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[Hero, G2 Touch General] CCOS:
It out on Htc.com the 2.1 for Hero
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
Links, cos I don't see it there. :eek:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bluesax:
Nothing there...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] whitealien:
Here is mediafire link:

RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe

MD5: 74c0d290cbcaa483edc997ca861a58d6

There is nothing excited to be about, its still version 1.5. I don't know why HTC even bother about this release.

edit: this ROM is the old one from September 11 2009. They just linked it to support main page. I just checked MD5 for this ROM and ROM they released back in 11/09/2009 and they are identical.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] elmoono:
Orange - no update?!?

Just got off the phone to orange tech, quote 'we are not developing an updated rom for the hero', 'we have not been supplied an update to customise or authorise from HTC', 'the Hero does not require an update its a very stable phone'.

Now i dont believe a word of that, however i am asking myself why i pay a monthly contract to a company who lie and bull****. On the other hand could this be for real?! i note on the main support page at HTC for the hero the orange roms dated Sept09 and April10 have now vanished from the list!

Bored of waiting, bored of lies and misinformation, bored with Orange attitude.

The good news: my hero contract with Orange is nearly over. Will buy generic sim free desire in August. Good luck with your update everyone, i am not going to bother - goes to read the desire forums!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] whitealien:
It could be real since in the past Orange and Vodafone released their own ROMs, like we do here on xda :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] monboulou:
on HTC web site a new ROM (date June 18th) :

http://www.htc.com/se/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=283&act=sd&cat=2

2.73.405.6_R
[Hero, G2 Touch General] hkr:
seems to be a RUU of the preparatory update (phase one)?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] theodore80:
Nordic: http://www.htc.com/dk/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=961&news_id=671

Greek: http://www.htc.com/gr/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=962&news_id=672

This is suppossed to be the EU update link but it's not after all:

http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=283&cat=2&dl_id=671
[Hero, G2 Touch General] JTHM:
My wife's Orange UK Hero is on the latest Orange ROM available from the HTC website (2.73.61.66). I have tried winding the date forwards, as others have had some success with, but without any luck. I have looked through the settings but there is no mention of OTA updates anywhere there like there is on my Desire. Is this normal for Hero 1.5 ROMs or has Orange disabled OTA updates?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gavtaylor:
I have an Orange branded Hero too, and have no mention of OTA anywhere.

I emailed HTC and they said we will be getting the update. He said it would be released for all versions of the GSM Hero but as usual nothing specific on when just "starting this week"
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Knedjo:
OMG, HTC is worst than any politician :D

check this out:

h t t p ://typeas.me.uk/post/715063486/htc-hero-2-1-now-arriving-within-the-next-two-months

naturally this "answer" doesn't resolves query, so the story develops:

nop! this doesn't resolve query, but HTC can't go beyond this answer:

pathetic HTC!! really pathetic!

I don't understand how Americans could have received Eclair ofr their Heroes, but its such a huge problem for the original, EU/Asia, Hero?!?!

pure FAIL!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] duck0:
I just installed the RUU for 2.73.405.5 (EU) released on 2009-09-11 (didn't do this before because it said it was for the very same version that came with my phone, update from 2.73.405.5 to 2.73.405.5 doesn't make much sense does it...) and immediately got a 4MB OTA update, and now it runs 2.73.405.93, but still 1.5. I assume this is the preparatory OTA update, and the installer fixed the OTA update capability for heros (IIRC there was an issue with this?)

Annoying though, now I have to re-customized it again, without root nor recovery :-P

(Edit: grammar, clarity)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] polakscot:
Actually someone at one point gave a very good reason as to why the GSM hero is more difficult to update than the Sprint hero.. something to do with fragmentation within different regions of GSM release.. a problem that the sprint hero doesnt have as it is the one region.

