OK so I have a friend who bought a rooted hero running cyanogen off craigslist. She wants to active it but still keep root and run cyanogen. Will sprint active the phone with just a sense rom on it? I would hate to have to unroot and root again bc the friend lives a while away from me and I won't be able to help her.
daoliverio said:
OK so I have a friend who bought a rooted hero running cyanogen off craigslist. She wants to active it but still keep root and run cyanogen. Will sprint active the phone with just a sense rom on it? I would hate to have to unroot and root again bc the friend lives a while away from me and I won't be able to help her.
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Try Flashing a Sense Rom, and then Call the Carrier and see if they could Activate over the phone!
I'm pretty sure they'll let you, because I did it through Sprint!
I just did this yesterday... have the friend flash NFX rom so the dialer command prompts that they will ask you do will work.... then once the data does work on the phone... I'd suggest backing up that ROM for future calls to the provider and since you're there update the local PRL...
then go ahead and flash Cyanogen but make it a fresh flash instead of going back to the one that came with the phone so it will be your info on the phone now.
good luck
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I have a non sprint unbranded HTC Hero (through GCI in alaska). Does anyone know if a non-sprint htc hero can flash a sprint rom and still work on a non sprint network? I have been using the leaked modified ROMs such as damage control and fresh just fine but I was told using the sprint one may jack up my phone. Since the customized ROMs are now being based off that I am worried about downloading any new ROMs or the official sprint one. Anyone happen to know?
THANK YOU!
arktik said:
I have a non sprint unbranded HTC Hero (through GCI in alaska). Does anyone know if a non-sprint htc hero can flash a sprint rom and still work on a non sprint network? I have been using the leaked modified ROMs such as damage control and fresh just fine but I was told using the sprint one may jack up my phone. Since the customized ROMs are now being based off that I am worried about downloading any new ROMs or the official sprint one. Anyone happen to know?
THANK YOU!
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This is more or less belongs in the q&a section. But to answer your question yes it will. You will have to get your apn settings and manually program them in your phone. But everything else should work. I would suggest you use the flashrec method and make a nandroid then try apn manager to see if you can just put your apn settings on your new rom
I am still new to CDMA phones. When you say APN settings do you mean the settings the carrier puts in when they program it at the desk. Such as the MIN # and such?
And when you say flash rec method, you mean copying over the ROM file to the SD card and doing the whole power+volume then pressing home and flashing from feature thing?
And if thats the case, does that mean ill have to use one of these custom ROMs here and not the sprint one? (I havent tried installing the sprint one but in the past its usually an executible and runs itself)
Thx for answering all my noob question, someone else did the rooting for my phone and im slowly learning. Never been too great at the phone thing.
I just reread your first post and you say that you've used damages rom and not had any problems then you should be good to use any rom just make sure to do a nandroid backup before you do anything else
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I just reread your first post and you say that you've used damages rom and not had any problems then you should be good to use any rom just make sure to do a nandroid backup before you do anything else
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I've really been doing this whole root thing because I wanted 2.1 early, but now that sprint has released an official one id really like to use it. Do you think its safe to use the official one on my non sprint hero?
Thx again for all your help, im just worried about bricking my phone or making it unusable on my network.
Ok so I got my hero about a month ago and upgraded to 2.1 last week. Terrible decision...wish I could take it back...but I hear that if you root your phone and use a custom ROM you can actually have a pretty decent experience with your phone using 2.1 I can't even list how many problems and how slow 2.1 is.
I do not know a lot at all about rooting a phone, I never have before, and the tutorials on unlocker seem to be out-dated with the 1.5 software so nothing is working for me. I have the ADP setup on my computer, I'm just wondering what's the easiest and most up to date way to root my Sprint HTC Hero so I can use a custom ROM. Any help is appreciated, thank you.
**If your software/build number (2.27.651.X) ends in 6, you must download and run this RUU first to be able to use the root exploit on your phone. If it ends in .5, skip this and click the link in the next sentence.**
Try this and if you follow it correctly, you'll be able to root your phone and be able to nandroid, and flash custom roms and what not.
