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[Hero, G2 Touch General] Hexen29:
Just wanted to say big thanks for this guide. I had the stock T-Mobile G2 Touch with 1.5. I was struggling to upgrade it until I found your guide. I took my time and it all worked perfectly!

Upgrading the radio seemed to have a couple of extra steps than listed, but it was all fine in the end. I think it just needed an extra reboot at the end.

I'm loving the speech-to-text in 2.1!

Cheers!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] harshc:
Hello there,

First off thanks alot for the guide, very helpful.

But as I was running the Custom Rom to Downgrade my HTC hero, the process gets stuck at a certain part called updating Signature,

and then it simply stops and says update failed!

help please!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keridel:
Guide] Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ [Updated 02/05]

Hey btdag your the man who might kbow. Does this process unlock a don locked phone? Ie if I put villain on an Orange UK hero will it become unlocked gsm?

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[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Nah pal,... Rooting or swapping ROMs has no affect on the network lock.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keridel:
[Guide] Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ [Updated 02/05]

Bugger

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[Hero, G2 Touch General] gascanieto:
None of these methods have worked for me, after upgrading to 2.1 from Taiwan. I believe the new radio, broke my Orange branded phone. as of now, I'm awaiting a new phone to be delivered direct from orange.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Mcintyre94:
Issue at downgrade stage

I've hit an error at Part III, Number 5.

5. Double click the RUU exe you downloaded while the phone is plugged in with the GoldCard in it and follow the on screen procedure. This will install the old generic Hero rom on your phone, this is to allow you to install a recovery image. Reboot and fill in as few details as possible as these will be overwritten soon.

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I ran the exe, read the read-me and hit next a few times. It got to about bootloader (87) before it errored. It shown a USB error which definitely isn't there, my USB is connected fine and has been working fine throughout the process.

Now, my phone is stuck on a white screen with green text:

HERO CVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-1.76.0007 (HERO10000)

MI CROP-010F

TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104

RADIO-6. 35. 08. 29

AUG 4 2009, 19:43:30

RUU USB (this has an orange rectangle behind it)

At the bottom of the page is 3 pictures of android on a skateboard.

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What's the best course of action from here, please?

EDIT: This has been repeated 3 times now, each time I get the same USB error.

I also cannot access my pull-down bar so I can't get HTC Sync to connect. It is saying disconnected now.

I also cannot try the bootloader procedure, because I don't want to turn this phone off and brick it.

As far as I can tell now, I'm stuck because the phone is on this screen and the computer can't connect without me using the phone's drop down menu. Is there a way to get this to connect, or is there a safe way out of this screen?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
You using Win7 by any chance? I had the same thing keep happening before giving up and using an old XP machine.

Or try using BTDAGs guide on drivers (find the link in his signature from one of his posts), see if that helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Mcintyre94:
I am using Windows 7, yep. I'll have to see if my dad's XP notebook has any data on it at the moment, but I'm hoping it does.

I did take a look at his bootloader driver section of his tutorial, but it requires turning my phone off which I'm scared to do right now.

Thanks for the help though! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
I'm pretty sure its fine to turn it off/pull the battery to reset. Its only unsafe when flashing radios.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Mcintyre94:
Aah thanks, my phone's completely useable right now, I guess I'll give the bootloader a go and then search for an xp device tomorrow. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Mcintyre94:
Okay, I've fixed that last problem, just wondering if anyone has any idea about this:

I've got the Scenehero on the SD card now, I'm just unable to launch the custom recovery screen. It will start normally by hitting power, but while the home button is also held it just loops the first hero screen. Is there any way past that, because I need to perform a wipe and flash scenehero.

Thanks,

Callum. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Try holding HOME + POWER with the SD out?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Mcintyre94:
Thanks, but the same thing happens without SD. It just loops the first hero screen until I release Home.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Reinstall your recovery again?

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[Hero, G2 Touch General] Mcintyre94:
Aah right, thanks so much! I've managed to get it all working now, Sensehero is now running perfectly. Thanks for all your help!:)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Glad that helped. But I may have wasted a few minutes of your time, this was posted in another thread which might have worked.... For future ref...

