Well i've been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting.... for telus to release the official 2.1 but it seems that that's never going to happen so now I want to root my hero. Since i'm new to rooting my question is which ROM would you guys recommend, I want the one that's the same as the Sense UI 2.1 that would be on the hero if telus wasn't retarded. There are so many ROMs I can't figure out which one is which so if you guys could help it would be appreciated
You can upgrade the Telus Hero to 2.1 without rooting. I did mine the other day.
It will be the unbranded WWE 2.1 ROM
Twenty4 said:
You can upgrade the Telus Hero to 2.1 without rooting. I did mine the other day.
It will be the unbranded WWE 2.1 ROM
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I have not seen this anywhere, do you have a link and just to clarify I have the TELUS hero does it work on this phone.
Once you've installed a recovery rom you can try all the rom's you want. You can switch between then in about 5 minutes or so, so its really easy to try out lots. My guide will allow you to gain root access and install a custom recovery. See my sig for a link.
Kk, Ive been looking more and I think that VillainRom 12 is the best for me anyway
Halmo said:
Kk, Ive been looking more and I think that VillainRom 12 is the best for me anyway
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It is probably the best place to start IMHO.
Halmo said:
I have not seen this anywhere, do you have a link and just to clarify I have the TELUS hero does it work on this phone.
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http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/72/t/497.aspx?PageIndex=9
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Hi
I just got unlocked HTC Hero. I'm unable to download firmware upgrade from HTC because (as far as I understand) the phone is T-Mobile branded.
Will I be able to upgrade after I root it?
Can I use firmware posted at this link?
Thanks.
I also want to know this...
But I believe (don't take it for granted) that you can simply use one of the original RUU files on that link and update your Hero with them. No need to root it or anything... This is what I think, I'm not sure about it.
Well, since there are other people interested to know I will answer my own question.
I just successfully rooted and upgraded my T-Mobile Hero to Modaco custom ROM providing a great improvement to UI speed (and many other things I'm not yet aware). I used the following guides from The Unlockr.com for rooting and upgrading:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-hero/
I appreciate it, thanks
Hey Jackhab,
Appreciate the postback with the solution to your own problem but was wondering how old your Hero was? I've just ordered one from Tmob which I expect to arrive tomorrow and am wondering if the steps will be as simple for me.
Not sure where you live but I'm in the UK so just hoping they don't come already updated.
Why not go to the t-mobile forum and all your answers including links to correct firmwares are there!
T.mobile.co.u.k - we are all on there!
Killian12321 said:
Hey Jackhab,
Appreciate the postback with the solution to your own problem but was wondering how old your Hero was? I've just ordered one from Tmob which I expect to arrive tomorrow and am wondering if the steps will be as simple for me.
Not sure where you live but I'm in the UK so just hoping they don't come already updated.
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I bought mine a couple of weeks ago on eBay from some guy in California, the device is from Germany and I live in Israel (quite a trip this poor cell phone made ). I don't think you'll have any troubles with yours as long as you follow the *written* instruction (the videos are good to get the idea in general).
I also noticed this Unlockr guy(s) is a very nice person and answers to every single comment people post (see comments below the videos) so even if you do have a problem he/she will be ready to help.
Just two things to note.
First, the upgrade erases *all* your settings so don't spend days customizing it's GUI (it's so easy with Hero) just to find you need to do all over again. Upgrade as soon as you can. It will also give you better UI experience.
Second, I tried to be smart and backed up the system settings with MyBackup application. After I restored them the phone went into an endless boot and I had to go through upgrade again. If you need only backup non-system settings, bookmarks and such.
@jackhab
T Mobile ROM as in the sticky thread should be fine but if you are after rooting your device than it is poinless as you may be flashing your choice of rom......most probably MCR....
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@jackhab
T Mobile ROM as in the sticky thread should be fine but if you are after rooting your device than it is poinless as you may be flashing your choice of rom......most probably MCR....
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Thanks, I used MoDaCo but since I have a choice now what would you recommend? Is there such thing as "the best ROM for HTC Hero"?
choccy31 said:
Why not go to the t-mobile forum and all your answers including links to correct firmwares are there!
T.mobile.co.u.k - we are all on there!
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Do you mean the forum at http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/?
Can you show me the links?
jackhab said:
Do you mean the forum at http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/?
Can you show me the links?
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Click here
Download here
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Thanks, I used MoDaCo but since I have a choice now what would you recommend? Is there such thing as "the best ROM for HTC Hero"?
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Once recovery flashed ,you can happily flash 2.8, which is excellent.
And after that dont forget to update radio with latest for excellent results.
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Once recovery flashed ,you can happily flash 2.8, which is excellent.
