I dunno if they've just got a bit confused but read this article about the HTC Hero 2.1 update - http://www.gadgetvenue.com/htc-hero-android-21-updating-hitting-taiwan-03260924/
Notice the mention of Live Wallpapers. Does this mean that the feature may be included in the official update after all? Maybe....
Considering the Legend with 2.1 doesn't have live wallpapers, I wouldnt expect the Hero to get them
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I thought this might be of interest to folks, since the biggest complain I've heard of the Hero (both on the Vogue and on the "official" hardware) is that it is too slow. Apparently HTC is releasing an updated Hero ROM, which has had quite a few optimizations.
You can watch a video preview at the link below:
http://gizmodo.com/5340981/upcoming-software-update-fixes-the-htc-heros-only-real-problem
Maybe eventually some of this stuff will find its way onto the Vogue as well!
Sure hope so, the UI for Hero is so cool. If only it was as fast and snappy as 1.5 on our vogues
Amazing. I'm extra excited to get the Hero now... the sluggishness was the only thing in the back of my mind making me question the decision.
so can anyone get their hands on the new rom?
Hey Guys,
I was wondering that since Google is already sharing the Donut Love with G1's and Magic's when are we gonna see some Donut love for our lovely piece of Hardware we all know as HERO ...
I am guessing Htc is working on the 1.6 SDK provided by Google to integrate it with ROSIE, but i am thinking the Developers here are alot faster than the guys and HTC.
So can we get a Rosie with 1.6 which is rooted ofcourse but nothing else... no other modifications i mean.
Respect to all.
Cheeers
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Hey Guys,
I was wondering that since Google is already sharing the Donut Love with G1's and Magic's when are we gonna see some Donut love for our lovely piece of Hardware we all know as HERO ...
I am guessing Htc is working on the 1.6 SDK provided by Google to integrate it with ROSIE, but i am thinking the Developers here are alot faster than the guys and HTC.
So can we get a Rosie with 1.6 which is rooted ofcourse but nothing else... no other modifications i mean.
Respect to all.
Cheeers
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Good question, I would love to see that as well... BUT I suppose it is not possible without the kernel sourse, unless Sprint's Hero comes out with 1.6 and then its ROM is ported to our European Heros. That's up to the devs!
Well the Sprint Hero HAS to come with Donut... It's CDMA, and that's only supported in Donut, so I'm almost 100% positive it will ship with Donut.
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Well the Sprint Hero HAS to come with Donut... It's CDMA, and that's only supported in Donut, so I'm almost 100% positive it will ship with Donut.
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That was what I thought. But Joshua @ Engadget told me that their Sprint Hero review unit only has Android 1.5 on it. Well, Android 1.6 added support for CDMA does not necessarily mean that one cannot write a driver for Android 1.5 to support CDMA.
But anyway, I do think that it is almost likely that HTC will release a 1.6 update for the Hero in a not too distance future.
The Google experience G1s and Magics are purely that - stock Cupcake ROMs. The Hero presents a slight challenge as HTC put a lot of love into the ROM, with the addition of SenseUI. Hopefully, it won't take that long to cook a Donut ROM with SenseUI, but just making the transition of the great innovations from HTC for the Hero will be the stumbling block for a Donut-based ROM.
HTC Response to my Donut question.
I asked when they'd release a ROM using Dognut ( 1.6 ) for the Hero.
Their reply:
Good Morning, HTC do not release the ROM updates. Google do. If you have any questions relating thier operating system, the updates, its benefits and release dates please visit www.android.com for further support. Here at HTC, we manufacture the hardware on the device and release hotfixes for when reported bugs needs resolution. If you have a technical support related query regarding the device, please do not hesitate to contact us again. Kind Regards, HTC Europe
This has constantly been my experience with HTC - ask them a question and they say contact Google.
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I asked when they'd release a ROM using Dognut ( 1.6 ) for the Hero.
Their reply:
Good Morning, HTC do not release the ROM updates. Google do. If you have any questions relating thier operating system, the updates, its benefits and release dates please visit www.android.com for further support. Here at HTC, we manufacture the hardware on the device and release hotfixes for when reported bugs needs resolution. If you have a technical support related query regarding the device, please do not hesitate to contact us again. Kind Regards, HTC Europe
This has constantly been my experience with HTC - ask them a question and they say contact Google.