And well HTC cant really give an answer on when all the carriers will have the update.. unbranded Heros will get the update as soon as it is released (presumably at the initial june release).. anyone that has a branded carrier specific phone will have to wait until the carrier tinkers with the rom and customise it( the two months after june is just htc speculating that the carriers wont take longer than 2 months to finish this task and release it).. so you see that really isnt down to HTC.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Knedjo:
Actually Euro Hero is one and same for each carrier... T-Mobs might have some additional apps (just guessing), but the rest of devices are totally same.

Regardless... what HTC is saying is that they'll deliver to carriers Eclair release by the end of the month, and after that it's up to them to make validation and distribution.

Logistic isn't an issue here, what is? Well timing, of course! April was two months ago, and we all know about HTC's CEO promise that he made in Barcelona!

So, HTC should have delivered 2.1 two months ago to the carriers, and now everyone would have served Eclair. But no, it'll take two months...

That's why it is down to HTC!

Probable reason is that HTC put all of their software resources in to creating Eclair ROMs for American Heroes, and new devices - Legend, Desire and Wildfire. And people whose money got them where they're now by shelling out EUROS for Hero and Magic have lowest priority!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] wywywywy:
While I am not sure that ^^^ is the reason for the delay, I too noticed that HTC has been putting emphasis on the US market/devices more and more...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] polakscot:
All carriers change the rom about to their own end.. orange is particularly bad for it.

And I know all GSM heros have the same hardware.. but honestly this guy explained what the subtle difference between the various releases of the GSM were.. Im trying to hunt for the post just now.

Dont get me wrong.. HTC should have released when they said they should.. what Im saying is that you cant rage at htc customer support now because they cant give you a definite release date.. because it is now effectively out of their hands.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] petersandbach:
ROOT

I got bored of waiting endlessly for this update. Again, I'm on Orange UK and tried winding the date forward to no avail.

Decided to root my hero and install Villainrom...best thing I've ever done with my Hero! It's now much smoother and quicker! Screw official channels - developers look after you much better - thanks guys!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] hkr:
first enthusiasm - just wait a few days and you'll like the reliability of a stock ROM :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cbailey:
I gave up and rooted also. Cronos 1.7.1 is MORE stable than stock 1.5

The force close, lag and bluetooth issues have all gone :D AND the apps I need are now in the nice new Marketplace

If you are still stuck on 1.5, you are missing out and fooling yourself.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dodjob:
Same here. I'm on Villainrom 10 and.. boaaah this is a hell of a quick ROM X-)) everything works perfectly, no lag, no bugs.. except the WIFI/GPS bug... but in my case this "doesn't matter" and you can really wait until you will see a official rom OC to 690Mhz ;-)

and yes, the batterie hold way longer than the 1.5 (!!!) don't ask me how but for me there is a minimum +20%.. it may be because i don't spent my time to wait that apps open themselves :D moaah a ha haha h

Enjoy the devs! thanks for your work guys :D

Greets to all!

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[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
A bit of a contradiction there?

"boaaah this is a hell of a quick ROM X-)) everything works perfectly"

"except the WIFI/GPS bug"

:D:rolleyes::):eek:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] hkr:
I'm on MoDaCo r4 b3 and consider it very near to the stock ROM, no reason to change something ...

By the way, no WIFI / GPS bug, and fast for what I'm doing ...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gingepaul:
Just called orange UK, asked if they have a release shedule for 2.1 now that HTC have released it - the woman I spoke to seemed to know nothing (or was told to say nothing) - she said there are no plans to release the ROM as of yet, yes no plans TO RELEASE the ROM as of yet.

Now this may simply mean they haven't prepared an official schedule but are working on it, but IMO now that HTC have done their bit, orange should be communicating better - they should know that people know its now up to them and should have something to say about it.

Dam them, dam them to hell!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cbailey:
I'd root mate. Give up waiting. This cronos is like a stock rom and as said above Modaco is the same.

Let me clear one thing up. I need my phone to work. I mean I NEED it to work. I can only speak for cronos 1.7.1 but when I do, it is MUCH BETTER than stock 1.5.

It is much, much better. Quicker, smoother, better battery life, apps all available in market place.

