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[Hero CDMA Android Development] toastcfh:
u guys need to find the stock prl and get it to me i have a way to help u. so if anyof u can try and get them for me that would be great. pm me i need one from each carrier.

to get it try this. i know it works if ur root but not sure if it works for none root. but i want to help everyone so i want everyone to try this. and get me a prl for each of these small cell companies.

heres the link.

to extract ur prl click here

i will in turn make a collection of these for everyone to have . that way we can avoid this issue again. thanx guys :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Redneck101:
with the messed up pri am i using sprints towers or what? this is confusing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] toastcfh:
i think roaming and stuff is ok. i dont think ull have an issue with that. all im trying to do is get everyones phone working properly. it not saying ur carrier is not the right thing it should be doing. and there could be side affects we dont know of as of yet.like roaming, battery life ect.. i just wanna help insure we dont have those issues. thanx
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Redneck101:
o, ok im gonna try a prl update tomorrow when i get to school because i dont get signal at my house and see what it does.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] asmith001:
I've tried a kingston and a sandisk to create the gold card with no luck. I keep getting the "255: not key-card" error. Any suggestions?

Aaron
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ibegary:
Toast - you probaboly already know this but just wanted to make sure you are aware.

From my research the Sprint Hero was first given to the biggest regional carrier in the ACG (Associated Carrier Group) which was Cell South. So in HTC's mind there are two type of radio's, Sprint Radio and Cell South radio.

In order to please the other smaller carriers (Smaller than Cell South) they based their radio's off of Cell South chip and simply used some kind of radio image to program the other carrier settings.

So if you have a Bluegrass Cell, App Wireless, nTelos, Cellcom Hero and you do the ##786# reset, the chipset reverts to what is hard programmed back to Cellular South. The nam then appears to lock itself where QPST or any other program cant write or 'stick' the settings.

The only way I could get back to Bluegrass Cell settings was having the carrier re-flash back to stock.

Again, you probaboly know all this but wanted to make sure.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ibegary:
Not all SD cards can be used at gold cards (key cards). You may want to try another.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] X1088LoD:
It took me several attempts (3 times to be exact) of formatting my microSD card and going through the gold card steps for it to actually work, using the card that came with the phone. Maybe try, try again?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] X1088LoD:
deleted - canceled my thought, figured it out
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ThaSik1:
I am new to the forums and this whole rooting and flashing ordeal as well. I've had my Hero for about a month and i'd have had it in december if i hadnt been on the fence about waiting for the update we should have gotten long ago. But i am seriously considering updating to try damageless's ROM (open to other recommendations) but i'm curious as to whether the procedure will botch my phone whenever they actually do roll around lol..I just got the two year contract and i dont wanna be paying for something i can't even use lol

Thanks to whoever replies!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] X1088LoD:
Are you Cellular South? I was on the fence for a while too, but its easy as long as you follow the steps outlined on this site. Anything we get outta the ROMs is gonna be miles better than the official release.

I can only speak for Cellular South though, not any of those other ones. I just flashed the new regawMOD1.3.1, and I think it works spectacularly well, and it fixes the PRI/whatever issues I was having before.

And there are plenty of knowledgeable people here to help you out if you do have issues.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ThaSik1:
lol yea i'm with CSouth and thanks for the words of encouragement! I guess i'll go through and follow the guide tonight when i get off work and try my hand at one of the ROMs..Glad to be apart of a community now where i know if i screw up a bit, i always have someone who's willing to help out because these things aren't exactly cheap to replace!! lol Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Redneck101:
the stock app wireless pri is 1.84_101 and the phone has prl 10013 this info is comming from my dads phone. Mine on the otherhand is way different.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nahrwoldinternet:
Sounds like you're in the same boat I'm in. My nTelos settings are way off from the originals. I managed to get a copy of the correct PRL, but that didn't fix the problem.

I seriously don't think nTelos will fix a phone coming in with Cellular South settings, even if the ESN is from a phone they sold me. Looks like it's time to pull the battery in the middle of an RUU and take the brick back to them. "I went to the system updates under settings, and ran them all, and mext thing I know... My phone is doing this!!! <cue righteous indignation> :mad: You sent me a bad software update... Now fix it!!! :oplease?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] uraganone:
Guys welcome

Thank God our Cellular South community is rising here. About a year ago I was like yall, but now after reading post after post I learned a lot. The guys here are awsome and very helpful.

Don't be afraid and be patient, follow the posts and follow the guides and you'll be good. Enjoy enjoy ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
Added a couple of warnings to the top of the first post. Please let me know if something is not entirely correct or if it can be worded better.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ibegary:
That's actually not a bad idea if they will replace it. If they wont replace it, then you sir have activated paperweight mode.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Redneck101:
okay, since my pri is messed up what cant i do? can i go get a data plan added to my phone and be able to connect to the internet on it because my dad only got my texting at first and im pretty sure im getting a data plan soon.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
Yeah, would someone a little more knowledgeable chime in on this?

