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How To: Load Hero onto Your MyTouch 3G (OBSOLETE)

August 17, 2009 in Featured

PLEASE NOTE! This method is people who were forced to use the gold card method to root their Magic or MyTouch! If you have done our on click rooting procedure please refer to the newer Rooting/Loading Custom ROM methods on our site:
Unroot (G1) OR Unroot(MyTouch), then Root, then Load a Custom ROM, Apps2SD/Hero etc.

I. Partition the Memory Card for faster Hero Performance

1. Again, make sure you have rooted your MyTouch first using our video, link is above in the Before Beginning section.

2. Turn off you phone.

3. Turn on the phone by holding down Back and Power to get into fastboot mode. Then plug the phone into the computer.

4. Open the Command prompt on the computer and type:

cd\
cd androidsdk\tools
fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0H.img

5. Once the phone boots up into recovery mode, click on the Format SD: fat32+ext2+swap

6. Once the formatting is done, turn the phone off by taking out the battery and putting it back in.

II. Convert the Phone Back to 32B, Load the Hero ROM

1. Turn on the phone by holding down the Power and Back button to boot into fastboot mode.

2. Download these 3 files to your computer:

Hero ROM (CHOOSE THE ONE WITH SWAP!)
HTC ION Radio from HTC’s Site
 Amon Ra’s 32B Recovery Image

3. Once you have downloaded those 3 files to your computer, unzip the ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip file you got from HTC.

4. Take the radio.img file from inside the ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip you just unzipped and put it into the AndroidSDK/tools folder on your computer (you should know this folder well from the Root procedure).

5. Then take Amon Ra’s Recovery Image (recovery-RAv1.2.0G) and put it into the AndroidSDK\tools folder on your computer as well.

6. Take the memory card out of your phone (leave the phone in fastboot usb mode) and put it into the SD adapter and then into the computer.

7. Save the Hero ROM to the SD card and rename it to update.zip (most windows computers you only have to type update not the .zip part, so long as it is update and it has the zip folder symbol to the left of it then it is update.zip and is just not showing the .zip part, so you are all set).

8. Take the memory card and put it back into the phone.

9. Turn on the phone by holding down the Back and Power button to get into Fastboot mode.

10. Plug the phone into your computer.

11. Open the command prompt on your computer and type (hitting enter at the end of each line):

cd\
cd androidsdk\tools
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.0G.img

12. Once the recovery is flashed, then on the phone push menu to power off the phone.

13. Turn the phone on by holding down Home and Power to get into recovery mode.

14. Click Wipe Data, the click Apply Update.zip.

15. Once it is done, push home and back to reboot the phone. (If the phone turns off instead of rebooting, just hold the power button to turn it on).

16. ALL DONE!

FAQ -

Issue: I can’t connect to the internet or send or receive picture messages (MMS)!

Solution A:
 1. Goto Settings, Wireless controls, Mobile network settings, then Access Point Names.

2. Click Menu and then New APN. Type the following into the fields (any field not mentioned, leave blank):

Name: TMo
APN: epc.tmobile.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 260

Reported Issues

None Reported…

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129 responses to How To: Load Hero onto Your MyTouch 3G (OBSOLETE)

  1. Maryanne said on August 21, 2009

    my memory card when i try to partition it in the first part of this tutorial it says error. run sdtools.sh via adb. what do I do or what did I do wrong

  2. Curt said on August 23, 2009

    Hello Unlockr,

    How do you get it to stop reloading touchflo 3d all the time it slows it down alot!

    thanks,

  3. Toni said on August 28, 2009

    Hi Unlockr =P
    my english is very bad but i hope you will understand it :D
    my problem: i have the htc magic and the htc hero rom but my wireless cant connect to the internet.

    Name: TMo
    APN: epc.tmobile.com
    MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
    MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
    MCC: 310
    MNC: 260

    This dont work …. plz help me
    Toni

    • TheUnlockr said on August 28, 2009

      Hello Toni,

      That is because those settings are for T-Mobile USA. You would have to contact your service provider where you are and ask them for their settings (every phone company has their own).

  4. Toni said on August 29, 2009

    ahhh okay thanks do you know the german wifi settings??

  5. CJ said on August 30, 2009

    Just root my MT3G so how i load hero using a MAC OS X???
    plz help

  6. gstorm84 said on August 30, 2009

    help… My computer can’t find driver for andriod 1.0 can can the command prompts with this. how do i get to the next step

    • TheUnlockr said on August 30, 2009

      Hello Gstorm84,

      Read the bold writing at the top of this post… this procedure is OBSOLETE use the ones linked in the bold writing.

  7. DigitalKD said on September 1, 2009

    Dear Unlockr,

    i followed the steps in the video and on the write out down to the T but, i ran into a few problems. i rooted my MyTouch3G but when i pull up command prompt it wont let me make the command for AndroidSDK or Fastboot i downloaded both like i was suppose to but when i try and pull up Fastboot on command prompt it just says fail and closes out. please help. email me or twitter me with ur response

    KD

    • TheUnlockr said on September 1, 2009

      Hello DigitalKD,

      PLEASE READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE TOP OF THIS POST. THIS METHOD IS OBSOLETE. PLEASE USE THE TWO VIDEOS LINKED IN THE BOLD WRITING INSTEAD.
      Sorry for the confusion.

  8. tiz said on September 3, 2009

    the path cannot be specifed
    i cant get thru this can you help?!

  9. mario said on September 4, 2009

    Hey @ all where are the german WiFi settings ? Thats Not fair ^^

    • TheUnlockr said on September 4, 2009

      Hello Mario,

      You do not need settings for Wifi. If you meant the APN settings for your service provider, then just call and ask them (we can’t have the APN settings for every GSM network in the world, just Google it or call your provider and they will give it to you).

  10. johnny said on September 8, 2009

    ok i had the hero rom uploaded on my touch g2 but i never could recieve sms and mms so they did finally fixed it?

  11. Zeke said on September 14, 2009

    Ok so maybe I’m stupid but every time I fastboot then connect to my computer it tells me new hardware found and then never installs can not find driver help!

  12. dawang24 said on October 30, 2009

    hey unlockr i already have mlighn hero rom installed 2.4.9, but i want to update to his new rom 2.5.7, all i need to do is wipe, and update zip right?

    • TheUnlockr said on October 30, 2009

      Dawang24,

      If it is an upgrade to the same ROM then you should’t need to wipe, just apply the update :)

  13. dawang24 said on October 30, 2009

    ok thanks unlockr

  14. str8cain said on November 24, 2009

    you unlockr i havent done this yet but im going to soon..but before i ask the first ? i want to say i really appreciate how yall keep answering ?s thats top notch there myman those cats dont do that on youtube .thell just leave ya freakn standed.but anyway im rooted with cupcake and that radio thingy ,is there anything else i need before i start this process

    • TheUnlockr said on November 24, 2009

      Str8cain,

      No problem. Cant answer them all but try to help when I can. Also use the Technical Support forums too if you have issues as we have some kick ass moderators in there helping out too.

      This procedure is obsolete (read the bold writing at the top of the post). If you are rooted at cupcake (do you have a custom recovery image?) then goto the How To Load a Custom ROM… procedure and just choose a Hero ROM when loading one (make sure the Hero ROM is for the 32B Magic/MyTouch) and you should be good to go. Good luck!

  15. emmanuel said on December 8, 2009

    hey unlocker…..when i start typing in the command promt i can only get to fastboot boot recovery-1.2.OH.img and when i press enter it say can not load recovery…exct. plz help

    • TheUnlockr said on December 8, 2009

      Emmanuel,

      Please read the bold writing at the top of this post. This is an obsolete method, just use the How To Root in One Click and then the How To Load a ROM method to load a Hero ROM instead.

