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Hi. I am so waiting for the new firmware for the HTC Hero (GSM) and I was wondering why can't you (htc) just release what they've done so far then OTA patch it later? I guess you're almost finished because you've used a whole lot of time now. I've been waiting ever since before christmas and checked your website for new update every day. I'm impationtly waiting! And please, if you do not release it, please provide me some details!
THEY REPLIED
Dear
Thank you for your enquiry about htc hero.
Some of the phones in our Android line up including your Hero are due to receive an upgrade, and it is scheduled to be released starting at the end of April. Your phone should be upgraded Over-The-Air. You can expect a pop-up message on your phone when connected to the internet once it is ready. When the upgrade is ready, we will notify you via our website and on various social media networks including Twitter and Face book.
If these steps have not helped, please let me know by responding using the link provided and I will be happy to check again for you.
Best regards,
Ivona
HTC customer support team
HTC Corp. Global Service Division
AND I WAS LIKE OMFG !
wooooooooooooooooooo
Yeah right. First it was january, then march, now april.
and havn't they already said it won't be an OTA?
i didn't think the jump from 1.5 to 2.1 was possible via an OTA.
Lennyuk said:
and havn't they already said it won't be an OTA?
i didn't think the jump from 1.5 to 2.1 was possible via an OTA.
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I agree... the OTA thing sounds like a bunch of horse piss. The update includes a new kernel, which means replacing the current kernel, which means the phone will need to be in either recovery or fastboot mode in order for the update to take place. Correct me if I'm wrong...
I'm skeptical...
However the OTA is not the problem. They didn't say it's an OTA update... just said that, you'll get a message on your phone telling you an update is available (+ instructions: go to website bla bla).
Still don't believe what some HTC support-minion says. They don't have a clue.
olafos said:
I'm skeptical...
However the OTA is not the problem. They didn't say it's an OTA update... just said that, you'll get a message on your phone telling you an update is available (+ instructions: go to website bla bla).
Still don't believe what some HTC support-minion says. They don't have a clue.
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Some people over here in holland got the same mail. OTA and the end of april...
Funny since the Sprint hero (wich is branded) wil get his update around 20th of march....
I think this is because of the legend wich is released last week. The legend is a faster phone than the hero. But also more expensive I think when the difference is only a few mhz and a amoled screen not a lot of people who have the hero is gonna buy the legend when the hero get's 2.1...
For me it just opened another option. Kind of sick of promises was going to buy a desire but don't know for sure now...
I got sick of all the promises when the 15th of March came and went, installed behero rom and am a happy bunny
OTA
what i think they ment is that you'll get a notice or message on your phone that a new firmware is available and you'll have to goto their website
daniel_owen_uk said:
I got sick of all the promises when the 15th of March came and went, installed behero rom and am a happy bunny
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lol - so did I! I've got VillianROM3.4! When (or should I say if!) the update comes out I'll just restore my nandroid backup of 1.5 and update it to see what it's like...
StrongOneX said:
what i think they ment is that you'll get a notice or message on your phone that a new firmware is available and you'll have to goto their website
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No you'll get the message there a new rom and HTC said it's going to be pushed to your phone (so OTA)
Seems strange to me since not everybody has decent 3g cover, without it it would take a very long time
to download a 130mb file....
So I hope this is gonna change, I'd rather download it myself than have it pushed to my phone
This is the update schedule -
HTC EU (Nordic/Greek/RUS/UKR/SA) 2010/4/2
TMO - UK TMO 2010/4/16
UK/ES Orange 2010/4/16
TMO - DE TMO 2010/4/16
SFR signature Orange 2010/4/22
ZA(Vodacom) HTC 2010/4/22
H3G UK H3G 2010/4/22
HTC BE HTC 2010/5/4
HTC TUR HTC 2010/5/4
TMO - PL TMO 2010/5/10
TMO - HU TMO 2010/5/10
TMO - MK TMO 2010/5/10
yrreP said:
This is the update schedule -
HTC EU (Nordic/Greek/RUS/UKR/SA) 2010/4/2
TMO - UK TMO 2010/4/16
UK/ES Orange 2010/4/16
TMO - DE TMO 2010/4/16
SFR signature Orange 2010/4/22
ZA(Vodacom) HTC 2010/4/22
H3G UK H3G 2010/4/22
HTC BE HTC 2010/5/4
HTC TUR HTC 2010/5/4
TMO - PL TMO 2010/5/10
TMO - HU TMO 2010/5/10
TMO - MK TMO 2010/5/10
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I want to believe you but where has this information come from?