I am also worried about flashing any of the ROMs that "auto-fix PRI". Any idea exactly what they are doing when they say that? Is it something that would cause a reset to "Cellular South" for non CS phones? What would it do to a CS phone?

This is something that I'm pretty clueless about and not really sure how to learn more about it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nahrwoldinternet:
I have activated paperweight mode, and I have a new phone. They didn't even try to figure out what was going on. I told them my < 1month old phone went into paperweight mode, and they looked at it and replaced it. No hassles, no worries. And I honestly don't know if it was good customer service or bad technical knowledge... I think I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it was excelent customer service. I Love nTelos!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ibegary:
as long as you don't do the 786 reset your fine.

If your a cellular south user you should be fine to do the reset. It will just lock the man where you cant use the qpst tool is my guess.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] mooniefresh13:
I've been running DarchVanilla for a few days now on Appalachian Wireless and haven't had any issues with data, and it includes the auto PRI fix. But, it could just be a freak thing as well.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ibegary:
Your fine. As stated in my earlier post just font do the 786 reset. The roms pri fix should be fine.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
I have been working hard to find a Cellular South RUU. I have found the HTC FTP Server here: ftp://member.america.htc.com/ but we need a Username and Password to get in. I have been trying a lot of different things with no success. Just think of the amazing things we can do to out Heros if we get out hands on a RUU for Cellular South, or even Bluegrass, or the others! :o :eek:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
Well... as far as I know the only thing it would really let us do is go back to stock. We could base our own ROMs off of the actual CS system.img, but that really wouldn't be any different from just using one of the Sprint ROMs.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
What are you talking about dude? If we got the RUU, we could fix the voicemail notification problem, we could have PRI Update working, and everything
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ibegary:
that's the kicker, if we had the RUU it would only fix 1.5 issues. With the 2.1 ROM's all that is resolved for the most part and would look identical if your carrier launched a stock 2.1
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
Well, we really need to find where DamageControl found that leak. Maybe we could find a Cellular South leak? :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
New Update: I made a ROM for the NON-Sprint users to enjoy the newest Sprint leak without the PRI issues and data connection issues! Here it is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=658755
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
Awesome job on putting a rom together! Downloading it now and will chime in over there when I get going with it.

I haven't tried any of the ROMs based on the Sprint leak. Did the lack of voicemail notifications show up again with them? VM notifications worked fine in every other 2.1 ROM I tried before then. ... but then I switched to Google Voice voicemail so I wouldn't have been able to test anyway.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
see quote :p
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
Sadly, no. The VM feature is a flaw with using any sprint ROM. The reason you could see Voicemail notifications on the other 2.1 ROMs is because they were based off Verizon. Also, would you like me to post the PRI Fix for Cellular South customers? I have found a fix for Cellular South (guarenteed) and MAYBE other companies. I am not sure. But I hate seeing people who have to brick there phones and get a new one.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
regaw thinks he is so funny >.> taking credit for MY ROM! GRR!! ALL YOU DID WAS UPLOAD IT YOU LOSER!!! LOL jk. I made it, but regaw did help and he uploaded it because my internet is slow >.>
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
Sucks about the VM, but you've fixed everything else with your ROM right?

I am a bit clueless about PRI (maybe someone will answer my questions in the BitterSweet thread and enlighten me?), but I can't see any reason not to post a fix.... ?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
Yes, everything else is fixed other than the VM notifications. I need to add that to the bugs list.

I have a quick question though. Why can't other companies other than Cellular South and Sprint run the Reset from ##786#? Just Wondering
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
Check this post. The gist is that the other smaller carriers based their radios off of the Cellular South chip and simply used some kind of radio image to program the carrier settings. So if you have a Bluegrass Cell, App Wireless, nTelos, Cellcom Hero and you do the ##786# reset, the chipset reverts to hard programmed settings, which are Cellular South settings.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
Well, has this been tested? Also, what other sources prove this theory? I am all for keeping the users safe, but I also don't want to leave anyone out due to companies decisions. Does the smaller comapies have there MSL as 000000 as well? Because if so I am sure that they could just dial ##000000#, click View Mode, get there MDN and MSID, write it down, dial ##786# and hit menu then Reset, let it reset, reboot the phone, dial ##000000# and click edit mode, enter their old MDN and MSID, click menu and then hit Commit Modifications
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
The post I linked and at least one other person in this thread tried it and could not get back to their carrier's settings. Couldn't even edit the settings in QPST.

