Update Available From Sprint

[mharvey816]

No force closes yet. I sure hope this fixed it.

 

[Archon810]

Posted my notes and observations as well as snapped a few pictures of the new phone call UI and the version info for those who haven't upgraded yet: Sprint And HTC Release The First HTC Hero Firmware Update 1.56: Fixes Major Bugs, Adds Small Tweaks

Oh, and I'm excited! Thanks Sprint and HTC!

 

[cooolone2]

Updated and HAPPY... so very happy to see Sprint upping their game. So far all seems well.

 

[Success100]

I might try a factory reset,have you tried that?

still no dice, hard reset, and still nothing available. this sucks man

edit: over at xda there alot of people getting the same thing, no update available, apparantly some peoples are going to update automatically, once the update goes out.

 

[pdragon]

Just to clarify updating a rooted phone.

JUST rooting (no custom ROM installed) works fine and you don't need to change back to a stock image. However, you will loose root access to the phone. I haven't had a chance to try re-rooting again yet (need to do it on my WinXP computer at work). Sounds like you can still root the phone with the same method from what I've been reading, though. Will confirm tomorrow.

However, if you've got a custom ROM installed, you will need to change back to a stock image before running the update. But, if you're running a stock image and aren't interested in any of the fixes done by this patch, there's no need to do anything. Just wait for your custom ROM provider to give you an updated image.

 

[pdragon]

All day appointments are still showing up as the wrong date for me after the update. Anyone else confirm this is NOT one of the bugs fixed?

I can confirm the issue I was having with Pandora downgrading/crashing after a reboot has been fixed as well! Woo!

 

[redram38]

Anyone notice any apps they may have had installed before, missing now from the marketplace? I did a hard reset on my device before the firmware update, and now there are some apps that I had before that don't come up when I search (mmafia, and mvampire being two of them).

Yes same for me. I bought quickdial and it is no longer listed. I emailed the company that I bought it from hoping they can send it back to my phone.

 

[Herodroid]

All day appointments are still showing up as the wrong date for me after the update. Anyone else confirm this is NOT one of the bugs fixed?

I'm having the same problem still with appointments not showing up on the correct day.

 

[hearthorbeguy]

Thanks for the updates guys. My phone OTA update installed all fine. I restarted the phone. But my wake time is still 100% even though I have not done anything. I restarted the phone again but no go.

I went to System->About->Status->scroll to Wake time and manually turned off the screen by pressing power button. Waited for five mins. It still says 100%.

Any ideas?

 

[mrkniceguy]

Just update. Everything seems to be working great, but I'm doing a hard reset just to make sure.

So excited!

 

[pdragon]

People reporting 100% uptime after the update, are you at least giving it a few hours and letting it go to standby? You know rebooting resets the uptime?

 

[jophus0124]

Well I updated and yes I am very happy with:

The Snappiness

The Stereo Sound With Headphones & B/T Headphones Sound Really Good Now

The Album Scrolling Isn't Jittery Anymore

The 3D Android On My People With No Pics.

And The Mute And Speaker Phone Options Under Callers Pic.

Yes I'm a very happy Sprint Hero User!!

 

[Archon810]

People reporting 100% uptime after the update, are you at least giving it a few hours and letting it go to standby? You know rebooting resets the uptime?

I have a feeling people are not unplugging the phone and observing 100% uptime, not realizing it doesn't sleep the same way when it's plugged in and 100% is expected.

 

[elguapo76]

Yes same for me. I bought quickdial and it is no longer listed. I emailed the company that I bought it from hoping they can send it back to my phone.

I have this issue. Missing about 5 apps I paid for including MybackupPro, PowerManager, Act1 Video Player. Very frustrating but at least the more serious issues were fixed. Public Enemy #1 is now ring lag after missing apps are fixed. I have a feeling this will be on google's end.

 

[Archon810]

I have this issue. Missing about 5 apps I paid for including MybackupPro, PowerManager, Act1 Video Player. Very frustrating but at least the more serious issues were fixed. Public Enemy #1 is now ring lag after missing apps are fixed. I have a feeling this will be on google's end.

I had an issue with the TTS library before they updated something and it started showing up. Likewise, I think the app authors will probably have to up a version somewhere in the release file, to make it compatible with this update.

This is pretty bad though, as far as the Android Market experience goes.

 

[Herodroid]

Two of my apps, PhoneMyPC and Gem Miner: Dig Deeper are missing from the app store.

 

[harpstar]

I did a hard reset and then upgraded my firmware. I then went to re-install all of my previous applications and noticed that some were missing from "My Downloads". I then went and did a search to locate them in the marketplace and got no return, as if the application doesn't exist any more.

This happened for the following applications...

Golfcard
TV.com
Mathworkout+
NBA Lite


I then soft reset (restarted) my phone but got the same result. Anyone else have this issue?

 

[mrkniceguy]

I did a hard reset and then upgraded my firmware. I then went to re-install all of my previous applications and noticed that some were missing from "My Downloads". I then went and did a search to locate them in the marketplace and got no return, as if the application doesn't exist any more.

This happened for the following applications...

Golfcard
TV.com
Mathworkout+
NBA Lite


I then soft reset (restarted) my phone but got the same result. Anyone else have this issue?

I hadn't realized it until you mentioned it but TV.com is missing for me as well. (It never really worked for me though, which is why I didn't realize it was missing).

 

[aznsmith]

hm mine is still at 100% whenever i updated, then took it off the charger for several hours after an additional soft reset. maybe i need to do a factory restore?

 

[shaunf]

anyone have their keypad begin to vibrate with every number press after the update. mine is and it's going to drive me crazy. where do i shut this off at. the option is already set to 'off'.

new update does make the phone quite a bit snappier huh? like it!

 

[mrkniceguy]

anyone have their keypad begin to vibrate with every number press after the update. mine is and it's going to drive me crazy. where do i shut this off at. the option is already set to 'off'.

new update does make the phone quite a bit snappier huh? like it!

I used the synaptic feedback with the old version and it worked ok. I was just using the keyboard and noticed it seemed slower. I'd be all for turning it off though if it helps. Anyone know how to do this?

edit: It was only with the Facebook app. All other keyboard usage seems to be ok! Actually, faster I think...

 

[Arcangel]

i gave in and did a factory restore because I couldnt get the update lets hope it worked...will report back

 

[Archon810]

anyone have their keypad begin to vibrate with every number press after the update. mine is and it's going to drive me crazy. where do i shut this off at. the option is already set to 'off'.

new update does make the phone quite a bit snappier huh? like it!

I noticed the vibrate too - only in the Phone app. I am afraid this can't be changed back - I already have it turned off in the keyboard settings. Such an odd addition by HTC. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

 

[shaunf]

I noticed the vibrate too - only in the Phone app. I am afraid this can't be changed back - I already have it turned off in the keyboard settings. Such an odd addition by HTC. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

ODD indeed sorta dumb really...anyone have an explanation for this?

 

[Arcangel]

did a factory reset now my phone wont connect to the network WTF!!!