Root What will happen when GSM Hero 2.1 releases with regards to rooted phones?

[mgillespie]

Will people smarter than me be able to create an exact replica of the HTC rom that suitable for flashing onto phones that boot the recovery image, so it retains the recovery image? (and thus keeping open the possibility of moving a any future homebrew 2.2 images etc).

Will people smarter than me be able to extract the radio firmware for updating?

Whilst i'm reasonably happy with the current hacked firmwares, they are all quite buggy in places, and would love to pickup something that is IDENTICAL to stock, aside from giving me root and the ability to change again in the future...

 

[Xyro]

Yes and yes (assuming it's a different radio)

The root/flashing friendly version of 2.1 will appear the same day as it's released for real. If it's not leaked beforehand that is.

 

[islandmixed]

Good question....i have to agree cause although ive not had any huge issues with sence 2.2 i would still rather have the official 2.1 update etc...but apart from that having the phone rooted after this, i dont see why i would wanna keep my phone rooted...?? is their a need as i also find alot of the custom roms to be buggy. hmmm thats a hard one for me

 

[mgillespie]

Because I suspect HTC will stop supporting Hero at 2.1

However there will be unofficial 2.2 builds using a mix of Android 2.2 and Sense 2.1 and I don't want to lock myself out of getting them at a later date because I installed a unrootable 2.1 official update!

 

[nomnompie]

Same here... with all this talk of android 2.2 there's no way I am un-rooting my phone.

Too many awesome devs doing too many awesome things every day.

Kind of like building your own racecar, if it aint the stock motor/tranny/etc it's going to have to be tuned up, but it is going to be faster, better, and more awesome than your friends..

 

[Xyro]

i dont see why i would wanna keep my phone rooted...?? is their a need as i also find alot of the custom roms to be buggy. hmmm thats a hard one for me

The reason all the 2.1 ROMs are buggy is because devs need stuff from the official release (the kernel: hardware drivers) to get things working properly. So not only will be see an improvement in custom ROMs with the actual 2.1 release, but devs can start to improve upon the official ROM.

Modaco 3.2, for instance, is based on the official 1.5 ROM but is much better than stock.

Like I said, there will be versions of the official ROM suitable for flashing out straight away. There really is no need to lose your ability to root.

 

[mgillespie]

Anyone know why there isn't an official UNMODIFIED repack of the latest HTC 1.5 offficial ROM?

Means that people that don't want to unroot, but want to put their phones performance back to original have a lifeline...

 

[Xyro]

Anyone know why there isn't an official UNMODIFIED repack of the latest HTC 1.5 offficial ROM?

Means that people that don't want to unroot, but want to put their phones performance back to original have a lifeline...

Like these? 22/Jan - Stock ROMs + radios in update.zip format for GSM Hero - Android @ MoDaCo

 

[mgillespie]

Like these? 22/Jan - Stock ROMs + radios in update.zip format for GSM Hero - Android @ MoDaCo

Thanks, I never saw these before...

This is a great alternative for someone that wants to return to stock, but leave the door open in the future, as you can keep the recovery image on there, and move to anything they want.

 

[Jaffa]

What ever you do, If your rooted, dont put an official 2.1 RUU directly on your phone, you will lose root access, and it may take a while efore you get it back.

Wait for Modaco's

 

[Xyro]

Yeah apparently some people have found out too late that nobody knows how to root the sprint 2.1 release. Unlucky.