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Possible UK Realease Date for Android 2.1

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/445947/android_21_dated_for_htc_hero.html
These guys are saying Orange & T-Mobile are rolling out 2.1 on the 16th April
I know it's unofficial but certainly coincides with Legend release dates.

Hilariously, they site the XDA Developers forum as their source.
THEY SITE THIS SITE AS THEIR SOURCE
That's Hilarious, When did XDA Forums become creditably supplies of information for the Hero 2.1 release schedule? How many missed dates have people gotten their hopes up for?
Ah well, My hopes are in a bucket in a ditch. I will not be raising them

Junp3i said:
Hilariously, they site the XDA Developers forum as their source.
THEY SITE THIS SITE AS THEIR SOURCE
That's Hilarious, When did XDA Forums become creditably supplies of information for the Hero 2.1 release schedule? How many missed dates have people gotten their hopes up for?
Ah well, My hopes are in a bucket in a ditch. I will not be raising them
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Agreed, to be honest I think it's more likely to be early May before they release 2.1, almost tempted to sell the Hero and just buy an unlocked Legend when it's released.

claudefrog said:
Agreed, to be honest I think it's more likely to be early May before they release 2.1, almost tempted to sell the Hero and just buy an unlocked Legend when it's released.
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don't do it, that would mean htc's strategy would work...

kendong2 said:
don't do it, that would mean htc's strategy would work...
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+1 ... I agree,... Hold out man.

early may? LOL
most likely, it's NEVER being updated...

Im also fed up with this 2.1 update my friend has a samsung galaxy portal with 2.1 and live wallpapers im wanting to sell my hero T-mobile G2 Touch *Rooted* 2 week old boxed with all accesories anyone interested email me
open to offers !
[email protected]

Another site reporting that the 16th April is the date:
http://mobilenews.omio.com/mobile-phone-handset-news/htc-hero-gets-date-for-android-2-1-update/
would be interesting to know where they are getting the information from, must just be a massive rumour mill somewhere.

theres really no point posting guessed released dates, lets just wait till atleast end of april

ermacwins said:
theres really no point posting guessed released dates, lets just wait till atleast end of april
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and all of them point to XDA Threads as source..

Junp3i said:
Hilariously, they site the XDA Developers forum as their source.
THEY SITE THIS SITE AS THEIR SOURCE
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It's spelt CITE
But yeah, I'm a bit pissed off with waiting for my Hero to be updated too.

Hellwÿck said:
It's spelt CITE
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Heh I've given up on trying to educate people on correct spelling and grammar. Too many are of the attitude "well you know what I meant so it doesn't really matter".
My pet hates are of course your/you're and there/their/they're. It would probably take someone less than 5 minutes to get their head around given the correct definition yet incorrect use is rife on the Internet.

My pet hate is the use of the word "loose" when the correct word would be "lose".
For example: "I don't want to loose my settings".
Arghh!!!!

topic please?

OT
But it would be appropriate if you wished to loose your settings, like the hounds of hell, upon the unsuspecting public.
P.S. You could try the Villain 4.0 Beta 2. It seems pretty good and battery life is amazing at the moment for me. It is built from a Legend leak - but does chew up a lot of memory - I suspect that HTC engineers were liberal with memory use because the Legend has a bit more than our Heroes.

PulpzillA said:
topic please?
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There are loads of threads with "possible" 2.1 release dates, and all of them are of less value than a discussion on grammar and spelling. It is especially true of this thread since it is only regurgitating a rumour that started on another thread in these very forums!
Personally, if I were a mod, I'd lock any thread with a purported 2.1 release date because they serve no purpose other than to get peoples dander up when the date inevitably passes with no update!
Regards,
Dave

phandroid.com/2010/03/25/rumor-sprint-htc-hero-getting-android-2-1-on-april-9th/
personally i'd be a bit pissed if the sprint hero got the update before the GSM one!

foxmeister said:
There are loads of threads with "possible" 2.1 release dates, and all of them are of less value than a discussion on grammar and spelling. It is especially true of this thread since it is only regurgitating a rumour that started on another thread in these very forums!
Personally, if I were a mod, I'd lock any thread with a purported 2.1 release date because they serve no purpose other than to get peoples dander up when the date inevitably passes with no update!
Regards,
Dave
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+1 !!! I definitely agree. I wish people would just post their useless links in an existing thread rather than keep starting new ones.

