Hi
I Had a rooted Htc Hero on Tmob and decided to try the official 2.1 update
But I must say I was disappointed, so even any one thinking of doing it my advise is don't unroot.
THere is no live wallpaper as Hero wont support it
Facebook wont snyc with contacts
I prefer the rooted custom roms better and since I had my gold card img am back to my rooted version on froydvillian 1.1.1.
this is what i did ----DONT TRY THIS..... UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
TO UNROOT
1. downgrade to tmobile official rom
check on htc webiste for the rom as i cant post link
run it and update to the tmob rom - you will obviously loose root
once setup it will ask you to update your phone to a small 3mb firmware update
(if you said no to get it back just factory reset phone)
after the firmware it will automatically give you the option to update 2.1 ota update
( if not factory reset phone again)
and you should have your official 2.1 tmob.
TO ROOT PHONE AGAIN
1. Downgrade with the generic RRU same like how you did before and for tmob customers do the gold card thing again
(hope you have your goldcard img still in the email) like i had mine
then the usual flash rec and amon ra recovery
and thats it you back to unroot
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Hi, i have a problem, I need some help solving it.
I have branded Hero (G2 Touch) on T-Mobile. Being tired of waiting for T-Mobile to release their branded 2.1, I followed some instruction on this board and installed generic 2.1. Sadly, the instruction used the RUU for directly installing 2.1 and I did this^^
When I try to install an old 1.5 RUU (t-mobile or generic) I always get the error 140 bootloader version.
I then tried the rooting method, now I managed to install the Amon Ra's Hero Recovery and that works quite good, as I now can use nandroid again (I couldn't do since the 2.73 update).
I managed to restore some backups that were on 1.76, and I had android 1.5 installed again, but still I couldn't install the 2.73 RUU, still getting the bootloader error.
Now, either somebody can tell me how to install the RUU, so I can get back to original t-mobile ROMs and can use OTA to get from 2.73 to android 2.1,
or, somebody could send me a nandroid backup with 2.73 installed.
there might be another possibility: I extracted the rom.zip from the T-mobile 2.73 RUU and tried installing it via recovery... I got an error while opening the file (bad).
has anybody an idea how to solve my problem? pls don't tell me 'install custom roms' i heard that often enough and simply don't want to (though I might give it a try as soon as working sense 2.2 ROMs are ready)... i want to get back to official T-Mobile ROMs
thanks
JW 301 said:
Hi, i have a problem, I need some help solving it.
I have branded Hero (G2 Touch) on T-Mobile. Being tired of waiting for T-Mobile to release their branded 2.1, I followed some instruction on this board and installed generic 2.1. Sadly, the instruction used the RUU for directly installing 2.1 and I did this^^
When I try to install an old 1.5 RUU (t-mobile or generic) I always get the error 140 bootloader version.
I then tried the rooting method, now I managed to install the Amon Ra's Hero Recovery and that works quite good, as I now can use nandroid again (I couldn't do since the 2.73 update).
I managed to restore some backups that were on 1.76, and I had android 1.5 installed again, but still I couldn't install the 2.73 RUU, still getting the bootloader error.
Now, either somebody can tell me how to install the RUU, so I can get back to original t-mobile ROMs and can use OTA to get from 2.73 to android 2.1,
or, somebody could send me a nandroid backup with 2.73 installed.
there might be another possibility: I extracted the rom.zip from the T-mobile 2.73 RUU and tried installing it via recovery... I got an error while opening the file (bad).
has anybody an idea how to solve my problem? pls don't tell me 'install custom roms' i heard that often enough and simply don't want to (though I might give it a try as soon as working sense 2.2 ROMs are ready)... i want to get back to official T-Mobile ROMs
thanks
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You'll need to use this guide (http://villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=375) to make a goldcard, and downgrade using the HEROIMG.zip method (google it)
it doesn't work... I took the rom.zip, renamed it HEROIMG.zip and put it on my sdcard.
hboot finds it, loads it and then says "Main Version is older! Update Fail! Do you want to reboot device?"
what can I do now?
