The HTC Hero that was released in Europe and other parts of the world, the GSM verson is one of the oldest Android phones around. It was the hottest thing when it came out and seems to be neglected in terms of software updates, leaving a lot of owners upset. With no word from HTC or carriers on a 2.1 upgrade, the hackers have come to the rescue. The upgrade was actually released by Chungwa Telecom in Taiwan, but I think the majority of Hero users don’t live there, so it’s been released as a rooted ROM for you. Head over to xda-developers for all the downloads. And as always with these sort of things, be aware you could brick your phone. And if you’re not experienced at reflashing your phone, please do some research.
