Originally Posted by WhiteWidows

ALL CREDIT GOES TO Amon_RA FOR THIS RECOVERY! JUST REPOSTING HIS WORK!

This is a custom recovery based on Cyanogen's v1.4 recovery.
The purpose of this recovery is to avoid using adb by accessing all features directly from the menu.

This recovery if for the HTC Sprint Hero only, if you have an :
- HTC Hero you should go here.
- HTC Dream/G1 you should go (posting link in a min)
- HTC Magic/MT3G you should go (posting link in a min)

This recovery is for the CDMA based Hero from Sprint only!

Ext4 is NOT supported because we don't have the kernel source of the HTC Sprint Hero yet... Sorry

Use the trackball (up+down) to navigate through the menu, press the trackball to select items.
You can also use the volume keys (vol-up + vol-down) to navigate, and the CALL-ANSWER key to select items (in case your trackball is broken).

Always check recovery.log before posting your issues!

Features

* full ADB access in recovery mode
* Busybox v1.15.2
* HW-Key navigation (volume keys + CALL-ANSWER) option
* Extended menu :
o Reboot system now :: reboot your phone
o USB-MS Toggle :: enable/disable USB mass storage (use when the phone is connected to your PC)
o Backup/Restore (recovery partition not included!)
+ Nand backup :: Make a Nand backup
+ Nand + ext backup :: Make a Nand + ext backup
+ Nand restore :: Restore a Nand backup
+ BART backup :: Make a BART backup (Nand + ext)
+ BART restore :: Restore latest BART backup
o Flash zip from sdcard :: Flash a zip update file from your sdcard
o Wipe
+ Wipe data/factory reset :: Wipe /data and /cache
+ Wipe Dalvik-cache :: Wipe Dalvik-cache both on /data and ext
+ Wipe SD:ext partition : Wipe the ext partition on your sdcard
+ Wipe battery stats : Wipe the battery stats in /data
+ Wipe rotate settings : Wipe the sensor settings in /data
o Partition sdcard
+ Partition SD :: Interactive SD partitioning
+ Repair SD:ext :: Repair the ext partition
+ SD:ext2 to ext3 :: Convert ext2 to ext3
o Other
+ Fix apk uid mismatches :: Does extacly that
+ Move apps+dalv to SD :: Moves all apps and Dalvik-cache to sdcard (This will NOT enable apps2sd!)
+ Move recovery.log to SD :: Moves the recovery log file to your sdcard. (Use when you want more detailed recovery log information)
* Scripts available via adb :
o Nandroid v2.2.1 : enter "nandroid-mobile.sh" to start.
o BART v1.0.1 (Backup and Restore Tool) : enter "utility" to start.
o switchrom.sh V1.1 : enter "switchrom" or "u" to start.
o sdparted v0.6 : enter "sdparted" to start.

Install

There are several ways to install a custom recovery, choose the one that suits you most (I probably forgot a few).

via adb -> Requires a custom recovery (with test-keys)

Code:
Copy recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.1.img to the root of your sdcard
Boot into your current custom recovery (boot while holding HOME)
Connect your Hero via usb to your pc/mac/...
adb shell
$su (not required if you have root already)
#mount -a
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.1.img


via fastboot + adb -> In case you don't have a custom recovery, so when you get signature fail errors

Code:
adb shell reboot bootloader
fastboot boot recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.1.img
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb push recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.1.img /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.1.img
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.1.img
adb shell reboot


Download

Latest :
http://android-devs.org/forum/downlo...c70a27c4528a3d

MD5Sum: f0ccb62d53f7fdbd193509b5e0aa5189

Originally Posted by esoteric1311 (Post 1400706)

Found this way worked for me easiest... thanks to Kykiskly over at XDA

put the recovery image on root of SD card, and from cmd prompt


"adb shell"
"su"
"cd /sdcard/"
"flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.1.img"
"reboot recovery"

***remove the quotation marks " ****

Originally Posted by bradart (Post 1401339)

I like this new one a lot better. Its not so...Cluster-F***ish. feels more organized.

Originally Posted by fullgrown (Post 1401946)

what's the point of running this when we got the update recently? and can you run Fresh ROM from this?

Originally Posted by thacounty (Post 1402167)

Short answer: Yes

This is the first thing you had to flash to run nandroid. This is an updated version that is much better IMHO.

Originally Posted by fullgrown (Post 1402184)

to do this, you have to go through the whole setup of erasing everything and then running command prompt with the commands and backing up and flashing? dang... you guys are dedicated!!! how long does it take you to do all this???

Originally Posted by thenewone (Post 1402228)

Can we use this with the flashrec method?

Originally Posted by thacounty (Post 1402238)

I don't know why you couldn't. I can't say yes, but I assume that you can since it is the same thing but a newer better version.

Originally Posted by bradart (Post 1400514)

New recovery image from Amon Ra. Jacked straight from XDA:

Originally Posted by esoteric1311 (Post 1400706)

Found this way worked for me easiest... thanks to Kykiskly over at XDA

put the recovery image on root of SD card, and from cmd prompt


"adb shell"
"su"
"cd /sdcard/"
"flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.1.img"
"reboot recovery"

***remove the quotation marks " ****

Originally Posted by thacounty (Post 1401306)

Changed my tutorial for the recovery image to include this and thanked you. Will add your link to the bottom so others can come by and show appreciation. Actually will thank another post for good measure haha.