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Ready to Root CDMA HERO need help

I would like to root my CDMA HERO *NO* experience and have some concerns/questions. I’ve read trough How to root the CDMA Hero threads by nugget832, chuckhriczko and info is great but it seems every step i want to try it seems there is a post how above does not work anymore.
1. What is most current way of backing up my current stock Rom in case I screw up?
2. What is best root mod’s available that will allow me to have full function of my phone ( camera, mms,….ex? Where do I find most up to date mod’s ?
3. What is best/easy way of uploading this mod?
sorry for being a noob!

mongolx said:
I would like to root my CDMA HERO *NO* experience and have some concerns/questions. I’ve read trough How to root the CDMA Hero threads by nugget832, chuckhriczko and info is great but it seems every step i want to try it seems there is a post how above does not work anymore.
1. What is most current way of backing up my current stock Rom in case I screw up?
2. What is best root mod’s available that will allow me to have full function of my phone ( camera, mms,….ex? Where do I find most up to date mod’s ?
3. What is best/easy way of uploading this mod?
sorry for being a noob!
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Google search, is the first place to start... or forum search the Android Development thread.
Plenty of '1-click' root options exist. I've never used them, but I know one is called z4root. Search for it. There are other options again in the Dev section of these forums. You'll also need to install the HTC Sync software for the USB drivers that are included with it.
Everything goes on your SDcard. I guess that is what you mean by 'uploading'. Also, If at anytime you mess up, you can return to 'stock' by running what is called an RUU found on HTC's website htc.com. It's run from Windows.
The basic root part is simple anymore, however you'll end up needing an understand of several things to proceed further and make the most out of your phone. You'll need to know at least: basic linux and/or windows command prompt commands, how to install the Google SDK and obtain ADB after it's installed, and having a basic understand of how computers work both hardware and software wise.
Last but not least. Read. Don't be lazy. Read, Google, read some more. A good place to start is a well kept wiki: http://romrepo.info/wiki.
Lastly, for real this time, since you state that you have no clue what you are doing, stop and think. Do you really want to do this? Can I go without my phone for a while if I mess it up?
P.S. Lastly, for really real this time, there is a sticky in the Dev forum up top with some video how-to guides that might help some too.

Did u tell'm bout the wiki?
sirmx said:
Google search, is the first place to start... or forum search the Android Development thread.
Plenty of '1-click' root options exist. I've never used them, but I know one is called z4root. Search for it. There are other options again in the Dev section of these forums. You'll also need to install the HTC Sync software for the USB drivers that are included with it.
Everything goes on your SDcard. I guess that is what you mean by 'uploading'. Also, If at anytime you mess up, you can return to 'stock' by running what is called an RUU found on HTC's website htc.com. It's run from Windows.
The basic root part is simple anymore, however you'll end up needing an understand of several things to proceed further and make the most out of your phone. You'll need to know at least: basic linux and/or windows command prompt commands, how to install the Google SDK and obtain ADB after it's installed, and having a basic understand of how computers work both hardware and software wise.
Last but not least. Read. Don't be lazy. Read, Google, read some more. A good place to start is a well kept wiki: http://romrepo.info/wiki.
Lastly, for real this time, since you state that you have no clue what you are doing, stop and think. Do you really want to do this? Can I go without my phone for a while if I mess it up?
P.S. Lastly, for really real this time, there is a sticky in the Dev forum up top with some video how-to guides that might help some too.
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Thank you, got new rom and overclocked :O

[Q] New to Rooting

I'm been searching the Nexus One Q&A section for an answer to my problems, but I couldn't find a solution. I'm running a stock version of 2.3.3 on my phone. It's never been rooted, and I have never rooted a device as well. I'm entirely new to this and have no idea what I'm doing. My device has no warranty but I'm still concerned about it. Again, I have no experience at all.
Also, I don't know if I would want to unlock the bootloader as I could lose everything. If there is a way to retain everything reliably (I don't know if those back-up applications are the most effective) that would be convenient.
So, can anyone help me root my virgin Nexus One?
Thanks for your time,
Tread Fox

Mybackup pro backs up apps and data. After you root you can use titanium backup. Also smsbackup and restore for your SMS :]

Alright, that's re-assuring. But what about actually rooting the phone?