And after that dont forget to update radio with latest for excellent results.
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Now I have 2.9. Are you saying 2.8 is better? And, by the way, what are the things radio updates improve? Is it something noticeable at all?
justbabu said:
Click here
Download here
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I've just looked at this....
What is included in the latest download from T-M?
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I've just looked at this....
What is included in the latest download from T-M?
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Nothing new, I was just giving the links to jackhab.
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Once recovery flashed ,you can happily flash 2.8, which is excellent.
And after that dont forget to update radio with latest for excellent results.
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Stick to it! All MCR are super.
Upgraded radio will be better than last one for signal strength etc.
jackhab said:
Well, since there are other people interested to know I will answer my own question.
I just successfully rooted and upgraded my T-Mobile Hero to Modaco custom ROM providing a great improvement to UI speed (and many other things I'm not yet aware). I used the following guides from The Unlockr.com for rooting and upgrading:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-hero/
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Good info here.
Hey guys,
If you guys have a HTC HERO that didn't come with android market then you have to Flash your phone and get a Custom ROM. The custom rom will give you your android market. I'm not sure but don't update your HTC Hero to the 2.1 because you need Root access and 2.1 doesn't give you root access thats what i heard. Well you can Update your phone to 2.1 and hope that the 2.1 will give you android market but i wouldn't take that risk.
Well i hope this help's
Thank You and have a Great Day
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Hey guys,
If you guys have a HTC HERO that didn't come with android market then you have to Flash your phone and get a Custom ROM. The custom rom will give you your android market. I'm not sure but don't update your HTC Hero to the 2.1 because you need Root access and 2.1 doesn't give you root access thats what i heard. Well you can Update your phone to 2.1 and hope that the 2.1 will give you android market but i wouldn't take that risk.
Well i hope this help's
Thank You and have a Great Day
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mum
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Oh, LOL
haha
I was typing something and maybe i didn't delete it
Do some carriers actually disable Market access?
Yes, well for my htc hero it did.
Heroes manufactured for East Asia (I think) do not have the market. I had the same problem and for a while I solved it by installing Slide me & SAM, but there were far too few applications available and that's the main reason I decided to root and instal a custom rom.
Hello all, some weeks ago i have load a custom rom in my Magic (2.1 eclair legend), but it runs slow and buggy all time.
I would like to know how i can go back to the official rom!
thank you in advance
There is official 2.1 Rogers Android rom for htc magic 32a only
WoblyGoblin said:
There is official 2.1 Rogers Android rom for htc magic 32a only
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i mean, dont mind i would like to go back to the latest offical for magic, even 1.6!
Do a search for SAPPIMG.nbh
You also can try installing the last RUU File for the Magic, if you have a 32a!
When your installed Custom-Rom is a CursorSense Rom, like Hero or a modified OTA 2.1 from Rogers for Magic, you can do this way:
boot into fastboot, connect to USB and run the RUU.exe-File, this will get you back to Stock, and 1.5
Worked 100% for me.
For a 32b you maybee need a SAPPIMG.nbh how Phateless said, but i´m not sure.
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Hello all, some weeks ago i have load a custom rom in my Magic (2.1 eclair legend), but it runs slow and buggy all time.
I would like to know how i can go back to the official rom!
thank you in advance
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tom Green said:
You also can try installing the last RUU File for the Magic, if you have a 32a!
When your installed Custom-Rom is a CursorSense Rom, like Hero or a modified OTA 2.1 from Rogers for Magic, you can do this way:
boot into fastboot, connect to USB and run the RUU.exe-File, this will get you back to Stock, and 1.5
Worked 100% for me.
For a 32b you maybee need a SAPPIMG.nbh how Phateless said, but i´m not sure.
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Tom Green is right, we really need to know what hardware you're on so we can accurately advise you without worry of bricking your device.
Power the phone off. Then hold the BACK + POWER buttons until you get to a screen with three androids on skateboards.
Type in all the info from that screen. We need to know if you're a 32a or 32b.
hey guys, sorry for answering late to you. I've got the 32a version. So i'll try the method you mentioned in here. hopefully will works
Please post if this method worked or not, or if anyone knows if this method will work on a MyTouch 3g 3.5mm(1.2) USA and get me back to stock. When T Mobile releases the OTA Froyo update for my phone I want to revert back to stock so I can get it. Thanks.
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Please post if this method worked or not, or if anyone knows if this method will work on a MyTouch 3g 3.5mm(1.2) USA and get me back to stock. When T Mobile releases the OTA Froyo update for my phone I want to revert back to stock so I can get it. Thanks.
