trying to root my htc sprint hero 1.5 help
Hey man everyone started from the same spot your in. People on here are SUPER helpful, but easily get annoyed by people asking the same questions and not posting them in the right section. USE SEARCH! its your best friend, every question has been asked over 3 times. My advice, read everything on rooting (terminology, dangers, benefits, which type of root fits your needs, which ROM you want to flash) after a week or so on researching, find an RUU file in a thread. Then load that on your phone and follow the command prompt instructions carefully. Remember to use search, and rooting can brick, break, your phone. But the benefits of rooting are well worth It.
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Go to the development section and look at the top posts(stickies), they have all the instructions there.
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Upgrade to 2.1 first. Easier to root for me plus you're already upgraded then.
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3 days ago I also had 1.5 which was rooted already. I then upgraded to the newest fw and then rerooted using the one click method that you will find here in xda forums. Worked without probs and was EXTREMELY easy.
its seems like you know i lot ive been trying to study everything and rooting and stuff but im lost can you person walk me thru it my parents and upgrading and giving me there cdma hero its never been updated rooted or anything do i update it to 2.1 first then whats nexted
cooltom1323 said:
its seems like you know i lot ive been trying to study everything and rooting and stuff but im lost can you person walk me thru it my parents and upgrading and giving me there cdma hero its never been updated rooted or anything do i update it to 2.1 first then whats nexted
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Hey dude, I'd recommend using this link right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
It tells how to get your phone to the stock 2.1 and then how to root that.
If you read down through the first 2 or 3 posts, all the instructions are there and it's really hard to mess them up if you follow exactly what is typed.
You don't even HAVE to upgrade to 2.1, but I'd recommend doing it first.
If you don't want to mess with the link I included above, you can just root it from 1.5 like it is now using some of the one-click methods out there on the forum. If you go to the Development section of this HTC Hero forum and look around for any threads with ROOT in the title, you should be able to find anything you need.
Also check out the Take Control link down in my signature below -- it has a lot of helpful posts and info too.
Ok guys so I hate this phone, I've never wanted to punt a phone up until now, It freezes, crashes, and is extremely annoying but I thought hey maybe if I root it and install a custom rom it make my experience with this phone much better since that's how it went with my G2. I know there are plenty of roms and root instructions out there I was wondering if could get some suggestions or recommendations.
So here is my question, rooting, I found this pretty neat one click roo for this phone, do you guys suggest it? Or is there a better way of doing it?
Second question, I've seen a rom for this phone called RAGE and that's it would you guys be able to suggest a great rom for this phone?
I've only ever rooted the G2 and used CM rom, so ima little new to the rootng world.
Thank you guys so much in advace!!
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Mod edit : not development ask in the relevant thread or general. Moved to general
So we just got the coolpad 5860E at my metro store. This thing... wow. And not in a good way. It is a larger version of the Wildfire (shudder). 1ghz processor, 512 mb of RAM... it just PALES in comparison to the Motion we got in last week.
Problem is... It will sell better because of the bigger screen.
So, seeing as how we will be offering rooting/flashing and such... Is there any development for this phone (or the LG for that matter)?
I am attaching Quadrant scores for the Coolpad...
fancy seeing this phone outside china.
i got mine in china, slightly different, coolpad instead of metroPCS and no front camera, also only got measlly 256ram
i guess its just a rebranding from the same manufacturer.
BUT juz to be sure. tell me all the hardware spec.
cos there a way to root it for mine, i think.
and will do so as soon as i figure out the chinese writings, and im kinda bad at it for someone whos in china for 3 yrs ;p
any one gud at chinese?
heres the link on how to flash i think.
http://www.dashi.com/guide/776.html
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juz did some quick research.
i think that might be a 5860+ in chinese market, with a different body/case
it uses the same chipset, the MSM7627, just diff clock speed, higher ram and better camera.
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further research i found the page i think u r looking for.
http://www.dashi.com/devices/765.html
it contains instruction and roms.
ill report back as soon as i flashed and root my device.
but could'nt be sure if it works on ur, cos we have diff hardware config.
gl on urs thou
juz flashed using the rom from the site
ROOTED alas lulz.
dude u still there?
do you still need the help?
GHelp
How did you root it ?
I just got this phone on weekend and been looking for root access i try using super one click but can't find adb drivers for this phone so anyone found the drivers or a way to root it thanks
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Metro PCS Coolpad root instructions in english really needed
I also got a MetroPCS Coolpad because I got tired of paying $100 a month for sprint and my 4G always disconnecting.
I would like to root this Coolpad and overclock this puppy like I have with all my other phones.
Does anyone want to translate the instructions into english from that Chinese website, it would be greatly appreciated.
God bless you.
James
QUOTE=stado9;31494646]I just got this phone on weekend and been looking for root access i try using super one click but can't find adb drivers for this phone so anyone found the drivers or a way to root it thanks
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cancer55 said:
How did you root it ?
