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Help a Newb -- which Hero ROM?

I have a T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, and I'd like to install a Hero ROM, but I'm confused as to which one to use, and whether I need to upgrade radio, etc.
I have already rooted, installed Cyanogen recovery 1.4, CyanogenROM 4.0.4, and partitioned my SD to FAT32/ext4/swap.
My phone info screen says:
Firmware version: 1.5
Baseband version: 62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I
Kernel version: 2.6.29.6-cm4 / [email protected] )
Mod version: CyanogenMod-4.0.4
Build number: COC10
Can I proceed to flash a Hero ROM?
Or do I need to check something else?
Which Hero version is that 'snappiest' for my configuration?
Will I need to wipe?
Can I do it through the recovery like a Cyanogen flash, or do I need to go into the adb tool?
THANK YOU!

If you've partitioned you sd card correctly and have your swap partition or; you can go ahead and flash the hero rom. Just download which ever hero rom you want and place it on the root of your sd card. You flash it just like you would flash any other rom or theme. To make you hero rom faster, it depends on your swap size and swappiness. You can test out different configs, until you find one that is good for you.

The first Rom I ever tried was a hero rom. You can view a nice tutorial here: www.theunlockr.com
Be sure to follow the steps %100! I used Qteks Hero Rom, and be sure that its for the correct mother board with your phone ( I would assume its 32B, but the tutorial will show you how to check that as well)
Ye' be warned though, Some hero roms work fine on 1 phone and then like crap on the next. Cyanogen with the community hero theme is the best IMO.
cheers.

If I use DAKIDD's method -- do I need to wipe the phone?
Also, does Nandroid backup my entire phone? Or just the ROM?
thanks

d0g said:
If I use DAKIDD's method -- do I need to wipe the phone?
Also, does Nandroid backup my entire phone? Or just the ROM?
thanks
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yes, you may need to wipe if you want to start fresh.
nandroid backs up your messages, settings, everything on your homescreen.. etc
You can search and read up on these things.

Ok, so I want to update...

Ok, so I want to update to 1.6 aka "Donut", and as you may notice by looking at my signature. I have a Rooted MT3G, do I need to un-root my MT3G first? or can I update while my MT3G is rooted?

Jay_8698 said:
Ok, so I want to update to 1.6 aka "Donut", and as you may notice by looking at my signature. I have a Rooted MT3G, do I need to un-root my MT3G first? or can I update while my MT3G is rooted?
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you can just flash the 1.6 ota just like you would a rom.... update.zip
this is the the plain 1.6 (donut) rom
http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html
there are also a ton of cooked 1.6 roms in the dev section if you wanna go that route

You'll need to wipe going from Cupcake to Donut so it doesn't really matter whether you have Root or not.
If you just want plain Donut, use that link above.
If you want Donut with root, use nk02's ROM.
If you want Donut with tether, apps2sd and all that stuff there are a few ROMs around now. Check out Amon_RA's Donut or Dwang's Donut ROM.
Of course, fastboot Amon_RA's Recovery to perform a nandroid backup of your stock phone (incase you ever have to send it in for warranty) and to flash the new zip.

Ok, so I used the guide here and every time I tried to install the 1.6 update. It said no signature found, the only reason I can think of this is because I have a ROM file named "update".
Can I delete the ROM file off my myTouch once I installed it or do I need to keep it there so the ROM would keep working?
Can anyone explain why the 1.6 update isn't working for me?
Thank you.

Jay_8698 said:
Ok, so I used the guide here and every time I tried to install the 1.6 update. It said no signature found, the only reason I can think of this is because I have a ROM file named "update".
Can I delete the ROM file off my myTouch once I installed it or do I need to keep it there so the ROM would keep working?
Can anyone explain why the 1.6 update isn't working for me?
Thank you.
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It is the exact same process as you did to your hero rom. It looks like you already did the 1 touch root so simply turn on phone and then mount phone via cable and transfer the file and rename it "update.zip". After that, disconnect the cable and turn off the phone and then hold the home + power button. Wipe the data and then install the update like you did before and voila, you're done.
To see it all in a video, I believe I followed this when I did it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o2ujqazjcY

I'm incompetent. Is there anything I'm missing?

