.. Wish I could be more help...
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Gotcha, headaches gone but unfortunately it looks like your stuck. It appears this process *assumes* you have a data connection(for the login process) and without this most guides out there are going to be useless, especially at this point.
I'd say add data for a month or w/e then remove it if you must once done doing what you're doin... or go back to looking for someone with data that can help ya get logged in. Bout the only ways out I can forsee atm.. Wish I could be more help...
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thanks for the help
I was gonna get flex-pay at Tmo since i hate being tied down to contracts and it can have a g1 data plan added.
alright, cool. Ya, i just got it from someone else wiser than I that without data you've got a long road ahead of ya getting your phone back up n running.
You can always do it the old-fashioned way... Just downgrade to RC29, login with WiFi. Then do the root process that way. Only takes 15min at most.
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You can always do it the old-fashioned way... Just downgrade to RC29, login with WiFi. Then do the root process that way. Only takes 15min at most.
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i cant use wifi since icant get in to settings since im at setup screen
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i cant use wifi since icant get in to settings since im at setup screen
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There's a way to bypass it with rooted ROMs, of which RC29 is one. You can. There's a whole guide on how to do it.
Anyway to do so in CM6 or do I always have to flash to another rom? Also, any possibility to get the device self help app on CM6? You can update prl/pri through there...
Device Self Service is just kind of a shortcut set -- it still has to use or access those actual Sprint/CDMA-based tools to update the PRL and profile.
And that hasn't been implemented in CM6 yet, or any AOSP or GSM-based ROM to my knowlege. I think because those Sprint apps/tools are closed source, it's really hard or even impossible to figure out how to make them work on anything but Sense and stock ROMs.
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Device Self Service is just kind of a shortcut set -- it still has to use or access those actual Sprint/CDMA-based tools to update the PRL and profile.
And that hasn't been implemented in CM6 yet, or any AOSP or GSM-based ROM to my knowlege. I think because those Sprint apps/tools are closed source, it's really hard or even impossible to figure out how to make them work on anything but Sense and stock ROMs.
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i have tried everything..... but for the life of me i cant update my prl....
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i have tried everything..... but for the life of me i cant update my prl....
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What ROM? If you're on CM6, DD, or ZenEXP, you won't be able to cuz the update PRL tool isn't in those ROMs.
yeah i know that part but what i am saying is the i went back to fresh,zen, even the stock ruu and i cant update my prl...maybe its sprint that wont let me... ( "drops on his knees and screams really loud "WHY") lol lol... is there a way to manually do it... if so please show me the way to salvation..
Try 'Update profile' in that same menu place.....that will refresh/update your data and phone profile for Sprint towers. Could be that after so much ROM flashing the data profile on your phone just got a little off. Then try updating PRL after that and it might work.
If it doesn't work, see this post here for how to manually update a PRL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6798016&postcount=15 (ignore the quoted part at the top of that post, just read the reply underneath it)
You'll have to search the forum here for an actual PRL text file -- they are out there.
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Try 'Update profile' in that same menu place.....that will refresh/update your data and phone profile for Sprint towers. Could be that after so much ROM flashing the data profile on your phone just got a little off. Then try updating PRL after that and it might work.
If it doesn't work, see this post here for how to manually update a PRL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6798016&postcount=15 (ignore the quoted part at the top of that post, just read the reply underneath it)
You'll have to search the forum here for an actual PRL text file -- they are out there.
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ok so after so many days of trying i finally got it... i had to go back and manually do it.... yo again thank you for all your help.... o one more question what prl do you have... i went to 60669...
Big-O-Devil said:
ok so after so many days of trying i finally got it... i had to go back and manually do it.... yo again thank you for all your help.... o one more question what prl do you have... i went to 60669...
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Should be 60670
what should the newest pri be listed as?
I just flashed fresh 2.3 so I could update both and I have the prl version you mentioned.
