yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] simon211175:
Hi,

I got my T-Mobile G2 / Hero a few days ago, and just followed the steps in Daisy's NOOB post. Took 6 minutes to complete and I now have root access. Thanks for the instructions!

Simon
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] deeren:
for the moment , as far as i know bluex is not functional with htc hero. maybe that was why
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
ok, what bluetooth app shall i try then for sending recieving? does anyone have the root booter apk i can try please?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] inletdoc:
Ok I've rooted my Hero.

Are there any cooked Hero roms to customize and speed up my Hero? I only see Hero roms for the G1 and mytouch. I want a cool custom Hero rom for the Hero. Are there any out there?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] radi8tor:
Apps on SD

Hi all!

Does anyone have an idea how to move apps to SD card? I have read Haykuro's guide, but it requires flashing ROM, which I would like not to do.

"adb remount" gives an error: remount failed: Invalid argument

df -h gives the followings:

Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on

tmpfs 96.2M 0 96.2M 0% /dev

/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.5M 128.5M 1% /cache

Any experience on doing this on Hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dayzee:
Hey you guys - been away performing in Edinburgh

Aps to SD - I've now done this successfully by wiping and flashing MoDaCo's Hero Rom. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=552591

You will need an SD card (probably 2GB or higher ) that has an EXT3 partition already on it - mine's 723MB, but any size from 300MB to around a GB should be OK from what I understand. If you have Linux, its easy to set up the two partitions, on XP I used Paragon Partition Manager. Beyond those two ways I'm not sure but google may know... ;)

Once you have your SD card prep'd - Use the recovery image used in rooting methods to boot it - do a nandroid back up - then wipe. Then install the Update.zip from Pauls thread. It does everything else for you and you will be rooted also. :)

You can update the Radio the same way (Its linked on Paul's thread) but it works without updating the radio. You can update the radio before or after as its totally separate.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bavaria-Marc:
Hi I tried all of the above, but I get the message "Permission denied".

Any idea, what I can do now?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dayzee:
Looks like you aren't rooted.

Try this guide here - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4257045&postcount=38 for rooting without replacing rom or recovery.

If you're braver, try this guide to replacing the ROM with MoDaCo 1.1 which includes rooting and Apps to SD :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4416361&postcount=117

Dayzee
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bavaria-Marc:
Hi Dayzee,

Thanks for trying to help me.

This really drives me crazy. But I really would like to have this working.

I get error messages the whole time. So I tried your second above solution. Only the link http://content.modaco.net/hero/updat...1.1-signed.zip is not working.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bavaria-Marc:
I think I found it already.

its installing the update.zip now.

So fingers crossed
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bavaria-Marc:
It's working. :-)

Thanks for your help
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
bump, how can i test if my phone is rooted? the guide worked for me i think........
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Here is how you can check if your phone has root or not.

1/ Connect the phone to your computer via USB.

2/ Open up a command window on the computer and go to your android SDK folder then type "adb shell" to go to shell command line.

3/ The command line should have a $ prompt displayed.

4/ Type "su" and enter.

5/ The prompt should now change to a "#".

If you don't have root access you won't get the #.

Alternatively you can install ConnectBot on your phone which will start a console directly on the phone and you can type "su" and you should get a "#": as well.

Also, when you at the phones command line ie in the command line after adb shell you can type "id" and then Enter. This will show you the user id that you are currently connected as. If you are connected as root then you will something like

uid=0(root) gid=0(root)

Otherwise you will see some other ID.

Feel free PM me or leave a question if you need more detailed steps.

This saves you spending money on the paid apps that need root.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] radi8tor:
Thanks for the link Dayzee. I have flashed my Hero successfully, and almost all apps are installed to SD card now. I have around 50 apps, and 144 MB free in phone.

My toughts are, that copyright protected apps aren't installed on SD. I think this is the case, because free space was more before starting to install apps after ROM flash.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
ok thanks, it did all that. now what free bluetooth app do i need to send and recieve apps?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shluggity:
Some of us don't mind rewarding devs for producing apps that prove useful to us. ;)

/Al
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
whic bt app works on hero send and recieve?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
ok when i run soot booter another window pops up saying SU Request and it hangs there. Whats going on? i follwed the guide and got the $ and # sign
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Cetin:
Tutorial rooting Ubuntu (Jaunty J.)

Hi,

I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and I want to root my HTC Hero too, but I need a tutorial for noobs.

Can somebody help me?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jai134:
Hello. I'm trying to follow the guide but I run into trouble when I'm coming to running "fastboot devices". I'm on an Arch linux computer running Openbox and after reboot fastboot doesn't recognise my Hero. What to do?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Amdathlonuk:
Guys,

I believe this has been superceded.