When I first became active, I rooted my phone, I made a recovery off the original recovery rom. I updated to the what my phone says is the unofficial modaco rom v1.3 + an update
+ a theme.... bu then me and my girl split and my recovery images were on a flash device she had. I see some stuff about an updated version of recovery... talk of radio's amongst other things.
I'm assuming I just most likely need to flash back to an original root and then possibly the instructions I need to get the new recovery image as well as the 2.0 stuff on my phone. <--- is this basically what I need to do???

Cloned2 said:
When I first became active, I rooted my phone, I made a recovery off the original recovery rom. I updated to the what my phone says is the unofficial modaco rom v1.3 + an update
+ a theme.... bu then me and my girl split and my recovery images were on a flash device she had. I see some stuff about an updated version of recovery... talk of radio's amongst other things.
I'm assuming I just most likely need to flash back to an original root and then possibly the instructions I need to get the new recovery image as well as the 2.0 stuff on my phone. <--- is this basically what I need to do???
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Flash a new recovery....fisrt things first
Then do factory data wipe from recovery.
You should probably reformat your SD card...
Wipe Dalvik....
then flash any of the good ole' zips that are up now..
Personally before I do any more flashing I am waiting on sprint release OR this new "Toasts Awesome Sauce" I see in another thread...if it blows everyone else away speed wise....I hope they got OC working.
Only reason I am waiting for an official sprint is because I am sick of wiping my phone ~ to lazy to back up ~.

Cloned2 said:
I'm assuming I just most likely need to flash back to an original root and then possibly the instructions I need to get the new recovery image as well as the 2.0 stuff on my phone. <--- is this basically what I need to do???
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You don't have to install the new recovery to flash the 2.x ROM's. However, the new RA 1.6.2 was updated and had some bugs fixed, with also a little more added features, so it's probably worth your time to download and flash.
To flash a 2.x ROM, just do as you did before, find one you think you might like, download it and then copy it to your SD Card, after that its a matter of Nadroid back up and then flashing the new ROM.

thanks for the heads up guys.
I just couldn't be sure if there were things that needed to be changed outside of just flashing the new roms.
Back when i was more active I recall there being some roms that you couldn't flash from but a factory reset will revert me out of my modoca flash so that, that problem doesn't potentially crop up?

[Q] Rooting, tips.:!

Hello,
I have got a HTC Tattoo (Un-rooted) with The HTC standard rom.
And i wants to ask som Questions to you guys!
1. i got This Error when i tested the 1 click root and what should i do??
2. What i a Recovery imagine like "RA-Tattoo-v1.6.2" and why does i need one??
3. Im a Norwegian and i wants a FroYo ROM with Norwegian language, has "[ROM] SP-FroYo v1.6" that?
4. What can go wrong with the rooting has anyone lost their tattoo??
5. Gold card?? My phone is not operator locked, does i need one then?
6. how to test about the goldcard is working??
7. Is live wallpaper working in 2.2 Rom's For Tattoo?
Thanks! (srry bad english)

1. have you enabled usb debugging on your device? Have you installed the Android SDK?
2. You need a recovery to install new roms and make backups of your complete system with all your settings and apps.
3. I think you can install morelocale on that rom. So yes it should be possible. But you should know that not everything is working on 2.2 and 2.1 roms. The most important thing is the camera that is not yet functioning. But there are many custom 1.6 roms where anything is working and which have some advantages compared to stock.
4. I don't think there is much that could go wrong with this rooting script if follow the introductions. Later when you flash new roms you should always make a Nandroid-Backup in your recovery. You never know if there are problems with the new rom. You go to recovery by shutting down your phone and then push home and power button till recovery menu appears. Unless you flash a new radio you can't brick your phone.
5. You don't need one.
7. I think it is but I never tried out by myself.

sandrome said:
1. have you enabled usb debugging on your device? Have you installed the Android SDK?
2. You need a recovery to install new roms and make backups of your complete system with all your settings and apps.
3. I think you can install morelocale on that rom. So yes it should be possible. But you should know that not everything is working on 2.2 and 2.1 roms. The most important thing is the camera that is not yet functioning. But there are many custom 1.6 roms where anything is working and which have some advantages compared to stock.
4. I don't think there is much that could go wrong with this rooting script if follow the introductions. Later when you flash new roms you should always make a Nandroid-Backup in your recovery. You never know if there are problems with the new rom. You go to recovery by shutting down your phone and then push home and power button till recovery menu appears. Unless you flash a new radio you can't brick your phone.
5. You don't need one.
7. I think it is but I never tried out by myself.
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Thanks!!!
But when i tested to root, i had adb and SDK...
And in this 1 click Root is it rocovery so i dont needs the other or??
And how does i check about the phone is locked??
And i dont uses the crappy camera or FM Radio, im using my Canon EOS 500D.
And can anyone make a guide for me??

