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1.6 on hero

Been looking around to see if anyone has been put 1.6 on the hero, but so far i haven't found anything. Just wondering if its currently even possible. I hate the senseui, so if stock 1.6 is available on cdma hero would be great to know. Thanks in advance.

Ill do ya one better. We dont have 1.6 but we almost have a fully working 2.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593620

I tried and built a 1.6 AOSP and it crashes and burns. The system_server process sigbus with a null pointer exception and crash/loops on my Sprint Hero when it tries to boot up.
Honestly, 1.6 and 2.0 seems "closer together", 1.5 to 1.6 is a much bigger jump. I think Google kinda messed up the versioning there. 1.6 should've been 2.0, and 2.0 be 2.1

quietcblongs said:
I tried and built a 1.6 AOSP and it crashes and burns. The system_server process sigbus with a null pointer exception and crash/loops on my Sprint Hero when it tries to boot up.
Honestly, 1.6 and 2.0 seems "closer together", 1.5 to 1.6 is a much bigger jump. I think Google kinda messed up the versioning there. 1.6 should've been 2.0, and 2.0 be 2.1
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or at least made 1.6 a 1.8/9 Potatoe Potatoe...wait that doesn't work as well typed as it does said.

Kcarpenter said:
...Potatoe Potatoe...wait that doesn't work as well typed as it does said.
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That was funny.

lol took me awhile to get it that one........
And thanks for the quick answer. Looks like im gonna have to wait for HTC. They should just make a working rom for cdma hero's just running 1.6 for those of us who could care less about sense ui.

Kcarpenter said:
or at least made 1.6 a 1.8/9 Potatoe Potatoe...wait that doesn't work as well typed as it does said.
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You mean potato, potatoe?

Potāto, Potäto.

coffe34 said:
lol took me awhile to get it that one........
And thanks for the quick answer. Looks like im gonna have to wait for HTC. They should just make a working rom for cdma hero's just running 1.6 for those of us who could care less about sense ui.
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Well HTC/Sprint is currently working on 2.1 for the Hero. So I seriously doubt that will happen. But you can always turn off Sense or build you own custom rom without Sense...

I could use any of the ones currently available , but from what ive been told, nothing will be completely compatible just yet. HTC just needs to get in gear, or hire some of the guys here lol. Also heard they got 2.1 running on droid and its amazing, so i guess im just patiently waiting....

coffe34 said:
I could use any of the ones currently available , but from what ive been told, nothing will be completely compatible just yet. HTC just needs to get in gear, or hire some of the guys here lol. Also heard they got 2.1 running on droid and its amazing, so i guess im just patiently waiting....
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What HTC needs to do is just release the source for our phone & all our problems will be solved.

That would be a great idea. We could have it done by Christmas lol.

coffe34 said:
That would be a great idea. We could have it done by Christmas lol.
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That would be an awesome Christmas present

Did anyone recieve the NEW UPDATE yet?

if it isnt gonna come out then i'm gonna root my phone.

the update being? the only one i can think of is the T-MO market

if you wanna wait, wait til spring

The OTA update to Android 2.0? That's still a rumor at this point.

it was just confirmed today that the g1 and mytouch are getting android 2.0 by the end of january.

markshield07 said:
it was just confirmed today that the g1 and mytouch are getting android 2.0 by the end of january.
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Source? 10 Characters

pjcforpres said:
Source? 10 Characters
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Best evidence so for http://www.androidguys.com/2010/01/...m_campaign=Feed:+androidguyscom+(AndroidGuys)

That seems reliable...

So did Toyota
In the past the rumors have rarely been reliable in regards to timing, so I wont be holding my breath. The Eclair roms that are available in the developers section work very well for now

That's definitely the most trustworthy-looking 2.x rumor so far. However, I won't believe it until it's officially confirmed by T-Mobile USA.
What timing! Just after finally rooting and installing CyanogenMod, an official OTA for 2.0 might be right around the corner. I wonder what would be considered preferred by most XDA users...a good modded 1.6 ROM like CM, or an offical T-Mobile 2.0 ROM.

