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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swillia9:
Hello,

I have an Alltel HTC Hero and really want to do the whole rooting, custom roms, and all that good stuff, but I have no clue where to begin. I didn't even know such a thing was possible until the other day. CNet said something about Unrevoked, but that is so confusing and conplcated, but I have no clue what I'm doing. Can someone please give me simple and easy directions for where I need to start and how to get things done right?

Phone Info:

Firmware Version: 2.1-update 1

Build Number: 2.33.556.1 CL180108 release-keys

Software Number: 2.33.556.1

Baseband Version: 2.42.01.04.23
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user7618:
Read. Open every thread and read it. Learn what to do and what to expect before you start anything or you'll end up with a Hero shaped paperweight, and we get someone else on here wailing about how they didn't know what they were doing and bricked their phone.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Ginger-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n33sirgp:
When I first rooted my Hero, I used unrevoked.com. Just go to the site, click on the pic of the Heroc, and install the .apk (ensure that non-market app install is checked under Settings). It should root and flash amonra recovery. But remember, read and reread before you do anything with your phone if you don't want to end up an overtly expensive 6oz paperweight :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rocheforte:
In the android development section, there should be a thread on rooting for non-sprint cdma heros. I recently tested it on another friend's hero (we both have cellular south), and it worked great.

After you reboot the phone, you can download Rom Manager from the market and that should get you a good start. **Protip** always backup before you flash something you aren't familiar with.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0000alex0000:
is it possible to get the latest arc launcher working on x10's stock 2.1 roms?

I did try to "steal" the one, which is surely the retail one, from wolfbreak's 2.2 but it was a fail.. neither directly installing nor root explorer ways works :(

so i just hope if there is any dev can get it working on stock roms, because the retail one is really smoother than the former one, and seriously no more lags.

just to notice that the retail arc launcher should NOT be the 1.0.B4 one

sorry for my bad english.. thanks in advanced..:o
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiewable:
Search my friend.

The launcher has been extracted from the arc a whike ago and is available as a apk, no root needed
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
Yes, but thats not the retail arc launcher. I dont think the final released one works on 2.1
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0000alex0000:
i agree.. but just hope if somebody can make it working on 2.1 :( thanx tho
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadevelopers1222:
There's actually been quite a bit of mod/development work on the Arc launcher.

Check out this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978806​

Should work with 2.1.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0000alex0000:
tried, but those are still not the retail ones.. thanx for helping anyways
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aladdinbest:
anyone getting this error with getting MMS on the simply arabic rom....i almost did everything possible to fix this issue but no good...i can send MMS to everyone even to myself but when i recieve MMS it says(the media content was not included due to a picture resolution or message size restriction) by the way i got alot MMS from different numbers and all say the same please need help thank you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
never had that problem, try using one of the mms apps off the market and see if the solves
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aladdinbest:
need help

i couldnt find any solution...the only issue i have is when i recieve it,it tells me the same thinh please guys need your help here
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4DAD:
Same here. Any help
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex9090:
Try mms.apk from another rom. I remember having this issue once.

Sent from samsung vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Majin_X:
I had an issue once in an old rom where my mms messages would not send to anyone unless I dialed a 1 before the number. example....... 1-330-555-5555
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadhoard:
I am on Project V and I can not receive any MMS from anyone!! It comes up with an error message sating that the resolution to high or the file is to big. I need HELP!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbtady:
Any resolution to this?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadhoard:
Yes, I had to delete the MMS app, with root explorer, and copy & paste the MMS app from the Project V ROM zip.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbtady:
I am already on project V and have been using the mms apk that came with it. It still shows the same error.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadhoard:
Have you applied a theme? That is when I had the problem. I did the steps I stated before and had my friend resend me the pic, and it worked! It has been working ever since I did this.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbtady:
Yes I did put a theme on it. So, I need to go back to the stock theme of project V? Sucks, I liked the theme I put on. Oh well.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadhoard:
NOOOOOOOOO!!! You can keep the theme. I just just changed out that one app back to stock.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbtady:
I changed back the stock app. Could it be possible that I'm not getting pictures because of the phone they are being sent from? My girlfriend sent me a picture from the g2, but it shows up like a movie in the text, when i click on it, it plays for like 5 seconds and then says the resolution problem message.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadhoard:
I am not sure. I just know on mine, after changing the app, I was able to view any & all pics sent to me without any errors.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVoidification:
I'm currently using the latest Cognition rom on my captivate. I'm thinking of switching to phoenix rom because of the themes that are available. However, since I'm relatively new to roms, I cannot decide if I should switch. Can you guys give me some pros and cons of switching?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OBatRFan:
Well what kind of themes are you looking at? Cog has some cool ones.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVoidification:
I was thinking of a black theme
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OBatRFan:
Look up Darkness v2.5 in Themes and Apps.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVoidification:
I tried flashing that using CWM two days ago, but it made my phone freeze every time I unlock it. It then proceeds to automatically turn off the screen and back on again, repeating the freezing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Go with firefly ... It was made by the same dev team that made phoenix but has an awesome app with a lot of themes (including a black ang white one) and mods that you can download directly from there. Super convenient.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OBatRFan:
Did you clear cache and Dalvik?