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Should be 60670
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Hey and with 60670 you don't have any problems
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This is a post I wrote for my personal forums nTelosDroid.com, but noticing there isn't a dedicated how to for CDMA Milestones, here it is!
So I posted how to root your Milestone using z4root a few days ago, which can be found here [link]. Now, with this post, I'm going to show you how to Root, ROM, and Restore back to the normal nTelos firmware. So heres the tools you'll need to begin. NOTE: These tools are all available for free! I'll host them for you on my DropBox as well as this server.
:!: WARNING: THIS CAN BRICK YOUR DEVICE MAKING IT COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY USELESS! I, MY SITE, OR MY STAFF, CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING YOU DO TO YOUR DEVICE! :!:
So, first thing we have to do before ANYTHING else is root or "open" your device. How we achieve this is by installing z4root or Universal Androot. Install the app, follow the directions for z4root from this thread. If you install Universal Androot, once it's installed:
Open Universal Androot
Select Superuser for Android 2.0 ~ 2.2
Don't tick Root Temporary or it'll root until next reboot
Then click Root
If you just want root, stop here. If you want to make a backup and rom your device, continue.
Once you're rooted, exit to your Home screen, check to see if SuperUser was added to your list of apps. If it hasn't try to reroot. Once you see SuperUser, go to the Marketplace and download "ROM Manager" by clockworkmod. This is the tool we need to make a backup and rom the device. Once ROM Manager is installed, run it. You'll be prompted to enable SuperUser permissions. Click Allow.
Scroll all the way down to "Flash Alternate Recovery" which should say SPRecovery 0.99.3b
It'll go through a download process and after that it'll Flash your recovery.
DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY OUT OR SHUT THE PHONE DOWN! YOU'LL BRICK YOUR DEVICE!
Scroll all the way back to the top and Flash the ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.1
It'll go through a download process and after that it'll Flash your recovery.
DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY OUT OR SHUT THE PHONE DOWN! YOU'LL BRICK YOUR DEVICE!
Once everything is flashed and finished, you are now ready to perform a nandroid backup.
Scroll to Backup Current Rom
A Window will pop up and you'll be able to name your new backup.
Once it's named to your liking, click ok. Your device will reboot.
After it reboots into recovery, it'll do a backup process. This shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.
It should make a backup and reboot.
If this doesn't happen, something has failed, pull the battery, reboot into recovery.
Perform a nandroid backup. If that doesn't work, Congratulations! You'll have to sbf! (Google how to do this)
Once this process is finished, you'll have a full backup of your current OS! Now, you can completely stop here and enjoy your nTelos Milestone as "Stock" or continue on to ROM your device.
Open ROM Manager again, and scroll down to Download ROM. Now here's where you have to make a choice. If you don't want to make it a simple easy process, use the free version. You'll have to clear your cache and data in recovery by yourself. This tutorial will not get into that.
Roming is one of those things that if you do it, you will need to know EXACTLY what you're getting into. You're gonna have to setup settings that are hidden in the phone to make things like MMS and Data work. I'm merely showing how to ROM the device, another tutorial will show you how to setup things that aren't working. If you take it upon yourself to write one, please let me know, I'll link to it here.
Once you've downloaded the ROM of your choice, before you do ANYTHING make sure you have a BACKUP!!! Once you have that done, you find the ROM from the downloads section that you want, I chose Bugless Beast (but Cyanogen Mod is another ROM of choice). Once it's done downloading, it'll give you the option to backup your current rom and wipe the data/cache. Select both regardless if you have a backup. It'll go through the backup/install process. Your device will ask you to go through the basic initial setup. If it doesn't, click on the Market and sign in. Once that's done, your data, voice, and sms will be completely ready! If you want to enable MMS (Picture/Video Messages), follow these steps.
Open Voice Dial (NOT Voice Search)
Say in a clear voice "Open APN's". This may take several tries.
Once it's gives you that choice, click it.
You'll see Verizon, tab it, change the name from Verizon to nTelos first
Scroll down to MMSC and enter http://mms.ntelospcs.net
Hit the Menu button (the Four bars next to the House on your device) and click Save
Send a MMS to yourself to test the settings work!
