yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Avalaunchmods:
yes you did it right. it should have worked although it still shows the old baseband. you now have the old radio. its not updating that for some reason i will fix once i find out why
[Hero CDMA Android Development] poor_red_neck:
Can anyone else confirm decreased data speeds?

I'll do a quick little test in the mean time...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
Are you saying that my phone is now using the stock radio ver 1? If you are, I don't think it is because my download speeds are still way slower then before I did the ver 2 update.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] poor_red_neck:
Speedtest.net app available in market:

Phone was reset, then ATK was run killing all open apps. Test run at 12:30am so shouldn't be too much tower traffic, although my speeds never fall below 1000kbps

FACTORY RADIO

Test 1 (4/6 bars):

2239kbps down 671kbps up 285ms ping

Test 2 (5/6 bars):

1716kbps down 766kbps up 326ms ping

Test 3 (5/6 bars):

2199kbps down 617kbps up 342ms ping

UPDATED RADIO:

Speedtest.net app on phone.

Test 1 (4/6 bars):

2026kbps down 510kbps up 175ms ping

Test 2 (5/6 bars):

1671kbps down 715kbps up 183ms ping

Test 3 (5/6 bars):

1847kbps down 751kbps up 174ms ping

The decreased ping time is very obvious. Web sites start loading just a hair bit faster. The results are obvious ping times were cut in half!
[Imagio General] mikebbass:
I dont understand what could have happened. I have had my phone for months, but today it stopped charging when its plugged into my PC. It charges when its plugged into an ac outlet. Also when I plug it into the PC, my pc sees it, I can copy files to and from, but no charging.

Help Please.

Mike
[Imagio General] mikebbass:
Never mind. I am a tool. I found the issue under batter options.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] troyboytn:
Thanks to Flipz at Geek For Me for the link (surprised this hadnt been posted yet)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4898505&postcount=1
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
I'm using the carebear blue version :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
So am I!!!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] StephenMilone:
me three...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sefferdog:
green here.....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] troyboytn:
Cool themes huh! Seems every part of Android can be "brightened up"
[Hero CDMA Android Development] juicyj11:
hey guys im a little bit of a noob so can you help me on installing this?? like how to use adb shell?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] casperlt1:
Had a few quick questions on this...

Can I just use FlashRec to update the Recovery?

Do I have to use the newest version off of ZenThought like I read? (Just wondering cause the site is not coming up)

Will I have to re-install a rom or restore a nandroid or will it just update the recovery and I'm good?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
If you already have root, its pretty easy to do, just copy the file to your sdcard then

adb shell
su
cd /sdcard/
flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img

If for some reason "flash_image" is not found, change it to

/system/bin/flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img

If you are using one of the colored ones change the recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img to the name of whatever one it is.

If you don't have root already :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=583291

Just replace v.1.5.2 with v.1.6.2

You don't have to re flash any roms after this and your backups should still work
[Hero CDMA Android Development] juicyj11:
but what is that code or what?? where does it go?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] troyboytn:
it is command line input on your pc
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
You run them in the command line. Cmd.exe for windows, terminal for linux and mac

If you are on windows, install htc sync, it helps with driver issuse.

Then download and extract http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html for your OS. On windows extract to C:\android-sdk\

