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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parano!d:
hi got the HERO from ebay yesterday,

it has a Orange logo at back,means it was Orange branded,however its unlocked for the carriers in india,its working fine....

however after one day of intense use,i feel it has potential but limited !!

the app stores & all,one program is available in tons of different name,must are so lame to look at,so if u need any particular thing u have to try many things related to it out in appstore,....

i just dont know how i feel,i waited impatiently for hero,now i'm kinda unsatisfied:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAMILU007:
Hello, I'm in your same problem, bought on Ebay Hero Orange UK HTC and I could not release the network unlock code.

I have seen that there is a solution here and after reading all the pages that I am very clear which one is better to work properly.

Rebelde HTC desbloqueo de la tarjeta Sim II con Cutter

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Rebelde HTC desbloqueo de la tarjeta Sim II con Cutter universal ​

Can anyone be sure that I buy to avoid problems.

Thanks in advance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prokher:
Yesterday I got my rebel II sim proxy card and it finally works. I can make and receive calls Only difference I see with unlocked handset is that my shows "r" letter, this mean it thinks it is in roaming mode. Edge works too. So I finally works )
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paradoxni:
I just got my Rebelsim II today, I ordered the HTC version and 2 arrived, one mode 1 and the other universal.

I have tried both and they allow me to make and receive calls, o2-uk appears as my operator which is correct, however i am not able to use SMS message?!

I can send a message, but then if I attempt to view the sent message it just displays "Loading". If someone sends me a message the phone beeps , but no message notification appears and the no message appears in the message app?

Any ideas how I can get the sms to work?? I checked the Service Centre and its correctly set to the O2 number.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RetroFlux:
Check all your APN settings or try a different mode on the rebel sim.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paradoxni:
I got my rebelsim working 100% (calls, texts, internet).

I had to flash the phone with the latest generic HTC rom. I was using modaco 2.3 before, but this was causing the SMS problems with rebelsim.

All sorted..thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myself11:
Hi! I'm also from Portugal and I was able to unlock my Orange HTC Hero (bought on e-bay), through http://www.simunlock-htchero.com/buy.html

It was recommend by another portuguese fellow that had the same good results.

IMO, there are two possibilities: or this site is really great (so it seems), or HTC Hero before September don't have messed up codes. Though I've bought my Hero a week ago, it's from August (22/08).
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ringyi:
i was introduced to use this website to unlock my htc hero which was locked by T mobile. unfortunately after i paid and the system deduced my credit, it means my money, they send nothing to me. the same as following below:

== Server response: ============

Phone IMEI: 357850006092321

Model: N/A

MCC/MNC: N/A

Code(s): Unknown

Credits: 0

upset!!!!! and i send them a email but receive no reply since a week ago. no refund and no reply. that makes me think the website is fraud. anyone knows the website true or not? have anyone used it before? many thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
This is just a front for HTCCODE, which isn't fraudulent in my experience. PM ferraripassion (http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=1039167) on this forums as he is involved with this set up and I'm sure will be able to help, or at least arrange a refund if necessary.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RetroFlux:
ringyi:

Just posted on you other thread, www.htccode.com, www.totalgsm.org? & www.simunlock-htchero.com are all the same person. Whilst I am sure the websites are legit their customer service sucks- I have an open paypal dispute with them at the moment.

Ferraripassion PM'd me and asked me to edit this post;

I no longer have a paypal dispute with him, paypal closed it saying their dispute procedure does not cover virtual goods.

The code he supplied is now working but not down to some mythical new solution as he claimed, it is down to the newer roms- I'm using Modaco's 2.8 so if anyone deserves the credit it is Modaco, may I suggest your donations go to Modaco for his hard work.

Regardless of the code working now the fact still remains that Ferraripassion did not refund me when he should have and still did not reply to my emails- I had to embarrass him on one of the threads to get a response from him.

Sorry Ferraripassion but you need to work on your customer service.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myself11:
I have used it yesterday and it all went well. I was doing something wrong and the support was quick. Did you follow all the steps? First you have to "send" and 2 minutes later "get".
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave1337:
Unlocking the HTC orange hero

ok guys i purchased and HTC hero simlocked to orange on the 10/10/09 for UK store Phones4U.

i bought this phone because my friend has the exact same phone bought from the same place only bought a few weeks before and unlocked it from a site called

http://hero.unlock-now.com/sim-unlock-HTC-Hero/

.

they emailed me back saying it couldnt be unlocked and refunded me. althought this put me off i tired another site

http://www.totalgsm.org/unlock2.html

. this time they gave me an unlock code.

I then put my UK o2 sim and entered the unlock code which said successful but atlas it wouldnt find my sim, i retryed a few times but got the same message.

i then phoned orange up and they told me they have now put a different unlock code on the handsets which only they can unlock but they wont do it untill the handset has been used on orange for 3 months.

i then read this thread and noticed about the rebelsim. this works perfectly. i ordered it on monday and it was here on wednesday. for anyone experinceing this problem i would just recommend buying one its only £12 which is cheaper than an unlock and its very easy to setup just pop a hole in the simcard and put the rebelsim ontop and thats it. one your on your phone you need to manually enter the settings for mms and data both work perfectly with getting hsdpa speeds flawlessly. i hope this helps people in the same situation.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] essojay:
Looked like Ferraripassion now has a solution to the Orange unlock problem.. see post number 154 here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=542425&page=16&highlight=unlock

bR
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] essojay:
root your Orange branded and difficult to unlock Hero and flash with Modaco 2.8 rom (worked for me) but you can try any other unbranded rom and used the same HTC code supplied by Ferraripassion and you should be good to go..

Thanks to Ferraripassion..

bR
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lkken:
I have just got my HTC Hero from Orange and I really need to get it unlocked.

I have tried to contact sudarshan from www.htccode.com, www.simunlock-htchero.com but he does not seem to want to reply. If I do purchase the code from this website, how do i use it? Is there an additional step in which i have to "flash" the ROM and how do i go about it? could someone teach us how to do it?

Is there anyone here who has a successfully unlocked this phone?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RetroFlux:
Yes I have unlocked my Hero, codes are now working (I'm using Modaco's 2.8 rom).

Look for another code supplier there are plenty of them out there- enter the code when it asks for the network unlock code.

Look in the dev section (everything you need to know is in there) for instructions on how to root and flash a new rom, may I suggest you read and make sure you understand what you are doing before rooting & flashing.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAMILU007:
You can give a link to that place.

Thank you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RetroFlux:
:confused: What a link to the dev section :confused:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=512
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAMILU007:
[QUOTE = RetroFlux; 4820726]: confused: ¿Qué un enlace a la sección dev: confused:

[URL = "http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=512"] http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=512 [/ URL] [/ QUOTE]

Ok, did not understand that you mean by "dev":o
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lkken:
How do you flash the ROM? I bought the code from www.htccode.com but the guy didn't seem to want to reply my messages right after i bought it (what the hell?!) . He just gave me some links with lots of instructions i don't understand. How do you do a recovery image before flashing the ROM?

At this point in time i just think i got cheated off my money!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lkken:
I will update everyone here how things goes for my HTC Hero okay? So you guys will know whether or not to purchase this website's services
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RetroFlux:
Look, I don't want to sound rude but everything you need to know is in the Hero Android Development Section.

Go in there and start reading- yes it will be time consuming but if you want to root and flash your hero reading for yourself is best, if someone tells you what to do you may not understand properly and could end up bricking your phone. If you read for yourself, at your own pace you are more likely to grasp what it is you need to do.

As for HTCCode.com not telling you what to do, it is not their responsibility to do that- you wouldn't buy a car than ask the salesperson to teach you to drive...

I know this is not the response you wanted, but there seems to be an expectation that one can just post here and someone will post back with everything you need, it doesn't work like that- I spent hours reading before I rooted and flashed my hero.

Use the search, read the stickies and read the threads with high ratings. If you've done all that and don't get anywhere then post or start a new thread.

Like I said I don't want to sound rude but sorry if I do.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lkken:
Anyway, I read through the instructions and there seems to be something wrong with it as i kept getting a "FAILED (remote: not allowed). If you could let me know how to go about it then i would be really grateful.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globalm:
I thought my experiences might be of interest here. I also have the Orange-locked Hero and bought the unlock code from TotalGSM with the same measure of failure others have experienced.

I have some sympathy for the poster above who is unfamiliar with the procedures as I was next asked to create and use a 'Gold Card' to allow the installation of a generic HTC ROM. Once I had done this I found that

a - It still would not unlock

b - The new ROM is 'Perfected' and won't root and won't load recovery images.

c - I cannot revert to original Orange ROM because of 'Signature Error 312'.

Bit of a mess really!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RetroFlux:
At any point did you consider using a rebel sim? As that has been mentioned on this thread several times. Yes I know it is not a permanent solution but it is better than having a Hero that you can't use.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamhere:
orange hero

i ended up asking orange...they gave it free to me( i have a contract)

only give it you if you have had the phone after 3 months...thats what there CS said to me :)

i hope this helps someone
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globalm:
To follow up on my posting.

I now have an unlocked phone!

The secret of success was to use the HTC generic 2.73.405.5 ROM.

WARNING:- The 2.73.405.38 ROM does NOT unlock!

totalGSM DO have an unlock for the phone BUT it is dependent on you being confident with making Gold Cards and carrying out ROM changes. Also, the use of the correct ROM is important, 2.73.405.5 is needed.

