Just about to Root..

[lexcoupe2100]

Guys.., I'm about to root wish me luck

 

[lexcoupe2100]

Ok guys I think I rooted but I accidently clicked on reboot from the screen before doing the nandroid backup.., how can i do the backup or is it too late?

 

[The Mac]

just reboot into recovery (hold down home when rebooting), its in the menu. can do a nandroid anytime you want...

 

[lexcoupe2100]

I hold down home and the end call button but dont seem to reboot or give me the option to.

 

[darchenwar44]

Turn off the phone. When you're turning it back on, hold down the home button. Keep holding it down and you'll get to the recovery screen.

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

If that doesn't work (as some phones it doesn't... don't ask me why), you can also get to the recovery screen by:
Turn phone off
Hold down volume down and press power/endcall button
when the skateboarding androids appear on the screen, hit the home button.

 

[herothc]

yeah goodluck with all that... I've failed at rooting on every attempt. :-( When I got to the point of reading how to convert my sdcard into a gold card to facilitate a rollback I threw in the towel.

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

wait, what? You don't need to convert the sdcard into a gold card on the Hero (GSM or CDMA), thats for the Mytouch 3G. Which model of the Hero do you have?

 

[lexcoupe2100]

Ok guys.., I tried both methods the holding down volume and power/end call and the holding down home and none of the worked.

 

[lexcoupe2100]

Ok nevermind was able to make it work with holding down home, you have to do it almost before pressing the power buttong

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

yeah, you do it before pressing the power button... thats what we were saying.

 

[lexcoupe2100]

I just did the nandroid back up, that would be save in my sd card correct? Any good tutorials on how to remove sprint apps?

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Yes, saved in SD Card.
Sure.. there actually isn't anything to it once you know the names of the Apps
Load up command prompt (with SDK already installed)
then type:
cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app/
rm APP NAME.apk

Sprint_NFL.apk
Sprint_Nscar.apk
Sprint_TV.apk
Sprint_TVWidget.apk
Sprint_Navigation.apk

They are case sensitive and yes, NASCAR is apparently spelled Nscar

 

[lexcoupe2100]

Oh ok I only have a 2g sd card so I want to make sure I save the backup on my pc, as far as removing apps is done thru the command prompt correct? Thanks rufflez

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

correct... do you have the sdk installed?

 

[lexcoupe2100]

on the phone? i have all the apps installed on the pc that I needed to root my phone.., another question I have can I delete the rooting stuff that was put on my sd card when I rooted like the unrevoked thing?

 

[The Mac]

1. Apps are sorta on both if you are using a custom rom, otherwise they are in internal memory not on the SD card. You can delete them with astro on the phone itself, but its safer to do it through the SDK (shell).

2. Yes, you can delete all the rooting stuff, but copy it to ur pc 1st just in case you need it. I managed to unroot mine few times accidentally and had to go scrounging because i deleted them.

 

[lexcoupe2100]

What I was wondering was that rufflez asked if i had sdk installed did he mean on my phone or on the pc? I have stock rom for now.
Ok I will copy all the rooting stuff because I know it takes some space of my sd card.

 

[lexcoupe2100]

rufflez those commands are not working on my hero sorry i may be doing something wrong.

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Which part isn't working?
The SDK needs to be installed on the computer. The directions i posted are if you didn't rename it and you have in the C:\ directory, without it being in any folder.
If you haven't already, go to:
Android Developers
and download the sdk, unzip it and cut/paste it to the sdk directory.
Next, Install the Java JDK 32-bit
Next, Install the latest version of HTC Sync, this installs the proper drivers, but don't run the program.
fire up command prompt and try it again.