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Topic: Rooting the Hero

13 replies / Originally posted by guylevine89 / Latest reply from kylehase / Topic is open

By guylevine89

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Just saw this guide http://phandroid.com/2009/08/04/how-to-gain-root-access-
on-your-htc-hero/ on how to root the hero, on the last step it says "The phone will restart and load the original Android ROM" does this mean that you will lose the HTC Sense UI if I follow this guide?

I desperately want to root my phone but i wouldn't give up the flashy new UI for it, anyone got any thoughts?

Posted 7 months ago

By brettdunnam

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When it originally reboots I believe it would go back to stock Android but I guess I don't know. I could see it going back to the Sense UI but it depends on how the UI works...if its just an app sort of thing itll go but if they built it in at a lower level, it might stay.

Posted 7 months ago

By guylevine89

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errr, tried it a while ago, commented below, even tested it with some wifi tethering, think its case closed

Posted 7 months ago

By brettdunnam

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my bad. didnt read the whole thread, only the first half.

Posted 7 months ago

By Ulysse

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I hope someone will answer, too.

Posted 7 months ago

By deinfinityx

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In theory even if you root it you can still load a Sense UI ROM on to a rooted phone. I do not have a hero but since G1's can run the Sense UI i am sure someone will port the stock ROM with Root if its not already.

Posted 7 months ago

By guylevine89

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just tried it, worked perfectly and kept HTC sense

Posted 7 months ago

By deinfinityx

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Congrats

Posted 7 months ago

By mousey

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543571

Check out this post on XDA-Developers, it details exactly what you need to do.

I've done it and you don't loose any settings or apps at all.

You boot into a recovery image that allows you to change the permission on a file, once thats done you reboot into normal mode and you now have root access.

No flashing just the changing of permissions

Posted 7 months ago

By RobG

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so is it safe to say that rooting the Hero for T-mob will still run the HTC Sense UI???

Posted 7 months ago

By guylevine89

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I can confirm this for the hero on Orange, don't see why it wud be any different on T-Mobile.

Posted 7 months ago

By htcfanboy

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Posted 7 months ago

By findoo

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Just tried it on a tmobile hero.. works fine and keeps sense UI :)

Posted 7 months ago

By kylehase

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Just tried instantroot.apk and it worked on my GSM Hero with the latest RUU 2.73.405.5.

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/instant-root-apk-
25275/

Posted 1 month ago

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