Then you will run

cd C:\android-sdk\tools\

then the code I posted above, if you have root that is

If you are using linux or Mac, just skip the htc sync part, they have the needed drivers already
[Hero CDMA Android Development] juicyj11:
okayy thank you
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Tenny:
carebear green for me!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrinehart93:
The easiest way of ALL to flash a new recovery image is to download Flipz's kitchen, go into the "root" folder of it, find the recovery images, and rename the 1.5.2 (something like that) to something else, like dog. Then rename the recovery image you want to flash to whatever the 1.5.2 image was named. Then run the auto-rooter, and walah! New recovery flashed. That's how I flashed mine :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tatonka_hero:
stupid question, mostly because I don't see much difference...but what's the major differences between this and 1.5.2 (besides the annoying ass carebears)?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ejqr5:
I didn't know it was going to be a Care Bear!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Burksdb:
ok i did the adb command and flashed the new image, but now i am no longer to get into the recovery mode and it's taking a very long time to boot
[Hero CDMA Android Development] juicyj11:
i need help. The code you gave me doesnt work. It says no such file or directory found? I have already tried changing the file names but it still doesnt work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercado79:
There's a change log on the original thread, but the one biggy I saw is that a Nandroid backup will not backup/restore the recovery console version. Also some bug fixes. Ah hell... here's the changelog:

- Added power off menu item
- New unyaffs binary patched by Koushik Dutta and Packetlss to fix the "losing root"-issue and incorrect file-time after a Nandroid restore
- New dump_image binary (by Brainaid) patched by Packetlss to fix the "bad blocks"- Nandroid restore issue.
(This will not fix old corrupted Nandroid backups! Please make new backups!!)
- New mkyaffs2image binary
- New flash_image binary
- Updated busybox to v1.5.3
- Nandroid menu options will NOT backup or restore recovery, cache, misc, splash1+2 (to avoid issues)
- Fixed wipe option not wiping when ext was not present
- Created carebear versions after the idea of packetlss
- Switched the Nexus logo to a Green Carebear with Nexus One logo (Thanks Montalbert!)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] someonenewhere:
I need the instructions to flash it with a Mac OS! lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
For a mac. Download the sdk for macs using the link i gave on the first page. This will work for Linux as well, just use the linux sdk

extract it to somewhere, anywhere should be fine as long as you know here it is at

cd [I]where/ever/you/extracted/to[/I]
chmod +x * 'tells mac/linux that we can run adb
./adb shell
su
cd /sdcard/
flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
reboot

and you should be good. Don't for get to copy the image to your sdcard. Enjoy the care bears :D

After you run what command? Are you on windows?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] someonenewhere:
vrekk hey thanks! it's not for me! it's for my female friend!

when I update, I'm going with the green HTC logo lol..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercado79:
Juicy... if you're an idiot like me, then maybe you're doing the same thing wrong.

In my case, it wasn't picking up the flash_image command automatically. I had to point it to the file directly. So... try this:

/system/bin/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
[Hero CDMA Android Development] casperlt1:
Yea,same here...

adb shell

su

cd /sdcard/

flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2-blue.img

No go..says its not there..but it is...hmmm
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
What? A man can't have a care bear on his screen? You got something against care bears!!!!!!!!! Lol jk

The green android dude would have been better though, little more on topic
[Hero CDMA Android Development] puertoblack2003:
use this flashrec app alot better and less headaches.

install the apk file then open it up and type "sdcard/andwhateverthenameofthefile" and hit flash and then reboot to recovery
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
try copying the recovery img to the root of your sdcard again, if you still get the error copy the image to C:\android-sdk\tools and run

adb push recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2-blue.img /sdcard/

and then the whole adb shell thing again
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Negrito:
Can i do this from Better Terminal on my Hero? when i try to

'adb shell' i get adb: permission denied. I hate to have to walk across my room to my Macbook, and the USB. :p
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
Ya, thats how I did mine, just skip the whole "adb shell" command. All adb does is open up a terminal on your phone, and you are already in one with Better Terminal
[Hero CDMA Android Development] networx2002:
Same here file not found :eek:

any of you guys that are having this problems, do have a password on your phone?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Burksdb:
ok so i have tried this thru windows running the adb, and i have also tried using better terminal to try and flash this also. i can ever get this to work each time i reboot the phone and try to get into the recovery mode it just shows the "HTC" logo and nothing happens. i let it stay on the logo for over 10 mins. if i take out the battery and reboot i can get back into my rom. i tried reverting back to 1.5.2 and everything works with no problems using the same methods as stated previously. i dont know what it going on... any ideas?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Negrito:
Thanks for the tip, worked like a charm.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
For the people getting the file not found error run this real fast

adb shell
cd /sdcard/
ls | grep RA

If you see the recovery images name pop up, that is the name JUST as you need to type it it, its case sensitive. (A does not mean a and versa visa)

