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[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
Thanks for the reply. I meant to say that the HERCIMG that I linked to was the one I tried after flashing the ENG-SPL to see if it would work. (my post has been edited) ;) The zip that I used for the ENG-SPL was one that someone posted in Darch's thread b/c the OP link is down. Did you get your ENG-SPL from there as well?

And yes, I did place it on the root of my SD card, sorry about that. Can you try to flash the HERCIMG that I linked to and see if it works for you?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
OK, I flashed it and it worked fine. . . BUT, I used the android-info.txt I posted in #221 above instead of the one that came with the d/l. Maybe try that and see if it works.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
I tried it with the android-info.txt from your post and no go. :(:confused:

I think the problem might be the ENG-SPL b/c I was having the same issues when I just had that before I flashed Unrevoked Forever. I'm gonna RUU again and that should take me back to 1.47 and this time I'm not gonna flash the ENG-SPL and see if I can get it to work. Wish me luck!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
That may by your best bet. Try the eng-spl in this post, it's the one I used to get 1.46. Good luck.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
The one you linked to IS the same one I used to get 1.46 as well. Strange why it worked for you and I'm having all of these freaking issues w/ mine. :confused:

I'm gonna hang it up for tonight. I'll try and figure this out tomorrow. Anyone that has any suggestions I welcome them. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] old.ghost:
Finally, I make it. Thanks a lot for your suggestions and everybody here.

My steps are like that:

1.Downgrade radio from 2.42.02.10.29 to 2.42.01.04.27.

2.Flash RUU 2.27.651.5 release.

3.Follow Regaw's post to root my phone. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572.

4.Follow this post to turn S-ON to S-OFF.

5.Upgrade radio to 2.42.02.10.29 again.

6.Flash AOSP 2.3.2 1/28 ROM.

Everything looks good to me, thanks again for you all help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
Well, I RUU'd AGAIN and I still couldn't get it to work. I didn't flash the eng-spl this time to see if that would make a difference but I still couldn't get it to flash using unrevoked forever w/ the original HERCIMG I had or by replacing the android-info.txt with the one that you posted. :confused: I'm not the type to just give up, but I'm at a loss as to why I can't get this to work. After it didn't work I flashed the eng-spl and I have fastboot again so I'm happy with that.

Thanks for the help. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Strange, indeed. No two heros are the same, perhaps. Just to test, I flashed a few more HERCIMG's since, and all have gone through fine. Bummer it isn't working for you :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
Yeah, I'm very puzzled by it. I'm gonna look into to see if I can flash a splash screen via fastboot. Maybe that'll be the way I get it to work. We'll see.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
So does this remove the need to sign zip files for flashing?

- Kifno's HTC Hero CDMA's speed makes it the best hero....THE FLASH!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
Nope ya still have to sign them

Something.About.Me.U.Dont.Like.

Its.Cool.I.Understand.AWAH
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zwizzle:
I'm sure you've probably already thought of this, but which RUU did you try? If you used the newest one (.6), you'd have to downgrade your radio to 2.42.01.04.27 to flash the NAND unlock.

EDIT: Just looked back and saw that you used the .5 RUU. I'm not sure if that one flashes a radio or not so I would check that it took you back to the correct one.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
Appreciate the suggestions man. Yes I did use. 5 RUU and it did take me back to the .27 radio.

I wound up just flashing splash via fastboot and it worked fine. ;)

Sent from my Super Hero w/ some sweet Gingerbread!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dfc849:
Not sure how, but I screwed up my hero with this, and I sent it in- they took it, even with void warranty and fixed it. I got the same device back, with the same microsd in it, same case, screen protector- everything. When I opened the market all of my hero apps were there (specific to my device id) and I'm fairly certain my meid and mac addresses are the same, so I don't think they did a board swap. But I received the phone and it showed 1.47 s-on. Wondering if anyone else has gotten nand lock back on again?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Well, the s-on method is in the first post...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dfc849:
Whoops! Stupid mistake, please neglect my ignorance there. Didn't see the updated post.

Wiki still says coming soon though, sort of misleading. I suppose I'll look into updating that later.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
I just made the font bold, italic, and underlined :p It was there before, but probably just blended in, sorry about that. And the s-on zip after that link is in the section "Frequently Asked Questions" and the second bullet down.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
i says

Verifying system type....
E:unsupported radio version
E: update fail. Check /sdcard/soff.log
E:Error in /sdcard/unrevoked-forever.zip
(Status 42)
Installation aborted

I have radio-2.42.02.10.29

hboot-1.47.0000

help thanks :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
can you pull soff.log from your sdcard for me and post it as an attachment here?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Ah, I remember, we hard coded radio versions into the source... That radio isn't supported. I'll try getting a working version for that radio.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] andythegreenguy:
I am getting a md5 mismatch. I tried downloading a few times, still the same. Is anything wrong?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Ah, that must have been the original build. It's just downloading from unrEVOked's site now, so the md5 has changed. Scary you are the first to point that out lol Thank you.