Lennyuk said:
I want to believe you but where has this information come from?
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I was privy to an email at work...
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You can call HTC direct, ask them when the update is due, and they will confirm... if they read their bloody emails!
yrreP said:
I was privy to an email at work...
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You can call HTC direct, ask them when the update is due, and they will confirm... if they read their bloody emails!
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I will take your word for it then just hope this is correct
Fingers crossed then.
I don't want an OTA update, i'd rather wait until a decent rom is cooked up so I don't have to go through the hassle of creating a goldcard again or anything else similar. (Could even be impossible)
rumours... just rumours
i can make a schedule like that in word...
..and you to....
yrreP said:
I was privy to an email at work...
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You can call HTC direct, ask them when the update is due, and they will confirm... if they read their bloody emails!
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Sorry if this is a little offtopic, but do you have any news on the HTC Magic (32A)?
Thanks
Hero update of Sprint
Yesterday, we had news that HTC was supposedly going to release an Android 2.1 update for HTC Hero in late April, however, here is some news which will bring cheers to your ears.
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According to a HTC forum member, who spoke with a Sprint executive to troubleshoot his HTC Hero which did not have service, the Android 2.1 update may arrive on March 26th, 2010 for Sprint users instead of the late April. The conversation below: (emphasis added)
I just got of the phone with the advanced support at sprint becuase my phone did not have any service since this morning. They tried all the basic trouble shooting and then said that they had seen this issue before but that the new firmware will address this issue they also stated that reactivating the phone is a work around for now. I kept on asking about the firmware release and they finally released a date for the 2.1 firmware. He stated and confirm that this update will come on 03/26/2010.
However, this update is not officially confirmed, and if released will only be available for Sprint users right now, other HTC Hero users might have to wait till April end to receive official OTA updates from HTC directly.
We will keep our eyes open for any official confirmation from Sprint with regards to this. In the meantime you can call the Sprint support and let us know if they do confirm this with you.
Source: techie-buzz.com
See here:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/htc-hero-update-to-android-2-1-on-april-26th-in-home-country-of/
Engadget reference a post made by HTC's official Plurk account mentioning Hero update for April 26th
sounds good to me,but nearly a month away
"expected to be..."
Still as vague as the other dates being thrown around
I know why cant they just release it i cant believe people where talking about Christmas and its been 3 months since that. I just want a sold version on my phone all of these legend and eris dumps arent solid and stable enough yet !!!
My T-mobile G2 UK is in for repair from yesterday, stopped recognising a USB connection. It should be back within 2 weeks but I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will flash to 2.1!!!
Newman27 said:
I know why cant they just release it i cant believe people where talking about Christmas and its been 3 months since that. I just want a sold version on my phone all of these legend and eris dumps arent solid and stable enough yet !!!
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People talking about it were just rumors. If someone started talking about like a 2.2 w/e now, would you start believing that as well? If it was HTC giving out the release dates and failing to meet them, well then! Show the hate! Otherwise, be patient.
haha
drspikes said:
My T-mobile G2 UK is in for repair from yesterday, stopped recognising a USB connection. It should be back within 2 weeks but I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will flash to 2.1!!!
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I check the G2 folder at work every day for that 2.1 update.
trust me a t-mobile repair centre will get it way after unbranded phones.
Hey guys my buddy has a telus hero and he is using it on AT&T here in the US. It hasn't received its notification for the 2.1 update. What gives? Is there a downloadable version of it? He doesn't want his rooted, because he doesn't want to constantly have to update his ROM.
change the date to a month ahead. if he doesnt get a notification then follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714855
Should it pop up instantly when I change the date
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Can you post back if it works? I have some buddies using Heros who would be interested in this solution but not rooting.