This is the way to go. Wait no longer. Put a few hours aside to follow the script and you will be nandroid backing up and reflashing before you know it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
In regards to orange:

I was “speaking” to them the other day, this mainly involved me getting passed round the houses until I actually got to talk to someone who understands what a ROM is. From what I found out, Orange don’t even produce the rom themselves, they get it from a Third Party contractor who didn’t have an ETA, but they were working on it. But as others have said, this could take forever, and the guy on the phone was not able to give an ETA as he didn’t know. (This guy was actually pretty switched on and was trying to help, so I don’t blame him in the slightest, he even stole a colleagues hero to see if I had some setting…. Turns out his colleague had a rooted phone on 1.6 so was no use.)

I know this is somewhat useless, but thought I may as well share!

Going to be Gold Carding my phone in 8 days time if I do not see an update. Generic Hero time.....
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cbailey:
Gold carding is the way forwards. I was G2 1.5er. Now its generic roms all the way :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dodjob:
Yeaaaah I know cannot lie correctly ;-) Actually there is a workaround. Just restart the phone with gps on and everything work correctly. But for me there is no real problem because I don't have a 3G contract so I don't use simultaneously data roaming and gps (only wifi sometime). So for me there is no real inconvenient in this bug ;-)

Is this version of "everything is perfect but no" better :D

Cheeers!!!

H.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ukripper:
Waited too long for this. So had to root and install different roms and i have never regreted it. I was on VillainROM and now on ChoclateEclair ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=702215 with HTC sense overclocked kernel 691MHZ. My hero is on steroids now it seems.

There is also an extremekernel version of this ROM if your hero supports that, you can run on 768Mhz.

ChoclateEclair is the best ROM i have ever come across on Hero so far and i have tried many.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cbailey:
Have any of you chaps set up the apps2sd env? I was going to do it this morning but I read a lot of conflicting reports, some saying class 4+ sd was essential and others saying it worked fine on class 2 sd.

Any experience (I have a 16GB class 2 sandisk from last year). It reports 6mb read/write on the test though.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cbailey:
Have you tried cronos1.7.1? If so, do you feel Choc is better?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ukripper:
That's the ROM i'll be trying next, i believe it comes with JIT? But some people on ChoclateEclair thread have already tried it and comparing it to be similar in performance. i am waiting for ChocEclair to get JIT. Once it does I'll stick to that for a long time.. Meanwhile, I'll be ROM- hopping.:)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
So, I have just been on the phone to orange, and HTC. And I do not quite know what the hell they are on about.

According to some guy, lets call him, Judas…. The rom updates are being rolled out in batches, apparently based on the serial number. (At the same time though, Judas said that the branded handsets would be getting this first… right….) He has confirmed that everyone should get the update by the end of June 2010. (yes, I pressed him to say which year…) This is the main part that confused me, although links in with the recent Cease and Desist for shipped-roms.com…. HTC will not be posting the full update on to their website – I was told this by a lady who cited the reason to be due to roms getting hacked and Intellectual Property Rights.

Also, they said that the orange firmware is not going to have any branding when it is released. They being Both HTC and Orange. Although they say this, I expect a minimum of a splash screen.

Hope this helps, and sorry it is a bit all over the place. I am just rather fed up with HTC and Orange now.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
LOL. Don't you worry about them not releasing the full ROM :)

We can create a full ROM from the ota zip file and the previous used ROM :D

Not gonna get in our way, and I can usually obtain full ROMs from my 'source' anyways ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] krzyk:
Just a quickie (don't kill me for spreading gossips!), that's supposed to be an "official" schedule for France:

bit.ly/9fl6Tg

Any French-speaking people here?

I am wondering, how does the France region relate to the rest of EU region...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] olafos:
Well, it seems like... not at all.

The table says 1.5 part 1 will roll out starting from 6/25 (for the non-branded version) and here we are since last week Monday/Tuesday with the first part.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jh71:
The dates are indicative, and as I already received my first update a week ago - edit : on my unbranded French Hero - , I think they are the end dates (in order not to disapoint ???), or at the least the dates when they expect to be finished with the roll out in France.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] polakscot:
Good call.. thats what I was thinking about update 1 when I got it on the tuesday and the release date was the friday.