Have you checked to see if your goldcard has definitely worked?
it definitively is a goldcard, as I used it to install generic ROM on T-Mob device... still doesn't work now... but the problem is not that I try to install a ROM that's not meant for my device (thats what I understood goldcard does), but the problem seems to bee the bootloader-version the 2.1 RUU brought.
what can I do now?
Same thing happened t me a while back, I just re-tried every step from scratch and it worked the third time...!
what exactly did you do then? I tried so many things, at least I want to know, which steps to repeat over and over again
Just going to have a look at it for you, I am going through the processes as we speak so if I find a solution I will post back.
@JW 301 post the info in settings > About Phone
- Model number
- Firmware version
- Baseband version
- Kernel version
- Build numbr
- Software version
- Model number: HTC Hero
- Firmware version: 2.1-update1
- Baseband version 63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.11
- Kernel version: 2.6.29-063c4d24 [email protected] #1
- Build number: 3.32.405.1 CL191507 release-keys
- Software version: 3.32.405.1
I want to get back to 2.73.111.26 (that is a T-Mobile ROM) so I can apply official T-Mobile OTA updates (by the way, I managed to get to VillainROM 12.0 yesterday, but went back. I want to use official ROMs...)
See new post here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7600524#post7600524
Had the same problem, I mean, EXACTLY the same.
This is what sorted it for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726118
I have searched and searched, tried every method, but I am offically stuck (I think) - I'm prepping a rooted Eris for return - i had previously been able to flash the 2.1 RUU to return to stock, but it now will not work - I guess somewhere along the lines of rooting/ROM flashing my bootloader has changed (it is now v1.49.000) - I can't get any RUU to work (get ERROR in RUU interface) - I have also tried flashing a P00IMG through HBOOT, but it also errors out (something is older than something else - forgot exactly) - I have tried flashing new HBOOT/Recovery Image through ADB per a JCASE post, but that will not work either - I've gotten older ROM's loaded that will allow for new OTA updates, but they ultimately will not work (signature issues i believe) -
So the question is, is there a method that will get me back to 2.1 "stock" & get rid of Amon Ra recovery?
Again, I have searched and tried every method I could find - I have updated my SDK - help anyone?
Ive seen people just send in rooted ones without any problem, so I dont know if they'll check. But if your worried, i would just flash a 2.1 rom that looks like the stock, cause i dont think they'll know the difference.
Do you have a Nandroid backup from when you first rooted?
crax0r said:
Do you have a Nandroid backup from when you first rooted?
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Unfortunately I don't have it - you wanna loan me yours?
I'm only kind of kidding....
download unzipme.zip which jcase removed on xda from here http://androidmobileos.com/?p=14928 Inside theres dowgrade rom that you flash through custom recovery (which ever one you use). After that you just follow the instructions (adb parts). Works very well. If you will have any issues with adb part as far as flashing back to stock recovery and hboot than check your hboot version and make sure its s-off. If its not you can get it s-off with batery pull trick.
i had an issue like this where the ruu would say that my phone was disconnected and told me to connect it to the computer,i was on a froyo rom,i flashed a 2.1 rom and the ruu worked,just an fyi just incase this might help if you want to return to stock 2.1,once you run the ruu and sync with google you wiil receive the july update also.
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i want to root my wildfire but before doing it i want to be shure i could unroot it just in case i will ned warranty support.
so im trying to install the ruu, ive an italian small carrier wildfire, ive tried the h3g (that is not the phone carrier) and ive tried the generic wwe htc ruu (not thhe one for asia), different versione 14, 25, 37 but its not working anytime.
this is what happen when i run the ruu: the ruu after running says is waiting for bootloader, after waiting one minute it says error 171 usb connection so at this time the phone is in boot mode with the black background and the big htc write. i restart the ruu and this time goes on, but after saying its copying the firmware gives again error 131 client id and stop. after this the phone restart.
what can i do? do this means that theres no ruu for my phone to restore so i cant root or if i will i just wont be anyway able to unroot and will lose any warranty support?
