Official GSM Hero 2.1 Thread

boomboy · Jun 26, 2010

Hello All,

India has got 2.1 update. It was scheduled to roll out on July 10th. Fortunately setting the date to July 10th has given me a popup asking me if I want to download 2.1

you might wanna try that.

2.1 as read is amazingly fast. Its been a hour since I updated and am still playing with it. I dont see speech to text option.. can anyone help? Thanks and hope you guys get 2.1 soon

Namaskar

Silverback66 · Jun 27, 2010

I've been following this for a while and as I am on the 3uk network and have had no luck with the moving the date forward trick thought I'd contact HTC directly; the reply is as follows:

Thank you for contacting us. HTC will soon be releasing the Android

MR_COATES · Jun 27, 2010

Boomboy,

India was released a couple of days ago as posted by vj and any future date (more than 2 weeks) will force the phone to check for an update. Glad you've got it though!

Silverback,

Nothing new here unfortunately. It's the standard response that HTC have given out for quite some time.

I'd brace myself for a bit of a wait if I were you though as '3' seem to be the runt of the litter when it comes to updates.

Randy · Jun 27, 2010

Why is the UK always the first to get anything bad and the last to get anything good :mad:

MR_COATES · Jun 27, 2010

As a gaming fan, getting things last in Europe is something I've become immune to!

But it is ALL of Europe, not just the UK.

Trollatoppan · Jun 27, 2010

MR_COATES said:
As a gaming fan, getting things last in Europe is something I've become immune to!

But it is ALL of Europe, not just the UK.

Yes, as for music and games, its often first Japan then USA/rest of the world then Europe.

RedSkies · Jun 28, 2010

Logically speaking, tomorrow (29th) should see 2.1 rolling out for Europe (going on the fact HTC said the second stage of the update process would happen two weeks after the prep download).

Everything crossed...

amnesia · Jun 28, 2010

RedSkies said:
Logically speaking, tomorrow (29th) should see 2.1 rolling out for Europe (going on the fact HTC said the second stage of the update process would happen two weeks after the prep download).

Everything crossed...

HTC + logic ???

:thinking:

MR_COATES · Jun 28, 2010

RedSkies said:
Logically speaking, tomorrow (29th) should see 2.1 rolling out for Europe...

Absolutely and that's what this official looking image claimed all along.

It would seem that there are some YouTube licensing issues in Belgium though which could delay the release there.

Hopefully it won't affect the rest of Europe as HTC seem to want to release this in Europe simultaneously.

RedSkies · Jun 28, 2010

amnesia said:
HTC + logic ???

Seriously people, lets have some positive vibes! I'm putting away my pitchfork until Wednesday

RedSkies · Jun 28, 2010

MR_COATES said:
Hopefully it won't affect the rest of Europe as HTC seem to want to release this in Europe simultaneously.

Unfortunately I think it just might delay the update if this is true; HTC seem to be treating Europe as one territory for this process.

(I must stay positive, I musty stay positive, I must stay positive...)

Moko76 · Jun 28, 2010

Hi! I'm waiting for the 2.1 update on Three Mobile in the UK. I am yet to have any notification for downloading the Preliminary update. I'm guessing until I get that part it's pointless expecting the eclair update.

The most frustrating part of this is trying to get any information from the customer services dept at Three. I recently received an email from HTC claiming that the update was being supplied to operators for them to check etc before rolling it out. However upon contacting Three, nobody on their call desks knew anything about the update or any plans to release one. I frustratedly asked if they could put me through to a department that might have an idea about it, I was told that my issue would be forwarded to the appropriate dept and they would get back to me. That was on Friday just gone and I'm still waiting.....

aggrodoc · Jun 28, 2010

Any news from Orange re update. Do we on Orange have to wait for 1st OTA update before we can get 2.1?

Stratosphere · Jun 28, 2010

aggrodoc said:
Any news from Orange re update. Do we on Orange have to wait for 1st OTA update before we can get 2.1?

Who knows ... the HTC support website won't allow us (on Orange UK) to install the 2.73.405.5 update which they say is necessary for the 1st OTA so it's possible that our current ROM doesn't need the 1st OTA and will already accept the full 2.1 whenever it gets pushed out. Really little point hassling customer services (HTC or Orange) about it as they're unlikely to be told anything about it until the updates hit the handsets and cause all sorts of new problems!

amnesia · Jun 28, 2010

RedSkies said:
Seriously people, lets have some positive vibes! I'm putting away my pitchfork until Wednesday

Wouldn't it be logical for HTC to actually communicate with their user community, via one of the variety of channels they have available, to stop what must be hundreds of emails a day from customers asking when the 2.1 upgrade is going to be released ?

Wouldn't it also be logical to inform the carriers that there even is an upgrade in the pipeline ?

Not being funny, but for a company that produces high tech communication devices, they're pretty crap at communicating !

Looking forward to my update tomorrow

Stratosphere · Jun 28, 2010

amnesia said:
Wouldn't it be logical ... etc

Yes!

RedSkies · Jun 28, 2010

amnesia said:
Not being funny, but for a company that produces high tech communication devices, they're pretty crap at communicating !

Agreed. I'm not going to reiterate myself, but this has been my biggest bugbear with HTC. When people have been waiting for this update since (about) last November the odd post would have gone along way.

Tweeting/Facebook posting about partying and corporate awards feels like they're just rubbing our faces in it.

amnesia said:
Looking forward to my update tomorrow

Good man!

mrdagz · Jun 28, 2010

i just noticed that since the pre update google Maps and other GPS apps lon longer seem to be able to use the GPS, they gps icon never even appears, does any one else have this issue ?

mpw · Jun 28, 2010

mrdagz said:
i just noticed that since the pre update google Maps and other GPS apps lon longer seem to be able to use the GPS, they gps icon never even appears, does any one else have this issue ?

Mines still 'working', in as much as accuracy is 'within 500m'...

MR_COATES · Jun 28, 2010

GPS icon still appears on mine when using Google Maps.

:thinking:

mrdagz · Jun 28, 2010

MR_COATES said:
GPS icon still appears on mine when using Google Maps.

i guess that means i have an issue with the GPS part of the phone

MR_COATES · Jun 28, 2010

mrdagz said:
i guess that means i have an issue with the GPS part of the phone

You may want to have a chat in this thread:

http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/110252-acquiring-satellites-gps.html

Not the same problem as you but it's GPS chat rather than 2.1.

Randy · Jun 28, 2010

mrdagz said:
i just noticed that since the pre update google Maps and other GPS apps lon longer seem to be able to use the GPS, they gps icon never even appears, does any one else have this issue ?

I know this Sounds a bit obvious, but the update may have turned your Gps off, have you checked?

niels · Jun 28, 2010

Update has arrived in The Netherlands!

Check - Twitter / Mijniemail: De NEDERLANDSE Update van ... & Twitter / juhamk: HTC Hero (EU) got finally ...

Our waiting is finally over... (I hope, still waiting for the release for Belgium).

niels · Jun 28, 2010

Correction to previous message:

Finland also received the 2.1 update !

So, we have
Finland
The Netherlands

Any other European countries getting it?

Edit: UK is getting it as well! http://twitter.com/guycocker/status/17263015175
Seems like all of europe is rolled out at once.

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