Hello xda'ers Havent been on this forum for awhile. last time I was active was when I was messing with windows mobile 5! then I happen to switch to Symbian o.s, now android.
anyway some noob questions, sorry I am new to android platform =\
1. I have a 16gb sandisk microsdhc card, can I use that to put the "rooting" files in there? I heard you need to make a "gold card" using a smaller OEM card? or should I use a backup 2 gb I have? btw would I be able to use the backup 2gb later on for file backup purposes?
2. I have a 32b mytouch. running android "donut" latest build I believe. But I do not have a 3g plan with tmobile, so I had activated my phone using my sister's simcard and popped mine in xD. after downgrading to "cupcake" would I have to do this process again? what about when I load a custom rom?
3. Right now MMS, and long text messages refuse to work because of tmobile's dumb network. I used to have a n95 european unlocked, mms worked like a charm... even after changing the mms server settings on the htc , mms does not work. would it work if I load a custom rom?
4. right now my phone is fairly slow. would a custom rom be able to overclock the cpu?
5. is it possible to load apps on my memorycard (16gb sdhc) after rooting?
6. after rooting "hopefully" =| would i be able to use multitouch? and which rom is the best? cyanogen or the official android 2.1 nexus rom with live wallpapers or hero?
thanks brothers.
1) Depends on what phone you are using. Are you using the old mytouch, i.e. without the 3.5mm headset jack? If you are, you don't need the goldcard method probably. Yes you may put the files there for rooting, like the recovery image file.
2) Not sure since I don't need to activate my phone.. do you mean signing into google accounts? I do that over wifi, but if it's like actual activating your phone, I guess you don't need to since I haven't done that.
3) Depends on custom ROMs but yes you can.
4) Yes
5) Yes, but I recommend not to unless you need tons of space since having apps installed on mytouch's internal memory is faster and mytouch has a fair amount of internal space unlike G1
6) I recommend superD or cyanogen. Probably two of the most stable ROMs out there mixed with speed.
how did you do that over wifi? did you use a hack or something? because in order to activate a mytouch or g1, or any smartphone from tmobile, 3g plan is required. When I bought mine it was already activated so all I did was a sim swap.
most roms will let you skip the google log in option. I would stick with cyanogen or super d also.
It would help if you put the phone you have thought.
lol I did. but I have a mytouch 32b obviously a non 3.5 mm
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Hey all, maybe a basic question here but I am wondering if the T-Mobile Wing needs to SID unlocked before you can change the rom. I had an T-Mobile MDA previously and went through the unlocking procedures, and have been happily switching roms since. I need desperately to remove the factory rom T-Mobile installed for obvious reasons.
Should I request an unlock code before I attempt to install another rom?
Thanks
no read around the forums i use open touch v2.0
What reasons, besides leaving T-Mobile, do you have for getting away from the T-Mobile rom?
The stock ROM sucks. It's got very little memory from stock, it's got major memory leaks, and you can gain more space. You can also gain a lot of cool apps while STILL gaining storage space.
t-mobile rom is horrible
The rom just plain blows. I will continue to use T-Mobile service, but wish to wipe off all the T-Mobile junk. It makes the device really really slow. Just need to know if it must be unlocked prior to attempting a rom change.
^Mine didn't have to be unlocked.
Search for USPL, Hard-SPL for your Wing (if there even is Hard-SPL for you)
USPL will work for you
Greetings all,
I used to have an HTC TYTN, and successfully flashed custom ROMs on it, although it required a lot of work. I recently purchased a HTC Hero, and am interested in rooting it, but I had a few questions for those of you capable of answering...
I live in Alaska, we do not have any major carriers up here except AT&T, so I have to use a local carrier called ACS - Alaska Communications Systems.
I wanted to know if anyone knew of a custom ROM or a way to set up a ROM to use that carrier. When I flashed my TYTN, I had to go back in and custom set a BUNCH of stuff with the help of another ACS customer who had a TYTN. The Sprint ROM I used set up things wrong - changed settings for data and such.
Secondly, I wanted to know if there is a way to root the phone without using a custom ROM? I've looked around briefly, but the 3 guides I've looked at all used a custom ROM.
Thanks in advance guys, and sorry if my questions seems stupid.
yea, you HAVE to root the phone to install a custom rom. So you can run a stock rom rooted. Someone else will have to help you with the setting up of the data on the phone. talk/text should be decently simple. MSL number probably needs to be set to 000000 and then a prl loaded for the provider you are using. Data will probably be a lot harder..
No, not yet. The problem is that it's using the older 2.6.27 kernel but it's patched for the known exploits. Keep an eye on the Droid Eris root status thread.
