How To : Revitalize your old HTC Hero CDMA with Android 2.3.3 and Sense 2.1 (For rooted users )

I love me some AOSP ROMs!  Especially when it came to my Sprint HTC Hero since that phone didn't have a lot of system space.  HTC Sense just seemed to weight it down over time.  Couple that with the fact that the device was left high and dry with only Android 2.1-update 1 and a now archaec version of sense.  Due to this limitation, ports of AOSP-based ROMs had flooded their way onto countless Hero's so that many were able to rawk Froyo and even Gingerbread. Being able to rawk Froyo on my Hero was an awesome achievement for me. Besides, my G1 days had made me partial to a vanilla Android experience anyways so this was a win-win for me!

With that said, just because I tend to lean more towards AOSP ROMs, doesn't mean there aren't people out there that prefer HTC Sense based ROMs.  In fact, I'm willing to bet the majority of HTC handset owners probably prefer HTC sense over a vanilla Android experience.  Unfortunately, as I had mentioned earlier, since the Hero never officially got past Eclair (Android 2.1 update 1), most of the Sense ROM ports rawkin' Android 2.2 and above weren't as stable as I would've liked them to be on my Hero.  That is... at least in my experience.

Now for those of you that still rawk this phone as their daily driver but are not fans of the vanilla Android experience, I'm assuming your choices are limited as to what ROM you could use on your phone.  There's always Fresh ROM which I ran on my Hero for a long time due to its stability and customizability but again, that's still based off of the stock Eclair ROM.  What if you want your Android OS to be relevant by today's standards?...

How To: Fix bad PRL updates for the HTC EVO 3D **ROOT USERS ONLY**

So you updated your PRL and all of a sudden... BAM!!! You're stuck with that annoying 1x and your download speeds have dropped from 1.2Mbps and above to about 0.12Mbps and below. You can always call Sprint, wait on hold for hours, and then finally get a rep that's going to tell you that you have to reset your phone, update your PRL (which you already did), go into a Sprint store, or basically that you're just plain SOL.

With that said, if you have a rooted handset, there is another options which I've written a step by step tutorial for.  Click the "Read more" link to check it out...

How to: Flash a Custom ROM on your Android Device using Clockwork Mod Recovery

This tutorial is a general How-To for flashing a Custom ROM on your fully rooted Android device using the Clockwork Mod Recovery image. Keep in mind that this video was made using an Sprint HTC EVO Shift 4G and that the exact details may vary depending on the ROM that you're flashing on your device, the version of Clockwork Mod Recovery that you're using, the specific device you're attempting to flash, etc. With that said, remember to do as much research as possible for your exact setup, device, and what your attempting to flash. Google is your best friend when it comes to things of this nature and more.

How to: Perm-Temp Root the HTC EVO 3D plus OC with ease! (Windows)

This tutorial will not only Perma-Temp Root your Sprint HTC EVO 3D, but will also give you the ability to watch HULU from your phone's browser. Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, if followed correctly, you will also be able to overclock your EVO 3D to 1.8g. Keep in mind that this is still only a temp root. Essentially that means that if you were to reboot your phone, you would lose root along with any changes you had made to the main partitions of the phone.