[q] unroot immediately - Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I need to unroot my phone and restore it back to default IMMEDIATELY. Can someone link me?

I can't link you but I can direct you. You can download an RUU from HTC.com, or from the XDA heroc wiki page, or look in the dev forum, there's several scattered throughout-in particular, look for Regaw's 2.1 root guide thread. 2nd post has a link to an RUU
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Sounds like someone had to go to sprint! Lol
"Dwight! You ignorant slut!"
800% HTC SuperHero Gingerbread 2.3.3

MattCrystal said:
Sounds like someone had to go to sprint! Lol
"Dwight! You ignorant slut!"
800% HTC SuperHero Gingerbread 2.3.3
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Haha, I dropped my phone and it cracked the screen in half, so I have to send my cracked one into the insurance repair service. I have already received my brand new phone, but they want my old one. Already unrooted

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Hello XDA!!! New HTC HERO.. Now What??

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

Flashing a ROM to an unlocked phone?

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.
Sent from THE Vibrant......

[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.
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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?
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
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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
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[SIMPLE GUIDES] How to root/un-root the HTC Legend + Install ROM's [H-BOOT 1.00]

Rather than looting half of London, I spent my time giving something back to the Android Community.
I've compiled this guide on how to root the HTC Legend vodafone. It's pretty simple in my opinion and I've tried to make it as easy to use as possible. I have included a lot of images and started right from the beginning.
List of Guides:
How to root the HTC Legend [H-BOOT 1.00]
How to un-root the HTC Legend
Advice on choosing ROM's
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I think I've added in all the credits, but if I haven't then please tell me. I'm also making more guides for noob Android users.
Thanks for using the guide, and if you have any suggestions, please leave a comment.
N.B. Guides have since been taken down due to newer methods of one-click rooting.
Chirag Vadhia
I just rooted a day before you posted and believe me this are the steps I followed...and woo..its rooted
I hope this post is made a stickied
Very nice, and lots of pics! It should help a lot of people out.
Thank you. When I tried to root my HTC Legend, I couldn't find a proper guide, so I thought I'd make one to help other people out.
Hi Thanks i just swap my iphone with htc legend from my gf and planning to root the phone. this would be my only guide, hopefully no issue will happen and i will report back. the guide looks good and simple but the only thing i find is, TOO many files needed. maybe i can combine all of them and put in 1 place to help other newbies !
but i still shock to see number of files i need to root an android ! and the files are sooo big aswell ! different from iphone, you just need a website or 1 software to jailbreak it hehehehehe - relax im an android fan boy now !
Every Android device has its own rooting method. The one of the Legend is really long; but don't worry. It's not that hard as it seems. Also this guide is really good!
i actually has hboot 1.0.1 and reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894465 is very confusing. can someone point me to easier guide just what mafuzzer done with hboot 1.00 ? thanks alot.
already spent half a day without any luck
erwinsie said:
i actually has hboot 1.0.1 and reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894465 is very confusing. can someone point me to easier guide just what mafuzzer done with hboot 1.00 ? thanks alot.
already spent half a day without any luck
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I would create a guide, but unfortunatley I don't have a HTC Legend with that version of H-BOOT.
what am i doing wrong :-( i keep getting usb not connected when it is :-( alsowhen i have got past that stage ONCE it said error 140 incorrect bootloader :-( i have a vodafone legend running 2.2 followed the guide to a t and now im stuck someone help please
mafu6 said:
what am i doing wrong :-( i keep getting usb not connected when it is :-( alsowhen i have got past that stage ONCE it said error 140 incorrect bootloader :-( i have a vodafone legend running 2.2 followed the guide to a t and now im stuck someone help please
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Error 140 means that you need to re-create the GoldCard. Your phone must also be connected as, "Charge Only". You could also try plugging your phone in another USB port. Also check that you have AndroidSDK installed.
Added another guide with some advice on choosing ROM's. I'm also working on a simple un-root guide.
How do I check hboot version - my gf has a legend
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Same as DHD - figured it out.
Hi! Thank you for posting such an amazing guide! But one problem that I am experiencing though, is that why are the images unable to be viewed?
Hmm,
I've just checked the guide and everything seems to be working
K I shall try it out again.
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Mafuzzer said:
Hmm,
I've just checked the guide and everything seems to be working
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Hmm,
But when I went to the webpage the picture could not be seen. Just a little cross on the top corner of the pic. I used Google chrome to open the page.
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bryanqjx said:
Hmm,
But when I went to the webpage the picture could not be seen. Just a little cross on the top corner of the pic. I used Google chrome to open the page.
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For which page of the website do you mean?
From the pages that u provided.
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I will PM you the images when I get home.

