yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pao23:
I'm not bored with my phone by a long shot, nor do I really want to change from my Fresh/King set up.

So.....

If you need any tests performed on Fresh .2 and King BFS#3 I'll do my best to help. But I saw you were using the Net kernals so it may not be much of an offer.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nief1313:
The version of fresh needs to be updated, so we can change what kernel is being used, if you want to do the performance tests for stock kernel/and KingBFS #3 :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pao23:
Fresh 3.1.0.2 is the newest is it not?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nief1313:
it is, the one in my chart though is for Fresh Evo 3.1.0.1
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pao23:
OH! I completely misread your post. All apologies.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starplaya93:
Some gameloft games dont work well with the EVO until they optimize them for our snapdragon processors.

But games like asphalt 5 and n.o.v.a both of which have really good graphics run nearly perfect...at least on my set-up.

I understand yourr emulator gripe, it was the same way for me, but like everything in life, you get used to it and its not bad at all once you do. Just as fun.

I never use pandora so I don't really know... Titanium usually works for me, but like someone mentioned in another post, it does seem better to just manually install your apps again... Or you just back up the ones you use the most and you can manually install the ones you rarely use when you need them again.

I suppose they removed most of the porn apps from the market...I had android since the G1 days, and there used to be a ton. But I read about this before, haven't tried it out though... in case you really need to satisfy that itch.:D

http://phandroid.com/2009/11/27/android-porn-market-from-mikandi/

but anyways...my whole point is that I just don't see how you could possibly get board with android...especially when you have a top-notch device. You're possibilities are LITERALLY endless....

P.S some of the most addicting games are the simplest ones and are usually free... My two all-time fave android games are robo-defense and armored strike...I have spent hours playing them and they never get old.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxomus:
I agree, android isn't for everyone & some people expect the world out if there evo's when they get them (not refereeing to the op inparticular). Android is super customizable, hell, throw you some debian or ubuntu, heh or even boot some windoze...i don't know, to each there own, ive been digging android since the G1 & have it running on netbooks & anything else I can find....

Sent from my phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] engagedtosmile:
I'm not sure what you expected from a mobile phone...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyfunk:
About what I expect from my kids. I expect it to do as it is told.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
Well, with the latest update to the Voice Command app that's not exactly an unreasonable expectation... now if I could get it to mow the lawn and take out the trash I just might consider putting it through college..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
I just finished working with Matt Mastracci getting our bootloader unlocked successfully (s-off). This is the same as the EVO & Incredible's "Unrevoked Forever" just for the Hero now as well.

This allows you to flash an ***.img file to a specific partition on your phone without making a zip. You can also make a HERCIMG.zip (a zip with multiple images in it ie, system.img, data.img, boot.img, recovery.img) and flash that straight from hboot.

What s-off does is unlock hboot to be able to flash any HERCIMG.zip you provide it. It bypasses the need for HTC's private keys to have signed the zip, so you can make your own HERCIMG.zip with whatever image you wish to flash inside it (say the old grey on black HTC splash screen, or an engineering SPL) and it will flash with no problem.

This is completely permanent. It is below the radio level, so even if you RUU, it will still be s-off. Basically you will never have to "root" your phone again. You just flash something from the bootloader and it will work (for example, you RUU, then go into the bootloader and flash a recovery right away)

To verify successful after flashing, reboot to the bootloader. You should see "S-OFF" on the top.

For more information please go to http://unrevoked.com/forever

For the S-ON Method go HERE

Before you flash this, you NEED to upgrade to the newest hboot, version 1.47.0000 (due to finding variances in testing). You can do this by nandroiding, then running the Official 2.1 RUU in my rooting thread (post #2) and then rooting again and flashing this, then restoring your nandroid backup. You can check your bootloader version by typing (in command prompt)

adb shell

[B]
getprop ro.bootloader
[/B]

if that doesn't work (or returns nothing)

instead, type

adb shell
cat /proc/cmdline

and look for android.bootloader, and the value after that is your version

No one is responsible other than yourself if anything goes wrong after flashing this. We have had extensive testing with no errors.

