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HTC Hero to get Android 2.1 at last

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Posted 30th June 2010 at 1:12pm by Oliver Folkard

HTC Hero

Owners of the HTC Hero in the UK and around Europe will be pleased to hear that the Taiwanese manufacturer has confirmed the roll-out of an Android 2.1 update is going ahead this week.

Owners of SIM-free Hero may already have downloaded the new iteration, but network-associated mobiles will have to hold on a little longer while their providers approve the new software.

Orange and T-Mobile have said that they are both planning to launch the new upgrade, but could not give a deadline for its availability. 3 is set to roll out the update in July after it has completed internal testing.

Android 2.1 first appeared back in January, but it has taken half the year for HTC to work on integrating its custom user interface Sense with the new platform for the Hero.

The two part firmware update is 80MB in size and HTC recommends hooking up the Hero to a Wi-Fi network so that users do not suffer from hefty usage bills at the end of the month.

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  • Hero Owner, 30th June 2010.

    Really? I haven't got mine yet. Still I've waited six months, so what's another week?

    Be interesting to see if HTC finds a way to expedite updates for its newer phones. I think there may be trouble ahead, TBH

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  • Nigel, 30th June 2010.

    Just looked at HTC website. No mention under support for Hero of the firmware update. What gives?

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  • Ayyado, 30th June 2010.

    I got mine yesterday - so excited!! Finally 2.1! I am using my Hero unlocked with AT&T in USA. Few things that you may wanna try:

    Change the date in your phone. I changed it to 2011. It didn't download 2.1 firmware, but it did download something. And then when i checked for updates it started downloading 2.1..

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  • Stuart, 1st July 2010.

    I got an update, but I've got no idea what it was for? :S My phone downloaded it/said new firmware available and i got all excited. Then when it downloaded it I was still on 1.5

    Hopefully i'll get it sometime over the next week too if they're upgrading them finally.

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  • Hero, 14th July 2010.

    I've changed my date to 2011 and 2013 yet nothing happens. Still waiting for the updates

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