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Hey Xda-developers. Just quickly, I found this Forum from a few links on other websites (gizmodo, engadget) and some youtube videos of your awesome custom ROMs.
I for my HTC Hero in March, and I should be upgrading around christmas 2011. That's a while, and Android grows fast..much much faster than HTC update my device, so I'm thinking a custom ROM is what I really want.
I've done my research, but honestly I'm pretty much a noob here. I know I need to root the phone, but I've been unable to find any specific instructions for 3 UK, and as far as I can tell all the different carriers use different instructions (a different ROM to downgrade to?), so I don't want to use the wrong ones.
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Phone Spec
Okay, this is a standard HTC Hero on a 24 month contract carried by 3 UK.
There has been no rooting, no major changes. I have done no more than officially supported. A complete from scratch root would be required.
Currently running 1.5.
UK, 3 Mobile, GSM.
No hardware replacements and no known issues with the phone.
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I think that's about all, is somebody here able to point me to the right place for a 3 mobile root?
Thanks in Advance,
Callum.
I'm also on 3uk and i rooted my phone using the following guide:
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-hero/54802-how-root-install-custom-rom-backup-more.html
Hope this helps.
Thankyou very much for your help! I'll be giving that guide a go later.
No probably m8, SenseHERO is a good custom ROM.
Any trouble just post up and ill try and help you out.
Hmm, if I could ask you to take a look at a post, that'd be really helpful. No worries if you don't have a clue though.
Hero, G2 Touch Android Development >
[Guide] Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ [Updated 02/05] >
Page 33, Post 1.
Sorry that link is so bad, but they won't let me post a proper one.
That thread was alternative 2 for the 3uk guide you gave me (goldcard section). I'm not sure whether you'll be able to help me, but if you could take a look that'd be massively helpful.
Cheers,
Callum.
I posted a reply to more or less the same problem earlier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6701261&postcount=268
Let me know how you get on.
Thankyou very much for your reply, but I have already done all of this. I've successfully performed a goldcard on my SD and I'm really close to getting a working custom ROM, but it's dying somewhere there. I have already installed the x64 drivers though.
HTC Sync works perfectly, picking up the phone and synchronizing on demand.
Thanks,
Callum.
What guide are you using, i used this was one to create a goldcard and downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5855697&postcount=1
The only problem i had was syncing after installing the latest version. I fixed it by downloading a driver manager and updated the drivers for it.
I take it it lets you mount the SD card on your computer?
One thing that might be worth a try is to download the ROM again, it might be corrupt, a shot in the dark but worth a go.
That's the guide I ended up at, after following a link within the guide you provided above.
It does indeed allow me to mount the SD card, everything syncs perfectly. I'll give re-downloading the ROM a go, though. There was two available, so I'll try the other download.
Hmm, I've tried everything I can think of, and nothing is working on this Windows 7 machine. My brother's XP machine is broken, and my dad's away with the XP notebook.
Is there any way that anybody knows of to run XP as a virtual machine temporarily?
Here's a link for a virtual box:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox
I dont know how to run it though.
Someone had a similar problem on win7 yesterday and sorted it by getting a new gold card. Might be worth a try?
Aha, I re-downloaded goldcard, and switched the driver to My HTC once with it normally plugged in, then with bootloader open. And it downgraded!
I've got the Scenehero on the SD card now, I'm just unable to launch the custom recovery screen. It will start normally by hitting power, but while the home button is also held it just loops the first hero screen. Is there any way past that, because I need to perform a wipe and flash scenehero.
Thanks so much for your help so far, you've been amazing!
If your all set up properley you should be able to connect your phone via usb to the PC,
then open a command window and type>"adb shell devices"
your phone should show in the window something like HTLK12345
now type> "adb shell reboot recovery"
this should boot your phone into recovery mode.
Hope this helps.
Thankyou very much for your help, I solved the problem by re-installing my recovery. Not sure what went wrong but it worked after that. All looks good now!
good stuff m8, glad your sorted.
what rom are you running?
I'm currently using the latest version of Sensehero. Really pleased with it so far.
I'm on branch 3, waiting for branch 5, should be here soon hopefully.
If you have'nt already m8 check out the site:
http://www.htcdevscene.co.uk/
Some top lads over there having a good time!!.
Hey All
I have a requirement for setting up a dual boot on the HTC Hero using the SD Card for the 2nd OS.
I've looked around and have come across the Dual Booting for the Windows Mobile and Android on the HTC HD2 and was hoping somebody might be able to point me in the right direction archiving this on an Hero.
I'm not looking to run both OS at the same time, ie not running Ubuntu/Debian via a loop device.
So if anyone knows of any good guides for editing the Boot.img, i thinking that where the magic gonna happen, i might be wrong, please i would very much like to hear from you.
