yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Hey guys, I am pretty much finished with the brand new build of this (version 3.0). I am getting my old Hero back from my sister (hopefully) tomorrow, as she just got a new phone (eww, icky iPhone lol). I am going to test my rooter multiple times on different computers tomorrow and post the new rooter if the tests are successful. If anyone right now would like to help out and be part of the testing tonight (Seattle time) then post here and we can work something out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jacob_newton:
Hey regaw, if I can do anything to help just let me know. I'm itching to get my hero rooted.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HaiKaiDo:
Yo mang. Pm me a test version. I have 2 pc's with windows 7 and windows 8 32 and 64 bit lol. Also no problem if my hero were to magically disintegrate, as i got it basically for free and its just a second play phone. So yeah let me know if i should pm you or if you want just hit me up in pm :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Ok just got my Hero back! I'm going to run some tests and if they work, I'm gonna release it tonight.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HaiKaiDo:
Woot! Btw Darchstar told me to tell you hello :P lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Haha nice, where's he at these days? Tell him hello for me as well, we had fun back in the day on the Hero!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HaiKaiDo:
Hes on the Epic 4G Touch now a days. Hes worked some voodoo magic on CM9 for us :D. You should come visit us in IRC! irc.Freenode.net #ICS-DEV-E4GT :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bigmoneygrip23:
How about 2.27.651.6? I RUU'ed back to that version so i can re-root and re-setup S-OFF, etc.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Hey guys, I have a fully working new build of this rooter, built with my new .NET Android library I wrote, that now includes S-OFF. I am beta testing it with a few other selected testers that asked to test, then I will be posting it here.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
RegawMOD Hero Rooter 3.0 is up! Go ahead and grab it while you can! Now has S-OFF integration!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HaiKaiDo:
Tried it and it works great! Thanks man :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jacob_newton:
At first I was getting this weird error but I restarted and then it worked flawlessly... I'm very excite!

Just flashed aospCMod. Thank you so much for your efforts Regaw!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Houndog101:
gets to "running exploit" and never finishes.. Any ideas ?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gamescan:
I had the exact same thing happen when I tried to use the HR v3.0. Ended up ditching the program and just doing it manually.

1) Restore with stock .7 via HERCIMG.zip.

2) Root with z4root.

3) Apply CWM 5.5.x via Flash_Image in root shell.

4) Apply unrevoked-forever S-Off patch via CWM.

That worked for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Houndog101:
Thanks Man, I appreciate your reply...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Ah, that's too bad about the app. I wrote it so it wouldn't get stuck in a loop on 'running exploit', but apparently I must have missed something. Oh well, I've only seen that happen a few times, but by the time I get to seeing that it did, it's always to late to go back and check why, because there are other root methods out there :p Glad you found another way to root it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scl23enn4m3:
Just wanted to let you know it rooted my 2.32.651.2 Hero with zero issues in 30 seconds flat. Thanks for your work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Added source to GitHub.

This version of the code uncompiled is not updated with the current version of AndroidLib however. The download supplied in the OP works perfect though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
I'd like to apologize to anyone trying to download this... GoDaddy appears to be down... The entire GoDaddy site, along with all of my domains and brothers domains... So, hopefully this comes back online soon!

Dan
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Hippie459MN:
All of my domains are through GoDaddy and all of my sites are working just fine here. My servers are elsewhere though so dont know if that makes a difference.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Yeah, probably made a difference. Mine (along w/ GoDaddy.com) were down for a LONG time yesterday. Oh well, they're back up now though, and that's all I care about at the moment.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 87Octane:
+1 I am also stuck on running exploit. I tried doing the above and had a bit of trouble. Just in case someone else reads this here is what I did on step 3:

mount -o remount,exec /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard

cd /sdcard

./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

I was trying just flash_image recovery /... kept getting permission denied. I found the above in cyanogen mod wiki and finally got recovery to flash.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Try also restarting both the phone and rooter and try again, that has worked in the past with this, because the root exploit doesn't always work every time.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wwjoshdew:
man, this is awesome. I'll keep it safety stored away in Dropbox in case I come across a stock Hero! :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oohaylima:
Lol 3.0 is like butter son. Too easy. Stop taking the manual fun out of things Regaw! :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wisper2000:
my baseband is 2.41. is this going to work on rooting mine.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ajrty33:
Just use the z4root app
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Gamesoul Master:
My Hero is running 2.27... Got USB Debugging on, got needed prerequisite framework, turned off anti-virus, started up the program with "Run as admin", plug in the phone, and... the program freezes. No matter what connection I select (charge, sync, etc). It doesn't even do anything at all, no option ever comes up to run an exploit or anything. Are there some special drivers I need besides what was needed for root a couple years ago?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Try not running as admin. Sometimes that'll mess with it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DizturbedOne:
Stock Hero CDMA with the latest OTA. Previously rooted with z4mod, unrooted with z4mod and tried this method. S-ON and CWM flash didn't work.