Final note, all of the user data/settings on your phone will be reset, so it will be like having a brand new phone out of the box. Just an FYI.
Thank you I have successfully rooted my phone...but I'm having trouble connecting to the internet now. I cannot receive any weather data and have no internet connection at all.
I"m having the same problem, even after I set back to factory default. Not sure what I did wrong.
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I"m having the same problem, even after I set back to factory default. Not sure what I did wrong.
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What problem(s) are you having in particular? Not being able to root?
I have been using a lot of developed roms lately after my Cyan 1.6 broke down - I think T-mobile locked it. My phone couldn't make phone call or texting.
I think T-mobile is using some method to locked all developed rom. I wiped my phone and changed the rom, it will be fine for couple of days, then same ****ing **** (no phone call and texting).
Probably only happen to me, for some reasons. My friends don't have this problem.
I want to try to use the legal rom (by that I mean the very original 1.5 rom from Google or T-mobile).
Who has it? Thanks!
It's a conspiracy, man.
Get one of your friends to try to fix it.
It's never advisable to have another person deal with your electronics but trust me, there should be nothing wrong with your device nor is T-Mobile spying on you.
You probably did something wrong, get a friend to fix it.
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I have been using a lot of developed roms lately after my Cyan 1.6 broke down - I think T-mobile locked it. My phone couldn't make phone call or texting.
I think T-mobile is using some method to locked all developed rom. I wiped my phone and changed the rom, it will be fine for couple of days, then same ****ing **** (no phone call and texting).
Probably only happen to me, for some reasons. My friends don't have this problem.
I want to try to use the legal rom (by that I mean the very original 1.5 rom from Google or T-mobile).
Who has it? Thanks!
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That doesn't make sense. There are no such things of T-Mobile locking down development Roms. Did you completely wipe everything then reflash a new ROM? If you want a bare bones stock AOSP rom then use Enomther's Official Donut ROMs.
I have been useing G1 for a long time, and I used the Cyan 1.6 for last 5 months (or 4?). I never had any problems until lately (2 weeks ago).
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I have been using a lot of developed roms lately after my Cyan 1.6 broke down - I think T-mobile locked it. My phone couldn't make phone call or texting.
I think T-mobile is using some method to locked all developed rom. I wiped my phone and changed the rom, it will be fine for couple of days, then same ****ing **** (no phone call and texting).
Probably only happen to me, for some reasons. My friends don't have this problem.
I want to try to use the legal rom (by that I mean the very original 1.5 rom from Google or T-mobile).
Who has it? Thanks!
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Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your sim card? Maybe try your friend's sim card?
On another note, please read the rules before posting, this should in the Q&A section as this is not related to android development. Report for move. I hope you figure out your problem!
So Enomther's Official Donut ROMs is the official rom for G1?
Or sorry, I never post any things here.
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Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your sim card? Maybe try your friend's sim card?
On another note, please read the rules before posting, this should in the Q&A section as this is not related to android development. Report for move. I hope you figure out your problem!
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It would be weird if my sim card is the one has problem because once I wipe my phone (completely) and flash a new rom, it will be fine for couple of days.
aeroxy said:
It would be weird if my sim card is the one has problem because once I wipe my phone (completely) and flash a new rom, it will be fine for couple of days.
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Doesn't hurt to try . Do you do a complete wipe?
I cant answer you question, but i dont think t mobile locked your phone down for using other roms. back when i used to run 1.6 roms, after a few weeks/months 2 of them kind of screwed up for me too. just reflash something else.
sorry i dont have an answer on the original rom. maybe you can follow one of the guides to unroot if you want official rom/stock again. unlockr has a guide i think
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just search on this thread for how to UNROOT and return to stock.. theres a whole thread on it...
BUUT... I dont see how that will fix anything... as for T-Mobile does NOT have any "lock" or anything related on your phone... upgrade to the latest AMon_RA recovery 1.7.0 - and do a COMPLETE wipe... wipe everything... re-partition your SD card.. and load a fresh rom... why not go with a 2.1 rom.. may as well.. Right now I am using HTCClay's superbad rom.. the latest one... no problems here..