The good news is that this ROM is also rootable so I have an unlocked rooted phone.

The cost to me in time, effort and nervous stress has been greater than the cost of the unlock code but I am glad it is now done.

Thanks all.

Gold Card stuff is here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=572683

ROM downloads here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559622

Make sure you get 2.73.405.5
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwnewell:
Blocked Orange Phone .. now rooted and using Tesco !!

Hi, well i have experienced the problem of having an Orange blocked phone .. calling a number of companies and getting codes that dont seem to work. The trouble is not the code if you are using one of the better companies .. its the phone !! At a high level what you need to do is the following ...

1. Root the phone

2. Load up a new version of the ROM

3. Unlock phone

all of the instructions can be found online and you need to read them and follow the instructions. I tried to create a 'Golcard' which did not work but then went back to using Flashrec and one of the images and it worked. After that i loaded the Modaco rom which is an easy thing and the unlcok code worked first time. I am now using my old Tesco SIM (O2) and have the £2 a week all you can use web access and will stick with this for a week before trying anything else. So .. it can be done but first you need to feel the pain !! it would be good if techies also provided more information for when things dont work ... as that happens .. best of luck .. have fun.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revolutionx:
When you said "Blocked" do you mean it was locked to Orange network or it was actually blocked!

Because have got a HTC HERO who always says "No Service" regardless of the simcard you put in it. So i'll be glad to know if I can still use it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwnewell:
Soory .. i meant LOCKED .... not BLOCKED

Hi ... sorry the phone was locked to Orange .... which i was able to unlock only after rooting and loading another rom .. then no problem. cheers.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peterpoose:
Hi folks firstly i have read alot on the net about people having nightmares with unlocking Orange phones that they have bought from EBay and the sellers not helping them to get the code.

My problem is the seller has been extremely helpful by phoning orange paying the £20 up front got the code and emailed me the original email from orange with the code and instructions. Ive input the code from Orange and it still hasnt unlocked my phone, has anyone else had the same problem? What else can be done ? What else could be the problem? The seller is phoning Orange again for me. Is there something im missing/doing? The email from orange stated to only try the code once so that is all i have done which didnt but i am tempted to put it in again will this make a difference?

Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] syngiun:
I have read everything I can find and still no answer.

I am trying to hardspl my tmousa rhodium. I've been at flashing for over a year with my kaiser, so I am not a noob.

I activesync the phone, I download the hardspl, extract to an empty folder and when I try to run it doesn't do anything. It seems to me like the program either fails to load completely or self terminates.

Rebooted both pc and phone, made sure drivers and wmdc are up to date, and still nothing. I am running Rockersteam windows 7 64 bit (7100). Anyone else have this problem
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] biscuits1978:
Your best bet would be to post this question in the HardSPL thread. The users in that thread have been very helpful to other users experiencing issues flashing HardSPL.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] yhbae01:
Hi guys,

Just switched from WinMo to Rogers 32A. I've flashed MyHero and so far I like it. :D

The part that still confuses me is how Android works internally as far as memory management is concerned.

I have the regular 32A (288MB version) with 8GB MicroSD. When I install applications using "adb install", what happens? Does it install to the 288MB area? Or is there another area it gets installed to? I don't think it installs on the SD.

So if it is limited to built-in memory, what do you guys use SD for? Is it just for pure storage purpose such as movies, music and documents accessed by applications?

If there are any helpful links that could clarify this, please let me know as well.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ronni.rasmussen:
When you install it will put em on the internal ram (288mb) but with root you can modify it so it will install and run the applications on/from the sdcard.

Havent tryed myself but saw it around and maybe this link can guide you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=462882

Didn't try myself cause i haven't run out of ram yet and also sdcards have a lifespan so guess it will die faster if you use it for applications.

I use my flash for nandroid recovery, music and so on!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] lifeflayer:
Actually it is installed to the ROM (512MB)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] yhbae01:
I believe most applications are small so it will fit ok in the 512MB area but what about GPS apps? If CoPilot is similar to TomTom, it will probably exceed 1GB including maps. Does this mean I am forced to use Apps2SD?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ronni.rasmussen:
My bad, ofcourse its in the rom :D

Guess when tomtom comes out for android the main application will be installed into the rom while the maps will be placed on the sdcard.
[General Questions and Answers] voyager529:
Hey guys!