Ah more info, have no idea if this is any more reliable than anything else.
Engadget just posted it as being the 26th April http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/htc-hero-update-to-android-2-1-on-april-26th-in-home-country-of/

Just another rumour ...
Not user x and user y are spreading them, companys like engadget are spreading rumours and they have the aura to be close to the manufacturers but aren't ...
Why should HTC issue an official release date on plurk and nowhere else?
Let's just wait and see

Android 2.1 to be release friday 4/16?

http://www.ozcarguide.com/technology/cellphone-pda/2652-sprint-htc-hero-android-2-1-release

Uggggh, not again.

More rumors. There is no basis for this report. I got a tweet that simply says they are still on course for 2Q2010. That is it.

VinceOB said:
Uggggh, not again.
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and again and again and again...etc.............
4 other threads citing this same blog. heres one just to refresh our memory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=662671
reading is fundamental, also searching too.

Lets count how many more times this stupid crap is going to be reposted and how many times it gets removed by the mods. LOL

screw the official 2.1

dbldown768 said:
http://www.ozcarguide.com/technology/cellphone-pda/2652-sprint-htc-hero-android-2-1-release
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Does anyone here even care ANYMORE? It will prolly be a downgrade
compared to what we have now anyway with a bunch of flaws
just like our 2.1's in the beginning. Look what the devs have made
for us and APPRECIATE it. Start a thread after you have compiled
AOSP or find someone who has....I THINK MORE THAN A FEW OF
US WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT POST........this isnt
twitter, and most of here arent morons. So if YOU know it, you
can probably bet WE do too...FYI

Be warned.
People here do not like these rumors showing up on this forum.
They will have it removed.
I know. Happened to me.
Yet when the date was March 26th, no one had them removed.

This forum needs one of those setups where when you starting creating a thread the forum searches for keywords and gives you options of threads that have already been created before creating the thread. Ive seen it done before. They should implement something like that since no one likes to or knows how to use the search feature.

Can we please stop posting on speculated dates and wait until this *actually * comes to fruition?
Waste of time to even post on this.

you spin me right round baby right round, like a record baby right round right round.....

I was bored so I e-mailed them and told them people may believe it more if they used a picture of a "Sprint HTC Hero"

obelisk79 said:
you spin me right round baby right round, like a record baby right round right round.....
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lol classic!

who cares!
we got 2.1, the only good that can come of this is the brillant dev's here taking the crap sprint dishes out and making something truly awesome. Which is really hard to imagine since DC's current rom is pretty dam on the money, at least for me anyway.

I propose that the next person to post that link be banned.

Ya I would only care from one of these if it was an OFFICAL date from sprint. and then I would just blow it off anyway and continue using my Rom like nothing happened

jonnythan said:
I propose that the next person to post that link be banned.
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I second that

kyouko said:
I second that
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Third freaking 10char

I think the post is accurate, it does say HTC Hero roll out April 16th FOR Europe though “Nordic/Greek/RUS/UKR/SA” regions. They say it will trickle down to Sprint which will most likely be April 30th which sounds pretty close.

I could've sworn this was a discussion forum about the development of the CDMA Hero. Weird.
I must be lost because these people don't want to know any of the news (which does often include rumors).

[Q] Emailed Samsung, and Got Response

I asked if they could release the CORRECT code, and this is the response I got:
Thank you for your continuous interest on our product.
We would like to know about your issue.
You mean that you cann''t even build the source?
Please send full details of your problem for Kernel source. (ex: build error log, build Environment)
We will provide the response ASAP, but this week is our Thanksgiving Day.
so we get 4 days off to celebrate (2010/09/21 ~ 2010/09/24)
We ask for your understanding regarding this matter.
Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
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Now im no dev, but just trying to help get the correct code, how should I respond?

