Guest hp1 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Posted October 6, 2009 (edited) Why would you want to keep the orange ROM? Vanilla has got to be better surely? My hero picked up my APN stuff from the sim card (I'm guessing) and hasn't lost it when I've updated the modaco roms, I'd recommend installing that over tainted firmware any day :) Because its not broken. As far as I can tell other than the splash screen at boot up there is not any other Orange branding. It does everything I want it to do at the moment, and once i've tried clarkes steps above i'll have root and intend to install the wifi/bluetooth tether app. I could turn the question around and ask what advantages does using the MCR bring over the updated Orange ROM? Edited October 6, 2009 by hp1
Guest hp1 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Posted October 6, 2009 To root and keep Orange Rom 1. Download the sdk 2. download and unzip superuser.zip I sent you link in private message copy and paste su and superuser.apk files to sdk/tools folder 3. then open my computer copy sdk folder into the root of c: (rename to sdk if not already done) then open cmd prompt and type cd/ (the / needs to face the other way this line only can't do it on my phone lol) cd sdk/tools/ adb shell reboot recovery adb shell mount /system adb push su /system/bin/ adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/ adb shell reboot This will root your phone and you can keep Orange Rom. Worked perfect. Thanks :)
Guest trstn Posted October 6, 2009 Report Posted October 6, 2009 (edited) I could turn the question around and ask what advantages does using the MCR bring over the updated Orange ROM? From what I gather Paul's tweaked many more settings and bits and bobs. I bought mine sim free so firmware was vanilla anyway, but the modaco rom made such an obvious difference it's untrue. Device was sped up incredibly, along with (all I can think off at the mo) being able to install maps from the market (helps keep it more up to date), change animations, remove apps I don't need, tweak some extra system settings, do a proper backup and other stuff (i'm hoping) people will mention below. Edited October 6, 2009 by trstn
Guest clarkEEE1 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Posted October 6, 2009 Worked perfect. Thanks :) I see you've sorted it lol straight forward stuff if you take your time, also best way to root as your learning abit about adb.
Guest clarkEEE1 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Posted October 6, 2009 From what I gather Paul's tweaked many more settings and bits and bobs. I bought mine sim free so firmware was vanilla anyway, but the modaco rom made such an obvious difference it's untrue. Device was sped up incredibly, along with (all I can think off at the mo) being able to install maps from the market (helps keep it more up to date), change animations, remove apps I don't need, tweak some extra system settings, do a proper backup and other stuff (i'm hoping) people will mention below. Apps2sd is also good to have with modaco Rom.
Guest Carl_Brummy Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Hi, I am new to this, and you may call be daft, but I have downloaded the img file from Rapidshare, copied to my SD card, rebooted (I have cynaogen 1.4 Recovery) and then used the command shell instructions. When I issue the adb shell reboot bootloader the phone correctly reboots to the FASTBOOT USB When I then try to issue the fastboot boot Recovery-RA-HERO-v1.2.2.img the message appears: downloading 'boot.img' ... FAILED (remote: not allow). What am I doing wrong? Using HTC hero with Modaco Rom 2.3 installed, and Cyanogen 1.4 Recovery. I only want to partition my SD Card ... :-( *UPDATE* I have partitioned my SD Card manually using ADB SHELL and parted, but like the idea of having the additional features in recovery. Thanks. Edited October 9, 2009 by Carl_Brummy
Guest hufuntw Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Question When I want to partition my SD directly from the menu, some words on screen It says. Press the GREEN key to confirm. But, I use HTC Hero. Where is the Green Key? I have pushed each button. It always return to menu. Edited October 9, 2009 by hufuntw
Guest clarkEEE1 Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 Question When I want to partition my SD directly from the menu, some words on screen It says. Press the GREEN key to confirm. But, I use HTC Hero. Where is the Green Key? I have pushed each button. It always return to menu. The green key is the call button red key is the end button
Guest uk786 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Posted October 12, 2009 The green key is the call button red key is the end button
Guest uk786 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) this recovery image is awesome save a lot of time by parting directly on phone and very simple Edited October 12, 2009 by uk786
Guest Jussinator Posted October 12, 2009 Report Posted October 12, 2009 Â Is this meant to be used with these file here ? And then you just replace the .img?