I did achieve root again, however it claims SU binaries are 2.x.x something and it can't update to 3.1.3 via SU. I just turned off the update notification in SU for now.

When it rebooted to flash recovery, I got nothing. It rebooted to a black screen with a black handset and a red triangle. I pulled battery, tried to boot into recovery, and noticed in bootloader it also still says "S-ON". Attempting to go to recovery from the bootloader also results in the red triangle.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ajrty33:
If clockwork didn't flash right, you probably don't have a recovery to boot into.

Edit: wait... If you were rooted, why did you unroot just to re-root?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
The screen with the red triangle is the stock recovery.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] matterial:
So...I tried this with a stock CDMA Hero and got the same thing. Had to go back to the Hero while my new phone is repaired.

I wanted access to Google Play since Marketplace is no longer available, so I decided to try this root so I could go up to 2.2 which does support GoogPl.

Did everything per instructions and ended up with:

Black Screen with the red triangle. Phone now will not do anything And the computer no longer recognizes the phone.

So how do I get the phone to work now?

---------- Post added at 05:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

So...I tried this with a stock CDMA Hero and got the same thing. Had to go back to the Hero while my new phone is repaired.

I wanted access to Google Play since Marketplace is no longer available, so I decided to try this root so I could go up to 2.2 which does support GoogPl.

Did everything per instructions and ended up with:

Black Screen with the red triangle. Phone now will not do anything And the computer no longer recognizes the phone.

So how do I get the phone to work now?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
What build number was on the phone?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] matterial:
Got it to started again after lots of work.

This is where I am:

Firmware 2.1 update 1

Baseband 2.42.01.04.27

kernal 2.6.29-ba77cf03 htc-kernal@and18-2 #1

build 2.31.651.7 cl258838 release keys

software 2.31.651.7

browser webkit 3.1

pri 2.62_003

prl 60792

All I really want is to be able to install google play so that I an download apps. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kancept:
I'm in the same boat. My PRL is 60683
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kancept:
Fixed it!

I just got it all working! I went here:

mydigitallife.info/download-sprint-htc-hero-android-2-1-software-update/

grabbed the HTC FTP version (the Sprint version is a relabeled .6)

Applied it back to that version, then this app ran without a hitch! Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] apjent:
Download links for regawmod are expired :/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Hippie459MN:
Wow. Believe it or not, I have the files and have uploaded them for you. You can check the MD5 with whats posted in the first post if you want but they checked out for me.

Hope this helps.

RegawMOD Hero Rooter x86.zip - http://d-h.st/7lH7

RegawMOD Hero Rooter x64.zip - http://d-h.st/bnQX

:good:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] apjent:
Super bad-ass :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Hippie459MN:
Glad I could help. Looks like Regaw hasnt been here in over a year. If he does come back I will gladly remove the links if he updates the OP but in the mean time, There they are if anyone needs them again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Deadsoulsniper:
Thanks for the info and the hard work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
ok I have version 0.2 ready to upload but my connection on the ship is too slow to upload. I'll be in Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow and will find some internet to upload it. Check back in the morning!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Version 0.2 posted. Let me know if that works better. I sure hope so lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kurigowa:
Not working

Hi. Thanks for your efforts. I recently had to use RUU due to misfortune with AOSP GB and Clockwork recovery. I used 2.27.651.6

I followed your instructions, Clicked Root and it never finished. I unplugged the USB it said it was complete. Re-ran, had errors finding adbwinapi.dll. After reboot, no root. Hopefully this works soon, missing root on my hero
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KimballGCole:
I'm a newbe in the android world and it looks like you've done a lot of work on this; tried running the .02 release; I get the message 'Connected - NOT A CDMA Hero'. My Sprint Hero is running Build Number: '2.32.651.2 CL282911 release-keys'. Do I need to flash back to a different ROM?

Thanks again for the hard work,

Kimball
[Hero CDMA Android Development] indiscriminant:
Kimball, did you make sure to first download the HTC Sync Software and Net Framework so that the computer has the appropriate drivers to recognize your phone? Just want to make sure you got everything.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KimballGCole:
Yep got the setup correct; even downloaded and installed the android SDK. drom the command prompt I enter:

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb devices

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

HT9C3HF00994 device

So it's looking like everything is set up correctly. I have USB debugging set on; is there anything else on the device I should set? I currently have the "Connected to PC" Disk Drive option set; is this the correct option to select?