First post update w/ new md5
[Hero CDMA Android Development] norm12:
I've gotten the same error message as kifno with the newest radio and with the Verizon one. They are both listed as supported---any advice or just try again?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] revcp:
I dialed back from.29 to .27 and it worked fine.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] norm12:
if its been asked, I'm sorry, but I haven't seen an answer---if I use a radio that allows this to work and I achieve s-off can I then flash another, potentially unsupported radio? would that cause problems
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lohp75:
You can flash any radio you want there after

Sent from my HTC Desire CDMA
[Hero CDMA Android Development] norm12:
Thank you
[Hero CDMA Android Development] andythegreenguy:
I was surprised too... I searched if anybody else was facing the same issue. Anyways, Thanks for taking care of it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
Hi, just wondering if radio ver 2.42.02.10.29 is now supported by the build in the OP? Both the 2nd post and unrevoked site do not list that radio version.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aqualls:
As far as I know it is not. Just flash .27 radio, run unrevoked, then flash .29 radio.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
You're probably not gonna like this answer, but no, it is not. You have to flash back to a .27 radio, flash the s-off zip, then reflash the .29 radio. Be careful to make sure you do this correctly, as f**ing up the radio is not cool.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
Based on this post from Regaw, you may want to send him a PM to see if he's still working on it. But as stated, rolling back to .27 is the only way I know to do it for now. ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Craigerade:
s-on?

Is there a way to get S-on? The link to the unrevoked site says that the Hero cdma is not supported for their S-on method. I am sending my phone in to insurance in a couple of days and I know I can unroot with an RUU. I'm not sure if they will even check for S-on, but i wanted to have it fully stock.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mtnchkn:
I can't seem to find a version of the .27 radio to flash since I also am running .29 but would like to do s-off. If anyone has a link, that would be great.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Look in this thread. I believe impaler attached a .27 zip in the thread. Tip: click on the paper clip to find all attachments in the thread.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
Just a word of advice, read what Firerat said here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8630330&postcount=285

The ironic thing is, if we want to flash with fastboot, we cannot unless we are s-off. It's kind of a catch 22.

Edit: also, in the past I found at least 2 different .27 radio zip files (I believe one from cyanogenmod mirror site, one from flipzmode's site, and more), all with different MD5 sums so be wary of that. Do NOT flash a radio without confirming the MD5!

For example, I just downloaded the 2.42.01.04.27.zip from impaler's thread. The md5 I got was 2fb4f5a4b069036e237aee3e35f32956. A Google search for that gives zero results. That worries me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
I know this might be obvious, but make sure you're MD5ing the contents of the zip, not the zip itself.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
Bricked hero please help

Hi,

I have possibly bricked my hero, was on 2.1 NFX stock ROM. I was trying to flash a custom splash screen hence I did all of this.

Initially my fastboot showed S-ON and HBOOT as 1.47.0000.

Step 1 I flashed the file from OP and then my fastboot showed S-OFF and HBOOT as 1.47.0000.

Then I tried flashing my custom spash screen through fastboot but it gave error remote not allow so I tried to flash eng spl.

Step 2 Then I flashed the Eng SPL from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765237.

After this the phone does not boot. If I do a battery pull and put the battery again, the charging red LED comes on. If I press the power button the LED goes off and then I have to repeat battery pull for LED to show again. The phone is apparently charging but HTC sync shows disconnected so not sure if RUU would work.

I am not in USA so returning to sprint is not an option. Is there anyway that the phone can be made workable.

Appreciate help. Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
Wow, that didn't occur to me. I just checked and the MD5 of the zip was different but each of the files' MD5s were the same. Why would this happen? I did notice some file modification dates are different, but that's it
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Unrevoked s-off hboot (regaw method) doesn't allow fastboot commands, it allows flashing with a HERCIMG.zip. How did you flash the eng-spl, recovery or using a HERCIMG.zip, or did you try fastboot...? Anyway if the phone power light comes on you should be able to bootup the bootloader, have you tried holding volume down then press power? You could also try booting into recovery, hold home and then press power. Also, when you try to flash a HERCIMG.zip, you need the android-info.txt file in the zip and you need the .img you are flashing named correctly, like "recovery.img" or "splash1.nb0". Anyway, if you can get into hboot(bootloader) try the HERCIMG.zip that has the RUU in it, there's one on the forums in here for heroC. Also, if you can access the bootloader what version is it, 1.46 or 1.47 and if it still says s-off? If it still says s-off, you can try to run the command "fastboot erase system -w" and then flash a recovery using a HERCIMG.zip or "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (use your current recovery) and then restore a nand. If all that fails, try the RUU.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
I had flashed the SPL.zip using recovery. No power + volume does not do anything except turning the LED light off, pulling and replacing battery just turns the red LED light on again. The phone is not booting.

