Hi
I just had a Htc hero and I want to know if I can update it. (I'm new to Android)
I know it have 2.1, someone rooted it (I don't know whats rooted) and granted me superuser.
Now I want to update it because I heard it's faster, have better keyboard, etc.
But I can not official update with the update option in the phone.
Someone told me my version of something was to new so I had to downgrade it so I could put a rom.
So I want to know, whats a rom, and how can I put one that's better then the original 2.1.
Thanks
Try installing VillainROM 12 to a full 2.1 Rom, you can also try Floyo to a 2.2 Rom.
cyberon said:
Try installing VillainROM 12 to a full 2.1 Rom, you can also try Floyo to a 2.2 Rom.
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I heard I had to downgrade the boot.
How can I do that?
Hello!
A ROM is the system on your phone. You must install a custom recovery to flash another ROM, I would recommend VillainROM 12, it's a good one to begin with.
Proz0r said:
Hello!
A ROM is the system on your phone. You must install a custom recovery to flash another ROM, I would recommend VillainROM 12, it's a good one to begin with.
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Thanks, but I heard I had to downgrade the boot to install a rom.
Is there any guide to to so?
And after a guide to install a rom?
Well if your hero is rooted there's no need to downgrade it. It was the newer updates that had a patch installed in it that made it impossible to root your phone was the reason why it had to be downgraded I believe.
Since you said it's already rooted what you need to check for is if you have a recovery image set up on your phone. Go into recovery mode by either holding down the vol down button and power or the home button and power but here's instructions one how to root your phone and load a custom rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645253
hope this helps.
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Hey all,
Been running ROMs on my Hero for a while now but I'd like to give the stock 2.1 a try and possibly stick with it until CM6 is stable. I know I can install the RUU but I don't really want to lose my recovery partition, I had to use the gold card method which was a pain in the ass.
I don't need root, I'd actually prefer to get a non-rooted completely default factory ROM if possible. How would I go about doing that or do I need to install the RUU and re-root it later if I want to? I've seen some "stock" ROMs floating around on the dev forum but all have been rooted and most seem to be running custom kernels too.
Any info or a link would be appreciated if I can keep my recovery part. Cheers
Villain Team has posted the GSM roms. There's pure stock and rooted stock.
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=1973
Alexander13 said:
Villain Team has posted the GSM roms.
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Ahh brilliant, thanks for that!
Hello,
I am trying to get viperROM to work correctly on my Evo 3D. I would have posted in that thread but I don't have 10 posts yet so I'm not allowed...
I wasn't thinking and I accepted the OTA update when it came out.
So I used this tutorial and did the HTC unlock and then flashed CWM 4.0.1.4 to my phone.
I used CWM to back up my stock ROM, then I used it to install viperROM.
Well, it worked except for the fact that the WiFi wouldn't turn on. It just said "Error".
I have been reading these forums for hours now and my eyes are glazing over but I figure it's something to do with the radio I guess?
I tried to do some forum searches but the search function is apparently down for nightly maintenance.
Anyways, I restored my backup and thank God WiFi is working again.
Can someone please point me in the right direction to fixing this?
Thanks.
Did you do a full wipe before you installed viperRom?
I don't believe you can use Viperrom on your phone because it is a 2.3.3 rom and your kernel is only for 2.3.4 roms. When you took the OTA and your phone upgraded to the 1.50 bootloader you lost the ability to install kernels and write to the boot partition. With out the proper kernel you will have problems running any 2.3.3 roms properly. Look for a rom that is already upgraded to 2.3.4 and give that a try. For now I would flash back to stock and wait for Viperboy to update his rom.
help please?
I try RCMIX 2.2.3 and recover HTC Rom but stcuk boot HTC logo.
Can i replaces viperROM ? how i can?
I'm Newbie.
Thanks
Konfuzion said:
Did you do a full wipe before you installed viperRom?
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Yes, I did both of the wipes that it prompted before installing it.
cruise350 said:
I don't believe you can use Viperrom on your phone because it is a 2.3.3 rom and your kernel is only for 2.3.4 roms. When you took the OTA and your phone upgraded to the 1.50 bootloader you lost the ability to install kernels and write to the boot partition. With out the proper kernel you will have problems running any 2.3.3 roms properly. Look for a rom that is already upgraded to 2.3.4 and give that a try. For now I would flash back to stock and wait for Viperboy to update his rom.
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I never would have thought of that!
Thanks both of you for your help
Hey all, I've never rooted or installed a custom rom before so how do I go about it? I want to be able to overclock my Eris, so what would be a rom with a kernel that supports that? I also have android 2.1, it is still possible to root and put in a custom rom?
This topic has been covered thoroughly, I suggest you start here
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Hey all, I've never rooted or installed a custom rom before so how do I go about it? I want to be able to overclock my Eris, so what would be a rom with a kernel that supports that? I also have android 2.1, it is still possible to root and put in a custom rom?
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I recommend this thread for rooting and scrolling down the 1st post to scenario 5 and using Scary Alien's modified apk of jcase's one click root which installs amon-ra trackball optional recovery. I would then suggest doing a nandroid backup from recovery and saving a copy of that in case you need to go back to where you are and then you can install any ROM of your choice found in the Eris Dev section.
Hi,
I want to go from CM7.2 back to a rooted stock rom.
I tried to install two different roms via recovery modus and install zip from sd-card.
But it failed. (showed something like "... is no longer valid")
So i made a journey through google during the last three days.
But I didn't found a page where it is clearly step by step explained.
Seems to be very tricky with the HTC Legend.
Samsung Note was much easier.
I don't want to make something wrong, can some help me with this?
Regards
Michael
You can try a old version of CWM., i think v2.5.0.7 could work.
Hi,
thanks for this.
One Question before I'm going to try it.
If it works and i have a rooted Stock Rom afterwards, can I go back easily to CM7.2 by restoring it with the ROM Manager and the Backup/restore funktion?
Needless to say that I've made a backup before.
regards
Michael
alligator_asl said:
You can try a old version of CWM., i think v2.5.0.7 could work.
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Hi,
when the Stock Rom is really rooted, then you can go back to CM7.2 or any oher rom. Try B0.8.4 from BlaY0 , it is very stable and has a working GPS.
Hi,
thanks again, because it worked. I just installed a rooted Stock Rom (3.14.161.1 r1 - Stock Froyo ROM for the HTC Legend with Online Kitchen)
with the Rom Manager after I've changed to CWM 2.5.0.7.
So, now I can try out some Roms.
Pretty perfect.
Thx
Regards
Michael
alligator_asl said:
Hi,
when the Stock Rom is really rooted, then you can go back to CM7.2 or any oher rom. Try B0.8.4 from BlaY0 , it is very stable and has a working GPS.
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I have an M7 HTC One Sprint that keeps bugging me to update it. I'm not sure how to safely do this without bricking it. It is encrypted and I cannot make backups using TWRP at present (I used to before it was encrypted).
Please can you suggest a good ROM or source for updating my phone/radio or whatever?
My current situation...
I have s-off and root
ROM is Stock w Goodies One 2.10
Android 4.3
Sense 5.0
Kernel 3.4.10-g18569d8
Baseband 1.00.20.0913_3
Build
3.04.651.2.CL251863
TWRP 2.6.3
It might work
Well if the update is official then it shouldn't have a problem.
leongkaixiang said:
Well if the update is official then it shouldn't have a problem.
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hes using custom recovery, proably its that.
well get a stock recovery from a stock rooted one, install on your phone and try updating again. or search to see if anyone made a cwm/twrp flashable of it
Oh well sorry. I'm new at this but I want to try my best at helping others. Sorry