  16. emmanuel said on December 8, 2009

    sorry for the mispelling

  17. Rigo89 said on December 14, 2009

    i cant get passed cd androidsdk\tools part,,,it says “system cant find path specified” what can i do>!?!?!? anyone?

    • TheUnlockr said on December 16, 2009

      Rigo89,

      Means that your file isnt name that or is in a different place. Read the reported issues.
      BY THE WAY THOUGH, READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCEDURE, IT IS OBSOLETE.

  18. rmarquez74 said on December 17, 2009

    I am trying to load a HERO ROM on my mt3g that’s been rooted. Some of the ones you have here go to another website where I cannot find the download. I did manage to find a HERO ROM I want to try, but when I try to boot, it goes through the HERO and HTC startup screens over and over. Someone said to re-partition my SD card, but the Recovery menu item to format the card doesn’t seem to work…it’s the original 4gb that came with the phone. Got any ideas?
    Oh the ROM is called:jacheroski2.2b.zip

  19. Karissa said on January 13, 2010

    Dear Unlockr,
    I recently added the hero rom to my phone, and everything is working fine, except gps. help?!

    • TheUnlockr said on January 13, 2010

      Karissa,

      This could be the ROM. Check the developers page that you downloaded it from and see if he mentions how to fix the GPS. Or download and install a different Hero ROM.

  20. Nate said on February 20, 2010

    I’ve been at this for about 24 hours now. I’ve done the gold card hack for mytouch and it works fine. When the started up it said it was a “GOOGLE ION” phone, thats okay as long as I could use my phone. Now when following this step to change the rom everything goes fine when using fast boot (steps 1-12) then when moving on to (steps 13 and on) the phone doesn’t even boot up, it stays on the red vodafone logo and doesn’t budge. What gives, I can’t even place another type of rom (cyanogens) on here and nothing. Also the one step process to root doesn’t work either because it says that it can’t back up and goes no where.

  21. Hea said on April 7, 2010

    I have mytouch (magic). i have flashed and i ma using cym rom. my question is if i use hero rom will my phone plays a flash on browser ?
    do you have a link for downloading the rom?

    thanks

    • TheUnlockr said on April 7, 2010

      Hea,

      Read the bold writing at the top of this post…. it is obsolete. Goto the How To link at the top of the site, click on Android then click on your MyTouch (if you have a 3.5mm headphone jack you have a mytouch 1.2, otherwise you have an old mytouch. Do NOT click on Magic).

  22. Allie said on May 10, 2010

    Great guides, helped me root my stubborn Magic in no time. One small thing though, in fastboot i’m seeing
    SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B ENG S-OFF H
    HBOOT 1.33.2005 (SAPP10000)
    RADIO 2.22.19.26I

    Is it still meant to be H instead of G there? Did I miss something?

  23. icecold said on July 19, 2010

    Hi,
    Did it, works great!!!!!!. Problme is, when screen times out, the resolusion get realy realy bad has i turn it back on. Please help!!!!!

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      David Cogen said on July 19, 2010

      Icecold,

      Load a different ROM. And please use the new procedure. This one is obsolete.

      • icecold said on July 20, 2010

        Thnx a lot my man. Best instruction ever. I would love it if you have new methods to unlock/ hack iphone firm 3.1.3 3.1.2 – i have one stuck with the apple sign (3.1.2) and another stuck with emergency calls only (3.1.3) – tried everything blksn0w, perplsnow etc… browsed for ever on the web. PLZZZZZZZ!!!! HELP.
        Thnx a milion.

  24. Soulripper180 said on September 1, 2010

    ok so i followed the gold card method and it said to come here next now i already know how to flash roms i’ve done it a lot on my previous mytouch but i never had to follow the gold card method so i wait to know if i have to follow this or can i just go about loading a rom normally i want to put clockwork recovery on here and cm6

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