yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] steveapp:
I was an idiot - ooops

You wouldn't think I worked in I.T. sometimes!

It was me pasting the wrong code into the gold card generator, I took it from the log at the bottom, completely wrong - working on it now :-)

Cheers

Stephen
[Hero, G2 Touch General] strider96:
It seemed complicated and I only have Windows 7. Screenshots would make it worth a sticky...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] steveapp:
mine is now accepting the rom, much happier - thanks a dozen times for the guide, and all the help this evening - all is now good and its on a generic rom - just got to get the updates now but shouldnt be too much effort fingers crossed :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
I do know a way to get it working on Windows 7... Please stand by!

It's not really that complicated, it just looks complicated :)

Screenshots coming soon...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Windows 7 FailSafe Method.

Coming Today... :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jezarius:
One small change...

I did the update, thanks it worked brilliantly :D

The only problem I found with the guide is that GoldCard couldn't get my CID, I tried changing the MMC0 / MMC1 with no luck.

To get round this, I installed HTC Sync on my PC (which I had never installed) and then connected to HTC Sync. Once I had connected and then tried to get CID it worked without a problem.

Thanks for the guide, you are a "hero" (a good pun is it's own reword...)

Jez
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jezarius:
Problem...Resolution

I did the update for a friend and experienced a big problem. The RUU couldn't find the phone via the USB, it said check everything is plugged in.

The reason is because HTC Sync drivers had a partial failure when it installed. This caused the phone not to be recognised by the computer, even though HTC connected!

The solution I found was:

Uninstall HTC Sync

Install HTC Sync (I did v2.0.33)

Immediately after install double click the install package again and choose REPAIR

I then followed the remainder of Turkey's instructions and all worked brilliantly.

...very relieved I didn't turn my mates phone into a brick!

Cheers Turkey
[Hero, G2 Touch General] strider96:
Great!

If you want ill take some screenshots of the Windows 7 method.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ctxited:
Well I dont know what I have done wrong but ............

I did the Gold Card

I got the first update - ran and the phone was working fine

Then the phone advised me there was a system update available and I downloaded it

This then installed and Bingo - 1.5 still :(

But when I was fumbling with the phone, it advised me there was a system update available again, so I downloaded it again and it installed (picture of a white box with a Yellow arrow coming out of it and a picture of a phone at the side with a progress bar in yellow) and Tadaaaaa

Thankyou so much
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zolmajstor:
so did anyone solved the problem with USB on windows 7?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] strider96:
I just installed the latest... and the usb works now (didn't before)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] thatmanmartin:
I'm still having problems on windows 7, tried everything i have read on here. I have tried it on both 32 and 64 bit versions of windows 7. But the phone keeps disconecting when i try to load the RUU. Any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Have you got the latest Win 7 drivers?

If you have then run the RUU until you get the picture of the Hero, go start>run enter %TEMP% and hit enter.

Search in there for rom.zip

Rename it to HEROIMG.zip and transfer it to the root of your SD card.

Turn off your phone & boot into HBOOT mode (vol down + power)

Follow the instructions on your phone. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] thatmanmartin:
Many thanks mate. I have just started it and all is going well so far. If this works i will love you forever!!!;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Red Arrow:
Hope someone can help.

I followed this guide, it worked fine and I'm now running on 2.1.

But when I click on Market place a white screen appears for a second and it says at the top about the "Android Market Terms of Service" and looks like it trying to load the T&C's screen for me to accept but it closes again.

Each time I click on Market this happens for a second then it closes again. Any advice?

EDIT: Never mind, I did a factory reset and now it seems to work.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zolmajstor:
Anyone having problem with the faster battery drain after the update? I installed this update on 2 htc hero-es and both have the sam issue with battery drain. Both of the are- were on T-mobile as g2 touch. Please help.otherwise update went smoothly and everything is great except that battery issue.thanks for the anwsers
[Hero, G2 Touch General] khizar79:
i have a HTC hero orange branded, which i unloked & installed the generic ROM. Current Rom version is 2.73.405.38 cl #70768 release key Baseband version

63.18.55.06FU_6.35.07.08. I did't get any OTA msg even changing dated as sugested in some treads. So i want to asked which procedure should i follow to get the update mention in this thread?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jezarius:
My friend had a similar problem. He moved the date forward by a YEAR rather than weeks or months and it prompted the update.

