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Hello,i just my second hand HTC Hero,and i need some help.
First of all,the phone is not rooted.Should i try to root it now,or i should wait for 2.1 to come out first?
In the phone there are contacts from previous owner.How can i mass delete them?Also,is there any easy way to transfer contacts from my old Sony Ericsson W910i to HTC Hero?
Another question,maybe not in the right place,is can i enable my onboard wifi card so it works as a wifi hotspot?This is the only way to have wifi for my Hero in my home.I tried the Cnet video,that shows how to make that,but it does not work on my windows 7 64bit.Maybe need to change the settings on something
Since now i don't have a viable internet for my mobile (not even 3G works atm),is there a way to browse and download apps from android market?
Also,i would like to know if there is any trigger button for 3g,so i disable it when i don't need it,in order to save some battery?What i have in mind is a sortcut similar to wifi,bluetooth and GPS.
Last but not least,the previous owner has his google acount name on the phone,and i am unable to change it to my google account,because i can't find any option that let me change account name.Is it possible to delete the old google account and put mine?
More questions are about to come,but thats all for now.
Thanks in advance.
Best to root it before the official 2.1 release as it might become much harder/impossible after the update. Root it, install a custom recovery, wipe the device & flash a new custom ROM. This will also remove all traces of the last owner including their google account. There's lots of info on how to do all of this on xda-dev.
You can access quite a lot of Android apps on the web, but there's no access to the official on device Android market via the web.
Toggling 3G. Not sure I've seen a widget for this, but you can usually turn it off in settings, depending on the ROM you're running. Failing that there's a dialable code which will do the job. That said, if this is just about saving battery life, you'll find lots of others tweaks to help with that. It's a common subject that comes up time & time agan.
I can't offer informed help with sharing your Windows 7 internet access, but I imagine you need to turn on Internet Connection Sharing, or whatever it's called now, on whichever interface connects your PC to the internet. The PC wifi interface probably doesn't even need to act as an access point, if you only need the Hero to connect to it; ad-hoc networking should be adequate. I'd concentrate on sorting the wifi first. When you can ping the PC from your Hero & vice versa, then move on to the ICS aspect.
Thanks for the answer.If i root the phone,can i put HTC ROM back,or i must pick a custom ROM?
TheoKondak said:
Thanks for the answer.If i root the phone,can i put HTC ROM back,or i must pick a custom ROM?
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No no,... You can use a custom ROM, or flash stock ROMS if you decide to do so.
Take a look at Modaco's Stock ROMs or at the "stickies" at the top of the Hero Android Development section here at XDA.
Peace Out.
I have some extra issues so i thought that its better to post them here instead of making a new thread.
So here we are:
I tried to root my phone according to One Click Root on unlockr.com.Everything seems to be ok but my phone is not rooted.
My hero runs 2.73.405.5 build.Maybe i have to downgrade?
Also i would like to ask if there is a serious reason to install a new radio.I think that it should be fine with the default one isn't it?
TheoKondak said:
I have some extra issues so i thought that its better to post them here instead of making a new thread.
So here we are:
I tried to root my phone according to One Click Root on unlockr.com.Everything seems to be ok but my phone is not rooted.
My hero runs 2.73.405.5 build.Maybe i have to downgrade?
Also i would like to ask if there is a serious reason to install a new radio.I think that it should be fine with the default one isn't it?
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The build you are running isn't rooted by default but you can install a recovery image on it and get a custom rom which is rooted installed. (follow my guide for details)
Radio updates can improve your signal.
Thank you i will try your guide.Actually i tried with Amon RA 1.5.2 to load latest Modaco Rom.Everything seemed to be ok,but then when i rebooted phone the original rom was loaded again and nothing happened with the Modaco rom.
How can i update Amor RA 1.5.2 to latest?Just do the whole process again but with the new version (1.6.2)?
TheoKondak said:
Thank you i will try your guide.Actually i tried with Amon RA 1.5.2 to load latest Modaco Rom.Everything seemed to be ok,but then when i rebooted phone the original rom was loaded again and nothing happened with the Modaco rom.
How can i update Amor RA 1.5.2 to latest?Just do the whole process again but with the new version (1.6.2)?
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To update it just follow the instructions in the Amor RA thread.
Are you sure you wiped everything before flashing modaco rom?
Thank you everything worked fine!Now i have VillainRom v5.3 and i am happy!
*Used the search tool first - no joy*
Running CM10 Stable - current config:
UNLOCKED (HTD Dev)
S-ON
HBOOT-1.19.000
RADIO-1.12.11.0809
Since flashing CM10 this weekend, my mobile data has gone in the toilet. Network/"no connection" errors and gray bars way more often, despite not changing a thing about my radios. Weirdly, if I turn on wifi, it seems to improve my reception as well (as in, I'm not on a wifi network - just the act of switching on wifi somehow gooses network performance, but only a little.) I haven't done better than two blue bars since I did this, and I've only seen "4G" once. I used to get far better than that.