Hmm I can't help with rooting because I have an Evo, just sharing some backup knowledge :/

You can use this threads wiki for the N1 and the stickies here:
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/nexus-one-development-hacking/
You need to read several guides until you get a good idea of what you are doing and why.
Use the apps mentioned above to back up your phone info, once rooted you can do a complete and immediate phone backup of everything, like a full image pc backup.
If you do the one-click method, make sure it is for you OS, you will be limited in some things you can do, like fastboot commands and will be unrooted if you dl OTA's.
Read, Read, Read!!!
Before you flash a rom read the op page carefully and the last 20 pages for tips, info, issues etc.
Ken

This works for 2.3.3?
EDIT: So my only options are to unlock the bootloader or roll back? Which do you recommend?

You probably saw this in XDA wiki for N1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Root
I would unlock, more options as you get more into flashing and you can't be unrooted by Google OTA's.
This is good guide for the S, but you can glean steps and maybe better understanding for the process. At the bottom in related posts is a root guide. I like the steps, but things like the fastboot and superuser may not be for the N1. However you can find them online. Just an easy to understand guide.
http://jaxov.com/2011/02/install-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-on-nexus-one-manually/

TreadFox said:
This works for 2.3.3?
EDIT: So my only options are to unlock the bootloader or roll back? Which do you recommend?
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Sorry man, just got your message (phone died on me, and I've been playing with my other toys anyway...)
Yes, your options are to unlock the bootloader or roll back.
Both options will lose all date, so you need to backup either way.
My preference is to unlock the bootloader, but I can understand why people may not want to. Unlocking the bootloader can effect any warranty that's remaining on the phone (the phone has a 1 year warranty, no matter who owns it).

Thanks for all your help guys. Does anyone have a specific guide for rolling back? I don't need or want a custom rom, just setcpu...

Read my signature, execute PASSIMG method with FRG33. if it doesn't work (and sometimes it doesn't) - you're out of luck.

TreadFox said:
Thanks for all your help guys. Does anyone have a specific guide for rolling back? I don't need or want a custom rom, just setcpu...
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This is how to go back to FRG33: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11745519&postcount=21
But if I were you, I would just unlock your bootloader. Makes life easier.

I'll unlock the bootloader. I saw a guide on the nexusoneforums on how to do this. But it's about a year old. Is there anything that's changed?
I'm sorry I'm being indecisive, I'm trying to take suggestions from anybody!

TreadFox said:
I'll unlock the bootloader. I saw a guide on the nexusoneforums on how to do this. But it's about a year old. Is there anything that's changed?
I'm sorry I'm being indecisive, I'm trying to take suggestions from anybody!
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No, nothing has changed. You need to have the Android SDK set up properly. Then just boot into the bootloader by holding down the trackball while pushing the power button. Then open a command prompt in the directory where the fastboot.exe file is (probably C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools) then just type: fastboot oem unlock

Follow this to set up the, it's easier (just the first post):
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/...mple-sdk-setup-manual-root-guide-windows.html
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I don't know what I'm doing. This is confusing. When I hook up the phone to the pc it says its found new hardware. I'm running XP. What do I do? I think I'm going over my head with this. Also, how do I make sure mybackup will work? I don't want to lose my stuff!

TreadFox said:
I don't know what I'm doing. This is confusing. When I hook up the phone to the pc it says its found new hardware. I'm running XP. What do I do? I think I'm going over my head with this. Also, how do I make sure mybackup will work? I don't want to lose my stuff!
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If you feel like you are in over your head, you probably are, and have not done enough reading. I just looked at danger-rat's post in the link he provided, and it seems quite straight forward, no? He even tells you how to install the drivers. "Step #3" under "To install the drivers" in the first post TELLS you that windows will detect new hardware and will ask you to install a driver. What seems to be the problem?

I did, and nothing happened. At all. I asked for it to download files from usb driver. Nothing happened at all. Is it something I'm doing wrong?
I have the SDK file on my desktop, I have all of the files inside that are needed. When the computer asks me to download the drivers, I re-direct to the usb driver folder located in the SDK which is located on my desktop. The computer claimed installation was successful, but nothing happened. When I try clicking the fastboot.exe in the tools file, it immediately forcecloses. Is it my pc? Is it the file? Is it the phone? I did read the material and so far nothing has helped.

