Geek For Me is proud to release:

Fresh Hero 2.4.0 for your Sprint Hero

NOTE: Remember that Fresh Hero is considered a stable every day rom, and Fresh Toast is a dev rom that may have issues. Also (in case there is confusion) Fresh Hero is for the Hero and Fresh Evo for the Evo. But I think that’s self explanatory. :)

Also FYI the phone may freeze on the very first boot at the lockscreen, or it may get to the lockscreen and then reboot one more time. This should only happen on the very first boot after flashing the rom (if it happens at all).

If you are coming from Fresh Hero 2.3.3 then no wipe is required. You can grab the incremental update (10 mb) to go from 2.3.3 or the full update. The full update is required if you are coming from any other rom. If you are coming from another rom then a full wipe may be required.

Need help? Problems? Bugs?

Base: RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.27.651.6

This is just a maintenance release to keep your phone updated and running smoothly.
Changes from 2.3.3 to 2.4.0:
  • Updated DarkTremor apps2sd to 2.7.5 RC3 build C
  • Updated SuperUser to 2.3.4
  • Updated ES File Explorer to 1.4.5
  • Updated LauncherPro to 0.7.6.0
  • Updated Google maps to 4.4.0
  • Removed Facebook App
    • If you already have it installed then this won’t remove it. If you want to install it later then just grab it off the market.
What to expect / how to flash it / READ THIS:

  • Download and copy the zip to the root of your sdcard
  • Reboot to RA and do a data wipe / factory reset (REQUIRED)
  • You may also need to wipe sd:ext if you are having troubles booting.
  • If you are running Fresh Toast and ext4 then you’ll need to partition back to ext3 if you want to use apps2sd
  • Pick flash zip from sdcard and select fresh-hero*.zip
  • After it finishes flashing reboot. Expect the first boot up to take a while.
  • If it boot loops over and over (you keep hearing the startup sound) then you didn’t wipe everything.
  • When the phone boots and comes to the user setup screen I would recommend syncing your google account right away. I noticed an old bug creep back in where it gets stuck during sync. This seems to be avoided by adding your google account during setup.
  • The more social networking stuff you have setup (Facebook, twitter, friendstream, etc) the less battery life you will get. These programs do not have a “push” function and work by checking every single one of your contacts to see if they have an update.

DOWNLOAD:

An incremental download (10 mb) is available on Fresh Updater if you are on Fresh Hero 2.3.3. If you are on any other rom then you won’t see it. If you are on another rom or have any issues with the incremental then you can grab the full download.

Full: http://link.geekfor.me/freshhero240 — Thanks to DeMiNe0 for this new permanent mirror!
Mirror: http://link.geekfor.me/freshhero240mirror

MD5: 6c72f24775532bd6562da12ffef9fef9

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