In addition I obtained a HeroRoot.txt file which I've attached.

Thanks,

Kimball

P.S. WOW i wasn't expecting a response so quickly... is this a great form or what?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Can someone run in cmd

adb shell getprop > "%userprofile%\Desktop\HeroProp.txt"

for me please and attach it. On a non-rooted hero please
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KimballGCole:
Here ya go;
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KimballGCole:
Would help if I uploaded the file wouldn't it?

Sorry for the delay...

Kimball
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Thank you very much for the help.

v0.3 is posted hopefully this helps
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Let me know asap if you test this, for I only have internet for a little while longer today
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Damn dude! You no longer have a hero and your still kicking ass and taking names for it! Ill see if it works on the newest cs and get back to you
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Haha thanks man, It's definitely hard to write a program for it without being able to personally test it
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
ok, i"m leaving high speed internet for a while again, hitting the high seas. Post back results please and I'll try to get this working. Version 0.3 looks a lot better, at least coding wise.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Decog:
Results

I'm following the rest of the steps now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
did it put superuser on the phone? check your programs, also, check your recovery to see if it actually flashed it, and just reported wrong... i think I may have checked for recovery in my program a weird way, and maybe it did flash it
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Decog:
Superuser is on the phone. When I run it, it says: Automatic update failed

An error occurred and su was not updated. A zip file (su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip) has been placed on your sdcard, please reboot into recovery mode and flash it to update your su binary.

dunno how to do recovery mode and flash.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Ok, I did notice some code that was wrong in my program, I'm uploading 0.4 now. It will probably hang at "Running Exploit..." though, but try it out anyways.

I need to figure that part out lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Decog:
seems to hang

its been sitting here for several minutes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Yeah I figured that... crap. I need to figure that part out. Ok, good to know. I will work on that for v0.5

Let it be known that this doesn't work yet. I won't have internet for a day or so before I get to Aruba, so I'll try to figure out how to get past that. Actually I know why it's doing that, but cant figure out a workaround lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] spaum:
I have a new hero, never rooted, that im trying now.

EDIT: Never got past "Running Exploit..."
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Nate14:
Ha ha I have no clue what happened with this post.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
That's cool... lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Nate14:
Blimey I didn't realize this was updated -_-'

I'm trying this now. Will report back.

Edit: Tried v.4 and I still get the problem with it locking up.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] paul96:
once this is stable will it enable s-off and work with this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=800586
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Yes, I'm working on that. I havent done work on it yet.. as I am almost done w/ my ship contract. I'll be home on the 8th of Feb and finish this up. It will enable s-off as well.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
UPDATE: I am home from the cruise ship now, and finished up development on this rooter. This is going to be sweet. It's worked 4 times now on my hero, and I am going to test a few more builds before I release it. Just letting you know it SHOULD be up tonight, fully working!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DJB628:
I am sure that will make many non rooted hero's happy, keep up the good work, and stay ground, lol :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Ok guys, first post is updated, download is posted. This rooter now works and has been tested working with 2.31.651.7.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
A--- sup glad to see your keeping this going. Downloading now will keep it on file, you've always done excellent work thank for the hard work.

Something.About.Me.U.Don’t

Like.Its.Cool.I.Understand.

.AWAH.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Thanks man, I appreciate the compliment. I see 12 people have downloaded this already, please post here whether it works or not.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Zyzzx:
Great work!!!

Great job! Worked like a charm! I appreciate that, it was super easy, compared to previous methods I have done. Keep up the great work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Awesome, great to hear. Hopefully this will help a lot of people out. I'm going to add in s-off support in the next version in a few days.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] slaakker:
I downloaded it and norton said it was a virus and deleted it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
Phew, that was close, good for you.

posted via tapatalk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] JWhip804:
Ok i used this and it worked like a charm.

But now i want to unroot (temporarily) but neither the .5 or the .6 RUUs will update phone. keeps telling me to get the correct update software. Those two are the only ones i can find.

Any suggestions?

If anyone has a nandroid from immediately after rooting they could hook me up with that would be great too. (Preferably a wiped stock rom root without ever logging into google)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Are you kidding me? I don't appreciate you posting that in my thread without private messaging me first.

You going to believe slaakker, or are you going to believe this?

VirusTotal Report
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
You'll need to use the 2.31.651.7 RUU in this thread to unroot w/ an RUU

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=800586
[Hero CDMA Android Development] JWhip804:
Thanks man, DLing now.

