Root GSM Hero 2.1 with Espresso Sense

[Quazar]

[DEV]GSM 2.1 w/ espresso system dump. - xda-developers

I for one am very disappointed and hope this is not what the hero's new sense UI will look like! Looks much better right now! Lets hope this is a fake.. :/

 

[james]

I don't think it is fake..
Here's a video of the hero running espresso aswell..
YouTube - Espresso ROM running on Hero, teaser by Lox and Behnaam

I think if that's what it looks like I'll stick to 1.6, which sucks cos I was looking forward to the update for ages until I saw this..

 

[G8D]

I hope it's not real.
Ugly looking AND only 3 home screens (unless its adaptable)..

 

[X-Ter]

The 2.1 without sense looks better. Hopefully HTC will change it.

 

[Caspa]

I hope it's not real.
Ugly looking AND only 3 home screens (unless its adaptable)..

I saw 5 home screens on the video...

I think it looks alright, but not overly bothered about how it looks really... I'll just be happy to have the update and all that 2.1 brings...

Get my Hero next week so hope this is out soon so I can just update it before I really get going with the device... Saying that, I'll have to wait as it'll be on Orange... Oh well!!!

Just hope they get the update out as quickly as before, so about week later - thats fine in my eyes...

 

[Quazar]

This isn't actually for the Hero, its just been hacked onto the hero, hopefully the Hero one will be better!

 

[jbrizz]

I think it'd look fine without the silly bubbles around the icons. I'll be seriously disappointed if they make it to the final build.

 

[mez]

It doesn't look that bad, I could live with it if the update fixes problems and gives me bt file transfer

Bubbles don't look that bad but I can see it getting in the way of my wallpaper.

Shame the video wasn't very still, some1 needs a stand


Anyone seen other better quality vids

 

[james]

Hoping it will look more like this, although this is for CDMA Heroes, I can't imagine the ui would be different for CDMA and GSM phones? Looks much nicer than the screenshots/video above, especially because it doesn't have those horrible bubbles. Hope it comes out soon!

Edit - oops, forgot to add link!
http://www.androidcentral.com/beta-rom-moving-along-nicely-android-21-cdma-heroes

 

[Quazar]

Hoping it will look more like this, although this is for CDMA Heroes, I can't imagine the ui would be different for CDMA and GSM phones? Looks much nicer than the screenshots/video above, especially because it doesn't have those horrible bubbles. Hope it comes out soon!

Edit - oops, forgot to add link!
Beta ROM moving along nicely for Android 2.1 on CDMA Heroes | Android Central

Wow, looks great, looks like its coming along well.

 

[koffee]

This is how HTC Sense UI should look like, not that terrible bubbles...

 

[Deleted User]

I wonder if the bubbles are just an optional feature. Maybe something to comfort any whyPhone owners upgrading to a Hero or future HTC device...

 

[Caspa]

Isnt the one with the bubbles for the handset currently known as 'Expresso' and not necessarily the Hero?

I hope the Hero gets a mix of the two... I would prefer the softkey setup that the 'Expresso' ROM has... I think direct access to 'People' is better than a button to add widgets etc as you can do that just by holding the screen anyway and in theory once your handset is setup you have no need for that button... The large button as the menu key is better also I think, makes it easier to pull up when you need... And finally having the call button on the left simply mimicks the hardware call button so makes sense also...

Roll on the update either way...