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Maipuwebo said:
I'm assuming your problem was never solved? I'm not sure where the resistance is coming from wrt using a Mac. There have to be more people who don't use Windows in any fashion. It seems pretty unreasonable to me to that we get images that you can flash using the phone or the sdk for everything but the stock rom.
That's the only reason I haven't restored my phone and unrooted it. I also researched everything and didn't see any information about what version of the android base was being used in all the rom's so I assumed it would be greater than 1.5. That is what makes sense logically. The only thing I really saw from these rom's was that I was given the ability to uninstall the Sprint apps. Not sure why a rom built on 1.6+ without senseui hasn't emerged but once I figure out how to restore my phone from my MAC using the sdk, I'll just wait until Sprint releases the update themselves since it will probably be that long until a rom that is complete arrives here.

Thanks guys and gals for all your work. If I still had the free time, I would help where I could.
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No, it hasn't been solved yet. I did get the tethering working... sort of. It at least launches now. Now, If i could only get it to shut down.

Ya, i hear what you are saying about the stock Rom.... I haven't been able to find one to flash back to my phone. The Radio Unit Upgrade executeable has to be built on ... something, right? But so far, I haven't found it. I tried restoring the nandroid backup to go back to stock (AS WAS ADVISED HERE) but that didn't get anywhere, just wiped my phone again. Again, i assumed it would work.

I assume that all the CDMA Hero Roms are 1.5 since 1.6+ hasn't been released from Sprint. I think there is some 2.x ones in beta but they have issues from what I read. All I can find on individual ROMS is that people either like them or hate them. I checked the developer page for the Fresh ROM, nothing on it about what to do with the issues I have. Oh well, I'll figure it out.
 
there are developer ROM's that are 1.6+. I haven't messed with them much.

Try posting a thread on XDA about your issues with Mac, and I would bet someone a little more knowledgeable than us will be able to help you quite quickly
 
rlundeen said:
No, it hasn't been solved yet. I did get the tethering working... sort of. It at least launches now. Now, If i could only get it to shut down.

Ya, i hear what you are saying about the stock Rom.... I haven't been able to find one to flash back to my phone. The Radio Unit Upgrade executeable has to be built on ... something, right? But so far, I haven't found it. I tried restoring the nandroid backup to go back to stock (AS WAS ADVISED HERE) but that didn't get anywhere, just wiped my phone again. Again, i assumed it would work.

I assume that all the CDMA Hero Roms are 1.5 since 1.6+ hasn't been released from Sprint. I think there is some 2.x ones in beta but they have issues from what I read. All I can find on individual ROMS is that people either like them or hate them. I checked the developer page for the Fresh ROM, nothing on it about what to do with the issues I have. Oh well, I'll figure it out.
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rlundeen, sorry to hear about your findings, but I wanted you to know that I am a heavy mac user and did nothing with windows and am currently running GBhils 1.6 with donut 0.1 and .31 kernel, but this was probably my 4th ROM. I selected this one even though there are issues ie bluetooth and speaker phone, but these are some of the trade off that come with running a rooted phone and ROMs. Believe me, I was just as frustrated with you when I first started this process, which was about a week ago, but after reading the rights threads and gaining feedback from the developers and not just random people, I got my stuff all in line and I am not looking back. I would be more than willing to send you some links to threads or give you tips on what worked for me and what did not, just pm me. Good luck!:D
 
For all of this talk about non-windows OS's having trouble rooting, wouldn't one think a lot of this stuff would be for Linux? The Kernel is linux, and all that. I mean...? I happen to dual-boot with a lot of Windows and Linux distros so just wondering here.
 
deman89 said:
For all of this talk about non-windows OS's having trouble rooting, wouldn't one think a lot of this stuff would be for Linux? The Kernel is linux, and all that. I mean...? I happen to dual-boot with a lot of Windows and Linux distros so just wondering here.
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My issue isn't the inability to root, it was the inability to unroot after determining that there was no rom that fulfilled my needs. Your question just proves my point about why it is so odd that we can't do everything using a non windows platform. I ended up firing up vmware, ran the million security updates on windows and ran the ruu to get my phone back to stock.
 
Oh, god I would hate having to do this from a Vmware or VirtualBox, those things can be superslow sometimes.
 
