[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PowerBBS:
I know, everyone wants to tell me to search for it. But honestly, have you tried to "search" for it? When I go looking, I find everything but a decisive answer on how to do what I would like. SO if you'll bear with this LONG email. You'd not only be helping me, but others possibly.

Here's what I've got (I'm not all sure what you need from me so there's extra info from other screens on here - exception is I'm not posting my IMEI number)

The ROM on the phone is the new manufacturers ROM update that was made available 9/11/2009.

HTC Hero (the actual phone, not just the ROM)

Firmware: v1.5

Kernel version: 2.6.27-8dd6dee

Build number: 2.73.405.5 146733

Software version: 1.0.0.A6288

HERO CVT SHIP S-ON

HBoot 1.76.007 (HERO10000)

MicroP-010f

Touch Panel-syn0104

RADIO-6.35.06.18

I've "rooted" my phone (using "Recovery-RA-HERO-v1.2.2.img" and "flashrec-20090815.apk" - as I got told I couldn't install "flashrec-1.1.2-20090909.apk" by the phone when I tried to install it), and also used the SDK adb to push and allow permissons for su and superuser.apk.

The instructions (and videos) on theunlockr.com seemed to help me with that, and I'm a total NOOB. As now that's where I'm at. Not much further.

So what I'm looking for is how to get my apps to run of my MicroSDCard in the phone?

I've tried apps2sd and apps2sd 2 and everytimg I load apps2sd 2 it tells me that my partition on the card isn't corrent and asks me if I want to have it do it for me. Well, to continue I have to choose "Yes" and set sizes... it says "DONE" and I click on reboot now.. Nothing happens. I've left it sit on that screen for up to two hours... nothing happens. I have to hard reset my phone to get back to HOME.

OK I've seen instructions on using Paragon Partition Magic to partition my memory card. I've done that (can do that again - 4G card - 3GB fat32, 900MB Ext2, 100MB Swap - nothing seems to get recognized no matter how I grow or shrink these as apps2sd 2 still tells me it's invalid and wants to repartion now the "remaining 3GB of Fat32 space")

Why don't I try a custom ROM? Well when I did that... my SMS quick working all together. Since that's a "pretty nice feature" to have... I stepped back and went to the manufacturers ROM update that was just released. It seemed I got all the "speed" of the recent Madacco ROM and my SMS worked.

Now that 123MB space reserved for applications on a "raw" manufacuters build phone. Ya... not enough. I want to run and store my apps on my SD Card, I load a lot of games and other stuff, so by the time I'm done I've only got maybe 5MB of the 123MB left - at that point the web and everything slows WAY down.

I need some instructions on how to do this (run apps from SD Card rather than from phone) based on the configuration I currently have (or based on a ROM out there specifically for the HERO that will allow all my other features to work as well as run apps off of the SD card). The last custom rom I tried of Modacco's disabled my SMS functionality.

Not that I think it matters. I'm in the USA, running the HERO on a SMS network (CellOne or CellularOne - aka: chinookwireless.net).

Also, if anyone out there knows how to get MMS working on CellOne (cellonenation.net) on this phone... (I LOVE YOU! and would pay a small amount of $ ($20) even to you if your info "works" via paypal - I'm an honest fellow... trust me you'd get the money).

I've tried to fanagle the settings on http://www.cellonenation.com/support/ they have a link near the bottom of the page "What if you have a smart phone? (CLICK HERE)" (multiple HTC phones, none are andriod). But with no success.

Sorry for the long posts... People hate reading them... I just want some simple help... without getting slapped down for not being able to find all the info I need from "searching" the forums. Pppppplease (says roger rabbit) :)

Current APN Settings on the HERO HTC that I've got working Phone, Internet and SMS are:

Name: internet.chinookwireless

APN: internet.chinookwiress.com

Proxy: <not set>

Port: <not set>

Username: <not set>

Password: <not set>

Server: wapgw.chinookwireless.net

MMSC: http://mms.cellonenation.net/mms/

MMS Proxy: 204.181.155.195

MMS Port:8080

MMS Protocol:Wap 2.0

MCC: 310

MNC: 570

APN Type: <not set>

None of those MMS settings seem to matter (still nothing works). I've contacted my provider. MMS is turned on and part of my calling plan. Note: CellOne doesn't sell this phone, I ordered it from Buy.COM vendor in the US it is factory unlocked. Help?

One final thing to request... The internet on CellOne is either REALLY, REALLY slow (up to 30 seconds just to load google.com (mobile version)) or there must be a better radio driver out there? How to on that would be grand as well.