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[Guide] Root/ROM FAQ/Tutorial (for 1.5)

cpthook26 said:
Question..

I know it is highly encouraged, but do you HAVE to store your Nandroid folder on the SD in order get a full recovery?

Also... How can I test my Nandroid to make sure it's good.. I was thinking of ....recoverymode/wipe/nandroid recovery


....regards
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You should absolutely keep at least one nandroid backup on your sd card, JIC. If you have more than one, then you can keep them on yor desktop, or wherever you chose, but always leave one on the card for an emergency...

And I think that to test the backup you have, you would have to run it to verify it is good... Not 100% sure, but it seems like that would be the only way to check it. You don't HAVE to wipe to do a nandroid restore, but you can if you think you need to. You can just boot to recovery, then do a nandroid restore from the backup/restore menu
 
cpthook26 said:
Question..

I know it is highly encouraged, but do you HAVE to store your Nandroid folder on the SD in order get a full recovery?

Also... How can I test my Nandroid to make sure it's good.. I was thinking of ....recoverymode/wipe/nandroid recovery


....regards
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Do you HAVE to store it on your SD card? Technically, after the backup is created you can store it wherever you want. Keep in mind though, you cannot restore it until it is back on your SD card in the correct file/folder structure.

As for testing it, just restore to that backup and be sure it works. That is the only way I know of testing it. When you run the backup, it will tell you it created successfully.
 
Am I correct in thinking that I can partition my SD card so that I could, theoretically, run Fresh 2.1.2 when I want to wirelessly tether or use the vanilla lockscreen, but I could also run one of the higher performance roms (ie. DC) on a regular basis?

Sorry, I'm new to all of this &, while I've been able to follow the directions fairly well when I've found a thread laying everything out, still haven't found anything that talks about being able to do this, I've just seen some mentions of what sounded like this in people's threads & signatures. I'm also looking for something that talks about Kernels/Gumbo Kernels, more in depth.

Sorry, I just really like to have an understanding of what it is I'm doing before actually doing it, just in case I hit a stumbling block & haven't been able to find anything specific to either of these areas.

Thanks for all your help though guys, I'm happy to report that, so far, I've been able to go back from the new OTA to the original RUU, root, & now have installed Fresh.
 
RollBravesRoll said:
Am I correct in thinking that I can partition my SD card so that I could, theoretically, run Fresh 2.1.2 when I want to wirelessly tether or use the vanilla lockscreen, but I could also run one of the higher performance roms (ie. DC) on a regular basis?

Sorry, I'm new to all of this &, while I've been able to follow the directions fairly well when I've found a thread laying everything out, still haven't found anything that talks about being able to do this, I've just seen some mentions of what sounded like this in people's threads & signatures. I'm also looking for something that talks about Kernels/Gumbo Kernels, more in depth.

Sorry, I just really like to have an understanding of what it is I'm doing before actually doing it, just in case I hit a stumbling block & haven't been able to find anything specific to either of these areas.

Thanks for all your help though guys, I'm happy to report that, so far, I've been able to go back from the new OTA to the original RUU, root, & now have installed Fresh.
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That is the beauty of rooting your android. You can technically run whatever you want. For example, you could have two nandroid backups on your phone. One being the ROM you normally use, the other being your experimental ROM. You can then restore your nandroid of your choice and technically have the best of both worlds.
 
Okay... I have a "Newbie" question. If I root my Hero (Sprint CDMA), keep the stock 2.1 but delete all the Sprint Apps, will the performance of the phone increase?
 
