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HTC Hero Boot animation?

Hey I was curious if I could change the boot animation on my HTC hero I have tried the following and it still wont change am I pointing it at the wrong directory?
Code:
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
C:\AndriodSDK\tools>adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootscreen
failed to copy 'bootanimation.zip' to '/system/media/bootscreen/bootanimation.zi
p': Read-only file system
C:\AndriodSDK\tools>adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
815 KB/s (3553247 bytes in 4.253s)
None of these have worked I think I am putting them in the wrong spot because there can be only one correct place.
I couldnt find anything on the fourms about this and the google is full of boot animations but no one referring on where to put them.
HTC Hero Telus 2.1 (Official ROM? I have only used official roms from HTC, im kinda new to this... im trying!)
EDIT: I had checked out this thread > ( forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591091 ) (sorry not allowed links in case I turn into a spam bot) but I cant copy into that folder and I dont have a sprint logo to copy over anyways...
THats why im requesting your help! I dont know what to do or where to begin do I need to re-flash?

the7thcolumn said:
I couldnt find anything on the fourms about this...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717576#1

'adb remount' is required.
That's the error it tosses about a read only file system.
Also, is your phone rooted?

ADB Remount? unsure what that is, and no im about to finish rooting it now.
I must be horrible at using search because I didn't see that one. Reading it now.

Just tried the remount process seems easy enough I just didnt know what you were reffering too.
C:\AndriodSDK\tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
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Here is where im confused (as im new to this)
I followed a guid to rooting the HTC Telus Hero and I only did half of it as at the time I was trying to just get 2.1 on the phone as its not out in canada.
What I want to do is change the boot screen so I figure I need root access to the cell. (am I right?)
So I am trying to do that now (finish the root) but I dont need a custom rom right? Can I use the official one just with root access to change the boot screen?

I cant do an official one as I cant use it on my model apparently so I can you Villian12 on my Hero it looks cool but Im wondering is it worth ti for just boot animations. Like can I get root without a custom ROM?

yes, you can.
It's worth installing a custom rom though
I can't find any guide for rooting without installing a custom rom though :/

How would I go about doing that?

[SOLVED] How to Delete System Apps after Loosing Root Access From 1.72.405.3 ROM

Ok so after much lots of frustration realising I'd lost access to the delete system apps after installing HTC 1.72.405.3 (in LeeDrOiD 1.3) I've finally figured out a way to do it and without needing to use ROM Cleaner then re-flash a ROM wich would remove all my data/apps/ect I've loaded. Now this may well be a guide for you guys like me who are very new to Unix commands and the whole Android system. I hope that it helps someone coz honestly the last couple of days I've searched high and low and haven't gotten any answers that worked until I worked it out tonight.
Just as a quick note I was able to delete apps from the /system/app folder before this update when I was still on 1.32.405.6 using Visionary+ in loading R/W access to the system folder on boot and a simple file manager like Astro or AndroZip to delete. Since updating to 1.72.405.3 without Radio S-Off I've tried the following methods and found they don't work:
- Flashing rmk40's Super User/Root patch for 1.72.405.3 as in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=886999
- Visionary+ selecting R/W system access then using a file manager like Astro or AndroZip to delete.
- Terminal Emulator after getting "supposed" super user access after typing su then going to the /system/data folder and typing rm Facebook.apk ect... also using the other unix commands to try and change the system apps from read only to writable still no access.
- Using Root Explorer which is granted "supposed" super user access does not want to mount as R/W the system/app folder and of course then won't let me delete the apps.
- One click Radio S-Off doens't work as obviously I'm already locked out as I've loaded 1.72.405.3 (LeeDrOiD 1.3) before running Radio S-Off.
- Re-flashing to a previous 1.32.405 ROM then trying to run Radio S-Off followed by all the steps above. Nope nuthin...
Okay and here is is here's how it's done. I had to have the Android SDK installed with USB drivers (HTC Sync has the USB Drivers). I then in windows I opened up command prompt and using the good old DOS commands like "cd\program files (x64)" I go to my android sdk folder platform-tools. Once in the platform-tools let the foreign Unix commands begin
Without the exclamation marks type I type "adb remount shell"
Then "adb shell rm /system/app/Facebook.apk"
Now Facebook.apk being an example of the app you want to delete. I use a file browser such as Astro on my phone to go the the /system/app folder and easily look around and get the file names of the apps I want to delete. An important thing to remember for all the other's unfamiliar with Unix commands like myself, this ain't DOS. Unlike DOS, files and commands are case sensitive so if you try to delete the Facebook app and type it in "facebook.apk" all lower case it won't delete. Make note of any letters uppercase or lowercase in the folder name and file and type it in correctly in the Unix commands or they won't work.
The other two important things to note before you go on a Spring cleaning, delete frenzy (like I will be after I finish typing this up ) is: 1) If you delete some certain system apps (for example TelephonyProvider.apk) Android will **** itself and after booting enter a loop where you can't access anything & you can't stop it complaining about blah blah app failed. So make sure you have on your microSD card either a Nandroid backup done recently using the Backp/Restore function under the Bootloader installed with Clockwork Recovery or a working ROM that you've tried and know works such as the stock ROM or a custom ROM from LeeDrOiD, Cyanogen, ect. If you get into one of those non recoverable loops you'll need to flash the ROM and of course loose any data and apps not backed up. Okay this brings me to my next point. 2) If you want to copy any of the system apps off to your microSD card either to backup or just if you're not 100% sure if you may want to install it again later then in command prompt type this:
"adb shell cp /system/app/Calculator.apk /sdcard/"
Obviously here Calculator.apk is the app we are copying but you can choose any app to copy. Also /sdcard/ means it will go to the root folder of your MicroSD card.
Stick it to tha man and have fun cleaning up your ROM and deleting all that crap bloatware your service provider and HTC don't wanna give you access to and now without the cripple of HTC update 1.72.405.3 stopping you!

