June 2011--best way to root an HTC Sprint Hero?

[mikeinstlouis]

First of all, I am SORRY if these questions have been asked before, but I can't find them.

Also, if this is the wrong spot, please let me know where it should be rather than making snide comments like on another site.

I have successfully rooted my EVO with unrevoked. Now my brother wants me to do root his Sprint HTC Hero

Here are my questions.

I see that there is an download on unrevoked, but his radio is 2.42.02.10.29 and this is not listed. Is this an issue?

Is there a downside to having to use this unrevoked forever?

All that he wants is to do is get a bigger SD card so that he can move his apps off his phone and put more on his SD card. Is this possible? Even without rooting?

I don't think he cares about ROMs or tethering. He just wants to move some of his apps to an SD card and I don't think it is possible without rooting.

Thanks, any help would be appreciated.

[subprime]

I am not sure if it is possible to do without rooting. I think the easiest way to root it is to download z4root from the market. It took me about 5 minutes to root my son's hero using this. You can then flash darktremors a2sd (you will need to be rooted to use) and move everything to the sd card.

[subprime]

For whatever reason I can't edit the post but I forgot to add that only certain roms support darktremors a2sd so I had to flash a new rom. I used NFX stock rom found HERE. It kept everything on the phone so there was no need to re-set it up.