Rooting my Hero and the upcoming 2.1 update

[blindfaith76]

I have read up a lot about rooting my phone, and I think I might give it a go, mainly to get rid of some of the bloatware on the sprint hero, and also for the apps2sd capability. My question is however, how will this effect my ability to update to android 2.1 in the first half of next year. Will I have to wait for a custom ROM to be made or will i be able to update as normal?

thanks in advance.

 

[702DROID]

yes you will have to wait for a custom rom to be madeto get the update althought i just flashed a custom rom with 2.1 on my hero bout an hour ago (seams real stable so far)

 

[imneveral0ne]

yes you will have to wait for a custom rom to be madeto get the update althought i just flashed a custom rom with 2.1 on my hero bout an hour ago (seams real stable so far)

does it have sense in that rom?

 

[702DROID]

 

[imneveral0ne]

so thats a yes lol. point me in the direction of that rom perhaps? you just gave me a reason to root lol.

 

[702DROID]

Hero CDMA - xda-developers

 

[imneveral0ne]

no link to the actual one your using?

 

[702DROID]

do a wipe first before flashing this first zip MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
then flash this on on top of the first one (helps get a few widgets working)
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

all the credit goes to these guys in this thread who got it up and running
[ROM-DEV] CDMA Hero Eclair 2.1 | developers only - xda-developers

 

[imneveral0ne]

hmm, makes it a little less easy, but i'll try the best i can. thanx, rep added lol.

 

[Herodroid]

I installed this ROM and was excited to try out the new market and Google Maps Navigation.

Android Market works fine, but it's not as nice as I was expecting it to be.

Google Maps Nav would be fantastic, but anytime I try to use it, I get a GPS lock for about 1 or 2 seconds then it loses it and can't get it back without exiting the app and going back in.

Oh well, back to Fresh 1.0 for now.

 

[nick325i]

I have read up a lot about rooting my phone, and I think I might give it a go, mainly to get rid of some of the bloatware on the sprint hero, and also for the apps2sd capability. My question is however, how will this effect my ability to update to android 2.1 in the first half of next year. Will I have to wait for a custom ROM to be made or will i be able to update as normal?

thanks in advance.

You would be able to go back to the Stock RUU and update. This would lose all of your settings but you wouldn't have to wait for the custom rom.

 

[Penny]

You would be able to go back to the Stock RUU and update. This would lose all of your settings but you wouldn't have to wait for the custom rom.

This is what I did when I rooted before.

 

[cooolone2]

Just for those unaware... You DO know this is a NON functional ROM... Loads of stuff is missing.

========================================================

From XDA:

What works:
- It boots up
- Bluetooth
- Make and receive phone calls (even though it says no service it apparently works)

What works in our test builds (meaning they aren't publicly released and won't work using the download here) :
- WiFi (12/01 -- flipz and tvrvic)
- GPS (12/2 -- thanks toastcfh)
- Recognized as Sprint network instead of "no service" and signal meter works (12/02 -- flipz)
- Incoming and outgoing texts (12/02 -- flipz)

What doesn't work (in the currently available download) :
- Data
- Texting
- Accelerometer
- Everything else (seriously... everything. You can play with 2.1 but it will not be a fully functional phone)

========================================================

So just don't get PISSED OFF when you root your phone, load the ROM and then try to figure out why stuff won't work.

Happy Trails!

 

[702DROID]

Just for those unaware... You DO know this is a NON functional ROM... Loads of stuff is missing.

========================================================

From XDA:

What works:
- It boots up
- Bluetooth
- Make and receive phone calls (even though it says no service it apparently works)

What works in our test builds (meaning they aren't publicly released and won't work using the download here) :
- WiFi (12/01 -- flipz and tvrvic)
- GPS (12/2 -- thanks toastcfh)
- Recognized as Sprint network instead of "no service" and signal meter works (12/02 -- flipz)
- Incoming and outgoing texts (12/02 -- flipz)

What doesn't work (in the currently available download) :
- Data
- Texting
- Accelerometer
- Everything else (seriously... everything. You can play with 2.1 but it will not be a fully functional phone)

========================================================

So just don't get PISSED OFF when you root your phone, load the ROM and then try to figure out why stuff won't work.

Happy Trails!

thats not right its needs to be updated .....so far whats not working is the Accelerometer and the camera and a few widgets (that i found)

 

[TF1984]

Just for those unaware... You DO know this is a NON functional ROM... Loads of stuff is missing.

