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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ASCIIker:
wow thats a lot of information in just 3 paragraphs! what i'm trying to say is that you've described the situation well but you haven't mentioned any steps you've taken to try to solve the problem.

first, if you don't pay for a data connection (3G, GPRS, etc), then you can disable the data connection using "modaco nodata". essentially, this will disable the data connection so that the phone never attempts to use it.

next, you need to clarify how long it has been since you last performed a "hard reset". if it has been ages since the last hard reset, back up all your data (messages, contacts, call history, photos, videos, music, etc, etc) and give that ***** a hard reset!

what the above will accomplish is TWO things:

1. it will reset the device and its software to "factory condition", hence the need to back up all your data and to be prepared to reinstall all your programs and settings and configurations.

2. more importantly, the hard reset will help rule out or confirm the possibility of a hardware failure.

lets talk more about number 2 above. if the problem is purely software related (windows has gone bad/corrupt, some registry settings are bad/corrupt, etc, etc), then hard resetting will fix it certainly. if the problem stems from a hardware issue, then the problem will persist after the hard reset.

thus, the hard reset step will direct you and the rest of us in a definite direction to try to solve the problem.

if you have already tried a hard reset, you should update your first post to reflect this fact. it is good practice to give as much information as possible if you need help troubleshooting an issue.

do let us know what happens and good luck!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Nice Post number
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] amitsivak:
will try the "modaco nodata" patch and also I did do a hard reset about 4 months ago. though the problem was before that as well.

I'll have to backup and dod a HR then i'll update any problems. Thanks for now
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
Anyone ran the RUU and successfully downgraded this phone? If so how did you do it?

Tryed all the old methods to no success.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Are you the guy who commit Hero suicide for the benefit of the community?... Or have i made that up?

If you aren't,.... WHY ON EARTH DID YOU INSTALL 2.1 RUU?!??!?!?!?!!?

If you are,... BRAVO!!!!

Ok.... You've probably tried all this, but these are the things I would try if in your possition,...

Try installing custom recovery using flashrec latest?... if fail, try an older version of flashrec, 1.1.2 i think?

Fail?

Try flashing recovery through adb ...

Fail?

NO?

Then I would start researching to see if you can modify the RUU and maybe put in the boot images from a 1.5 ROM to put into the 2.1 RUU?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
.... try flashing the system.img,boot.img and recovery.img from a 1.5 RUU through adb or fastboot then try downgrading again.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Check this out for instructions on how to extract stuff from an RUU,....

Extracting ROM files from a HTC Android RUU
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
Correct. I did install the RUU as I want to keep trying for fixes to downgrade. :D

Just for info, tried replacing few files in the rom.zip but now it comes up with signage errors. Theres no way to sign that file.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
I do have some ideas, but I'm not hopeful.

I'm on my phone ATM so I will tell you them when I get home.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Could you boot into hboot and tell me what you see? (volume down + power)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
Don't forget to post. thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Syrop:
HBoot mode

if sdcard contain heroimg.zip device try to flash

"Loading...[HEORIMG.zip]"

working working

and then - "Main version is older! Reboot? y/n"
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
I mean the options you get in hboot.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Syrop:
<BACK> Fastboot Mode

<SEND> SimLock
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
The fake ota method wont work then :(

No devs will really try & do this, because you can still downgrade from the ota which is what users will have done. sorry.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
What should we see if we could do a fake ota? I have tried allsorts to overcome the locks but nothing.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
You can only do a fake ota if HTC updated the stock recovery & spl but they haven't so you can't do it.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
So are you saying he still has the older recovery and spl?

.... would he not be able to update recovery and spl to newer one (by extracting from new ROM and flash through adb/fastboot), then try your "fake ota" method?