TreadFox said:
I did, and nothing happened. At all. I asked for it to download files from usb driver. Nothing happened at all. Is it something I'm doing wrong?
I have the SDK file on my desktop, I have all of the files inside that are needed. When the computer asks me to download the drivers, I re-direct to the usb driver folder located in the SDK which is located on my desktop. The computer claimed installation was successful, but nothing happened. When I try clicking the fastboot.exe in the tools file, it immediately forcecloses. Is it my pc? Is it the file? Is it the phone? I did read the material and so far nothing has helped.
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Well, after you have installed the driver that the computer asked you to install. That's just the driver needed to sync your file and stuff on your sd card. The other driver and adb setup is needed to actually access your phone.

So I asked for it to install the wrong files? What files do I install? Because from that guide it said point to usb driver. I'm only following the guide like you all asked, and nothing happened.

You don't launch fastboot by clicking on it windows.
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Trying to flash ROM

Hello,
This is probably a very noobish question, but I am having some trouble with my nexus one. I followed the instructions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612858 until the step 3 on now to root your phone. Every time I try to go to the recovery I just flashed, I get sent to the stock one with the exclamation point. I have been looking around and I have discovered that the cause are two files that need to be renamed. The problem I have is that I don't know how to go about renaming or deleting them. I can't use a terminal emulator because the phone is not rooted yet. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Why don't u just unlock your bootloader? Its one of the best features of n1

Reset to Stock 2.1 Firmware on MAC OS 10.5.8

I never upgraded to the 2.2 because I have a Mac. However, I DID root my phone, and DID take OFF some of the ATT bloatware. I remember thinking that I'd found out how to put it all back on, but I haven't. I'm exchanging it for a new one as the speakers have gone wacky (turns on/off).
So, here is what I was planing on doing:
1. Hard reset the phone (I don't really care about backing up at this point).
2. Perhaps take my husband's unrooted and stock phone, and drag/drop the bloatware onto my phone while mounted??? Not sure if I can do this? Where to put the files?
3. Reboot. Hopefully see ATT bloatware arrive back on my phone.
So, here is what I think need to know:
1. Is there a better way to hard reset than going into privacy/factory data reset?
2. Does the hard reset remove all my Amazon apps so ATT doesn't see them?
3. How do I put the original bloatware back on?
4. Please don't tell me to "click this link" cause most likely I've read it, and it's not a CLEAR step by step.
5. A step by step guide (including, "plug in your phone, set debugging, pull up terminal, type ./adb, turn off your phone, etc.).
THANKS!

See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191094
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That is what I'm looking for. However, I still need a step by step for it. I'll ask over there as well. I did put Heimdall on earlier today (before this post), along with qt opensource, but did not understand where to go from there. Maybe I'll uninstall and then find out if there is a step-by-step. I could not figure out where a guide for Heimdall was on the glass echidna website... I could be blind though!

STEP-BY-STEP please! ;0)
Ok, apparently, I cannot post on that forum due to little amount of posts or something. lol So... please... anyone... have... a step-by-step guide??? I mean really BASIC step-by-step!

Ok, I did find THIS step-by-step guide.
xboxfanj
10th June 2011, 02:16 PM
Heimdall CWM 3.1 guide
On EE03, only flash Clockwork and not the Kernel.
Hi. I'm here to post a guide to installing ClockworkMod 3.1.0.1 on your Epic with Heimdall. I'm doing this because me and some other people had our phones bricked by the 3.0.2.5 one click root and this worked for me.
Step 1: Download and extract heimdall from here: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
Step 2: Boot your phone into download mode by holding the 1 key and pressing power after either a battery pull or simply turning your phone off and connect it to your USB Port
Step 3: Open Zadig.exe from /drivers in the extracted folder
Step 4: Go to options> list all devices.
Step 5: Select to Install the Samsung Android USB Composite Driver from the list.
Note: It may say it has an unknown publisher (or something similar), ignore it. I am 100% sure that it's safe.
Step 6: Download CWM from http://drockstar.devphone.org/EpicTools/cwm3.1.0.1.purple.zip
Step 7: Download Drockstar kernel from http://drockstar.devphone.org/EpicKernel/DRockstar.Clean.Kernel.EC05.v1.05.zip
Step 8: Put the zimage from /kernel in the CWM Zip in the recovery slot
Step 9: Put the zImage from /kernel in the Drockstar Clean Kernel Zip in the Kernel slot.
Step 10: Press start and it should work.
It's quick and easy. Should only take about 5 minutes from start to finish.
I am not responsible for bricked phones or AIDS or the Iraq War or the deficit, but I am responsible for cute puppies and rainbows and butterflies.
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However, on my Mac I'm not seeing the (Step 3) "drivers." Now, I think that technically, we Mac owners usually don't have to deal with drivers as much, so I wondered if it didn't apply to Mac users???
Step 4 I'm not sure if they are talking about accessing "options" on the Mac or phone? How/where do I access it?
Step 6 & 7: Do I HAVE to download those files?

