yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] treesurf:
Another option you can try to gain root:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

By the way, if your phone memory is close to full you may want to clear some space. I also found that I had to use a task killer to kill background apps to free up enough RAM in order to successfully flash the recovery image.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] aenimiac:
Thanks for all this help people! We might be getting somewhere now.

I've tried that SuperOneClick app and it's basically saying it can't copy su or superuser.apk as there's no space left on the device, even though I've uninstalled a few apps and got more than 50MB space available on the phone!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] aenimiac:
So.. I restored my phone to factory settings, giving over 100MB free space on the internal storage. I also killed everything running in the background so I had nearly 70MB of RAM free. Still no luck though. Strange!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
probably something to do with the system partition, that can only be modified with su permissions, might have to use the old goldcard method (which is in my guide in the coded text)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] aenimiac:
Cheers. I'll give it a go when I get some time.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] aenimiac:
Ok, so I downgraded to the official Android 1.5 ROM on the HTC site and tried again. Androot let me root the device and FroydVillain 1.7 is currently installing.

Thanks for the help people!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] treesurf:
Excellent!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] donvale:
Hi guys, faced a really weird issue while flashing custom roms. I tried 3 roms over here, namely the chocolate eclair, froyo sense extended and RCMix22B WWE.

For all of these 3, I could no longer access the 3G/HSDPA network. Anyone faced such issues or have any idea to fix it?

I tried *#*#4636#*#* and put WCDMA preferred but still unable to get through the ping test. Did a nandroid restore and 3G is working again.

Hope I can resolve this :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
check your apn settings (google them)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ChosSimbaOne:
there is an error in the download link for the recovery image, it links to the z4root thread :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] xD3S1x:
@ChosSimbaOne is correct.

can someone please update the link....
[Hero, G2 Touch General] h4d3z:
Same problem here

need some help bad

tnx
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
updated now
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Try clockwork mod recovery (from the market)

Or you haven't enabled root properly.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Boonja:
Perfect guide - thanks so much for putting this up. First time rooter, followed the instructions to the letter, and no issues whatsoever. Top stuff!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] treesurf:
Why is this thread not stickied?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] FrestylerST:
Yes it is. See 1st post, REF | GUIDES in this thread
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BillDoor:
will this work for a UK T-mobile phone?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] FrestylerST:
My Hero is rooted now! Simple and best guied I've seen. Thank you!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] koutheir:
Excellent Tutorial

It worked for me very well. And it worked twice until today.

I installed CyanogenMod 6.0 then CyanogenMod 6.1 and this tutorial is really THE guide!

thank you for your efforts!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dinko123:
EXCELLENT !

i had no idea of all these things and I've installed 2.2 on my hero + update radio in one hour.

thank you!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sulehri:
Hi

Ive purchased Hero from a guy who said it was rooted. Super Permissions is installed and working, so I skipped the rooting section

When trying to enter in recovery mode by pressing Home + Power, my phone shows a black hero with red exclamation mark inside a triangle, I plug the phone with my PC but nothing happens .... thus I cant select "USB-MS toggle" in recovery mode and move forward to place the Custom ROM on my SD card in the main directory and proceed

You may find this info helpful

hero cvt ship s-on

Hboot-1.76.0007 (Hero13000)

Microp-010f

Radio-6.35.08.22

Please Help
[Hero, G2 Touch General] treesurf:
Did you flash a recovery img, such as the AmonRa recovery? You can follow the instructions in the first post here to do this.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sulehri:
I was following the same procedures as mentioned in the first post, but as my Hero has super permissions already installed, I skipped the first section and started from flashing custom Rom...

So what should I do now?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] treesurf:
You need to flash a recovery before you can install a custom ROM. Follow those bits of the original post that I've quoted above and you should be good to go. Go back to the first post to get the link to download the AmonRA recovery image.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Yes - but only a hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BillDoor:
thanks, I've managed to install TastyFroyo 1.1, also upgraded it to 1.2, but when I tried to make the backup ( Nand + ext backup as I have apps on SD) it said 'Error: Run 'nandroid-mobile.sh' via adb!' - how do you do this?

but it flashed the new ROM anyway.

