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Rogers captivate, froyo?

I am happily on a nexus s... and in the past, I have rooted and flashed the nexus one, desire hd, galaxy tab and now my nexus s... however, I have a friend that has a rogers captivate... and he just wants to run froyo....
is it safe to assume, it is just as easy as rooting and flashing a custom rom?
Any links or suggestions appreciated, I never care when I tinker with MY devices... but this is a friends.... thx in advance

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=706
Short answer to your question is yes it that easy. The link its to the dev forum. There are too many options and choices, best to read and make an informed decision
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are you talking about the roms? What is the easiest method of gaining root access on the capitivate? thx
I guess I will read up on it once I have his phone in front of me!
thx

Yeah, it's really just as easy as following the steps. If the Cappy is fairly new it seems it won't have the issues that plagued the earlier runs of this phone so just pick a ROM and go for it.

[Q] Original Sprint HTC Hero Android 1.6 rom

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.
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA using XDA Premium App

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.
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA using XDA App

[Q] Rooting Questions

I am looking at rooting my phone. I have a few questions but I'm not sure where to post at because I'm new on this site. I read through some root instructions, but the creators were not specific on some areas.
Does it matter what carrier I have if I root my HTC Hero as long as it is CDMA? I have Alltel. The instructions I read for this were not specific as to carriers, they just said CDMA HTC Hero.
My other question is when you root your HTC Hero, is flashing a new ROM to the phone part of the rooting process or something different. The instructions I read also did not clarify this.
Thanks

Any information will be greatly appreciated.

I don't know whether the carrier matters or not when rooting. You don't have to flash a ROM when rooting, but I would venture to say the the vast majority of folks are rooting to add a custom ROM. Especially with the Hero, due to it's limitations.
Edit: I found this post here. So I would research that a bit as far as carriers.

If you want to stay stock but remove bloatware, you can just root and remove with an app like root explorer. I would think about at least an overclocked kernel.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA Premium App

PwnHero said:
I am looking at rooting my phone. I have a few questions but I'm not sure where to post at because I'm new on this site. I read through some root instructions, but the creators were not specific on some areas.
Does it matter what carrier I have if I root my HTC Hero as long as it is CDMA? I have Alltel. The instructions I read for this were not specific as to carriers, they just said CDMA HTC Hero.
My other question is when you root your HTC Hero, is flashing a new ROM to the phone part of the rooting process or something different. The instructions I read also did not clarify this.
Thanks
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i know there are people on here who rooted from Alltel, the only thing is the majority of people have sprint.. so most of the custom stuff will come with sprints banner on it.. there are ways to change them and none of it is too hard at all to do.. its not a bad idea to try out some custom roms even if they are just custom versions of the stock rom..
i would check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674788 it gives a break down of everything you will need to know both with the site itself as well as rooting your hero in general.. a good thing to keep in mind before posting a lot of questions is google is your friend, a search of the forum will bring up most answers to anything.. a lot of people around here get really ticked if you post questions that have already been answered, or if you post it in the wrong section.. but check out the link, any other questions feel free to ask..

I found this blog on rooting. It doesn't say anything about carrier. Does anyone know? It just says CDMA, which is what my phone is.

PwnHero said:
I found this blog on rooting. It doesn't say anything about carrier. Does anyone know? It just says CDMA, which is what my phone is.
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you can root being alltel, rooting in general is not carrier specific.. if you flash certain roms it may change your provider banner to sprint because it is the most common, but even that can be changed back and it doesnt affect your radio or prl.. if its a CDMA hero the CDMA root process should work..
read the post that posted above yours, and check out the link.. literally tons of information about rooting..

check my hero rooting guide, it is NOT carrier specific and will work on Alltell. fast and simple way to root.
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8358998&postcount=528

will unrevoked 3 give me nand unlock/ s off for cdma hero?
sent from my rooted evo, cm7 rc2

Stevos the Animos said:
will unrevoked 3 give me nand unlock/ s off for cdma hero?
sent from my rooted evo, cm7 rc2
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last time i checked the unrevoked stuff, it wasnt really working for the hero.. if you search the hero development forum, there are at least 2 topics in there concerning s-off..

k thanx
sent from my rooted evo, cm7 rc2

Stevos the Animos said:
will unrevoked 3 give me nand unlock/ s off for cdma hero?
sent from my rooted evo, cm7 rc2
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Yes. Unrevoked forever does give s-off
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sweet! it worked on my evo and droid eris so i was hoping it would work on my hero too
sent from my rooted evo, cm7 rc2

Sprint APN help

Trying to get MMS working on my Sprint Vogue.
Does anyone have the settings for the APN? Any help would be great. I'm using Scoot CyanogenMod 7 Alpha RLS1
Thanks

There is a thread in this forum on the topic. Find the post by thoughtlesskyle. There is an update that must be installed as well.
Sent from my Full Android on Vogue using XDA App

Thanks, I gave the fix a try and it still didn't work. I don't know if this build would be different then all the others. Looking for someone that has this build on a Vogue with Sprint. (working MMS)

I did do it with this build, on Sprint. It worked fine for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7856499&postcount=179

goducks3620 said:
I did do it with this build, on Sprint. It worked fine for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7856499&postcount=179
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I'm on the same build and this worked for me as well.

can you please tell me exactly what you did and what update you used. Are you on the Sprint network?

it's been a while so I can't cite the steps but just follow the instructions in the thread. yes I'm on sprint. the instructions are specifically for sprint users.
Sent from my CyanogenMod Vogue/Kaiser using XDA App

Well I finally got it. Thank you soooooo much for all your help. I don't know what was different then all the other times but it took this time.
Has anyone has this build loaded onto the sd card?

[Q] Rooting 2.2.1

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.

Houndog101 said:
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