yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] strayduck:
Now THIS is how rooting is supposed to work! Many (many) thanks for the effort. Worked on the following (after a phone reboot):

HTC Hero

Firmware: 2.1-update1

Software Number: 2.27.651.6
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tungsten_22:
Ok, I'm a total noob to rooting. My Hero is on the .6 software, and the Universal Androot 1.6.1 seemed to install and run successfully. The SuperUser program is installed. So far so good.

But...after I installed the ClockworkMod ROM Manager v2.0.2.6, the "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" option always fails with the error: "An error occurred while flashing your recovery." I've rebooted my phone, and cleared the download cache, but the same error always occurs. Other people have mentioned the "boot-patched.zip" file as being necessary. So, which steps in the guide ([GUIDE] How to Root Sprint 2.1 Release for CDMA Hero -- sorry, can't post links) should I run? Would doing all the steps in that guide conflict with whatever the Universal Androot app has already done?

Help appreciated, thanks.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Mac11700:
Mine did that too..at first but why flash to what you already have if you haven't changed to a custom Rom ?

You have to do a nand back up, before you do anything. Then download a new rom of choice and follow the instructions for them to the letter. You should make a complete back up of what is on your sd to a secure location on your pc first.

It's confusing but it's the way you have to do it. If your rooted you will see clock work when you open the SU BTW,but you really aren't doing anything with either till you have flashed to a custom rom.

Mac
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tungsten_22:
Thanks for the tips. I just thought I was supposed to flash the recovery before I do anything else. I did get the recovery flashing working after I waited a while and went somewhere with better reception.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kettch19:
For those of you that are having issues where Universal Androot says it completed adding superuser rights but other apps (such as Titanium Backup) say that it can't get superuser rights even after rebooting, try updating the BusyBox module.

This can be done by opening Titanium Backup and selecting the "Problems?" button. It will pop up a message asking to download and update the BusyBox module. After I did that, Titanium Backup works perfectly.

Just thought I'd share my experience with the issue.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] usnret04:
Awesome, easy as pie.

I followed the instructions, rooted just like you said. I then did the Alt Recovery through ROM Manager (Clockwork gave me an error).

I was then able to do the NAND backup.

I'm still deciding which ROM to go with, but until I jump, I've noticed SENSE is not working anymore after doing the Alt Recovery. Since I plan to go with CM6, I guess losing it is not a biggie, but I was wondering why.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sweetclyde:
thanks

Thanks to everyone for posting their information/success stories/fail stories.

After researching for a few days, I have finally rooted my Hero.

Rooted, installed Rom Manager, flashed recovery, made a backup.

Removed all the crapware from the phone and made another backup.

Backups have been backed up to the PC & external HDD. I think it's safe to start trying out some custom ROMs now :D

Once again, thanks everyone!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] acronk:
Wow

Ok, So i'm new to rooting and last night i spent between 3 and 5 hours trying to figure this out.

First off DO NOT FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON UNLOCKR . COM

because the recovery flasher wont let you make the backup

second: this is so simple now. I feel dumb.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] PlagaDeRock:
Lol, Welcome. Many many hours spent trying to figure something out here and then I figure it out and feel stupid, of course shortly after someone explains it in a way that makes sense. :D

Now that your rooted make a nandroid and start flashing some fun. :) ask if you got any questions. Some people get a little crazy about the search feature but for the most part we're all pretty friendly.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Chewieez:
noob

I'll start with the usual: I'm a total Android noob here. Reading a lot and learning quickly but still getting the different steps figured out.

My wife just bought a HERO a month ago. I'm interested in erasing all the Sprint bloatware that's on it. (Who likes Nascar anyways?)

My questions are:

1. If I install this 1 Click root and use it to root her phone, is that all I need to do to have the ability to erase the bloatware apps?

2. Do I have to install a new ROM? She will want to keep the phone as close to stock Sense and it can be. My only goal for now is to clean up her phone in hopes of speedier performance.