Guest uk786 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Posted October 12, 2009 Is this meant to be used with these file here ? And then you just replace the .img? That's what I'm thinking.. if not could someone please change it to a zip like how paul did
Guest matkoh Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 Hello. I am trying to get the partition in order, and it all works fine until: adb shell -> it gives the answer: error: device not found. But when I try it before recovery boot, it works just fine, I can run the usual Linuxcommands. What have I done wrong ?? I downloaded & installed the latest usb-drivers. TIA
Guest clarkEEE1 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 Hello. I am trying to get the partition in order, and it all works fine until: adb shell -> it gives the answer: error: device not found. But when I try it before recovery boot, it works just fine, I can run the usual Linuxcommands. What have I done wrong ?? I downloaded & installed the latest usb-drivers. TIA Are you sure you got the sdk and the right cmd path to the tools folder, also did you update to the new network roms recently.
Guest targetal Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) hello, this recovery image seems even better than the one provided by modaco/cyanogen(?) anyway, I got a fresh microSD 8GB class 6, took the option to partition it to ext2/swap/fat32, took the option to switch ext2 to ext3 and then took the option to move apps+cache to sdcard now I can't obviously launch my installed apps :) so what should I do know ? cheers! PS: OK! I got it to work! I think I'll post a total-noobie-guide in the separate topic. Edited October 16, 2009 by targetal
Guest kookix Posted October 19, 2009 Report Posted October 19, 2009 (edited) How to install that one after the permanently installation of the Cyanogen recovery ? via flashrec it's not possible... =/ Edited October 19, 2009 by kookix
Guest clarkEEE1 Posted October 19, 2009 Report Posted October 19, 2009 (edited) How to install that one after the permanently installation of the Cyanogen recovery ? via flashrec it's not possible... =/y Download the recovery image, copy to your sdcard not in any folders and put it in sdk tools folder, then follow instructions onfirst page everything you need to no is in these 3 pages Edited October 19, 2009 by clarkEEE1
Guest Phily Posted November 20, 2009 Report Posted November 20, 2009 [Recovery] [16-Nov-2009] RA-hero-v1.3.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561124 Should people (like me) stumble upon this thread and want to flash the latest and greatest recovery image
Guest Marcony0 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 This is a custom recovery specifically build for devices without keyboard. Featuresrootfull ADB access in recovery modePartition your SD directly from the menu! (500MB Ext2, 32MB Swap, remaining Fat32)Repair ext filesystem, convert ext2 to ext3, fix package mismatches, move apps2SD directly from the menu!Flash ANY .zip from your SD - by krut0n51dusty's sdparted v0.5.1 utilLoads of scrips and binaries from Cyanogen's v1.4 dream recoveryNandroid v2.2 backup and restoreBusyboxGreen colored menu with a nice HTC logo :DSee detailed changelog for more details!See attached screenshots :) Download Latest : RA-HERO-v1.2.2 - MD5Sum: 05cf03c4d9f273072f2df868da593a36 How to use/install Try it out WITHOUT making changes to your device (NO flashing): fastboot boot Recovery-RA-HERO-v1.2.2.img Flash it permanently : adb shell reboot bootloader (wait for device to reboot into bootloader) fastboot boot Recovery-RA-HERO-v1.2.2.img adb shell mount /sdcard adb push Recovery-RA-HERO-v1.2.2.img /sdcard/Recovery-RA-HERO-v1.2.2.img adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/Recovery-RA-HERO-v1.2.2.img Changelog : recovery_RA_Changelog.txt Special thanks to : packetlss for showing me the secret to make it boot :D enlightener for helping me out with the packaging and hero trackball scan-codes :D 51dusty for his super sdparted script! Thanks! ^^ Cyanogen for his dedicated work! , buy him a beer! JesusFreke for his awesome JFv1.43's recovery , donate I love it :D nice set of options :D
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