The release date is actually the projected roll out completion date.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dodjob:
they just say that the first update will start on the 25 June and the 2.1 update on the 29. It's also said that this is "official"...:rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] malarcy:
T MOB UK just pulled the 1st (mini) update

Just read this over on the tmob forums

"Recently we released a minor maintenance update for the G2 Touch and we have noticed that a small number of customers were experiencing issues when installing this. After investigating this we have decided to temporarily remove the update. As soon as our investigations are complete we will let you know when the maintenance update will become available. Thanks. Forum Team"

Given the forum members had worked out the workaround (and tmob forum staff had confirmed it as a workaround- reflash with the nov update, then re-apply the new update) makes you wonder why they have chosen to pull it now.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] JW 301:
Has anyone any idea now, when the full 2.1 update will come? There are now 6 days left of June, and I think the roll-out will take some time... and they clearly said everyone should get it in June.

Could be any day now... maybe tomorrow? The taiwanese update was also on a Friday...

What do you guys think?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] turilas:
you mean RUU ? i hope it come soon for scandinavia and with home language... :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] JW 301:
I mean in any way... OTA or RUU doesn't matter to me ;) just to have 2.1 in any way would be great
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gazaman:
I still haven't had the YouTube update that enables ota updates(I'm on Orange). I've never updated my phone before so should I go to HTC site and apply the update that went on a few months ago? I just want to be ready for when 2.1 arrives.

Cheers

Gaz

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[Hero, G2 Touch General] JW 301:
As far as I've heard, Orange users didn't get any OTA by now, so I recommend waiting a few days, cause the 2.1 will definitively be available as RUU. So there's no point in installing 2 updates within a few days.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gavtaylor:
just got off the phone to Orange customer services, while I was talking to them I asked about the Hero OTA update and they told me its being pushed out by HTC as they aren't adding any customisation to it. So they have no information on possible release date. He gave me the customers service number and said they have been directing customers to them.

Truth or fob-off? I'll let you decide, either way still no update for my Hero :(

EDIT:

Just been speaking with an Orange Faults engineer, who added another piece to the puzzle.

He said the update was being rolled out across networks one by one based on serial numbers so HTC don't get hundreds of calls off multiple network users if any issues crop up. He said the update was passed to network providers to "mess with" (he said customise) and pass back. HTC then push the update notification out to that networks customers.

Unfortunately Orange have no confirmed schedule for when they will send the customised rom back to HTC so he cant confirm when we will receive the update but it should be sometime soon as HTC are ensuring all Hero users receive the update
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Geeba:
Just been using my girlfriends Hero.... after my Desire the software does feel dated...

Will be nice to get 2.1 on it.

Also I encoded a video using Projections encoder from XDA... my Desire plays it fine but the Hero doesnt even recognize the format? is that also to do with the Andriod version?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zabihjan:
it looks like old one, it is not old, it is newer rom, download it, run, it will change your rom base via a 2nd OTA update. then you will see some changes like lil bit faster loading, youtube working 98%.

If you dont get your base to rom ending 0.93 then you wont get the 2.1 update.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sakarthevrith:
does it mean that 2.1 is out in europe??
[Hero, G2 Touch General] krzyk:
Almost. Halfway there. ;) But you won't be able to get the most anticipated update of the year - part II (when it's finally released) - if you don't install part I first.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] EbiEre:
Edit: sorry nothing new i think;(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Neo.Collin:
Guys - Please set u'r phone dates to 26th july and check for updates.... My friends phone in india got the update like that.... I'm not bluffing... first it came with a 4mb update and then a 75MB update....

~
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gazaman:
Guys I still dont have part 1 (im on orange)

I have build number 2.73.61.66

How can i update to enable me to get part 2?

If i try and download the update from htc' website it says not available for my device when i put the serial number in???

Please?????

Gaz
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gazaman:
It seems I need version2.73.405.5 but there are no liks to this version on the htc support pages???

Anybody?

Thanks

Gaz
[Hero, G2 Touch General] farooqy:
Hi it's my first post at this geek forum. Recently I switched my phone from SE P990 to Hero which is unbranded bought from meteor Ireland. My knowlege about rooting, flashing, recovery img and nandroid etc is absolutely zero. Few days ago I just followed a tutorial and rooted and installed modaco ROM. I think it has made my phone slower and I dont see any change and cant access paid market either. I'm unable to sync with my windows 7 contacts with my phone. Do I need a full kind of organiser software like outlook to sync? As you know v1.5 does not support bluetooth file and contacts transfer also so I badly need firmware upgrade.

Is there any simple to follow and easy peasy tutorials to install v2.1? What about the VillainROM 3.4? Is it on v2.1? Have Sense UI?

Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Windcape:
So it would appear a lot of phones still haven't received the 2.1 - Part 1 Update yet.

HTC ain't doing their job very well. I fear for future updates, and what this could potentially mean to security or drivers issues in the future.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] krzyk:
Nope, second part of the update is still not available. I think the date trick will work only for the first part, as it basically forces Hero to check for available updates (it has 2 week interval set). But once the first part is installed, you can manually force the check by selecting an option in the menu. To be sure, I just set the date as you suggested (having the first part already installed) and no updates have been detected. So, EU region will have to wait till monday IMHO.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] SherlockHolmz:
Monday, 2011
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gazaman:
Right, I have just spoke to HTC support and it seems that orange haven't even released the pre-update yet :mad:

Looks like more waiting for us orange users :mad:

Gaz
[Hero, G2 Touch General] shadow_fi:
This is so useless topic. Someone remove it? It scares me all the time, i enter the forum. ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bellor:
Well guys... I'm in Romania and I just got the notification to update to eclair. Now I'm just waiting for thoughts from others who want to be first in updating cause I'm not that brave.

Sent from my HTC Hero
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Roelle:
Well I am in Denmark, just got notification, downloading now, will be back when done :D

Roelle
[Hero, G2 Touch General] valerima:
2.1

I have asked to check for update actively and it appeared that it is available...(Lithuania).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Roelle:
2,1 update!

Hi again!

11 min download, 10 min unpacking, 10 min config, NOW ver. 2.1-update1 JUBEE :D

All in Danish. SO guys just go on, remember make backup (contacts, calender and so on)

Roelle
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Arrimer:
Well, im with T-mobile UK, and i have nothing, no fisrt package no second. G2 left behind becouse of some silly error ;( Why me?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jvltg:
Just got the update in Slovenia (manual system update check).

Installing now. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] justicer:
Hello guys, if i dont have OTA on my Hero how can i install it manually ?

Thankz in advance...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] hkr:
Look for the RUU in the Hero ROM forum ...

swypo ergo sum [in via]
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
How to know the suitable RUU? My build number is 2.73.421.5 146733 cl #61267 release-keys. Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] hkr:
Just pick the one that suits you best ...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
I've tried the RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_3.32.405.1_R_Radio_63.18.55.06P_6 .35.15.11_release_signed but it shows error 131 (my custom id does not match). Help please!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] theodore80:
I don't think that they will be releasing it on the 2nd. It is Good Friday and it is public holiday..
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Scapegoat42:
In addition to that, I think it'll be unlikely that any major upgrade to any system would be released to the public on a Friday, if only to handle the inevitable support requests.

Tuesdays are usually a popular release date for most companies (ie, Microsoft Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month), so I'm expecting either 20th or 27th.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bubano:
Not sure, but do you think they care much about that in Taiwan?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] theodore80:
Are they supporting the whole globe from Taiwan? Anyways, I am not used to major software releases on Good Fridays..

It would make more sense to release it tomorrow (it will also be ironic-releasing a highly anticipated update after so many months of rumors and speculation on the 1st of April, the global joke day...:p) than on Friday.

Let's see though :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bubano:
No, but the firmware is already finished. They only have to publish it, and that can be done from Taiwan.

Let's see when they do it.:cool: