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Firmware upgrade for T-Mobile Hero

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....

Lord Lucan said:
@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

jackhab said:
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.

Lord Lucan said:
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?

Amdathlonuk said:
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.

Lord Lucan said:
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.

New Radio ERE36B Worse than Before...

Running CM 5.0.2 and flashed gapps-passion-ERE36B-2-signed
Prior to flashing that. I was getting 600 kbps(always got this from home) now im getting 199kbps. Can some one please guide me to the original stock radio(I think its ER79not sure)? I assume all I would need to do is flash it over current. Please advise. Thanks.

oklahomatulsa said:
Running CM 5.0.2 and flashed gapps-passion-ERE36B-2-signed
Prior to flashing that. I was getting 600 kbps(always got this from home) now im getting 199kbps. Can some one please guide me to the original stock radio(I think its ER79not sure)? I assume all I would need to do is flash it over current. Please advise. Thanks.
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probably the reason why google haven't made that version offical.
if you search on the development section, there are posts there which guides you on how to go back

duncan888 said:
probably the reason why google haven't made that version offical.
if you search on the development section, there are posts there which guides you on how to go back
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Go back to what???? It would nice to know what I'm trying to go back to, when I'm searching for ......Ahhh... ok, found it 'ERD79' is the original shipping ROM. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619801 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619801

I believe the 'B' stands for beta - and it's highly possible that that version has some serious extra debugging traces or whatnot.
I'd wait for the official release...

T-Mobile Uk Roms

Hi all, just got an upgrade this week to the Atrix and thoroughly enjoying it so far. As a poweruser with the HD2 and all the hacks involved like android on nand etc, the first thing I did out of the box was root it.
Now to my point, all the custom roms I'm seeing seem to be for At+t and Bell (is that the right carriers?), and the forum is Atrix 4G. So can I as a UK user use these same roms/radios that are outlined in the development forum?
Any help is appreciated, Thanks in advance.

Greetings. I have the same backround as you . I nearly stayed with my hd2 but i'm glad I didn't. The only gingerbread rom for us is the orange one in the dev forum. I have had no success flashing this yet. Soft bricked 3 times and counting.
There is an international fruit cake in the works rich we will be able to flash from CWM.
So far rooting is fine.
Unlockingbootloader is fine.
flashing Cwm if fine.
I keep meaning to start a t-mob uk thread to collect all the info for us uk tmob users into one place. I will get round to it eventualy if some one doesn't beer me to it.

bates_1974 said:
Hi all, just got an upgrade this week to the Atrix and thoroughly enjoying it so far. As a poweruser with the HD2 and all the hacks involved like android on nand etc, the first thing I did out of the box was root it.
Now to my point, all the custom roms I'm seeing seem to be for At+t and Bell (is that the right carriers?), and the forum is Atrix 4G. So can I as a UK user use these same roms/radios that are outlined in the development forum?
Any help is appreciated, Thanks in advance.
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Hi there.
I am on Orange U.K, and i have successfully flashed this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169409. Following this guide to flash the ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167373.
Many international users have flashed this ROM as well but REMEMBER to unlock your bootloader before even considering flashing this ROM.
When unlocking your bootloader, you will notice that you will only have around 300 total RAM but if you flash the hack relevant to your device, you will retain your RAM when you flash to Gingerbread.
Please follow the guide properly and don't skip any step. BTW, if your bootloader is not unlocked, we will probably be getting Gingerbread soon since the SOAK testing is about to begin very soon.

Similar story, i'm on Orange, followed those steps and it's working great. Just had to replace the missing sound files, but apart from that, works a treat.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

Now since we have an unlocked bootloader, you can flash any ROM. Just make sure you flash the proper boot.img for your phone. See the fixes section for the pudding thread.

IrshaadH said:
Now since we have an unlocked bootloader, you can flash any ROM. Just make sure you flash the proper boot.img for your phone. See the fixes section for the pudding thread.
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I thought we still had to be careful with the Roms, as some of them contain files that are tied to the kernel version (until the port everything over). For example, the ninja rom, I believe it is crrently tied to AT&T at the moment. I presumed we had to wait for a safe INTL version..

I think we can install and lunch any Rom now. The only limitation for inte. users is Ram issue. Otherwise will work fine.
Sent from Motorola Atrix

Foka002 said:
I think we can install and lunch any Rom now. The only limitation for inte. users is Ram issue. Otherwise will work fine.
Sent from Motorola Atrix
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great, thanks. Maybe I'll try another rom then I'd like one without any MotoBlur stuff on it, although the French 2.3.4 is running very well.

