I have spent time and research looking into building and porting android roms and until just recently it was something I couldn’t do. I am happy to announce that late lastnight I was able build a stable port the Android 2.0.1 Rom to the Sprint HTC Hero.
This rom is stable but there are still some hardware issues that need to be worked out. To be able to rectify that we are patiently still waiting for a official kernel source from HTC for this hardware and version of android.
Until this is released the bright people over at XDA have hacked most of the hardware to work. All gratz should go to them for a job well done.
I have taken what they had and applied it to the Android 2.0.1 rom. For even more fun I have even put in the Nexus One boot animation.
Update: Replaced AOSP with Android since what I ported from wasn’t AOSP like I originally thought.
Here are the things that still do not work:
If you have any thoughts, or questions feel free to email me here
System Boot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRTh-rXKe-E
Update: XDA posting and download found here.
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[...] for another 3-4 months for the official Android 2.1 update (While, Sprint skipped 2.0), devs like Dusty Chadwick have already ported 2.01 on Sprint’s Hero version for the time-being. The interesting fact [...]
Hey, I found you over on XDA. I’d ike to try your ROM, but it’s been pulled. Can you link it somwhere?
Thanks,
Patrick
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