advice re backing up for 2.1

[jonous101]

Just heard that the 2.1 is rolling out for unlocked handsets. My hero is sim free on 3. I'm guessing the upgrade will come across at some point.
I bought my hero in October last year and i've never upgraded the firmware. Do i have to update it first? Also how do i back everything up? My contacts info won't be necessary coz they are all tied to my email address on google.
Sorry for being thick, but i've never had a phone that could receive updates before.

 

[pdrhan]

Hi The new 2.1 rollout comes in two updates , the first one is preparing for 2nd one
suppose you have not got any..
1)Set your phones date till any date and year 2011 this will trigger the 1st update
after this you can go into handset and manually check for updates and you will get the 2nd one
2)Updated mine did NOT wipe anything - all my programs and everything was left intact
3)make sure your phone has at least 30MB of free space on phone memory avail
4)when phone updates 2nd rollout it stops several minutes on 75% which is normal
just be patient and wait , wait , wait
after this phone will restart which 1st time takes a little long time , again wait and wait
after that you will have like a brand new handset - very fast than before and nice looking and no lags...
remenber to set back the correct date!
Good luck!

 

[jonous101]

thank you - i will have a go this afternoon cause i'm waiting on a call at minute.
Just another quick question, how do you manually check for a software update?

 

[pdrhan]

thank you - i will have a go this afternoon cause i'm waiting on a call at minute.
Just another quick question, how do you manually check for a software update?

on your phones homescreen - press menu go into settings and about phone and then updates of software

 

[jonous101]

i haven't got software updates option only status, legal info and system tutorial, everything else is faded?

 

[pdrhan]

i haven't got software updates option only status, legal info and system tutorial, everything else is faded?

Do as i described in my first post - set phone year till 2011 - and go out of menu , after that - an OTA will arrive on your phone with the first update - update the phone as instructed on screen - when this is done - you set back the year till 2010 and then you go into menu and settings and in there in about phone - you will now have said option to search manually for firmware download - you do not have this option in 1.5 as you have now....

 

[jonous101]

i've changed the year to 2011 - just waiting now - feel really nervous lol

 

[pdrhan]

The 1st update shall come into your screen instantly....if not try to keep year 2011 and restart phone....

 

[jonous101]

turned the phone off, left it for an hour, still no update coming through