Do you know why the backup failed?

Also, is there an easy way for all my apps to still be there after I've flashed a new ROM?

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ciprilik:
@BillDoor 1. I get the same error on nand but not on backup... I get that error when I try to restore using nand.. dunno why.

2. You can use Titanium Backup from Market to backup your apps+data and restore them when you install a different rom
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lennertt:
Need help

Hi guys,

i have a HTC HD2 with android running, and i am trying to flash a custom rom to my old HTC HERO running firmware 2.1-update1, but i encounter some problems.

I ran Universal Androot wich said: Root successful

i also ran z4droot, permanent Root-acces wich also ran successful.

1)

I am now trying to do the flash-img recovery, but i am getting the error:

"flash_img: permission denied" i searched for this error, but couldnt find a solution.

2)

I tried to backup my files with titanium backup, but that give me an error : could not acquire root privileges.

3)

if i reboot my phone while pressing home + power i get the phone with red triangle.

I guess i wasnt able to root my HTC Hero, i tried universal root and z4root.

any hints for this beginner?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] fuzion22:
Do you have the Superuser app installed? You can also type SU then press enter on terminal emulator and if you get a # sign, you have root.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cambria83:
I'm having this problem too! Any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gibbo3771:
Ok, rooting went just fine but I am trying to flash the recovery. I cant for the life of me find a terminal on the market that works.

The one I have atm doesent allow me to flash the image or execute the command "su"

I have also tried doing it via adb method thing and command prompt doesent recognize adb as anything?!

What am i doing wrong ? :( :( :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] treesurf:
You can try using ROM Manager from the Market to flash the recovery for you. By default it flashes ClockworkMod recovery, but I think it has an option in there somewhere to bury the AmonRA recovery as well.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dzatara:
Great guide!

Everything's done... successfully on the hero !

Thank you !!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BillDoor:
what's happening here? I rooted my phone a while ago now and installed many different ROM's currently on TastyGinger2, I've just tried booting to recovery and I'm stuck at the "G2 touch" screen, why is this? It's been stuck there for over 30 mins :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] godovic:
Need to back my G2 Touch to stock rom.

Cannot do that with a RUU_Hero_T-Mobile_UK_2.73.110.26_release_signed_NoDriver.exe cos I get error 131

There is no update software for my T-Mobile - Macedonia in a download form.

From a friend of mine, I get another G2 Touch from T-Mobile Macedonia which is not rooted.

How can I backup original ROM from the untouched G2 Touch and restore to my rooted phone ???
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Just run the WWE edition exe
[Hero, G2 Touch General] godovic:
this is branded t-mobile htc hero, so neither WWE runs too
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Dark Emotion:
Hi guys !

I bet that this question has been asked and answered like a million times but I don't want to do something wrong.

I have a HTC Hero and I want to put it back on stock ROM and without root.

I guess i need some RUU but which and how can I do it?

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] swatsbiz:
@Dark Emotion

I'm pretty sure you just have to run the right .exe file on your PC:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559622
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Dark Emotion:
Thanks man, but how can I now which one do I have to run?

I know that I need WWE, and my Hero is "just" HTC Hero (unlocked), not G2 touch if you can understand what I want to say :D

So which one do I need? :S

RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_1.76.405.1_R3_WWE_release_signed_ NoDriver.exe

RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_1.76.405.6_WWE_release_signed_NoD river.exe

RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoD river.exe

RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.38_WWE_release_signed_No Driver.exe

RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.61_WWE_test_signed_NoDri ver.exe

RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.66_WWE_test_signed_NoDri ver.exe
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Guys this isn't really the right place to be asking this sort of thing. Please ask in the Q&A section instead of hijacking another thread please :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] swatsbiz:
Dunno ... pick the one with the highest number and cross your fingers ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] swatsbiz:
Sorry

10chars
[Hero, G2 Touch General] godovic:
Dark.. Me tooo, same in Macedonia... neither of these works with my G2 Touch..
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gasman2:
Hi - Just gone through the whole process and it worked like a dream - really easy and no problems. Installed Villain 13.

