[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] josifbg:
Well most of you probably have read, that friend of mine succeeded to Brick his Hero...

I just tried to help him out... but without luck.

Nobody can tell what exactly happend and what exactly he did to brick it...

What i know is that from 1.5.1, without WIPE he applyed the MCR 2.0c and afterwords he flashed the latest radio which stuck the phone on HERO`s logo

We`ve tried all kinds of combinations and recovery procedures but without success.

The phone stuck on HERO logo without any kind of option to be booted back in the recovery mode.

I think this is the first Bricked Hero so far...

Practicaly it`s near to impossible to brick your hero. But he did...

Anyway, yesterday i flashed MY Hero with the new radio and MCR 2.0e and i have to say.. My Hero it`s really working now on another level.

No bugs, no issues at all!

Considering the fact i`ve already has MCR 1.5.1 installed up and running with the stock Radio 63.18.55.06_6.35.04.25 - Here are the steps i`ve followed in order to flash my Hero with the latest Radio and MCR 2.0e

If you didn`t flash the recovery image to your device...do it by following Modaco`s guide -> http://android.modaco.com/content/ht...e-permanently/

2nd make a Nadrdoid Backup

3rd partition your sd-card following one of the guides in XDA or simply doing it by using Paragon Partition Manager 9 - U need 1st partition to be FAT32 and 2nd partition EXT3 (for A2SD to be able to work)

- Iam using Transcend 8GB Class 6 microSD Card

4th copy the radio image to the root dir of the sd card by renaming it to update.zip

5th (flash the latest radio - Recommended by Modaco) unpluged the USB and Turning off the device and enter recovery mode by holding home+power. From the Recovery menu flashing the Radio by applying the update.zip... the phone restart it`self and enters the recovery mode..below I saw "Formating CACHE:..." message, waiting for 5 more minutes and checked if i can scroll down with the trackball ...restart the phone in normal mode...and check if everything is working as should be.

6th Everithing is up and running, deleteing the update.zip (the radio image) from the root dir of the SD card and copy and rename the desired ROM image to update.zip

7th unpluged the USB and turning off the phone. Booting it to recovery mode by holding home+power. From the recovery menu performing WIPE (Wipe will erase all of your data so please backup all you need, you can simply use MyBackup from the market)

- WIPE is not necessary if you upgrading from 1.5.1 - Please check first post!

but i did it anyway...

WIPE is required if your Hero is a stock! check first post by Modaco!

8th Once i`ve finished with the Wipe, i`ve flashed the rom by applying update.zip from the recovery menu.

This are the steps i follow with my Hero and everything is up and running 100% no issues at all no bugs or anything..

Remember the most important thing here is to make NANDROID Backup

....everything is up to you!

I suggest you to read Modaco`s guide millions of times if necessery! also ....to ask if you miss something....before doing anything.

Iam not saying that this steps will work for you... Iam saying that this steps are the one i`ve followed and is work for me 100%

I hope i`ve helped.

Please excuse me for my English - I hope all is readable and understandable! - If i missed something please correct me.