3. If I don't need a new ROM, is there any reason to try the Nandroid backup? As I understand it, that is just a step in installing a new ROM correct? Can I just use Titanium Backup instead and keep her stock ROM?

Does rooting and erasing the extra apps help at all with the lag that the phone has when trying to make a call? This is the main gripe with the Hero is it's SLOW and lags when trying to make a call. Then you end up making 2 calls to the same person. Can we fix this lag issue with out changing the ROM to a custom rom? She likes Sense and has learned it and won't want to learn a totally different ROM.

Thanks everyone!!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] usnret04:
Great app, I was able to use Clockwork, but for some reason had to use the Alternate Recovery first. Not sure if it matters much, I don't know the difference.

One thing that happened to my was that after I rooted and did my backups, I noticed that I lost my data. I re-booted my phone several times, then finally turned off the Mobile Network (under phone options) and back on again, and data came back.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] anindrew:
Hi all!

After having a few issues with my Sprint HTC Hero, I have decided to root it and install CM6. I followed zenulator's instructions (on page 2). However, when I use ROM Manager, it fails to flash ClockworkMod Recovery. It asks me to confirm my phone, but then has this error: "An error occurred while flashing your recovery." Does anyone know why this is happening?

The program allows me to install RA Recovery v1.6.2, but I have to Reboot Into Recovery for manual management in order to make a Nandroid backup. I suppose I could flash CM6 and the google add-ons that way, but I just want to make sure. Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] scottspa74:
Booting into recovery manually isn't all that bad. I don't use clockwork at all anymore. I don't trust it. I tried to get my amonRA recovery back after playing with clockwork, and selected alternate recovery in the UI, only to find out it didn't do it properly and I had no recovery at ALL. I then went into bootloader and 'recovery' was not was not even there anymore to select. I had to use terminal emulator app to push my amonRA back onto my phone.

Suffice to say, I no longer mess with clockwork or ROMmanager.

AmonRA ie a rock solid recovery, and you can download 'Quick Boot' from the market. It gives you a GUI to boot into recovery, or reboot, or bootloader directly, without the button pushing combinations.

Worth a shot. More reliable, in my opinion.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] anindrew:
Hi scottspa74,

I managed to figure it out. I used amonRA, did a nandroid backup, wiped, and installed CM6. Thanks to all the information and instructions here, it was easier than I thought it would be. I liked the speed of CM6, but I missed certain features that Sense had, so I loaded my back-up. I was surprised that it was EXACTLY how my phone was before installing CM6. Very impressive! I think I will try Fresh 2.4.0 as it is a tweaked out version of Sense. Thanks again!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] scottspa74:
Glad ya got it sorted. I see that in my rant about ROMmanager and clockwork, I entirely neglected your question, which was; 'can you flash a Rom manually from recovery'. Sorry man, really glad ya got it all worked out.

Yeah, people get benchmarks with CM that are up to twice as fast as sense, but sense, despite it's faults, has some really nice, convenient features. You'll see that some people get kind of...religious about android, Google, open-source purity, hence CM.

Yeah, the nandroid backup feature of android is pretty amazing, huh? I came to android from Windows mobile, which I really really liked, but one wrong tweak, or typo in the registry, and you're hosed. No restore.

Anyhow, sorry I kinda forgot you're question. Glad you're all good now.

@ chewieez

If you're lookin to fix responsiveness, and want to stay mostly stock, you may look for a stock rooted hero ROM, maybe a deodexed one. Or better yet, maybe check out the kernels, and try some different kernels, keep same ROM. You're best off flashing a stock root ROM though cuz it should come with superuser already installed for granting root privileges to root apps. Then you can use root explorer from market and go to system/app and add .bak to all the Sprint crap (or flat out delete it).