Are these persistent changes? If so I think you will be the saviour of many on here!

Are you sure the apps are not back when you reboot your phone?

I'd be pretty surprised if they're persistent.

sorry i can't see how this has worked. unless by some weird chance when trying to get s-off, gain root and what esle you have try to do. has caused you to be able to r/w to the system partition.

cattleprod sorry i can't see how this has worked. unless by some weird chance when trying to get s-off, gain root and what esle you have try to do. has caused you to be able to r/w to the system partition.
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Ok I assure you it has worked and continues to work. One possible major difference I've just been told supposedly the stock HTC RUU 1.72.405.3 reverts you back to original hboot eng s-on. Me on the other hand I never loaded a stock HTC ROM 1.72.405.3 or an update. I loaded LeeDroiD 1.3 which has in it the base as 1.72.405.3 but also his modifications to that. So never lost clockwork recovery hboot. I can still load ROMs fine, I just lost functionallity from Visionary+ or anything else for that matter on the phone to access System folder R/W access. Using ADB on my PC as described above however did solve this. Unfortunately the other issue is after loading LeeDroid 1.3 it's permanently done something to my phone and even after flashing back to previous stock 1.32ROM the 1click Radio S-Off patch does absolutely nothing. Luckily Vodafone supposedly offers a free SIM unlock and there are also cheap alternatives on ebay.
dr.m0x I'd be pretty surprised if they're persistent.
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Eddie1506 Are you sure the apps are not back when you reboot your phone?
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andyharney Are these persistent changes? If so I think you will be the saviour of many on here!
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Yes guys these are all persistant. I've rebooted quite a few times and none of the apps I've deleted have come back. These are the apps I've deleted from the "/system/app" folder and they 4 sure have not come back to annoy me: Facebook (crackbook as I like to say ), Twitter & Flickr including any widgets of the same name, stock or shares trading apps, default internet browser (replaced it with Dolphin HD), Flashlight (replaced it with moddified HTC one that says "torch" as I'm not a fan of US English), HTC Likes, HTC coin, probably some others I can't remember now.
So anyway go for it just use your clockwork recovery (modified hboot) to do a full backup first as if you remove the wrong system apps it goes in a non working error loop.
I'm only real new to the whole Android thing. Only had the phone 4 bout 2 weeks and never hit up any Unix commands before then. I'm happy to help out if I can though. Just message me and when I'm on next I'll try to help.

[Q] The Unlockr.com

have any of you guys tried the unlockr.coms method of perm rooting?? I used it for my g2 and it worked but idk if it will work like a charm with the mt4g..also do we have to use visionary r14 or a different version because the link it gives us is visionary r14

Same as it was originally done though G2 then MT4G was developed. You can use it with ease nothing to worry about.
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UPDATE: Here I found you Youtube videos how to do step by step.
TempROOT> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gylaXOCNzqU
PermROOT> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy_aqKoeev4
Use the howto from Theunlockr video posted above it maybe easier for you to follow.
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Worked great for me, and easy as pie

Im sorry for any stupid/ noob questions, but in your honest opinion aside from having root access and being able to remove pre installed apps, what are the other benefits from going thru the root process?