Hope this helps

Jez
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Twenty4:
Anybody have a mirror for the RUU? File Factory f'in sucks!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Look at the top of page 2.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ganii:
Or look at here,too,if it don`t work:

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Hero/
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Twenty4:
Thanks, you might want to update the OG post with that.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] webnosis75:
This is probably going to sound like a completely dense question because I've only just come across this method for updating my G2, but here goes anyway... Will this affect my use of the phone in terms of my plan with T-Mobile, or will I still have the minutes, texts and unlimited data I'm paying £25 p/m for?

Cheers in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Pityude:
Succesful upgrade but...

Guys I already succesfully updated my T-mob Hero to 2.1 as described and everything works well but settings -> Wireless & networks always force closes.

Any idea why? I quess that it could be caused by My Backup Pro application and that I made settins backup on 1.5 and restored on 2.1. If it's caused by this, is there any way how to reset the wireless settings without factory reset?

many thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jezarius:
Setting Force Close

This is because you restored the Settings with My Backup Pro.

Do the backup again, but DO NOT BACKUP SETTINGS OR HOMESCREEN

Then FACTORY RESET

Then RESTORE

You should have everything working after this :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] CharlieUK:
Thank you so much!

We've all been waiting so long for this.

Mine took quite a while to download and is now taking a while to install the second update, but this guide was so easy to follow unlike some of the others I've seen.

I'm on the 3 UK network using a pre rooted and unlocked Orange Handset.

Fingers crossed it's not going to get stuck on the install!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Pityude:
re

Thanks

it helped. I just wanted to save time again setting up my phone
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Twenty4:
Just to clarify, what this process does is basically turn your branded phone into an unbranded phone??

This has no effect on the radio correct? Has anyone tried this on the Telus Hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
1. yes

2. it does flash a new radio.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Twenty4:
OH, so it wont work for a US phone
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Crexis:
Even with the goldcard methord I receive "Error 131: Customer ID error" (might be somewhat different as I get the error in dutch :) )

I was able to perform all steps without any issues, my phone reboots, the file starts copying and then he gives the error message..
[Hero, G2 Touch General] webnosis75:
Just to let everyone know that I have followed this process with my T-Mobile branded G2 and it went without a hitch. I now have an unbranded android 2.1 Hero running on T-Mobile...

The only problem I had was with restoring the backup of my home pages. Someone else on this thread has suggested this before, but I'll do it again. When you backup, don't backup your settings or home screens. Then your backup should restore with no problems at all. Oh and co-pilot needed an update ;-)

Nice one, thanks!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] JW 301:
hi, i'm considering to use this method to get generic 2.1 instead of waiting for t-mobile to release update part 2 for my G2 Touch.

I'm wondering if this is really reasonable, as the update is said to arrive "mid-july" which could be in 3 days or something and I don't want to lose warranty.

can I go back, once the T-Mob-release is there?

and another thing, I heard it is possible to root the 2.1 release, would it be possible to unroot it again? (again, for reasons of warranty)

thanks for your help!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] APEX.7:
I am also interested to know if it is possible to revert back from the generic 2.1 rom to the g2 2.1 rom (when the g2 gets released) and how i'd go about this?

Also what is actually happening with this goldcard trickery, am i simply tricking my g2 to think its a hero and thus allowing me to flash hero firmware?

i love you for this. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
1. I'm not sure, it depends on the build number and if we get an RUU.

2. Yes, you just flash this.

Once you do this you may not be able to get back, I would advise you to root as you could get back no matter what.

Also, you may not be able to root once you have upgraded using this new method.

