yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
Will do, it is installing itself now so will post infos when done :)

And same, I heard it was there inbetween my periodic checks (of 10 mins..).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
Change the date by a month or so if it has not had the first update, if it has had the first, go to settings, about phone, system software update, check now.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gavtaylor:
a lot of people on the Facebook group are reporting part 2 is downloading now...

Orange UK - Give HTC Hero owners the 2.1 Update - NOW
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
Baseband is 63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.14
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
http://liveimage.htc.com/OTA_Hero_Orange_UK_3.35.61.2-2.73.61.92_release311e0b8qlz28b8r6.zip if anyone wants to download it themselves and update from sd card.

you will need the first update before hand
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lennyuk:
thanks, that explains why the newer radios do not work on orange locked handsets then.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] JTHM:
Ritey-ho, thanks!

Once I change the date, do I have to reboot or anything, or will it automatically check for updates?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
It may do it straight away, but no harm in rebooting really. If it doesn't do it after 5 minutes, reboot, if for 5 minutes it doesn't again, move it further to the future :P
[Hero, G2 Touch General] superchimp:
By the way, I can't seem to install the February update at all, it always fails. Anyone else with that problem? Do you need that update in order to get the OTA update?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nlel:
I downloaded it over wifi and am now waiting for the phone to reach a full charge before proceding with the update... an important fact that - make sure your phone has a good charge remaining before doing it.

EDIT: I have now completed the 2.1 update and I like it! I like the way you can now select between GSM only / WCDMA only / GSM & WCDMA auto . This means if you leave it set to anything but auto you should get improved battery life
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
couldnt you do this in the old one anyways? Albeit not from a menu *#*#4636#*#* from dialpad.

(not to start an argument - i just like *# codes)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lennyuk:
Yep your right here

Its been widely reported that setting it to GSM Auto (ppl) is supposed to increase your battery life, and still gives you access to 3G connectivity.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nlel:
I am going to try it set to WCDMA only and see if the battery life is as good as it was with 2G networks only on the old 1.5 rom... there is one place I go in particular that only gives a very low 3G signal or none at all and its there that I might need a 2G connection.

I had a Touch Diamond 2 which allowed you to set specific 2G or 3G and that had better battery life if set to either 2G only or 3G only you see auto uses more battery life when its constantly checking bands.

EDIT: Does anyone find the camera is better under 2.1 or is it just me, it seemed under 1.5 I was getting out of focus shots a lot, 2.1 seems to be a bit better although it could be just my imagination.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] vagdesign:
Hello people,

I just changed the date to 28 February 2011 and a popup appeared and notified me to update the phone. The filesize is 78.8MB and downloading as we speak with WiFi.

I'm with a HTC Hero Graphire (Orange Model - SIM unlocked) with Vodafone in Greece.

Will keep you posted after the update completes.

VAG
[Hero, G2 Touch General] vagdesign:
Everything went well :)

The phone kept it's contacts, apps and settings.

Smooth update, fast and risk free.

The 2.1 is pretty fast on my Hero, everything works perfect and

I'm very glad I was waiting for it since February when I bought my

phone. Well done HTC! (better late than never).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] simonr43:
I am on orange, but my hero is already sim unlocked, rooted, and running the rooted version of the WWE2.1 Rom. I have two questions regarding the new orange update:

1. is it worth me rolling back to the official orange 1.5 rom, and then updating to the new official orange 2.1 rom? I understand this will loose root, but is there likely to be any particular changes to the rom that will make it work better on the orange network? I have real trouble when I get a poor 3g signal, it constantly switches from 3g to hspda to 2g and back, slowing any data connection to a crawl.

2. related to the 3g signal issue, is it possible to keep the current rom but update the radio to the orange version without loosing root?

thanks in advance,

S.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] chewdiggy:
Update didn't wipe any of my saved apps and runs really bloody well. Thumbs up.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] chewdiggy:
I think it may be a bit early to tell. However, I am sure someone has benchmarked it already ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gavtaylor:
Yes you can, you just need to download the radio and flash it over your current rom via recovery.