The Droid Eris is very similar to the HTC Hero and it's running the same kernel. Whatever exploit they find for root on the Eris should work on Alaska DigiTel or ACS versions of the Hero but of course there's no guarantee.
[Told this by someone else; new to this rooting scene]
Just to clarify... You don't NEED to root your phone to get your phone on the carrier you are using. All that is required is changing your MSL number and uploading your carriers PRL. Entering in the correct EPST settings could probably get your data working as well.. MMS and probably a host of other things will be a problem. NONE of this requires you to root your phone.
I thought Alaska Com sold the Hero...so its not like you are buying a Sprint one and taking it on their network are you?
If its an Alaska Com Hero - All of your stuff will work. However, I doubt our Asroot2 exploit works on it. I think the other Hero owners on networks other than sprint have been using the "gold card" method...and I have NO clue how to do that. I know you have to make a special SD card. But you should be able to load any of the hero roms since they don't mess with those carrier settings.
Search the sub-forum for GoldCard.
I wrote a guide on how to root with the GoldCard.
Just search my threads.
I know absolutely nothing about rooting, radio's and flashing ROM's... But I feel compelled to root my phone an run a custom ROM. I'm a bit (a lot) afraid to screw up my phone like I've read a few places that people didn't have signal cuz of the radio they installed!
I know that there's no Telus official ROM and whatever RUU is, available so what can I do to unroot and go back to what I use now as rom and everything else???
Anyways, what's the worst that can happen once rooted???
HTC HERO
Firmware 1.5
baseband version 63.18.55.06
Kernel 2.6.27
builld # 2.73.661.46
Ok I downgrade my phone, now on RUU 2.73.405.5 but I can't connect to the internet using my network??? what do to?
The worst that can happen is that you get a very expensive brick...
Kukussi said:
Ok I downgrade my phone, now on RUU 2.73.405.5 but I can't connect to the internet using my network??? what do to?
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You've probably lost your APN settings. Two things you can do here.
1) Search for the APN settings for your carrier, or post your carrier in the forums and someone will post them for you. (Although, I'm assuming you're on Telus... give me a few minutes and I'll find a thread with the Telus APN settings.)
or 2) Now, install a custom Recovery Image (Amon's Recovery 1.6.2 can be found in the Hero Android Development forum), then flash a custom ROM which includes a large APN list. Although, AFAIK, Telus isn't included in any of the custom ROMs... so you're back at step 1.
EDIT: Here are the Telus APN settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4897152&postcount=14
You can edit them from Home -> Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names
(At least that's how you do it in an Eclair ROM... I forget the exact menu items for a Cupcake ROM.)
craig0r said:
You've probably lost your APN settings. Two things you can do here.
1) Search for the APN settings for your carrier, or post your carrier in the forums and someone will post them for you. (Although, I'm assuming you're on Telus... give me a few minutes and I'll find a thread with the Telus APN settings.)
or 2) Now, install a custom Recovery Image (Amon's Recovery 1.6.2 can be found in the Hero Android Development forum), then flash a custom ROM which includes a large APN list. Although, AFAIK, Telus isn't included in any of the custom ROMs... so you're back at step 1.
EDIT: Here are the Telus APN settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4897152&postcount=14
You can edit them from Home -> Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names
(At least that's how you do it in an Eclair ROM... I forget the exact menu items for a Cupcake ROM.)
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You know what, after all the custom ROMs i installed, i never had the APN re-configured, however, with the last 2 i installed (BeHero and Villain5.2) after the initial setup, i power cycled the phone (pulled out battery for 2mins) and the APN got pushed back to the phone.
Anyways, its always handy to have that APN written down but im starting to think after the phone gets registered, upon a reboot it gets pushed to the phone!
Kukussi said:
I know absolutely nothing about rooting, radio's and flashing ROM's... But I feel compelled to root my phone an run a custom ROM. I'm a bit (a lot) afraid to screw up my phone like I've read a few places that people didn't have signal cuz of the radio they installed!
I know that there's no Telus official ROM and whatever RUU is, available so what can I do to unroot and go back to what I use now as rom and everything else???
Anyways, what's the worst that can happen once rooted???
HTC HERO
Firmware 1.5
baseband version 63.18.55.06
Kernel 2.6.27
builld # 2.73.661.46
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And about if you ever want to unroot, just install an official RUU. Telus will release an official one when they release 2.1
I wouldnt do it, because we don't know how hard/complicated its going to be to root a device using 2.1 yet. Once the official rom is released, its gonna be a question of hours before a Dev will release a new build with the ''official'' base software to make it a fully functioning rom
Thanks for all the help guys, I really appreciated... It's all done now, I rooted my hero without any problem. I've also completed a Nan Droid backup and saved it to my computer cuz I know I'll screw something up soon! LOL Now I'm just all confused cuz I'm a retard when it comes to flashing custom ROM's ( meaning I have no clue which one to flash) any advices?