maidmarian4 said:
Ok, I did find THIS step-by-step guide.
However, on my Mac I'm not seeing the (Step 3) "drivers." Now, I think that technically, we Mac owners usually don't have to deal with drivers as much, so I wondered if it didn't apply to Mac users???
Step 4 I'm not sure if they are talking about accessing "options" on the Mac or phone? How/where do I access it?
Step 6 & 7: Do I HAVE to download those files?
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The steps above may not quite be what you're looking for.
Perhaps a better solution would be found here, which is a one-click Heimdall-based program that will flash your phone back to stock (putting all the bloatware back in place).
Please note that the program is still in beta, but other Mac users have tested and used it successfully, from what I can see. Plus, if you have questions, Adam is usually really good about answering them in a timely and polite fashion.

jmtheiss said:
The steps above may not quite be what you're looking for.
Perhaps a better solution would be found here, which is a one-click Heimdall-based program that will flash your phone back to stock (putting all the bloatware back in place).
Please note that the program is still in beta, but other Mac users have tested and used it successfully, from what I can see. Plus, if you have questions, Adam is usually really good about answering them in a timely and polite fashion.
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Nice get but all Adam's program does for right now is flash the KC1 modem. He's still working on it.

cappysw10 said:
Nice get but all Adam's program does for right now is flash the KC1 modem. He's still working on it.
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Thanks for catching that. OP, nevermind my post.

Grab a windows XP virtual machine on bittorrent, then use Odin3 one-click from within it. Use Oracle VirtualBox format... Get the PUEL version, not the OSE version. Find a XP VM for VBox then connect the device to the VM and flash it.
My program can't generate firmware. I don't know where you can get the stock firmware. If anyone knows, I'd like to make a Heimdall One-Click for that.

[Q] Rooting today

Finally ready to root my phone, decided I am ready for some extra features and roms. Few concerns
1. The biggest one is how are so many people deleting there entire storage? Is it simple to do? I just don't want to make the mistake
2. Debating between aio or using adb commands just to know how to do it.
3. Never used aroma...how user friendly is it?
This isn't my first time, started rooting on my G1, but I just cannot get Linux down and been on Samsung for a while
Thank you been reading htc one threads and just trying to do it right and not need to use your guys amazing troubleshooting

I followed the information used here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244060
Unlocking the bootloader did, sadly, reset my phone to factory default, erasing my music, downloaded apps, custom ringtones & such. There may be a way to prevent that, but I didn't look into it too much prior to rooting. Plus, I had the music and ringones backed up to my PC. Anyway, the instructions at the aforementioned link are quite thorough, and very easy to follow. I used adb and flashed TWRP; no Aroma involved. The whole process took me about 15 minutes, once I stopped trying to do it with my Windows 8 laptop (with USB 3.0) and used one with Windows 7 and a USB 2.0 port. Afterwards I flashed Tranquil One.

Not worried about losing stuff during unlock process, but seen a lot of people wiping everything later and having to use adb sideload or ruu.
Don't want to be the guy in a day asking for help because I messed up
But I do know not to load anything but sprint roms and kernels

Here's what I did, if it helps:
1. Downloaded and extracted the package in the link posted above.
2. Unlocked the bootloader.
3. Installed TWRP via adb, both of which were included in the extracted files from number 1.
4. Did a backup in TWRP, so I'd at least have a restore point as close to factory settings as possible. It'll come in handy if I have to take the phone in for service at some point. Just restore the image and re-lock bootloader.
5. Copied that backup to my PC.
6. Downloaded Tranquil One ROM, copied to my phone, did factory reset in TWRP & flashed the ROM.
Honestly, if you're even slightly comfortable doing this and you know how to follow instructions you shouldn't end up being "that guy" asking for help after the fact. The one way I can see it becoming more involved is if you're running Windows 8 and/or using USB 3.0. Drivers can be really irritating.

I think they fixed the windows 8 problem. I had no problems on it. Windows 8 reads this one but not my lte for some reason. But again no problems on the ONE.
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