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Man thats so frustrating innit. I am sure if we ask google, they wont comment either coz our hero is not with "GOOGLE EXPERIENCE" ..... what a load of cr*p
well i actually snooped around and heard a couple of ppl say that it should not be a difficult task for HTC to induce Rosie into 1.6, infact one of them even said " should be a peice of cake" so i am a hopless optimist and hopefully it'll be sent as an OTA upgrade or " HOTFIX " by HTC soon...
I'll call HTC too and see if i can get any more info out
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Just got off the phone with a customer support officer from HTC UK. And she said that while they dont have the exact date on when HTC will issue and update bundled with Donut, It is under works and will be sooner rather than later..... now the waiting games begin
correct me if I'm wrong, but 1.6 doesn't bring that much for us Hero owners right? When the first announcements came I looked through the "Whats new" list and I didn't start shouting from excitement
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correct me if I'm wrong, but 1.6 doesn't bring that much for us Hero owners right? When the first announcements came I looked through the "Whats new" list and I didn't start shouting from excitement
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well the only notable improvement might be of the speed and performance, although google didn't shout about it so i m thinking it'll be minimalistic ... however detailed battery usage, universal search and test to speech are a few things i wouldn't mind having....
But actually for me its just about getting the latest updates on the Android flagship device...
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correct me if I'm wrong, but 1.6 doesn't bring that much for us Hero owners right? When the first announcements came I looked through the "Whats new" list and I didn't start shouting from excitement
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One benefit will be being able to run any future apps that require 1.6 (use 1.6-specific API features). We already have apps that run only on 1.5 or higher...
system-wide search feature would be nice...
I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this, but I signed up to point it out:
http://www.htc.com/europe/product/tattoo/specification.html
http://developer.htc.com/htc_tattoo_developer.html
The Tattoo will be shipping with Android 1.6, and it uses the Sense UI. That should mean that it isn't too far off for the Hero.
Looks promising! and the Tatoo is Due to launch orange UK this month
VPN and Global search are the two main features I am most excited about in the Donut
It's supposed to be faster also.
Does 1.6 not also include the improved App Store for Android?
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Does 1.6 not also include the improved App Store for Android?
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yes it does
http://drop.io/g1i9pj0 hero is getting donut....you might also be getting a snapdragon hero.
I installed donut on my girlfriends g1 yesterday and it seemed much faster than cupcake.
Hi:
I´ve seen videos presenting both the HTC Bravo and Legend with the expected Sense upgrade. I saw on Bravo home screen weather animation and animated backgrounds...as on the HTC HD2 while in Legend, static weather and static bakcgrounds.
Which one do you think we will get?
Legend kind...because of the mhz alikeness or Bravo style inspite the mhz differences?
Hoping it is Bravo....assuming it is Legend...
Maybe Bravo´s rom can be ported to Hero, I used to have HTC HD running HTC HD2 roms and it worked pretty good!!!!
Any comments?? Does anyone cares about this or just me?
Bye
i think that every 2.1 sense will be the same. and i just found that video of the legend WITH that animation (actually you can just see it for about 1 second) but it isnt static.
Cant wait to get all those new updates =)
Here's the link to that vid:
http://video.golem.de/handy/2836/praesentation-von-htc-desire-und-legend-auf-dem-mobile-world-congress-2010.html
Yes, you are right, I saw the weather animation....bad luck...no wallpaper animatin.
Well...something is something...!!!!
WTF is up with all those videos????
They are all the same. Is it really soooo interesting to see someone flip through the home screens? Didn't it occur to some reporters to also check other features and bugfixes (like the one where you can't select text in a website with the trackball). Now, you could say it's because the home screen has most of the new features. Well I beg to differ. If that's really all they have now, why the **** did it take them so long? If it's 2.1, there must be 2.1 features of which these guys could show the Senese UI integration.
I have just seen a danish interview with a talks person from HTC saying 2.1 sould be out for the Hero 1. april
I'm seriously getting annoyed by either htc, who doesn't announce properly, by the local divisions that announce too much ****, or the press and users doing that...
