Root on Sprint Hero, anyone?

[imekul]

Has anybody tried rooting the Sprint Hero? If so, anything to share?

 

[Darth Pooh#CB]

I think CDMA tends to get left out of the XDA loop. Tis a shame, I am interested in getting the Wifi tethering app installed

 

[anon(697)]

There is a thread on XDA about rooting the CDMA Hero - no joy yet, but it's only a matter of time

 

[Darth Pooh#CB]

I'm following it,naturally

Again, CDMA is not a fan favorite over there. Sometimes we luck out due to overlapping and/or a generous soul.

 

[R.Burns]

I tried the One Click Rooting and it didnt seem to work. Everytime I did the Home+Power Boot I got the eternal "HTC" screen.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

http://forum.androidcentral.com/android-development-hacking/1285-cdma-hero-rooted.html

Read the thread, and if you have any questions, just post em.
Nutshell version -
Update OTA to latest Sprint version
Download as2root (link in the thread)
Shell into phone
Execute as2 script
Be root.

 

[Ripjames]

I've a truly been question. What are the advantages to rooting.

 

[Semantics]

Well I've followed the directions and I have root now. For some reason, I am unable to flash the recovery. I downloaded the recovery from the site listed on XDA, it says to copy the recovery to the tools folder, but when I open the download it defaults to isobuster, and I do not see the recovery, just file one with a CD type icon. I copied that over, but I get an error when I run the recovery command line. Isobuster is trying to make me pay to extract so I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Any suggestions?

After looking through the command line, it appears that I did not successfully copy the RA 1.2.3 recovery image to the SD card, just cant figure out how to get it in tools.

After further tinkering, I've completed the process! /cheers