Hi guys,

Good news for those who use MoDaCo Custom ROM. Ver. 2.5 is up for grab now . You can get it from link below



Changelog

2.5

Removed IM app due to incompatability with freshly wiped devices.

2.4

Faster than 2.2!
Recommended for use with radio 63.18.55.06FU_6.35.07.08
New WWE core image
Another busybox update - 1.15.2 release
Added dropbear binaries in ROM (will add as a service in a later release)
Replaced CustomLocale with MoreLocales
Added IM application in ROM
Maps is now no longer removed
Other tweaks

Credit to Paul@MoDaCo. Enjoy

after using htc hero for about a week now.. i want to sum up my opinion on this phone..
bare in mind that im iphone user previously so most of the comparison will between this 2..

pros..
HTC Sense UI.. its the single best feature of this phone, 7 homescreens of awesomeness
the best in sense UI is able to select scenes.. different phone for different moods
Integration with online social network, flickr, twitter, facebook.. its easy n cool
love the browser, very easy n effective + flash support
very modern looking exterior, i guess im just a bit bored with how iphone looks likes +fav taflon..
very very customizable.. as compared to iphone.. iphone can become customizable after jailbreaking as well.. just not out of the box.
the setting up email is so easy.. i always have problems using hotmail on iphone..
mutitasking.. this is what apple os on iphone lacks most.. the only thing iphone can multitask is its music player

cons..
poor audio quality through headphone, poor music player from HTC.. iphone's is easily a better music player
poor camera quality. this means more MEGAPIXEL doesnt mean better camera
not as zippy as iphone..
not as many app as itunes but soon it will catch up
games on iphones are better, it also has many gameloft game but in unplayable java format.. sucks!
wallpaper & lockscreen.. image is low res? this is a bit irritating.. but i can live with it

vs iphone
i feel HTC hero is great out of the box and it has great potentials..
but it will be as good as it is now and 2 years later because i am not anticipating much update coming from HTC themselves
its potential will depend solely on the growth of android os itself
as compared to iphone.. i remembered when i was using iphone 1.0 it doesnt even have apps.. and with 3.0 update, its not the same phone anymore..
i am not expecting the level of software update from HTC as they are too busy making HTC tatoo, HTC HD2,, ETC ETC HTC dragon?

apple in the other hand, keep everything too tight to themselves.. c'mon, paying for your ringtone is still a little over the board wont you agree?
not to mention cut-n-paste only seen when 3.0 is released.. cough cough.. message forwarding etc etc u know what i mean
and the OS is not open source, as compared to android as a platform..

This post has been edited by prazole: Oct 8 2009, 10:43 PM

About the wallpaper part, get Wallpaper set and save, it saves the wallpaper in it's full form and doesn't lower the image.

Support the Android sub forum request in the Helpdesk Link

This post has been edited by naTTan: Oct 9 2009, 05:01 AM

Hi guys,

Looks like we got ourself another new ROM for HTC Hero. HTC Generic 2.73.405.38 build.

This one is Generic WWE stock ROM. It also has the new people contact widget.

You can get both shipped and pre-rooted ROMs from link below



Credit to Xda dev & Modaco

This post has been edited by ElmI: Oct 10 2009, 11:14 AM

This topic should be move to Android section

Anyone upgraded their Hero with version 1.6? I read somewhere that this version improve camera speed by 30%....

Not upgraded to donut yet. Still waiting for dev to intergrate it with rosie

i think better move this thread to http://forum.lowyat.net/Android easy for me to find still study about this OS and this phone..

thx for the review!!!

I think the wallpaper is not low-res. Maybe you scaled it down.

Try put in one wallpaper into your sdcard. Then choose that wallpaper as your home wallpaper. When selected, there is draggable window to actually determine how big your home wallpaper is. Is you want hi-res, drag the window to the edge.

This is same with lock screen wallpaper.

Hey there fellow Hero owners! I've been an owner for close to 2 weeks now. Anyone of you experiencing the dead/bright pixel issue with the phone like these guys from Singapore? http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthre...394322&page=195

To test your phone, simply snap a photo with the camera in pitch darkness (completely covering it works too). Set the display brightness to max and load the black photo fullscreen. Look for bright shimmery star-like dots in the screen, you may need to tilt the phone around to be able to spot them.

I can find 5 of these on my phone, one of which is very obvious. It appears to me they are increasing by the day as I know I had none when I first got the phone.

#UPDATE 13/10/2009 9.19AM
Called up SiS and they asked me to bring the phone in for checking and will 1 to 1 exchange it for me

This post has been edited by sp33d3mon: Oct 13 2009, 09:19 AM

wow...seems like many phone affected also ....

new user reporting...
read from page1 .. cant seem to download Linda File Manager. how to do? any advise??
thank you

You use Market or SAM? If SAM most probably the app is not available there. You may want to download IO File Manager instead, as it is available direct downlpad from its official website. Google it.

okay. done.
tq

anybody try this ZAGG invincible shield before? look good.

http://www.buddy-shop.com/products-1/invisibleshield

how bout the memory card 8GB and 16GB anyone using ?? will it slow the speed??
also, was using PIMBackup to backup all my SMS earlier now how do i transfer all my SMS to Hero?
please advise.
tq

This post has been edited by evilpuppy: Oct 13 2009, 08:02 PM

received my brown color Hero today..very nice small packaging..love HTC..

for those who interested to get, can PM me for detail, i can get ori sis set for u at RM2220.

until today maxis did not offer HTC hero in there phone deal package. Waited damn long.

i doubt maxis would even offer it, would it? Celcom is affliated with HTC, while maxis is apple, and blackberry? It seems to me so.....