Telus has been so slow rolling this out. On the plus side, the slowness made me root my Hero in the spring and I haven't even looked back.
No luck for me. But I'm not on Telus so I think that might be the problem.
This is an e-mail I got from Telus yesterday.
Hello again *****,
Unfortunately, I am only able to confirm that according to our Product Development Team, we will be releasing the Android 2.1 software upgrade for the HTC Hero sometime in late August 2010.
You may want to use the link below which will reflect the software upgrade once it becomes available:
http://www.telusmobility.com/en/BC/htc_hero_support/
For further information or assistance, please call our Client Care Team toll free Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM, and Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM at 1-866-558-2273.
Your patience is appreciated and thank you for your interest in TELUS products and services.
Kind regards,
Lori
e.Care Specialist
TELUS
I want to get Android 2.1, root access, and then overclock my Hero... is there somewhere someone can point me to? I'm on a stock TELUS Hero...
slaman said:
I want to get Android 2.1, root access, and then overclock my Hero... is there somewhere someone can point me to? I'm on a stock TELUS Hero...
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Custom Roms - A quick gogole or visit into the rom section will give you all you need
I personally use VillainRom12 - It is stable and fast and I have had no issues on the weekend, but that is the only one I have tried so far so you may fine differently etc, there are plenty of roms from different groups to try out.
Froyo on HTC Legend is coming sometime next week. It's official !
source: hxxp://www[dot]mobilewhack[dot]com/htc-legend-getting-android-froyo-2-2-update-sometime-next-week/
I hope you're right. HTC mentioned weeks, not days in its official statement.
laurent.siku said:
Froyo on HTC Legend is coming sometime next week. It's official !
source: hxxp://www[dot]mobilewhack[dot]com/htc-legend-getting-android-froyo-2-2-update-sometime-next-week/
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I'd like to see the proof where HTC told them that and no other company/journalist/review/blogging/twitter.
I am very optimist..but if I will not get the update this year, in january I will get read of legend and will buy a much "smarter" phone, like galaxy s or nexus one, altough I will miss the Htc Sense UI.
TheLegendaryJay said:
I'd like to see the proof where HTC told them that and no other company/journalist/review/blogging/twitter.
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There is none. They just skipped the "s" in "coming weeks" from the Facebook statement and made a fancy announcement to draw some attention.
Interesting that The inquirer is also mentioning flash support - not sure where they got that from!:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...s-android-22-updates-legend-wildfire-handsets
zoomee said:
Interesting that The inquirer is also mentioning flash support - not sure where they got that from!:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...s-android-22-updates-legend-wildfire-handsets
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I hope im wrong , but im afraid they are
zoomee said:
Interesting that The inquirer is also mentioning flash support - not sure where they got that from!:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...s-android-22-updates-legend-wildfire-handsets
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There is no problem with flash on MSM7227, as long as flash is compiled for it. The Legend has a faster GPU than the desire.
I think it will support Flash, Flash Lite 4 that is. Flash Lite does play Youtube, as shown on Nokia N8. I do think Flash Lite 4 on 2.1 is a bit of a hit or miss experience. Noticed some Flash based content works perfectly with N8 as opposed to Legend.
I dont think we would see them next week, most probably next month, before Christmas, hopefully.
CrazyPeter said:
There is no problem with flash on MSM7227, as long as flash is compiled for it. The Legend has a faster GPU than the desire.
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Ofcourse not. They have the same gpu.
It's up to adobe to make flash 10.1 available on older cpus. And like it was mentioned before we will get flash (we had it in 2.1 from the beginning) but it's only flash lite 4.
And we have Froyo !!!
So... One week or so, from when I started this thread and we got Froyo !!! Sort of... Only Vodafone branded in UK FR and DE for now... but still, it's a very good news. Flashing Froyo Vodafone Uk rom as I type... I's a little disappointing as HTC stated unbranded phones will get Froyo first, but even branded it's very good news. My carrier is Vodafone RO and the branding doesn't bother me much, but there are other people out there who don't use/like Vodafone/VFbranding and for them it's not so good news.