And are you running this rom your current recovery or your rom? I did mine from my rom
[Hero CDMA Android Development] casperlt1:
I 2nd that,worked just fine in Better Terminal.I thank you as well.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ymsc:
I had problems getting it to flash myself. Download the image from the mirror link. The first link gave me an image that was 34k in size which is what was giving me errors trying to flash. The correct image should be over 3MB
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tstack77:
tried this route, "Flash Recovery Image" is grayed out...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ElAguila:
I am using flipz 2.1b android. I copied the recovery file to the sd and connected with adb and gave it the flash recovery command and it appears as if nothing happened. I shut down the phone and booted to recovery mode and I saw the blue carebear and it said RA 1.6.2 so is it safe to assume that it did indeed flash the new recovery image?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] casperlt1:
Sounds like you're good to go.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] srkmagnus:
Yes, recovery flashed. You won't see anything happen until reboot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
It flashes the recovery image to the phone, overwriting 1.5.2.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] epitaphromance:
worked for me finally on fresh 2.0b (android2.1)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] blindfaith76:
flashed the recovery, but now my phone is just stuck on the HTC screen.... how long was it taking everyone else to get into recovery after the initial reboot?

i was rooted running fresh 1.1 before/ 1.5.2img
[Hero CDMA Android Development] d1msum4lyfe:
how did you flash it?

it should've just booted up normally
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sdrewh:
You had a bad flash. Atleast it sounds that way. When it is stuck on htc is that regular boot or trying to get into recovery?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
I have to say, I'm impressed that Amon_RA is able to continually improve upon this. sure you don't use it everyday, but it really makes things easy when you do.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] foolforfood:
Hey, everytime I try to flash this Terminal on OS X says

flash_image not found

MY-Computer:tools totheendoftheearth$ ./adb remount
remount succeeded
MY-Computer:tools whatisbestinlife$ ./adb shell
# cd /sdcard/
# flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
flash_image: not found

Any help/ideas?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] srkmagnus:
Make sure the Recovery file you are trying to flash is the same you downloaded. For example, if you downloaded the blue or green version, make sure it has the correct name.

Although it shouldn't matter, try using the command this way:

adb shell

$su (not required if you have root already)

#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
replace flash_image with /system/bin/flash_image

Off topic but: WHOOT SENIOR MEMEBER!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] casperlt1:
I was having that problem too,maybe try doing directly on your phone with a terminal emu,that's what worked for me
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rank78:
ok, i'm running fresh 2.1 v2 from 03/04/2010 with the old recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img and i'm having trouble with multiple flashing options.

doesn't work for me, i get

flash_image: not found

it went through the commands and when it got to the v1.5.2 it said

flash_image: not found

it rebooted and the recovery still says its v1.2.3

the flash option is grayed out

failed to copy: read-only file

tried this but with my proper v1.6.2 filename

flash_image: permission denied
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
try /system/bin/flash_image

Same as above

You need to run "adb remount" first

you need to run su before that command
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cbarth3:
Got the new recovery running on my hero with the OP instructions thanks for the info
[Hero CDMA Android Development] atoz350:
Try using the adb method again, with the recover.img on your SD card, but this time, make a copy of the img on your desktop

When you type this command: "flash_recovery ....................."

