I’m sure there are many folks out there who, within 10 minutes of cracking open the cellophane wrapping on their phone’s box, are researching how to gain root access. This can be a daunting process for the uninitiated, but great mobile unlocking site theunlockr.com recently posted a guide that simplifies the process greatly:-
1. On your phone (G2/HTC Hero), goto Settings, Applications, and make sure Unknown source is checked ON.
2. On your phone, goto Settings, SD card and phone storage, and click Unmount SD card.
3. Then click Format SD card …

This one’s for the HTC Hero/G2 users. One thing I’ve noticed since I started using the phone, is that the wi-fi is turned off when the device enters sleep mode. It comes back on again shortly after you wake the phone up, but the device still uses the mobile data services during sleep mode to update any web-based apps (such as email, Twitter and the lke). For those who are concerned about keeping their mobile data usage down to a minimum, using the wi-fi based internet access …

I have a slightly unusual wifi setup at home where I have a wireless access point that doesn’t give out IP addresses via DHCP, so any devices that attach to my wireless network need to be have static IP addressing set. Because of this, one of the first things I had to work out on my HTC Hero was how to specify static IP settings. After very little digging through the settings, I found the answer. These are the steps you need to take to specify a …