....but your all sorted anyway.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gonella:
Not possible downgrade

Hi,

Recently i upgrade my HERO 1.5 to ANDROID 2.1(RUU_Hero_Chunghwa_3.31.751.1_R_Radio_63.18.55.06O_ 6.35.15.01_release_signed.exe(THE LAST OFFICIAL))

i decided to downgrade using the RRU(RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoD river.exe

(

and a I GOT THE ERROR:

"140 - WRONG BOOTLOADER VERSION"

any idea??

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dilema:
i tried to do this method, but for some reason the generic ruu won't load. it opens the install shield, then does nothing... tried on xp and 7. the drivers are ther, and htc sync finds the phone... if only this were as easy as wm!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Mcintyre94:
Yep, that was my original thread where someone else posted a link to a thread, and I ended up using this guide. I was originally just trying to find out if root was possible, and I'm very pleased with it.

Thanks for all your help!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
Few Questions :D

On 2nd Loading the Custom ROM doing wipe which one should i select ?

there are plenty of wipe options which is driving me crazy ! :confused:

Wipe data/factory Reset

Wipe Dalvik-cache

Wipe SD:ext partition

Wipe battery stats

Wipe rotate settings

Also, if i First Wipe than how can my Phone boot ? i mean doesn't it will wipe whole Official or another preloaded ROM what i was using? I mean OS Will still start ?

when i am installing Any Custom ROM First thing is root ⇒ Recovery Image ⇒ Wipe Whole thing ⇒ Flash Radio (if required) ⇒ & Finally load Custom ROM tell me guys if i am wrong ? :)

Also, Radio can be flash by Fastboot or recovery ?

& each & every countries have d same radio file? or do i have to download different radio for different country ? Thanks know bit :eek: but still ;)

One last Que ! when i m flashing Radio do i have to rename it update.zip or something like that ?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Wipe all of them. Your installed ROM will still work, and your new ROM to flash will still be on the SD.

So when you want a new ROM, this is what I do after any backups,..

Load into recovery, full wipe, partition SD, enable USB MS, copy new ROM to SD, then flash update.zip, reboot. After complete reboot, go back into recovery if you need to flash radio.

.... And the radio updates are NOT region specific, just use the latest one.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dilema:
so i finally managed to get it to work, was just my pc decided it wouldn't run. tried my gf's laptop and worked first time.

apart from that, it went smoothly :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
you mean firstly i should Switch off my phone, than pressing power + Home button it will load recovery option where i can wipe all things .. But it have option called (Wipe SD:ext partition) This option will format my whole SD Card right ?

Also, after wiping it again i reboot my phone & Mount SD Card install ROM In SD Card then again i switch off my phone , power + Home button will load recovery where i can install Update.zip file then again I reboot phone and if i want to install Latest Radio then again reboot Power + Home load into recovery & flash Radio & after reboot it. Bro when we installing Any ROM Do we have to Flash Custom ROM First or Radio First? i mean first i should Flash latest Radio or Update.zip (ROM) ? or i can flash ROM First & reboot my phone and if want to flash radio i can install it in SD Card & reboot in recovery and flash it ?

Also When i wipe whole

Wipe data/factory Reset

Wipe Dalvik-cache

Wipe SD:ext partition

Wipe battery stats

Wipe rotate settings

Do i have to partition SD ? i am using just 4GB Memory card ..i don't have any partition right now
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dodjob:
Hi all,

I've succeeed it!! :D

I'm on T-Mobile Germany and I had to use the Goldcard solution + downgrade to 2.73.405.5. I nevertheless had a problem that I had to solve by myself <-- yeaah I'm sooo gooood ;)

Even if my goldcard was working I could not downgrade with the RUU because everytime I was trying the Update/downgrade software was losing the connection to the Phone when it restart it in Bootloader. (waiting for bootloader or something like this)

I was then stucked in Bootloader on my phone and the soft was telling me that the phone wasn't connected to the computer, please check that the USB cable is connected...etc.

