HOW-TO root your Sprint Hero (condensed and easy to read version)

[Andrew Ruffolo]

did you place the recovery image in the tools folder before trying to push it? if you did, whats it called?

 

[enjid]

can this be Sticky??

 

[infenit101]

If you just want to root step 1 is unnecessary especially if you've already have the drivers that install with HTC Sync well unless I am doing something wrong....

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Nah, you still need the SDK, thats where adb is, which is the whole meat and potatos of this method to root.

 

[image2nv]

Never mind this stupid comment. Just trying to get 5 effen comments out so I can send an effen PM. This effen sucks. WTF's the point?!!!

 

[beezy]

Never mind this stupid comment. Just trying to get 5 effen comments out so I can send an effen PM. This effen sucks. WTF's the point?!!!

They got make sure your a real person...lol

 

[rippley05]

When I download the SDK folder and try to click the SDK setup I get an error right off the bat

Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml, reason: HTTPS SSL error. You might want to force download through HTTP in the settings.

Any ideas?

 

[beezy]

When I download the SDK folder and try to click the SDK setup I get an error right off the bat

Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml, reason: HTTPS SSL error. You might want to force download through HTTP in the settings.

Any ideas?

Go to settings at the bottom it has two places to check.Check the one that says force https.

 

[rippley05]

sweet thanks a lot =)

 

[rippley05]

K one more question, it says to install USB driver package revision 1 but all I see is revision 3.

Do I use that one?

 

[beezy]

K one more question, it says to install USB driver package revision 1 but all I see is revision 3.

Do I use that one?

Yeah i just let it install all the packages that are available.

 

[rippley05]

kk cool deal

 

[Devilicus]

Hey guys I'm kind of having the same problem some other people have mentioned on here while trying to push the recovery image, it keeps saying "No such file or directory", even though the file name matches exactly. I've tried re-downloading it several times and it still will not work. I'm using a MAC and the 1.2.3 recovery image. Does anyone know what I should do? I'm very new to this rooting business and don't really know what I'm doing, but everything else so far has gone smoothly until this point.

 

[beezy]

Hey guys I'm kind of having the same problem some other people have mentioned on here while trying to push the recovery image, it keeps saying "No such file or directory", even though the file name matches exactly. I've tried re-downloading it several times and it still will not work. I'm using a MAC and the 1.2.3 recovery image. Does anyone know what I should do? I'm very new to this rooting business and don't really know what I'm doing, but everything else so far has gone smoothly until this point.

Did you put the recovery image in the tools folder of SDK?

 

[Devilicus]

Yep, its in the tools folder of the SDK. I don't know if this matters, but when the file downloads it always says "failed to mount" or something in the downloads window right as its finished. And I made sure debugging was not checked off until after I plugged in the phone and made sure there's no extra file extension on the .img file.

 

[beezy]

Yep, its in the tools folder of the SDK. I don't know if this matters, but when the file downloads it always says "failed to mount" or something in the downloads window right as its finished. And I made sure debugging was not checked off until after I plugged in the phone and made sure there's no extra file extension on the .img file.

Are you turning off usb debugging?

 

[Devilicus]

No I haven't, its still checked off since I plugged in the phone. Am I supposed to turn it off again? To clarify, the option for debugging is currently checked, so its ON as of right now.

 

[beezy]

No I haven't, its still checked off since I plugged in the phone. Am I supposed to turn it off again?

No leave it on, i just got confused on your last post for a second.Im trying to think,hopefully someone can chime in here that knows more.....

 

[Devilicus]

Haha yes, if anyone can help me out of this mess that would be great. Thanks for trying though man, I appreciate it. I'm a complete and utter noob when it comes to this kind of stuff.

 

[beezy]

Haha yes, if anyone can help me out of this mess that would be great. Thanks for trying though man, I appreciate it. I'm a complete and utter noob when it comes to this kind of stuff.

I learned threw a lot of trial and error, i wish i understood all this more.