First post here. I'm coming off of the jailbreak-use-update-released-hack-released-reinstall-everything cycle of owning an unlocked iPhone and coming into the fold with a T-Mobile Rhodium. I'd like to add the Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM to it, and I was quite happy when on the front page there was a link declaring that "Hard SPL for HTC Rhodium is here!". It sounded good, but after reading the instructions, I was a bit confused; I'm pretty sure that the majority of the confusion is largely vocabulary-based. I remember going nuts when I first started jailbreaking and unlocking my iPhone. As such, I'll hope you'll forgive me for asking all these basic questions. If there is a first time guide for this, then I'm sorry that I missed it (I did look!), and feel free to simply post a link to it.

First and foremost, is there a means of going back to the stock firmware should that become necessary? The T-Mobile people have mentioned the recovery partition on the device, so does altering the hardSPL impair my ability to use the recovery partition here?

2.) What exactly is the hardSPL anyway? how does it differ from regular firmware, or is it a subset thereof?

3.) Is there a way to save my current SMS mailbox?

4.) Does the HardSPL come with an updated version of TouchFLO3D, the same version, or will I be giving touchflo up to get the new winmo? (stock firmware comes with 2.1)

Thanks so much for your time to answer!

Joey
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americanxo:
i rooted my G1 last night (i think i suceffuly rooted it)

and i was trying to flash the JACHEROSki-v2.1 ROM to my G1, i used the old method put the recovery.img and the JACHEROSki-v2.1 (changed to "update"),then turn off phone, turn it back on with home+power, alt+s flashing in progress, here are the messages i got when installing the rom:

Installing from sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

installing update...

Deleting files...

Deleting files...

Formatting System:...

Copying files...

Then the progress bar stay still not moving forward....and after a while it goes...

E:Can't chown/mod /system/xbin

(No such file or directory)

E:failure at line 80:

set_perm_recursive 0 2000 0755 0 6755 SYSTEM:xbin

Intallation aborted.

Press Home+back ro reboot

then after i reboot, the G1 logo stays on forever, i tried to reboot, and tried to flash again (at least 4 times), but same results. how can i fix this ? did i delete my own rom while flashing the new rom ? thats why i have no roms in my phone, so it wont load up? what can i do now ? i mean, i cant do anything without turning on the phone
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fingerlickin:
Hero roms require the DangerSPL noted in the first post of the rom you are trying to install. I don't recommend flashing a hero rom right after rooting your phone. Considering you still need to learn about apps2sd and most important swap partitions. Download cyan 4.0.4 and start with that before you try a hero rom.

Hold home+pwr to boot into recovery to flash roms.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crpercodani:
Also you don't need to put the recovery.img on your sd anymore, once you have flashed recovery you dont need to do it again cuz it stays on your phones internal memory. When flashing any rom you just put the .zip on your sd and rename it to update, thats it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americanxo:
so you mean cyan rom is best for me right ? and how am i gonna do that when i cant boot my phone ? i dont have a card reader here so a little frustrating tho
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americanxo:
and can you give me a link for that rom ? too many roms out there dont know which one is best for my G1, i have a 1G memory card only btw
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fingerlickin:
before we go any further. Did you install cyan's recovery 1.4?

also turn the phone off, hold the camera button and power button. Give us the info shown on the screen.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americanxo:
i dont have cyan revovery 1.4 i only have the recovery.img
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fingerlickin:
and what does it say when you hold camera and power to turn the phone on?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americanxo:
my friend just brought me his card reader and i put the JFv1.51_CRB43-ADP update to the sd, and flash it, now my phone works, with 1.5 firmware....

a question...if i want to install the cyan rom, i just do the same with the updates right ? put it in sd, rename to update, turn off phone, home+power, then install right ?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
Seems like you got this one fingerlickin. See we can be helpful.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
Correct, but if you install the new recovery you can flash any .zip without renaming. Also if you get stuck in the future and don't access to a card reader you can mount your card in adb and do everything that way.

sorry fingerlickin had to jump in.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americanxo:
now im getting confused...what is adb ?

and after i get this update, my internal memory is 47mb....whats alot less than what i got before...is this normal ?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
adb will get your ass out of trouble when your phone acts up.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=519523

There are some good guides to use adb in there. But I ain't tryna get you confused so early, maybe that should be one of the next things you should learn. I'll stop there so you don't get confused yet, just something to learn for the future.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
And did you have your card partitioned before flashing the rom? I'm being lazy and not looking at your past posts right now.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americanxo:
i havent yet partitioned my sdcard...i came to this forum last night, spent hours to read and learn about rooting, updating, and maybe partition....

so you think my jf update can get the app install to sdcard ? or do i have to use other roms ?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
If I were you I would honestly switch from jf to a different rom. JF is to boring and outdated, plus he ain't working on roms no more so you won't have any support. I would go to one of cyanogens roms. Just partition your sd card then flash a new rom. There are multiple ways to partition your card, I use ubuntu (tut in sig) but there are other ways to do it thru the phone.