Guest cortiis Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hi all, Might seem stupid bit but better to be cautious. 1) I have flashed the recovery image and got to the black background with green letters. There was an option Backup/Restore. Inside it were many options but main were Nand backup and nand + ext backup. I tried googling but could not gather the difference. Any help? 2) Do I have root now? Or as I guess I need to install a custom ROM first. What is the difference between my current status and the one after installing a custom ROM. 3) I have taken an Nand backup. Does this mean that if I screw everything up, all I need to do is go to the recovery screen and select backup/restore. Or am I missing something here. Thanks a lot guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cortiis Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 One more issue guys. All said and done. After flashing my recovery image i downloaded a terminal emulator and typed su and pressed enter. Error message: permission denied. Seems like i don't have root. 1) Is it right? I mean is this what is supposed to happen? 2) Can i proceed to the next step, that of loading a custom ROM? 3) Or I am doing something wrong. Please help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest qvert Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hi all, Might seem stupid bit but better to be cautious. 1) I have flashed the recovery image and got to the black background with green letters. There was an option Backup/Restore. Inside it were many options but main were Nand backup and nand + ext backup. I tried googling but could not gather the difference. Any help? 2) Do I have root now? Or as I guess I need to install a custom ROM first. What is the difference between my current status and the one after installing a custom ROM. 3) I have taken an Nand backup. Does this mean that if I screw everything up, all I need to do is go to the recovery screen and select backup/restore. Or am I missing something here. Thanks a lot guys. 1. nandbackup saves everything which is currently on your phonememory nand + ext backup saves the same + the ext partition on an sd card if you created one 2. afaik you'll have root when it's enabled inside of the rom not on the recovery but i think you'll have root inside the recovery i think... but maybe wrong 3. yes you could to so, but i had some problems with that, what i do is - wipe the hero - restore the backup i think the wipe is important but don't know :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cortiis Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks Qvert for the answers. One question still remain. Do I have root at this point and can I proceed further and load the custom ROM. As I mentaioned above I typed su on a terminal emulator and got the permission denied error. Any help here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cortiis Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Any updates friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deeone Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hi cortiis, just follow this top-notch guide: http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero...e-how-to-guide/ The answers to your questions are all in there, from a "virgin" phone to a rooted one, step by step...have fun! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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