But, now my phone has lost all the original settings and apps etc. Is there an easy way to get them back, or do I have to download them all from the market, etc etc?

I did the nand backup bit and also copied everything from the SD card to my computer.

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mljjlm:
Yes, just download everything from the market again.. When you wipe data you delete all of the downloaded apps and all of your settings, but it is required when you change from one ROM to another. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] treesurf:
If you switch ROMs again it is possible to backup all of your apps. Follow the directions in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=669754

It works extremely well for backing up apps and their data. I don't recommend backing up system settings, though, because this can cause problems when moving between different ROMs.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gasman2:
Ha! Now you tell me!! ;-)

Would have been really useful to have had this link in the first post!! Surely a vital step!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] treesurf:
I know... I went through the same thing!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Dark Emotion:
How can I upgrade recovery image? I have 1.6 and I want to install 1.7?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mahroze:
HELP

will this work for the Tmobile variant???? my friend just got it and has version 1.5 any help from the devs will be greatly appreciated :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ciprilik:
1. You can flash this : Flashable Amon-Ra 1.7.0.1

or

2. this procedure:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Dark Emotion:
thanks man, I have flashed it with terminal but that gave me errors (and my recovery was gone) so i flashed it again and it worked
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mahroze:
HELP!!!!!!

do we have to flash "death spl" like G1 inorder to root htc hero???????? :confused::confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gasman2:
Hi

I upgraded my T-Mob G2 v1.5 using these instructions. Worked perfectly.

Good luck.

GM2
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
No - forget everything you did on your G1 and just read the guide :)

@gasman2 - added the backup guide as requested
[Hero, G2 Touch General] soombastik:
works perfectly

thanks a lot
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Filo2Th:
Guys i need little help with my hero.

I flashed some ROMs on my hero , before that made full wipe and when i run my phone he always somehow crash.He use to restart all the time, or i can´t install on him any app, or even i succeed with install some app it can t open it and say "App xyz closed unexpectedly"

I tried install so many ROMs on my hero but everyone use to crash somehow than i can t use my mobile phone as i would like to.Can anybody please tell me what to do with that? Thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Make sure you're wiping everything before you flash the new ROM's - this is typical behavior when you have flashed the ROM without doing a full wipe.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] m4co:
flash_image: not found

On step 5:

I get flash_image: not found

I've done all the steps before with success (including rooting).

Any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pkn3000:
Try downloading Rom manager from the android market if you have version 2.1 and did you rename the recovery recovery.img
[Hero, G2 Touch General] m4co:
That worked great, thanks.

Rom manager should be mentioned in this tutorial, imo. It's so easy!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] PochiMak:
How about 1.5?

both terminal only work on 1.6 or above:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mahroze:
this maybe a noob question but cant we flash the radio through fastboot in order to avoid any bootloops???? now that htc is offering unlocked bootloader o_O :/
[Hero, G2 Touch General] junooni:
something's wrong with my hero. i don't have ANY recovery. if i try to start my phone in recovery, it just sits on the HERO screen.

i have tried all the methods above and none work.

in case of adb as well as flash_image from terminal, the command doesn't do anything.

please help. i would like to flash cwm and more roms.

i know i'm rooted (root checker)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kemoba:
They have to work, are you sure your hero is GSM not CDMA ? Also try with jordfaz's clockworkmod, you can find it somewhere on this forum, check my all roms recovery kernel thread...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] simplyanin:
VIDEO ON HOW TO INSTALL A CUSTOM ROM TO ANY ANDROID DEVICE

[YOUTUBE]8wtcXyPwsY0[/YOUTUBE]
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Remo Boy:
What is the use of updating

Custom roms .

Can I improve my wifi ...