You can overclock (make phone faster) also set cpu profiles to make phone cpu to run at lowest mhz to save battery. install customs romsthat have better customization and also have the newest android software before anyone else. .
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kingvaj23 said:
install customs romsthat have better customization and also have the newest android software before anyone else. .
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Just remember that this'll disable any OTA updates that'll come out for your phone...

But who needs ota updates we already have gingerbread if your rooted
Sent from my icey cold glacier 4g freezing every phone in its path

+1
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jriv said:
But who needs ota updates we already have gingerbread if your rooted
Sent from my icey cold glacier 4g freezing every phone in its path
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LOL thats why I was laughing as it being on XDA lol and who would want to use OTA stock base in first place?

after I purchased my phone, I immediately hit the internet and looked up some info on the MT4G and saw the Unlockr method for rooting and following the guide made it very easy. 2 thumbs up for me, and yes visionary 14 works

Sounds good I'm gonna use that method once my replacement gets here wednesday
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Best...simpliest...and easy
Temp and permarooted w the steps given....1 try and it was golden and flashing was easy
Highly recommended!
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i just got the mt4g and i wanna root it but i dont wanna lose swype like i did when i root my mt3gslide. is there a way i can get swype on 4g after i root it?

@RoyalTaco:
Several of the roms have swype. Including "iced glacier" and "evil's desire hd" (which I'm using now as I type. Love swype)
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RoyalTaco said:
i just got the mt4g and i wanna root it but i dont wanna lose swype like i did when i root my mt3gslide. is there a way i can get swype on 4g after i root it?
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Rooting a MT4G will not remove any applications. Swype is pre-installed, and will stay that way. The only way to "lose" Swype is to flash a ROM that does not include it. In that case, you can go to the Swype website and download it directly by signing up for the beta.

oh ok thx guys. Using this method i after i reboot the phone i keep getting S-On. what could i be doing wrong?

unlockr
I get this far
1. On your phone, go to Settings > Applications > Development > and make sure USB Debugging is ON (it MUST be ON) and make sure Fastboot is checked OFF (if it exists in your settings, otherwise don’t worry about it).
2.Download Visionary from here
3. Plug in your phone via USB cable and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it.
4.Copy the Visionary .apk file to the root of your phone’s memory card (NOT in any folder just on the sd card itself).
5. Then simply open any file manager app on your phone (like Linda File Manager for free from the Market for example) find the visionary apk file in the file manager and click it and follow the prompts to install it.
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When I open the file manager app (i tried Linda and OI File Manager) the file isn't there.
I know I did everything, I tried several times, but nothing. Any advice?
Jonathan

lanternslight456 said:
... the file isn't there.
I know I did everything...
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If the file isn't there, I can imagine only three possibilities. Choose one. These are the only reasonable possibilities, but as we're not psychic, you'll have to figure out which it might be of these three.
You did not transfer the file to the SD card at all.
You transferred it to the wrong directory on the SD card .
You're looking for it in the wrong directory.
Could it be something else? Sure. Perhaps you renamed the file. Perhaps you switched SD cards.... but if you're using the same SD card, and you did not rename the file, then one of those three are the likely candidate.

Here's the info I know from what I've done in regards to these options (I'm going to try again tonight though)
1. You did not transfer the file to the SD card at all.
My computer can see the file on the lettered drive, (the USB port it's plugged into) there is no other address info in the address bar other than the lettered drive
2. You transferred it to the wrong directory on the SD card .
Again, same as above
3. You're looking for it in the wrong directory.
In the file explorer on the phone the address in the directory is just /
again I'm going to try tonight but maybe this info can clear it up. I'm learning a lot about these things and how they work so thanks for all the help!
Jonathan

unLockr
II. Flash the S-OFF Hboot Image and Gain Perm Root
1. Download the rooting files:
* T-Mobile MyTouch 4G / HTC Glacier S-OFF/Rooting Files
2. Extract the files somewhere to your computer.
3. Plug your phone in via USB cable and mount the SD card so we can transfer files to it.
4. Copy the entire root folder from inside the extracted folder from step 2 to the root of your sd card on your phone (NOT in any folders, just on the SD card itself).
5. Unplug the phone.
6. Go to the Market on your phone and download/install Android Terminal Emulator (free).
4. Open the Terminal Emulator app and type the following with hitting enter at the end of each line (to get the touch screen keyboard to come up hit the menu button then toggle soft keyboard):
su
cd /sdcard/root
sh root.sh
5. Now, wait for it to finish.
6. After that is done, reboot the phone. When it boots back up, turn it off and back on holding down Volume Down and Power until the HBoot screen comes up. Confirm it says S-OFF at the top. If so, you have S-OFF.
i do steps 1-5 but when i get to step 6 and reboot my phone while holding volume down i have S-ON and not off! any ideas what i can be doing wrong. btw i did the temp root b4 trying this.