Many Thanks
c0mput3
ubuntu in its present form simply will not run. cmd based linux is a possibility for many mobile devices, as has been prooved by cmd linux on iphone os.
I wouldnt know about how to go about this though.
Speak to kendon over on Villainrom forums.I think hes probably the one to talk to as im sure he said ubuntu is possible
Many thanks Bonesy, checking that now. =)
Status?
... and what was the end result?
There is a thread on the villianrom forum for running ubuntu/debian alongside android though I'm still waiting for a new SD card before I try it. I would link but its still down, any ETAs for it being back up yet, I understand it might take a while?
I followed the instructions in this thread and successfully installed Ubuntu onto my n8010 (I used the n8013.zip and removed the assert as recommended). I cannot post this question in that thread as I am a new user so don't have enough privileges. I then followed the instructions on the wiki to fix the reboot problem.
Using "adb shell" from my OS X terminal I can access and use Ubuntu through the shell.
On the device itself however, nothing is shown after the initial Samsung Note logo. The screen is on because I can see that it is slightly backlit, but other than that it is just black.
I can see many other posts on these forums about similar issues, however none of them seemed to confirm that Ubuntu was working (via adb) and none of them seemed to be resolved either.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what might be wrong, or why the Ubuntu desktop is not showing up?
Also, can someone please post a link to this thread in here so that mamenyaka might see it and offer any suggestions?
The first boot should be without problems, you may need to wait a little more than usual (max 5 mins). If Ubuntu Touch doesn't come up, then it means, that the ubuntu image is faulty, try an older one.
Soon there will be an entirely new build (if it succeeds), which should fix many of our problems.
mamenyaka said:
The first boot should be without problems, you may need to wait a little more than usual (max 5 mins). If Ubuntu Touch doesn't come up, then it means, that the ubuntu image is faulty, try an older one.
Soon there will be an entirely new build (if it succeeds), which should fix many of our problems.
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Thanks, I will try an older Ubuntu image and see how it goes. Do I need to factory reset and flash the device image again first, or can I just flash the different Ubuntu image?
Once again, thank you for your help.
I have now tried three different ubuntu images:
20140123
20140129 (the first one I had tried)
20140130.2
All of them seem to give the same result - a black screen no matter how long I wait, but Ubuntu is running which I can confirm through "adb shell"
Is there a particular build that is know to work? If not I guess I will have to wait for a new release.
Also just tried wiping /data then installing using the following:
Code:
phablet-flash community --device n8013
It gave me the same result: boots to a black screen, but Ubuntu is actually running as confirmed through adb shell.
I was able to get the latest Saucy preview image installed on a GT-P7510 fairly easily, so I might try using that image on the N8010 too when I get more time. I would still prefer to have Trusty if possible, but I may have to make do with Saucy for now.
Hello everyone! I'm a total noob here, and sorry if I posted in the wrong section!
OK, one day I was able to open a Genymotion device, but later that day I wasn't. Reason?
When I opened a terminal (using CrunchBang Waldorf) and ran Genymotion, it would work fine, but then when I booted a Samsung Galaxy S4 4.3 , it would bring up the device fine, but it would get stuck on that "Android" screen, with the light going across.
I waited for a few hours, only to come back to the same message. I would open up the .Genymobile/genymotion-player.log using cat in terminal. The results?
[Genymotion Player] [Debug] Output command: "0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%"
At the end, not very helpful to me. So I tried running it through VirtualBox, giving me "untracked pid exited ____" with a number 100+ in the ____.
I'm totally confused, because other devices work fine, including SGS4 4.2.2, but SGS4 4.3 doesn't work. Please help, and please explain in noob language, I'm not very proficient with this! :laugh:
Anyone?
Bump...
Anyone know a solution?
I really want this fixed! Does anyone know anything to fix this?
It seems by bumping this thread, I only get views, not replies.
It seems that other questions are mostly being answered, however mine is ignored. At least ask for more details if that's the problem!
Sitting in silence doesn't do any good to anyone.
I'm really about to give up on this forum, it's driving me nuts how nobody seems to care enough to even ask a question for more details.
zipperklooder said:
Hello everyone! I'm a total noob here, and sorry if I posted in the wrong section!
OK, one day I was able to open a Genymotion device, but later that day I wasn't. Reason?
When I opened a terminal (using CrunchBang Waldorf) and ran Genymotion, it would work fine, but then when I booted a Samsung Galaxy S4 4.3 , it would bring up the device fine, but it would get stuck on that "Android" screen, with the light going across.
I waited for a few hours, only to come back to the same message. I would open up the .Genymobile/genymotion-player.log using cat in terminal. The results?