Type that, then right-click on your .img on your desktop and click "rename"

It will show you the file name highlighted. Arrow over it and right-click and hit "copy". Navigate to your command prompt and right-click and hit "paste" Now the filename is exactly as it's written on your SD card. It should find the file no problem then. I've found that this new .img filename has a slight difference in the name formatting.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rank78:
tried your first suggestion

can't try your second suggestion since pre-kitchen is fully automated, i hit 'root' and it does its thing.

tried your third suggestion

tried your fourth suggestion in better terminal

tried this

what is going on? :( i just reinstalled windows 7 64bit, installed the new HTC Sync with win7 64 drivers, and i'm using the newest Android SDK. I can adb fine into my hero and it sees the device, right-clicking my her0 in devices and trying to install the correct drivers says the newest drivers are already installed. Am I missing something?

Heres a shot of my hero under devices while mounted. As you can see its listed as 'Android Phone' and there are no 'adb drivers' i thought i heard should be listed... unless i'm mistaken?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rank78:
well not EXACTLY sure how i fixed the problem but here's what i did.

1. actually installed the SDK on my pc, updated drivers. still nothing.

2. restored a nandroid backup of fresh 1.1 to see if the flashrec app would work.

3. decided to try adb first, but got ADB server didn't ACK

4. read to try killing adb.exe on my pc and reboot hero

5. tried flashing the recovery image through adb and IT WORKED FLAWLESSLY!

i'm still puzzled yet very thankful i finally got this done, it became an obsession. :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] entropism:
I'm getting the "Flash_image: Not Found" errors as well, tried all the methods here, including using Flipz's auto-root. Kind of driving me up a wall at this point.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
Hmm, I'm starting to think that some roms don't have the flash_image binary in them. What rom are you using
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gomorrah:
The same thing was happening to me. This is what I did:

Copy recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img to the root of your sdcard

Boot into your current custom recovery (boot while holding HOME)

Connect your Hero via usb to your pc/mac/...

adb shell

#mount -a

#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img

When I was in recovery and told it mount -a it said it mounted but didnt find -a. I told it to flash the recovery image anyway and when I rebooted it, it was there. That was the only way I found it to work for me. Hope this helps.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] entropism:
Gomorrah, thanks! that got it working perfectly.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] e30user:
Thanks. This worked for me as well.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] masterninja:
Dude, you're awesome! HA! Worked like a charm! Sometimes we overlook the easy stuff and work at something until we want to throw our devices at the wall! SWEET! Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sdotcarlisle:
i did the steps got the # but if i used just the flash_image code or /system/bin/ it doesnt find. I am ensuring I am typing correctly. I'm already on 1.5.2
[Hero CDMA Android Development] trevolutionary:
Tried all the other suggested ways and this was the only one that actually worked. My suggestion - try this first!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sdotcarlisle:
I assume with the adb shell you have to first go to start>run>cmd> then go to your AndroidSDK folder correct? I did that then copied the above codes and still on 1.5.2
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mquinn24:
Thanks gomorrah. it worked and now I know why people were talking about carebears.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sdotcarlisle:
Worked. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] magicalan:
i always get device not found
[Hero CDMA Android Development] unCoRrUpTeD:
I was having problems installing this one also. I dowloaded and installed the 1.5.2 and then tried installing the 1.6.2

It kept saying flash_image not found.

Tried doing the /system/bin method and it did not work

I tried doing all methods with phone on and in recovery.

Went to sleep and tried this morning in recovery and it worked.

You might want to download Fresh Pre-Kitchen and try it that way. I also use this program to push or pull stuff to my phone as it is quicker than using adb
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sladehawke:
I attempted to install this while the phone was up and running in a rom, and I got a series of memory errors. Now when I boot holding the home key, the phone sticks at the HTC screen. Any ideas on how I can get 1.6.2 on here now?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] unCoRrUpTeD:
Download fresh kitchen 1.0.5.....the 1st time I tried it gave me errors. Rebooted and tried again and it worked. He has 1.6.2 as long as you say it has "with Google".

Another way is too flash from fastboot. With phone off press and hold the down volume button and press the power button. You should be able to use web in there.

Or download a terminal emulator from market and try running your codes from there.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pseudoremora:
*First download 1.6.2 Recovery ROM and then copy it to your SD Card.