I used this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=553534

and I was rooted in 30 secs....

J
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jai134:
Thankyou. That solved my problem. I saw in a post somewhere on this forum that it is not a real root-account but I'm able to install ROMs and things like that. Shall I do this:

# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

# cp -a /system/bin/su /system/bin/su.backup

# cat /system/bin/sh > /system/bin/su

# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

# reboot

to become real root. It's from this page: http://larstobi.blogspot.com/2009/08/rooting-htc-hero.html
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bitbp:
Just stupid question from a nab that kinda screwed it. While I was on the process of rooting my Hero on the line I should had wrote:

adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

I ****ed it and wrote:

adb shell chmod 4755 /system/app

Ok I realized about it, made the whole process again and then I got root acces but my question is...

When I typed the wrong command... Did I screwed anything? If I did, there is a way to fix it?

I know I fail at reading :( you can freely laught at me. :p

After some laughs I would really apreciatte an answer. Thanks in advance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LeeDroid:
the miss type should not cause you any issues, the mod you typed was aimed at the application directory, hope this gives a little peace of mind :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LeeDroid:
Not sure where that was but Root is root squire, be it temp or perm..

my method is perm as are the followups in this thread :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LeeDroid:
Did you get this sorted? we discussed it earlier in the thred, Superuser permissions will only work when pushed using Adb, if your SU request screen is blank just do follow the process again :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bitbp:
Indeed it brings peace of mind, Thanks alot! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dial100:
No this is a different process to the one in your link. jackdaniels_lee's method doesnt require cooked rom and works with the sitting rom. There is no harm in running both methods side by side.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dial100:
jackdaniels_lee, I finally followed your method and got it to the end.Downloaded root boot and wifi tether. WiFi tether is working fine. Thanks you.

So, doing a factory reset will revert rooting process? Will this effect warranty ?

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LeeDroid:
Good to hear! to unroot... I would reccomend flashing the The Stock Rom from this link via SD, not sure if factory reset will have the desired effect :o

Edit: Warranty will be fine as long as you send it back "Stock" :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Narkaulov:
Updated ROM

Has anybody been able to root the hero after installing the Sep. 11 rom update from HTC? When I go thru the steps after updating the phone I am unable to boot into the nandroid image. I recieve the following 'Error'

downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)

Thanks in advance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] trice1921:
I rooted my hero then flashed the generic leaked rom from that link. Does this mean my hero is now unrooted? I can still get into Cyanogen’s Hero Recovery Image, does this mean my hero is still rooted? Im worried that if i ever need to send it back to HTC they'd know.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Narkaulov:
If you flashed the generic rom from the link you mentioned then your phone should not be rooted anymore. to verify, you can utilize the adb command from the SDK to open a shell on the phone, and then type 'su'. If your phone is not rooted, you should recieve the following response:

su: permission denied

If the prompt changes from a '$' to a '#' then you are still rooted. By flashing to the original rom then HTC should have no way of knowing that the phone was rooted before, unless you tell them.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] werziluk:
Hello guys, im looking for some help from somebody in the know if possible.

Basically, i have a UK T-Mobile G2 Touch and the lag is slowly getting worse everyday. T-Mobile have said they have no intention of releasing an update anytime soon. The stock ROM's dont install on my T-Mobile branded device.

So heres my question because i would really like to update my phone. If i root the device (im confident with the procedure) first will this then enable me to install the stock worldwide english ROM (im aware this will unroot the device)? Or will the T-Mobile part of the phone still stop the ROM upgrade?

thanks in advance for anybody who can give me some guidance on this :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] trice1921:
:D Thank you so much. I get permission denied so it must not be rooted anymore. But what about the fact that i can get into "Cyanogen’s Hero Recovery Image", would this invalidate my warrenty? How do i remove it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tembares:
You are not the only one.

I have the same issue. I am going to see if there is another way to root my device. Nothing found :mad:

This is my output:

bla@Eva:~/AndroidSDK/tools$ ./fastboot boot cm-hero-recovery.img

downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)

bla@Eva:~/AndroidSDK/tools$
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] packetlss:
Look at the sticky on top of this very section:

"If you flashed the original RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5 and got the new hboot"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559613
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] etecdailey:
Q:

Is it ok to do this rooting procedure in recovery mode? What i mean is:

- Turn phone off

- Turn it on with pressed Home+EndCall

- Entering moded recovery console allready flashed with FlashRec.apk

- Connect to USB (drivers found)

- Enter CMD Line

- cd to Android SDK Tools

adb shell mount /system

adb push su /system/bin/

adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/

adb shell reboot

?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Narkaulov:
Rooted with Stock update

Well, after some research, and more research, I finally came upon a thread at another site describing a way one should be able to still root the hero after applying the latest stock update from HTC. After a little testing, and trial and error I finally got my hero rooted again. Per the post I read, I installed flashrec, and tried to let it download and install a recovery image for me. Though that did not work for some reason. But by placing the nandroid image (cm-1.4) on my sdcard, and pointing flashrec to it, I was able to then hold down POWER+HOME and boot into nandroid as before, just without fastboot. From there it was the simple process of copying over the su and the Superuser.apk files, followed by a reboot, as listed earlier in this thread.