Yes the other companies' MSL passwords are 000000, but after doing the reset and putting back in the MDN and MSID, the carrier always showed up as Cellular South and I think data no longer worked. I'll dig through the thread tomorrow but the other posts are here somewhere.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ThaSik1:
Hey again fellas..I'm in the middle of rooting my hero as we speak and i'm on step 4 (rooting the hero with the Sprint RUU) and i keep getting an error (170 to be exact). Well while doing research to try and find a fix, i keep reading where people keep saying that updating to the RUU is pointless and will only require that the phone be re-rooted afterwards. Is this true??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jfoster38122:
anyone in memphis, tn that can/will help me get root?

i have been trying with no luck and it looks like i will need some help

i have been trying flipz auto rooter and still no luck
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
I'll assist

Hey, I'm in Starkville... but you can catch me on gtalk (google talk). I'm like always on.

cbutler.msstate@gmail.com

I've rooted a couple of phones now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nahrwoldinternet:
First hand experience: It doesn't work. After doing the PRI fix, my Radio was wiped back to Cellular South. I flashed back to the original Sprint RUU. I put my MSL/MSI back in my phone. I reset all of my phone's settings in ##DATA#. I even got a current local PRL file from an nTelos rep on one of the forums, but I couldn't get my phone back to nTelos. The phone just would not connect to the nTelos network to do a profile/PRL update. it was strictly a cellular south phone after that point.

Luckily, if you pull your battery in the middle of an RUU, there is no evidence of switching ROMs, switching radios, rooting, or screwing up your carrier. nTelos may not be the largest carrier, but they do take care of their customers.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] X1088LoD:
Heres a generic rooting question, is the gold card ONLY for the actual root or is it involved in any flashing, etc? Got a replacement larger SD card, and want to verify before replacing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nahrwoldinternet:
You will only need the God Card the first time you Root your phone. From what I understand, it allows the phone to go backwards in radio version. After that point, you can take it out and put it in a safe place, or just create another one if you need it for any reason later.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ThaSik1:
Mr.Danger, I'm a student here in starkville and work for ITS in the student worker position under Michael Lewis/David Mixon. If your that close, you think you can show me where exactly i'm going wrong on this rooting process, if it's not too much trouble lol?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
Check your inbox.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
Just to clarify a little, when applying an RUU there are 3 checks that must all pass:

1. Model ID - This passes when we apply the Sprint RUU because our Heroes have the same Model ID: HERO20000

2. Carrier ID - This would normally fail because the Sprint Carrier ID doesn't match Cellular South or any of the other carriers. However, the Gold Card bypasses this check.

3. Bootloader Version - I don't quite understand this one and I think the name is a bit misleading. When we were trying to apply the Sprint 1.29 RUU, this check failed, but when the Sprint 1.56 RUU came out, this passed and we were finally able to flash the RUU.

So, the only thing the Gold Card does is bypasses a Carrier ID check when applying an RUU. After that, you no longer need your Gold Card for flashing ROMs and all that.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Nadiar:
I happen to have a .prl file for Alaska Digitel, would this help for upgrading to 2.1 RUU?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] navalynt:
I put up a tutorial about how to use the new 2.1 RUU from Sprint to root any 1.5 based Hero. It has instructions for how to backup the PRL from your phone before the RUU and restore it after.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=661430
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jfoster38122:
anyone in memphis wanna try getting root on my phone?

cellular south htc hero

i have never had this much trouble getting a custom rom on a damn phone

i am at my wits end with this thing and would appreciate any and all help
[Hero CDMA Android Development] X1088LoD:
@jfoster

Where are you getting hung up? Base it on the steps in Post #1 of this thread
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jfoster38122:
im trying to use flipz autorooter and when it tries to push the img to my sd card it says permission denied.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] X1088LoD:
Ah, best I can tell you is to follow the steps in Post 1 as opposed to the autorooter.

I've done it on two phones, no problem following those steps. Can't talk towards the autorooter.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jfoster38122:
i have tried the goldcard route and have updated the adb driver and get an error

im putting win xp on a spare drive now

dunno if its win 7 giving me probs or not

i have been trying for months now and am about to give up

im not a fan of android atm
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
Xp is not necessary...I've done multiple phones with Windows 7.

And if it's still problems with adb, mask sure you have installed everything correctly, sdk tools...java SE... Windows 7 divers....etc
[Hero CDMA Android Development] X1088LoD:
Did your gold card work?