Yeah, it changes the CID which tells the bootloader what type of phone you've got. Goldcarding sets it from HTC_A-Number to 111111 which allows you to flash any RUU.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
Hi 42turkeys. Stupid questions: does your method work on non rooted and free (not orange or T mobile) htc hero? Please answer me.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Yeah works on all except orange Uk & US networks.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nozo.mk:
I updated my T-mobile G2, it works . Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] LeeS69:
Superb

Hi all

I got sick of waiting for this update and decided to give this a go. On Windows 7 I did get the USB 170 error, tried a couple of things (had already updated HTC Sync)

Swapped to a Vista laptop and it went straight on, absolutely excellent

To anyone with doubts I would HIGHLY recommend the update, phone feels much snappier, new home zoom out is VERY useful

Very pleased

Thanks for these instructions

Lee
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Arrimer:
thank you

Thank you, thank you so much for this post. After 3 months of agony, bilions of emails to & from HTC/T-mobile i've got my eclair on G2. I've tried milions of ways to root my t-mobile G2, and this one is just briliant: easy, quick and it WORKS!:D Welcome 2.1, welcome new, better phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
It works perfectly. Arigato 42!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] flash2204:
Ive got a T-mobile G2 and it worked fine, no problems at all put it on this morning with my fingers crossed LOL
[Hero, G2 Touch General] APEX.7:
done this on my UK t-mobile g2. works perfect and i want to marry op.

couple questions:

1. anyone else getting a load of lag when using market?

2. is there any work around for orange htc hero users? or would they just have to root?

3. if a new rom update comes out for the htc hero (say 2.2, although i know doubtful) would i just run that ruu? i.e has my g2 become permanantly tricked into thinking / accepting htc hero updates?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] clnock:
Camera not working after update

Completed the update successfully using RUU in first post today on a T-Mobile G2 - all working OK except camera no longer works. If I choose the camera or camcorder app, I get the icon then a black screen then it just goes back to homescreen. If I open an app that uses the camera (barcode scanner, google goggles etc) I get an error stating it cannot connect to the camera. Any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
1. I'm not sure, I personally use vanilla roms.

2. Not at this time. Although there will be no real difference with root or without.

3. Yes you just run the new ruu.

Try re-running the ruu.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] clnock:
Same happened again after re-trying RUU. Strange thing, though, un-installed Google Goggles and camera started working again. Re-installed Goggles and all seems ok at the moment. Tried a couple of power cycles, still ok. One of those things I guess? Cheers for the reply and the guide OP - much appreciated. Finally got free sat nav on the Hero :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zolmajstor:
hy, if I want to get back to my old tmobile rom 1.5 android, is that possible?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
If you used the old OTA method: Yes

If you used the new RUU method: Maybe (But I doubt it)

You can try by running this RUU with your goldcard: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b1a...WE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zolmajstor:
I used your method from the first topic of your post.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Xeon2507:
Thanks for the post, all went VERY smoothly.

There's just one issue that I have, and it's only minor but I like the functionality of it. My contacts aren't updating with their Facebook pics, or details. I have tried installing the FB app, as well as using the one already on the OS but none of them work. When I try to associate an account with a contact it says there is no match.

Any suggestions?

Again, thanks for a great post. T-Mobile were taking too long to send the update, and my patience wore too thin......
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Andyt95:
Downloaded. Brilliant is all I can say. So useful, as I couldn't be bothered waiting for T-Mobile to get their act together.

There is one problem though, in some Apps that say "multi-touch on 2.0 and higher devices" I can't seem to get multitouch to work. This is not a major fault but would be nice to see a fix for.

Thanks, Andy
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kksin:
thanks for the thread.

my update from tmobile g2 > hero worked like a charm.

can i root my hero to a custom ROM in future.( may be froyo).

also the firmware version is shown as 2.1-update 1

and build number is 3.32.405.1.

is this the latest one.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Not at the moment but *possibly* in the future.

I'm not hopeful but if you nag enough...