[Genymotion Player] [Debug] Output command: "0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%"
At the end, not very helpful to me. So I tried running it through VirtualBox, giving me "untracked pid exited ____" with a number 100+ in the ____.
I'm totally confused, because other devices work fine, including SGS4 4.2.2, but SGS4 4.3 doesn't work. Please help, and please explain in noob language, I'm not very proficient with this! :laugh:
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I have never used genymotion .... But all ask this question... Do you have to have sdk manager installed to use it? If so, is it up to date? Make sure you have the latest version of everything. Sounds like it's 4.3 that's not working so maybe that's it. (I'm guessing)
http://imgur.com/vYFZrIr.jpg
JrSmilez said:
I have never used genymotion .... But all ask this question... Do you have to have sdk manager installed to use it? If so, is it up to date? Make sure you have the latest version of everything. Sounds like it's 4.3 that's not working so maybe that's it. (I'm guessing)
http://imgur.com/vYFZrIr.jpg
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Thank you for the reply. It was not specified to have SDK Manager installed. I have tried installing the latest version of Genymotion, but because Debian doesn't have the required version of (e)glibc, I'm unable to install it. The odd thing is that it stopped working abruptly, with no change on my part .
zipperklooder said:
Thank you for the reply. It was not specified to have SDK Manager installed. I have tried installing the latest version of Genymotion, but because Debian doesn't have the required version of (e)glibc, I'm unable to install it. The odd thing is that it stopped working abruptly, with no change on my part .
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Not sure what to tell you. Maybe when I get home I'll download it and try it out myself.
http://imgur.com/vYFZrIr.jpg
Did you try installing it?
zipperklooder said:
Did you try installing it?
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I was able to install it and run a 4.3 emulator on my computer. Last night was the 1st chance I've had to mess with it though. I'm on windows7 though so I don't know if that makes a difference.
http://imgur.com/vYFZrIr.jpg
Bump, and it probably does make a difference.
BUMP!
Just curious, do you just open Genymotion, or do you open something that came with it? I believe it came with Genymotion shell and Oracle vm virtual box. I only open Genymotion and I have no trouble.
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Might be a bit late in responding.
Is virtualization enabled from BIOS, otherwise CPU would be forced to 1 core only and would take long time to load, I had this issue however, playing a bit with the RAm (lowering it ) sorted the problem.
with 1 core the Emulator becomes slow.
Did you try to check the logcat? It should say something.
Also Genymotion using OpenGL, so there might be some problems with your video card
Hello,
First off, I've gone through the forums and I have looked up other posts and despite everything I cannot figure out how to get my nexus 7 tablet to be recognized by the computer (I tried and after two days of searching for answers I decided to make a post). I like to include this information so people don't assume that I post without browsing or haven't tried anything yet.
The thing that I am having troubles with is that I have a nexus 7 tablet that is softbricked, I have already gone through a lot of ways to fix that problem (I found the best solution is this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195). However, the issue is is that I cannot get my computer to recognize the nexus tablet to flash it and restore it back to factory settings.
I have installed and updated the device drivers on my computer, but still I have had no such luck. I found that ADB doesn't recognize the device whilst in the Bootloader, but still will not recognize the device in recovery mode. If anyone has any tips, or suggestions that might work PLEASE let me know, at this point I'm getting desperate and any/all help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
NecroGi said:
Hello,
First off, I've gone through the forums and I have looked up other posts and despite everything I cannot figure out how to get my nexus 7 tablet to be recognized by the computer (I tried and after two days of searching for answers I decided to make a post). I like to include this information so people don't assume that I post without browsing or haven't tried anything yet.
The thing that I am having troubles with is that I have a nexus 7 tablet that is softbricked, I have already gone through a lot of ways to fix that problem (I found the best solution is this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195). However, the issue is is that I cannot get my computer to recognize the nexus tablet to flash it and restore it back to factory settings.
I have installed and updated the device drivers on my computer, but still I have had no such luck. I found that ADB doesn't recognize the device whilst in the Bootloader, but still will not recognize the device in recovery mode. If anyone has any tips, or suggestions that might work PLEASE let me know, at this point I'm getting desperate and any/all help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
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adb is not designed to be usable in bootloader mode. You need fastboot for that. If you have the fastboot.exe program in the same folder as your adb stuff, try this:
fastboot devices
If it reads, then all you need to do is fastboot flash the various .img files back to the tablet. There are tool kits that do this for you, but I prefer doing it manually as there are less chances of things messing up and if they do, you're more likely to know at what step which could be useful for further troubleshooting if need be. It is important to download the correct img files due to differences between the generations and wifi / data enabled ones. There is a flash-all script that you can find in the download of the factory images, which might make it easier, but you can just manually flash the separate files as sometimes you don't need to bother with them all (like the bootloader) though if the script works, then it'll be fine and might make it easier if you are not familiar with the commands.