OneAn9ryN00b said:
I asked if they could release the CORRECT code, and this is the response I got:
Now im no dev, but just trying to help get the correct code, how should I respond?
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Dean Sir,
There is only one "n" in "can".
I am happy to hear that you are interested in my problem. My problem is I don't have what I want. Thanksgiving, whatever iteration of it you are having, is comprised of two parts, the second of which is "giving". With you giving me what I want now, you will in turn earn my thanks.
This should make everything okay.
Sincerely,
X

대외오픈소스창구 to me was where gmail says it came from, so im guessing some place in china. I was surprised I even got some sort of english response, haha

OneAn9ryN00b said:
대외오픈소스창구 to me was where gmail says it came from, so im guessing some place in china. I was surprised I even got some sort of english response, haha
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Open Source Office? Something like that.

Perhaps we can get one of the more experienced people like Koush to type up a response to them? Anyone want to PM him?

OneAn9ryN00b said:
대외오픈소스창구 to me was where gmail says it came from, so im guessing some place in china. I was surprised I even got some sort of english response, haha
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doesn't look like chinese to me tho...

Samsung is a Korean company, so I would assume it's Korean.
Don't bother Koush with that, he hasn't been focusing on getting the fascinate kernel to compile, you'll just be forcing him to hit the delete button one more time on his PM box.
Angel or myself will discuss this with hc, jt, noobnl, Lil, a few others and figure out how best to describe our problems to them.
Thanks for posting your response, as of now we hadn't hear anything back.

Im no longer allowed to read posts on my phone as i just skim. bad idea.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

yes... i've been dealing with a lot of korean companies, but all the e-mail responses are not made by any sort of technical engineers or have at least the knowledge of providing the proper answers.
These ppl just take the keywords out of the question and simply replies with the best matching response from their 'pre-made' messages...
so... not really helpful unless you really call them or go up to them...

fallingup said:
Guys this is just the canned response you get for emailing them. When we requested the source in the first place we got this, then another email that told us source was released. My inbox is full of the canned responses right now because of how many times I have contacted them to fix the source that they released. Just keep nagging them!
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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Really?
"You mean that you cann''t even build the source?"
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didn't sound canned to me.. sounded like a real person. but I don't know, I never even got a response.

Are Tweets to @samsungukmobile being Ignored

Guys,
I posted a message in the topic 'The best way to convey your message to Samsung is via Facebook' see Post 14.
In that post I mentioned messages I am sending to @samsungukmobiles are not appearing on their web page here.
This now makes me believe that someone at Samsung is deliberately ignorinf the tweets being sent.
Given that I was told Samsung use Twitter as their prime message conveyer I am wondering what the heck is going on.
I've sent off a message to Samsung but as of yet I've not heard anything back from them.
Therefore, what I would ask of you is those that have a Twitter account, could you please send off a tweet to @samsungukmobile and afterwards look to see if it appears on their twitter page.
Again their twitter page is here.
Could you please post back stating either yes your message was added to their twitter page, or no, it was not added.
The more tweets that are cancelled the stronger my argument with them.
This way I will know one way or another if the problem is my end.
Thanks
Beards

It will not get added to their page, it will be added to your own page showing that you have sent them a tweet. It will however appear in their time-line that they see privately along with the other hundreds of tweets they are bound to receive every month.

Lynchy30 said:
It will not get added to their page, it will be added to your own page showing that you have sent them a tweet. It will however appear in their time-line that they see privately along with the other hundreds of tweets they are bound to receive every month.
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So the messages from other users (not Froyo related) that are displayed on their twitter page... how come they are generated?
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Just realized, the messages from other users are simply Samsungs replies.
Okay, it then proves Samsung are merely not bothering to reply to any of the tweets being sent yes.

