Sprint: HTC Hero officially gets Android 2.1

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited October 2010 in Science & Tech
Sprint: HTC Hero officially gets Android 2.1

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  • Nschwamberger
    edited May 2010
    No live wallpapers? WTF HTC/SPRINT iv seen hackers root there phones and have it why can't a major company do the same? Plus HTC users have been waiting FOREVER..
  • Tyme516
    edited May 2010
    yea no live wallpapers i just spoke to a sprint rep. he said if developers make a lower resolution wallpaper the hero could handle it. but as of now it can not. Now i think that is some BS cuz we have all been waiting for the update with the live wallpaper.
    twitter: tyme516
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    Meh. LWP is no big deal. I'm just happy to have a 2.1 that's officially supported. Not that I don't like FreshROM, but if anything gets borked, I have no support channel.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    The Live Wallpapers in Android 2.1 aren't designed for the Hero's small screen. They're also a battery drain.

    Good riddance, I say.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    Live wallpapers do nothing but suck your battery dry. Not at all worth it.

    Meanwhile, original Hero owners are still out in the cold. ^5.
  • Spence
    edited May 2010
    Is there a combined inbox on the officially released one. I am on the leaked on now and I dont have it, along with auto delete of text messages. Two features I really want.
  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    spence wrote:
    Is there a combined inbox on the officially released one. I am on the leaked on now and I dont have it, along with auto delete of text messages. Two features I really want.

    Nope. No combined inbox. Not sure about the auto-delete on text messages since the built-in app sucks. For SMS I highly recommend Handcent SMS.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    HTC doesn't use the unified inbox in its Sense ROMs.
  • spambot
    edited May 2010
    dudes the updates is a battery hog. the old 1.56 update was way better for battery life
  • Gone postal
    edited June 2010
    I love the update, but HATE the battery life!! I can literally feel the phone heating up in my pocket and it NEVER lasts more than half a day now. Every time I start taskkiller, there are always random apps running (navigation, amazon mp3, etc)
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    Root it and install a custom ROM of your choosing.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    And quit using goddamn task killers. THEY ARE NOT EFFECTIVE ON ANDROID, and they're usually the leading cause of battery life issues.

    Seriously, people. Android manages tasks correctly. If you kill things at all, you're hurting your phone.
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    True that on the task killers. They do more harm than good. There is an internal task killer that is user-customizable if you have root, but you need to be *VERY* careful with the settings.

    With Bluetooth, GPS, and WiFi running, and with playing games, I can get a full day's use out of my phone without any problems.
  • YankoPanko
    edited July 2010
    I have just uninstalled all the killers and task managers and my battery rocks!!! It's better than 1.5... Snarkasm, Kwitko, thank you guys ;)))
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    :)
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    We aim to please. :)
  • Jan Jenner
    edited July 2010
    I've just downloaded the update on my t mobile hero but where is the Built in flash support for Camera?
  • Vinc
    edited September 2010
    Does the HTC Hero update have the auto-delete option for messages when a certain limit is reached?
  • Stephen Oesterreicher
    edited October 2010
    I downloaded Android 2.1 from HTC site before Sprint had it released. It was great and I thought that I had done good. But then several things started to happen. The first was bluetooth; it sort of worked in my car and I couldn't get it to even connect in my house. Do you know if Sprint release has the bluetooth solved or am I just out of luck.
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