Root can't install the custom ROM :(

[kenboo]

i can't install the downloaded rom. I keeps saying "verification failed" when i pick "update.zip" and it goes to a screen with a red triangle and a exclamation mark. I have an HTC Hero GSM 2.1 on Telus.
i used this ROM:UPDATED! [ROM] [2.2.1 Froyo] [23/1/2011] TastyFroyo 1.2 - xda-developers
Is there something wrong with the ROM? If so is there any ROM that you guys suggest?

 

[Slug]

You need to root the handset and install a custom recovery such as Amon_RA or ClockworkMod before you can flash a custom ROM. See this thread for an excellent guide to rooting Telus devices.

 

[kenboo]

I already did root the phone and i do have clockworks....

 

[Slug]

i do have clockworks....

The recovery flash wasn't successful then, as what you're seeing is the stock recovery. It happens.... try reflashing CWM.

 

[kenboo]

You are a GOD!!!!
THANKYOU!!!!!!

 

[kenboo]

Crap. It worked....but Now it's just stuck on the frozen yogurt animation.....
Does it hate me?

 

[Xyro]

Did you do a full wipe of the phone? If you don't it won't boot.

Either way, you should reboot into recovery and do a full wipe (I'm not exactly sure how clockwork is laid out so I can't be more specific) and then reflash.

 

[Slug]

you should reboot into recovery and do a full wipe (I'm not exactly sure how clockwork is laid out so I can't be more specific) and then reflash.

I use CWM on my DZ so I can help with that.... "wipe data/factory reset" is on the main menu, iirc third item down. Use that, then immediately reflash the ROM.

 

[daveybaby]

Crap. It worked....but Now it's just stuck on the frozen yogurt animation.....

Stuck for how long?
I find that the first boot after installing a new rom can take quite a while (5-10 minutes and up) because it's rebuilding the dalvik cache etc, which of course you wiped before you installed the new rom. (This is only if you have a lot of apps installed and you havent done a complete wipe).