Pls reply

I believe in you

Thank you bro
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Yea, if you're just flashing the ROM and it locks up like that it is fine to pull the battery. Make sure you wiped everything, data dalvik and sd. You could even try v4 again, i've read it is pretty stable. But either way it is fine to try as many rom's as you like following those steps. If you're having repeat issues post in the rom specific forum and wait for a response, problems with the rom's is out of my hands.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] krippel6:
Sweet -

I reflashed using the V4 beta. And it worked, so obviously the first time round I must've skipped a step or something.

Thanks for all the help guys, my HTC Hero is now rocking Android 2.1 and it's sweeeeeeet!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] blackdem0n:
Hi,

i want to upgrade the radio rom only (III. Updating your Radio).

(i have the original rom on my hero)

is it possible with a "virgin" hero?

thanks:rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] goatistuta:
Error 171?

Hi

Thanks for the guide, which as a noobie I could actually understand! I found that I had to downgrade my Orange Hero before I could progress and followed the instructions on how to do so. However I keep getting Error 171 USB not connected and a 'waiting for bootloader' timeout. I've tried three different PC's - 2 with XP and one with Windows 7 and cannot get it to work. Can anybody offer advice?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
I think to update the radio you need a recovery rom installed, but there is probably a way to do it through ADB access, but i'm unsure how. Sorry.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
I believe this error is due to drivers, when you're installing the downgrade make sure you keep device manager up and monitor the driver which is installed for your hero, if it changes from My HTC you'll need to re-install the driver. This process can be seen in the second guide in my signature - you want it to be set up for HTC Sync.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] marksyzm:
I'm not entirely sure what a gold card is, if someone could tell me please?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] blackdem0n:
ok, thanks for your guide:D

i'm a newbie!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kams19:
will this method also unlock my htc hero from its current provider (t-mobile uk)??
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Gold card is just a modified sd card which allows an exploit to be run so you can flash your phone with a generic android rom instead of your carrier specific rom. You should only need it if you have to downgrade to a generic rom. I'll add this information to the FaQ wiki page.

@kams19 - this guide has nothing to do with unlocking your phone, as far as i'm aware you need to pay for that but there may be some free methods if you search around.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
No,... for that you will need to purchase a network unlock code,... No free ways to do this unfortunately. The alternative is to buy a "rebel Sim" / "turbo SIM". They aren't expensive at all,.... I paid about £3 for mine off fleabay and now use an o2 SIM in a Hero locked to Orange. Google it.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] goatistuta:
Thanks for the info. I set it up for HTC Sync but the problem remains; not sure where to go from here?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
What OS are you using?.... No matter what I tried with my Win7 machine it just wouldn't work. I ended up doing it on a XP machine and it worked 1st time.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] goatistuta:
I'm trying it on an XP Pro system. Is it worthwhile trying the Gold Card option?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
If it still isn't working then the gold card option is your best bet, though you could end up with the same issue further down the line. Is your device registering as My HTC in device manager and does it continue to be seen as My HTC throughout the rom install process.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] goatistuta:
It's shown as My HTC all the way through the process. However it doesn't get very far as all that happens is that after checking the phone and asking which ROM is to be downgraded (the one already installed is named MrBang) and I select that option, it says 'waiting for bootloader', counts to 90 and an error 171 is displayed.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
So you already have a custom ROM installed???!!!!!!

No need for the downgrade or the GoldCard method. You should be able to simply put the new ROM you want onto your SD,... then update via the recovery console.

First check what recovery console you have installed.

Turn your phone off,... then hold the "HOME" button and press the "POWER" button at the same time,...

What does it read at the bottom?... i.e,... Mine says "Build : RA-hero-v1.6.2".

You can then select "POWER OFF" or "REBOOT" once you have written down what it says.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Ok, i've read that a solution to this is to have your phone connected to htc sync when you start the process (exe) (from the pull down menu - notification menu > select sync)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] MojUk:
Ok guys, quick question re: this process.

I have rooted my phone back in October so that's all gravy :D though i am 'out of the loop' on the process....