Not really, VM is quite fast if you have the correct hardware. The reason you can't do everything from a non-windows box is pretty obvious. The people who make these applications are going to make them for the platform that they'll get the most use. Simple enough.
 
VirtualBox runs very well also...if you have the correct hardware. By that I mean a processor that supports virtualization and enough RAM to dedicate to the VM guest.
 
Yes, you see my comp for all of this is not my main comp, so I don't screw anything up for work, and has 2gbs of ram and only a half-decent processor, I'm sure it'd fly on my core 2 quad, but...
 
i have been trying to root my hero with the auto root but I'm having problems. The error when I hit the ? mark to do a diagnostic, the error says it doesn't recognize the phone and asks if i have fresh rom. How do i put fresh rom on if the phone isn't rooted yet? I am so confused. Do I need to put the 1.1 rom somewhere after I download it? Then what do i do
 
In trying to install fresh 1.1 I got the following messages:

Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:No signature (1file)
E:Verification failed

I am new to rooting and this is the first ROM I've tried to install, I have no clue what I did wrong.
 
FWIW, I'm on a mac and rooted/rom'd my hero this afternoon with no issues.
I flashed to Fresh 1.1 with the Gumbo kernel.
I do have one question however, it looks like there might be some kind of memory bleed from something. I keep seeing the avail memory get smaller and smaller.
The only app I've installed since rooting is setCPU.
Will this stop at any point, or just keep eating memory? Has anyone else seen this?
 
agreenmartian said:
FWIW, I'm on a mac and rooted/rom'd my hero this afternoon with no issues.
I flashed to Fresh 1.1 with the Gumbo kernel.
I do have one question however, it looks like there might be some kind of memory bleed from something. I keep seeing the avail memory get smaller and smaller.
The only app I've installed since rooting is setCPU.
Will this stop at any point, or just keep eating memory? Has anyone else seen this?
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I noticed that too in the first couple days after I rooted. I rebooted and my memory went right back up, I haven't noticed any reduced memory since.
 
i love fresh 1.1 in combination with the gumbo kernal. BUT has anyone tried the 1.5 gumbo rom with the gumbo kernal allready in it? im not by anymeans complaining about the performance with fresh and gumbo combined but wondering maybe if having the gumbo rom might make it just that much more faster???
 
aauussttiinn88 said:
i love fresh 1.1 in combination with the gumbo kernal. BUT has anyone tried the 1.5 gumbo rom with the gumbo kernal allready in it? im not by anymeans complaining about the performance with fresh and gumbo combined but wondering maybe if having the gumbo rom might make it just that much more faster???
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I have heard nothing but great things regarding Gumbo's 1.5c build. Flashed with the updated kernal, it does well with battery life and performance. I tried it out, but was a little to basic for me, went with the hero 0.1 dounut that gbhill put together off of ASOP's 1.6. Downside is no speaker phone, (installed car mode for fix) and no MMS, my sms works well.
 
Just uploaded the MoDaCo 2.2 rom, with the MoDaCo kernal. Loving it, boots up very quick compared to Fresh 1.1.

However, all these roms I am playing with are all temp, until a custom 2.1 comes out, after the official 2.1 release :)

Hey Tank, can I upload the nexus one boot screen using pre-kitchen with the modaco rom? Or they don't work together?
 
I am using fresh 2.1 rom and with his new kernel it is the closest thing to what 2.1 will be. I am even using the new pinch to zoom on the homescreen. Not really worth all the hype about 2.1 coming though. This does make some small tweaks and changes but nothing dramatic except for pinch to zoom in sense.
 
showbo said:
Just uploaded the MoDaCo 2.2 rom, with the MoDaCo kernal. Loving it, boots up very quick compared to Fresh 1.1.

However, all these roms I am playing with are all temp, until a custom 2.1 comes out, after the official 2.1 release :)

Hey Tank, can I upload the nexus one boot screen using pre-kitchen with the modaco rom? Or they don't work together?
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Make a backup, and then try it, see if it works
 
thats what i thought too tatonka but he says that this rom has the pinch to zoom homescreens. flipz 2.1 (in the first place i thought wasnt even a real 2.1 rom) but as of now barring the update doesent have multi touch capabilities, and darchs doesent have 2.1 sense just 2.1 home i dunno im confused
 
OK, I've read enough here and elsewhere to convince me to root. Decided on Fresh 1.1 and to go the manual route.
wish me luck!!
 
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