Checked Settings, everything seems fine. Thoughts? More data needed?
Try flashing back to sense and reprovision the phone
##786# menu/reset
Password is msl
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Try flashing back to sense and reprovision the phone
##786# menu/reset
Password is msl
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Thanks - do I need to re-lock as part of this, or simply flash Sense, re-provision, re-flash CM? Just want to keep this painless.
You don't relock
(n00bish question alert) Is there a way to re-flash Sense from a .zip with TWRP? Trying an ICS RUU executable linked elsewhere in this forum and I keep getting "Error 155". Will anything Sense-like work, or does it have to be stock?
Any sense-based rom will work...and you're exactly right: grab the zip and flash through twrp. Make sure to do a nandroid of your current rom first so you can restore after you're done.
Sent from my EVO LTE
Took me a while to find a ROM with a kernel installer (my sticking point) - MeanBean plus the reset did it. Thanks, gents.
takeout said:
Took me a while to find a ROM with a kernel installer (my sticking point) - MeanBean plus the reset did it. Thanks, gents.
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Are you back on CM10 again withOUT network issues now? I loved CM10 but had the same issue and jumped on another ROM. Might wanna go back.
Hi everybody!
Yesterday, I applied a custom rom to my Galaxy Note and after a successful installation, my data plan wasn't working like it used to be.
I have to say this isn't the first time I have done this, and in the previous opportunities after flashing the rom and rebooting, the EDGE/3G icon appeared by itself detecting my data plan. I never had to configure the APN settings (like it is said in many posts I have seen here).
So, when I realize that it wasn't working properly, I re-flashed the rom but didn't worked. So then, I downloaded the ICS stock rom and flashed it through Odin, hoping it would reset all things here and would give me the initial configuration, but that didn't work either.
I have entered through settings and deactivated/activated the options related to mobile data, but that icon never appears or my data connection showed up.
Forgot to mention that this phone was unlocked through cellunlocker by code, and that I can make phone calls with no problem and also the Wifi works fine... And thank you in advance for any advice/help that you could make
If it's happening with different ROMs then take a look at your modem (baseband). Are you using I717UCLF6? Go to System Settings-About Phone-Baseband Version.
Like ^^^^ said, and you didn't say it, but I'm guessing T-Mobile. So flash any ROM you like, reboot and let but settle in, then flash the Blaze 4G or whatever T-Mobile modem works best for you.
You did enter your APN info?
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You did enter your APN info?
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This....^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^................g
I left my phone on the counter near the dish drainer and smoked the usb/mhl port. Another time, I filled the thing with crushed banana. I can charge the battery using an external charger (hasn't burned my house down yet), but can't use the usb port at all. So I set the phone aside for a while.
S-On, rooted, was running Scrosler's Cleanrom DE 1.4. I got tired of my wife's iPhone 4 and started using the ReZound again recently, but got myself into trouble flashing the clockworkmod recovery over my AmonRA and can't go back. I'm stuck on CarbonROM (used HTCDumlock) with no stability unless wifi and mobile data are disabled.
Is it possible to get AmonRA back (or at least restore the nandroid I made with AmonRA) without a usb? What about S-Off without any USB connection?
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I left my phone on the counter near the dish drainer and smoked the usb/mhl port. Another time, I filled the thing with crushed banana. I can charge the battery using an external charger (hasn't burned my house down yet), but can't use the usb port at all. So I set the phone aside for a while.
S-On, rooted, was running Scrosler's Cleanrom DE 1.4. I got tired of my wife's iPhone 4 and started using the ReZound again recently, but got myself into trouble flashing the clockworkmod recovery over my AmonRA and can't go back. I'm stuck on CarbonROM (used HTCDumlock) with no stability unless wifi and mobile data are disabled.
Is it possible to get AmonRA back (or at least restore the nandroid I made with AmonRA) without a usb? What about S-Off without any USB connection?
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Kind of a pickle without a working USB port...
You can not gain S-OFF without a working USB connection using any known (Juopunutbear, rumrunner, or firewater) S-OFF method, sorry. Although JTAG may be a possibility.
If Carbon is running and root is working, you could use Goo Manager to install TWRP, it has HTC Dumlock built in, and you could flash in Evervolv or something else more stable (later incarnations of Carbon caused me lots of issues as well). The backups are not compatible between Amon Ra, CWM, and TWRP though.
As far as getting Amon Ra installed without a working USB connection, it MIGHT be possible, but it is over my head... The real issue would be even if you did get it back on and restored your nandroid, being S-ON means you still need to flash your boot.img manually, even from a nandroid restore, which would be another issue altogether and probably highly difficult (if possible at all).