You can flash kernels easily from recovery, just wipe dalvik and cache. ALWAYS a good idea to make a nand backup, you never know where you might go once you're root ;)

For Hero, I dunno what's hot as far as kernels, but I think netarchy did kernels for Hero. His stuff is great. So is kings, if he has any hero stuff.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Karadorde:
Security off?

Will this unlock Nand as well? Couldn't seem to find a rock solid answer in the thread.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
Nand is unlocked on the Heros, but no, this just installs SuperUser and the su binary on the phone I think. Perhaps flashes a recovery, I don't remember
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Tstinnett62:
I used the 1.5 version for my uncles hero, and it says its rooted but superuser is nowhere to be found:confused:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] scottspa74:
I think some people in this thread have reported not seeing superuser until after first reboot. If that doesn't work still, you can get newest superuser off the market (by chainsDD), or flash a custom ROM that has superuser included.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jhorton014:
This is awesome. I lost hope in Rooting the .6 update. But this works fine. I quickly changed the ROM to Crunchybutternut's CSROM. Works great.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 1308:
Just tried this with my phone that has the .7 update and it gives me the error "failed ! No ~~~ Fu goo ~~~"
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cordodor:
ditto. tried w/ v 1.6
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cordodor:
well, i ended up just flashing back to .5 using the stock ruu/rom and running the universal root v1.5.3. once i flashed back to .5, the universal root worked like a dream. now running cyanogen6

I got that file through the link below

xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6686401&postcount=2
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] hoyeay:
:v

:v I get "Failed! No~~~ Fu goo!!!"
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Ches7er:
im having trouble, i got things rooted all im trying to do at this point is do a nandroid back up

i dled clockwork and its nothing but fail in rom manager i tryed to flas an alternate recovery and that failed as well......

any help that this point, i just want to back up my phone with nandroid

*edit.... this is a bit scary but changing nothing i tryed to flash the alt recovery again and it worked not sure what caused it to hang in the first time... preforming back up now.... hope all goes well
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] desertpenquin:
Failed! No~~~ Fu goo!!!

.7

Is some one working on it or should I just rock back to .5 or .6?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Ches7er:
since .7 just came out i would say yes if your looking for a quick fix
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] LidoShuffle:
It worked for me (starting from build 2.27.651.6). I got the phone about three days ago and have never rooted any phone before. I didn't create a nandroid backup before starting though and after rooting I can boot into recovery mode, but when I select "backup" it ends up going to the red triangle screen and the only way to get out of that is to pull the battery. So I downloaded Rom Manager and made a backup that way, but I'm still having some issues so I'm not sure how smoothly this is going to go.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tone dibiase:
I downloaded both .apk's to my phone and neither worked.

it ends up saying

Failed! No --- Fu goo ----

Generating exploit .. [OK]

Generating su.. [OK]

Generating Superuser.apk [OK]

Generating root script .. [OK]

... any help would be appreciated ...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Fyoolie:
This worked perfectly on my Hero. Made everything so much easier!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tone dibiase:
which file did you use?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kevets:
I used 1.6.1 on my Sprint Hero.

The Hero asked to update to .7 today too so hopefully we can get an update soon, just in case the update is worth it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cheyennemtn:
v1.6.2 beta 5 / v1.6.1

Failed! No --- Fu goo ----

Filmware 2.1

Baseband version

2.42.01.04.27

Kernel version

2.6.29-ba77cf03

Build Number

2.31.651.7 CL258838

Software number

2.31.651.7

PRI Version

2.62_003

PRL Version

60671
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chiill:
Lookup SuperOneClick to root 2.31.651.7
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cheyennemtn:
BeaUtiful ! Worked great. I'm now rooted and installed Titanium Backup and Busybox Hero 2.1 using SuperOneClick
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chiill:
That and WiFi Tether are my main reasons for rooting a stock rom
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CarbonKang:
super one click is not in the market? Or atleast not the 2.2 market. I need to root my brothers phone today...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cheyennemtn:
After I booted into my Cyanogen 6 rom I was excited but was wondering what the best way to get my apps on it that I had on stock before I backed it up. Is there a app that can install/restore onto my new rom. I even looked for a market app similar to the one on stock but couldn't find one.

