Hi all, tonight my Hero has bust! The bottom of the screen won't work so I understand its going to have to go back to T-Mobile as its a contract phone.
Its got a Modaco rom on it - do I need to flash it back to the original ROM?
if you're going to take it back, i'd flash it with a stock rom with no root. As im pretty sure that voids your warranty or something...
Flash it with the latest Tmobile update there is then.
Since they will expect their own branding on the phone.
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Hi Guys,
I've stumbled into a problem with my Hero. I had it rooted early this year, and had been using Floyo 1.9 recently. However, I think due to some hardware problem, my screen has lost sensitivity at the bottom.
I need to send it in for repairs to HTC.
However, I think i'll need to unroot my phone before sending it in.
I need to know how can i do that. I also need to know how do I find and put on it the local official Rom. I am based in Hong Kong.
I don't have any backup.
Any advise would be much appreciated. I'm pretty desperate here as I cant afford another phone.
Thanks.
Ok, I've been searching around, and I think I may know how to unroot. But how do I get my local Hong Kong ruu?
And if I were to install 2.1 official on it and after getting it back from repairs, would I be able to root it again?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712552
I found this rom here called [ROM]RUU_Hero_hTC_Asia_HK_WWE_3.34.721.1_R_Radio_63.18. 55.06P
I would really like to ask someone if this would be ok for me to flash?
I need to send my phone back to HTC for repair.
But I also would like to make sure that I can root my phone again after flashing official 2.1
I read from some posts that you cannot root once u get official 2.1
Would someone please advise me on the steps I need to take?
Thanks a lot.
Just go to the official HTC website for your country and then download the RUU file that it gives you from support. PRobably the 1.5/1.6 ROM. Install HTC Sync latest version, plug in your phone and run the RUU. It's as easy as that.
Funnily enough, HTC does not provide downloads to local official RUUs for the HK region. I have no idea why.
But I was able to download it from that thread above. I then had to first install HTC Sync to let it install drivers of my phone to the computer, and then ran that Ruu and now I have an Unrooted Hero with Sense 2.1
I'll be sending it in for repairs soon, and hopefully I can have it rooted again afterwards.
It's been a valuable learning experience.
Yes that is what I did, I unrooted my device sent it off for repairs, noe unrooted again and running cyanogen 6.1 froyo and it rocks....
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
+1 to HTC for some superb customer service as well..
My warranty had just expired, but considering the hardware defect, they were willing to extend it and help me out.
This is the kind of stuff that makes consumers purchase a particular company's product again.
Hopefully next Christmas I'll get a nice 4.3 inch dual processor HTC phone with Android 3.0 or above. ;-)
so everything i have to do to unroot it, is flashing the official rom
from the htc homepage?
it is the ROM version 2.73.405.5 - is this right?
i got the screen problems too and have to send it in.
am i able to reroot it after it got repaired?
Hey there guys. I bought my girlfriend a galaxy s2 off the bay, and its locked to orange. She is on O2, the ebay advert didn't state the phone was locked. Anyway, i have tried everything i could to unlock the phone and had no luck. Even took it to a shop but they had no joy either.
My last chance now is to take it to orange personally and see what they can do but i want to restore it to its original condition first as I initially rooted the phone and installed litening rom on it. So, just wondering, how do i unroot the phone and then put all the original orange branding/rom back on?
Really need your help guys, and really appreciate it
Read * HERE *
Hey,yeah ive seen that thread and it makes no sense whatsoever!
The thing is, I have tried chainfires unlock app which didn't work, and isn't that app based on that unlock method in the thread you linked? So it prob won't work
So again guys, how do unroot and get all the original orange branding and firmware back on the phone. There must be a way surely?
Really desperate guys
Go and flash a stock rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928&highlight=orange
I flashed my phone back to stock a while ago not realising i flashed it with tmobile france software then did an OTA upgrade to gingerbread and it stayed as tmobile france, meaning now my phone always thinks im roaming lol
iv found an old tmobile UK sbf file which is the 2.2.2 older software version and im planning to sbf flash it then do another OTA update which will hopefully put me on gingerbread tmobile UK
im just asking to see if this is a a safe thing to do or could i brick my phone by downgrading sbf files etc...? thanks!
NO.
No, nope, nonononononono.
No.
why not? please explain lol i dont want to ruin my phone
LOL no problem. The "One Guaranteed Way in the Whole Wide World" to brick your phone is to SBF flash to an older version than what you're on currently.
Unfortunately I don't have any experience in getting different carrier's firmware; just didn't want to see your phone get screwed in the process.
ah i see thank you, i guess il just leave it and get over the annoying roaming symbol then! haha what would happen if i flashed over it with a UK version of the same software?
I guess my question would be: are you actually being charged for roaming? If so, I might change your title to ask how to get back on UK Tmobile -- someone else might have some better ideas.
nope i dont think i am just get an annoying popup all the time saying im roaming when im not and okay ill try to do that thanks
Hi guys,
this may sound strange but i want to go BACK to the t-mobile leak from the retail ics.
i currently have the 672.180.33 installed from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747800
and want to go back to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621014
i have a hardware warranty issue (speaker blown, nothing to do with the rom) and my phone is a t-mobile phone so i thought, at least put a t-mobile rom on it to make it look legit
is there any way i can get back to the t-mobile version?
To start I am only rooted, not sure if I am going to unlock. Most likely I will do that tomorrow morning. Anyway, how would I go about updates, I saw Verizon came out with the 4.1.2 update for the phone but how would I go about getting it. Should I just unlock my phone and install a custom rom? If I do install a custom rom should it be a T-mobile rom since I am using there service or should I just install a Verizon custom rom since technically I am still using a Verizon phone. Any help would be great since I already messed up my phone this weekend and don't want to do that again. Thanks.