TattooHtc said:
Thanks!!!
But when i tested to root, i had adb and SDK...
And in this 1 click Root is it rocovery so i dont needs the other or??
And how does i check about the phone is locked??
And i dont uses the crappy camera or FM Radio, im using my Canon EOS 500D.
And can anyone make a guide for me??
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Yes there is a recovery in it. You mean Simlocked or what kind of locked. If yes put a Simcard of an other provider in your phone and you will see it. If you didn't buy at a provider's shop it's probably not simlocked.
I know the camera is not that good and not even comparable to your real camera. But there are several apps that use the camera like reality browsers, barcode scanners, google shopper and goggles. But if you think you don't need that and if you don't need HTC Sense the rom you mentioned is surely a good choice. If you want guides go to the unlockr.com

Thanks Man!

[Q] Telus GSM Hero, which ROM?

Hi all,
I have a couple questions before I install my first ROM on my Telus Hero.
First off, I'm following btdag's guide over here, as I am an admitted complete Newb.
So, what I've got:
HTC Hero on Telus in Canada
Android 2.1-update1
Launcher Pro Plus as my current launcher
Flash Rec
Titanium Backup
HTC Sync installed on Win XP 32 bit
Amon Ra's recovery ROM for hero, 1.7.0.1
Rooted using Universal AndRoot
What I've done so far
As mentioned above, I've rooted the phone
I'm trying to Flash to the recovery image in the root of the sdcard folder, but it keeps failing. Can someone give specific steps as to what I am to do here?
Tried to backup the recovery image - see below.
About to do a Titanium Backup and then a Nandroid backup as specified in the guide.
Questions
1. I've tried to type in /sdcard/recover-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img into the address bar and click 'Backup Recover Image', but it just says 'Backup FAILED: Could not run command'. Any ideas?
2. What is the best ROM for this phone, in your opinions? I know I could flash it multiple times, but I'm not super-keen on that idea.. I'd prefer to do a one-shot, done sorta thing.
What I'm looking for in a custom ROM (in order) - preferably 2.3, but 2.2 would be acceptable:
a) speed
b) stability
c) compatibility
d) flashiness (UI stuff, launchers, etc)
e) overclocking built-in
I realize I can install whatever launcher I'd like after the fact, but if it comes baked-in, I'm good with that too. I'd prefer a launcher that has some basic customization for # of homescreens as I find that the hero is sluggish on many more than 5, and I prefer 3, tbh. This may be mitigated by the speed improvements of 2.3 as well as the built-in overclocking that some seem to have. I'm okay if I have to install setcpu separately to overclock.
3. Unlocking? I'm going to be going to Europe in May and I'd like to buy a data SIM card when I get there. Will these ROMs unlock the phone or is that a separate code I have to get from somewhere (ie: Ebay, etc)?
Thanks in advance!! I really appreciate all the work the devs and volunteers have done to make all of this available to the newb users like me.
Oliver