Beards said:
Okay, it then proves Samsung are merely not bothering to reply to any of the tweets being sent yes.
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Nail on the head

Great....
If anyone else can make a tweet to Samsung and lets see if they too are ignored.
With the results I'll have further ammo to blast back at Samsung.

that's the difference in nature between Tweeter vs. Facebook
Tweeter is like a 1 way communication, it only shows what the account owner types in the page
Facebook is 2 way, you can post stuff directly into their Wall, the account owner can delete the stuff if they choose to, but if they care, they will leave it there and reply back to it, or simply ignore it.
i sent a tweet to samsung uk as a test, let see if they get back to me

Is there anything in particular you would like me to ask them? Just incase they do reply, you would have a useful answer

enigmameusa said:
Is there anything in particular you would like me to ask them? Just incase they do reply, you would have a useful answer
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Yes please..... Ask them:-
"It has been mentioned quite a lot of replies to @samsungukmobile are being ignored. Proof of this is shown at @samsungukmobile where there has not been any replies nor comments since the 20th Sep".
It's a long tweet so I'll leave it to you to abreviate as you see fit.
Thanks.
Beards
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Just noticed Samsung have actually posted a tweet....... Their first since 20th Sep.
Unfortunately it has NOTHING to do with any of the issues we are talking about.... It's to do with the Galaxy Tab where they are asking readers to Check out iGizmo's piece on the Galaxy Tab, which basically is yet another marketing plan.

no response to my enquiry yet

AllGamer said:
no response to my enquiry yet
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Many thanks.... The more who try this ther stronger my case.
On a same note ~ I've posted many, many times on the UK Facebook and just the same... NOTHING back from Samsung to either declare or defend the posts.

I didn'd receive a response either, although my tweet was a bit harsh so it's to be expected, LOL

NetCopAD said:
I didn'd receive a response either, although my tweet was a bit harsh so it's to be expected, LOL
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Cheers... Another name added to the list.

Today, i actually had a long conversation with @samsung_Mobiles.
Check it out on twitter
My Acc is @CrAsHeRiT
It seems that they listened to me about Lag issue..and i linked them to XDA & Voodoo Project.
Hope it's the time to get things fixed.

AlessandroIT said:
Today, i actually had a long conversation with @samsung_Mobiles.
Check it out on twitter
My Acc is @CrAsHeRiT
It seems that they listened to me about Lag issue..and i linked them to XDA & Voodoo Project.
Hope it's the time to get things fixed.
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Thank you.
It would appear at least your Samsung twitter part responds. The UK twitter clearly does not.

That is the Indian Twitter account, im seriously suprised that they are replying to you :O
Sad part is that they are stating the release of Froyo @ end of October

thanks for the list
http://twitter.com/Samsung/lists
AlessandroIT said:
Today, i actually had a long conversation with @samsung_Mobiles.
Check it out on twitter
My Acc is @CrAsHeRiT
It seems that they listened to me about Lag issue..and i linked them to XDA & Voodoo Project.
Hope it's the time to get things fixed.
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I've sent a few messages over the past few days but nothing back off them. Methinks their continued insistence that froyo was coming at the end of the month was wrong and they are now keeping their heads down.

sionyboy said:
I've sent a few messages over the past few days but nothing back off them. Methinks their continued insistence that froyo was coming at the end of the month was wrong and they are now keeping their heads down.
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Thanks... Appreciate the feedback.
Details added.

Same thing here, they've ignored my Tweets in regards to the bugged/locked bootloader.
Fuggin' bum'oles!

Wired_God said:
Same thing here, they've ignored my Tweets in regards to the bugged/locked bootloader.
Fuggin' bum'oles!
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Thanks.... added.

Google announcing Gingerbread soon?

Here's a tweet from @Googlemobile:
Our cafes are baking something sweet http://twitpic.com/3682u2 (4 minutes ago via web)
I know i won't be able to install the ota since i'm rooted, but i'm excited nonetheless!

Mo_Nexus said:
Here's a tweet from @Googlemobile:
Our cafes are baking something sweet http://twitpic.com/3682u2 (4 minutes ago via web)
I know i won't be able to install the ota since i'm rooted, but i'm excited nonetheless!
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Did this honestly need another thread?

Oh ****! Not another thread about Gingerbread!!!
This is getting so old...