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i juz flashed it with some random chinese, custom rom.
stado9 said:
I just got this phone on weekend and been looking for root access i try using super one click but can't find adb drivers for this phone so anyone found the drivers or a way to root it thanks
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didnt thought anyone was interested.
anyhow, here's the driver hope it works. let us know.
uploaded the driver for win7, let me know if u need other driver
i baidu search Chinese rom for u guys and found a way to flash the CWM recovery i think
http://bbs.189store.com/thread-56313-1-1.html
requirement:
M$win os,
applocale, or change system locale to chinese/china
DISCLAIMER: USUAL STUFF IM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISHAP, BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH.....
GIVE CREDIT TO THE CHINESE GUYS AND NOT ME, AND SO FORTH.........
1. open the link above and look for "http:删除我//pan.baidu......"
2. copy paste it to ur browser (remove the chinese character ofcos)
3. download the 5860+第三方recovery.rar by clicking the '下载' button
4. extract after download
5. put ur phone into flash/download mode by, turn ur phone off, connect it to the pc while holding the vol- button.
6. after that open the file ~/客服_7kDownloader/客服_7kDownloader.exe
7. chose the right com port that is ur phone, on the topleft of the aplication
8. and press ’开始‘ at the bottom right, wait till it finish flashing.
sometimes it got stuck, and the solution is to check ur device manager for unknown device
and install the driver (the adb driver i think) and after that it should continue, or repeat the flashing process if not.
(happened to mine)
the process is the same for flashing other roms thats on that board that i posted.
fyi its all in chinese but juz look at [ROM] threads.
also u need to register, login and reply to see the link.
but seing u got CMW, i think you guys can start cooking ur own rom.
PS I CANT TEST IT SEEING THAT I GOT A DIFFERENT(OLDER) CONFIGURATION THAN Y'ALL
BUT GUD LUCK.
Tanks for the driver i will install it right away try the cwm after that so i let you guy's now how everything goes
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coolpad q4g
How do you root please give me full instructions
coolpad root
jamesrenn said:
I also got a MetroPCS Coolpad because I got tired of paying $100 a month for sprint and my 4G always disconnecting.
I would like to root this Coolpad and overclock this puppy like I have with all my other phones.
Does anyone want to translate the instructions into english from that Chinese website, it would be greatly appreciated.
God bless you.
James
QUOTE=stado9;31494646]I just got this phone on weekend and been looking for root access i try using super one click but can't find adb drivers for this phone so anyone found the drivers or a way to root it thanks
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did you root your device just curious i have the same phone
Coolpad root instructions in english
Hello, No I haven't rooted it yet because no one has posted how to root it in english. The only only directions and rom selection is in Chinese.
I'm not sure why my request was ignored, but hopefully someonw will help us out in english.
God bless you,
James H. Renn
murda59 said:
How do you root please give me full instructions
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did you root your device just curious i have the same phone[/QUOTE]
jamesrenn said:
Hello, No I haven't rooted it yet because no one has posted how to root it in english. The only only directions and rom selection is in Chinese.
I'm not sure why my request was ignored, but hopefully someonw will help us out in english.
God bless you,
James H. Renn
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i apologize for the late reply as i have been busy this past few days.
fret not, as i'll ask for permission for repost of the chinese roms, and translate it as best as i can
it should take a couple of days to do this, but i cant test it as i got a slightly a different hardware.
so, in short i'll be providing instructions and data only. the rest its up to you guys.
cheers
Hi everyone after been looking for the quattro's adb driver finally found it I'm a new user so can't give you the link just Google coolpadamerica quattro support there's the specific driver for the phone.
Now the problem is can't get root access i try unlockroot,superoneclick and universalroot without luck iget the message "read only system" so any idea how to change to write/read system tanks in advance
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just got a reply from a chinese rom cook, apparently the us version and the local chinese ones uses different chip( qualcom & TI), despite similar hardware configuration.
back to square one. :'(
should have seen that a mile back.
milkboy007 said:
just got a reply from a chinese rom cook, apparently the us version and the local chinese ones uses different chip( qualcom & TI), despite similar hardware configuration.
back to square one. :'(
should have seen that a mile back.
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What about rooting?
EDIT: Here is the driver also Coolpad Quattro ADB Driver
So any idea about the root access
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may be any one could try asking coolpad.us for flashing tool, for rom dump.
I did exactly that. Also asked them for a link to the source code for the current android build as it should be released under GPL. You can boot into recovery on these things by holding both Vol Up and Vol Down and powering on. Once you see the droid, press the soft HOME key to bring up the menu. I can't do much with it yet. Haven't gotten fastboot to work. If you hold just Vol UP and power it it takes you to a black screen with white text that says "=======Enter VIA USB======". I thought this was saying "enter via USB" but after doing a
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system_profiler SPUSBDataType
I noticed a device entry with a Manufacture of VIA Telcom. Still this mode does nothing for me. No luck yet, but still digging.
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may be any one could try asking coolpad.us for flashing tool, for rom dump.
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Hey guys, My friend got a coolpad quattro. I used to own a couple evo shift 4g's and it seems to look like through the android system recovery menu that you would need to downgrade to a different android system by tricking the android system into thinking it was an update via the apply update from sdcard. I am not that tech savvy with development or "jail breaking" android bootloaders but I think it might have to start with the partitioning of the blocks first to find where it is placed in the nand chip. I hope that someone can take what I have offered up as advice and try to make some progress with this.
any progress ? root...unlock...