Also, look in the Torch thread at post #2. Monochrome theme there is all black and white and *SHOULD* work with Cognition, as both are KB1 based. Worst that can happen is you're put in an endless boot animation, but even that probably won't happen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVoidification:
How do you clear the cache and Dalvik?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
In recovery ... Cache is in the main menu. Dalvik is in the advanced menu.

Note: after doing this the next boot will take a LONG time. Don't panic it's normal it's rebuilding those caches you just wiped.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVoidification:
Ok thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVoidification:
Nope, still no luck. I cleared all the cache and Dalvik cache then reflashed the theme. However, it still did the same thing, which is freezing whenever I unlock the phone, then turning off the screen and repeats.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVoidification:
Any other themes that support cognition v4?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emooheo:
go with phoenix unleashed
[HTC Inspire 4G] sraitter:
In an attempt to increase my total amount of postings so I can again ask questions and make comments in a developer thread, I took it upon myself to do some community service/ light reading in this general thread thereby building karma and posting some willy-nilly comments here and there.

I then did notice something disturbing ... there is quite a bit of hate out there towards your previous cell phones. Plenty of stories of numerous Captivate warranty exchanges, defective iPhone devices, disappointed Atrix customers who purchased a very gender confused Smartphone computer thingy. All of these comments are generally followed by rather harsh comments to the effect of "can't wait to smash it against the wall, tear it apart, take a hammer to it, etc. etc."

Your old Smartphones really did mean well. Sure it dropped a call here or there, deleted an app, screen stopped working, sent that text to your g.f instead of the flirty co-worker .... whatever what have you. Can you honestly say that you have been a 100% showing up to work every day this past year? Really? Never hungover?

My point in this lengthy rant is that as proud as I am to be a part of what I consider to be the best smartphone that money can currently buy ... in America ... on a carrier I can actually get service from ... please don't be cruel to your displaced retiring smartphone. Instead, explore the forms and really MOD the begezzes (sp) out of it. Consider using it for such things as an angry birds device ... a rainy day phone ... donate to such causes as Cell Phones for Soldiers, shelters for battered women, hell the salvation army (remember to get a receipt ... a donation such is this can be written off a tax return at FULL DEVICE PRICE [No Commitment]- the estimated depreciation based upon length of use ...

Inspire owners Save the Smartphones!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] newter55:
Yes we tend to forget the good times we had with our old device. We try to convince everyone that our current choice is faster, sexier, unlockederer, and butterier than any other phone in the galaxy in an effort to build our post-purchase device esteem. Your suggestions are duly noted and I will stop trolling and gloating in the backflip forum. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
but but but my black berry bold is like a calculator and my inspire is a i7, 1077mhz fsb,with 8 gigs of ram O.O!
[HTC Inspire 4G] darkside1904:
Hello, my name is Derek.

I use to own an iPhone.

I will never go down that road again, I am much stronger now.

:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] bahairus:
Good post! I still have a boatload of love for my old Tilt2 (WinMo 6.5 and all) and still use it as a modding hobby device. It's fun!

I even have some love for iPhone. I just wouldn't ever trade my Inspire for one! ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
I never trusted my captivate, waking up every day terrified that the phone would be off, or that it wouldn't want to help me find way.

My bb bold 9000 was a workhorse until the trackball began driving me ****ING CRAZY, intermittently failing to move the cursor appropriately, and my Motorola razr, well, is just......old.

I've still got all of them, but I don't love them anymore. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] newter55:
The captivate makes an excellent remote control for your roku/dlna/wmc devices. Load it with music and movies for on the go streaming as well....at least it won't feel abandoned from leaving it in a desk drawer collecting dust bunnies.
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
My first android phone and I am LOVING it! Can't get enough of it!
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Hello my name is Matt....

::room says:: "hello Matt"

....and I'm a androidholic.

I get angry when apple say "android sucks" and such irritating comments "iphone all the way". I get mad and angry because android doesn't suck,apple suck.

::drunk in back yells:: "let it out".

When they diss my android,it bugs me,I just wanna destroy these "smartphones" that they call "smartphones". Screw them,the hell with the haters. Bring it u sons of.....

::director gets up:: "woah woah calm down now,u need a second to relax"

::leads me to my seat,I sit::

"Okay who do we have next?

::Some Guy gets up and goes up::

"My name is Tad, and I suck **** for crack"

........hm yet we ***** about cell phones? Lmao
[HTC Inspire 4G] cdfink08:
You my friend are weird
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Lmao I read it off another's forum. If I thought all that up,I would be.
[HTC Inspire 4G] xKrisx:
But to think theres probably people out there like that.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Lmao it was meaning there's more important things to ***** about,other than half the bs on the forum.
[HTC Inspire 4G] swatcop1:
Creative!:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] di11igaf:
'now that's an addiction'

Random guy: 'I seent em'

'you ever suck d*$k for some marijuana'
[HTC Inspire 4G] dotsoa:
I used to have a low end LG Ally on Verizon when i came out about a year ago. Was my first smart phone/android phone. I could never hate that phone. Despite it being low end at the time i wasn't educated on android and it was free. (I'm cheap and couldn't pass up free. :)"

That phone helped me understand/learn android. It has an almost complete vannilla android. On the outside atleast. The "inside" LG found ways to make the devs go crazy :p.

But using the Ally for almost a year taught me how/what rooting is, what recoveries, backups, roms, kernels, etc are. Also taught me the almighty adb and new found love for linux and a new found dislike for windows :p

But i had to leave verizon and the Ally due to some life issues at the time. Had to come to at&t and knew i wanted to experience a "high end" android phone. Dual core and all that hype wasn't important to me so the Atrix was out of the question. I read to many horror stories about the Captivate. Then i came accross the Inspire. It seemed like the perfect fit. Was pretty much what i was looking for in specs and price wise. Win win situation for me. Absolutely love this phone. I can go on and on about it but i wont. :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] nightborne:
I "recycled" my iphones to my children, as the schools around here are starting to require smart devices in middle-school and I didn't feel like paying for them to "rent" one from the schools. I like the iphone, but the limitations make it a really "dumb" smart phone in comparison to my android.
[HTC Inspire 4G] anodize:
I still love my Captivate... but when there are better option like the Inspire, will not think twice to jump ship.
[HTC Inspire 4G] newter55:
I am curious what they could be requiring a smartphone for? At my kids school if they are caught with their phone out during school hours they take them and the third time it is for the balance of the school year or serve in school suspension in exchange for the phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Kizzmiazz:
I have to say this is the first rant that I loved lol I actually liked my captivate and had a lot of fun with it. There are two captivates still in my house that I play with. I'm just a tech junkie and have to have, or at least try to have lol , the latest out there. I love the Inspire and yes it blows away my Captivates, imo at least. But honestly I really have never complained about my phones. Tech imo is just like that. Next month there will be something that makes inspire owners say that this phone sucks compared to , insert phone name here lol.

Awesome rant my friend ;)

Sent From My HTC Inspire 4G | [ROM] Phoenix Evolution HD v.1.0 | [KERNEL] Cog Kernel #30 OC @ 1.5Ghz
[HTC Inspire 4G] Offspring:
I came from a Nokia E71x. I really wish Nokia went the Android route, as I absolutely love their hardware, but Symbian is just completely outdated now and I wanted to move on to Android.

I don't think I could break that phone if I tried. Only problems I had were with dust under the screen and speaker. I will say that HTC is right up there in build quality though. These two companies have the best hardware in the business by far, in my opinion.

Before the E71x I had an HTC StrTrk/AT&T 3125. A flip phone running WinMo. It was...interesting...

Required smart devices in middle school? Wow.
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
Great post, good to see some humor.
[HTC Inspire 4G] MartyLK:
I couldn't vote in the poll :( I still have all my old smartphones :) I didn't go from one to the other. I still use each and every one of them and love them all.
[HTC Inspire 4G] enewman17:
My first android was the Aria... what can I say about it other than it is a very reliable, solid, little... little phone, compared to the Inspire. Still have it will never get rid it. I ran CM6 and 7 on it. The thing worked beautifully, it was just to small for my sausage fingers.

The Inspire is even better. my only complaint is the gps doesn't lock on as fast. I have tried everything in the forums. Outside it locks 30-60 sec. The Aria always locked in 5 sec. or less.

Also have a moto Q gsm with a 6.5 cooked rom. this is a good phone too.

Samsung Impression. Junk...

Moto Razor, no complaints.
[HTC Inspire 4G] helushune:
I'm an iPhone convert (3G and 4) and the Inspire's my first Android device. Really all it's done is shown me that I should have gone with Android from the beginning instead of buying that iPhone 3G in the first place. I had problems with my iPhone 4 since day one, a faulty proximity sensor and a bad battery that wouldn't even last an entire day without needing a charge (it had lasted up to 4 days when I first got it). Apple refused to replace it and would just tell me to run the iTunes recovery on it whenever I complained. After the 200th time the screen turned on and I pressed the mute key with my cheekbone while talking to my brother was the final nail in the coffin.

iOS is fine but it does too much hand holding for my liking and when I have to boot up my "old" iPhone 4 to get a picture off it or something, it feels incredibly slow and sluggish compared to the Inspire. Lots of Inspire love here although that HTC Pyramid looks mighty fine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jayosee:
I still have all my old phones. The only one I truely hated was the LG Incite! That was total garbage. I still use my other phones, Samsung Captivate, Tilt2, I even have a Prada 2 with the slide out querty, and the coolest thing ever, the Prada watch that you can view your text messages right on the watch! I break that out whenever I want to 007 it. lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] ldd2142:
I think someone mentioned the backflip earlier... That was my first Android phone, and believe I am justified in wanting to blow it up with an excessive amount of explosive.

Even ATT realized it was a pos and replaced both my girlfriends and mine with captivates. I still love that phone, probably always will... Samsung just really screwed the software up... But it is one sexy phone, and was an eye opener compared to the backflip.
[HTC Inspire 4G] coso182:
Hi you All!!

I´m from Mexico and there is a little problem here, there is no such thing as HTC devices (except for HTC diamond). Here in Mexico people have to buy what is on the market because not everybody can go US and buy whatever they want so they stick with what there are. Luckily me I live in frontier so I´m more relative with gadgets in US.

So I started searching because I did not wanted a Motorola or Sony Ericsson phone (and when i say phone, i really mean phone not smartphone u.u) and the Only thing here like a smartphone was the Iphone and it was so pricey(still is). An then I found android devices, and saw a Beautiful weather clock, that was when I just fell in Love with HTC and his pretty and sexy Legend.

Anyway. I love my legend, still have it, but there will be no more updates to this device sadly and I need another smartphone more powerfull so, welcome HTC inspire!!!! Its on his way from Florida, I bought it in eBay and I can not wait more to have it

.... Greetings !!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] techluvr:
I loved my iPhone then and still do. Had no issues with it, but my mom donated her 2yr upgrade lol. Couldn't miss the opportunity.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nostabo:
I switched from an iPhone. It was stolen and I needed a quick replacement for business use. I didn't want to buy an iPhone 4 with the 5 coming out soon, and they offered me a good deal @ AT&T $99 + a few dollars off that for the Inspire. They also were pushing the Atrix, but the only salesperson who seemed to speak geek said get the Inspire.

My first weeks with the Inspire were tough, the iPhone requires very little effort (mentally and physically). I now love the Inspire and have it rooted and equipped with a custom rom.

Not looking back, Steve...
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
I started with a LG vu cu920. Yall remember those? I hacked around it giving it the whole "iPhone" theme selection. Hell I thought that the vu was badass. I've gone from ATT to tmobile to ATT and have owned the captivated,iPhone 3g,vibrant and now inspire. I'm sticking with inspire due to wonderful community and options. And phones in school? I'm 25 and when I was in 8th,we weren't allowed to have a phone period
[HTC Inspire 4G] :
My friend was still using the Vu till last week and i got tired of it...

Gave him my X10 so he can see the light and he won't give it back haha.
[HTC Inspire 4G] begadkepat:
Android is awesome. iOS is awesome. I've never used WP7 or WebOS. It's entirely possible that those are awesome, too.

I enjoyed my iPhone 4. I enjoyed my iPhone 3G. I enjoyed my Atrix. I enjoy my Inspire. I enjoy my Nook Color.

I don't have a lot of hate for previous gadgets. If they sucked, I wouldn't have purchased them in the first place.

Lots of people should probably go watch Louis C.K. in "Everything's amazing, and nobody's happy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk
[HTC Inspire 4G] Mace1370:
I was on an iphone 3G before I switched to the inspire. I couldn't be happier, but the 3G was a great phone. If it had been a little more open I would have been very tempted to stay with apple.
[HTC Inspire 4G] benj36:
I don't know where most people on here work...ie in what profession. My guess would be either in some field of software development, are college students or otherwise have plenty of time on their hands. I work in the medical profession and most of our IT folks use iPhone or unrooted android phones.

I've wasted hours now trying to piece together how to root this phone. Yes the instructions are simple if you understand the lingo but for someone without much software development experience, especially with android they are not that straightforward. Not to mention fragmented across hundreds of forum posts instead of organized in a wiki or something.

The only reason I got this phone is because I think the iPhone screen is too small. Other than that, what can I do on this phone that I can't do on an iphone. All I need the phone for is a phone, of course, contacts database, calander, to do list, password database, navigation and email support.
[HTC Inspire 4G] helushune:
@benj36

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=952352

Couldn't be easier. You don't have to understand everything to a T, just as long as you can follow directions you can root.