Me and my wife both have 1.5 Heros. We really like them the way they are. If we upgrade they will be done at the Sprint store. Right now we're not upgrading which seems like a downgrade in some areas. Anyone else staying 1.5 right now? TC
My wife and I are still in kind of a wait and see mode. I'm reading about a lot of serious issues (calls failing, bad battery life, lagging more than 1.5) here and on the Sprint forum. My main reason for upgrading would be for voice to text but I don't want it at the expense of good functionality with other things (especially basic phone functions). 1.5 is running pretty good for us.
There seems to be such a widely varied experience between users that have done the upgrade, from "I absolutely love it" to "I hate it and want my old phone back" and everything in between. If I could turn back after trying 2.1, I would do it in a heartbeat but once you upgrade you're stuck with it, like it or not. I've been looking forward to this release for a looong time like everybody else. It's killing me not to just DO IT!
I may volunteer to be the "guinea pig" for my wife and some friends with the Hero and take the plunge soon
More reviews by the brave souls that have done the upgrade would be greatly appreciated!
Me and my wife both have 1.5 Heros. We really like them the way they are. If we upgrade they will be done at the Sprint store. Right now we're not upgrading which seems like a downgrade in some areas. Anyone else staying 1.5 right now? TC
I have also been using Slide it for my keypad. Since using that, I haven't even tilted my phone into landscape mode to type since the slide keypad works so well.
I have a question that I know you can answer. If I click on Update Firmware is my phone going to automatically go to and update to 2.1?Any desire to root? You can "try" 2.1 that way and decide if you want to upgrade or not.
If not, and you are happy with 1.5, stay there! You never know what can of worms the upgrade will bring!
I have a question that I know you can answer. If I click on Update Firmware is my phone going to automatically go to and update to 2.1?
Also what is updating my profile? I understand the PRL. Thanks, TC.
Thanks a bunch. TCNope, not for 2.1 at least. 2.1 is not an OTA update and has to be hooked up to your computer to be done (or taken to Sprint). FWIW, if you are comfortable doing this yourself, you would also be comfortable rooting. It's kind of scary when you first do it but then you think nothing of it when you realize how easy it is to do!
To my knowledge, updating your profile is kind of like refreshing YOUR information with Sprint. I could be off a bit on this one though).
Did a search and can't find the info.. but for 1.5 what is the best turn by turn gps navigation.
I know google nav is only for 1.6+ and not a fan of sprint nav.
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