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Root 11/Jan 3.1 - MoDaCo Custom ROM for GSM Hero

What buttons get you into recovery?
I forgot :eek:

POWER ON while holding down HOME.

Oh, and yes you should be okay without a wipe. No themes - this is still the 2.73.405.xx base, albeit heavily optimised and with Teknologist's recompiled and tweaked kernel.

I've had no issues whatsoever with either of the betas or the RCs.
 
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I took the plunge and rooted my phone (finally)... took about 3 hours!

I tried the flashrec version with about 5 different versions of flashrec till I found out T-Mobile G2's don't work with it! Then I tried the downgrade / goldcard method, but getting adb to work took about an hour... then HTC Sync wouldn't work cause I was on Windows 7 :mad:

Anyway, it's working now, it's lightning quick, I've learnt quite alot, already got A2SD on an ext4 partition, and I must admit it is pretty snappy compared to stock.
 
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POWER ON while holding down HOME.

Oh, and yes you should be okay without a wipe. No themes - this is still the 2.73.405.xx base, albeit heavily optimised and with Teknologist's recompiled and tweaked kernel.

I've had no issues whatsoever with either of the betas or the RCs.
Yes but isn't 3.0 on that base and can be themed to an extent?

EDIT: Is the WaveSecure update.zip any different from the Market one?
 
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I took the plunge and rooted my phone (finally)... took about 3 hours!

I tried the flashrec version with about 5 different versions of flashrec till I found out T-Mobile G2's don't work with it! Then I tried the downgrade / goldcard method, but getting adb to work took about an hour... then HTC Sync wouldn't work cause I was on Windows 7 :mad:

Anyway, it's working now, it's lightning quick, I've learnt quite alot, already got A2SD on an ext4 partition, and I must admit it is pretty snappy compared to stock.

I flashed my G2 for the first time last week and I feel your pain :p Goldcard was my only option too. But don't worry, next time you update it's as simple as putting the ROM on the SD and flashing. 10 minutes max :)

Did you update your radio too? I noticed quite an improvement over the version the G2 came with originally.
 
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Mat, assuming you're on the latest ROM from T-Mobile like we were, this is what you need to do;

First, you have to downgrade your phone to an older ROM.
How To: Downgrade Your HTC Hero So It Can Be Rooted | The Unlockr

Then you can follow the instructions from the sticky at the top of the forum
http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/19660-guide-installing-modaco-custom-rom.html

Cheers for that mate will watch the video now, would you say its worth doing it or is it just best for me to stick with 1.5 and wait for 2.1 to come out through T-Mobile (however long that will be =.=).
 
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Well it depends how happy you are with the phone at the moment really. I upgraded is because it meant I could install apps on the SD card (I'd almost filled my phone memory). Plus, it is a little quicker than before, and doesn't seem to slow down as much when you've opened a lot of apps. (Although maybe that bit's just my imagination :p). Like I mentioned before updating the radio seems to have improved my wifi/network signal strength.

The only downside seems to be that google maps crashes if you try to open it. I haven't read about anyone else with that problem so maybe wiping it and flashing again would fix that, but I dont use google maps anyway.

Since 2.1 could still be months away I decided to go for it.
 
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