oliverh72 said:
Hi all,
I have a couple questions before I install my first ROM on my Telus Hero.
First off, I'm following btdag's guide over here, as I am an admitted complete Newb.
So, what I've got:
HTC Hero on Telus in Canada
Android 2.1-update1
Launcher Pro Plus as my current launcher
Flash Rec
Titanium Backup
HTC Sync installed on Win XP 32 bit
Amon Ra's recovery ROM for hero, 1.7.0.1
Rooted using Universal AndRoot
What I've done so far
As mentioned above, I've rooted the phone
I'm trying to Flash to the recovery image in the root of the sdcard folder, but it keeps failing. Can someone give specific steps as to what I am to do here?
Tried to backup the recovery image - see below.
About to do a Titanium Backup and then a Nandroid backup as specified in the guide.
Questions
1. I've tried to type in /sdcard/recover-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img into the address bar and click 'Backup Recover Image', but it just says 'Backup FAILED: Could not run command'. Any ideas?
2. What is the best ROM for this phone, in your opinions? I know I could flash it multiple times, but I'm not super-keen on that idea.. I'd prefer to do a one-shot, done sorta thing.
What I'm looking for in a custom ROM (in order) - preferably 2.3, but 2.2 would be acceptable:
a) speed
b) stability
c) compatibility
d) flashiness (UI stuff, launchers, etc)
e) overclocking built-in
I realize I can install whatever launcher I'd like after the fact, but if it comes baked-in, I'm good with that too. I'd prefer a launcher that has some basic customization for # of homescreens as I find that the hero is sluggish on many more than 5, and I prefer 3, tbh. This may be mitigated by the speed improvements of 2.3 as well as the built-in overclocking that some seem to have. I'm okay if I have to install setcpu separately to overclock.
3. Unlocking? I'm going to be going to Europe in May and I'd like to buy a data SIM card when I get there. Will these ROMs unlock the phone or is that a separate code I have to get from somewhere (ie: Ebay, etc)?
Thanks in advance!! I really appreciate all the work the devs and volunteers have done to make all of this available to the newb users like me.
Oliver
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I'll bite, lol.
Give Cronos Ginger 1.4 a try. It's a 2.3 ROM and my daily driver. http://www.cronosproject.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=780 I find it to be fast and stable.
As for launcher, I use LauncherPro. It is very quick. I have tried ADW Launcher and is okay as well. There are some others to try but I haven't for a long time.
For overclocking, give SetCPU a try. It is free on xda for forum members.
For SIM unlocking, these ROMs will not do that. You'll need to get a code from ebay, etc as you mentioned.
I'll get back to you on the flashrec error.
Edit:
Okay, for the flashrec error it looks like you might be doing it wrong. You are trying to backup your current recovery image to a file name that probably already exists (recover-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img is the new image).
I replied to another user a while ago here with some advice that seemed to work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812511 Give that a try.
And back to the stable ROM suggestion, I didn't see that you just wanted to "set it and forget it" (install one ROM and that's it). In that case something that is stable is Cronos Froyo (a 2.2 ROM) http://www.cronosproject.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=758.
And since you're a newb, read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797740

Hello,
I am also a Telus customer with their Hero (got it way back in December). Currently rooted and using RaduG's TastyGinger 2.0 (Android 2.3.2) as my daily ROM. Very fast, stable, everything works (Camera, GPS, WiFi, BT, data, etc..)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943720
Overclocking is built into the ROM and can be adjusted when fully installed through TastyOC and ranges the clock speed between 176MHz - 710MHz. He does say that you should NOT use any other OC utility other than the one built in because he has implemented a custom set of instructions.
Before that I was running VillianROM's FroydVillian 1.7.2 (Android 2.2.1) and was great as a daily. Only issues that I had with that one was the GPS lock would not work sometimes and would have random reboots occasionally.
I promise you, however, that once you flash out of the stock 2.1 from Telus, you will flash atleast 5-9 different ROM's just because you can or you find that the recommended ROM's just don't suit your needs. I reflashed about 10 times because I couldn't decide if I wanted Sense or AOSP, haha.
Have fun.
EDIT: In regards to unlocking, you can either pay Telus $50 for them to unlock it for you now or you can check, like you said, EBay for people who buy unlock codes wholesale. Telus is probably way more expensive, but it would be 100%.
Regards.

Hey, thanks so much for your reply!
After trying to flash the recovery image, I gave up and just bought ROM manager installed and used clockworkmod. That works great.
So first, I tried TastyGinger... oh so slow and laggy. So not for me.
I reflashed with Froyo 2.2.1 stock with the blue sence theme and launcherpro instead of ADW and it seems to be working like a charm now. I'm quite liking it. Are there significant benefits to 2.3 other than the slight UI improvements? All the 2.3 based ROMs seemed like they have a bit too many bugs as yet, and since I do want stable, I figured I'd stick with 2.2.1.
I'll download setcpu and give it a shot.
Thanks again!!
Oliver