I have an HTC Hero, and when I first got it, I downloaded and installed Beezy's "One Click Rooter" HeroRoot010. Followed his instructions and it worked just as described - no issues.
I started having problems with the phone recently that I was unable to correct on my own and after having done a factory reset which didn't solve the problem, I took the phone to the Sprint store as a last resort.
They decided that the phone needed to be setup with a new image. I left it with them for an hour and when I got the phone back it seemed fine. I re-loaded the apps that I had backed up and then decided to again use "One Click Rooter" solution again to re-root the phone.
I booted into Recovery and selected "flashzip from sdcard" and then "rootme".
It ran though several steps and gave me a message saying that it was complete.
However, when I re-booted the phone, I don't have superuser authority, the Superuser icon isn't listed among my apps, and I verified that I do not have root access.
So, from my perspective, I'm doing the exact thing I did the first time I rooted the phone, only now it doesn't work.
Not getting any responses on this, so I thought I'd provide an update in the hopes of maybe shaking something loose.
Update: I've abandoned the "One Click Rooter" method and have been reading/researching everything I can find on getting this thing rooted. So far I've tried:
- SuperOneClick
- Androot
- FlashRec
- HeroRoot
None of them have worked. HeroRoot (file name is Hero010.apk if I remember correctly) looked like it executed from Recovery just fine with no errors, but I don't have root access or Superuser.
SOLUTION:
I worked in the software industry for 30 years and when something "worked before but doesn't work now", there is one question I always try to ask - "what changed from before". After beating my head against the wall on this for 2 days, I had a hunch. The difference was that I had installed Avast Antivirus, along with several other apps. Decided to do a factory reset, and try flashing Beezy's "One Click Root" again - bingo, root access!
So, if you tried more than one method of rooting your phone with no success - uninstall ALL antivirus software.
Thanks All!
RadioActive1
I started having problems with the phone recently that I was unable to correct on my own and after having done a factory reset which didn't solve the problem, I took the phone to the Sprint store as a last resort.
They decided that the phone needed to be setup with a new image. I left it with them for an hour and when I got the phone back it seemed fine. I re-loaded the apps that I had backed up and then decided to again use "One Click Rooter" solution again to re-root the phone.
I booted into Recovery and selected "flashzip from sdcard" and then "rootme".
It ran though several steps and gave me a message saying that it was complete.
However, when I re-booted the phone, I don't have superuser authority, the Superuser icon isn't listed among my apps, and I verified that I do not have root access.
So, from my perspective, I'm doing the exact thing I did the first time I rooted the phone, only now it doesn't work.
Not getting any responses on this, so I thought I'd provide an update in the hopes of maybe shaking something loose.
Update: I've abandoned the "One Click Rooter" method and have been reading/researching everything I can find on getting this thing rooted. So far I've tried:
- SuperOneClick
- Androot
- FlashRec
- HeroRoot
None of them have worked. HeroRoot (file name is Hero010.apk if I remember correctly) looked like it executed from Recovery just fine with no errors, but I don't have root access or Superuser.
SOLUTION:
I worked in the software industry for 30 years and when something "worked before but doesn't work now", there is one question I always try to ask - "what changed from before". After beating my head against the wall on this for 2 days, I had a hunch. The difference was that I had installed Avast Antivirus, along with several other apps. Decided to do a factory reset, and try flashing Beezy's "One Click Root" again - bingo, root access!
So, if you tried more than one method of rooting your phone with no success - uninstall ALL antivirus software.
Thanks All!
RadioActive1