I had a look around on some videos.
It looks like the legend sense 2.1 does not have the voice to text feature but the desire does! (Looking at each keyboard)
Its sad that they took out some of android 2.1's features. (Hopefully im wrong)
Also noticed that there is an editable dictionary with sense 2.1.
I hope HTC will not start marketing by disabling software features like Nokia does. I hope thatthe only difference, usability wise, betwen Legend, Hero and Desire will be screen resolution.
I would consider very much about buying thesetwo new phones though, they will probably not release updates on time just like with Hero, for the same marketing reason.
Using the Rogers' (crippled) version of magic running 1.5
its got google maps 3.1.x.
i remember when i was running one of the rooted roms on 1.6 i could upgrade upto the latest google maps 3.4 via the market.
however, for 1.5, google maps doesn't even show up in market. im afraid that the highest version for the app for 1.5 is indeed 3.1.x with no sight of an upgrade in the near future.
can anyone confirm/deny this?
thanks.
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You'll have to wait for the Android 2.1 + Sense UI for Rogers HTC Magic.
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You'll have to wait for the Android 2.1 + Sense UI for Rogers HTC Magic.
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Hopefully that will be available for HTC Magics bought in Norway too ..
is there a reason that you don't want to upgrade? At the very minimum, upgrade to 1.6 and Tmobile will continue to support the phone. I see no reason to stay at 1.5. Help me understand the rationale here.
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sorry but i'm new to this.
is HTC going to upgrade the Magic to 2.1?
I also just bought one from Rogers but using it on Bell's network.
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is there a reason that you don't want to upgrade? At the very minimum, upgrade to 1.6 and Tmobile will continue to support the phone. I see no reason to stay at 1.5. Help me understand the rationale here.
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He clearly said he had a Roger's HTC Magic. Not the crippled MT3G.
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Taknarosh said:
You'll have to wait for the Android 2.1 + Sense UI for Rogers HTC Magic.
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sorry but i'm new to this.
is HTC going to upgrade the Magic to 2.1?
I also just bought one from Rogers but using it on Bell's network.
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Yes, eventually.
Based on my assumption that your phone has the Sense UI update from Rogers, that means you have the perfected SPL.
So until HTC releases the Android 2.1 + Sense UI update you're probably out of luck (unless someone finds an exploit in the perfected SPL and then you probably could load up a custom Android 1.6 or greater ROM).
I know it sucks being stuck at 1.5 but patience will pay off. The Dream won't even get an update past 1.5, the MT3G and G1 are still in limbo as they aren't sure if they will even get a 2.X update, let alone with Sense UI.
We are very fortunate** as Rogers HTC Magic owners, as we are the only HTC Magic in the world to have official confirmation of a 2.1 + Sense UI update. (Thanks to the hard work and dedication of people like at the iwantmyonepointsix blog)
**NOTE: When I say fortunate, not for the perfected SPL but for the fact that a fully functional Android 2.1 + Sense UI update will be released that was designed for our phones so will have pretty much perfect functionality.
I'm a bit confused as to what to expect from the update released today. I was under the impression that live wall papers, and friend stream would be in this release.
How can we tell what is missing from this release that would normally be part of a "standard" Android 2.1 release?
Install the SprintUpdate2.zip Damageless uploaded.
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I'm a bit confused as to what to expect from the update released today. I was under the impression that live wall papers, and friend stream would be in this release.
How can we tell what is missing from this release that would normally be part of a "standard" Android 2.1 release?
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FriendStream wouldn't be in a "standard" 2.1 release, it's an HTC product.
Thanks for the reply. So, everything that is supposed to be in a "standard" 2.1 release is in there? What about live wallpapers, and gallery? Is that too someone else?
You're a little confused with all that's been hacked to work on our 2.1 leaks. Live wallpapers (LWP) were made for the nexus and ported over (after a TON of work since our hardware is not made for them). Friendstream is from the newer rosies/HTC models and was never promised to work on sprint, iirc it doesn't play nice with our framework.
Sorry to say that if you don't see it in the official release, it's not meant for the hero. Good news is that if you didn't run the RUU and lose root, you will get these features in almost every rom.
Thank you for your replies. I have a much better understanding.