Hope this helps anybody that had the same problem of not being able to use fastboot to boot the recovery image after updating with the stock rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gurry:
success

and if i can do it anyone can.

type fast and check your spellling and you will be fine.

gurry
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cokbok:
C:\Windows\system32>adb shell mount /system

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

why would i get this error?

When I say "fastboot devices", i have my device listed. That means the phone is in fastboot mode. I also have RA's custom recovery image flashed permenantly if that matters. And never rooted before :)

Thank you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] imokablak:
hiiii im new 2 this plz help!!!???

i have the android g2 and wut iz fast boot???

also im on a mac do i follow the same???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] haruryu:
This WORKS PERFECT!!!!!!

i have a G2 and the device says its a HTC HERO hahaha super!!

thanks for this!!

People of XDA, i love you all
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] prnull:
@Dayzee

superb guide! Had no problems what so ever flashing Modacos rom.

There are som broken links in the guide dayzee wrote. I'v added the fresh links for the MoDaCo Custom Rom v2.3 and new radio below. Also the recoveryimage by Cyanogen and Stock ROMs.

Links kudos to Android@Modaco Forum:

Modacos Custom ROM

STOCK ROM + RADIO

Cyanogen RecoveryImage (with permanent install instructions)

Thanx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] neckermann:
using this guide to root sprint hero?

Has anyone used this guide to root a sprint hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cepet:
lovely guide !! thanks a lot <3
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wagjj:
if some have test this mothod on G2 32A with office sense rom?

if we can use this mode to get the root right after g2 have flashed the lastest offical sense rom for G2?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
I think you've got the wrong G2 here! Since you've mentioned 32A, I presume you mean the HTC Magic (of which there are 32A and 32B variants). This is for the HTC Hero, which has been branded by T-Mobile UK as the G2 Touch.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wowschik:
the rapidshare link to the image does not work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LeeDroid:
Recovery image updated

Updated to RA-hero-v1.2.3.

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wowschik:
thx :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mjohnston14:
advantages of root access?

Quick question really, what are the main advantages of rooting your hero? Just want to try to find everything out before i go ahead and do it!

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] thecodemonk:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=543940

The post is stickied in the Q&A forum...it's easy to miss since most of the root talks are in this one. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Alessiogian:
Hi.....can not reached the recovery image.

the link is not working

http://rapidshare.com/files/262621147/cm-hero-recovery.img.zip

Question: is this for HTC Hero, right?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zenonek:
Hi

I tried many times, and few different ways to root my htc hero ORANGE, but i always get message DOWNLOADING BOOT.IMG...FAILED(REMOTE : NOT ALLOW)

Can u help pleas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ravmania:
I'm getting the exact same issue.

I know this is probably gonna make me look really stupid but in Command I've been entering

"fastboot boot recovery-RA-HERO-v1.2.3.img"

instead of

"fastboot boot cm-hero-recovery.img"

Guessing that this is corrected since I've downloaded the updated recovery image.

Can anyone help please?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Alessiogian:
I had the same issue.....i have orange htc hero in luxembourg.

You have to follow first this guide

http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/18/how-to-downgrade-your-htc-hero-so-it-can-be-rooted/

After follow this guide

http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/

BE CAREFULL!!!! The guide was updated (the video not). So you have to write what you see in the guide and not what you see in the video!!!

When you done it, you can install the new ROM (I have the modaco 2.9) following this guide

http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-hero/

I hope this will help you....regards
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shei77:
i keep getting the same error :/

downloading boot.img... failed (remote now allowed)

the only way to root it is by downgrading? i dont want to try it cause am afraid of bricking it..any other ways? (plus i dont have an extra SD card nor an SD adaptor..)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Chaoswarper:
Not working

When I type fastboot boot cm-hero-recovery.img nothing happens, it just says not found. What did I made wrong? Or should I type fastboot boot RA-hero-v1.2.3 ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bastic:
this guide didnt work as well...

any ideas ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] omokas:
Root HTC Hero

Hi I want to root my HTC Hero which is bought original without any operator brands.

Here are the information as I upgraded it :

Model Number : HTC Hero

Firmware Version : 1.5

Baseband Version : 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18

Kernel Version : 2.6.27-8dd6deee htc-kernel@and18-2

Build Number : 2.73.405.5 146733 CL#61267 release-keys

Software Version : 1.0.0.A6288

Also I upgraded with EUROPEAN ROM yesterday , because It was too luggy and freezed.

Is there a way/guide which has the best and saffest (safe) way for rooting ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Corpsed:
Question: Is there a one-click method for downgrading an HTC Hero to less than build number 2.73.x to be able to then root it? Or is the only way the really long and convoluted/complex set of instructions for downgrading before rooting?

I'm simply trying to root my brand new Telus-branded HTC Hero.

Sorry for my noobishness; I've only been using Android OS for a couple hours.

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Alessiogian:
Are you sure?

with this guide i rooted my orange htc hero
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Aqmaqr:
Is there anything I need to do before I start the process???

Where do I get android SDK? does it need installing:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vortexhk:
=========================================================

DUDE, really now if you want to have access to adb push and so on , you need root privileges, you can't do it like a normal user, you don;t have the right to publish a file in the /bin/ folder ...DOOOH
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bastic:
Im sure sure :)

can not get the CID using adb shell...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] asenangsyah:
boot failed

hi, how can i get it to load the image?????

when i type "fastboot boot thefile.img"

it show " downloading "boot.img".....failed <remote: not allow> "

can someone help me????
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] massari90:
Same problem here. From what I can gather, you need to downgrade the phone to 1.7.3 or something, but I am having trouble doing that. Is there anyway to root this dam phone without downgrading it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] leinad:
"adb server" running on the phone with root privileges ?

Hy everybody.

When reading "You see a little dollar sign", I understand that "adb server" is NOT running with root privileges.

After searching a while, I discovered that, in order to have "adb server" running with root privileges, one should modify the "default.prop" file located under "/", changing the line "ro.secure=1" into "ro.secure=0".

Two questions :

1.- Is it "dangerous", from a security point of view, having "adb" server running on the phone with root privileges ?

2.- What should be the process to modify this file ?

Thank you for your help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eagle00789:
this is where i get stuck.

when i type "fastboot boot thefile.img"

it show " downloading "boot.img".....failed <remote: not allow> "

this is my phone:

firmware 1.5

63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18

Kernel 2.6.27-8dd6dee htc-kernel@and18-2

Build 2.73.405.5 146733 CL#61267 release-keys

Software version 1.0.0A6288
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] KKoppany:
The same problem. It doesn't works.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] freaked9:
Any ideas how to exit the fastboot menü without reseting the device?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] deeren:
Just to be clear, IT DOES WORK. The problem is that your phones came originally with the 2.73 firmware. so you have got the new hboot which will not allows you to flash the img. check this thread for the fix

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559613
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] KKoppany:
Thanx, will check!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eagle00789:
do i lose any data when i follow that guide to make my phone rootable? (like contact, agenda, apps, etc. etc.)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] deeren:
you won't lose anything.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eagle00789:
then wish me luck as i'm going to do it right now...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eagle00789:
For me the both procedures have worked like a charm and i now can finally use bluex for file transfers :D YAY
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] deeren:
glad it worked out.

btw ,bluex works with MCR 3.0? seriously?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eagle00789:
if you can tell me what MCR 3.0 is, then i can give you the answer... (sorry, not always up to speed with all the abbreviations in this scene)

but if i'm correct that MCR 3.0 is MoDaCo Rom, then i have to say: don't got a clue as i'm using stock htc hero rom (just rooted)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LeeDroid:
Updated!

Updated 1st post...

Added link to boot recovery on new Hboot

Upddated recovery image links

:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cenaz:
does rooting unlock your phone ?

Hi guys,

I am really new to anroid and I just bought my HTC Hero, expectiing it to come soon. But i have a problem, it is locked to t-mobile.

So I WAS WONDERING DOES ROOTING MY PHONE WILL UNLOCK FROM THE T-MOBILE USE ONLY ????

thanks in advance..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ipvaid:
How to root Hero using Mac

Hello jackdaniels_lee & Dayzee,

I have been reading your guide and tips on rooting HTC Hero but haven't been able to find how to do same using mac :(. I downloaded SDK but main issue is, it doesn't have "fastboot" file and has only "adb" file. Can I just use "adb" and go on.

Sorry if my question is bit stupid as I am new to this Android stuff, more of a cisco guy with limited unix knowledge :(

Thanks for your help.

Inder Vaid
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] r2001uk:
Just dropping a post in here so I can easily come back this evening and attempt to root my G2.

After a quick glance at the steps, I saw no mention of a goldcard - I thought these were necessary for 2.73+ builds? I hope not because the steps to creating one of those seemed quite daunting, thus putting me off before :)