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alk1s said:
Hello all, some weeks ago i have load a custom rom in my Magic (2.1 eclair legend), but it runs slow and buggy all time.
I would like to know how i can go back to the official rom!
thank you in advance
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This link will get you back to Cupcake, but since I'm much more familiar with the 32b I'm not sure if there is a manual update after you restore Cupcake.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-unroot-the-htc-magic-non-mytouchget-back-to-cupcake/
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This link will get you back to Cupcake, but since I'm much more familiar with the 32b I'm not sure if there is a manual update after you restore Cupcake.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-unroot-the-htc-magic-non-mytouchget-back-to-cupcake/
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but ru sure that it works? most of the ppl in there mention that didn't work, and they came with errors!
alk1s said:
but ru sure that it works? most of the ppl in there mention that didn't work, and they came with errors!
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I really don't know a lot about the 32a, sorry...
Hey!! Guys i m newbie on my hTC Wildfire so i want to ask which shipped rom to choose at shipped roms site....
Plzzz help in this problem...
or if i choose any of them it causes problem or not..???
thnx in advance
HTC Wildfire
White
Buyed from UK
UNLOCKED
You can choose any, as long as its not operator specific (TMobile, Vodafone, Tesco etc.)
For your region, you can choose RUU 2.22.405 WWE. But remember, you will lose root if you flash this. If you want to retain root, flash a 'safe' version of the RUU (Which is untouched, with just the HBOOT removed to that root ability is preserved) From the WildPuzzle 2.2.1 thread (v0.0)
I tried to use the "safe" one, but it didn't "boot" the sense.
I wans't able to see "desktop".
That's my problem with modaco's rooms also.
With Openfire 'n CyanogenMod i haven't got any problems.
About WildPuzzle.... well i didn't try it!
Can someone tell me why i can't use stock rom, and those ones?
I wanna try OTA 2.2....
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I tried to use the "safe" one, but it didn't "boot" the sense.
I wans't able to see "desktop".
That's my problem with modaco's rooms also.
With Openfire 'n CyanogenMod i haven't got any problems.
About WildPuzzle.... well i didn't try it!
Can someone tell me why i can't use stock rom, and those ones?
I wanna try OTA 2.2....
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First boot on Sense ROM's take a long time. ~7-10 minutes. During this time, if you unlock the screen, all you see is the HTC Logo, which is normal.
If you get OTA FroYo, remember, you wont be able to root and flash any more custom ROM's.
if i rooted my wildfire & installed a custom rom so how to unroot in future if i like..????
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First boot on Sense ROM's take a long time. ~7-10 minutes. During this time, if you unlock the screen, all you see is the HTC Logo, which is normal.
If you get OTA FroYo, remember, you wont be able to root and flash any more custom ROM's.
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Thank you!
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if i rooted my wildfire & installed a custom rom so how to unroot in future if i like..????
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That's the million dollar question which none of the experts here will answer.
I hope you have not rooted yet. There's nothing to gain from a rooted phone for casual users. App2SD available in Froyo. Leave it alone.
One thing that experts don't tell you is how many times in a day you will have to pull out the battery for each custom ROM. Bollocks.
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if i rooted my wildfire & installed a custom rom so how to unroot in future if i like..????
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Download a RUU from Shipped ROM's. Install HTC Sync, connect your Wildfire to your PC using HTC Sync Mode, and, run the RUU file (It is an EXE File). It will then install the RUU, and, you will lose your root.
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That's the million dollar question which none of the experts here will answer.
I hope you have not rooted yet. There's nothing to gain from a rooted phone for casual users. App2SD available in Froyo. Leave it alone.
One thing that experts don't tell you is how many times in a day you will have to pull out the battery for each custom ROM. Bollocks.
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I wonder why you are on XDA Forums if you are so pleased with your stock ROM.
bynge said:
That's the million dollar question which none of the experts here will answer.
I hope you have not rooted yet. There's nothing to gain from a rooted phone for casual users. App2SD available in Froyo. Leave it alone.
One thing that experts don't tell you is how many times in a day you will have to pull out the battery for each custom ROM. Bollocks.
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Lol, I have been using Wildpuzzle for about 2 months or so with no battery pulls what so ever. Yes, some roms have bugs, but if you take some time and read the topics (if you can read), you`ll find out answers to these bugs, or just know about them and avoid those roms.... it`s that so hard?
bynge said:
That's the million dollar question which none of the experts here will answer.
I hope you have not rooted yet. There's nothing to gain from a rooted phone for casual users. App2SD available in Froyo. Leave it alone.
One thing that experts don't tell you is how many times in a day you will have to pull out the battery for each custom ROM. Bollocks.