EDIT...I HAVE NO TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE WHATSOEVER... PLEASE DONT SLAG ME IF IM NOWHERE NEAR CLOSE TO A SOLUTION.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Notn4:
so ur saying that those who recieved the OTA update can downgrade back to 1.5? please do tell me how!! im on european hero and got both updates OTA and ive tried using the ROM.zip and then the volume down and powering up, it tries to read the ROM.zip but says that it doesn't detect any img files, i have opened the ROM.zip file and checked for the img files and they are all there
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
use the Europe 2.73.405.5 ruu from http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Hero
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Notn4:
where do u see a europe RUU? i found only ASIA RUSSIA and WWE

and ive tried downloading the official RUU from HTC support site with my device S/N, that was from the european HTC site...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Cant hurt to try the wwe version i suppose.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jaymac407:
HTC have done good this time.

Methods attempted:

Run old RUU using Goldcard and hope it flashes - FAILS

Extract rom.zip from RUU, rename as HEROIMG.ZIP and HBOOT - FAILS

Try to send the zip via fastboot update - FAILS

Get adb access in recovery - FAILS (HTC have disabled this)

Unrevoked root exploit for 2.1 - FAILS

Edit the rom.zip/HEROIMG.zip and pretend that an old RUU is a new version - sigfails

Methods not attempted, which I doubt will work:

Extract rom.zip from RUU, rename as update.zip, try and flash through HTC stock recovery.

Try to use some OTA update.zips offically signed by HTC to downgrade.

Methods which MAY work:

ring0 exploit was fixed after the 2.6.29 kernel, if HTC/Android haven't patched this, I could compile it using the NDK/ Arm Compiler and hope for the best.

hope for a race condition by adb recovery (see: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/adb_in_recovery )

hotswap the sdcard during update.zip signature verification. I found this out here: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/adb_in_recovery
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Syrop:
i have tryed all the methods

No success =(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jaymac407:
You'll have to wait until a new exploit.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Syrop:
i understand that i'm looser and have to wait :) :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jake_in_notts:
I guess for us noobs its probably better not to upgrade to the official 2.1 when if comes out.

I got bored waiting for the OrangeUK to be released so I followed the VillainROM protocol to put ROM12 on. I found it straight forward and without issues and am very impressed with it compared to the "official" 1.5. My only gripe is the battery useage however I dont know if this is rom or 2.1 related.

Now i have 2.1 installed I'll wait until others (thanks to everyone) to test and work out a noob way to flash from the official to custom roms so my phone isnt locked into the last ROM HTC do for the hero. I see from above its not a simple task - yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
there is an update.zip over at villainrom for stock rom, that won't ruin root.

But it's not as good as a custom rom though. As for your battery issues, are you using high oc settings? Or syncing something all the time?

Battery is fine here, so maybe a recalibration is needed?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
thanks to you! there is now a solution to downgrade 2.1 from ruu! genius!

PS I was pandy @IRC! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bigdeer:
how to downgrade 2.1 ruu?

help.My hero flash hk ruu 2.1.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Ok. It is easy ;)

Go to www.villainrom.co.uk, click on gsm htc hero, then on rooting 2.1 ruu. Follow the instructions in my post. Or go to the sticky on the development forum here and click the links in my post :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gonella:
Check it

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=2096
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sublue:
Well, some hours ago i tested the official 2.1 ROM in Norway.

and then i simply downloaded the 1.5RUU updater from HTC and downgraded to 1.5 again.

And, did the usual installation of recovery ROM and all that..

I had no problem at all.... :p
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
You used ota I presume? The ruu requires this method, as it locks the splt to stop goldcards working.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sublue:
Yes, i did update from the OTA. :p

Glad i did not update from a RUU then. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
It's alright, even if you did upgrade to the RUU you can downgrade and what not.
[Streak 5 General] ufh1:
Hi, I am using desire & was planning to switch to streak as my main phone .. got the phone looks great but I am returning it for one reason & one reason only ... Screen quality

When compared to desire it looks awful ..I think its the combination of resolution & LCD .. AMOLED has way better colours & contrast but I am surprised as you can see pixels on streak much more easily even when it has same resolution as desire, this could be due to bigger screen .. should have meant better resolution.