The only thing I had made was to let the phone in bootloader mode (with writen on the screen RUU USB) and start the RUU exe again.. And it wooooorks!!!! :-D

I had found/used this workaround on my old diamond.

Hope that helps someone.

Cheers!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
The Wipe SD:ext partition will only wipe the ext partition on your SD, if you don't have one it does nothing but can't hurt to run.

No where does it say to reboot after wiping this stuff, just flash the update.zip straight away. If you reboot after wiping the data gets put back and you need to wipe again!

Flashing the radio is a separate process. Stop over complicating the whole thing and follow the guide step by step...

Don't flash the radio and a new custom rom at the same time.

No you don't need to partition your SD card. You can do that at any time. When you do it will wipe your card. This is separate from the wipe options.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
This has been mentioned about a million times already. There is currently no known method of downgrading from Android 2.1.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
Okay Bro by that means i can wipe SD:ext partition & Including all other wiping options i can wipe but my SD Card update.zip will still be there ? and i can flash it ? No need to reboot my phone after i wiped ? i can directly flash Update.zip file and it will load Custom ROM & phone will start thats it right ?

Also when do i flash radio then ? after i flashed Custom ROM ? later after few hours or ? just within few minutes ?

what if i flash radio first and installed Custom ROM ? will it brick phone ? :rolleyes:

By the way Thanks bro for guiding me :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
None of the wipe options remove the data from your sd-card.

Do NOT reboot after wiping the data. It doesn't say to do it in the guide!!! Just flash the custom rom after wiping when you reboot it will then load into the custom rom.

Flash the radio whenever you like after that. 5 mins after first boot or 3 weeks after, doesn't matter.

If you flash the radio first it will just update the radio. But I would boot into which ever rom you have running at the time

after

doing the radio update and

before

wiping the data and flashing the custom rom. The radio and the rom are unrelated! But I wouldn't recommend flashing them both at the same time. I have no idea what it would do, so far no one has been stupid enough to rush everything and screw it all up. Please don't be the first :) just follow the instructions step by step.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
yeah i' ll do so , Actually i am learning it since few days. bit scared Because don't want to brick phone :)

Bro, do i have to rename Custom ROM to Update.zip ? or it doesn't required so..

How long it should take while i am flashing Custom ROM ? What if i stuck while i am flashing Custom ROM & Nothing happens for an hour or so :( i can remove battery & can boot into recovery ?

I know that while we flashing the radio , it can have chances to brick the phone if removes the battery right ..
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
No need to rename.

The flash depends on the speed of your SD card, but around 5 minutes is normal. When you reboot it takes a while, about 10 minutes is normal but it can take up to 20. If you're worried you can run a logcat, which you need to set up ADB access (using another of my guides) and then google how to run a logcat. That will tell you what the phone is doing as it does it.

You should always be able to get into recovery mode. If you can't then you've done something really stupid like flashing a GSM rom on a CDMA hero.

In terms of radio its also quite hard to **** it up. Removing the battery can apparently do it but i'm not sure. Once again its usually flashing a GSM radio on a CDMA hero. (search if you don't know what they mean).

This guide is designed for people who don't have a clue. You'll do fine. Learn as you go. It is fairly difficult to **** it up unless you try something you've not been told.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] AR2000Dwain:
Partitioned Gold Card

Hi

I have a Hero and am trying to upgrade the rom (from either villian 3.2 or 4 beta, sorry cannot remember which) for a second time. The problem I have is that I can only start the phone when a partitioned rom is present.

This means that when I try and make a gold card the phone hangs whilst booting, yet when I take a partitioned card and copy the stuff in the hexi editor the phone says the card is faulty.

How can I work around this please?

I am finding it very frustrating as I did not have a problem last time as I was not troubled with partitioned cards

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
You already have a Villain ROM installed, is that correct? So you should already have a custom recovery installed too?

Turn off your phone, hold HOME + POWER to get onto the recovery console,... what writing does it have at the bottom? If its v 1. 6. 2 then your all set to go, if not, I'd update the recovery 1st. Follow BTDAG's guide in my signature for instructions.

