Important: Do not update to 2.1 from htc!!!

[StrongOneX]

Please listen up!

When the 2.1 is released;
Do not update your phone with the RUU from htc website or OTA because it will most likely lock up your bootloader and make you unable to downgrade, root and it will replace/delete you custom recovery boot menu and therefore UNABLE TO ROOT,DOWNGRADE AND FLASH ANY CUSTOM ROM!

I recommend waiting for a 2.1 based villain version or MODACO 4

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED; YOUR PHONE MAY BE "WRECKED"

if you goto modaco htc hero forum you'll find a similar thread with more information.


OFFICIAL SOURCE
www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=28

 

[Hertus]

Thanks for the informations dude!

so when modaco 4 will release? waiting for.....

 

[xxbabiboi228xx]

Thanks Yeah i planned on waiting for a rooted 2.1 update-hero-generic-x.xx.xxx.xx-release-rooted rom for flashing with recovery.

 

[Dan330]

where is this discussed??
Link please

 

[StrongOneX]

where is this discussed??
Link please

OFFICIAL SOURCE!


www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=28

 

[pulser_g2]

Thanks for pointing out my little 'article' over on VillainROM.co.uk

As we approach the end of the week, and the point where something interesting might appear at any time, please make sure everyone knows not to flash an RUU.

To re-iterate what I said over there, if you get access to the official RUU in your country or from your provider, please let one of the admins or moderators on VillainROM.co.uk know (you can identify us with the red and green nametags, or by clicking 'the team' at the bottom of the home page. We will then provide you with temporary login details to FTP the file to our server, and the update will be re-released within hours (probably within minutes of uploading)

Cheers, and don't go RUU-ing

 

[maxisma]

Please make it a stickie.

 

[StrongOneX]

Thanks for the informations dude!

so when modaco 4 will release? waiting for.....

I assume modaco 4 will be released shortly after the official 2.1 RUU, but it will always be well.. alpha and betas before the "real" modaco 4 is finished and we also have to wait until Teknologist releases his tweaked kernel to get the real modaco as we know from 3.2

 

[ddotpatel]

Thank you!.... I was planning on installing the official one as soon as it is available under the assumption I could just flash a custom over the top of it once they had been tweaked.
You've saved me some heartache.

Assumption is definitely the mother of all f'ups.

Thanx again.

 

[pulser_g2]

Thank you!.... I was planning on installing the official one as soon as it is available under the assumption I could just flash a custom over the top of it once they had been tweaked.
You've saved me some heartache.

Assumption is definitely the mother of all f'ups.

Thanx again.

Glad someone's been saved... Perhaps we should get a viral tweet going I'll start one tonight if I remember...

Pass the message on, folks...

Tweeted via. my user below. Feel free to add me and RT to android users etc. Spread the word, and hopefully we won't even need to find a way to root the new update

 

[ZED_pt]

hehe before i look at this post i was thinking "the official 2.1 must be out any time soon,should i flash it or wait for the customs..?"....question solved

 

[harsha_aithal]

So.. Even other downgrading (like GoldCards) methods wont work..?

 

[san31311]

How
I can solve this problem
Because it happen yo my
I was rooed my hero
on day i run .exe file for htc ruu
it work at first but un the end it but me error
What i can do

sorry i but my broke English

 

[kendong2]

So.. Even other downgrading (like GoldCards) methods wont work..?

think about this: you are htc. you don't want people to root their phones. you get a major upgrade out there, and you know about the methods how to crack the security of the phone. would you fix them or not?

 

[Al936]

If somebody have SPL 1.76.2007 installed and wish to try official 2.1 form HTC you can do it in the following way:
1. Get rom.zip from 2.1 RRU
2. Unpack it on you hard disk
3. Make new archive HEROIMG.zip with following files from rom.zip:
- android-info.txt
- splash1_Hero_320x480.nb0
- boot.img
- radio.img
- system.img
- userdata.img
DO NOT INCLUDE recovery file (recovery.img) and SPL file (with name like hboot_7200A_1.76.0007_090804.nb0) into HEROIMG.zip.
4. Flash HEROIMG.zip

In this case you will able to root, downgrade or install custom rom.

 

[nprussell]

FYI:

VillainROM will really come into life when we have the official 2.1 update.

But on topic - he's right. Remember those that used the official update last time and had to use the goldcard method to flash recovery?

We don't want that all over again.

Agreed: Sticky.

 

[kendong2]

4. Flash HEROIMG.zip

flash through recovery image? would that work?

 

[Lennyuk]

flash through recovery image? would that work?

well surely you would have to sign it?

 

[nprussell]

Making a ROM out of an RUU is a piece of piss

As soon as we have it, it's a battle of the upload speeds.

There will be a lot of ROMs out there, all based on the same build; too similar to differentiate.

 

[kendong2]

well surely you would have to sign it?

yes, but it is still lacking an update-script, and contains only .img files. from what i know that is not suitable for the recovery... it might work with the unlocked bootloader, that is correct, but for that you need to flash every partition with the corresponding image...