I asked @lennyuk yesterday which was best and he recommended this one - Radio_Signed_HERO_63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.14.zip
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lennyuk:
Yes that is the newest radio that works on all orange UK handsets, and its also the same radio that comes in the new official 2.1 update from orange (released yesterday).

Been running it for a while now and its a very good radio.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] blackg1000:
I have the same problem as superchimp. I can't seem to install the February update, it get's so far and comes back with an error and won't update but can I still get 2.1 without the February update? I am running an unlocked Graphite Hero on T-Mobile UK.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
2.1 was officially released today!

One week earlier than expected.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] danielferguson:
I'm running the Villain ROM 12 and having huge problems trying to get the RUU to even detect my phone, let alone update.

I've tried manually installing drivers and changing the dates but neither have worked. The OTA update checker says my phone is fully updated so I don't know where to go from here :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
i had the mocaco rom on my phone, but just installed the Orange update from February and Hoo Raa from there :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Steven_belfast:
Make sure you have the right settings under " USB debugging "

Settings - Applications - Development

Mite find thats the issue,

Ps : How are you all getting over the air updates ?

I was running SenseHero B5 flashed back to Orange RRU UK_2.73.61.66

But when i ask it to check for updates says i am up to date ! ?

Regards

Steven
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
If you havnt just done a check do a check now.

I only know about the release cos i work for Orange and got blasted with the update at work, so came home and did it on my hero :D

Still installing now.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Steven_belfast:
Still no update man,

Nice ;)

Working for providers has it perks lol,

I take it then it will be updated soon ! ?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
just hit 100%..... waitin for phone too reboot
[Hero, G2 Touch General] danielferguson:
Does USB Debugging need to be on or off?

I've had it on and earlier it briefly connected long enough to recognise the current ROM and allow me to start the update, but a minute into it ERROR [170] was kicked up again.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
Wow GoogleMaps with the 3D Navigation system is awesome!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Steven_belfast:
Not to sure off the top off my head,

What ever it is on now change it,

Had that issue a few times but one time was really bad i had to update radio and flash to another rom for it to work,

Ps still no update from orange so going back to SenseHero B5.1 for now,

No rush on the orange rom just wanted to see what its like,
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Steven_belfast:
:( Rub it in man why not , lol :)

Glad it is working man will fingers crossed flash it on the weekend if i get time,
[Hero, G2 Touch General] IrfanSEAT:
just downloading now on my old hero
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gazaman:
After checking back on this forum and adjusting the date on my hero for the last few months waiting for this update I was obviously quite pleased it was finally released:D

But could somebody please tell me what exactly we have been waiting for??

I like to play and like new gadgets etc so after having my hero for quite a long time I was looking forward to this whole new OS and new functions etc.

The only difference i can see is a few graphical changes,a few more apps on the market and the "pinch to see all screens" addition (which i can never see me using).

A little underwhelmed to be honest but i suppose its my own fault for not doing any research beforehand. I guess I expected too much.

Can anybody point out any other additions I am unaware of and enhancements that I have overlooked.

Thanks in advance

Gary
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Steven_belfast:
I would also like to know this as at this point i am running SenseHero B5.1 2.1 rom and if i am not going to get much from the orange RRU then not going to change,

Regards

Steven
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
I agree with Gazaman. There are not many changes, but the changes they have made are awesome. I love the google maps now. But i agree waiting this long for it was not acceptable for the little changes they did make.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Larac:
Updated a corp Hero on Orange I have from work to 2.1 this morning, am I being totally blind or is the friendstream missing?

I've tried adding it the same was as on my desire but it's not listed as a widget.