This is the update i'm flashing right now h**p://fotadl.htc.com/OTA_Legend_Froyo_S_Vodafone_UK_3.14.161.1-2.05.161.1_R_release_135177_156984u2k321537x1cpy3d .zip
Hope to see soon an unbranded update ! (maybe next week or even a few more days from now)
Despite the fact that the "trully " unbranded phones didn't get the update first and will get the update in a weeks I consider this to be a good situation. Any new bugs the update contains will be noticed during this time.
The only problem is when the update will come to those with the "really" branded phones .
HTC has now started to release the Froyo upgrade for the Legend in Europe. Oddly enough, it seems that branded versions of the device actually is getting the good stuff first, contrary to what HTC stated in its announcement. Vodafone users are said to be first in line.
The update is released over-the-air and has a size of 82.88MB, and will bring the full Android 2.2 Sense experience that HTC Desire users enjoy. Has any lucky Legend owners out there gotten the update yet?
Via [EuroDroid]
Bummer.. #!?*
Ok so for the past 2 hours i'm trying to flash froyo update... but my current rom (rodriguezstyle) doesn't want to be erased from my phone (wtf lol). OK I've tried Legend_HTC_WWE_2.03.405.3 via exe but I get "unable to flash rom"... how can I get back to Stock Rom and then update ??
Got ClockWork mod? Use MoDaCo's rom, see the Development section or MoDaCo website.
If you want the official OTA, Goldcard, use the downgrade crackin' script, then flash 1.32 Vodafone UK from Shipped Roms, then do the 2 OTA's available. If your phones breaks your fault not mine
Got flash back to stock. OTA in a few minutes after my phone finishes install of rom.zip.Don't really need goldcard... flashing rom.zip works via Clockworkmod Recovery.
Thanks anyway, will post status after finished froyo update.
L.E. it looks like I indeed need goldcard, but my card has ext3 partition for app2sd to work and don't have card reader with SD adapter to format back to fat... how can I format card 8GB to normal FAT with the phone...?
i can guess new sense will be on the table for thouse with unbranded possibly otherwise htc has screwed their unbranded customer big time
I'm quite impressed
Installed Froyo while out with some bud's, a short car-juorney smokin' and first impression is not so bad. It run's verry smoothly, only with stock apps & widgets. Short touchscreen response, without any delay or lags. I like the flashlight, altough it would have been nice to have strobo like on Cyanogen Mod. FM Radio widget comes in 2 sizes; LiveWallpapers (you cannot change a different wallpaper for lockscreen because if you have LWP on desktop it appears on lockscreen also) and many more enhancement's, wifi hotspot, navigation, places and app sharing. Will install my most 150---ish used apps and will post status.
works all good for me as said screen switching is aloott smoother(which i didnt think was possible - was already quick). live wallpapers are nice. and the graphic going into/out of apps looks nice. time will tell if there are any bugs
is the "last sms" problem fixed when viewing text messages?
Any idea when its coming?
Maybe the question should be more like: "Will it be released in Canada"
i highly doubt it will be out before the generic htc froyo rom...so i want to de-brand and flash the generic rom...
can anyone recommend a good guide for flashing the generic froyo rom to our specific model virgin canada legend? thanks in advance...
Canadian carriers are pretty awful at releasing updates in a timely fashion. Hopefully Virgin will break the pattern. Just to give you an idea, the predecessor to our phone, the Hero, just got an update from Telus recently... to 2.1.
I contact HTC via email about the software update for Bell/Virgin HTC Legend and they tell me to ask it to Bell/Virgin. I sent an email to Bell without answer. If anybody gets an answer from them let us know!
There's another thread about this very topic at HowardForums (can't post the link due to new account restrictions).
But anyways, apparently one of the Virgin reps is "looking into it" .. maybe we'll get an answer there soon.
I have just gotten off the phone with Virgin mobile and HTC and told them that i have the 2.2 for my legend already installed and rooted all that fun stuff i got them to send me to tech support to get the APN settings for my baby and he also let me know that the 2.2 is in devlopment up there and will be released some time soon... no exact date but he's heard that they will be supporting it...also if they do release it OTA i think they may release a patch if you agree to the OTA you may loose root and possibly never be able to root again due to the new update.. Hope this was some help.