Although, if we are talking water damage and possible banana damage (did I really just type that?!?!) a different ROM may or may not help, this could all be a exercise in futility that one wrong move could brick you.
Hmmm. I did have the phone working well with CleanROM DE, so I know it's at least worth trying. I'm also not afraid of a brick seeing as what I have now is basically no better. Good point about the boot.img. I hadn't thought of that.
Carbon is working and moderately stable when wifi and mobile data are off. When I enable wifi, I tend to go into a boot cycle with 1-2s before reboot to disable it again. When enabling mobile data, I get frequent popups saying something like android.com.phone stopped working, and not data anyways. I do have a working recovery right now in CWM (up to date non-touch). But, I don't think that has HTCDumlock built in.
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Hmmm. I did have the phone working well with CleanROM DE, so I know it's at least worth trying. I'm also not afraid of a brick seeing as what I have now is basically no better. Good point about the boot.img. I hadn't thought of that.
Carbon is working and moderately stable when wifi and mobile data are off. When I enable wifi, I tend to go into a boot cycle with 1-2s before reboot to disable it again. When enabling mobile data, I get frequent popups saying something like android.com.phone stopped working, and not data anyways. I do have a working recovery right now in CWM (up to date non-touch). But, I don't think that has HTCDumlock built in.
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Have you tried just booting into CWM, wiping everything except external SD twice, and reflashing Carbon again, the same one so you don't have to try to flash the kernel?
Probably too late now but did you try drying it out via the bag of rice trick?
I found this nice app for getting files on and off via wifi, not doing you much good if your wifi makes you bootloop though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dmitril.droidoverwifi
At this point, an SDcard reader would be my investment and store your backups on the internal SDcard. This would allow you to use PH98IMG's. As far as your mobile data and wifi is concerned. It really sounds like you havent flashed the boot.img matched with the rom. If you still have the rom zip about place it on your external sdcard while in rom in a folder called lunar. Run sysrw in terminal emulator then invoke a script named "menu". Choose option 4, then choose the SAME zip you flashed. You might auto-reboot to recovery, just reboot back to system without any changes.
Thanks. I got wifii to run stable. Did a couple more wipes and re-flashed. ES file explorer disappeared, so maybe my previous wipes were insufficient. Also changed from "Launcher" to "Trebuchet", so a couple variables working together. Either way I flashed TWRP now, so I have HTCDumlock again.
Snuzzo, I'll try and follow your steps to see if that fixes mobile data. Not working right now with mobile roaming enabled, LTE or 3G. I can place calls now, though!
EDIT:: ran the Lunar Menu script and flashed the boot.img (seemed successful). wifi is stable, but no data.
At least you now know how to use LunarMenu and can flash a ROM using that instead also with using dumlock. Option 4 reboots you into recovery, let's you do your normal wipes which you then flash the matching ROM zip. Dumlock basically flashes recovery to your boot partition so to flash a rom , you would be flashing boot partition twice. My implementation flashes it only once.
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You guys have been a great help. Thanks a lot
It seems my data connectivity issue is unrelated to the ROM i'm using. I must have caused it while tinkering or trying to update firmware. Now I'm on Evervolv with the same issues. Both Carbon and Evervolv are mostly stable with cell signal for calls and wifi, but no mobile data.
TWRP 2.6.3.0
HBOOT 2.21.0000
Radio 1.22.10.0310r/1.22.10.0308r
Is there something I can flash via a PH98IMG.zip that might fix this issue? Or maybe it's an issue with Verizon that they could fix?
I've a feeling it isn't your own Rez. I have a rom cooked with updsated Telephony. If things go right, release is imminent and very soon. No eta promised tho.
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yimpierre said:
You guys have been a great help. Thanks a lot
It seems my data connectivity issue is unrelated to the ROM i'm using. I must have caused it while tinkering or trying to update firmware. Now I'm on Evervolv with the same issues. Both Carbon and Evervolv are mostly stable with cell signal for calls and wifi, but no mobile data.
TWRP 2.6.3.0
HBOOT 2.21.0000
Radio 1.22.10.0310r/1.22.10.0308r
Is there something I can flash via a PH98IMG.zip that might fix this issue? Or maybe it's an issue with Verizon that they could fix?
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you are on a VERY old hboot and radios....that is what could be causing your mobile data issues
REV3NT3CH said:
you are on a VERY old hboot and radios....that is what could be causing your mobile data issues
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Thanks for joining in! I tried to update these, but was having a hard time. When I was looking at firmware update PH98IMG.zip's, it looked like you need to relock to flash these up, then unlock again (both requiring usb). Is it possible to update hboot and radios without doing this?
yimpierre said:
Thanks for joining in! I tried to update these, but was having a hard time. When I was looking at firmware update PH98IMG.zip's, it looked like you need to relock to flash these up, then unlock again (both requiring usb). Is it possible to update hboot and radios without doing this?