Flash this as a normal zip in recovery.

Download

MD5: dd680a16c48b74d6d04e81e947825c56
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
I have the following radios (if you see one that is missing that is still in use by you guys, please post what you are using!)

Sprint

1.04.01.09.21

2.32.40.11.09 (eris)

2.41.04.02.02

2.42.00.03.10

2.42.01.04.27

2.41.05.02.03

Cell South

2.42.01.04.23

Alltel

2.42.01.04.23

MetroPCS

2.42.01.04.27

ACS wireless

2.42.01.04.23
[Hero CDMA Android Development] travripp:
Sprint 2.42.01.04.27 will also gladly do testing
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Flip260z:
Cell South

2.42.01.04.23
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CyborgNM156:
I would love to help! Thank you regaw_leinad!!!

MetroPCS

2.42.01.04.27
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
go to settings, about phone then look at baseband version
[Hero CDMA Android Development] urushiol:
I will gladly test for you, sprint, baseband already listed.

Thanks for your effort reg and matt, I think this is a great step forward for the HeroC!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kenpoman:
2.42.00.03.10
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
I'm sorry, I still don't quite understand what this does. How does this benefit me as a basic non-cook user?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
check out www.unrevoked.com/forever for more info
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ipfreelytech:
ACS wireless:

2.42.01.04.23

I know its the same as Alltell and CS, ALL ACG carriers will be using this radio unless the user flashed the sprint radio later as this is the one included in the ACG 2.1 update, just thought I'd mention...

This is really cool! good work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Carrier:Cellular South

Radio:2.42.01.04.23

Hey there, I do realize what this is for, and it's awesome to see, however I was wondering if you could provide the md5 hash for this as it's such a sensitive-accurate file to be flashed. Anything I do that is with a low level flash I make sure the md5 meets up.

Here is some info on it.

BTW This MD5 is from my rom (South Paw) not from your mod, just using it as an example.

***CHECK THE FILE AFTER DOWNLOAD!!!***

MD5 Sum: f61654f61d7e75757d3307764061d20a

This sum is a mathematical 'hash' that can tell you if a file downloaded properly or not. There has been a lot of issues with people downloading a bad zip file from media fire, and now you can make SURE that it's downloaded properly before flashing.

Heres the info on it.:

Windows (and mac) users:

1. download Hashtag, a free md5 file hash check utility from here: http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/

2. After downloading and installing, just right click on any file. On Windows, select properties and you will see a new "File Hashes" tab. On Mac select "File Hashes" (on 10.5 the "File Hashes" menu item will be found under the "More" submenu). This is will start HashTab providing more or less the same view that you see on Windows. This File Hashes window displays all the hashes for the file.

3. Check the hash to make sure it's the same big jumble of numbers and letters as the hash above. If it is not the same, the download is bad and you should redownload the file.

Linux users:

1. go into your linux terminal or shell (not the adb shell)

2. navigate to the folder that contains the rom (mine is in downloads, so you would type 'cd Downloads')

3. for my rom, type 'md5sum SouthPawV1.5Final.zip

4. the output should look as shown:

OUTPUT_ZIP$ md5sum SouthPawV1.5Final.zip
f61654f61d7e75757d3307764061d20a SouthPawV1.5Final.zip
hexskrew@hexskrew-laptop:~/Desktop/kitchen/OUTPUT_ZIP$
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Is this a guide for me to learn what an md5 is? lol just kidding :p

I am definitely going to do that, as I did with a few other of my releases on here. I haven't posted anything yet though, and I won't be for another day or so, so don't get worried yet.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jamesjharris01:
Is it safe?

This may be a noob question and if so I apologize but can someone tell me if I have a non-Sprint Hero that currently has radio 2.42.01.04.23 is it safe for me to update to 2.42.01.04.27 or is it only for Sprint users?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Oh no man, I wasn't trying to school you on it or anything, but a lot of people don't know about md5 checking, so I figured just in case you didn't I would post it for convenience (just a copy/paste from my own thread).

You are the man regaw, I am definitely not denying that. You been on this scene before I was gnawing at the teeth for my Hero :P And you have definitely made your uber share for the community.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Haha nah it's cool I was kidding :p (hope you saw the just kidding changed a different color lol)

It's definitely a good post, personally I just use the console md5sum for windows and put it in C:\Windows\system32

http://etree.org/md5com.html

directions on the site above
[Hero CDMA Android Development] danaff37:
I have just one question. If we use this, do we lose the ability to update radio until a new release from you guys, or does flashing a new radio just turn off the s-off (does that make it s-on I assume?) In the unrevoked faq there, it says it can't be undone, but from what I can tell it does flashing a new radio would undo it unless this breaks the ability to do so somehow...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ipfreelytech:
It should work, you may need to re-program your PRL afterwards, and I dunno if you can downgrade a radio, if not you may loose the ability to unroot by running the RUU.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
well i know for sure you can downgrade your radio, but I have no idea what to say about flashing a Sprint radio from another carrier
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ipfreelytech:
It's fine, as part of the rooting process on my phone I had to flash the sprint leaked 2.1 RUU so i was on a sprint radio up until the ACG ruu came out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] too.many.imails@gmail.com:
hey bro, your awesome man. thanks for the clearification... your awesome... its sad your leaving/left our forums, even though you seem to be coming back and visiting for help :P... but ill see you in the evo forums in april when i get my upgrade, thanks sprint for making me a premier loyal customer :D hahahaha...

i've downloaded a copy of the .27 radio, fixing to flash it, then on to flash the s-off mod, then flashing the .29 radio to be up-to-date.

yay! for all the help...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] evilvoice:
Thank you for the reply. I actually don't mind the s-off. My problem is that I can't flash anything through hboot. This means radio, roms, splash screens, nothing. There has to be something in the hboot that says it didn't flash correctly last time and to never allow a flash again. I think, could be wrong, that radios are safer if flashed through the hboot. So when I talk about a flag, I am not talking about the s-off flag but something is telling hboot to not allow flashing. I hope I clarified the situation.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lohp75:
Are you zipping up the right files with an andro-info.txt file within said zip(s)? The safest way to flash a radio is through fastboot anyway bud.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercuryblue:
sir...i'm having s-off but i'm not having the su permission..can you please help me out?

i'm currently on 2.42.01.04.27 baseband and 2.27.651.7 build

wht i have done is ...i was on 2.27.651.5 and rooted with your earlier method of adb shell where i used the file unrevoked-forever.zip instead of boot-patched.zip

your post (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572)

later i ran ruu HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6 n then updated it via ota.

i'm tring to get access to root but i can't.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] athanos:
I have s-off, but i am unable to fastboot because i have hboot 1.47. Has anyone found away around this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] athanos:
You probably have hboot 1.47 like i do. I can't fastboot with 1.47.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
s-off and firerat MOD

I flashed back to .27 radio to get s-off capability, and after doing so I lost firerat MOD status. Flashed the unrevoked zip and flashed back to .29 and reconfigured using the firerat MOD steps, but my partitions are not changed. Do s-off and firerat MOD not play well together? Any suggestions on how I can trouble-shoot this? Thx.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lohp75:
Hey guys, have you looked at darchstar's ENG-SPL? Back in my hero days I ran unrevoked for hboot, and Eng-spl for fastboot. And yes the run together fine. If you ruu back to stock you only lose the eng-spl but unrevoked is " forever ". Do some more reading guys its easy as hello once you find the right literature. Read unrevokes how to hboot on hero and google how to terminal fastboot commands! Good luck! :-)

Sent from my HTC Desire CDMA
[Hero CDMA Android Development] athanos:
Tried that. It's for hboot 1.46. I can't downgrade.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
okay, this may seem like a retarded question, but what's the difference and why do you need it? also, when I go into the bootloader I can volume up and down for hboot/fastboot and it says s-off, what are you talking about? :confused::confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] GeezyAF:
I had hboot 1.47, flash Darch's ENG-SPL and you'll get hboot 1.46.

