Why are you doing in the How to Gain Root Access on the HTC Hero? Please goto the How To Root the Mytouch/G1 procedure and make sure to read the before you begin… good luck!

And yet everything I drive into terminal emulator I get permission denied. Why?
what’s wrong??
Please help me.
thanks

This is the wrong procedure (it says OBSOLETE in the title and there is bold writing at the top of the post explaining why).
Is your Hero on firmware (check in the about screen) 2.73.x.x or above? If so goto the How To Downgrade the Hero So It Can Be Rooted Procedure, if it is below 2.73.x.x then just go straight to the How To Root in One Click procedure.

Thanks
Steve

You are using the wrong procedure is why Says OBSOLETE in the title.
Just did a new post for how to root the Hero when fastboot is not allowed. Called How To Downgrade The HTC Hero (So we can root it). Look for it and you can do that procedure to get it done. Good luck!

When I get to the staged of entering FASTBOOT BOOT …..

The result I get is download ‘boot.img’… (remote: not allow).

I Cannot get any further, please could you provide in laymans terms a step to step guide on how to get rid of this restriction, I have checked the USB debugging is switched on and all the drivers on my laptop are current and OK…..

Below is a list of the Boot Screen, which I hope help.

HERO CVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (HERO10000)
MICROP-010f
TOUCH PANNEL-SYN0104
RADIO-6.35.07.08
Aug 4 2009,19:43:30

FASTBOOT USB

please can you help as I and many others as I noticed are having the same problem, could you post a reply here to clear things up.. Cheers

I have just rooted the new HTC ROM (first updated with htc site update):

- Backup your stuff
- Install the HTC provided update
- Apply the One-Click method
- Reboot by means of Home+Poweron
- Do *this* howto, without the fastboot part (so skip steps 5+6+7)

That will root the new rom..

Marijn

Please read the bold writing at the top of the post. This method is obsolete, but there are links in the bold writing to the new method and that will work on the new Hero ROM no problem.

Took me a few mins to realise on my PC setup I had to put the full directory path in to the commands to push some of the files up, but all done and tethered now!

Read the bold writing at the top of the post….

YOU ARE DOING THE WRONG PROCEDURE… READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE TOP OF THE POST AND USE THE PROCEDURES LINKED THERE INSTEAD.
They are much easier and faster.
Good luck!

I m going crazy and not to do….

after putting:

tools/adb shell mount/system—- >enter
/sbin/sh: mount/system: not found

and you

* daemon not running. starting in now*
*daemon started succefully*

happens? I must do to correct it?

Thanks! I appreciate it!
Subscribe to my twitter, I hope to get a lot more stuff up on the site ASAP.

I would like to take the time to offer my sincere thanks for ALL your help and obvious expertise.
I am pleased to announce that my phone is finally ROOTED – **I could not have done it without your help**.
=
These may be some silly questions (if so apologies!)

1.If I was to install the original orange(my service provider) ROM – would that cause me to lose my root privileges?

2.Is it possible to make my Hero dual boot so that I can boot into either the standard Hero ROM or boot into a custom ROM?

3.Do you know of any PC app’s that I can install onto my pc(obviously) that will let me browse/write to the ROOT of my phone so that I can change the sounds – wallpapers etc?

Last silly question (promise)

4.SEE ABOVE – if there is no app available – how do I add/remove wallpapers sounds fonts and the like?

In conclusion:

You are an all round good guy – that doesn’t receive the thanks that you so rightly deserve:

NOTE TO EVERYONE

If this guy’s tutorials have helped you root your phone – have the decency to thank him.

cheers!

Thanks!
The # should mean you have root access No troubles, you are all set. Reboot the phone then try to goto the market and download say Move Cache for Root Users and run it (should pop up with a SU Request or should just run). If that works, then you know you’re rooted

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply – it was/is greatly appreciated-

I did as you advised:

I D/L usbdeview – it solved the problem – daemon loaded!!!! as I expected YOU WERE RIGHT (no real surprise there then!)

From there on in – I thought it was going to be plain sailing

(actually it was) – I managed to load as far as:

superuser.apk

I also did the “adb shell reboot” as well as the:

adb devices command –

My chin hit the desktop!

I had reached the command:

“adb shell” (upon hitting enter)

**I got the # symbol NOT the $ as you did**

I have NO IDEA why!!!

Once again I respectfully request your help to help me resolve this thus saving my sanity (as well as my marriage)!

As before a sincere thank you for all your help and advice as well as your time and expertise

I wait your reply

Regards…

It will work on any Windows Build. I used Windows 7 to do it…

While I would love to help, I simply can’t have any idea what you did different than what I did unless I sat and watched you do the whole process…
I can answer a few questions for you that you asked and the rest I would recommend Googling the error you got (this is how I do most of my videos, I take the original procedure and then any snags I run into I google them and put my findings in the procedure I put up here in the hopes that others won’t have to do them, but sometimes things happen to people that never happened to me, and like I said I can’t tell the difference short of standing over you).
I can guess though that the ADB shell command you entered is not working because you do not have the ADB drivers installed correctly. Use the program USBDeview (free on Google) and while the phone is plugged in open the program with admin rights and uninstall all the drivers that say HTC on them. Close the program, unplug and replug the phone back in (windows should automatically try to reinstall). Click on the drivers being installed bubble and watch them to see if ADB Device is one of the ones installed. IF it gets installed this time then try the procedure again and you should be good to go.
Second, for that same issue. The phone must be booted into recovery mode (the black background with all the writing) and plugged in via USB while you are typing those commands on the computer.

As for reattaching, just follow the written procedure (the video is a visual aid to that) and if it doesn’t say unplug in the written procedure, then don’t unplug and visa versa.

As for the serial number, that is specific to each phone, so it should be different than mine, no worries

GOOD LUCK!

Firstly thanks to TheUnlockr for taking the time to make the tutorial – sadly after following your instructions implicitly I have two issues:

First issue – when I reach the command:

adb shell mount \system

nothing happens regardless of whether usb debugging is enabled or not –

Second issue:

At the beginning of the video you attach the Hero – but further on you must have detached it (at what stage did you do this?) – I assume this because towards the end of the video you say to re-attach.

What you achieved in 8 mins – I have been unable to do in excess of 14 hours.

Two other things I noticed – our phones are identical spec –

but when I use the fastboot devices command my number is different than yours (is this relevant?)

May I respectfully request your help and expertise in resolving my issues

Regards

ajb AT gmx.com