HTC VIVID - HTC Screen locked at boot

I recently (yesterday) purchased a VIVID (AT&T) to udgrade from Inspire 4g.
After researching root procedures, if found Hasoon2000's Vivid All-In-One Kit V 2.1 and downloaded it.
Unlocked bootloader via HTC Dev - no problem.
through toolkit, downloaded CWM 5.5.04.
Then, since there wasn't a whole lot of crystal clear (noob) procedure, I then watched the video on his link, and went to add adk manager, and perm root (what i thought was "rooting the phone". it did what it did. Then flashed kernel: holicakes 2.6.35.14.
Somewhere between here, the CMD began not recognizing the device.
I then unplugged, rebooted and got the HTC screen freeze. Re-booted several more times to no avail.
Next step was to begin investigating recovery options, but I had no backups!.
I'm now stuck.
Please help.........
udpdate
Update: Going back in based on superguide to try a couple things.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836.
Noted in reading S was still ON ("S-ON RL"
Relock bootloader then get the at&t RUU and run that from fastboot. I did the same thing, luckily there was an easy fix.
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using xda premium
Will try.
Q: Which RUU is it. I looked at one post yesterday which linked to a site adn the RUU's for AT&T were Cingular, but I couldn't determine which one was for the VIVID, so I didn't go any further.
Thanks for the help!
Could you post a link to the RUU possibly?
Thanks again.
baw3510maverick said:
Could you post a link to the RUU possibly?
Thanks again.
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http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-vivid-att/software-updates
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baw3510maverick said:
Could you post a link to the RUU possibly?
Thanks again.
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http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-vivid-att/software-updates
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Did you fix it? If not i have some things you can try i was in your same
situation a while back and i can attach the things you need **have
permission from creator to share***
A lot of things point back to cingular, there apns, etc. You can usually be safe in assuming Cingular is at&t.
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kleeman7 said:
a lot of things point back to cingular, there apns, etc. You can usually be safe in assuming cingular is at&t.
Sent from my htc ph39100 using xda premium
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didnt they just change the name back and forth?
Thanks.
I haven't gotten back to it yet. Replacing a well pump myself today.
I'm not shut down entirely; i kept my Inspire to give my son as a graduation present.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Roger that on Cingular. And yes, they bought Cingular. Prior to that Cingular bought Bellsouth Mobility. Prior to that BM bought Cellular one. I've been with them since 1997 when phones were an actual brick....ohhhh....and the bag phone.
Alright gents. Thanks for the assist and I'll get back.
Semper FI
Brett
Found thread-identical probem (multiples)
Gents,
Even though I searched the forums 8 times to no avail figuring this was common problem, I just stumbled on the below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26638332#post26638332
Apparently this is almost a given that will happen using the all in one toolkit if you really didn't do your homework first.
A senior member really should mention this to hassoon 2000 to ensure it really is fool proof. I rooted my Inspire last year (1st android) with no problem due to an outstanding video that was no **** step by step Barney style that a dumb Marine with beer induced alzheiermers could freakin' understand.
I'm going to review the below when I get back to work on it.
Hate it i wasted you guys' time if it's all in the thread below. Too bad there's no money to hire a full time guy on here just to organize the threads a little better.
Thanks to all you smart folks who enjoy helping us dumb ones!!
Drink one for our fallen brothers tomorrow!!!!
B
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26638332#post26638332
Well ****. I never got back. It's been a damn year sorry....
All i remember is went to superuser sight and fixed it. Installed WCX ROM later after that. It's awesome.

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