[Q] just won my galaxy s II help please

Hi
can some one point me in the correct place for rooting step by step with overclocking. any info would be great as im used to the xperia play lol.
Please help!! There isnt as many roms ect for the play and not sure wich one for the gsII is the best.
Cheers

evans_16 said:
Hi
can some one point me in the correct place for rooting step by step with overclocking. any info would be great as im used to the xperia play lol.
Please help!! There isnt as many roms ect for the play and not sure wich one for the gsII is the best.
Cheers
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Root guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Cognition, Villian, and Litening ROMs are the most popular in my opinion.
I know the Cognition ROM will let you overclock. Not sure about the others.

Theres really no need to overclock, this phone is lighning fast as it is and you can run it at 800Mhz with no noticable drop in speed....

Read up on odin, don't bother overclocking (as stated), buy a jig off ebay and don't rush into flashing ROMs (at least til your jig arrives)
and well done for winning

maddoguk said:
Read up on odin, don't bother overclocking (as stated), buy a jig off ebay and don't rush into flashing ROMs (at least til your jig arrives)
and well done for winning
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Hi
sorry if it sounds stupid but wots a jig? Lol

A jig could well be your "get out of jail free" card. It will enable you to get the phone into download mode should you screw up flashing a rom. It also resets the download counter should you need to return the phone.
Search ebay for galaxy s 2 jig, only a few pounds.
Sent from my GT-I9100

Also how would i flash the kernel in post 3 ie...getying the phone in the correct mode ect..csn i install that kernel over the stock rom and would be rooted?
Again thanks alot

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Hi
just like to know if i can flash the kernel in that has been posted in post#2 to the stock rom to root it?
Thanks alot in advance

Lol id like to thank all the people who replied to question. the one in the last post lol.
Does anyone know or do you not want ro answer?
I have red loads of post and i cant find the answer!
Again thanks in advance for any replies

evans_16 said:
Lol id like to thank all the people who replied to question. the one in the last post lol.
Does anyone know or do you not want ro answer?
I have red loads of post and i cant find the answer!
Again thanks in advance for any replies
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Yep, just look for your firmware version in about phone, grab the CF-Root kernel that matches the firmware version (Last characters like KE4, KE7, etc.) and then flash with Odin. For Odin, simply install Kies to get the proper drivers installed, load up odin, check PDA, look for the .tar file and flash. Pretty straightforward!
Keep in mind that some ROMs come pre-rooted (Like Cognition) because they use Cyanogenmod capable kernels (Supplied by codeworkxx from CM)

karendar said:
Yep, just look for your firmware version in about phone, grab the CF-Root kernel that matches the firmware version (Last characters like KE4, KE7, etc.) and then flash with Odin. For Odin, simply install Kies to get the proper drivers installed, load up odin, check PDA, look for the .tar file and flash. Pretty straightforward!
Keep in mind that some ROMs come pre-rooted (Like Cognition) because they use Cyanogenmod capable kernels (Supplied by codeworkxx from CM)
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Thanks alot

[Q] How do i restore whole phone? (recovery, ROM, tpt)

Hello so i have coldfusionx13 ics installed on my blade. But i am getting problem with my screen also some gps trouble, i know its impossible to fix it. Cause i been tested tons of ROM but same problem. So i want to return it to the store.
How tha **** do i restore EVERYTHING? (ROM, Tpt and all other ****.)
I want original stock ROM.
My Blade before installing custom ROM
ZTE blade Sweden, TELIA
Android version 2.3.5
GEN 2/3
So please help me.
I been cheking the stock rom thread but don't know whitch one is for my phone :S
Thanks alot guys!

Please over 100 views and no reply????!

have been answered 100's of time just search

Yeah i know, but can't find any with tut, but can you link me to the right stock ROM for me? TY if u can.

search yours here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353526

As i said
I been cheking the stock rom thread but don't know whitch one is for my phone :S
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BUT, i did download official 2.2 froyo! dunno if its stock ROM for my ZTE blade, but how do i update it to 2.3.5 offical?

MrKiller2010 said:
As i said
BUT, i did download official 2.2 froyo! dunno if its stock ROM for my ZTE blade, but how do i update it to 2.3.5 offical?
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not worth to update to official 2.3 u will be unrooted and it will be very difficult to root back instead use swedish snow.
i want more info like your country your carrier u have a european or chinese blade??

I got 2.3.5 now. Alwo i know exacly how to root it.
I still need to know if its tha right cause i will go to the sstore with it
Its european. Gen2/3 bought from telia.(sweden)
Sent from my ZTE-BLADE using xda premium