Sprint HTC Hero :: Rooting Vs Unlocking ?

Oct 15, 2010

I am new to this and have just rooted my phone (Htc Hero). Is there a difference b/w rooting your phone and unlocking it? If so what and how do I do it? I am on sprint and am not even sure if unlocking it will do anything since it is CDMA.

Sprint HTC Hero :: Rooting vs Unlocking ?


Sprint HTC Hero :: Unlocking Mobile Network Through Rooting?

Nov 21, 2010

I upgraded to my Htc Evo so my Hero is sitting here collecting dust. I want to give this phone to my son so he can text and play games without activating to sprint again.

But heres the Question: Is there a way to root this hero to unlock the sprint mobile network so that he can text anytime and anywhere the phone is on? Right now he can only do it through wifi.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Can't Change Volume Without Unlocking Screen

Apr 14, 2010

When the phone is sleep why can't u change the volume without unlocking the screen u know there should be a way to adjust the volume while the phone is locked.

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Sprint HTC :: Unlocking Cdma Hero On Sprints Network?

Dec 27, 2009

does anyone know how to unlock a cdma htc hero on sprints network?

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HTC EVO 4G :: Unlocking NAD And Full Rooting

Sep 9, 2010

I root my phone using the downgrade to 2.1 and the unrevoked forever this was the first way to root the 2.2 so i did it does this fully root my phone because I can flash any ROM but is my NAD unlock or do I need to use simple root to be fully rooted.

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HTC Magic :: Unlocking And Rooting From Rogers

Jun 10, 2009

I got my HTC Magic from Rogers almost a week ago and so far am loving it. Here are some of the issues or unknowns I found so far:

1. Found out you cant store and run apps from the SD card. That makes the SD card only half useful since it can only be used for music, vids, photos, etc. I hear the new version of Android might fix this.

2. I couldn't find anywhere information about the applications and whether they continue to run in the background after they are closed. Is there a way to close or kill applications? Should I even care if they're closed or not?..................

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HTC Desire :: Unlocking - Rooting And Debranding With A Mac

Sep 11, 2010

I have a branded Orange phone and I am tempted to debrand it but I cannot find simple instructions involving using a Mac. No PCs in this house.

As the phone is unlocked does this make it easier and do I have to root and debrand or just do one of the procedures in order to get rid of the bloatware and get 2.2.

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General :: Rooting And Unlocking Alcatel OT-978?

Jan 10, 2013

how to unlock Alcatel OT-978?

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General :: Rooting Without Unlocking Bootloader?

Oct 14, 2013

i want to know if it's possible to root an Android without unlocking the bootloader. My problem is I don't want anything wiped off the phone. I'm trying to get past the lock screen, because I found this phone in the street, so I want to get the numbers in it to try and return it. I've heard you can bypass the lockscreen if it's rooted. It's a Samsung Galaxy S Mesmerize, (or Fascinate).

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Nexus :: Rooting Without Unlocking Bootloader Or Downgrade

Jul 30, 2010

[How-To] ROOT Your Nexus One without Unlocking the Bootloader. ALL ROM'S! - Google Nexus One Owners | Google Groups. Ok, I posted this on my Google Groups page where I was able to Tidy it up and update it easier. Sources credited and applied. I did this on 2 N1's. No wiping, no data loss, both T-Mobile with FRF91. No data loss, no wipes, no nothing. The only reason you will have to wipe or anything is if you want to put a custom recovery on it and a custom ROM.

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HTC Desire :: Unlocking - De-branding - Rooting - Flashing?

Aug 24, 2010

I have no idea as to what the above terms mean. All I want is FroYo and all other updates without having to wait for the carrier (O2) to release. O2 are useless in releasing updates. And also I need to be able to use the phone with any sim. HTC Desire with O2 still on 2.1

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Samsung Galaxy I7500 :: Rooting And Unlocking ?