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[Hero, G2 Touch General] dieselpower89:
Ok hi guys, this must seem really basic but I've followed this guide to the letter and have successfully installed a custom rom. I'm not using ADB (have to do more reading on that) and just using the home+power method to update rom/radio etc.

What I don't understand is how to use/install custom bootscreens. Various articles mention extracting the files to. /System/media/bootscreen/ but when I try to do so it won't let me extract to any other location other than the sd card... is this because I don't have root access to my phone? I don't understand...

Please forgive my lack of knowledge... is there a crucial step I am missing? Thanks all
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
Hello :)

when i am flashing recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2-blue.img using flashrec-1.1.3-20091107-2.apk it gaves me error when i am backing up current recovery it says :- Backup FAILED: Could not run the Command

My Build Number :- 1.79.482.3 146733 CL#49365 release - Keys

is there any other way i can flash Amon_RA Please Help guys ..

Also i have rooted successfully .. & when i switch off n start into recovery mode i can see following options :-

Android system recovery utility

use trackball to highlight:

click to select.

reboot system now

apply sdcard:update.zip

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

back up ROM to SD Card

restore ROM from SD Card

Also no nandroid back up or nothing ..!:(

i am using Firmware version :- 1.5

i am from south east Asia :- do i have to use SEA (South east Asia ) - RUU_Hero_HTC_Asia_SEA_WWE_2.73.728.5_release_signe d_NoDriver.exe OR

latest one :- WWE - RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.66_WWE_test_signed_NoDri ver.exe

Or should i use this one to upgrade:- Hero RUU -

2.73.405.5

& later i can install flashrc & flash Amon_RA ?

Or

without installing the htc ROM (Hero RUU -

2.73.405.5)

Go straight to the GoldCard Procedure ?

in short & simple can i upgrade it :- My Build Number 1.79.482.3 146733 to 2.73.405.5 will work ?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
yeah might be why don't you root your phone ? :) give it a try & see if it works ...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] AR2000Dwain:
Thanks for the prompt reply, it is 1.6.2

By ready to go I assume you mean that I should wipe the phone and then flash from the sd card. Would that be a fair assumption? If not could you clarify that for me please?

Took the plunge and worked on my assumption, it works beautifully, thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dieselpower89:
Hehe, haven't I already rooted the phone as part of flashing a new custom ROM? I thought flashrec and the recovery image did that?

Wow. I really am out of my league. LOL
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
root is = different

& loading Amon_RA Recovery or installing Custom ROM = different ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dieselpower89:
Wow. I really need to do more research don't I? Thanks for the clarification mate :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
If you have a recovery image and a custom rom installed you've probably got root. I don't think I know of a single custom rom which doesn't enable root access. Therefore, rooting is irrelevant for this instance. In fact, just to clarify, root access / rooting you phone does nothing to help you install a custom rom. This misconception is due to the incorrect use of the term by people who should know better!

We all have a lack of knowledge so dont worry about it. To install a custom bootscreen just flash the bootscreen .zip file as you would a radio (without wipe) and it should work. It might be recommended to wipe the dalvik cache but it should say in the bootscreen topic.

Yes, follow the goldcard procedure like my guide explains.

I have no idea where you have got this recovery image from. And the recovery image has got nothing to do with root (as you stated...). How exactly did you get root access? Not that this will change anything...

That bit is complicated and i'm not sure i follow it. But basically you need to install the WWE 2.73.405.5 build so that you can flash the correct recovery image with flashrec. Just follow the guide and stop overcomplicating the whole thing!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
Okay Sorry Brother .. :(

i will try Goldcard & Install Official WWE 2.73.405.5 build :)

i installed instant root.apk & later it says root is already available but i couldn't open Titanium back up or any other root Apps from market .. so i Open Titanium back up & there was option for problems i click on that and it download Busybox it self and later i can able to open root apps ..:confused:

Mmm but Thanks very much :) i will try it tonight ..
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rimoog:
Hi,

Something went wrong when I want to do the following step:

10. When it is installed click Open. Click on Backup Recovery Image and wait for it to finish. If you get "backup failed" response see the text on the right for more details, if the backup is a success carry on to step 11.