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I did exactly that. Also asked them for a link to the source code for the current android build as it should be released under GPL. You can boot into recovery on these things by holding both Vol Up and Vol Down and powering on. Once you see the droid, press the soft HOME key to bring up the menu. I can't do much with it yet. Haven't gotten fastboot to work. If you hold just Vol UP and power it it takes you to a black screen with white text that says "=======Enter VIA USB======". I thought this was saying "enter via USB" but after doing a
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system_profiler SPUSBDataType
I noticed a device entry with a Manufacture of VIA Telcom. Still this mode does nothing for me. No luck yet, but still digging.
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anyone have anyluck with rooting or even unlocking ?????
Hello,
I started a new thread to try and gain some more experienced attention. the other two threads within this massive forum don't have any real support in the way of actual, knowledgable developers.
There are apparently a lot of people that have the AU/KDDI version of the Galaxy S III. (SCL21). There is apparently not, however a lot of support for it. If anybody has any resources or advice for rooting/moding I'm sure we'd all be very grateful.
Thanks in advance,
And happy droiding!
Bump! I know a lot of people that has this phone but there really no support on it.
I'm willing to give you something to buy your beer for your hard work.
bopatriot said:
Hello,
I started a new thread to try and gain some more experienced attention. the other two threads within this massive forum don't have any real support in the way of actual, knowledgable developers.
There are apparently a lot of people that have the AU/KDDI version of the Galaxy S III. (SCL21). There is apparently not, however a lot of support for it. If anybody has any resources or advice for rooting/moding I'm sure we'd all be very grateful.
Thanks in advance,
And happy droiding!
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Have you by any chance tried Bin4ry's Root Restore method? I used this to root my father's Kindle Fire HD several weeks ago, over a remote internet connection no less, and it works a charm. I can't post links yet but do a search for "Root MANY ANDROID" and you'll find it. If you do try it, you'll probably want to run it as an Administrator, I think that's how I had to do it. There have been several posts from others in that thread that have rooted their S3 variant with this. Good luck!
Hi guys,
I just got the AU SCL21 about two weeks ago. I agree, I think it's really strange that even on the Japanese forums, there is very little info on rooting this model. From everything I've found, the Japanese sites also both say it's OKAY to root using the Docomo SC-06D recovery and Superuser zip and that it's NOT safe to use that same method. Really odd, conflicting messages...
I just tried using Bin4ry's Root Restore*version 30 with the latest Samsung ADB drivers and after the ADB restore and phone reboot (while still connected to my PC), the command prompt in Windows says that Superuser failed to be installed. :/
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Hello Guys, First time poster here. I have been scouring the internet for the past few days looking for some solutions, and found that XDA was the best place for android users to congregate and give help and opinions.:highfive:
First off, let me start off by saying that I am a complete android noob when it comes to messing around with rooting and flashing. So pardon if some of the things I say come across as foolish.
My girlfriend bought me what she thought was an original iphone 5s on her recent trip to China where she was teaching English. Little did she know that she got fooled into buying what I now found out is a Goophone i5s MF353zp/a. :crying:Since I want to keep the phone since she did get it for me as a nice gesture, I am trying to get it to run a regular android 4.2.2 jelly bean or better, without all the iphone icons and iphone crap. Also the phone did not come with playstore so I cannot download apps that I would use on a regular basis. Also most of the stuff is in Chinese and I just want to be able to use it as a regular android phone. I read up on roms, and rooting and flashing, but if someone could tell me the best way to go about getting a regular android version on the phone along with google play store, It would be much appreciated.
Thanks for reading my long post. Be Safe. Cheers :good:
ir.sami said:
I think you can not install android in your idevice ... search for emulator .
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Thanks for your reply. Are you sure about this? Because it is currently running 4.2.2 with an ios skin from what I could read on the internet.
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. There is not much information about your device on XDA but I did find these which may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449981
http://www.xda-developers.com/goophone-i5-unboxed-the-xda-way-xda-developer-tv/
I'm not that familiar with the Goophone but I believe you'll want to know the what I believe is the processor number, it starts with MTK followed by 4 numbers. Before you do anything see if you can find that and then ask in the threads linked. If all else fails ask in this forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck!
jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. There is not much information about your device on XDA but I did find these which may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449981
http://www.xda-developers.com/goophone-i5-unboxed-the-xda-way-xda-developer-tv/
I'm not that familiar with the Goophone but I believe you'll want to know the what I believe is the processor number, it starts with MTK followed by 4 numbers. Before you do anything see if you can find that and then ask in the threads linked. If all else fails ask in this forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck!
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Thanks buddy. I'll check out the links you gave. :good: I might have come across the links before, but I was too scared to try something since I did not want to brick the phone. As for the processor number, I came across MT6572, if that's the one. I can't find anything with MTK. Appreciate your help in this. :fingers-crossed:
Yes, it was my mistake on the MTK. It's MT. I'll close this thread then.