========================================================

From XDA:

What works:
- It boots up
- Bluetooth
- Make and receive phone calls (even though it says no service it apparently works)

What works in our test builds (meaning they aren't publicly released and won't work using the download here) :
- WiFi (12/01 -- flipz and tvrvic)
- GPS (12/2 -- thanks toastcfh)
- Recognized as Sprint network instead of "no service" and signal meter works (12/02 -- flipz)
- Incoming and outgoing texts (12/02 -- flipz)

What doesn't work (in the currently available download) :
- Data
- Texting
- Accelerometer
- Everything else (seriously... everything. You can play with 2.1 but it will not be a fully functional phone)

========================================================

So just don't get PISSED OFF when you root your phone, load the ROM and then try to figure out why stuff won't work.

Happy Trails!

I thought ^ was posted right under the download link for the 2.1 DEV Rom. How did all those people miss the message????

 

[Herodroid]

Just for those unaware... You DO know this is a NON functional ROM... Loads of stuff is missing.

========================================================

From XDA:

What works:
- It boots up
- Bluetooth
- Make and receive phone calls (even though it says no service it apparently works)

What works in our test builds (meaning they aren't publicly released and won't work using the download here) :
- WiFi (12/01 -- flipz and tvrvic)
- GPS (12/2 -- thanks toastcfh)
- Recognized as Sprint network instead of "no service" and signal meter works (12/02 -- flipz)
- Incoming and outgoing texts (12/02 -- flipz)

What doesn't work (in the currently available download) :
- Data
- Texting
- Accelerometer
- Everything else (seriously... everything. You can play with 2.1 but it will not be a fully functional phone)

========================================================

So just don't get PISSED OFF when you root your phone, load the ROM and then try to figure out why stuff won't work.

Happy Trails!

Nobody is pissed off in this thread.

I read the entire XDA thread before doing anything and I knew most stuff wouldn't work correctly when I installed it, but still wanted to try it to see what the new features were like. Switching ROMs only takes a couple minutes, so it wasn't a big deal that things I wanted to try didn't work right. I'm sure I'll try it again later in the week when I have more time to use it.

 

[ElAguila]

Actually they have updated this:

From XDA:
What works:
- Bluetooth
- Make and receive phone calls
- Texts
- Data (thanks quietcblongs)
- Market (protected apps not showing)
- Identifies properly as Sprint network
- Signal meter
- GPS


What works in our test builds (meaning they aren't publicly released and won't work using the download here) :
- Nothing

What doesn't work (in the currently available download) :
- Accelerometer
- Camera
- Visual voicemail

 

[NCKK]

Well. I hope they keep up the good work! It would be nice to get this sooner than Sprint. lol.

But I still can't believe that they can't tell that this has been done to our phones. I think they have a list somewhere made up with all the phones that have been rooted or something... (IT'S a CONSPIRACY!!!) lol

 

[OxRod]

What is that Toggle Bar Under your Clock Widget.....Me Wants!!! Is it a android 2.0 only widget?

 

[NCKK]

You have switches that do the same thing... In sense UI...

Menu> Add to home> HTC Widget> Settings> "Airplane mode, Bluetooth, GPS, Mobile Network, Wi-Fi"

 

[702DROID]

What is that Toggle Bar Under your Clock Widget.....Me Wants!!! Is it a android 2.0 only widget?

yes 1.6 or higher so far (dev are looking into implementing it in a new rom)

You have switches that do the same thing... In sense UI...

Menu> Add to home> HTC Widget> Settings> "Airplane mode, Bluetooth, GPS, Mobile Network, Wi-Fi"

not as nice looking though

 

[NCKK]

Agree'd..

If you want one like that, that bad...Some themes in open home have them...

 

[blindfaith76]

When 2.1 does come out, will there be a way to upgrade without doing a wipe and losing all of your settings? I currently have fresh 1.1, what I'm asking is if all 2.1 updates will require a wipe, or will there be ways around wiping.

 

[nick325i]

We don't know for sure but if Sprint/HTC doesn't release the update that way, one of our beloved ROM dev's i'm sure can package it that way once we get our hands on the RUU.

 

[bbv203]

I thought i read somewhere that if you have only rooted and not installed a custom rom, that you would be able to recieve firmware updates? As in root to remove stock apps and add the recovery...