Ok, well I was going to make a page to show CDMA HTC HERO owners how to: root, install custom recoveries, ROMS, kernels & other tweaks, to turn our HERO's into "SUPERHERO's", but since there are already countless pages out there that already do this, Im not going to add to the clutter.
Instead, Im just going to provide basic descriptions of these "MODS", & provide links to them as well.
You can find about 90% + of all the CDMA HTC HERO's information about: rooting, unrooting, custom ROMS, recoveries & tweaks here: HTC HERO CDMA.
Other sites I use to keep up with the latest HERO news & info are:
All ROMS, ROOTING, FAQ's, STICKIES from XDA forums.
Everything related just to the CDMA HTC HERO from XDA forums > HTC Hero CDMA
Sub Forum: General HTC HERO information from XDA forums > HTC HERO CDMA General
Sub Forum: HTC HERO Q&A from XDA forums > HTC HERO CDMA Q&A
Sub Forum: HTC HERO CDMA Accessories from XDA forums > HTC HERO CDMA Accessories
Sub Forum: HTC HERO CDMA Android Development from XDA forums > HTC HERO CDMA Android Development
Sub Forum: HTC HERO CDMA Themes & Applications from XDA forums > HTC HERO CDMA Themes & Applications
Other useful links:
General Android Development & Hacking from XDA forums > Android Devices Development & Hacking
HTC HERO CDMA Development from PPCGeeks forum > HTC HERO Development
HTC HERO CDMA from CyanogenMod forums > HTC HERO Custom ROMS & information by CyanogenMod < "THE BEST IMHO!"
HTC HERO Android Forums from Android Forums > Another Great forum for All Android Stuff
A GREAT site mainly just for the HTC CDMA HERO & EVO from The Tech Temple
The Tech Temple's YouTube Page Great How-To & other Various HTC HERO videos
Well I think that will give you a Pretty good start on How to make your HERO a SUPERHERO!
Some tid-bit information on why you should do these "MODS" to your phone.
The HERO was released in 2009 with Android OS 1.5, with Android OS 2.1 (upgrade 1) being the FINAL Android OS pushed out OTA (Over The Air) by our service providers. Why?, well IMHO they do this to forse people to purchase a NEW phone, that has a better, faster Android OS. Why?, well "FLASH" content isnt supported with Android Phones running 2.1 or below, because "FLASH" only supports Android 2.2 & up, & supposedly only on phones with Android 2.2 + with processors higher than ARMv6 (The Hero's Processor).
So with that being said, thats some of the reasons why to upgrade our HERO's to SUPERHERO's, to get "SOME" FLASH support, better Android OS, which currently is "GingerBread", Android 2.3 - 2.3.4, custom Kernels to "Overclock/Underclock" our ARMv6 528mhz processor to up to 768mhz & or down to 19mhz (some phones cant go that high & max @ 748mhz, while others can go past 800mhz).
Why do any of the above: Better performance, better battery life, less lag vs stock rom & way more customization, it opens your phone up to a whole NEW world.
What Ive done to my SUPERHERO:
To compare My "SuperHero" w/ a stock HERO, go to www.phonescoop.com for the HTC HERO's original specs to my specs listed below. Some customizations are too long to list
*SuperHero*
1. Rooted, vs not Rooted
2. Custom 480x320 MP4 video recording
3. Graphics performance: OpenGLES 1.1 & Overclocked
4. Custom Kernel: CyanogenMod 2.6.35
5. Overclocked CPU to 750mhz
6. CyanogenMod 7.0.3 - 7.1.0 ROM
7. Android OS 2.3.4 GingerBread GRJ22
8. Custom Recovery: Amon RA 1.7
9. Custom Firerats Partition: 356mb internal storage
10. Working Sprint Visual VoiceMail
11. Tweaked "Build.prop": Network Speed Increased 175%-400% (depending on if you used just v0.8 or v0.8+boost) D/L speeds @ 1756kbps, U/L speeds @ 987kbps
- Phone ring delay
- Frequency of how offten the hero scans for a available wifi network
- Enabled multi-touch
- Changed dalvik vm heap size to best settings for all roms
- Market and many other apps recognizes phone as a Droid X (this helps in the market as it makes more apps available )
- Video hardware optimizing and performance tweaks
- Extended battery life, some
12. Custom Boot image.
13. CM7 is very highly customizable
14. Multi-touch
15. Upgradeable Google Apps package
16. Sprint TV, Sprint Telenav, fully working GPS
17. Latest Sprint Radio 2.42.02.10.29
18. Updated PRL: 01120
19. Voice to Text & Voice Search & Recognition
20. CM7 GingerBread Keyboard & HTC modded Keyboard with Voice Recognition
21. Supports *most* Live Wallpapers
22. Flash support *some* using Dolphin Browser HD, <--SkyFire Browser will decode Flash on All Phones
23. Auto-Rotation: 90, 180, 270
24. Wifi Hotspot & USB Tethering (using 3G), allows you to share the phones 3G network w/ devices that need internet, just like a 3G USB dongle
25. Latest Android Market, along with about 5 other markets
Benchmark results: on android 2.3.4, Quadrant = 520, Linpack = 6.22, Neocore = 47.9 FPS)
Linpack Score: 6.22MFLOPS, vs Stock 3.71MFLOPS
Quadrant Score: 520, vs Stock 288
Neocore Score: 47.9 FPS, vs Stock 24.2 FPS
An3DBench Score: 2091, vs Stock 1756
AnTutu Score: 790, vs Stock 510
SQlite Score: 163.016 sec, vs Stock 185.111 sec (lower is better)
Smartbench Score: 221/367, vs Stock 159/272
Stability Test: ran for 30min, no errors on both
Speed Test: 3G = 1756kbps DL, 1467kbps UL, WIFI = 3756kbps DL, 2334 kbps UL.
If anybody has any specific questions that you cant find or need help with, just post a comment & Ill respond.