[Q] Rooting problems on mt4g

I know there are many threads pertaining to rooting with bootloader 0.86.. andos version 2.2.1, but i simply cannot do it...
I have tried visionary and can gain temp root but obviously cant get it to permaroot.
I am very new to this (again obviously). I downloaded androzip and unzipped the gfree files, to sdcard, but when i try to move them to /data/ it wont allow me to do it, even when temp rooted, keeps telling me its not allowed.
I have tried time and time again, just cant do it, can anyone dumb it down for me, more so than before... im just missing something, def doing it wrong lol.
Thanks!

The method that only worked for me wasn't on this forum. It was on youtube or google or something. Try googling mt4groot.zip or youtube mytouch 4g root, the video has a little views.

Rainbowbright081 said:
I know there are many threads pertaining to rooting with bootloader 0.86.. andos version 2.2.1, but i simply cannot do it...
I have tried visionary and can gain temp root but obviously cant get it to permaroot.
I am very new to this (again obviously). I downloaded androzip and unzipped the gfree files, to sdcard, but when i try to move them to /data/ it wont allow me to do it, even when temp rooted, keeps telling me its not allowed.
I have tried time and time again, just cant do it, can anyone dumb it down for me, more so than before... im just missing something, def doing it wrong lol.
Thanks!
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you need to have "set system set to r/w" checked when you temp root. VISIONary will not let you have r/w access to the /system folders until you do that. you also need to use a Root Access File Manager like Super Manager to move/edit/delete stuff from the /system folder grouping.

Please Help! Permanently Root MyTouch 4G

Hello,
I have been trying to figure this out for over 24 hours. I feel like I am so close yet so far. I have watched video after video, read guide after guide and still no luck.
I have tried the adb method (no luck whatsoever) and the root folder + visionary and cannot get my phone to permanently.
My android version is 2.2.1
I have Root File Manager installed
I have Super User installed
I have Visionary r.14 installed (tried MULTIPLE versions)
TempRoot works fine until my phone reboots (which is supposed to happen) but when I press Attempt PermRoot my phone reboots and it goes back the to the way it was unrooted.
My goal here is to put a new ROM on my phone (i.e. GingerBread) or something like it.
Can someone PLEASE help me?
Thank you in advance
Matt

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
Use this thread. Follow the instructions to the "T" and you will be fine. It is very simple and pretty much dummy proof. This is the g-free method. I have rooted 3 phones with this method with no issues, and this is my first Android phone. Good luck!

Thank you very much! I did get it rooted and I am working on installing my ROM. That was a very quick response, Thank you

You are very welcome.

i dont mean to sound like a noob, but can you push the gfree files to data local by using the terminal on your phone correct?

LewsTherin006 said:
i dont mean to sound like a noob, but can you push the gfree files to data local by using the terminal on your phone correct?
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I haven't used the gfree method but you need atleast temp root access to make data R/W (read write) so unless you have temp root no. But if you do it'd be easier to just use a root explorer.
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i have temp root right now, but whenever i use file manager, it doesnt show data local for some reason. Im just trying to do everything from my phone. I prolly should just learn adb shell and get it over with.

LewsTherin006 said:
i have temp root right now, but whenever i use file manager, it doesnt show data local for some reason. Im just trying to do everything from my phone. I prolly should just learn adb shell and get it over with.
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you need
1) root permission
2) root explorer
3) root permission for that root explore.
just astro or file manager will not work, they do not have SU access.
try Super Manager...https://market.android.com/details?id=gpc.myweb.hinet.net.TaskManager&feature=search_result

Question, i used visionary on my mt4g, but wondering i have to do this on someone elses phone and for the g2 there is the visionary gfree method via phones terminal emulator....is there a similar method for the mt4g? Adb does not want to cooperate with me on my computer so i gave up
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