WUESTSIDER said:
Okay... I have a "Newbie" question. If I root my Hero (Sprint CDMA), keep the stock 2.1 but delete all the Sprint Apps, will the performance of the phone increase?
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Overall, not a real significant increase. You will free up some space, and that is about it.
 
i'm having some trouble, i followed the instructions on how to root my sprint hero perfectly and I am still not being able to root my phone. when I use [flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img] it doesn't do anything but put me back at # (i know this is what is supposed to happen but it happens right after I hit enter, it doesn't even take a second to do it). So when I reboot to recovery it says at the bottom [Build : RA-heroc-v1.5.2]. If i'm doing something wrong here please help. Thanks
 
Lights said:
i'm having some trouble, i followed the instructions on how to root my sprint hero perfectly and I am still not being able to root my phone. when I use [flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img] it doesn't do anything but put me back at # (i know this is what is supposed to happen but it happens right after I hit enter, it doesn't even take a second to do it). So when I reboot to recovery it says at the bottom [Build : RA-heroc-v1.5.2]. If i'm doing something wrong here please help. Thanks
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also if u download fresh kitchen it will tell u if its rooted or not, and if its not it has an auto rooter on it!
 
Hey all,

Thanks to all for the knowledge that you have provided in this forum. I am ready to manually root my phone and have been gathering all of the files but I am having a problem getting the SetCPU file to download using the link in the tutorial. I first tried it from Firefox, but that wouldn't work. I dusted off IE, but that just hung up. Looking for a little help in obtaining this file.
 
botomgun said:
Hey all,

Thanks to all for the knowledge that you have provided in this forum. I am ready to manually root my phone and have been gathering all of the files but I am having a problem getting the SetCPU file to download using the link in the tutorial. I first tried it from Firefox, but that wouldn't work. I dusted off IE, but that just hung up. Looking for a little help in obtaining this file.
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I think you need to buy it in the market, or join xda developers forum, sometimes you can get apps for free for being a member there....(And not poached apps, the app devs post them for users that are members to download)

Easiest way is to just buy it, though, then you're supporting the dev and his hard work....
 
ok i did not see this but how do i push the 3d gallery apk to my phone? i saw the steps somewhere but it keeps saying in the command prompt that adb is not recognized as an internal or external command. anyone have any ideas?
 
Hero_Guy said:
ok i did not see this but how do i push the 3d gallery apk to my phone? i saw the steps somewhere but it keeps saying in the command prompt that adb is not recognized as an internal or external command. anyone have any ideas?
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Put the apk in the android-sdk-windows/tools directory.
Open a command prompt, and type
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Press enter. Next, type this, hitting enter after each command.
adb remount
adb push (your gallery name).apk /system/app/(your gallery name).apk
Substitute the exact name of the apk of the gallery you downloaded where the parentheses are, with no spaces.
 
330D said:
Put the apk in the android-sdk-windows/tools directory.
Open a command prompt, and type
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Press enter. Next, type this, hitting enter after each command.
adb remount
adb push (your gallery name).apk /system/app/(your gallery name).apk
Substitute the exact name of the apk of the gallery you downloaded where the parentheses are, with no spaces.
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i dont have the android-sdk-windows folder, do i create it?
 
No, you should have it if you downloaded the android sdk, like it says in the first post of this thread.


Step 1: Download the Android SDK from Android SDK | Android Developers The Windows file is called android-sdk_r4-windows.zip. Extract the files to your C: drive so that you now have the folder C:\android-sdk-windows

Step 2: Download the asroot2 exploit file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...2&d=1257621154 Extract asroot2.zip to C:\android-sdk-windows\tools folder.


That is what you need to do.
 
330D said:
No, you should have it if you downloaded the android sdk, like it says in the first post of this thread.


Step 1: Download the Android SDK from Android SDK | Android Developers The Windows file is called android-sdk_r4-windows.zip. Extract the files to your C: drive so that you now have the folder C:\android-sdk-windows

Step 2: Download the asroot2 exploit file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...2&d=1257621154 Extract asroot2.zip to C:\android-sdk-windows\tools folder.


That is what you need to do.
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ok so i did all that i i still keep getting adb is not recognized as an internal or external command.....

what could i be doing wrong? i extracted asroot2 to the file you told me to
 
When you connect your phone to the pc, do you get the option in the not. bar to change the connection to sync?
 
330D said:
When you connect your phone to the pc, do you get the option in the not. bar to change the connection to sync?
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yeah should it be in sync? i have it in disk drive.

if thats the prob. im really retarted lol

im gonna try again right now
 
Sd card mounted to the phone, not the pc. You should have it set to sync.... Do you have htc sync installed?
 
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