Thanks to ccapasso for the following:

Option A:
1. Use Kitchen (I didn't but I think it says it can do it)

or

Option B:
1. Mount your SD card, put the 1.6.2 img on your SD card. Unmount your SD Card.
2. Make sure SD Card is unmounted and USB Debugging Is enabled
3. Open a command prompt, and cd to your android-sdk-windows/tools directory
4. Issue the following commands (press enter after each)

adb remount
adb shell
cd /sdcard/
flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img

After those commands, make sure it flashes successfully (It will return to the # sign). When I did mine, I kept getting the out of memory error. To fix this I simply unplugged the phone, and repeated my steps. Do not reboot the phone until the img successfully flashes.

After you get it successfully flashed, you will issue the following command

reboot recovery

That should take your into RA

 

You're welcome! I have received help from so many here it is nice to be able to help as well.

 

Good job JB . Way to lend a hand.

I've been terribly sick the past 2 days and haven't moved from my couch. Glad to see others are helping and sharing the knowledge

 

where can i find the 1.6.2 img? and is it a must to flash fresh 2.1.2?

 

1.6.2 is not required to Flash fresh 2.1.2. There is a link to download it above, or you can get it from the tutorial (as it is there as well).

 

if it's not required, what (if any) are the benefits of having 1.6.2?

 

I've heard bug fixes but am curious to this as well.

Also, it won't change anything with my current ROM, correct?

 

Correct. It will not change anything with the ROM. The RA has no effect on the ROM itself.

As for bug fixes, it fixed some issues with nandriod backups and restores and a few other things I do believe.

 

Thanks for the info...

I'm curious as well to the updated recovery image... Differences and fixes - specifically, if anyone is aware of them. I searched and found no info other than it's (recovery) updated.

Also, is it backward compatible? I.e., to restore and older backup for instance (1.5, not that I would want to, just happy to know I could).

Happy Trails!

 

Yes, it is backward compatible.

Here is a link to the Dev of the RA post:
[Recovery] CDMA Sprint [07-Mar-2010] RA-heroc-v1.6.2 - xda-developers

Release notes are in there

 

ok... now I'm done???

lol, HELP!!! hahaha...

I tried to update the Recovery to 1.6.2 and now I think my recovery console is gone.

I couldn't get it going and I read this...
xda-developers - View Single Post - [Recovery ROM] [07-Mar-2010] RA-hero-v1.6.2

Of course because it wasn't working I tried this and now...

When I try to boot into recovery I get the HTC screen and a little red box in the top left hand corner that says FASTBOOT USB. Phone doesn't respond.
I continually get that file does not exist when trying to flash, but it's there on the root of sdcard.

So I disconnect the USB and pull the battery. IF I try to boot into recovery it just stays on the HTC screen (I'm assuming it's looking for recovery and it's gone - so stuck). If I just press power button the phones starts normally (phew!!! a relief!) So I can access the phone and debugging/su through the command prompt.



So... now, how do I replace or restore the recovery? Ideas???
I feel so defeated and noobish. thanks for any help in advance.

So embarrassing...

 

get fresh kitchen. click root.. on root page check box for flash RA only.. then click root.. it'll put the 1.6.2 RA on for you

 

Agreed. If this doesn't work you can always do it manually:

1. Mount your SD Card. Place recovery image on SD Card.
2. Unmount SD Card.
3. Open a command prompt and cd to your android-sdk-windows/tools directory
4. Issue the following commands: (press enter after each)

adb remount
adb shell
cd /sdcard/
flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img

After this goes through successfully, you will get the # sign returned (same as you did when rooting and flashing the old RA manually).

Only enter the next command after the # sign shows up. If it doesn't or you get an error, do NOT enter this command:

reboot recovery

 

Cool, thanks... I've tried every angle I could read online and nothing worked. So Fresh Kitchen is menu driven then, lol, I enjoy command line, but will make an exception, lmao... I'm freaking cause I don't wanna mess anything else up and lose access to Nandroid Restore, lol.

Turns out that when looking closer at that page and it's thread, it was NOT for CDMA Hero, I'm usually pretty good making sure, but wow, what a hiccup!
As always, the computers only do what YOU tell them too, all mistakes are mostly HUMAN error, lol.

Using the cmd to wipe a folder is not to smart
"cat /dev/zero > /dev/mtd/mtd1"

I did read somewhere though that there are copies of those core folders on the phone??? Is that true? Just curious, cause I'm wondering why then it didn't replace what was missing when I rebooted... but maybe I read something wrong. Anyway, also not a good idea to try things at 1:00 a.m., lol.

Thanks Again!
Your help is appreciated.

 

ok... here's what I get???


C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb remount
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
remount failed: Operation not permitted

*** What does remount failed mean??? ***
*** so I continue...

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
$ cd /sdcard/
cd /sdcard/
$ flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
flash_image: permission denied

*** so I load SU permisson *** Still???

$ su
su
# flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
flash_image: not found
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
flash_image: not found
# exit
exit
$ exit
exit

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>


So I back out, it tells me the files aren't there and they are, both in tools directory and the sdcard ROOT. What am I missing or doing wrong?

Thanks


oh... and this is what I have loaded onto my phone... if it helps.
[ROM] Newest Sprint leak - RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.27.651.5_R_signed_release - xda-developers

 

Make sure your USB deubbing is on and try again.

 

ok, tried this too and it says:

The Kitchen has detected that you don't appear to be running a stock Sprint rom. This root method only works on the Sprint Hero. Would you like to continue.

??? lol, I'm just trying to go cautiously here and not screw it up and have to put all my info back into phone. So is it not recognizing the 2.1 update I loaded to the phone? What's your best guess?

Thanks all... I REALLY appreciate it and hate troubling you.

 

Yes, it's on and I can get to shell and root access too - right?
Crazy... driving me crazy, lol

(above post from cmd prompt window)

 

Seems to me from what I've read, and it wasn't a lot yet, that people were having SU and adb issues with that ROM. I would suggest a different ROM

 

Have to get back to work..just remembered though you can't get into recovery. If you can't get into recovery, you can't flash a ROM. Hmm...I'll do some thinking, but at the office currently.

 

ok, So sorry to hijack this thread too... but ...

So Kitchen failed, flashrec too.

I'm real interested to know... can I just unpack to recovery image file and push the files where they belong on the phone? hahaha, and if so... what commands or permissions to enable writing the files and the directories they belong.

IF all else fails, can I re-run the entire ROOT process and just write over everything, but losing what I have and start from scratch again (contacts, apps, data?)

Wow... what a drag, but, thanks again for any help, in advance!

 

Ok peeps... come now, anyone, any ideas???

I've been all over the place with this... even checking and changing directory permissions and trying to push recovery.img from the nandroid backup to the phone, all no good. Wow...

so anyway, if I re-run the entire ROOT process will I be able to start over?
I have access to shell and root now.

Thanks