The good modded 1.6 roms have a lot of 2.0 in them. Really besides aesthetics and the hella cool live wallpapers there are not a lot of changes that are noticeable. Speed wise there doesnt seem to be any issues either- they seem about equal. Might as well wait unless your into testing out roms and such. I am, so I have to have the latest daily

If this comes out I might actually Un-Root and Force Update.

G1BRICKED said:
If this comes out I might actually Un-Root and Force Update.
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It will be on here faster than you can unroot and force update! No need to worry about unrooting so you can get the newest update, there will be a version within hours of the OTA's starting on XDA, and if history is anything to go by, they will probably have it on here a couple days early.

G1BRICKED said:
If this comes out I might actually Un-Root and Force Update.
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cyan or enom would have a update before you even put the RC29 onto your sd.

Ace42 said:
cyan or enom would have a update before you even put the RC29 onto your sd.
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Are you referring to a CyanogenMod build with 2.0, or simply a regular 2.0 dump put out by Cyanogen? I'm keeping my fingers crossed for CM with 2.0!!!

TeeJay3800 said:
a good modded 1.6 ROM like CM, or an offical T-Mobile 2.0 ROM.
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CM is not a good rom. It is bloated and slow.
Official rom is also not good. It lacks some basic necessities, like wired tether and apps-to-sd.
The preferred choice should be an AOSP 2.something build with minor kernel customizations, and using the drivers that will finally be available from the official rom.

I would stay with my un-rooted G1 if there was a simple app to let me put my apps on the SD.

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cyan or enom would have a update before you even put the RC29 onto your sd.
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Don't remember this being the case when Donut was released. At least not the stable versions.

try manups 2.1 rom.
if you can do with out hd youtube and videorecording its faster than cyanogens latest. it's actually the first rom i've stuck with more than a day that isn't cyanogens.

Just to let you guys know the G2 is the Hero in Europe.
So if that post is true. The G1 and the Hero will be getting 2.0/2.1 and 2.0/2.1 sense by the end of january.

HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 pegged for mid-March

HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 pegged for mid-March
By Chris Ziegler posted Feb 9th 2010 5:35PM
We've known for ages that HTC's been working on yanking its custom-skinned Hero off of Cupcake's rusty frame, but so far, the only way to drop Android 2.0 or 2.1 on your phone has been to cheat, root, and load a custom or leaked ROM in place of the official first-party firmware. If you're too straightedge for that, though, keep the faith -- your binary isn't too far off. PR released today indicates that we can expect the Hero to get an Android 2.1 update with Sense in "mid March" according to HTC's Benelux team, and it'll feature a new Friend Stream widget that aggregates user updates across services (presumably a nod to Blur), tweaked Exchange support, and a handful of other goodies. This isn't necessarily indicative of when Hero versions in other regions (Sprint's version, for instance) will pick it up, but it's a solid start.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/09/htc-hero-update-to-android-2-1-pegged-for-mid-march/

blah wtf!!!. Its good dont get me wrong but still sketch on the sprint update

Ugh, I'm sick of waiting. T-Mobile here I come.

And thats from HTC. So we can expect an additional wait time from Sprint doing their crappy app tweaks. Maybe they will finally get Sprint tv working.

This isn't necessarily indicative of when Hero versions in other regions (Sprint's version, for instance) will pick it up, but it's a solid start.
I heard from an HTC rep that for Sprint it will be Feb 22.

knx2 said:
This isn't necessarily indicative of when Hero versions in other regions (Sprint's version, for instance) will pick it up, but it's a solid start.
I heard from an HTC rep that for Sprint it will be Feb 22.
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Along the same lines...If sprint were to post their update after the HTC official drop does that matter? Can't this be flashed directly to our phones (with out the sprint apps obviously)?

ljmeli said:
Along the same lines...If sprint were to post their update after the HTC official drop does that matter? Can't this be flashed directly to our phones (with out the sprint apps obviously)?
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I think Sprint has to handle getting their network settings configured, so the Hero knows what to connect to.

I just talk to an HTC rep today and they said the same thing.

I sure hope it comes soon since the Droid is getting theirs this week according to this website
http://www.facebook.com/motorola?v=feed&story_fbid=294428153158&ref=mf

abcdfv said:
I think Sprint has to handle getting their network settings configured, so the Hero knows what to connect to.
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this!!!! i think this is whats taking all the time

So if what the HTC reps told the two above posters is correct (not holding my breath), would it be better to go ahead and go with HTC's 2.1 or wait until one of our devs cooks one up?
By the way that this forum is looking we should have a pretty good looking 2.1 here pretty soon anyway. Just wondering.

Gregalous said:
So if what the HTC reps told the two above posters is correct (not holding my breath), would it be better to go ahead and go with HTC's 2.1 or wait until one of our devs cooks one up?
By the way that this forum is looking we should have a pretty good looking 2.1 here pretty soon anyway. Just wondering.
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As soon as the HTC update drops, our devs will have it re-released for rooted users.. Probably within a day.
In short, if it drops, I'd wait at least 24 hours prior to installing the authentic version, because it'll close the loophole you used to root in the first place.

will we be able to go back?
Say we flash the rom the day it comes out...im dieing to try it... will we be able to use the recovery tools to unflash or will it somehow kill our recovery tools?

rulermon said:
Say we flash the rom the day it comes out...im dieing to try it... will we be able to use the recovery tools to unflash or will it somehow kill our recovery tools?
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From my experience with the PSP, DO NOT UPDATE YOUR PHONE! Give it a few days to make sure root is still possible or doable.

I'd wait until a dev cooks up a rooted version so you don't lose root.

HeroMeng said:
I'd wait until a dev cooks up a rooted version so you don't lose root.
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Here's an official build of 2.1 WITH SENSE running on a GSM Hero. Cool to see what we'll have to look forward to.
Video: HTC Sense on Android 2.1 enable pinch-to-zoom on home screen

I would rather wait for a custom Rom running 2.1 then use Sprints 2.1 Rom

illogic6 said:
Here's an official build of 2.1 WITH SENSE running on a GSM Hero. Cool to see what we'll have to look forward to.
Video: HTC Sense on Android 2.1 enable pinch-to-zoom on home screen
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYDNlMYAaI

Gregalous said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYDNlMYAaI
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Link fails: some CGI kid on a trike
EPIC on the march update but I want it now but who doesnt? I know I cant wait to un&*^& my market for my gmail account since i upped to a 2.0 AOSP rom signed in and went back to 1.5 forgetting about that from my android-vogue days and how it basically upgrades your market account then some apps purely wont be able to be found until you go back to that ver.

Getting rid of my HERO

after being given a free upgrade from orange i have decided for my HERO to go
Will be getting the Desire as soon as it comes out in black, should only be a couple of week
Just wanted to say thankyou to all the people on here, its a great forum, will be moving over to the Desire forum shortly
Thank again

good stuff pal!!

fed up with all the waiting for 2.1

Will be getting the Desire as soon as it comes out in black
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And another win-win for HTC!! The strategy is working like a charm..
Have fun with your Desire while the rest of the world is on 2.2 or 3.x

us1111 said:
And another win-win for HTC!! The strategy is working like a charm..
Have fun with your Desire while the rest of the world is on 2.2 or 3.x
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+1............

does this mean taht the hero will nt get the 2.1 sense rom? And we are going to get Eclair rom (Nexus one rom )?

raikan123 said:
does this mean taht the hero will nt get the 2.1 sense rom? And we are going to get Eclair rom (Nexus one rom )?
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lol you don't really know what you are talking about, do you?
hero is promised to get the 2.1 update, questions is when. eclair is the "nickname" of android 2.1, it has nothing to do with the nexus. and the nexus rom will never work on the hero.

Where is the promise? Can you link to an official statement (not from some blog, rumor spreading tech-site) from HTC? HTC once had semi-promises on their twitter... but they have since deleted their messages there.
Even the source of the announcement that it comes in June is obscure and I don't consider it an official statement.
I actually don't believe that there will be an upgrade anymore.

us1111 said:
Have fun with your Desire while the rest of the world is on 2.2 or 3.x
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Assuming that the Desire gets fully rooted, and once HTC releases the Desire kernel source, I'd imagine that porting Nexus One ROMs onto a Desire would be relatively trivial since so much of the hardware is shared.
Regards,
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Froyo upgrade path for Google Ion (dev phone)?

So with T-Mobile releasing Froyo for Magic, is there an official Froyo update for ADP2 (Google Ion) from Google or HTC? Should one be expected?

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If you mean semi-officialy, there will soon. As you've deduced, the Mt3G is a rebranded magic, just like your ION. We're just waiting for someone to dump the ROM, so it can be packaged up ready to flash. You'll need root for that of course.
The Froyo source code has been out for a few months, so you could have installed Froyo ages ago. I'm currently using a community build on my magic, but I'm going to flash Tmo's build just to see if they've changed anything.
Personally I don't see Google or HTC releasing Froyo officially fo the ION. If they were going to they would have done ages ago. So if you want 2.2 you're going to have to flash a custom ROM.
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I think u can find atleast one link to it in the source code!!!!!! Give that phone to someone who can use it
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
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You dun make no sense.

Oh, I've been running CM6 on it for a while, I was wondering about update coming from either Google and/or HTC (just as I have posted).
PS. My Ion came with Eng SPL and rooted -- there was no need to do anything to flash any of the community ROMs.

stangri said:
Oh, I've been running CM6 on it for a while, I was wondering about update coming from either Google and/or HTC (just as I have posted).
PS. My Ion came with Eng SPL and rooted -- there was no need to do anything to flash any of the community ROMs.
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I should have read between the lines
It's just a matter of time before tmo's build gets dumped. Either way, it will be a lot better than *shudder* CM6.

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chrisgto4 said:
Tmobiles version is going to run decent, but only because its missing a lot of features that you would find on newer phones running froyo. The hardware is just not there to run full froyo.
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So do you happen to have a list of what exactly is going to be missing?

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chrisgto4 said:
Better how???? Blasphemy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cyanogen did exactly what everyone wanted him to do. Bring froyo to the g1/mytouch. He busted his ass to bring u almost all of the features that froyo brought to the n1. Tmobiles version is going to run decent, but only because its missing a lot of features that you would find on newer phones running froyo. The hardware is just not there to run full froyo.
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CM6 runs like crap, lets face it, standard AOSP runs way faster.

AdrianK said:
CM6 runs like crap, lets face it, standard AOSP runs way faster.
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CM6 doesn't " run like crap ", there is some things that we would like for it to have but 2.2 to g1's and Mytouch's was completely out of reach and Cyanogen gave it to us and remember that it's only 6.0, there will be more releases. Partition your SD Card the right way and maybe it wouldn't run like crap for you... maybe. I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin'.
And lets not forget Cyan gave us 2.1 and T-mobile NEVER acknowledged it.

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CM6 doesn't " run like crap ", there is some things that we would like for it to have but 2.2 to g1's and Mytouch's was completely out of reach and Cyanogen gave it to us and remember that it's only 6.0, there will be more releases. Partition your SD Card the right way and maybe it wouldn't run like crap for you... maybe. I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin'.
And lets not forget Cyan gave us 2.1 and T-mobile NEVER acknowledged it.
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Each to their own, I guess. In my experience it's slow and straight-up AOSP is way faster. Partition how? I don't need ext, swap is a con, really.

Ok, its one thing to stand up for CM6 another to blindly nut hug.
CM6 sucked....
Not only did i ditch CM6 for Biffmod, i ditched all root for 1.6 and im loving it.
CM6 could never keep a single thing opened.
Yes, i had my card paritioned right, yes i had custom MTD partitions for massive internal memory, yes i used firerats swap patch for CM6 and swap option in Biffmod, NO nothing would stay open.