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HTC legend Rooted 2.2 FroYo Virgin Mobile
@virginmobilecan tweeted that it would be mid January prior to the New Year, and they have been releasing Froyo for the other phones fairly early than they promised, I'm thinking tomorrow?
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Out for Virgin, no clue about Bell.
EDIT: Yes, Bell got it too.
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Finally got it yesterday. Apps2SD is a lifesaver.
Can't change lockscreen anymore, so that sort of bites. Other than that, Love the new live wallpapers. Haven't noticed any speed increases, but It's not like i've been looking for them or paying too much attention to load times.
So far i'm really happy with it. Voice commands, flashlight, etc. all nice features.
It's a shame they didn't add the 2.2 camera interface.
Is the new version comes with the Wifi hotspot ? Anyone with the new official update let us know?
Also i'm wondering if i flash mine with the new official update, whether i can still root ?
I would like to have the wifi hotspot... coz i heard with the official update they removed this functionality that normally comes with the unbranded OTA froyo.
Thanks
QkSi1ver said:
Is the new version comes with the Wifi hotspot ? Anyone with the new official update let us know?
Also i'm wondering if i flash mine with the new official update, whether i can still root ?
I would like to have the wifi hotspot... coz i heard with the official update they removed this functionality that normally comes with the unbranded OTA froyo.
Thanks
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It is there. Just checked on my wife's Legend.
Generally, it has been a great upgrade. The only issues are that a couple apps have not been updated by their authors in a LONG time so they do not work well on 2.2 and that for some reason, the screen lock dots were set to only come on after 5 minutes of non-use. My wife had it set to immediate before so she was annoyed that that changed.
App 2 SD isn't the lifesaver I was hoping it was... I find the apps still take up some space on the main phone even after you move them to SD. Frustrating.
QkSi1ver said:
I would like to have the wifi hotspot... coz i heard with the official update they removed this functionality that normally comes with the unbranded OTA froyo.
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I'm a Rogers customer who purchased an HTC Legend from a VM customer. Contrary to what I was told by VM, I did receive the Froyo update (today) when I checked for it on my phone (it wasn't pushed).
It includes the wifi hotspot (YAY) and while it doesn't permit pushing all apps to the SD card, it has let me move most of them there, so I'm hoping the 'low space' messages are a thing of the past.
Can't say I notice a big speed boost, but the wireless tethering is big to me, as is the ability to move most apps to the SD card. Looking forward to better voice recognition too.
All the best and good luck with your phone!
Phone seems sluggish at times after my official froyo update... even have to reboot a few times when it becomes too sluggish... i've moved all movable apps to sd but some big ones can't be moved... like swype freaking 18MB and IGO 29MB...
sluggish like finger swiping the pictures from my alblum is really slow and the picture does not follow my finger unles i move it mm by mm and slowly...
anyone experienced that?
A friend of mine on Bell's Froyo has that constantly. A hard reset fixed it though.
you should notice that froyo is much faster than stock eclair...its not subtle at all
They offered me a discount on my monthly bill for 3 months because of the mess up on android 2.2, but when I got the bill, it was still the same amount...
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Oh ho ho, they do that sometimes as a joke. They treat us like chickens...
Just call customer service and demand a 6 month adjustment, instead.
Or, before you demand such a thing, check your account's notes to see if it will be added on to the next bill. Bell and Virgin operates on advanced billing.
gwgm said:
I'm a Rogers customer who purchased an HTC Legend from a VM customer. Contrary to what I was told by VM, I did receive the Froyo update (today) when I checked for it on my phone (it wasn't pushed).
It includes the wifi hotspot (YAY) and while it doesn't permit pushing all apps to the SD card, it has let me move most of them there, so I'm hoping the 'low space' messages are a thing of the past.
Can't say I notice a big speed boost, but the wireless tethering is big to me, as is the ability to move most apps to the SD card. Looking forward to better voice recognition too.
All the best and good luck with your phone!
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My situation is the same. But I get the update pushed to me.
After updated, it stuck at loading on homescreen for half hour now.
anyone has the same problem? should i just pull the battery?