Played these two clips on it

youtube com/ watch?v=-zvCUmeoHpw

youtube com/ watch?v=XSGBVzeBUbk

there was much more detail on desire ... Its sad because I thought streak was damn good phone other than screen quality

I think I am screwed now after using desire ... I cant ever see myself using a phone with LCD screen .. & boy if only Samsung Wave had android ... Super AMOLED is just unbelievable .. I wish HTC's upgrade to Desire will have HD recording & playback with Super-Amoled 4+ inch screen.

I am mainly posting this for people considering switching from desire to streak .. Please share your experience .. whats your take
[Streak 5 General] chrism_scotland:
I rarely watch video on my device but I'm hoping the video out on the Streak will provide a decent quality on a screen.
[Streak 5 General] ufh1:
Yes but unfortunately it affects text on screen too .. I have also noticed that automatic brightness is better on desire. Although everything looks bigger, it does not look better :(
[Streak 5 General] NorcoFox:
Have you seen the Samsung Galaxy S? Looks kind of like you want! http://pocketnow.com/thought/video-samsung-galaxy-s-vs-htc-evo-software-comparison-part-1
[Streak 5 General] msx999:
Ive switched over and whilst the brightness and vividness of the desire is a lot better, having,the extra space is a major positive. Also sometimes I thought the image quality on the desire looks very artificial, especially with pictures and video.
[Streak 5 General] ufh1:
Yes .. Galaxy S looks plasticky & the silver band around it, whats that all about .. I wouldnt want my superphone to look like a cheap plasticky imitation of i3GS :)
[Streak 5 General] ufh1:
Absolutely agree with extra space, If I hadnt used desire & compared the two I would absolutely love it ... I just cant get over how everything looks so much better on AMOLED .. with such a big screen a better resolution would have made this a perfect phone
[Streak 5 General] NorcoFox:
Yeah I do agree with that! And I don't like the iphone style launcher..
[Streak 5 General] chrism_scotland:
Yeah the Galaxy seems excellent spec wise, same as the iPhone 4 in terms of CPU and GPU I believe but it does feel very cheap. I prefer the rubbery feel of the Desire, that said the Streak also feels a solid bit of kit and as an internet device rather than phone seems a cracking size, roll on Android 2.2!
[Streak 5 General] NorcoFox:
Yeah definitely! I also found out it has no flash, which in my opinion is a really silly decision for a high end smart phone! Anyway, bring on next month when I can get my Streak :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Rolandzt4r:
Can you help me get iPhone themes on my HTC hero?

bought aHome where should I be it in?

write like what folder I should it in!

h t t p : / / i m g 2 0 5 . i m a g e s h a c k . u s / i m g 2 0 5 / 1 5 7 / t h e r e f . p n g - delete the space!

- Extra: Can you provide me iPhone OS4 themes? ;)

You are the best!
[Windows Mobile Themes] rouzbehali:
instructions:

1 : Copy the splash screens to your storage card

2 : Replace the "welcomehead.png" or "welcomehead.192.png" with my PNGs

3 : Perform a soft reset

4 : Feel Fresh...

If you have a WVGA device click HERE

NOTE : Don't forget to make a backup!

________________________________________

Look at my GTX Splash Screens! Click Here

________________________________________
[Windows Mobile Themes] kimo_ig:
I'm truly Inspired!! Nice work!;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mmarsh665:
Wow! These are pretty awesome! Keep up the kickass work! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] AdamiX:
TNX I will never edit the original Windows 7 wallpaper ro VGA :D

But I think that someone has posted something like this before...
[Windows Mobile Themes] k.01designer:
hi ali

plz u send qvga type

i have htc mega

tnx
[Windows Mobile Themes] heliosismagic:
sorry to tell you,as you probably worked on this project,but ME PERSONALY use the win 7 on my PC,and I never saw such ugly start screen and splash screen like this ugly,boring flower.now I have to watch this on PPC??OHHH NOOOOOOOO!!!please no...

more idea and colours and action needed.(my opinion) helios
[XPERIA X10 General] 84104:
Hello