I get the message :

Backup FAILED: Could not run command

What am i doing wrong?

Richard
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
You got the answer right there pal,...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
@ btdag -

Sorry brother for disturbing you very much .. :)

today i finally flashed brother Amon_RA recovery using old version of flashrec-1.1.2.apk Because flashrec-1.1.3.apk Didn't work so :)

saved my time ,No need to do now Goldcard & downgrade & Etc Etc .. :D

Thanks Soooooo Muchhhhhh .. you doing great Job.. Keep it up :D but i can ask for help anytime So, ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gonella:
ROOTED

How about this solution of unrevoked team?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=699088

maybe it works in HERO :):)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Personally i'm not going to test this out. But if anyone has updated to v2.1 and is good with technical details they could potentially try that method out. There doesn't look like there is much of a success rate though.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rophaq:
i came through that on google, truth is:i didn't want to brick my phone.

as btdag said.there is no one click solution.( you don't want to brick your phone).

just follow his guide(print it), if the first step didn't work, go for the gold card.it's the only solution, you'll get it done at the end. it seems complicated, it's not really, i'm no techy and i did it.

credit goes to btdag(best guide ever i came across) and all the devs.

cheers:)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ampicillin:
Brother i have partition using how to set up a2sd.. :D & it works ..

But however i am confuse . :rolleyes:

if i download any new apps from market . it will directly goes into SD Card ?

Also i can format my sd card anytime from Computer ? Because capacity is showing only :- 3.31 GB ... So, that means i have partition very well 512Mb ? & i can format SD Card anytime ... but 512 Mb apps still will be in my phone ?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
1. Yes, downloaded apps will go straight to your SD card.

2. Never tried formatting in windows, I use the phone to format if necessary. Try it, worse comes to worst you'll have to re-partition it and re-download the apps. (make sure you backup first - nandroid and the data)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] J_B204:
Thanks

btdag,

I've been looking at rooting for quite a few months but haven't had the guts to do it - I'm on 3 UK and the only way to get root was the gold card method.

I registered specifically to say thanks for the guide - it took me 3 hrs and now I have Villain Rom, Apps2SD and the latest radio as well as gold card.

It was nerve wracking but your guide is spot on - I followed it word for word and had no problems at all.

Thanks again (and to the unlockr of course!), I really appreciate it.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dieselpower89:
Re: [Guide] Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ

I'd like to say thanks also . I'm in Australia with an unlocked Hong Kong hero and followed the guide to the word... all good and done.

Cheers! :D

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[Hero, G2 Touch General] casca:
hey guys, i've got the 2.1 official from taiwan, and my hboot is 1.76.0007 , can i install a different rom with this procedures or any other?

tks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Iamhero123:
Cheers, used the Goldcard method on Win 7 64 bit and a G2 Touch. I got it working by downloading Win 64 drivers, then running the downgraded rom in XP compatibility mode. Just installed ezhero 2.9, looks good so far :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Nope, you screwed yourself. This has been mentioned many times. I'll add it to the FaQ.

Thanks others for the praise :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keyzjh:
Hi btdag, read through your guide and it was relatively easy to understand. But I have a question, as my hero is a malaysian version and does not have market pre-installed, I'm not able to get any file manager from market. So I will have to install android SDK and setup ADB (similar to first part of gold card method) and install a file manager from a .apk file from the computer right? This is for the first method of rooting.

One more thing, so if I decided from the start that I want to follow the gold card method, I should follow your guide from the "gold card method" down to the last step then reflash the recovery ROM in the top part of the guide, is that right?

Thanks for your feedback and patience in answering my queries :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Wow i had no idea that the did rom's without a market. Yes you could try installing flashrec through adb and then following the first section of the guide. Alternatively it might be easier just to start with the goldcard method and work from there :)