Great work btw. Planning on doing any more roms? i used to use your 2.1 and loved it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Yeah, I'm thinking about making 3.0. I had started it, but then updates just kept rolling out lol. Now that it's settled down, I may throw something together ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] JWhip804:
Awesome, look forward to it. Keep me in mind, be happy to test for ya.

On that note, RUU didnt work for me, wont even run.

C:\....._release.exe is not a valid Win32 application
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
The download must have gotten corrupted. The MD5 of it is

6051abd4cb341bb09661a2d5d78b9a44

or incase you're really worried (lol) the SHA-512 is

6a601fc38333d0f75ba4283d32a2f495593f5a9c97fdf10cc2d232619aa04804f061dd5740544d83895eda937d09bd31b9334fd8a315de5568cb1495b3ac885f

:D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] JWhip804:
well there were two DL locations, multiupload and rapidshare, trying rapidshare now. but if that doesnt work, ummm, how do i put the MD5 and SHA-512 to use lol. always wondered what those were when people posted them.

edit: ok RUU from rapidshare seems to be working. about half way through progress now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
It's to check file integrity basically. An algorithm is done to every byte in a file and computes the hash (MD5 etc.) which is output. If any bytes are changed, the hash will be different. The files are the same if the hashes match.

Here's a program I made a long time ago to compute the hashes really quick. It's attached in the zip. Just drag the file into the top box and it will compute the hashes for it.

Also, don't laugh at it, it was one of my first programs I made when I started learning C#... so it doesn't look amazing haha
[Hero CDMA Android Development] old.ghost:
Very useful tool, thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Nate14:
I'm stoked to see this working. Its an awesome tool. Worked great on my little 'ol Hero. Thanks a lot for these awesome tools.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fixxxer2008:
no evo yet huh?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Oh I've had an EVO since last summer. I just don't like to focus on one thing at a time. Called ADHD lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Any reason this ancient recovery is being used instead of the newer clockwork 3.0.0.5 from AOSP's thread? Just curious, is it better?

"Flashes AmonRa 1.6.2 recovery"
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Probably because I did not know it existed, lol I've been out of the loop for a while haha. I'll change that for version 1.1. Thank you :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] erawtik:
did the root and downloaded su and it worked so i assumed it was rooted. Well then when i try to get in recovery i get the red triangle.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] erawtik:
nvm got it didnt reboot my pc after htc install.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Ok good to hear you figured the problem out! I was about to put my debugging shoes back on haha
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DJB628:
Regaw I posted this over @ AF still waiting for feedback for you, keep an eye on the thread.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Well that makes sense then. I just thought maybe there was something I was missing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] d12bn:
help

Ok I must be slower than everyone, how do I load this on my phone, then what? Instructions for idiots please. I have 2.32.651.2

Thanks for your time and advice
[Hero CDMA Android Development] d12bn:
ok

Never mind I think I got it, how do I know its rooted? It said it was complete

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] erawtik:
Download quickboot and boot into recovery
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Nate14:
Also, you should see Super User installed.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
can you pm me a link to the thread? I can't find it
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cmccracken:
Daniel,

Does this application actually require the full HTC Sync or just the drivers? My desktop PC runs Windows Server 2008 R2, and HTC Sync does not install on that OS. However, the 64-bit HTC drivers install just fine (I use ADB constantly). Due to the fact that HTC Sync was not installed, Hero Rooter would not install. If it only requires the drivers, is there a different way you could do the detection?

I understand that mine is a pretty unique use case (and I ended up just using an ADB shell rooter), but it might help some other people.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Yes, this program requires the drivers only, and it is checking for the drivers, not just HTC Sync. I just made the default message say to download HTC Sync, just for people who don't know how to get the drivers separately. I don't however have an x64 processor (until tomorrow, when I get the parts to build my new computer), so I haven't tested the checking on one. Where are your x64 HTC Drivers located on the computer?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DJB628:
Check your PM
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cmccracken:
Are you looking for the installer location (inf files, etc...), or where they install to? I just downloaded a zip for the install files, so they were just on my desktop. Once I had installed them for the Hero, they showed up as shown in my attached screenshot. Does that help?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
That helped out a bunch. Thanks. I was being stupid and forgot about the drivers dir in sys32 lol.

Expect v1.1 out soon.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Ok Version 1.1 is out. This fixes the checking for drivers error that people were getting, also flashed Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 recovery instead of the old AmonRA 1.6.2.

Tomorrow I'll start working on the x64 issues (I'll be building my computer tomorrow when the parts arrive from newegg :D )