I did this myself.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
*EDIT*: After a couple more hours searching and reading and nandroiding back 2-3 older ROMS with no luck, I figured out my mtdpartmap file had been cleaned. DOH! It was completely empty. Added my space settings and everything is good. Now to start using s-off.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lohp75:
I just checked my hero's bootloader info and I too am at 1.46.2000. There's nothing wrong with running both unrevoked and eng-spl, it gives you more options!

:-) read on how to properly use each one cuz you can very easily mess your phone up with s-off. READ!!!!!!!!!!

Sent from my HTC Desire CDMA
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercuryblue:
frends please help me out to get root n to remove crapy application from stock rom...i'm having s-off but i'm not having the 'su' permission..please help me out

i'm currently on 2.42.01.04.27 baseband and 2.27.651.7 build

wht i have done is ...i was on 2.27.651.5 and rooted with your earlier method of adb shell where i used the file unrevoked-forever.zip instead of boot-patched.zip

source for rooting (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572)

later i ran Ruu HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6 n then updated it via OTA. So basically i'm on the build 2.27.651.7 with S-OFF but not getting SU permission..i'm tring to get access to root but i can't.

Looking for some help.

ya hboot is 1.47
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
S-OFF doesn't give you root. S-OFF allows you to flash unsigned HERCIMG.zip from HBoot mode. This way you can flash custom recoveries (among other things) without needed a rooted ROM first. Look for my thread with the HERCIMG.zip that lets you flash clockwork recovery. Then boot into recovery and flash a pre-rooted ROM (pretty much any ROM on these forums comes rooted already with su and Superuser.apk)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercuryblue:
@ sirmx : firstly thank u so much for the quick reply ma frend..all i want is to have root while staying on stock rom...is it possible?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Yes! There are a few guides in this forum you can find, and I have heard people using one-click root apps from the internet or the Market.

Try Universal Androot or z4root on a Google search and see what you can find! :cool:

These will give you the su / Superuser you are seeking.

Note: Most do-it-yourself root guides require using adb and the command prompt
[Hero CDMA Android Development] athanos:
I tried that numerous times and it did not downgrade me to 1.46. I'm willing to try again though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] evilvoice:
I actually had problems flashing Darchs eng-spl, so what I ended up doing was flashing unrevoked forever, renaming the eng-spl to HERCIMG.zip and moving it to the root of the sdcard, then booting into the bootloader and telling it to flash. I believe you need to add a android-info.txt to the zip, but not sure and you can pull that from any of the other HERCIMG.zip files posted here. This was the only way I could get it on the phone
[Hero CDMA Android Development] GeezyAF:
I have one of the newer Heroes that came with hboot 1.47.

I flashed this after doing S-OFF by RegaW and I can confirm that I have hboot 1.46 now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] athanos:
I just tried it 15 times, and i still have 1.47. Must just be me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lohp75:
Then try this to see if it worked, reboot bootloader on phone, open terminal on ur computer and cd to to sdk/tools. Plug phone in with usb cable, type fastboot devices . Make sure you're in fastboot not hboot on ur phone ( you should see in red fastboot usb on phone) in terminal type fastboot reboot. Now if it reboots you have it done right. Again unrevoked is for flashing HERCIMG.zip from sd card and eng-spl is for fast boot commands.

Sent from my HTC Desire CDMA
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercuryblue:
thank you sir for solving the query...thanx a lot..the guide cracked the latest version of OTA update..n now i'm having root with S-OFF
[Hero CDMA Android Development] paul96:
please support 2.42.02.10.29 sprint
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lohp75:
Find how to downgrade/flash a radio that is supported, do s-off and reflash your .29 radio and BAM! Your done! Good luck, it can be done!

Sent from my Desire CDMA
[Hero CDMA Android Development] paul96:
Is that the only way to do this? I searched and I couldnt find anything.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thatdudepoops:
Lol well I guess there's your answer
[Hero CDMA Android Development] deke997:
using sprint 2.42.02.10.29... no support :(

EDIT: just ruu'd and now have radio 2.42.01.04.27 lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] paul96:
Did you use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=800586 ?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Rooster85:
My question is, can I make a Herc.zip to flash the radio? I can't use cwm as I updated to 3.0.0.5
[Hero CDMA Android Development] old.ghost:
2.42.02.10.29
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
fastboot.exe

I've successfully flashed to s-off, and flashed the eng-spl to get fastboot access, but I do not have the fastboot.exe in my tools folder. I looked online on how to d/l the exe but can't seem to find the right answer. I upgraded my sdk to .09, but still not fastboot.exe. Am I not d/l the correct tools? Any help is appreciated.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
I don't know what you are doing or not doing.

http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r09-windows.zip

Right inside the tools folder is fastboot.exe.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Thx. I am on a mac, so I d/l http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r09-mac_x86.zip, and there is no fastboot.exe in the zip. Odd.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Mac's don't use .exe files.

http://developer.htc.com/adp.html scroll down a bit. Seems that fastboot isn't included in Linux or OSX SDK.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Yeah, I understand it's not an .exe file (just using incorrect jargon, sorry). I was at the HTC site last night and d/l the mac fastboot command line tool into sdk/tools, but still no go (that was after trying a few other things, too). I'm gonna wipe the entire sdk and start from scratch, perhaps I mucked up something with my flailing last night. Thx so much for your help. At least I appear to be heading in the right direction.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Ok, good luck. And I apologize about the .exe misunderstanding also =)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
EUREKA - Fastboot for MAC

OK, after a little more searching, I found the XDA thread to get fastboot working on a Mac:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=874511

All credit to siedkins!!

This also presumes you have downloaded the fastboot-mac command file. You can find that here.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lohp75:
Go to the desire forum and in Q&A thread there is a guide to set up sdk on mac. Follow the instructions to set paths and then copy fastboot- mac blah blah. Its simple and awesome. When your phone is connected no need to cd to sdk directory anymore!!!!!!

Sent from my Desire CDMA
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
Were you able to falsh a HERCIMG.zip from H-boot after you flashed the ENG-SPL? The reason I'm asking is that I flashed Unrevoked and then the ENG-SPL for fastboot but I am having trouble flashing any HERCIMG.zip that I've tried. My S-off is H-boot is 1.46.2000 so I know the SPL took. :confused:

These are my steps:

1. Nandroided aospCMod 01/26

2. Flashed back to Sense ROM

3. Ran the .5 RUU (which is the RUU I originally ROOTED from)

4. Re-Rooted (Regaw's method)

5. Flashed RA 1.7

6. Flashed Unrevoked Forever from OP

7. Flashed the ENG-SPL

8. Fastboot erase system -w

9. Rebooted to recovery and Factory/Data Reset, Wiped Cache, wiped Dalvik

10. Booted aospCMod 01/26 w/ 01/20 Gapps

Everything booted fine so I placed the HERCIMG.zip on the root of my SDCard and booted to bootloader to flash it. When I hit volume down in bootloader and it starts scrolling and while it's scrolling (green text) it lists the following error:

No image or wrong image loading! [HERCIMG.ZIP]

After it finishes scrolling it just stays in the bootloader and doesn't ask me if I want to flash it as it's supposed to do.

The HERCIMG.zip that I tried to flash from H-boot after flashing Unrevoked Forever and the ENG-SPL can be found here.

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
I have not yet attempted to flash a HERCIMG after getting fastboot. I d/l the hercimg above and note the android-info.txt is a little different from the one I used to flash the eng-spl. I've attached the one I used. Also, when you say "I placed the HERCIMG.zip on ROOT," do you mean the root of the SDCard? I presume so, otherwise it isn't where it needs to be for flashing. Sorry cannot be of much help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] old.ghost:
I'm running hboot with version 1.41.0000 and ROM with asop 2.3.2. 1/28 build. My radio is 2.42.02.10.29, how to s-off? thanks a lot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Take a look in OP and post #2. Your radio is not supported. You will need to flash a supported radio, flash the the s-off zip, then re-flash your current radio. There are a couple earlier posts that walk you through the process. Take a few minutes and browse through the thread. Good luck.