..........Ok found my answer. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=629375
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chiill:
SuperOneClick is here or checkout the following thread for a manual method. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804296
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Texas Spectre:
I can't root

I don't know what the problem is. I tried the the one click method but I'm using .7 so that's obviously not working. I tried all three versions of the SuperOneClick method and the program just stops at "Waiting for Device." I've got it on debug mode and I don't really know what else to do besides wait for the one click method to update with a fix for the .7 update. Anyone else have any suggestions?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CrashV2010:
Do you have disk mode on ?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cheyennemtn:
Just a couple thoughts. Make sure you USB cable if plugged is disabled for your SDCARD/PC just unplug it. Also make sure no other services/programs are running that might be causing a conflict.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Texas Spectre:
Yeah, it's in the "Charge Only" mode, not the disk mode. And I have a taskiller so there really is nothing else running. I'm in no big hurry, though. Like I said I'll just wait until Androot can get past the .7 update. Thanks for the help anyway.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CrashV2010:
Well, why I'm asking it has to be in disk mode, lol for this thing to work.. That's all !!!!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Texas Spectre:
Oh yeah? The instructions said for it not to be. I'll give it a try again. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CrashV2010:
Any luck ??????????????????????????
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Texas Spectre:
Not yet. I'm out of town at the moment so I've got to do it on Tuesday night. I'll let you know ASAP, though. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Texas Spectre:
I just tried it again with it mounted and no luck. It just says "waiting for device" and doesn't do anything after that.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CrashV2010:
I would reinstall your drivers which are found on the sprint page, reboot your phone and your computer, leaving the phone unplugged from your computer.. when everything is booted up just go through the process... Make sure your phone is on disk mode...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tomeaine:
Odd. Hero with .7 and rooted just fine.

Made sure firewall and AntiVirus was off. Phone in debugging mode and phone on usb charge not mounted.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Texas Spectre:
@crash- Thanks for the driver suggestion. I downloaded it from Sprint, installed it and it worked instantly. Now I'm rooted and have Cyanogen installed. Thanks for the help!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CrashV2010:
Sir no problem, just have fun with it, the big thing is make folders on you comp and your phone so you can find what you want easer, and don't put firerats on your phone.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] thelambo:
"Failed" message

OK, so i have a brand new HTC Hero with 2.37.651.7 software update, i got it from my insurance company that way. I am looking to root it to change the theme to the nexus theme, wireless tether, and possibly overclock. I downloaded both of the files, UniversalAndroot_1.6.1 and UniversalAndroot_1.5.3. I tried both of them and i came up with a "Failed" message. I tried every option in the dropdown box and non of them worked. Can somebody please direct/help me further? I'm new to this website and to rooting phones as well
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] shaunhil:
check to see if you are allowing outside applications to install. The option is under settings/applications.

this worked perfect for me on my new hero.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] trip187:
I rooted this same version just last week. I used Unrevoked's one click method found here. http://unrevoked.com/original/
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] devsuthar:
First I couldn't root my phone with flashrec. After I just randomly downloaded ROM Manager Premium from Applanet and found out I could root my phone by clicking install the recovery. I also hate how you have to have internet to install the recovery. They should attach the file with the app.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] vikramaditya:
woohoo! successfully rooted, flashed, and got Froyo CM6 working on my phone! thanks to everyone in this awesome community whose put hundreds of hours into this stuff so I complete noob like myself could pick it up in one day! amazing!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] omidajunglist:
It seems i cant find these drivers, i think Im blind
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] crazyboy81:
Did not work on my Hero. Has most recent update from Sprint :( That update removed my original root.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kfunk:
Try this method - worked for me yesterday. Thought I would get all crazy and go back to factory specs and get all the latest updates to prl and such and rooted again using Regaw's method.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] anthropos91:
I can't seem to get either the .5 or .6 version to work on my Hero200. I'm wondering if it's because it's on the latest Sprint build 2.32.651.2. Does anyone know how to root a phone with that build? Or is there a way to step back to a build that I can root? Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] pheaton79:
Failed! No~~~Fu goo~~~