Yes.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kksin:
thanks for the replies.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] marky33:
Dunno if this will help for facebook problems http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=698551&highlight=facebook
[Hero, G2 Touch General] khizar79:
ok i simplt installed the 2.73.405.5 rom & got the ota msg. Now my htc hero orange is 2.1. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] skeeve666:
so your saying after u do the goldcard run that firmware and run the 2 ota updates when promted. i get 2.1 but lose root?

i did not like the updated version (i never use peep, stocks ect.they were always running) so decided to reflash the original firmware i downloaded at the start of this topic.

then i run flashrec installed recovery image, booted in recovery and installed vallian 12.

and i am rooted.

so this ota u get is differant to a offical 2.1? as going by all this i should not have been able to do that.

btw, mines a g2 t-mobile (previously running the latest t-mobile firmware) on win7 x64 and using sync 2.0.33 with no problems at all. (just right click on the ruu and run as admin)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Jamesdavid3:
This worked fine on my T mobile G2. (Got sick and tired of waiting for T-mobile to do the upgrade)

I have LOST all my contacts tho :(

**EDIT**

I have Just found out that the Official 2.1 for T mobile has come out, is there anyway i can go back to my old 1.5 then update normally to the 2.1???
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zolmajstor:
the writer of this post didn't wrote anything about HOW TO going back to 1.5 in case of some problems regarding the phone.for example, I supose that with this update I can't go to t-mobile service and report some problem if I have it(hardware problem) becouse this is not a official t mobile update.

so what if i need to report hardware or software problem with this update on my hero to tmobile?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Use gold card to take a 1.5 t-mobile ruu and run it:)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zolmajstor:
and link for that RUU is?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ggre2675:
How to I get get the official T-Mobile Updates ?

I followed the Goldcard procedure, and 2.1 was running smoothly. However I wanted back to the T-Mobile RUU, so I installed it without any problems. But, when I turn the phone on for the first time, I'm asked for the first update, then it re-boots, gets half way along the progress bar and I get a screen with a phone and a triangle. Can anybody please help ?

G
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Xeon2507:
Would someone be kind enough to tell me how to go back to the official T-Mobile ROM? A step-by-step guide, or link to one, would be fantastic. I don't want to have issues with the hardware and NOT be able to go in to a T-Mobile shop and complain, as the 1st thing they will say is you're running a non-standard ROM.

Thank you, in advance.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zolmajstor:
i guess procedure is the same, and i agree with you, I also want to have tmobile 1.5 RUu in case of some problem.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
I can get a guide up on Monday of how to downgrade but it will likley require rooting then unrooting.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gwydionwaters:
i know this isn't the sapphire forum but i couldn't find anything similar there. i used this method for my hero on telus, does anyone know where to find a similar generic ruu wwe for the sapphire that will allow the auto upgrade to work the same as on the hero. i could only find the europe 3.x rom which is android 1.5 .. thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mean-machine:
It says I shouldn't use this guide if the phone's on Orange. In other guides, Orange UK ROM 2.73.61.5 is mentioned. Can I use this guide if ROM is 2.73.61.66. My first try with my girlfriends phone on T-Mobile was successful, but the Orange phone is my friend's so I don't want to bugger it...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] wayferer:
The link to the Goldcard seems to be down?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dmorovi4:
hi. am on g2 tmobile croatia. i have folow all steps and i get error 131 all the time.

htc sync instaled, g2 found by sync, gold card ok, evereything seems to be ok.

please help....
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Have you booted into fastboot (vol down + power i think) and installed the driver for that? Also are you using the very latest version of HTC Sync (v2.0.33)?

Goldcard link fine for me.

Orange haven't released their update. Wait until they do and this guide may be updated with info.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dmorovi4:
No. I have followed guide on page 1 of this thread. There in no fastboot in guide.

Volume down + power dosnt work. Something else. Must i do factory reset?

Htc synt in latest.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zolmajstor:
gmorovi use xp machine for the update, is harder with windows vista or 7 tj napravi sve na kompu sa xp windowsima :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dmorovi4:
win xp it is ( tj iks pe je na kompu )

I tried several times but nothing, made new goldcards, made a factory reset but the error always appears Error 131 : Customer ID error. I have tried with several diferent sd cards.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] macolli:
I can't now root my phone

Hi there

I ran the update and it worked fine. It says I can still root the phone, but I tried and it wouldnt let me downgrade to an older ROM.