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I've only ever had to battery pull twice, on very early CM builds. I've tried many ROMs, including Sense ones.
You're doing it wrong.
Iv not pulled my battery out at all :/ ... im no expert
Hi, all.
First timer here. Got the wife a Hero for X-mas. Notice it's slow sometimes, so thought I'd upgrade. It's on 1.5 now. I ultimately want to get on Android 2.1. However, in the phone settings info screen, there is no update option. I thought this might be due to the firmware not being up-to-date so was going to start by upgrading that. But I don't know which ROM to use.
I bought the unlocked phone in Switzerland, but it was clearly imported from the UK. I see on the HTC site there are several ROMs which are carrier specific. There seems to be a generic ROM on the bottom of the HTC page which says "ROM Upgrade for HTC Hero" with no specific carrier. This one looks to be the generic ROM, which I should use. Is that the case?
I've tried looking for a general tutorial, but they all also seem to be tied to carriers (Sprint, T-Mobile, etc).
Cheers.
Hi Bozo,
firstly do not be tempted to update your firmware to the latest one on the HTC web site, if you do that and also update to the HTC 2.1 ROM, you will not be able to ROOT your Hero without firstly downgrading again.
ROOTing your Hero will allow you to go beyond 2.1 to 2.2 ROMs, these are mostly in development at the moment but I've tried several so far and have settled on Android Version Froyd Villain1.6 (2.2.1) which has been great for several weeks with no crashes and plenty quick.
Hope this helps!
There are plenty of web guides on how to ROOT your Hero also Youtube videos.
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Hi Bozo,
if you do that and also update to the HTC 2.1 ROM, you will not be able to ROOT your Hero without firstly downgrading again..
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There are plenty of web guides on how to ROOT your Hero also Youtube videos.
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Thanks for the reply. Is it the firmware that prevents rooting, the ROM, or both?
I've seen several of the videos on rooting. But again, they often reference a specific carrier model Hero, mostly Sprint.
I'd check out this post. Ignore the stuff about updating RADIO though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827593
Personally I use Cyanogen 6.1.0 with FlyKernel 12a (applying the FlyKernel CM fix first). Then custom tweaking the Cyanogen setup. If you were UK I'd offer to do it for you
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Ignore the stuff about updating RADIO though.
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Another noob question for you.
Why ignore the radio update?
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Another noob question for you.
Why ignore the radio update?
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I can't think of any reason to ignore the radio update, it's made a big difference for a lot of people.
CobraKev007 said:
Hi Bozo,
firstly do not be tempted to update your firmware to the latest one on the HTC web site, if you do that and also update to the HTC 2.1 ROM, you will not be able to ROOT your Hero without firstly downgrading again.
ROOTing your Hero will allow you to go beyond 2.1 to 2.2 ROMs, these are mostly in development at the moment but I've tried several so far and have settled on Android Version Froyd Villain1.6 (2.2.1) which has been great for several weeks with no crashes and plenty quick.
Hope this helps!
There are plenty of web guides on how to ROOT your Hero also Youtube videos.
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I was able to root my phone after upgrading to the official 2.1 ROM.
There are many great ROMs to choose from; CM6.1, Froyo 2.2.1 Final (by Elelinux), FroydVillain 1.7.0 My personal preference would be Elelinux's one.
Just go for Feeyo's 2.3 1.0.1 best one ever.
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Just go for Feeyo's 2.3 1.0.1 best one ever.
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I second that!
I am a flash-aholic and have tried nearly all the 2.3 roms. By far the best is cronos 1.0.1 It is uber fast (faster than any 2.1 I have tried) and has a brilliant forum community, with the dev responding quickly to any bugs.
Have fun!
Why shouldn't he update to the official 2.1 Rom? It is said to be rootable with Universalandroot! (see http://blog.23corner.com/2010/08/30/universal-androot-1-6-2-beta-5/#more-407) So getting the official 2.1 would also be a reasonable step towards more speed!
And I don't see a downside of doing so...
Thanks for all the info guys.
Is it possible to brick a Hero when attempting to root it?
Cheers!
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Why shouldn't he update to the official 2.1 Rom? It is said to be rootable with Universalandroot! So getting the official 2.1 would also be a reasonable step towards more speed!
And I don't see a downside of doing so...
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That will update his HBoot to 1.76.007 which is a perfected SPL.
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That will update his HBoot to 1.76.007 which is a perfected SPL.
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And what does this exactly mean?
Or in other words: What are the consequences thereof?
Sorry, I'm also just getting into the whole Rooting stuff
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
it's up to you to decide what rom you want.
you have to test it for yourself, and see if you like it or not.
All we can do is point out some possible candidates