I have a phone x10mini

Today the sun the following screen phone

I see a rubbish (dust) is in the following page

Is this a problem? Or public?
[XPERIA X10 General] berbecverde:
:confused: what?
[XPERIA X10 General] pulpoff:
Mod Edit: Post removed please read the rules as member conduct is in there, take as a warning, if see any more posts like this a vacation is in order.
[XPERIA X10 General] 84104:
No i have not ... Can i help me ? :d
[XPERIA X10 General] berbecverde:
if you can help yourself we can not know.:p

but if you manage to write your problem so we can understand something, maybe someone will help you.:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Tundricles:
Any Tron Themes with boot anim and sounds as well?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] newone757:
do you see any here?

somebody is working on one though be patient
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Tundricles:
hmmm mmkay
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] djnarcotics:
here u go :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030791&highlight=tron
[Desire General] HorNet505:
forget it .... jut found it
[Desire General] HorNet505:
when I enter words in non-XT9 mode, I have to wait some time when entering letters on the same key. The cursor just takes 1 full second to jump forward, otherwise I would alter the already typed letter. Its annoying.
[Desire General] mortenmhp:
I take it you want to lower the waiting time when holding down a button until the alternatives pop up. It is a bit difficult to understand though.

I personally prefer the htc ime mod keyboard found on this forum, which have several very useful modification options. You also have the ability to set the delay you are talking about :)

link: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=663608&highlight=ime_mod
[Desire General] HorNet505:
f.e. I use the phone keyboard with 3 letters on one field. Now typing "abc" i have to wait 1 sec. after the "a"until the cursor moves on. If sooner, the letter gets still modified.

The detection that I am done with one letter is just too slow
[Desire General] tincmulc:
I think he is referring to the phone keypad or compact qwerty keyboard.

If you want to type ace on the keypad you have press 2 once, wait 1 second, press 2 three times, and then 3 two times.

The "wait one second" part is the problem, and if you don't wait you would end up with à or something, because it wouldn't recognise the c as the new letter.

How to help this? I only know you can move to the right(with the trackball) but that isn't much faster.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] mortenmhp:
ahh i see. Just tried those keyboards for the first time :) never been needing them. But that is probarbly not as easy to fix.
[General Questions and Answers] wh1p3r09:
Whenever I set an alarm on my G1 (both rooted and factory), it would sound even if the phone was powered off. Now I have the Motorola Cliq and it, unfortunately, does not share the same functionality. Does anyone know if there's a way to implement that feature from the G1 to the Cliq? Or if its hardware or software based...I would think software based but I could be wrong.
[General Questions and Answers] srxburak:
i think'' it's about rom
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] Faud:
Has anyone gotten Adfree android to work on the my touch slide 3G?

I either get a reboot or error about writing to hosts
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] falken98:
See this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=664532

Ignore the installation commands, you need to boot in to recovery and push the hosts file to /system/etc/ on the phone.
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] bmfc187:
Adfree works fine. The reason it doesn't work on slide has nothing to do with the app. The hosts file goes in /system/etc/ and since we don't have r/w access to /system, the app can't do what's its supposed to do. It works great I used it the whole time I had a G1, its just cus your phone isn't PROPERLY rooted. Neither is anyone elses til we get that SPL...

Til then you gotta adb push the file thru recovery...

I dunno if you know this, but adfree temporarily d/l's the hosts file to your sdcard, then deletes it when its done. But since it couldn't replace the file on my slide, it left it on the sdcard! All you gotta do is run the app and wait for it to error out, then go get the file and put it on your pc and adb push to /system/etc...

-BMFC

Sent from my ROOTED myTouch3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] falken98:
Actually, its rooted just fine (you can run anything you want as uid 0). The SPL security has nothing to do with root.

It is like saying you don't have the proper key to a door just because after you open it there is a guard standing there not letting you in to the next room.

Just being picky... :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] tubaking182:
i think what he meant is that with all the other phones most of us have had we had an SPL to flash once we had done the original tweaks(or before on some phones) so as of right now i agree that the phone is not rooted properly yet as i don't have full control over the phone whenever i want, i want to be able to mv stuff to system partition from android terminal

just being picky...
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] ParkerOviedo:
could anyone please post the actual commands? im new to adb and wold really appreciate the help adfree is the entire reason i even rooted

among others but it was the number one
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] bmfc187:
adb push hosts /system/etc

-BMFC

Sent from my ROOTED myTouch3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] ParkerOviedo:
thank you so very much (:
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] RED ZMAN:
Other than removing a few of the stock apps, this is one of the things I'm looking forward to rooting for, I loved it on my G1.

