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.
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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?
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Stevos the Animos said:
will unrevoked 3 give me nand unlock/ s off for cdma hero?
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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
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Stevos the Animos said:
will unrevoked 3 give me nand unlock/ s off for cdma hero?
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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
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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
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.
I'm usually over at the vibrant forum but my friend really wants me to work some magic on his phone. He has an HTC Hero with Cricket service, originally Sprint. I want to know if I root and flash a ROM to the phone will it undo anything that Cricket has done to give him service?
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sarge363 said:
I'm usually over at the vibrant forum but my friend really wants me to work some magic on his phone. He has an HTC Hero with Cricket service, originally Sprint. I want to know if I root and flash a ROM to the phone will it undo anything that Cricket has done to give him service?
Sent from THE Vibrant......
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You can make a nand and try it. I doubt the rom would mess up the service, radio is below recovery/rom levels. that said, I don't have cricket, so who knows.
I have a request, please go back into jaybobs ROM thread and edit your post to say nothing, because it has NOTHING to do with his thread. If you can't find an answer in Q+A you shouldn't go into a rom thread with a completely unrelated question.
I hope you're able to help your friend.
Thanks. Will do.
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Ok so I have spent my time in the epic4g portion of the forum and now have a tab I want to get customized. This is a question so let me get on to it. In the epic forum it seemed like things were more cut and dry than how things are for the tab: odin, cwm(your choice rfs or ext4), then flash your heart out. Things don't seem that easy here. Am I wrong? I sure hope so.been blessed by team viper and hope to either port over their rom (with permission of course) or get to know how this all works in the tab world and help out. I'm on sprint and it seems thats important to mention over here.
So, help me get root and point me to a rom for my version if you please. I just haven't found any sure fire answers to root. Z4root might be the most solid solution? And does cwm3 work the same here as on galaxy s?
Thanks for being helpful and patient
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what tab do you have? gsm, cdma or Wi-Fi?.. Oh sorry.. I see that you are on Sprint.. Just go to the dev forums.. Follow the Noob instructions and when you are ready look for a CDMA/sprint ROM..
Here is a link to the noob area.. READ EVERYTHING FIRST, Take your time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812367
So king, are you rooted and on a custom rom on your phone too? Is it the same process/tools?
Thanks for the link btw!
kingblind said:
what tab do you have? gsm, cdma or Wi-Fi?.. Oh sorry.. I see that you are on Sprint.. Just go to the dev forums.. Follow the Noob instructions and when you are ready look for a CDMA/sprint ROM..
Here is a link to the noob area.. READ EVERYTHING FIRST, Take your time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812367
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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