Sep 22, 2010

I live in Canada and I have this I7500L Samsung Galaxy (with BELL mobility) I want to upgrade with the newer androids 2.1 or 2.2.

I'm at the beginning of my journey here and still gathering and hunting for information. I've looked around and there are lots of tutorials but none of them answer my noob questions.

Do you need to have your phone unlocked or debranded in order to root?

Will rooting the phone also unlock it?

I've found a place where they guarantee unlocking of this phone but they charge 20$US. If I can root the phone and not having to pay for that it would be great.

So far in my research I've boiled down the overall plan to:
1) Root the phone
2) Pay for drakaz galaxyupdater

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General :: Unlocking Phone And The Point Of Rooting?

Apr 27, 2012

I want to UNLOCK my ROGERS Samsung Galaxy Note to use it with a telus network. How do i do this? and what is the point of rooting? i keep searching but it brings me no where but to websites u have to pay i already paid for a code but they said the imei isnt valid

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Nexus :: One Click Rooting For FRG83 Without Unlocking Bootloader

Oct 9, 2010

Lost root since updating to 2.2.1? Here's a new one click solution!
[APP]SuperOneClick v1.4 (Root, Enable Non-Market App, Get UNLOCK code) - xda -developers

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HTC Magic :: Update Firmware Without Unlocking + Rooting Phone / Known As A G3?

Sep 21, 2009

Is there anyway to update the firmware on the Magic without unlocking + rooting the phone?

(P.S)
Is the magic also known as a G3?

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Sprint HTC :: Rooting A Non Sprint CDMA Hero

Jul 29, 2010

I've been lurking for a while. I seem to be having trouble rooting my phone, all the one click programs for the CDMA Hero seem to be only for sprint builds, I got my phone through a smaller network (CREDO Mobile) and every root program I've tried seems to fail.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Rooting 2.1 Updated Sprint Hero

Jun 1, 2010

I have a Sprint HTC Hero with the 2.1 update. as of now every single root procedure i have tried does not work. Even trying to undo the update has not worked.I really want to root.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Lag Issue After Rooting

Jan 23, 2010

I rooted my phone about a moth ago. Install FRESH ROM 1.1. Everything was going great the first couple of days, apps were running so much smoother the lag had completely stoped, but the last couple of days my phone stared lagging again much more then before rooting. I did a soft reset and a hard reset but it wont help at all.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Benefits Of Rooting

Dec 31, 2009

Can someone gimme some benefits of rooting?

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Rooting And Custom ROM

Feb 4, 2010

I have been around these forums since the Hero came out. I was lurking then and became a member when I bought a Hero 2 weeks later. I enjoy my Hero although yes it is slow at times. I love watching my SprintTV on my phone and listening to Pandora. I have read that if I but a custom ROM on and SetCPU and a few other goodies, I can speed the phone up a lot and have a better experience. I also hear that I can tether without having to use PDANet.

1. Can I still use Sprint TV?
2. Is the speed boost really worth installing a Custom ROM
3. What is the benefit of just Rooting the phone and keeping the Stock ROM?

4. I see this voids the warranty, but if you put the stock software back on the phone, does sprint ever know that you rooted if you take it in for service?

5. And can some of you that have done this process list out the top 5 favorite features you got out of this. Makes these actual results, not just what you heard about.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Android 2.1 And Rooting

Jun 27, 2010

I just bought an EVO and like the features however its just to bulky of a phone for me . So I am going to go with the HERO.

I was told by sprint that if I upgrade to the 2.1 with the HERO I may have issues, that it was not designed for this upgrade in mind. Should I stick with the previous release?

Another option is, should I root the phone ( which I have no idea what that is) so I can get the 2.2 version when it comes out or maybe stick with the 2.1 version and with the rooted phone it will work properly.

