Sprint 2.27.651.6 OTA -DO NOT INSTALL

nfinitefx45 · Jun 4, 2010

Now After weeks of hard work regaw finally rooted the Official 2.27.651.5 ruu update yesterday Intrustions HERE http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6686395&postcount=1

Well it seems sprint is hard at work to patch the exploit to regain root. They are pushing 2.27.651.6 OTA (over the air) update today. do not download or install untill it has been verified safe, it is beleived to be a patch to fix the root exploit.
This is just a friendly warning.
UDATED INFO-----------------
Pleased Do not get the RUU from either sprint or htc as this has been updated to the new version, if you do you will most likely lose root
Android info on rom
ModelID: HERO20000
CIDNUM: SPCS_001
MainVer: 2.27.651.6
it is still listed as 2.27.651.5

Kcarpenter · Jun 4, 2010

nfinitefx45 said:
Now After weeks of hard work regaw finally rooted the Official 2.27.651.5 ruu update yesterday Intrustions HERE http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6686395&postcount=1

Well it seems sprint is hard at work to patch the exploit to regain root. They are pushing 2.27.651.6 OTA (over the air) update today. do not download or install untill it has been verified safe, it is beleived to be a patch to fix the root exploit.
This is just a friendly warning.

I figured this would be for EVO only to fix their SDcard issues.

kashb91 · Jun 4, 2010

it is only for the EVO. only update for heros that ive heard of is the gsm heros getting updated to 2.1 and thats it.

riggsandroid · Jun 4, 2010

Just checked for firmware update, No Update Available.

Why is this posted here OP, is there something you know that this will be pushed to us Hero owners too?

smstutler · Jun 4, 2010

I did the RUU then root fix, after starting up i got notified about an update also. So hmmmm. Maybe something in the update makes the system think it's an evo.

Kcarpenter · Jun 4, 2010

smstutler said:
I did the RUU then root fix, after starting up i got notified about an update also. So hmmmm. Maybe something in the update makes the system think it's an evo.

You need to do the optional Cert stuff at the bottom of the guide to disable OTA updates.

nfinitefx45 · Jun 4, 2010

Well there are reports that Sprint HERO customers have recieve a notification of an update. So I figure better safe then sorry to atleast post the info....
Besides I'd rather be wrong on this then to not post anything and have people updating to find out it was true.
If they want to remove my post then that is fine. Also I posted this hear for any new hero owners that may have just started exploring the options to root there Hero's
Have a great day, and hopefully I am wrong about the update.

CodeMonk · Jun 4, 2010

The sprint community forums has confirmed that there is an update available directly from HTC. There are posts at various android forums that is confirming an EVO update this morning to fix the sdcard issue also patches the root exploit. Most people are saying that this OTA update for the Hero patches root as well.

railstop · Jun 4, 2010

I can confirm that there is an update for the HERO today also, "System Upgrade 2.27.651.6 (3.17 MB)" has come up on my HERO

kashb91 · Jun 4, 2010

ok, well that proves me wrong. sorry about that. in any case, does anybody know what the update does?

CodeMonk · Jun 4, 2010

kashb91 said:
ok, well that proves me wrong. sorry about that. in any case, does anybody know what the update does?

Probably patches root.

Kcarpenter · Jun 4, 2010

I find it hard to belive hero has had a root exploit less than 24 horus and sprint already has a patch for it.

CodeMonk · Jun 4, 2010

The hero uses the same exploit as the EVO and the EVO patch today gets rid of root. Putting two and two together means that this update was probably really easy for them to push out.

Darii · Jun 4, 2010

No official list out yet but with 3.17MB, there's gotta be more than just regaining root. I would hope anyway. There's so many other useful things they could update.

willy900wonka · Jun 4, 2010

Just renamed system/etc/security/otacerts.zip TO /system/etc/security/otacerts.zip.bak using root explorer.
That should hold em.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572

athanos · Jun 4, 2010

On the How to Root Sprint 2.1 Release thread, someone updated to the 2.1 RUU from Sprint website today and it put the .6 version on (or at least updated immediately) and they lost root. However, the team is trying to see if they can gain it back or at lease roll back to the .5 version.

trevolutionary · Jun 4, 2010

Kcarpenter said:
I find it hard to belive hero has had a root exploit less than 24 horus and sprint already has a patch for it.

The exploit is based off of the EVO exploit, which was announced last week. Due to the similarity it may be more believable.

nfinitefx45 · Jun 4, 2010

I just update the info on the first page I have downloaded and extracted both from sprint and htc and it is confirmed to be the new version

CodeMonk · Jun 4, 2010

http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...-update-available-for-htc-evo-4g-and-htc-hero

Sprint says it only fixes the SD Card issue and the "Security Vulnerability" on the Evo, so obviously the Hero update was just patching root.

I find it really ... annoying.. that all they did was concentrate on patching root.... That should be SOOO far down on their priority level.

CodeMonk · Jun 4, 2010

And hopefully, my comment will be seen by a lot of people, albeit a rude one, but my thoughts none the less...

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