a way to flash beside recovery flash?

[drksilenc]

have been trying to flash using recovery flasher now for around an hour. it wont work. i get backup failed image is invalid. is there any other way to flash your hero besides this aparently outdated or broke program

[flipzmode]

Originally Posted by drksilenc

have been trying to flash using recovery flasher now for around an hour. it wont work. i get backup failed image is invalid. is there any other way to flash your hero besides this aparently outdated or broke program

Follow any one of the rooting guides that are available on this site. They include instructions for flashing your recovery image which is what you use to flash a rom.

[drksilenc]

one problem ive went to about 10 different guides and they all use the recovery flasher.... its not working if it was i wouldnt be asking about it

[ebuechler3]

Originally Posted by drksilenc

one problem ive went to about 10 different guides and they all use the recovery flasher.... its not working if it was i wouldnt be asking about it

i think if you want to backup or restore ur rom, u might be using the wrong tool..... if ur already rooted, flash rec is useless... NANDROID BACKUP/ NANDROID RECOVERY is what u need to be using to backup and restore ur rom.. after many hours of playing with the recovery flasher, "thacounty" finally saved me.. But its worded funny though, huh? So anytime u need to backup or restore ur rooted hero, use NANDROID BACKUP/NANDROID RECOVERY! i uninstalled the recovery flasher... i hope this helps u out bra......

[ebuechler3]

Originally Posted by flipzmode

Follow any one of the rooting guides that are available on this site. They include instructions for flashing your recovery image which is what you use to flash a rom.

But if u arent rooted use this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584029.... it was by far the easiest to understand, step by step, for rooting ur phone

[drksilenc]

yea the problem is im tryin to root my phone and flash rec isnt working.

[ebuechler3]

Originally Posted by drksilenc

yea the problem is im tryin to root my phone and flash rec isnt working.

yeah use:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584029, and instead of modacos 1.1, use fresh .7, and you should be good... dont forget the .7 patch zip that u have to install after you flash .7..... u should be all good now!

[drksilenc]

ok i know your trying to help but if u read 3 lines into his tutorial HE SAYS USE FLASH REC
I CANT!!!!
ive tried to atleast 20 times i get an error... which i stated in teh first post i made and thats why i made this post in the first place ive seen that tutorial you posted and ive done it up to the flash rec which is the very begining and is why im trying to find ANOTHER method

[ebuechler3]

Originally Posted by drksilenc

ok i know your trying to help but if u read 3 lines into his tutorial HE SAYS USE FLASH REC
I CANT!!!!
ive tried to atleast 20 times i get an error... which i stated in teh first post i made and thats why i made this post in the first place ive seen that tutorial you posted and ive done it up to the flash rec which is the very begining and is why im trying to find ANOTHER method

make sure ur using this heroc file which is for our cdma heros, instead of the hero file, which is in alot of the other rooting posts.. doesnt seem like it but one letter threw me off, just like you! HEROC : http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/...roc-v1.2.3.img.... Pesonally, i think it should be named hero cdma or hero gsm, so we wont have trouble using the FLASH REC

[thacounty]

Also make sure you have 3rd party apps possible. You have to change the flashrec.zip to flashrec.apk, not unzip, but actually change the extension. I would turn on usb debugging just for the warm fuzzy feeling too.