It just need to be stable, better then Telus 1.5 and not to complicated.
Cheers
kukussi
Get VillainRom 5.2. It's running 2.1 with Sense. So far it's the best 2.1 rom out there. It will get laggy at some times, bear with it, they all do. Because the current 2.1 rom don't have the correct kernel and that will come with the official release.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=654030
And once the official release is out, wait a few hours for them to release a better version
I've PM you there KriEv. just need a few pointers again... lol
SD Card
Hey guys one more question. I"ve loaded Vilain ROM 5.2 and I love it.. My question is can I put another SD card in my phone or I have to keep the one I created a gold card with? Or can I create another GoldCard and put that one in, I used the 2gb one that Telus gave me with the phone but I want to use a 8gb...
Kukussi said:
Hey guys one more question. I"ve loaded Vilain ROM 5.2 and I love it.. My question is can I put another SD card in my phone or I have to keep the one I created a gold card with?
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You can exchange it
What's the worst that can happen?
Well a couple of days ago this guy in Iceland was trying to root his Hero when it started smoking. Now there's an enormous cloud over much of Europe which is stopping 1000's of flights. Be very careful.
hmmmmmm bricks
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I exchanged my card but had trouble mounting it on my computer, it appears to work for now! Since I'm new to this any files I should keep on my SD card in case something wrong happens? I've kept my NanDroid backup but nothing else.
What would be the steps to take if I wanted to go back to the ROM I had before loading VillainROM 5.2
Kukussi said:
I exchanged my card but had trouble mounting it on my computer, it appears to work for now! Since I'm new to this any files I should keep on my SD card in case something wrong happens? I've kept my NanDroid backup but nothing else.
What would be the steps to take if I wanted to go back to the ROM I had before loading VillainROM 5.2
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just run the nandroid back up...it will put whichever rom u backed up....
thx
thx guys, any other suggestion for a 2.0 or 2.1 ROM that doesn't have Sense that wouldn't drain my battery in half a day? lol
cheers
HTC Hero, running VillainROM 5.2
I'd suggest giving this one a go, was good to me but I missed the SenseUI too much lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=662476
So theres a "Install system software update" on my phone and i chose to install now but everytime it restarts it comes back up when i lauch android, is there any way i could possibly manually install this update to my htc hd2?
No... this is a port of android, so the builds are taken from native devices and changes are made to make it compatible. The update thing is left over from whatever device the build is taken from, so the update is actually trying to update a desire or nexus or whatever device your build is from. Plus we're running from SD card. The only way to update a port is to manually do it.
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OK i understand thanks for clearing that up for me
EDIT: is manually doing it hard??
no real difference between putting a brand new build on. Just depends on whether you want to keep your old data (sms etc) in which case there are dozens of other threads to read about it.
android on htc hd2
I recently unlocked my tmo usa htc hd2 and have an at&t sim card in it and I use my tmo sim as well. How do i get android on my unlocked phone and is it eay to do
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I have a HTC Desire HD on UK Vodafone bought from Phones4U so am assuming its unlocked.
I want to use HTC sense 3.0 Rom but dont know what i need to do to the phone to install it.
I read on here and on Youtube about rooting. Is rooting a way of hacking the phone so that other Roms can be installed ?
Also do i need to do anything else before i do rooting ?
The phone is running HTC Sense 2.1 Andriod 2.3.3, i heard that i need to downgrade that to Froyo in order to root the phone. Is that Correct ? Gingerbread runs better then Froyo ?
If i do all the rooting/install new rom will i have to back up all apps/pics/music/contacts etc ? When i updated from Froyo to Gingerbread i didnt lose any of that.
If i decide to sell the phone at a later date i can do a restore so that its sold as stock software ?
I'm just off to bed and saw your message.
Rooting is like making yourself the administrator and you can do anything you want with the device including installing custom roms and software.
You should backup/save your original default rom.
You should use a program like APN Backup & Restore to backup your default carrier APN -which is the login and password etc. for your data connection. (Then you delete the custom rom apns and restore your own. This makes sure you continue to use the correct info and don't affect your billing, data charges etc.)
I recommend keeping pics and stuff on your SDCard where they should remain untouched. So use a program to backup all of that stuff.
You do need to downgrade. If you save the stock rom then you can restore it when you sell the phone. Make sure you save it as completely stock (after a reset or something) as opposed to saving it with other of your information.
I'm falling asleep (3:00 AM) - go visit my site http://grantbarker.com/htc-desire-hd.html
Look to the right - XDA Guides.
There should be enough info to help and inspire you too, with plenty of custom rom links etc.
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See you.
check out these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
Some easy to follow instructions