The government is in on it man!
Joking LOL I couldn't resist =P
Sent from my HTC Magic
aeroxy said:
I have been using a lot of developed roms lately after my Cyan 1.6 broke down - I think T-mobile locked it. My phone couldn't make phone call or texting.
I think T-mobile is using some method to locked all developed rom. I wiped my phone and changed the rom, it will be fine for couple of days, then same ****ing **** (no phone call and texting).
Probably only happen to me, for some reasons. My friends don't have this problem.
I want to try to use the legal rom (by that I mean the very original 1.5 rom from Google or T-mobile).
Who has it? Thanks!
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Reflash back to RC29 and just wait for t-mobile to update. took about 24hrs for it to happen but it did come through eventually.
I got the captivate yesterday and I HAVE read quite a few threads in devolopment section, I do have android sdk, one click rootand a rom, think. Im torn between rooting and keeeping warenty, would like to run froyo and be able to flash back to att stock phone quick if needed for tech suport.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
This flashes you back to stock
at&t.
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I got the captivate yesterday and I HAVE read quite a few threads in devolopment section, I do have android sdk, one click rootand a rom, think. Im torn between rooting and keeeping warenty, would like to run froyo and be able to flash back to att stock phone quick if needed for tech suport.
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Like mcord said above, u could do all u want, and then set it back to stock in case u run into any issue. Just be careful not to brick ur phone, and cross check if u can get into the download and recovery modes, in case ur phone gets stuck at any place.
i DID root due to one click root program, phone is fully operational got rom manager installed and oclf installed, tried titianium back up paid, didnt install, uninstalled it looking for an easy 2.2 rom to flash. but did android explorer backup.
clark222 said:
i DID root due to one click root program, phone is fully operational got rom manager installed and oclf installed, tried titianium back up paid, didnt install, uninstalled it looking for an easy 2.2 rom to flash. but did android explorer backup.
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You have to install the free version of titanium then the paid. The paid just unlocks features on the free version. It is not actually a standalone app
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oK will do, what will happen after att 2.2 update, will I still be in root?? If im still in root after update will I be able to use mobile hot spot feature?
You will need to re-root your phone IF and WHEN (if ever) AT&T releases the OTA 2.2.1 Froyo update.
After you start rooting and flashing - you'll never use AT&T's update as it is.. you'll just wait for the Odin or *.zip and do it that way.
I had to return the captivate, didnt work well as a phone. I did unroot it and master reset on it so its stock.. got an aria instead, works good as phone.
clark222 said:
I had to return the captivate, didnt work well as a phone. I did unroot it and master reset on it so its stock.. got an aria instead, works good as phone.
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Oh man... should have checked here first. Some people trade their captivates in a couple times before getting one that is "perfect". I've never seen a model that can be so different phone to phone.
Also, I hated the captivate on the stock rom and was having some huge buyers remorse. I thought I made a huge mistake not getting an iphone 4. It wasn't until I flashed a custom rom that I started to love this phone. I had the same feeling that you did, that it was a neat toy but not a good phone.
I previously had the hero rooted to Android 2.2 and now have a new phone. Now here comes the funny part...my mother wants my hero since I don't use it anymore. So I was wondering how I could put back the sprint's official 2.1 release because the phone being rooted won't let the "sprint guys" change phone numbers for my mom lol. Thanks in advance!
try to find a stock rom or i'm not sure if fresh lets you do it.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849024&highlight=stock+ruu
i guess try this one.....
you could flash liquid sense or any sense rom (other than froyo sense) to activate, if you want to get rid of root all together go here and get the RUU for the 2.1 update and flash that from the bootloader
portugalplaya said:
I previously had the hero rooted to Android 2.2 and now have a new phone. Now here comes the funny part...my mother wants my hero since I don't use it anymore. So I was wondering how I could put back the sprint's official 2.1 release because the phone being rooted won't let the "sprint guys" change phone numbers for my mom lol. Thanks in advance!
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Go to sprints website HERE to download the RUU
Run it, go through the steps and it will return your phone completely back to 2.1 stock
nvm I was beaten to it