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also need to be s-off to do this....with broken usb though only possibility i would say is on pure stock youd have to do all the updates givin by them...including stock recovery as well...and relocked bootloader is required...im wondering if theres a way around this that can be possibly worked in somehow...this is a tight predicament with the phone having no usb function and s-on though
1I went back to an old ICS rom (CleanROM DE 1.4) and got the same issue. Everything works except no data. I thought I'd post an update, but it's not so pressing here: LG G2 is in the mail!
If my Droid Incredible 4G LTE is connected to Wifi, it disconnects from Cellular Data. When I leave where ever it is connected to WifI, it won't connect back to cellular data. I have to turn off Wifi, then reboot the phone. I haven't tried something like switching to Airplane mode, I will try that. Has anybody else seen this issue? The phone is on Straight Talk Veriozon network, so is using SIM card for 4G LTE and CDMA for voice.
Are you stock?
No. Probably would help to mention that. S-OFF, partitions swapped and rooted CM 1.2.1 FWIW, this was happening with CM 11.2 before the partition swap. It wasn't happening before I did S-OFF and flashed CM 11.2 but I was also living in a different location for several months. It didn't start until I moved to where I am now.
I would try to do a clean reflash and see what happens.
I will think about that but I did a clean install when I did the partition swap and flashed the new ROM. I'd rather not do that again and have to set the phone back up again.
Today it seems to be better, I moved from Wifi to out and about and it switched to LTE properly.
therreid said:
I would try to do a clean reflash and see what happens.
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I may have to try the reflash after all. The problem's gotten worse and now as of yesterday and today a reboot of the phone isn't getting me cellular data back. This did not start until we moved to a temporary place where I get voice service but not data at home. So the phone spends a lot of time on Wifi and not in a place where it can get data. So I'm wondering if the Verizon network is somehow forgetting about the phone or somesuch. At my old house, it was connected to Wifi but the data network was always available. The phone is S-Off with a custom bootloader and recovery. Assuming I wanted to try, can I put the stock ROM back on it without undoing all that?
crokett said:
I may have to try the reflash after all. The problem's gotten worse and now as of yesterday and today a reboot of the phone isn't getting me cellular data back. This did not start until we moved to a temporary place where I get voice service but not data at home. So the phone spends a lot of time on Wifi and not in a place where it can get data. So I'm wondering if the Verizon network is somehow forgetting about the phone or somesuch. At my old house, it was connected to Wifi but the data network was always available. The phone is S-Off with a custom bootloader and recovery. Assuming I wanted to try, can I put the stock ROM back on it without undoing all that?
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If you want to go to stock, you will have to reverse the partition swap.
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If you want to go to stock, you will have to reverse the partition swap.
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That part I understand. What I should have asked was "if I want to go back to the stock ROM, do I need to undo the custom recovery, relock the bootloader, go S-ON, etc? Any other ROMS besides CM I might try? That could tell me if it is the ROM or not but, again I did not have this issue until I moved to an area where I can get voice, but no data.
You should be able to remain s-off. here are the stock packages if you don't have them, http://android.cmphys.com/stock-fireball/
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That part I understand. What I should have asked was "if I want to go back to the stock ROM, do I need to undo the custom recovery, relock the bootloader, go S-ON, etc? Any other ROMS besides CM I might try? That could tell me if it is the ROM or not but, again I did not have this issue until I moved to an area where I can get voice, but no data.
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Thanks. I will grab a stock ROM. I really like CM 12.1 (and the swapped partitions) though. I was able to get the phone back to cellular data this morning while I was on a chat with Straight Talk. Why a reboot worked then but not the 3 other times I have no idea. I'm also wondering what happens the next time this happens if I go into APN settings and change it to one that doesn't work, then change it back.
Over looking at the stock ROM downloads I see a link to this patch:
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/93484/
The ROM I am running now was built on 05/26. I see a newer CM 12.1 ROM dated 06/12 that contains that patch so I will flash that ROM, probably next week. I'm on call this weekend and don't want to risk bricking the phone.
I'm running the 6/12 build and it seems happy. I only run my Fireball on WIFI since I switched to AT&T and have a Nexus 5 for my primary.
crokett said:
Over looking at the stock ROM downloads I see a link to this patch:
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/93484/
The ROM I am running now was built on 05/26. I see a newer CM 12.1 ROM dated 06/12 that contains that patch so I will flash that ROM, probably next week. I'm on call this weekend and don't want to risk bricking the phone.
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I'm running the 6/12 build and it seems happy. I only run my Fireball on WIFI since I switched to AT&T and have a Nexus 5 for my primary.
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Ive thought about getting a new phone on a GSM network but where we are building our house I can't get a ATT signal there, so I'm stuck with Verizon.