Please just ignore if I'm being a total doughnut...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gavtaylor:
I think HTC removed it. There are a few features that they don't think the Hero is up too (live wallpapers, etc) due to the low processor/memory so they have just removed them from the rom. Just another reason to go down the custom rom route.

numerous android bug fixes, access to improved google api's, and for HTC to fulfil their promise of an update to the phone...

Theres not so much of a visual change because your still looking at HTC's SenseUI and I doubt its ever going to change that much as they have decided upon a design and all phones since the hero have matched it. The updates are mostly under the hood and will make the phone run and work better.

The biggest change you will probably notice is that you can now transfer files via bluetooth and the web browser works a lot better.

The range of apps you can access and the features they provide will also jump significantly
[Hero, G2 Touch General] JonathanCassar:
Hi,

I'm running an unlocked Orange Hero on T-Mobile.

I've Downgraded the rom from Villian 12 to Orange using the RUU exe

I've changed the date but its not prompting to update

Any thoughts?

Jonathan
[Hero, G2 Touch General] peterc10:
You need to be on the latest Orange ROM - .66. You can download it from HTC (not Orange)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gavtaylor:
My first thought is...

Stop being silly and put villainRom back on!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] JonathanCassar:
Thats what I did in the end - I just wanted to see the Orange 2.1
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jake_in_notts:
Upgraded to Official 2.1 from VillianRom12 and back again...

After month of waiting for 2.1 sat using 1.5 i finally bit the bullet and rooted and installed VillianRom12. It was made very easy by everyone so thanks to you all for that. My only issue was the battery usage.

When the Official 2.1 was released I reflashed .66 back on and it quickly propted me to install the two updates (OTA). I noticed no significant difference in battery usuage so i guess the battery drain is related to 2.1 rather than the VillianRom.

So im now back on VillianRom as it contains a few extras left out of the official Orange update - i love the speach input in the addition keyboard input and the aNetshare additions.

Thanks from appreciative noob....:D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] phil-w:
Decided to upgrade my work phone to 2.1, all went smoothly and didn't loose any settings apart from the screen layout went back to Orange default. Soon put that right and now all is well.

Not wanting to go off thread but I have noticed an issue with K-9 mail and 2.1 on the Hero.

I have automatic polling set for the 3 mail accounts I use and instead of saying next poll @ 17:55 or what ever... (30 mins ahead !) it says next poll is the exact same time as I performed upgrade to 2.1 ????

I'm not sure if all the accounts are polling correctly either even though settings are saved and the still the same..

The upgrade does seem to have increased what is available for download from market and appears very impressive in use. The other improvement, in operation anyway is the camera as they have changed how the menu is accessed and how to zoom etc. I do find the camera very good (white balance on cloudy not auto for outdoor shots) just lacking flash.. Now that would be good if a firmware upgrade also drilled a hole inthe back and added a zenon flash TeHee...

Cheers Phil
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Sonic_01:
i thought rooted hero's couldnt receive OTA updates?

i Have a nandroid from my old 1.5 Orange, but I think its rooted. if i roll back to that will I be able to get these updates?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mil3k:
Could someone give me a link to this ROM. I have in my Hero firmware 1.5 build number 2.73.61.66. I couldn't find it on HTC and Orange pages. Only what I found was update to the same version 1.5 .66 which I have got already installed.

btw. Do you know how to setup email at orange.net server? It works fine with my Touch HD but it doesn't with new hero. POP and SMTP servers are set correctly.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
it is not downloadable from the website - you have to force your phone to get the 1st update (by moving the date forward by 2 weeks or so) or wait until your phone checks for updates itself.

Once it has the first update you can go to settings, about phone , system software update, check now.

Hope that helps...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] scratchygiant:
Check for updates option missing?

Ok, I've been keeping an eye on the orange 2.1 situation for my Dad and when i saw this thread I thought great.

However there is no option to check for updates like everyone says there should be in the settings screen.

Any way round this?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
Thats because you have not received the first update. Try changing the date settings forward and see if that prompts for the part 1. If not, make sure he is on the .66 rom, and try a hard reset (back up first ofc)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] scratchygiant:
Cheers for the quick reply.

His build version is 2.73.61.5, is the .66 rom an official build of the orange site?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
nps,

the .66 rom is the last 1.5 official rom which enables the FOTA update to got through,

ROM upgrade for HTC Hero (Orange) ROM Version:2.73.61.66 for Orange.

That will wipe all his data, when setting up, if it conencts to wifi/mobile internet, you will liekly get promopted to download the FOTA. Use WiFi - if it does both - it will be about 81mb.

HTC Have a little FAQ going on their site now for the 2.1 Hero.

Hope that helps :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] scratchygiant:
Thanks :)

Just flashed to that ROM and got the update instantly, my mistake for missing that ROM release, I had done one since he got the phone and assumed it was that until your comment made me check...

Again, thanks, my dad will be very pleased and will hopefully stop grumbling.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
Thats okay - glad it all went through :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] frederikk:
Hi,

on the french site (i'm french), the .66 ROM does not exist. Only the 2.73.61.5 is available. Indeed, i didn't received the FOTA with this rom... does it means french people won't have the 2.1 update ? does it means we have to apply the UK .66 ROM before ? So i suppose it is compliant with a orange french network ?

Thanx..

Ciao

Fred - french guy waiting for update to have access to more application on the market ! a lot of new ones require 2.1 mini :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lennyuk:
Slightly off topic but can all people who read this post, also on twitter please retweet the last tweet from @villainrom (the one to orange UK) thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
So I am not being dumb - Is it this one? (I am a twitter noob...) http://www.twitlonger.com/show/2uueo8
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lennyuk:
yeah that's the one :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] captainstu72:
retweeted - not that I have any followers :P
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mil3k:
Understand. Today my phone has ask me about that update, but I didn't want to do it until know more.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] AdrianAshley:
Missed it the first time

I'm running the 2.73.61.66 firmware. A few days ago my phone asked me if I wanted the update (the first phase, of course). I was on a train so said 'no'. Does anyone know how to induce it to ask again?

thanks, Adrian
[Hero, G2 Touch General] marky33:
Change date forward by a month or so
[Hero, G2 Touch General] AdrianAshley:
Thanks for the tip! I did that yesterday, and nothing happened the first time, so after a few hours I put the date back to normal. I did it again this morning and it immediately popped up the "Would you like to download...."

All I can say to others in this position is, keep trying!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lean:
I put my date forward by one year and instantly received the option to upgrade - so did and then returned date to auto. Happy days!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XenSA:
At the risk of being flamed and banned, i thought that this might be a legitimate question.

Can it be answered?

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisjasper:
Is there a reason why? If its to determine the most popular one for you to use, that may not be the best indicator.

I download a lot of roms but dont always use them.

The roms tend to be held on different systems and servers (htcpedia, rapidshare etc) so it would be quite difficult to get comparisons.

A better indicator might be the level of traffic in a rom thread
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XenSA:
this is a valid method but whould that not just indicate the amount of problems with the rom as people mainly post the problems they find and not thank yous
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v-b-n:
Better option would be to do a rough comparison based on this thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=683743
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisjasper:
Possibly, but it also means problems are being raised and generally fixed. It will also point to the more active rom builds.

Its all very well having a rom that looks the dogs bollocks but if the chef isnt updating any issues with it, there isnt much point using it.

Look also for the rom chef answering questions, chef's like Dutty tend to be pretty active in answering questions (No thats not an endorsment of Dutty above all others, just the first name that sprung to mind as I use his HG4 at the moment, NRG is also active for example but more so on his twitter feed).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] spacegravity4me:
I've searched guys and I can't find an answer to my problem. I'm running the stock att tilt rom and ever since I can remember internet explorer pages won't load properly. It seems like it might be memory related. I'll enter and address and the page will turn white while it begins to load. Then I'll see a little bit of the page load right but that's it. It'll load half the page and leave another part of it white. It's not until I scroll down the page that it shows the entire page properly. So it loads, but it won't show everything properly till I scroll or move down the page. WTF? P.S. opera isn't really an option at this point.
[HD2 General] RedrumTri:
Hello everyone,

Sorry for the n00b question but, I'm going to be returning my HTC HD2 to tmobile and I have a custom ROM installed, and want to change it back to factory settings. Would I have to do a hard reset or run HSPL3_PKG.exe to get in back to factory settings?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
hard reset will still give you the cooked rom.

run hspl3, choose 2.08.0000

flash stock 2.10 or 2.13 tmous rom over usb

done.
[HD2 General] RedrumTri:
Thanks for the reply, this seems simple enough. Thanks again
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D200P13:
how can i clear the google talk chats? i click on each one and click end chat but that closes the window and takes me to google talks list and when i go back to the user the chat is still there.
[Dash 3G, Snap General] jinbuster:
okay i was wondering something.

i cracked my HTC Maple/Snap Screen a week ago and i'm gonna buy a replacement screen

but!! there are other models for the screen

ex. LED s520, LCD s521, s522

I was wondering if i picked one of the higher Class ones... If it will work the same or not.

If you have the answer please get back at me because i'm going to order the LCD screen soon.

thankz
[General Topics] ongoingissues:
Froyo is finally rolling out to all Nexus One users over the air, with plans to have it deployed to most people by the end of the week.

The Nexus Blog reports:

Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive the Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features including support for making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser. For a complete list of everything we’ve included in Android 2.2, please see the Android 2.2 Platform Highlights.

http://ongoingissues.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/android-2-2-froyo-ready-for-all-nexus-ones/
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dreamersipaq:
I wouldn't do this, I don't think it's your issue. You might screw more then fix with this... Guarantee you your issue is timing. ESPECIALLY if you've already got the error once.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jerrberr:
This was after a 1/2 root where I could install root apps like lamppu and wifitether, and they worked, but others - titanium backup - could not escalate su to root privs. superuser.apk never prompted me for allowing root.

I could run adb shell after a normal boot and run as su - of course everything was locked down. unrEVOked2 flash recovery used to say device not found.

So I reloaded the androidusb drivers using both sets of inf settings collected above, I put the c:\windows\inf files that I had removed back in place. Basically got the phone back to where all of the drivers were recognized in all of the modes, including the Mass Storage, so that the phone shows as 2 disk drives.

I reformatted my pny 2gb micro to fat32 512kb blocks in the phone, deleted all the stuff that was loaded into it (4 folders) then I did the following and got it first try:

1) unplug usb unplug battery. leave sd card in. Start up a loop.bat (look at other methods)

2) put the battery back in, hold down vol- and power together. let go once it gets into hboot. let it attempt and fail at loading the img files, then use vol- to go down to boot recovery but don't let go of vol-

3) continue to hold vol- and then press power to select reboot recovery. (begin counting, use a second hand on a pc to aide) (also, I kept holding power and vol- until done with step 4)

4) wait for the scan line flicker that happens around 7-8 seconds after pressing power (on the HTC screen, you cannot miss it). Insert the USB cord just after the scan line flicker but just before the black screen.

results:

So everything except titanium backup is working. I still have my root apps and other apps as well. Now when I run titanium backup and d/l busybox, I was prompted by superuser to allow su privs, but when I run connectbot, su, whoami gives whoami: not found

I did have to reinstall wifitether to get it back up and running.

I think that now I'll try the unrEVOked2 flash recovery tool. - installed and working as well.

Any linux people know how to install/link whoami?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Deleted member 2027727:
Dude this finally did it for me. I was losing my mind trying to do this, but these exact instructions with the 2GB PNY worked perfectly. God bless you!

I think the problem you're having may be with the HBOOT drivers. I got Clockwork installed with no problem.