Sprint's HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 finally coming on May 7?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted May 4th 2010 9:33PM
posted May 4th 2010 9:33PM
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About time!
Doesn't it kind of defeat the purpose of a so-called open-source OS if you have to sit around and wait for updates to be dribbled out at the whim of your carrier?
You should be able to download and install the OS as soon as a new version is released and compiled for whatever processor your phone is running.
@Information Central
future updates addressing this some
@Snarf101
bit offtopic but did anyone else have engadget offline for the past 10mins, it kept redirecting me to this site http://www.tvsquad.com/
which is also a division of aol or i'd get an error with trying to load this site, was it some server glitch or something>?
@Information Central
...Except that you can. It's called rooting your phone. It's been compiled for weeks now. They have the *almost* release candidate already ready to be installed on Sprint Heros. It's all readily available.
@Information Central
Yes. Google will adress this issue in Android 2.2 (aka.FroYo). All Android phones will get FroYo before the next update is released. This will definitely be a good thing for all those people with older Android phones like the mytouch and Hero. The only problem that will remain is that some of the features of the latest updates will be left out of the older phones because of processing power.
@manofchao5 No problems here, maybe your ISP's DNS servers had a shit attack..
@Snarf101
Hopefully the OTA update will include nanobots that install themselves and organize into a better processor. That phone is just slow.
@Snarf101 : I'll believe it, when i see it.
@Information Central I would like to be able to walk into a store, pick the phone I want and then pick the OS want installed on it.
@benthe1 where did you get that ALL android phones will get froyo? I don't think that is ever going to happen. I dont think the Hero could handle it. Im not an expert though. But seems to me if they are having such a hard time getting us 2.1 on the Hero, they may not even attempt 2.2.
Ohhhh...goody! Now it will run even slower! Kick ass!!!
Bring on the fragmentation!
@koneill
Actually the update supposedly takes care of a lot of the lag and presents a swifter experience in general.
@built2spill Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight....
@koneill
Other poster is right. 2.1 is significantly faster and less laggy on the Hero than 1.5.
I've been running 2.1 for over a month.
@koneill
I've been running various 2.1 roms for months now and my hero has been nothing but faster. Not only that but 2.1 had been optimized to run smoother on its hardware.
@sfox8 Well then I take it back, and good for you guys (seriously!). I had a Hero and returned it and went iPhone. I just couldn't deal with the lag and the quirky-weird behaviors.
@koneill
Dang, I would take anything on Sprint over an iPhone on ATT, or anything else on ATT.
Thank you Baby Jesus.
@Needsahaircut You'll be praying to Baby Jesus for a faster processor and more memory after you update.
@koneill Lord forgive him, for he knows not what he's talking about.
@sfox8 I took it back!!! :)
@Needsahaircut
Thanks for the religious insult...
@Needsahaircut Because he is my favorite Jesus. Little blonde haired, blue eyed, chubby cheeked......................
Wow, just in time for no one to care anymore.
Seriously, Google. This fragmented BS is gettin' kinda old.
@peestandingup Agreed. Thank you.
@peestandingup Everyone with a Hero cares, I don't know what you're talking about. If you don't care, why are you reading a post about it?
@dkratter14 Agreed.
Android and iPhone OS are crap
@Mori
Yeah! Pocket PC 2002 FTW!!!
What about my Moment??!!!
@SCB
what about my eris oh wait i rooted and have had 2.1 since the day i bought it
@SchultzMD
I haven't tried rooting, yet.
Jailbreak an Apple product, yes.
@SCB Head over to the SDX developers website and its a piece of cake to get 2.1 running on your moment. I've been running it for weeks no problem.
@SCB
Your moment has lapsed, sorry.
@etwashoo2
HA!!
I really only kinda care about 2.1 for this Moment.
It's going to mom when it finally arrives.
I'm so dropping the cash for the EVO 4G when it eventually comes out!!
@SCB
sorry, but you had your moment..
Good, it needs it.
so does this mean us moment users are left in the dark?
@csslash
YEPP.
Google forgot your phone existed.
Seriously, market fragmentation blows.
@jellotime91
The Moment is getting an upgrade along with the Hero within the first two weeks of May. It's also up to Samsung and Sprint to complete the update not Google.
Fragmentation? At least the updates are on their way, unlike for those who bought an iPod Touch before September 2008. Less than 9 months ago. No multi-tasking for them. Yay!
@TheGM Sorry September 2009 not 2008.
Now for my samsung moment?
@ssgadget I know, I know. No autographs please.
What about the users? They are leaving us in the dark!!
wonder if this would include sprint stores, as far as walk-ins are concerned.
anyway, its about effin time. don't get me wrong i have patience but i honestly though i'd have switched to an evo by the time this update got around to being available.
This is not the 2.1 update. Sorry to disappoint but it is only a small update since HTC has made some changes... I work for best buy mobile and it says in the instructions what this is and it is not 2.1. Sorry everyone john should of known better...
@taypotts if its not 2.1 then what is it exactly?
@dgskydive its just to fix some random bugs in the phone... there was no mention about what specifically, but it is not 2.1. All they said was that HTC has made some changes and they are rolling out the update this week.
Fyi when 2.1 was coming for the Droid they specifically said it was 2.1 that was coming so they would do the same if this was the case for the hero
@taypotts Thank you for your information. We know now that May 7th is not happening. At least for 2.1
Plus the admins on Sprint denied it already. I hope what ever they do fixes the some of the known issues with the phone. I don't understand though, why that memo says the files are so big though. Those are the file sizes that I had heard the 2.1 updates would be. Again though, that was another rumor.
I wonder why the files sizes are so big though. I wonder why they have to wipe the phone just for some bugs. Not doubting your claims, just wondering out loud