This needs to be done in RECOVERY mode while phone is connected. Meaning, turn your phone off... hold down the Volume Down + Power button, you'll get a white screen, then press the HOME button to go to recovery mode. Then open Command Prompt and run the commands:

adb shell

su (not required if you have root already)

mount -a

You'll most likely get an error mesage, that's okay -- keep going.

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img

After this, if/when the shell returns the # sign - enter:

reboot recovery

Verify that your recovery says 1.6.2 and reboot your phone again. Good luck.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sladehawke:
Therein lies my problem... attempting to get to the recovery mode through either method results in seeing nothing but "HTC" on the screen. If I plug in USB at this point, a stripe with fastboot_usb appears in red. Adb devices shows nothing at this point.

I made this mistake because the initial rooting process was done with the phone running normally with debug mode on, so I attemped to upgrade to 1.6.2 the same way. I suppose I should have read the instructions here first. I just pushed it, SU'd, and ran the flash_image, and now I am unable to get the recovery console to load at all.

Is there a way to install 1.6.2 with flashrec I might try the pre-kitchen method by renaming the image...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sladehawke:
Fresh Kitchen flashed 1.6.2 over my corrupted recovery image just perfectly.

I couldn't get flashrec, terminal, fastboot, or any other method to work. Off to donate to flipz now...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bigboidomo:
Kitchen

What i did.

Download the latest Flipz Kitchen from geekfor.me

Run.

Click Root Tab.

Check the Box next to Update Ra.

DONE!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jackal424:
flash img from phone somehow?

I'm at work. And the phone doesn't mount to computer due to access restrictions on computer.

Anyway I can flash this image from the phone itself? It's already rooted with the previous version of recovery image.

Just a thought. If not, I have to wait until I get home..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sporkman:
bummping this for the new comers
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pimix2009:
So does it matter which recovery img you're using? and which one is the best? im currently on RA-heroc 1.5.2 and i was and i was gonna get the latest just cuz its the latest then i saw this post about clock work so idk. which one is best to have ?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesBlack:
I'm running CyanogenMod, with Apps2SD and 512 Swap space.

What setup are you running? Any Rom that sticks out more than others?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatmanxxl:
Try Super D and Kings ASOP Eclair. That there is a whole lot of swap space buddy.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grandomegabosses:
i really hope he means 512 for his ext partition...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesBlack:
Yeah, that's pure swap space. Is there a downfall for using so much?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4d14n7:
I don't think a large swap space will hinder performance, just a waste of memory card. Your phone will most likely never use that much swap but if you're not hurting for fat32 or ext2/3/4 space then you're probably fine.

I was a long-time Cyanogen user and although I like his roms, ever since I switched to SuperD a couple months ago I've had maybe 2 force closes and speed is crazy fast with no swap at all. Try SuperD w/ WG Kernel. Stable and fast. Link in my sig.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesBlack:
Thanks, sounds good. What's DeathSPL do? Also, if I have a ROM already installed, how do I go about changing to a different one?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoMudder77:
I just changed from cyanogen last night. most likely you'll need Danger/Death SPL, unless you've already done it. HERE

might as well upgrade to the newest radio, as most people notice a gain in signal, and battery. I noticed a significant gain in signal, and the battery gain, im believing is from both SuperD and the new radio. New Radio is HERE

Follow the links and read up on them a little bit.

Coming from cyanogen, what I did was flash new radio, then flash dangerSPL, then flash the ROM.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4d14n7:
DeathSPL changes the partitions around so that ROMs have more space to occupy. Any radio version 26I and later are compatible, any radio version before 26I is incompatible and will brick your phone.

Once you have your radio and SPL installed, switching between ROMs is as easy as wiping and installing the ROM only. There is even a script to backup and restore multiple ROMs if that's your thing.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesBlack:
Will I have to repartition my SD card, reinstall app2sd and swap space if I do all that?