If you don't have fastboot at all, just grab it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Nexus img files: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Hit me up on Hangouts if you need more direction.
NecroGi said:
Hello,
First off, I've gone through the forums and I have looked up other posts and despite everything I cannot figure out how to get my nexus 7 tablet to be recognized by the computer (I tried and after two days of searching for answers I decided to make a post). I like to include this information so people don't assume that I post without browsing or haven't tried anything yet.
The thing that I am having troubles with is that I have a nexus 7 tablet that is softbricked, I have already gone through a lot of ways to fix that problem (I found the best solution is this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195). However, the issue is is that I cannot get my computer to recognize the nexus tablet to flash it and restore it back to factory settings.
I have installed and updated the device drivers on my computer, but still I have had no such luck. I found that ADB doesn't recognize the device whilst in the Bootloader, but still will not recognize the device in recovery mode. If anyone has any tips, or suggestions that might work PLEASE let me know, at this point I'm getting desperate and any/all help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
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You won't get adb in bootloader mode.
You have to use the fastboot command.
Please tell the OS on your computer.
Use the tool in my signature as an environment.
Download 7zip, and install that.
Then go here and download the proper image for your device.
It would either be "Factory Images "nakasi" for Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi)" or "Factory Images "nakasig" for Nexus 7 (Mobile)".
Grab the 4.4.2 version.
Extract the downloaded file with 7zip into the "Work" folder in the tool form my signature.
Then extract that "nakasig-kot49h-factory-83d93b5f.tar" file with 7zip.
Then go into the folder that came out of that, and extract the "image-nakasig-kot49h.zip" into the Work folder.
And enter the following commands while in bootloader.
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase cache
cd nakasig-kot49h
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot reboot
Make SURE you grab the correct image for your device. Wifi or Mobile.
I also assume that you know the .img files should be in the Work folder before you type thse commands into my tool.
Hey guys, first of all thank you for the speedy replies and steps I should follow.
Right now I'm using OSX but for the tablet I'm using a virtual Win7 machine to try and get this damn tablet to be recognized by the computer. The process is being delayed a little bit because my micro USB cords are being temperamental, meaning that the tablet has no juice, and when I mess with it (using the power + volume buttons to boot to bootloader/recover) the cord comes unplugged. I know automatically you guys are going to pinpoint this as the source of the issue (mainly because I would too), but it works fine if just laid flat and stays connected. It just has zero charge so when it disconnects/reconnects I literally have to power it back up, just need to wait for it to have some charge before I tinker with it more.
I will post updates after it charges.
Although I already thanked you guys, thanks again for speedy reply. It's much appreciated.
NecroGi said:
Hey guys, first of all thank you for the speedy replies and steps I should follow.
Right now I'm using OSX but for the tablet I'm using a virtual Win7 machine to try and get this damn tablet to be recognized by the computer. The process is being delayed a little bit because my micro USB cords are being temperamental, meaning that the tablet has no juice, and when I mess with it (using the power + volume buttons to boot to bootloader/recover) the cord comes unplugged. I know automatically you guys are going to pinpoint this as the source of the issue (mainly because I would too), but it works fine if just laid flat and stays connected. It just has zero charge so when it disconnects/reconnects I literally have to power it back up, just need to wait for it to have some charge before I tinker with it more.
I will post updates after it charges.
Although I already thanked you guys, thanks again for speedy reply. It's much appreciated.
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I suggest to STOP!!!
If you are trying to restore the device and the cable disconnects in the middle of it, it might not be recoverable. That would be one of the few ways to really damage the tablet as they are pretty difficult to hard brick. Don't half ass it with stuff like this. A good cable is not THAT much and will certainly be cheaper than a new tablet or getting it to a point where you might have to send it somewhere for service.
I'm not familiar with Macs, but if you are more so, then this might be better than using a Virtual set up:
https://code.google.com/p/adb-fastboot-install/
es0tericcha0s said:
I suggest to STOP!!!
If you are trying to restore the device and the cable disconnects in the middle of it, it might not be recoverable. That would be one of the few ways to really damage the tablet as they are pretty difficult to hard brick. Don't half ass it with stuff like this. A good cable is not THAT much and will certainly be cheaper than a new tablet or getting it to a point where you might have to send it somewhere for service.
I'm not familiar with Macs, but if you are more so, then this might be better than using a Virtual set up:
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It's actually working fine now (in the sense that the computer can now read it). The Virtual Machine also works just as good, but for some reason the toolkit I'm using won't properly return the tablet to the stock image using the SkipSoft Android ToolKit, so I'm going to have to try and find another way.
Thanks for your guys' help.