wtf? Tried the above method installing Astro, then installing each version with no success, on 2.1 platform. I turned my phone off hoping a reboot is what the doctor ordered, but the red exclamation mark appeared(signaling my phone trying to quit on me) I then rebooted holding the down volume, and got into the boot-menu, and then reset the phone from factory as I could, then I repeated my attempt to no avail. Any one have any ideas? or even just revert to 1.5(I was able to successfully root in 1.5 before getting this phone)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] harpstar:
Get the following ruu from htc website and this root method will work.

htc_sprint_hero_mr_2.27.651.6
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] em_jrdn:
Hello there,

I'm new to the HTC Hero. I am interested in rooting the phone for better performance.

I have a Sprint HTC Hero, and after following your directions, it still won't work. Would you be so kind as to tell me what info I need to provide for help.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] blahblehblah:
okay, i have the original cdma hero. still on 1.5.

i used this method and i rooted my phone. I installed Titanium Backup and gave it superuser access.

I tried installing Rom Manager...couldn't find it in market

Tried using AppBrain...wouldn't let me install

Found an apk online and opened it on the phone... got a message saying that it cannot install Rom Manager on this phone.

How do I backup my phone? Phone has been lagging a lot lately. I just want to backup my text messages mainly. If possible call history and pop3 settings as well. Just want to start over with a nice rom to get the phone running smooth and start taking advantage of froyo.

Market wouldn't find Amon_RA either...

Thanks.
[EVO 4G General] csmall:
You may or may not have heard but I was surprised to learn today that the Evo is Citrix certified.

I personally use it with the Citrix Receiver (it was updated today) and its a pretty good experience.

If you have access to Citrix I would give it a shot!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] joe.kerwin:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=753156

Haven't tried it yet because I'm at work but hoping this might work eventually since last I checked the Droid X keyboard had some problems, mostly with the size of the lettering.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] fykick:
Tried it on vibrant5 rom, just kept force closing the voice app. I'm thinking its just compatible with 2.2 which will be good for those who have the froyo rom or when we get a more stable version of froyo.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] The_Chrome_Coyote:
Didn't work for me at all. JFD w/ JAC kernel
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] invisiblek:
you can try the droidx multitouch keyboard, its made for 2.1
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Kickstar13:
Link/instructions?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] zephiK:
the instructions are in that thread the OP linked.....
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] PJcastaldo:
Why would you want this keyboard?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] djkms:
Dont mess around changing files in the /SYSTEM/ partition with Ninjamorph, holy every app force close and nandroid batman!!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] xvenom89:
Sounds to me like a file permissions error. Make sure what you add to /system matches the permissions of what you're replacing.
[Nexus One General] Muffinman825:
Right now I am using a Nexus One on AT&T. I plan to switch to T-Mobile soon, but for the time being, I'm stuck on AT&T. I don't know if the carrier pertains to the issue, but every time I send or recieve an MMS, my Nexus gives it some random time like "Sent at 16:53" when it's really only 16:01. Is there anyone else out there with similar issues, or a fix to this one that might be able to help me?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Funnyface19:
is there a way to use adb commands to remove certain .apk's like amazon mp3 and if there are can someone point me in the right direction thanks
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] refthemc:
http://www.careace.net/2010/05/12/how-to-remove-android-apps-through-adb/
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Funnyface19:
Thanks got it

Sent from your moms eris using XDA app
[HD2 General] boogiecornejo:
is there a way that the music player automatically opens to the playlist tab instead of the now playing list? maybe a reg edit?
[HD2 General] boogiecornejo:
anyone know how to do this?