With all of the folks having so much trouble rooting this sucker though, I may wait awhile.
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] ParkerOviedo:
it said this

' failed to copy 'hosts' to '/system/etc': Permission denied '
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] ParkerOviedo:
and if i type su it asks for a password and if i try to run in root it says that production models wont run in root

but i rooted and have the superuser permissions apk installed and has granted me permission to other things
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] falken98:
Were you booted in to recovery with /system mounted?
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] ParkerOviedo:
i was able to figure it out

i never tried typing su into the adb shell after i rooted

i got the prompt on my device and accepted it now i have full permissions
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] ParkerOviedo:
well it accepted the command and it pushed the host file to /system/etc but it still isnt disabling ads |:<
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] poetik517:
same thing happened to me. but as falken mentioned before, you have to make sure the system is mounted before running the command. so..

boot into recovery.

go to 'partitions'.

select 'mount /system'.

run adb command "adb push hosts /system/etc".

reboot system.

*you might wanna might wanna be sure the comp sees the device in recovery before running the command via "adb devices". i do this before i do any adb'ing.

*be sure the hosts file is in the root of your sdk directory, otherwise your command will vary.
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] jnight666:
All I get is "failed to copy 'hosts' to '/system/etc': Permission denied"

And yes my Phone is Rooted..

I did everything above. do I have to be in su or something...

Can you not do this on the stock rom. Do I have to flash one of the other roms to be able to push to System...
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] falken98:
You need to have flashed the engineering rom so you have a root shell in recovery.
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] droctii:
Does the Hosts file even block ads?
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] dumfuq:
Yup, and it makes the internet soo much faster. Adfree works fine as is if you add the rw overlay :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] droctii:
BINGO! Thanks!!!
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] valdezpa09:
i was able to do it with that once but not it wont let me...
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] acejoker25000:
Are you rooted? If so are you doing this from a rooted recovery menu? If no to either if these then that is why you can't do this.

Judging by the last sentence either you are not rooted or in rooted recovery or you haven't turned off signature verification in your recovery menu. Also you don't have to rename to update.zip because that is what your rooted recovery is.

Your options are:

Root if not rooted

Turn off signature verification

Apply aufs

Download adfree and run it

Or

Make sure rooted

Do the adb commands while in rooted recovery

Done
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] nikol4s:
If you flash a new rom you have to reapply the overlay. This includes updating a rom.

Sent from my HTC Espresso running CM6.
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] Daman3456:
It's rooted, just running an almost-stock kernel, it was one posted that was basically the regular one with root. I can su in adb and do whatever. I'm not sure where to turn off signature verification though? If I select recovery in the menu power+downvolume gives, it puts me into the menu with a recovery icon on a black background, power+upvol in that menu gives blue text that says android system recovery 2e with the option reboot system now/apply sdcard:update.zip/wipe data/factory reset/wipe cache partition

I've only got fastboot/recovery/clear storage/simlock at the menu that contains HBOOT (0.52.0000)

So I guess my questions are: what is a rooted recovery menu, and how do I turn off signature verification?

May try to perform this when I get back home, and seeing if I can modify the hosts file through a root that way- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=754020
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] fight4android:
I have rooted and S-OFF. Installed and work perfect. I recommend S-OFF, as it allow you to do custom MTD as well...
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] tKoHaXoR:
It works great on the Mytouch Slide. You just need S-Off and it will update the file hosts without reboot. There is an S-Off thread in the Mytouch Slide development forum. Once you have S-Off, go to the android market, redownload AdFree and Install hosts.
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] sbell7105:
just installed and working great!
[myTouch 3G Slide Themes and Apps] gtmaster303:
so you have to either S-off the device, or adb push the file needed?