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Official GSM Hero 2.1 Thread

After update the phone has a menu item to check for updates so no need for that code at all.

Everyone that moved 1 month ahead and got nothing.....Did you make sure that you had either mobile-broadband or wifi connected before doing the date thing.

Mine was connected to the internet via my wifi and after i set i 1 month ahead it said that it had an update within 20 seconds.

Hmadsen

the update failed on mine, but i think that might be because i have installed a custom boot loader to install a custom rom.

any one know how i can get the stock bootloader back?
 
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the update failed on mine, but i think that might be because i have installed a custom boot loader to install a custom rom.

any one know how i can get the stock bootloader back?
Get it from http://liveimage.htc.com/OTA_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.93-2.73.405.5_release7sd65upagwzkrpms.zip, extract the file recovery.img from it and flash that using Recovery Flasher (or is the original name Flashrec? It's one or the other.)
Or if you made a backup of the original bootloader when installing the custom one, you can use that one. :)
 
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Hi there! I have an Orange handset, that I rooted and upgraded to....1.5 I think?! I rolled the date forward, and got an instant link to upgrade. When i clicked it, the phone rebooted and stopped at the "Android System Recovery". If i reboot the system, nothing has loaded, and no prompts appear. DOH! Any advice? Do i need to revert to my earlier version? Do i have to use the "bootloader" instructions above? IF so, can i have some slightly more idiot proof instructions. Please help!! Thanks
 
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Have you got the firmware update settings set to prompt you before updating? If so try changing your date to the year 2011.

I was having problems when I moved the month forward by one i wouldn't get any update so I changed the settings to prompt me before downloading an update and then I changed the date by a year.
 
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I have a Taiwanese GSM Hero with the recent 2.1 update. Feel free to ask anything you wanna know here or here http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/100317-questions.html

BT works fine BTW. I've tried it from my Hero to my pc and it worked like a charm. Also, files send from another location towards Hero go to sdcard/downloads/bluetooth.

Does Peep, Footprints and the Stocks programme keep reloading in spite of the number of times you close it???
 
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