Is it still possible to root my phone after doing this update? The reason I ask is at the end of the guide it says if you still want root follow the link, then in the guide from rootmydroid it says if you dud the OTA update from your PC you wont be able to.........

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
O customer ID error is the one where the goldcard hasn't stuck (i think) try that process again. Make sure you do everything exactly as explained.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=2096
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dmorovi4:
i think that something was wrong witm my first goldcard.img. i have don new .img and it works just fine. im on 2.1...:D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nellisere:
thank you soo much, worked a treat
[Hero, G2 Touch General] copex:
just wanted to say thanks to the poster & author for such an easy guide......
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Geeba:
Looks like the site is down for the RUU? anywhere else I can get it?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jain_pranav:
I rooted my htc hero 2.73.x (india with airtel) without the goldcard method.

I just flashed the amon Ra Recovery image.

I downloaded the OTA update but it failed due to verification issues.

Can any1 tell me a method 2 get 2.1 official ROM even if i loose root ?

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] clnock:
T-Mobile UK Official 2.1 ROM

Hi all,

Did this RUU upgrade a few weeks back. My Hero has developed a small problem with one of the buttons and I need to get the T-Mobile official ROM back on to get it repaired under warranty. I've tried using the Goldcard but this isn't allowing me to get the T-Mobile ROM back on. I've spent three hours searching and can't find anything, except a link to villainrom.co.uk which isn't working. Can anyone lend a hand or give some step-by-step instructions?

PS: Getting this with or without the Goldcard when trying to install the T-Mobile ROM:- Error[131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
If you followed this guide you upgraded to an official release. Shouldn't need to downgrade right?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jagger2k:
The op is my hero. Worked great, my "G2" has got its identity back! Just wanted to know will ota updates revert it back to t-mobile firmware?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] n1889:
Hey, I'm running a unbranded handset, do I still need to use the goldcard or can I just jump straight in to the RUU update?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
You should get it OTA no? Try putting the date forward.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Toolman83:
FML, this finally let me get off Cupcake - Wohoo!

I recently got an HTC hero from 3 and while it was pretty good, it came with 1.5 out of the box, I tried a bunch of methods to upgrade & nothing worked :-(

Until I used the RUU detailed above :-)

note: my phone was unlocked

YMMV

Thank you 42turkeys!!!

Cheers

Tim
[Hero, G2 Touch General] phpcool:
Nice one. Thank you!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gill:
3 UK ROM & androd 2.1 update - Help please

Please can someone please help.

I have an unlocked Orange HTC Hero, and someone loaded a 3 UK Rom Android 1.5, from the web forums, which is supposed to be the same as an Offical one from 3. I'm not sure if they used "update-hero-generic-2.73.771.73-signed.zip" or update-hero-generic-2.73.771.73-rooted-signed.zip. Does it matter?

I now get the 3 UK OTA update to android 2.1, I want to use this and keep all the 3 stuff that comes with it, but when I try to install, I get the following;

Build : RA-hero-v1.5.2

Finding update package …

Opening update package …

Verifying update package …

E:No signature (660 files)

E:Verification failed

Installation aborted.

What am I doing wrong? I'm really very new to all this.

Thank you.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] liderzre:
wrong....post
[XPERIA X10 General] x1tom:
Hi all,

I'm reading about the rooting of the x10 and possible froyo installs at some point.

The only thing for me at the minute thats missing from the x10 is flash.. Do those that know this kind of thing, think that a flash install will be built for 1.6/2.1 at some point in the future? or is 2.2 the only way I will get flash on the phone..

I'm a noob with Android and while its nice to see people excited about rooting, I don't get the advantage of it?!
[XPERIA X10 General] Bialynia:
Flash runs on 2.1
[XPERIA X10 General] x1tom:
cool - so for me will be better to just wait for 2.1 update from se..

Thanks!