Error 131 is generally issued when you have a specific operator Wildfire. You will need to create a goldcard to install the generic RUU then. Is your wildfire operator locked?
the only carrier customization is that theres only the carrier logo when the phone start up for the first seconds on the screen but the phone has no carrier lock or any other lock and no other customization, its totally a free lock phone.
just the phone is bought from a carrier that is like H3G and the froyo update too its not yet been released cause the carrier should do it.
its hard to do the goldcard? and if i restore the phone with a ruu that is not from the same carrier i will lose warranty support? only italian ruu ive found is from H3G, i know this is a totally not customized rom from H3G. Should i lose the warranty as this is anyway a factory ruu that will install the factory rom and is italian too?
Creating Goldcads is easy. There is a guide here on XDA, Just search for it.
As for whether you will lose warranty or not if you flash a WWE RUU, there is no way I can answer that, because, different companies follow different rules across the globe. Ex: Here in India, I am pretty sure they wont be bothered which RUU you have, as long as it is an RUU. (Coming to think of it, they are so unbothered they may even accept WF's with Custom ROMs )
calling htc tech support in italya they told me i cant change the ruu, if i put a different one i will lose warranty
theres a way to save the rom in my phone to revert to it? or theres a way to save the OTA to 2.2 that i will receive (i think this month) from my carrier to use it to revert to the official rom? or any other way to find my ruu from my carrier to download it from htc or web?
There is a way to backup the original ROM, but, that requires root itself. (Nandroid, available in ClockWorkMod). Since there is no RUU available for your carrier, and, since warranty support seems important to you, I would recommend you keep your phone as it is.
Also, one more thing, when you update to 2.2 OTA, you will lose the ability to root.
yes i know but i think soon there will be a wildfire 2.2 new unrevoked version so if i can save or download the ota to use it like a ruu i could update to 2.2 than root and use the old ota to restore the phone
the first reason i wanted to root the phone was to increase the cpu, theres no way to do it with the unrooted phone right?
actually i think i got to wait
raniero1 said:
yes i know but i think soon there will be a wildfire 2.2 new unrevoked version so if i can save or download the ota to use it like a ruu i could update to 2.2 than root and use the old ota to restore the phone
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I would actually wait till the tool releases, before updating to the new OTA, because, there is a lot of uncertainty when the new Unrevoked will release. As for downloading the OTA, I dont think there is a way again (atleast as far as I know) , if it is not listed at Shipped ROM's. If you download it, it installs itself.
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the first reason i wanted to root the phone was to increase the cpu, theres no way to do it with the unrooted phone right?
actually i think i got to wait
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Correct. It most certainly requires root.
Would anybody tell me that how can I flash back my gsm hero to the real official android 2.1 rom, after flashed the unofficial rom? Thanks
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/1876-Stock-GSM-HTC-Hero-2.1-Update-Files-here! is the 2.1 rom from htc but root
do mean going back stock unrooted
first go and flash a sense rom
next download htc sync http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=283&cat=3&dl_id=1073 install it
next download the ruu http://www.htc.com/uk/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=283&act=sd&cat=all the ruu are 1.5(cupcake)
next connect your usb to your computer
then it sould give you some opinion choose teh htc sync opinion
next run the ruu and you should be back unroot
when boot it should say there is an update
after that update is finished and your phone is boot system software update it should then download the update for 2.1
after it finishs downloading it should tell you to install it if not go it to settings about phone system software update
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Im wanting to return my rooted DHD to stock for warranty repair.
Ive downloaded RUU HTC WWE 1.72.405.3 but dont believe this will restore the stock splash screen.
Can anyone advise, if not can anyone upload original HTC SplashScreen so I can re-flash.
TIA
It will replace your bootsplash to the original. Remember flashing an ruu will not completely take you back to stock. You'll still have soff, supercid. Use the ace hack kit's return to stock option
Thanks...
I flashed RUU 1.32
Used s-off tool to s-on and stock cid.
Is there a way to confirm all is now stock unbranded as new?
I tried menu - settings - about phone
check for updates and it says i have latest version installed !!!
How can i confirm if DHD is restored to stock as surely i should get update notification when checking for update.
Edit: nvm i just tried again and it showed 1.32.405.6 is available as update.
I presume it wont show latest release, but in date order of release from current rom.
To check if everything went according to plan. Look in hboot to see if your back to son.
Also if you want to skip, flashing all the Ota's until your current, you could just flash a newer ruu.
All sorted, cheers.
I forgot about unchecking fastboot
All ready now for warranty repair at HTC.