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Help "Reset" Hero without un-rooting?

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cephraim

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I am going to be selling my Hero (upgrading to EVO).
The person who is going to buy it would like it rooted still.

Can I delete all my private data, account info, etc., without removing root?

Thanks!
Eph
 
I am pretty sure you could just do a factory reset. That should not affect whether or not your handset remains rooted. ;)

Give it a try and see. Of course, I guess you would not know unless you install Terminal Emulator and typed "SU" into it. :)
 
Just boot into recovery and wipe everything. That will leave it like new, but still rooted with whatever rom you have on it.
 
OR you Could Flash UnRevocked Forever - Then you would be S-off.
You could run the RUU and Wipe EVERYTHING -
 
They will need a Stock rom to activate......I would just un root to stock Run the RUU and send them here for Root help...
 
MahaloCat said:
They will need a Stock rom to activate......I would just un root to stock Run the RUU and send them here for Root help...
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Yeah, +1 on that. They might as well learn about rooting from the beginning anyway, like everyone else had to.

It is a worthwhile thing to research about anyway. There are a lot of helpful people in this forum to assist with anything later on.
 
I did this with my wife's phone, transfered the line

2 things you will have to do
either flash a sense rom, like fresh 2.4.0

or

imo, run the ruu
 
UNRoot......What method did you use to get Root?
Are you running stock... A factory Reset would probably be Fine...just wipe your SD Card....
 
cephraim said:
Sorry for the question -- can you please remind me how to run the RUU? Where do I get it? And, do I install from Recovery?

Thanks
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Go to the HTC website, and select "support", then select HTC Hero (Sprint). Then select "Downloads". Then "software updates", its 118 MB. It will download to your computer. You also need to have HTC Sync installed on the computer to be able to connect the phone, then connect the phone to the computer via the usb cable, and run the file (double click on it) and it will run the RUU.
 
Hi. I have read contradictory posts for activating a previously owned phone that has been rooted. I bought a rooted phone because I did not feel comfortable trying to root my phone. Now sprint says I have to activate the new phone, but it requires a factory reset. I get the feeling this would restore phone to original condition, hence, non-rooted. I read the link for unrevoked.com, but do not understand how running this file (for switching S-off) will allow e to activate. Does this mean I can activate it myself somehow? Sorry for sounding like an idiot. I just don't know what to do.
Thanks.
 
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