How-To Root Your Sprint HTC Hero using a Mac

[Andrew Ruffolo]

ok. unmounted the card. reformatted it through the phone itself. debugging mode activated. now i get the same thing as mig106:

failed to copy 'recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img' to '/sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img': Permission denied

and for some reason I can't get into su mode because terminal does not accept my password. It should be the same as my user admin password, right?

grr

Did you unmount it from the phone as well? Pull down the notifications and select the usb one and it should ask you to unmount.

 

[BlackD]

rufflez,

You are the man. Easy to follow steps and right to the point.

Just rooted yesterday to 2.1 and is great, I even find it running smoother.

 

[SANTI]

I tried to flash my phone from the Sprint Exploit .zip, and it keeps saying that it failed verification. Am I flashing the wrong file or what?

 

[SANTI]

Nevermind. I just downloaded the 2.1 update from XDA and flashed it. Thanks for your guide.

 

[cle0950]

Any one available to help. I am getting access denied when I trying and do the recovery portion?

 

[cle0950]

* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *

I am not showing this but my device does show up with serial number. Anything wrong with this?

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *

I am not showing this but my device does show up with serial number. Anything wrong with this?

Nope, means it was already started. Proceed as long as you got your serial number.

 

[cle0950]

getting stuck at this step, phone won't reboot:
xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-computer:tools xxxxxx$ ./ adb shell reboot
-bash: ./: is a directory

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Sorry, fixed the tutorial, good catch!
There should never be a space between ./ and adb.

 

[cle0950]

Finally rooted. I big thanks to Rufflez for all his help.

 

[robbinspree]

I followed all the steps didn't get any errors but after i did the last step my phone just froze on the HTC screen... i had to take the battery out to get it to work again... I re did all the steps again and my phone did it again. Wha am i doing wrong?

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

are you sure its not doing anything? How long did you wait? It'll take up to 10 minutes.

 

[robbinspree]

I didn't know it took up to 10 minutes i took the battery out after about 5 minutes

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

it can take a while. If you see the sprint logo more than once, then go back into the recovery on the phone

with phone off:
Hold Home and hit power

wipe the data and dalvik again

then reflash the ROM

 

[robbinspree]

it can take a while. If you see the sprint logo more than once, then go back into the recovery on the phone

with phone off:
Hold Home and hit power

wipe the data and dalvik again

then reflash the ROM

NO it never makes it to the sprint logo it always stops on the HTC screen. Its been on the screen for about 15 minutes now...

 

[robbinspree]

after i type reboot recovery it always gets stuck on the HTC screen

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

possibly a bad ROM download.
redownload the ROM or try another one
boot into recovery
wipe data/dalvik/sd:ext if you have apps to sd
back to main menu
enable USB-MS toggle
drag and drop new/redownloaded rom
reflash ROM
reboot

 

[robbinspree]

possibly a bad ROM download.
redownload the ROM or try another one
boot into recovery
wipe data/dalvik/sd:ext if you have apps to sd
back to main menu
enable USB-MS toggle
drag and drop new/redownloaded rom
reflash ROM
reboot

I has never made it to the recovery screen. After i type reboot recovery in terminal my phone restarts the HTC screen comes on and thats it until i take the battery out.

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

what about if you do it manually?
It sounds like the recovery never got flashed
check the name of the recovery image on your computer... is ti 1.5.2.img or 152.img

 

[robbinspree]

I finally got it to work... Thanks alot dude