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  1. J

    Help multiple issues, youtube, voicemail, other apps won't start

    MY hero recently rebooted itself, and when it did, all of my home screen was blank, it cleared all my phone numbers, and erased my voicemails. Since then, I have reset everything back the way I like it; however, youtube will not work, and my voicemail app does the exact same thing. For either...
  2. W

    What's next for those coming up on their 2yr contracts?

    The Hero has served me well. It was my first Android phone, and absolutely blew away my prior Blackberry. And with CM7.1, it still runs fairly quickly. But with my 2yr contract up in a few months, I will probably make the leap to a new phone. Which Android phone are Sprint Hero users getting...
  3. T

    Root java.lang.Nullpointer exception

    Hi, I have this app called Magic Hour Camera, wherein it add filters to pictures on my phone. It worked fine at first but I suddenly got this error. What seems to be the problem? I like this app. Also, in addition do you have any idea why I do not have the option to also back up my sd card...
  4. I

    Root HTC Hero Rooted SD Upgrade Help!

    I have an HTC Hero running stock rom. I have a new sd card that is four gig and my old one was two gig. Its rooted btw. I wanted my new one because i wanted to get a cyanogenmod rom but didnt have the space on my old one. I was wondering how should i copy the files onto my mew one and if i...
  5. K

    Help My Network Locked HTC Hero has no functions

    I just bought a HTC Hero 100 from ebay which was locked to the '3' network. Also it did not come supplied with an SD memory card. I must say I was astonished when I first switched the phone on without a sim card installed because it seems that without a sim card installed I am blocked from...
  6. W

    CM 7.1 - what apps are safe to delete?

    I'm trying to free up some internal memory. Which apps that come with CM7.1 are safe to delete? I know ADW Launcher.apk and the related odex file can be safely removed. Any others?
  7. T

    Help Phone freezes during text and e-mail

    Whenever I start typing a text message, my phone freezes when I touch the first letter. It happens every time and I have to restart the phone. It also happens when I try to type while I am in the generic e-mail app. For some reason, I don't have the problem when I use the keyboard for other...
  8. spiderweb

    Help Need help on syncing contacts

    I accidentally deleted all the contacts from my phone (I needed some extra space and I cleared up the data for the People app). I now want to re-add all the contacts by syncing my phone to my PC, but syncing does not put the contacts in my phone. I tried setting the "When conflicts occur, use PC...
  9. HappyJoe

    Root Will 'Factory Restore' truly replace my modded OS with its original??

    I want to sell my Hero, which currently sports a 2.3.4 Elelinux mod, so think it might be a good idea to restore it to its last kosher HTC kernel. Will 'Factory Restore' from Settings be enough to do this unaided? If not, will running (how, I have yet to find out) my copy of...
  10. L

    Help how to change htc hero install directory??

    Hello every one i am new on this site i would like to ask how to change install directory of htc hero from internal phone memory to sdcard i have tried adb manager .. when i typed adb shell and then pm setInstallLocation 2 i got some errors which i am unable to understand kindly guide me...
  11. chismay

    Root help with glassmacka

    hi guys i installed the isc rom glassmacka onto my ace the install went ok the first boot took ages but i finally got the ics unlock screen.....but cant unlock it everytime i slide the padlock to unlock it just returns to the middle of the screen,,, i had to re-install cyanogenmod......any...
  12. C

    Life after Sprint for HTC Hero?

    Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any uses for a Hero that is no longer on the sprint network. I imagine that rooting can make certain functions of the device usable, does anyone know of any interesting uses for this? Can the gps still be used? any ROMs that will give it interesting uses?
  13. M

    Can I remove HTC's Email client and just use Gmail?

    Good day Gentlemen, About a year ago I had trouble with my rooted Hero loosing it's internal memory. It slowly was eaten up over time until I was getting warning messages. Did all the usual battles with cache and the like and finally flashed the current stock rom that has given me great...
  14. babygirl17_06

    My heart felt goodbyes!!! :'(

    Well I will be trading my Hero in tomorrow at C Spire for a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play! Yeah I know that it is an older phone (new phone for C Spire since we get all the other carriers outdated phones) but for the past few months I have been having horrendous battery life out of my Hero! Everyone...
  15. J

    Hero on Cricket, 1.5 - If I update to 2.1 via offical RUU; will I have to reflash back to Cricket?

    I'm on Cricket with an HTC Hero, running 1.5. If I get the offical RUU from HTC and run the 2.1 update, will I have to get flashed BACK to Cricket again? If so, is there any way to avoid that, like by rooting it, and flashing a Cricket Rom with 2.1 (if one exist?)
  16. LBPHeretic

    Sprint HTC Hero Gets New Features In Google Maps Version 6.2.0.

    I just installed Google Maps version 6.2.0 on my Sprint HTC Hero for fun. I noticed that it seems to have the features that only worked on much newer handsets up until now. Now, I am not 100% sure if this was implemented in Google Maps version 6.2.0, as I had not updated it for a while on my...
  17. O

    Root Worth changing/possible to change CID?

    I am a bit of a n00b, but whilst ill over the last few days I have had a happy time fiddling with my old GSM Hero on Orange UK. I had been running CyanogenMod 7.1 but have moved it to VanillaEclair 6.2 which is much much faster (though the DPI appears to hide some apps in the market; nothing...
  18. C

    updating/changing software on HTC Hero

    I bought my gf a second-hand Hero online. It seems the software loaded on it is some kind of Chinese software. She's unable to sync her Google account to the phone, even after trying factory reset and doing it at setup. I've also been unable to upgrade the software to Android 2.1, I downloaded...
  19. O

    I think I literally bricked the Hero

    Hello, I've lurked around for this topic, one came close but I think mines more buggered up. I rooted my Hero an all I got were bootloops when I loaded a ROM. I went to flash one on and....nothing. When I say nothing I mean this, the charger is plugged in to the wall and the orange light won't...
  20. H

    Help Problem installing update package

    The problem I'm experiencing with my HTC hero is that I'm unable to install any of the android system updates. As soon as I've downloaded the update package and commenced the installation I receive this message at the "Android system recovery" menu: Build: RA-hero-v1.6.2...
  21. C

    Root ROM Manager free not showing on Market?

    Evening folks, I've trying to install a custom ROM and hoping to take the ROM Manager route. However, only the premium version (which is the licence) is showing on the Market and not the free version which is the main software. Anyone able to guide me in the direction of a working apk or...
  22. Big Knott

    Start up & shutdown sounds question.

    Hello all. Can anyone please tell me how turn off the startup & shutdown sounds on my phone? I find these sounds unnecessary.
  23. Big Knott

    Help Start up & shutdown sounds question.

    Hello all. Can anyone please tell me how turn off the startup & shutdown sounds on my phone? I find these sounds unnecessary.
  24. T

    Help SPB Shell 3D

    Hi All I am a newbie to this forum and also to the new HTC Hero H3700. Mine arrived yesterday and straight out of the box I had the option on power-up to use the SPB Shell 3D and set it as default. I did this and found it just fantastic so proceeded to set up my mail, wireless, weather settings...
  25. B

    Help Android Browser on HTC Hero

    First of all apologies as i know there have been many threads before on this topic but i can't find an answer anywhere... I'm getting 'Low on Space' message on my HTC Hero. I've tried everything mentioned on all previous threads other than a factory reset. I don't have many Apps on my phone...
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