I am not aware what a HERCIMG.zip does sorry, presumably it is something where I can flash an image straight of the bootloader right? But the bootloader is not coming up when pressing any button.

I do not mind doing RUU but how do I do RUU if the phone does not turn on at all? The PC is not detecting the phone. I tried RUU but got error 170 PC does not recognize the phone.

PS my bootloader was saying S-OFF and 1.47 before I flashed the ENG-SPL file from Darch's thread. When I flashed the SPL I got the image of package out of a box and then the phone screen just went black and has been like that since then.

:(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Well, you can try letting it charge til the light is green, see if she boots bootloader. By the way, not to seem like a ****, but you REALLY shouldn't be doing this altering of things BELOW the recovery level if you don't read about it first, in full. If you don't know what a HERCIMG.zip is, that means you didn't READ, as that's what the unrevoked method allows you to do. Quite possibly you borked the bootloader due to this lack of care (hopefully not). You would've been able to flash a splash screen without the eng-spl. Anyway, the spl zip is tiny, as in it quickly applies unlike a ROM zip, do you remember if it said it flashed correctly before the screen went black? Also, I applied the eng-spl (flashed in recovery) after having done the s-off method first and it was fine. I also remember that your radio version is important to correct and safe flashing of the bootloader, do you know if you have ever flashed a new radio? The old one ended in .27, the new one ended in .29, do you know which one you have?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
I did not flash a new radio and sorry I do not know the version it had. Also I do not think the SPL flash gave a success message, the graphic came up of an arrow out of a box and right afterwards the screen went blank. Is the SPL incompatible with either version?

I know that I did not read fully about the HERCIMG.zip bit, my fault, I was interested in a splash screen so was trying to get the SPL flashed. Should not have hurried.

PS had trying flashing the splash screen without the SPL but had got fastboot error and some sites said that eng spl is required to flash it, so I did. Anyway no point in talking about it now, would be glad to get the phone back to stock but looks bleak.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Even if everyone is zipping the exact same file, the output zip file will differ based on zip utility and settings. I'm not even sure that every program well even produce a consistent output with the same settings.

Then there's the contents themselves. Some zips may contain varying scripts so they can be flashed from recovery. Others may be flashable from fastboot, and yet others may even be non-flashable zips containing nothing but the radio image.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] roundaway:
it's been said that if the phone doesn't have at least 30% charge it won't flash. don't know if true, just remeber reading it.

this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804692 contains a way to get the RUU that will install from H-Boot if you can get there. good luck.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
Think the battery died when flashing the SPL because it was running very low. It is now connected to PC and still at red LED for few hours. Thanks for the link though, but I have a bad feeling about this.

Mixed day today, team won the cricket world cup and I bricked my phone.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mtnchkn:
That is a handy tip for sure, didn't know that.

That's a pretty good point, though since I haven't started using firerat, I should be alright for this update at least.

So to confirm, this is what I am going to be doing with my phone which is running .29 and hboot 1.47.0000 (Amon-RA 1.7 recovery):

1) boot into recovery and flash .27 zip from impaler thread

2) Will reboot

3) Flash unrevoked-forever.zip using recovery

4) after that's done, reboot again to recovery and flash .29 from impaler thread

All should be well right? Seems pretty straight forward but figured I would post up the steps anyways.

Also, in the future after I start using Firerat, to update a radio I just flash via fastboot, as per afore mentioned thread. Sounds fine to me.

Thanks again to everyone.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
Tried again with the LED now in green, still nothing. Pressing power just means the LED light goes off and doing battery pull and replacing just turns the light on again.

Is there anything at all that can be done.

Help :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] evilvoice:
You may have already tried this:

After doing a battery pull, can you turn the phone on while pressing the buttons to enter recovery (Home+End) and try hooking it up to your pc? Does it recognize the device? If it does, you could try running the RUU. Forgot to mention that you need adb and run "adb devices." Another edit: when you are pulling the battery, make sure the phone is disconnected from any type of charger.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
Tried but the phone does not power on screen remains black. On pressing volume up and power it vibrates but does not turn on. Rest button combinations nothing happens.

Dead it seems. :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
You want vol DOWN and power, not up.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] evilvoice:
I understand it does not turn on (or at least does not display anything). I have had something like this happen before where nothing shows, even though the phone is on. I was able to get the phone back to normal. Please try with turning the phone on in bootloader or recovery mode (dont just power it on). Then hook it up to your pc and do "adb devices." If that does not work, then your phone is fried. At least try it, if you can run adb devices AND it returns something other than "no devices" you have the ability to save your phone (though you will lose all your information - it is gone now anyways). Just because the screen does not display anything does not mean it is gone forever. Yours may be, but without doing a simple adb devices, you dont know for sure. Testing HTC Sync will not work because it requires android to be loaded, that is why adb devices is the best test
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
I had tried power+volume up, power+volume down, power+home nothing works. Sometime power+volume up cause the phone to vibrate thrice but the screen does not come on. The phone charges when connected to PC or atleast the LED light turns on, but ADB does not recognize the phone. ADB devices returns no device I.D., tried RUU but that failed with error code 170 as the phone was not recognized to be connected.