I'm so confused, I consider myself pretty tech savvy but coming from a BB I'm new to all of this. Any help would be appreciated. I am also concerned about battery life. I understand how to turn off all the unneccessary crap like Wi-Fi, GPS, Messenger, etc when not in use, but will rooting the phone or upgrading to 2.1 or 2.2 help with that issue as well.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Instructions For Rooting

Feb 6, 2010

Im new to the whole android marketing and I don't know really alot about phones and everything but I have been reading about people commenting on rooting there phones and I like to have the best things and up to date phone, so if someone can please send me any directiongs or steps for rooting.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Applications - Before And After Rooting

Mar 2, 2010

I've been lurking the rooting scene and other places for quite a while, but have only just joined up in these forums. (I'm no forum nooby been on and been active on dozens of forums)
I have to admit, this most likely has been answered before, but I have been extremely busy lately due to school.

The question: I have refrained from rooting my Hero (I am a linux user in case any one wanted to know ) due to time constraints, I have yet to root it. I will probably attempt this weekend.
I bought the hero Oct. 11th, the day it came out iirc, and I have built up quite a hefty sum of applications.
After the rooting process, I plan use the gumbo kernel, and fresh1.1. One of the reasons that have held me from rooting is what happens to those apps? I will flash Fresh1.1, so they will be deleted. Is there a way to extract all the applications from the nandroid backup I will make before flashing Fresh 1.1, and put them on the SD card and install them? I would love very much not to have to go and individually download each application from the market again.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Benefit Of Rooting ?

Nov 16, 2009

Hello all I am very new to the droid world coming from iphone/pod. Can anyone explane what it means to root the phone? is it anything like jailbreaking? what is the benefit of rooting?

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Rooting Hero Than Putting On 2.2

Jun 20, 2010

I wanted to know if I root my HTC Hero on Sprint and then load 2.2 if it will have any problems. Like can the hardware on the Hero run 2.2? I know most of the devices that are going to run 2.2 have a 1GHZ processor and a lot more internal memory than my Hero does. I am only thinking about doing this because 2.1 on Hero is so glitchy, but I love the 2.1 apps. Any help?

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Having Trouble Rooting Hero

Sep 29, 2010

I've tried a couple methods today, manual as well as the Fresh Kitchen 1054, and I'm getting stuck with both. I'd probably prefer the manual method so let's troubleshoot that I get through most the steps found here (and I believe I've followed them exactly, to the letter): How-To Root a Sprint Hero But when I enter the code for #6: /data/local /asroot2 /system/bin/sh My system returns: [1] killed /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh It simply won't continue past that point. Ideas please?

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Rooting & Getting New MicroSD Card

Jul 24, 2010

I did a search and couldn't find anything on this.I am still using the stock 2GB microSD card, and looking to root. Can I root with my current card (which has 650MB-ish available), and after rooting just purchase a new card and swap it out. Or would it be more advantageous to purchase the new SD card prior to rooting?

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Sprint HTC Hero :: How Can I Maximize Customization Without Rooting?

Feb 22, 2010

How can I maximize the customization of my Hero? Like lock screen, home, and anything that I can change the appearance of without rooting my phone.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: MMS Downloading Issue And Rooting

May 12, 2010

I've had the issue of not being able to download MMS messages for the last few months after a few trouble free months with the Hero. It's the only problem I have with the phone. I'm wondering if anyone who had this issue has since rooted and had the problem be resolved from that. I'm on the fence about rooting. I'm generally happy with the phone as it stands. And as a long time Mac user, I'm nervous about messing around with the internal stuff. And all the rooting tutorials seem to be for the Windows user.

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Sprint HTC Hero :: Rooting And Upcoming 2.1 Update

Dec 13, 2009

I have read up a lot about rooting my phone, and I think I might give it a go, mainly to get rid of some of the bloatware on the sprint hero, and also for the apps2sd capability. My question is however, how will this effect my ability to update to android 2.1 in the first half of next year. Will I have to wait for a custom ROM to be made or will i be able to update as normal?

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