Hackers and AC staff never sleep We're like smartphone undead.
If you haven't noticed, we now have a Sprint 2.1 leak. It was posted up front with a few warnings, and a promise of some further instructions. As some of you know, Bambi's mother and my truck played a game of chicken and we both lost so this is gonna be sort of short and sweet, but it's enough to get everyone started.
There's three ways to get this leak on your phone:
You don't care about root or any of that hacking jive, you just want 2.1
Then you have it easy. Grab the RUU and flash it to your phone.
4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.20.651.1_signed_test.exe
Mirror (thanks smccloud!) http://smccloud.com/Hero/RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.20.651.1_signed_test.exe
some things to consider:
1. This flashes a new radio, hboot, everything. You'll probably never ever be able to root your phone once you do this.
2. If for some crazy reason the official Sprint 2.1 release uses an older version of hboot or the boot image, you won't be able to install it. Ever.
3. You will NOT be able to roll back to 1.5 if you wanted to. Again, never ever.
4. A few things in the market won't work. Most paid and protected apps show up just fine, but not all. This may be permanent.
You want the leaked 2.1 but you don't want to be stuck with it
Here ya go.
4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download signed-CL157175_1.zip
Mirror (thanks smccloud!) http://smccloud.com/Hero/signed-CL157175_1.zip
*This is a newer version that corrects a bug with the installer. If you downloaded the first version, and have installation issues try this one instead.
This is the leaked 2.1 that will flash from your custom recovery image. If you aren't already rooted, see HERE and HERE
You need to wipe all data from recovery. Get used to it, that's gonna happen from here on out with new Hero ROMS.
1. It's correctly rooted
2. Busybox is installed
3. Everything else is untouched
You want the 2.1 leak AND you want custom memory management like Gumbo 1.5 was done
It's right here
4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download signed-CL157175Custom.zip
Mirror (thanks smccloud) http://smccloud.com/Hero/signed-CL157175Custom.zip
Again, full wipe - including any ext partitions.
1. Everything from the 2.1 leak is included
2. The boot image was patched and the /system/init.d/gumbo.sh service was added. It's cranked HIGH. You can adjust it just like always, edit the gumbo.sh file
3. Apps2SD is included, partition your card via recovery and it's automatic.
3. Against my better judgment, I'll support this. Just promise me you won't do anything too damn stupid with it, and if you didn't get it from this thread, you didn't get it from me. I won't be chasing support threads all over the intertubes.
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You want 2.1 with fixes in place, Sprintware removed, a nice lite custom version of the "stock" ROM
Then you want to see beezy420's thread here:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/9895-2-1-lite-option-4-a.html
This is the one you want lol ^^
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Some essential add-ons for people who have used method two or three above, including a fix for any potential market issues. Thanks rufflez.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=71085#post71085
Beezy420 has some Mods and asskickin add-ons like Sense with live wallpaper here
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/9679-mods-add-ons.html
Look here for a method to repair your bootloader if you decided to run the RUU
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...pair-your-bootloader-after-using-2-1-ruu.html
If you haven't noticed, we now have a Sprint 2.1 leak. It was posted up front with a few warnings, and a promise of some further instructions. As some of you know, Bambi's mother and my truck played a game of chicken and we both lost so this is gonna be sort of short and sweet, but it's enough to get everyone started.
There's three ways to get this leak on your phone:
You don't care about root or any of that hacking jive, you just want 2.1
Then you have it easy. Grab the RUU and flash it to your phone.
4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.20.651.1_signed_test.exe
Mirror (thanks smccloud!) http://smccloud.com/Hero/RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.20.651.1_signed_test.exe
some things to consider:
1. This flashes a new radio, hboot, everything. You'll probably never ever be able to root your phone once you do this.
2. If for some crazy reason the official Sprint 2.1 release uses an older version of hboot or the boot image, you won't be able to install it. Ever.
3. You will NOT be able to roll back to 1.5 if you wanted to. Again, never ever.
4. A few things in the market won't work. Most paid and protected apps show up just fine, but not all. This may be permanent.
You want the leaked 2.1 but you don't want to be stuck with it
Here ya go.
4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download signed-CL157175_1.zip
Mirror (thanks smccloud!) http://smccloud.com/Hero/signed-CL157175_1.zip
*This is a newer version that corrects a bug with the installer. If you downloaded the first version, and have installation issues try this one instead.
This is the leaked 2.1 that will flash from your custom recovery image. If you aren't already rooted, see HERE and HERE
You need to wipe all data from recovery. Get used to it, that's gonna happen from here on out with new Hero ROMS.
1. It's correctly rooted
2. Busybox is installed
3. Everything else is untouched
You want the 2.1 leak AND you want custom memory management like Gumbo 1.5 was done
It's right here
4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download signed-CL157175Custom.zip
Mirror (thanks smccloud) http://smccloud.com/Hero/signed-CL157175Custom.zip
Again, full wipe - including any ext partitions.
1. Everything from the 2.1 leak is included
2. The boot image was patched and the /system/init.d/gumbo.sh service was added. It's cranked HIGH. You can adjust it just like always, edit the gumbo.sh file
3. Apps2SD is included, partition your card via recovery and it's automatic.
3. Against my better judgment, I'll support this. Just promise me you won't do anything too damn stupid with it, and if you didn't get it from this thread, you didn't get it from me. I won't be chasing support threads all over the intertubes.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You want 2.1 with fixes in place, Sprintware removed, a nice lite custom version of the "stock" ROM
Then you want to see beezy420's thread here:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/9895-2-1-lite-option-4-a.html
This is the one you want lol ^^
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some essential add-ons for people who have used method two or three above, including a fix for any potential market issues. Thanks rufflez.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=71085#post71085
Beezy420 has some Mods and asskickin add-ons like Sense with live wallpaper here
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/9679-mods-add-ons.html
Look here for a method to repair your bootloader if you decided to run the RUU
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...pair-your-bootloader-after-using-2-1-ruu.html
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