Completely my fault that I flashed the ENG SPL when the battery was low, my guess is the phone died in the middle of flashing the ENG SPL.

I spent ~300$ on this, now it is a paperweight unless some miracle happens. :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] roundaway:
Agree with evilvoice that the screen may be blank but who knows what's going on inside the hardware. With a USB cable connected and after turning on with Vol Down and Power/End, does entering "fastboot devices" return anything? Did you try downloading the RUU from the thread, renaming it, and placing it on your sdcard? Long shot but if the phone is starting in bootloader and it sees the HEROCIMG.zip on your sdcard it might work. long shot
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Well, if it doesn't turn on at all, sprint will have no way of blaming you. They'll likely just swap it out, if you have warranty left.

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
Tried power+volume down did nothing and that is the only way I can get into bootloader it seems. Power+volume up causes three vibrates which apparently puts the phone into Qualcomm diagnostic mode if it is S-OFF. ADB does not recognize the phone so diagnostic mode would not help. Well and truly dead. I am not in the USA and bought this off E-Bay so would have to keep on cursing myself for this very expensive paperweight. I still cannot figure out why flashing the SPL would cause this unless the battery died during the flashing, which most probably is the case. This was my first smartphone. :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] evilvoice:
I hate to ask this, but thought I must. I thought the rest of the world was on GSM (like everyone outside of USA), if that is true, why do you have a CDMA Hero? If you do have a GSM Hero, you are in the wrong forum and need to goto the Hero G2 forum - basically, do you have a SIM Card? I am not saying the rest of the world IS on GSM only, just that I thought CDMA was a USA only tech. I am very sorry about your loss of device/money, but more than likely it is because the battery died (or it is a GSM phone and you flashed a CDMA image), which is why my phone went black (battery died).

Side note: If it is a CDMA Hero, I would try looking for a cheap Sprint Hero as I believe they are all the same hardware, just different PRL inside - you would actually need to ask someone who knows how to flash to other carriers because I have always had Sprint. There has to be some cheap Heros for sale on ebay

EDIT: found out CDMA is actually all over the world, but my question remains if it is a GSM Hero.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] digitalnirvana:
It is a CDMA Hero which I was planning to use on CDMA carrier in India where both GSM and CDMA are in use, though GSM is prevalent. China and India both have CDMA like Japan and USA, Europe is only GSM.

I would probably get a newer smartphone, no point in paying for a Hero now.

Thanks for all the help though, just my bad luck that the battery died mid flashing.

PS I read that hardware recovery can be done through JTAG JRT, but since this phone is not officially available in India, those chances are bleak.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
Just to be clear, flashing unrevoked alone doesn't enable fastboot. You'll have to flash our eng spl (in my sig) as well to enable fastboot. But yes, once you have fastboot enabled you can flash a new baseband without having to remove firerat's. ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mtnchkn:
Thanks, and not to be a complete idiot, but since I have already done s-off, upgraded back to .29 radio, and implemented firerat custom mtd. For the ENG-SPL, at this point so I just flash it from recovery or go through fastboot? Then re-flash firerat recovery?

Sorry again, but just want to make sure I do it right.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Drunkpilot:
I seem to remember flashing the ENG-SPL from recovery. Check the op from the thread. It will change your bootloader to 1.46.2 S-off. Love the h-boot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vayman:
No need to apologize, we were all there at one point or another. ;) I flashed this and spl before I upgraded to .29. I did just skim through the spl thread and didn't see anything about flashing it after you have .29 so you should be good to just flash it from recovery. It isn't edify so you will need an older CWM or RA to flash it or you'll have to convert it to edify.

See above. But yes, you are correct. ;) You could prob flash it in a HERCIMG.zip as well, but not sure and have not tried it myself. Someone else wanna chime in if it's possible?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
I flashed regaws on the old radio, then got the new radio, then flashed the spl, and I'm fine.

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mtnchkn:
Will take these as a vote of confidence on flashing from Amon-RA 1.7. Thanks for the replies.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mongolx:
Not rooted now! In past Ive used SuperOneClick worked great and no pain with latest ClockWork Recovery. I am looking to use Unrevoked to root my phone and go S-OFF. Readying trough unprovoked website with info and how to do… cant find CDMA HERO. Does Unrevoked3 method for S-off support HEROC? And using unrevoked root my phone what recovery does it use?