Oh no, not another complaint about another thread!
Relax, it's not like i'm killing trees or taking up space by posting this. I didn't have time to go through the entire forum just to make sure i didn't hurt your feelings. A popup appeared showing possible similar threads, none of them matched, so i submitted it. No need to cry about it.
Thanks.

Mo_Nexus said:
Oh no, not another complaint about another thread!
Relax, it's not like i'm killing trees or taking up space by posting this. I didn't have time to go through the entire forum just to make sure i didn't hurt your feelings. A popup appeared showing possible similar threads, none of them matched, so i submitted it. No need to cry about it.
Thanks.
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There are about 5 GB threads on the first page. Maybe you should start a few more because it will do a lot of good for all of us.

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There are about 5 GB threads on the first page. Maybe you should start a few more because it will do a lot of good for all of us.
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Sure no prob!

To all the complainers, why are you clicking on the threads then?
Mo_Nexus, thanks for the info.

OP, thank you for posting the information. While I wouldn't have created a new thread
myself it still is new news nonetheless so I appreciate it.
Hopefully the mods either lock the excess threads or merge them to de-clutter the forum.

verboten said:
To all the complainers, why are you clicking on the threads then?
Mo_Nexus, thanks for the info.
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No problem Verboten, and thank you for the comment, i appreciate it.

verboten said:
To all the complainers, why are you clicking on the threads then?
Mo_Nexus, thanks for the info.
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Because we can't tell from the thread titles exactly what's in the post.

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Because we can't tell from the thread titles exactly what's in the post.
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I can understand if the thread title was Google announcing Gingerbread!!!
But it's "Google announcing Gingerbread soon?"
With most thread titles, no one can tell exactly whats in the posts.
Just wait for the thread title "Gingerbread is here!!" and click no others than. Simple.

ap3604 said:
OP, thank you for posting the information. While I wouldn't have created a new thread
myself it still is new news nonetheless so I appreciate it.
Hopefully the mods either lock the excess threads or merge them to de-clutter the forum.
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No problem, and i agree, all existing threads should consolidated or something. Hopefully there'll be no need for that if Google stops teasing us & releases 2.3 already.

Cool dude, thanks for the info and welcome this a public forum and everyone share his knowledge, always here like this, when someone post anything even said hi u will see many of the guys here saying sucks comment. THIS IS JUST HOW IT IS. keep going and when u have something to post don't think a lot, JUST POST, if i want to read i will read if i don't i will leave u just thanks

Mo_Nexus said:
No problem, and i agree, all existing threads should consolidated or something. Hopefully there'll be no need for that if Google stops teasing us & releases 2.3 already.
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Google is not teasing us, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PATIENCE, and the thing is when Google release the gingerbread we will start complain THIS ALSO JUST HOW IT IS

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Google is not teasing us
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actually they are teasing with us. they just dont bother their sorry ass to give a proper release date. they just dont even care about to give out an spesifications about the new system. nothing. just some fake news also new screenshots could be fake too. we simply dont know anything about new update. 4 example is the new crappy youtube app staying? what about horrible keyboard?
it just could be stupid update without any new features. also it could be something revolutionary like eclair. but we already knew them BEFORE the eclair released. were just waiting for google's jokes if whole gingerbread is just about some stupid skin and stuff.

korhanes said:
actually they are teasing with us. they just dont bother their sorry ass to give a proper release date. they just dont even care about to give out an spesifications about the new system. nothing. just some fake news also new screenshots could be fake too. we simply dont know anything about new update. 4 example is the new crappy youtube app staying? what about horrible keyboard?
it just could be stupid update without any new features. also it could be something revolutionary like eclair. but we already knew them BEFORE the eclair released. were just waiting for google's jokes if whole gingerbread is just about some stupid skin and stuff.
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Please tell me english isn't your native language, I'll totally understand then. Anyhow Google have 0 commitment to providing us with pre-release info. It's *UNRELEASED* therefore they could deny the existence of GB itself and are completely within their right to do so. These little bits of info like not so secretive tweets are just a bit of fun, surely I'm not the only one who likes the suspense/surprise regarding the lack of GB info?