Cannot Flash recovery image...
 

I have been trying to root my Hero for days...no luck. I have tried the various methods posted on this site and a couple of others. It seems as if I am rooted but I cannot flash a recovery image.

I have reformatted my SD card and have redownloaded the image but I still cannot get past that point.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks in Advance!

Scott

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do you have messenger ie yahoo or so I can walk you through it

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Thanks for the reply Athlet1c! You also replied to another post of mine on another thread.

Unfortunately I am behind a strict corporate firewall and do not have messenger.

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ok cool..sounds like you need to flash the recovery.this should help as long as you have the files in .Aslo do you plan on flashing a rom

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Very Easy

First things first, you are going to need to download these files.

flashrec -- http://zenthought.org/system/files/a...20091107-2.apk

Amon RA Recover Image 1.2.3 -- http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/...roc-v1.2.3.img

Fresh Rom http://geekfor.me/2009/11/23/downloa...-0-6-released/

Do not extract the Rom zip file, it needs to stay in the zip.

Ok, lets do this in steps, should make it easier:

Step 1: Mount the sd card and place all the files downloaded onto the root of the sdcard.

Step 2: Download some sort of file manager, ex Astro File Manager, and run/open the flashrec apk.

Step 3: Once it's finished installing, unplug the usb cable, run the app, and hit the button, "backup recovery image". If you get an error, try rebooting your phone, make sure the usb cable is unplugged.

Step 4: Exit app, and mount the sd card again, and move recovery-backup.img to your desktop, then rename recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img to recovery-backup.img

Step 5: Unmount sdcard, unplug usb cable, and go back into the flashrec app(should be named recovery flasher in all programs list)

Step 6: hit restore backup image. Once finished flashing, power down phone.

Step 7: After you power down your phone, hold the Vol Down button, then hold down the power button. Phone should boot into hboot. Press home for recovery.

Step 8: To ensure you have a backup of your phone before we continue, do a nandroid v2.2 backup.

Step 9: After the nandroid backup is complete, you can now choose apply "sd card update choose", and choose the fresh 06 Rom

Step 10: Reboot your phone and you should be all set.

Any issues or anything unclear, let me know and I will try to help make it clear. __________________

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Thank you so much! I turly appreciate your help.

I have had jailbreaking/flashing experience with several other phones and have never had any trouble. This one is killing me!

I am really tied up the remainder of the day but I will try your list when time allows.

I will let you know how it goes!

Thanks so much again!

Scott

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Scott,

Rooting and Flashing is pretty new to alot of us. I think so where along the route many have experiences this difficulty. I will say this once you get it, it will become second nature to you. Let me know if there is anything else I can help with.

Sire

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Hi Athlet1c-

I went through everything and after step 7 I get the triangle with a "!" beside the phone.

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The recovery image is not flashing. You need to back up then format your sd card.

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thanks for helping him out. I always tell people to format the card. maybe we should start parting that in the "Before You Get Started " lol

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Thank you all!! I wish that I could share good new but...

I actually did reformat several times today and reinstalled the Sprint RUU. still no luck.

Man, I am feeling like an idiot!

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Haha yea for sure.

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You are on stock RUU? Then you will have to re-root before anything else.

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Sorry to continue to be a pain...

I did re root but I cannot get the flash image to take.

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Have you reset the box and phone? I also want you to try the method that is first in my tips and tricks thread.

Oh, and don't worry, we all had trouble at least with one step haha.

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athlet1c thanks for putting everything in that post I read it a few times but it wasn't clicking lol

just finished everything and waiting for the rom to boot for the first time

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Dude We all were like that at some point. Im glad its working. wE need to get Smalk's working now. I remember doing mine and going through the same thing

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Thanks to all for your continued support!! You all are awesome!

OK I have discovered something in trying to flash. When I go through the Flashrec sequence and finish the backup image step, I never get to the screen that says Flash Custom RecoveryImage.

Any thoughts??

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Finish these steps here .your almost there .


Step 3: Once it's finished installing, unplug the usb cable, run the app, and hit the button, "backup recovery image". If you get an error, try rebooting your phone, make sure the usb cable is unplugged.

Step 4: Exit app, and mount the sd card again, and move recovery-backup.img to your desktop, then rename recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img to recovery-backup.img

Step 5: Unmount sdcard, unplug usb cable, and go back into the flashrec app(should be named recovery flasher in all programs list)

Step 6: hit restore backup image. Once finished flashing, power down phone.

Step 7: After you power down your phone, hold the Vol Down button, then hold down the power button. Phone should boot into hboot. Press home for recovery.

Step 8: To ensure you have a backup of your phone before we continue, do a nandroid v2.2 backup.

Step 9: After the nandroid backup is complete, you can now choose apply "sd card update choose", and choose the fresh 06 Rom

Step 10: Reboot your phone and you should be all set.

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Hi Athlet1c

I went through your instructions and after the Hboot and pressing home for recovery, I get locked in the HTC startup screen.

Any thoughts?

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Usually this means, and I hate to say it because you said you did it already, that you need to format the SD card. Everyone I have worked with has had a positive result after formatting the sd when they get stuck on HTC bootup screen.

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I have formatted the SD card twice today...

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Ok, well it could be defective or you may need to try the other route. Have you tried the route of using the cmd prompts?

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I have tried the command prompt method without any luck. I get stuck when I try to flash the recovery image.

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What does it say when you do that?

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I'm using the command prompt method (and I formatted my sd card just before doing this) and it seems to work but then i get the phone with exclamation point. I don't know where i went wrong! :(

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That means it did not flash correctly. You need to format, then re-push to the sd card, make sure it goes, if it does it will give you a time. Then you can flash it with the flash command, if done correctly it will repeat the command you typed and you can boot into recovery.

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Good Coverage thacounty

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I tried it with the method you posted Athlet1c and it is now working! YAY!!!
Thank you thank you thank you!

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I am so glad you have it working correctly good......

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Thank you all for your help! I am finally running FRESH!

I am not sure what happend but I tried Athlet1c's method this morning without luck. I tried the flash methood without luck. Eventually I went back to the command prompt methood on XDA (which I had tried sveral times before) and it went through. STRANGE...

THANK YOU ALL!!!

Scott

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Congratulations! Enjoy your new Freshhh rom! May want to put one of his pics in your sig to remind everyone who's got the most popular rom down here haha.

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Sometimes things just work like that

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Yes, things just work that way sometimes...

Thank you for your help!

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Anytime Scott. This is what makes the Forums on here so great. We help one another and share the knowledge we gain

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Good to hear that more people are able to get there Hero's Rooted.... I must say putting a new Rom on is easy as heck compared to WinMo lol.... just putting it on your SD card then recovery is so simple

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I know . Because its new to us on our first rooting and flashing , you seem stumped then after you want to kick your self when you realize how easy it is

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Ain't that the truth lol

Looking back at the issues I was having ..... makes it kinda funny

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lol for sure

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Thanks fellas!!...it took me weeks to build up the courage to do this...I'm now rockin the Fresh ROM!!