My friend would now like to install custom ROMs due to the utter slickness of the ones available, he has a generic european gsm htc hero running 2.73.405.5.

Can he follow this process simply from stage one or does he need to downgrade to 1.76.405.1 as indicated in an earlier post?

Cheers fellas

Moj
[Hero, G2 Touch General] PulpzillA:
im in the same boat too.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] noklapanxd:
hi, still works in windows 11¿
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Have you rooted or installed a custom rom previously? rooting is just the process of gaining root access, installing a custom rom is the process of installing a new os.

Your sig suggests you have a custom rom installed, in that case you probably have a recovery rom installed so just follow part II installing a custom rom and install the new custom rom instead of your old one.

@pulpzilla - you'll also have to clarify
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
For your friends phone, try just starting from part I. Installing a recovery image,... If you cannot install 'Flashrec' and then the recovery image, see part I - number 10 -

"If you get "backup failed" response see the "Ib. Installing the correct HTC ROM" section for more details".
[Hero, G2 Touch General] goatistuta:
Mine has the same build number - Is that the same a a v1.6 ROM as I thought that version had native VPN support and I it was that option I'm trying to implement.

Apologies for being a thick noobie, but what option do you choose to update from the SD?

Thanks for the help.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Oooh, I dont know about VPN stuff, I dont even know what that means,... Looks like I'M the thick noobie,.... Sorry.

But as to your other question, the option you need is "Flash Zip from SD Card",... then you need to pick the ROM.

But it is a good idea to do all of the following to ensure a clean install,...

"8. Select Wipe from the menu, then select:

Wipe Data/Factory Reset

Wipe Dalvik cache

Wipe SD

Press back button

Select Flash Zip from SD Card

Click Confirm"
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ian_4614:
HELP....

I tried to root my phone, following the instructions above, got to 1-10 but was not able to back up. I got the 'BACKUP FAILED' message.. so I went to downgrade my ROM version to 2.73.61.5 using the link you mentioned in the notes, directing me to HTC Program Support but it said that the version was no longer available for download....

Any ideas ????
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Check here bruv,.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559622
[Hero, G2 Touch General] MojUk:
Thanks man, that was my thought but didn't want to potentially do any damage / brick it ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] PulpzillA:
im using the unbranded 2.73.xxx firmware and its stock no rooting or anything.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ongkenhan:
hey there, i flash my radio. waiting for reboot more than 30 minutes. is that normal? still waiting....
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Bisis:
Some questions

1) When I flash "Recovery Image" what does happens to the phone? Where this image is stored?

2) If I flash back a "Shipped ROM" does Recovery Image be removed and reverted to the original included in the Shipped ROM?

3) Can you include the guide to revert back to a Shipped ROM? Is necessary only to click on exe shipped rom's file in recovery mode?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
In that case you'll need to start from the beginning!

No, are you sure you have a GSM phone? Try making a post about it seperate to here and ask for assistance. Exactly what does you screen look like or say?

1) The recovery image is stored in the phones memory somewhere.

2) Yes it is removed, there is no recovery image in the stock HTC exe rom's

3) All you need to do is connect your phone and run the exe, it wipes everything in the process. (i don't think this is necessary to include as a separate piece - i'll put it in the faq wiki page)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Bisis:
Yes I saw. I tried and you're right.

But if so, why do I need to make nandroid backup? If something goes wrong it's only necessary to start RUU upgrade from official HTC's rom, not?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ongkenhan:
Hey there. thanks. solved the problem already. when i wipe zip from sd card for the radio. it completed and load to a screen. I waited there for hours (as told by the guide). I supposed to press back and reboot the system.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BigD18t:
Guys im currently running the clockwork recovery image to put on the latest amon ra as i want to use ap2sd , how do i flash it onto my phone ?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] borhaj:
Radio

I followed the instruction the ROM came up nice but I tried to upgrade my radio and after 2 min the screen went black and it's now 40 min and nothing has come up yet. I haven't touch the battery yet. should I wait any longer or what should I do?