And that's it! You have Rooted, Backed Up, and ROMed your device in under 1 hour! :lol: CONGRATS! :lol: If any thing messes up, you always have your back up. Boot into recovery by pressing and holding X then hitting the power button while keeping X pressed. Go to nandroid and recover from your SD card! Hope this helps!
z4root
Universal Androot
ROM Manager
I hope that this is a help for ANYONE on ANY Forum! Please, feel free to copy/paste this anywhere you feel necessary!
EDIT: For those with LOCKED Bootloaders, there was a post deep in the thread for unlocking them. Here's the quote:
meltwater said:
I have the same issue.
Could the OP of this sticky be updated for Milestone users which have locked bootloaders to point them to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17569718
Spent ages going in the wrong direction when all I needed was to use OpenRecovery instead.
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Very Nice
Great job and all of us CDMA a854 milestones thank you. We need more CDMA stuff!
The Apns part didnt work for me. It either won't save or goes blank and reverts to Verizon on reboot. *tried APN manager as well* Also I noticed the marketplace usually says My Apps, but will switch to Verizon if you flash to say Cyanogen 6.1.2., Bugless ,or LFY.It would be great IF we could get developers to have ROM with no APN's so we can add our own.
Thanks again for the guide, nicely done.
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Great job and all of us CDMA a854 milestones thank you. We need more CDMA stuff!
The Apns part didnt work for me. It either won't save or goes blank and reverts to Verizon on reboot. *tried APN manager as well* Also I noticed the marketplace usually says My Apps, but will switch to Verizon if you flash to say Cyanogen 6.1.2., Bugless ,or LFY.It would be great IF we could get developers to have ROM with no APN's so we can add our own.
Thanks again for the guide, nicely done.
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Yeah man! No problem! As far as APN Manager/APN Backup & Restore. If you just edit the MMSC, do you have the same problem?
Oh I tried APN manager and a slew of others. Still didnt work, editing the MMSC either. There is a way to drop APNs into the Rom before installing.Ipfreelytech made one for me. But if I want to run other ROms it would be nice to have a real fix.
Nice work wish I had it before I began...
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Oh I tried APN manager and a slew of others. Still didnt work, editing the MMSC either. There is a way to drop APNs into the Rom before installing.Ipfreelytech made one for me. But if I want to run other ROms it would be nice to have a real fix.
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I was actually thinking of making a rom for cdma non vzw milestones
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Nice work wish I had it before I began...
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I saw that thread and someone asked for one, figured I'd make one
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Yay Non -verizon Rom!! please make one I'd help test it out
I'm getting the website built at the moment. Started looking at how to's today, but I'll PM you to let you know what's up. Thanks for your interest!
I would be interested in testing as well....
AWESOME
Glad I found this post. I live in Roanoke, VA & my carrier is nTelos. I have been looking for WEEKS on an Android Sense 2.2 rom. I mainly want to just have to option of saving my apps on my SD card. I love Android but WinMo has 1 up on Android with being able to install apps to the SD card.
Good luck & I can't wait to see what you come up with!
I am in Roanoke as well
Will this work for an Alltel Milestone.
As far as I know, this should work on most cdma a854's
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It works with Alltel. I just need to know if I can flash back to my stock 2.1 update 1 nandroid backup from CyanigenMod 6.1.2 without running into problems with the kernel not being compatible. I heard that if you flash between Froyo and Eclair you'll brick your phone because the kernels aren't compatible. Is this true?
Alltel Motorola Milestone A854 / Droid CyanogenMod 6.1.2.
Can't find the sbf for Ntelos
I need help returning my phone to the stock sbf. I rooted my phone, all was well until I started playing with Titanium Backup. I deleted Google talk, and as a result I would get this error "process Google.process.gapps has stopped unexpectedly" I tried several different things to fix it but finally decided to just flash back to the stock ROM/sbf. I used the MILER_X1-00.26.1 (I now know that my build is 00.26.0) that and-developers.com sites for use. The problem is that now I have the Verizon stock info on my phone. It changed the MIN, PRL MEID AND phone number. I get an error on start up that my phone needs to be activated, it places a call that starts off "welcome to verizon, to activate your phone......" So now I have no phone service. I can use the wifi so I have access to everything that has been backed up via Titanium Back up, but as you know that will not contain any system data from the stock sbf. Does anyone have any ideas or am I just prolonging the insurance call for replacement?
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It works with Alltel. I just need to know if I can flash back to my stock 2.1 update 1 nandroid backup from CyanigenMod 6.1.2 without running into problems with the kernel not being compatible. I heard that if you flash between Froyo and Eclair you'll brick your phone because the kernels aren't compatible. Is this true?
Alltel Motorola Milestone A854 / Droid CyanogenMod 6.1.2.
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smb1966 said:
I need help returning my phone to the stock sbf. I rooted my phone, all was well until I started playing with Titanium Backup. I deleted Google talk, and as a result I would get this error "process Google.process.gapps has stopped unexpectedly" I tried several different things to fix it but finally decided to just flash back to the stock ROM/sbf. I used the MILER_X1-00.26.1 (I now know that my build is 00.26.0) that and-developers.com sites for use. The problem is that now I have the Verizon stock info on my phone. It changed the MIN, PRL MEID AND phone number. I get an error on start up that my phone needs to be activated, it places a call that starts off "welcome to verizon, to activate your phone......" So now I have no phone service. I can use the wifi so I have access to everything that has been backed up via Titanium Back up, but as you know that will not contain any system data from the stock sbf. Does anyone have any ideas or am I just prolonging the insurance call for replacement?
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Call customer support. The EXACT same thing happened to.my first Milestone. Tell them you don't know what happened and you want it fixed.
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Moved and stuck.
Root+Overlock rapid method
Android by O2 :
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UniversalAndroot 1.6beta + Milestone Overlocking 1.48 from Market (free) and rulez
@ cfultz
Is there a chance you could put a brief description of the Sbf wipe / restore method, or maybe a link you know of? I've been digging for a week and all I find are droid 2 & X references. ROM manager decided to not get me back to a recovery / boot loader screen and I am really stuck.
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Really not trying to be lazy, but all the .sbf methods I've read so far seem require you getting to a boot loader. If I could get to a boot loader this wouldn't be a problem, as I made a back up of my stock ROM. I have a functioning bugless beast ROM, just no recovery / boot loader, and no way to flash back to my recovery.
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Problem fixed, sorry for the interruption.
I have my phone rooted and long story short wiped my backup from the sd card of my stock rom.
I have been looking unsucessfully for a stock rom for my carrier online and have yet to find one.
I am on the MTS Allstream network in manitoba canada.
wwwDOTmtsDOTca if you want to see the carrier (sorry not allowed to post links cause I am a net poster)
if anybody could help would be greatly appreciated.
Am a bit of a noob to this but could this be a simple fix as in somebody just copying their existing backup from their phone and emailing me a copy so I could put it on my sd card and boot from that.
Thanks for the help everyone.
Do you need the actual stock ruu that came on your phone, or are you just wanting sense to be able to update prl and profile? If it's just to update, any sense rom can do that for you.
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I am unsure what you mean by RUU. I guess i just need the sense interface. That is the one I have lost.
http://www.htc.com/us/support/hero-sprint/downloads/
here you go. u can download the update there. i believe u need HTC sync for it to work, i dont remember. but its all there for you. but this is for sprint. idk but if its the same htc hero then it should work. unless ur not on the HTC CDMA hero
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I am unsure what you mean by RUU. I guess i just need the sense interface. That is the one I have lost.
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RUU=ROM Upgrade Utility Basically Referring to the "Stock Rom/Upgrade Rom"!
Also may I ask exactly what you mean by Simple Fix? Is your phone currently Functional? Or are you just looking to Replace what you Erased for Piece of Mind? Let me know... I'll try my Best to Help!
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Yes I am very happy with Cyanogenmod. It is amazing and has made my phone run great. The stock rom it was running kept getting lots of lag and hanging if that makes sense. (pun intended)
Anyways I just want to get the original back because if I want to change phones or switch I dont know if my carrier will help me with the current mod on it.
Thanks for the help guys
Ok i'm new to this so i will not hesitate to ask for help.
I have a Sprint Hero, and i have Rooted it, using Regaw's Guide. That part was simple. I have also found the Wiki related to the hero on this site my problem is this. I'm new to this i don't want to brick a perfectly good phone and i understand what is being said in the wiki about flashing but i just want to like double check before i try anything.
So is there like a step by step walk through somewhere i'm missing? Like "Flashing Roms for Dummies".
The first step on the flashing guide wiki says to make sure you have a custom recovery installed. Would this be the nandroid backup made when rooting the phone or something else completely?
Also what are the best Roms for the hero?
I Apologize if this has been asked and answered.
Thanks for any and all help in Advance.
Great bunch of helpful people on this forum.
Looks like regaw's installs Amon_RA as part of the process of rooting. Try this:
1. Power off your phone.
2. Hold down the home key and press the red power button.
3. Hold the power until the htc screen pops up and release it. Keep the home button pressed until something besides the htc screen shows.
4. If done correctly, you will either get a screen with a triangle and exclamation point, or a menu with various options. menu is good, means you have a recovery installed.
5. If you get the triangle, you do not have a recovery installed. Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581521
Follow the directions in the first post.
Check that and we can go from there.
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You can also check out the README on the OP from aosp's gingerbread thread. Lots of good information on flashing from original ROM, other ROMs, recoveries, workarounds, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864403
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Looks like regaw's installs Amon_RA as part of the process of rooting. Try this:
1. Power off your phone.
2. Hold down the home key and press the red power button.
3. Hold the power until the htc screen pops up and release it. Keep the home button pressed until something besides the htc screen shows.
4. If done correctly, you will either get a screen with a triangle and exclamation point, or a menu with various options. menu is good, means you have a recovery installed.
5. If you get the triangle, you do not have a recovery installed. Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581521
Follow the directions in the first post.
Check that and we can go from there.
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ok it comes up with android system recovery with a menu and at the bottom it says "Build: RA-heroc-v1.5.2"
Ok first thing I would recommend is to open up your settings, select 'about phone' and find the update prl and profile options. Then download the app Rom Manager from the market, open it up, and at the very top select 'flash clockwork mod recovery'. Then select backup current rom. This way you have a reliable nandroid of your stock rom to fall back on if you ever need to. Next thing is to start reading through the various threads on XDA about the different rom's and stuff to get more of an idea of what your looking for in a rom.
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Ok first thing I would recommend is to open up your settings, select 'about phone' and find the update prl and profile options. Then download the app Rom Manager from the market, open it up, and at the very top select 'flash clockwork mod recovery'. Then select backup current rom. This way you have a reliable nandroid of your stock rom to fall back on if you ever need to. Next thing is to start reading through the various threads on XDA about the different rom's and stuff to get more of an idea of what your looking for in a rom.
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+1 on updating prl and profile. As for rom manager, you don't need it, you already have a recovery installed.
Find you a rom you want to try out, I suggest cyanogenmod 7, but I run it, so i might be biased.
Get a file manager from the market, I use root explorer, it's a paid app, but worth it, and titanium backup.
Once you pick out a rom, holla back and we will get it flashed.
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+1 on updating prl and profile. As for rom manager, you don't need it, you already have a recovery installed.
Find you a rom you want to try out, I suggest cyanogenmod 7, but I run it, so i might be biased.
Get a file manager from the market, I use root explorer, it's a paid app, but worth it, and titanium backup.
Once you pick out a rom, holla back and we will get it flashed.
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Sure CM7 seems like a good a rom as any, its 2.3 on the hero, can't get much cooler than that. Does it allow installing/moving apps to the SD card? Also i'm assuming changing roms changes which programs are on the phone by default so which ones are included in this or stripped away if any?
I use astro file manager, downloaded the Titanium backup. I am unable to update the prl/profile atm cause the phone isn't active just learning the rooting/romming thing on it.
When i Rooted it i had to downgrade from 2.31.651.7 to 2.31.651.5 to do it, should i go through update to .7 and re root then proceed with romming?
also more newbness i've seen in some posts this mention of s-off, what does that refer to? Is s-off required to change the image and the animation that shows when it boots?
Thanks for the step by step so far user7618
I only suggested rom manager because if your recovery glitches you can easily use it to flash another recovery
Lots of people downgraded to root. No need to update and re-root.
Yes cm7 has moving apps to SD. And you can use Astro or Titanium to back up your apps and restore them to a different rom
S-off means even if your phone wont boot up and you can't get to your recovery then you will still be able to flash something (ex. A new recovery image or a RUU) Also can flash splash screens and boot animations with it
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Tuvan03 said:
Sure CM7 seems like a good a rom as any, its 2.3 on the hero, can't get much cooler than that. Does it allow installing/moving apps to the SD card? Also i'm assuming changing roms changes which programs are on the phone by default so which ones are included in this or stripped away if any?
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Yes, any 2.2+ ROM can natively install and move apps to the SD card. Also, yes changing ROMs will change which programs are on the phone by default. This will be most noticeable when changing from a Sense ROM to an AOSP ROM like CM7. AOSP ROMs come with vanilla android apps--that means no Sprint Apps and all that.
Tuvan03 said:
When i Rooted it i had to downgrade from 2.31.651.7 to 2.31.651.5 to do it, should i go through update to .7 and re root then proceed with romming?
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Nope, no point in doing that. The main objective in rooting is to gain control over your device. With that control, usually the next objective is to install a custom recovery. And with that custom recovery you are free to install any ROM you want.
Tuvan03 said:
also more newbness i've seen in some posts this mention of s-off, what does that refer to? Is s-off required to change the image and the animation that shows when it boots?
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You're still new to modding, I wouldn't worry about it. But to answer your question it allows you to flash any recovery, system, radio, etc image to your phone from hboot, and can be used as an emergency rescue tool in case you ever screw up your recovery or anything else.
Also just as an FYI, there are only 2 ways that I know of to brick your phone: 1) flash wrong radio or bad radio or flash radio incorrectly, and 2) flash wrong SPL or bad SPL or flash SPL incorrectly. ROMs do not ever change either of these. Remember, as long as you can turn on your phone and boot to recovery (home+power), you are more than safe!!
Theres nothing for me to say. You guys covered it.
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Theres nothing for me to say. You guys covered it.
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thanks for all the replies and help. i can locate the cm7 mod in the development forum?
I was asking about the apps because i want the phone to resemble a stock phone as closely as possible for the moment just one running 2.3.
so other than the sprint apps what else will be missing?
The Sense UI as a whole will be missing. CM7 is not a Sense-based ROM and you will never be able to make it be like stock, not even a little without some heavy theme-ing. If you want to stay "stock-like" your only fully developed ROMs are those based on 2.1. nfinitefx45 and others have worked hard on getting a 2.2 Sense ROM but that ended a long time ago and I'm not sure what the ending status of it was.
Ok CM7 installed succesfully with Google Apps. This is way too cool. Gingerbread on a phone that wasn't supposed to have above Eclair. TAKE THAT SPRINT!
Thanks for all the Help guys this is alot of fun, hope to learn more and be able to do alot more.
Edit: haptic feedback working now.
NTSense theme will give you an approximation of Sense on cm7, just no htc widgets.
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Tuvan03 said:
thanks for all the replies and help. i can locate the cm7 mod in the development forum?
I was asking about the apps because i want the phone to resemble a stock phone as closely as possible for the moment just one running 2.3.
so other than the sprint apps what else will be missing?
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first off, the crappy HTC Sense UI that slows the Hero to a crawl will be history. That alone will make it feel like you just got a new phone. But for things you actually want to have... Most noticeable for me was the disappearance of Visual Voicemail - I will get to that in a second. Google apps will have to be installed via a separate zip but you just install it right after the custom ROM (before rebooting). Facebook phonebook widget is no longer available (facebook's fault).
About voicemail - I originally didn't want to use Google Voice, so when I ran CM6.1, I found a link to install Sprint VVM app but you also have to install an SMS redlisting app to handle the text notifications that program gets as the hacked app doesn't work 100% like the stock rom. That had problems from time to time and my CM6.1 install never worked quite right, and I blame the Sprint VVM. I recommend using Google Voice - my only complaint is you have to press Menu-More-Delete, instead of just having a Delete button. Other than that it has way more cool potential - you won't get notifications or voicemails unless the phone has data service.
I use ROM manager because of it's easy backup management and the rebooting menu. Also, if your recovery (clockworkmod by default) gets messed up, you can flash RA over it, get your phone working, and then flash back to clockworkmod. That only happened to me once, but the flashing saved me. Also, it had some other features that came in very handy and I recommend using. Here's what I would recommend:
1) after getting ROM mgr installed, backup your stock ROM and then do the "Fix Permissions". I had some strange things happen on my first mod and this cleared them up.
2) use CM7.0.2 - it works without lag, has more features than 6.1, and my battery seems to last longer.
3) before you flash the ROM + gapps, write down whatever apps you want to reinstall, and uninstall all applications and updates. (unless you have so many it's a real pain, or you need your app data to come through)
4) reboot to recovery and wipe EVERYTHING but the SD card (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache + wipe dalvik cache + wipe battery data)
5) now install the CM rom followed by gapps, then reboot
6) gapps runs a special one-time installer on the first boot - best idea is to install everything, then you can go uninstall what you don't want or use later. I had a couple of the individual apps fail to install during this process (maps/nav) and after everything had loaded, went to the market and got google maps the old fashioned way.
** the first gapps individual app installer stuck on the loading screen, so I hit the back button and the rest worked fine.
7) USB tethering will now work (not sure if wifi will without paid app). I downloaded "Tethering Widget" from the Market and it gives you a simple USB icon to toggle the tethering mode. I tested with my Win7 laptop and works great (you need HTC sync software installed for the driver to load)
Tuvan03 said:
Ok CM7 installed succesfully with Google Apps. This is way too cool. Gingerbread on a phone that wasn't supposed to have above Eclair. TAKE THAT SPRINT!
Thanks for all the Help guys this is alot of fun, hope to learn more and be able to do alot more.
Edit: haptic feedback working now.
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Excellent! If you have anymore questions don't hesitate to ask. One suggestion, if you decide to stay with Amon-RA for your recovery, update it to the most current, 1.6, I believe it is. You can get it from the link I posted earlier.
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Excellent! If you have anymore questions don't hesitate to ask. One suggestion, if you decide to stay with Amon-RA for your recovery, update it to the most current, 1.6, I believe it is. You can get it from the link I posted earlier.
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well in your opinion which recovery mod is better? amon ra or Clockworkmod?
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Excellent! If you have anymore questions don't hesitate to ask. One suggestion, if you decide to stay with Amon-RA for your recovery, update it to the most current, 1.6, I believe it is. You can get it from the link I posted earlier.
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Dont mean to cut in but 1.7 is the latest "unofficial" Ra. But ra nonetheless.
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
Tuvan03 said:
well in your opinion which recovery mod is better? amon ra or Clockworkmod?
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Neither. He already had RA installed, so why waste time installing something he didn't need? Now, if he had one click root, rom manager is easier, but he didn't, so there is no point.
@laie
Yep, you're right. I'm on 1.7, I just couldn't find the link for it.
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