Is it just a problem with your ADB at this point?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jfoster38122:
i have decided to not mess with it any more

its just frustrating me and pissing me off LOL

if no one is local that can help me i have decided to just wait and see if flipz or someone else comes up with something that will work

i clearly dont know what im doing LOL
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rickj4:
cs hero

I'm lost I need instructions on rooting my cs hero ...or info to someone in central ms Jackson 2 b exact that whould b willing to do it 4 me
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Rabiteking:
So are there any CDMA roms that we can't use? I'm not quite up to speed with these PRI issues (APPALACHIAN WIRELESS)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] uraganone:
Who ever wants help for cellular south shoot me a pm and leave me your gtalk and I will do what I can to help with rooting. Or OS stuff. :)

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] xtratop:
Hey all, followed all the instructions from the first post so far and am stuck on applying the Sprint 1.56 ruu. it sits on waiting for bootloader for around a minute then throws up a [171] error (usb connection error.) The phone just sits on the black htc boot screen. Any tips?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] uraganone:
did u gold your SD card?

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] xtratop:
yes, and verified.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] btompkins0112:
Hey y'all.......is there anyone from Mississippi (Brandon area) on here that would be willing to walk me through root on my Cellular South Hero?? I am willing to pay if that would be necessary.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ogboot:
worked like a charm, no issues.

anyone recommend a particular rom, and what are the merits of said rom?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ogboot:
USB connection error sounds like it could be driver related, or system (pc) related. also, check whether you have debugging correctly enabled/disabled per the guide.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] uraganone:
Need help with root? (Cellular South ONLY)

I can help with root. Just shoot me a pm and and leave your gtalk and i will reply as soon as i get it, i will add you on my gtalk and we can talk about how to.....!!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ogboot:
ironically i got the USB connection error msg last nite when I was tweaking my GF's phone. I hadn't installed HTC sync yet before trying to apply the sprint RUU.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
Roaming

Somebody just asked how is roaming on my device after rooting...

I never leave outside of CSouth's service range so I could not answer.

Does anybody have problems roaming after rooting??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] X1088LoD:
no problems as far as I have seen
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
How far have you traveled.. they were planning on going to Houston, TX and were worried about there data connection.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tailbone1911:
Cellular South

I have a Cellular South Hero. If I root, will I have any trouble updated my phone to the 2.1 when it is officially released.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
If you root you will have two options:

1. Upgrade the official release of 2.1 and loose root.

2. Wait like a coulpe of hours after the official is released for a dev zip a flashable "official" 2.1 ROM that still has root access.

So no, will not have any troubles.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ogboot:
I would prefer to be rooted a/w, all things considered.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] uraganone:
CS roaming problems

Well at first with the bad PRL/PRI that was BAD BAD for us CS no we did not have roaming. Now though we have and i have tried it in nashville and i had no problems it roamed fine. Just need the PRL/PRI that comes from CS and you are good to go.

Now the problems are with the first ROMS from DC and Flipz but everything is fine on my side, dunno about the others.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
You will probably have trouble running the official update, but I plan, to the best of my ability, to have a basically stock 2.1 Cellular South ROM available once the update is out. The warning in the how-to about not being able to go back to true stock still holds, and probably will even after the official 2.1 update is out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
Oh yeah... I forgot that the base of our phones are Sprint now :/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] markachee:
Well, the real problem is that the Sprint RUU downgrades the bootloader (HBOOT, SPL) version to 1.41. Assuming the Cellular South update also comes as an RUU, it will be expecting the bootloader to be the original 1.43 the phone comes with. I'm not sure exactly why, but an RUU will not apply if the bootloader is older than it is expecting. It WILL apply if it is newer, which is why we were able to apply the Sprint RUU. Even if we had the current Cellular South RUU, it wouldn't apply because it's expecting a newer bootloader version.

Does anyone know what bootloader (HBOOT, SPL) version the Sprint 2.1 RUU has? I just thought of this, but if it has 1.43 or newer then we could apply the Sprint 2.1 RUU and then the Cellular South 2.1 RUU and that would get us the full Cellular South 2.1 for things like servicing the phone or something. I will check when I get a minute.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KyleIsTheBeast:
You are right. I was thinking of this a long time ago, but I never looked into it :/ Let us know what you find man
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jbreakfield:
Good News for us Cellular South folks...

They announced the addition of another Android phone, with apparently more to come... I can't post the link since I'm too new to xda, but you can see it at cellularsouth.com on the Discover Center

"The Android revolution continues! Coming soon, you'll have access to a whole new lineup of Android smartphones, with features that will change smartphones forever. One very special phone - a true game-changer - is coming very soon. Stay tuned to learn more."
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
Hmm... looks interesting.

http://www.cellularsouth.com/DiscoverCenter/phones-apps/android/coming-soon.jsp
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jbreakfield:
I'm keeping fingers crossed for the Incredible or the EVO :cool: