June 4, 2010 at 18:27Take your time to upgrade your HTC Hero to Android 2.1
Apparently, HTC still complied with the Legend sales plan and became generous with the release of the long-awaited update for Hero. The update is already available for the Chinese version of the hero - G3 (which we already managed to mention today on the hub), so the European one is just around the corner. All the forums of custom firmware developers are full of this news, offering now to try out the official Android 2.1 firmware on your hero, unless of course only English (or Chinese) is enough.
This update is important first of all because it again makes Hero a modern phone, which in technical specifications is almost as good as the more expensive Legend. So if the aluminum case is not important for you, then you can buy Hero in excellent condition almost half the price, which may be of interest, for example, to developers who are looking for a workhorse for testing Android applications and various kinds of experiments with the platform.
So we are waiting for an update for several days, but do not rush to update your phone if you use custom firmware. At the forum of developers of one of the most high-quality and stable firmware VillainROM information appearedthat it is very likely that the official update will install a new bootloader that will make it impossible to install the custom root firmware on Hero later. Simply put, a bug due to which it is possible to install root firmware on the phone is likely to be fixed. Therefore, it is recommended to wait for an unofficial root build (even based on the Chinese version, several versions are already available to choose from) and install it.
There is another reason why you should not miss the opportunity to install custom firmwares - apparently 2.1 will be the last update Hero will receive. So make sure you keep a loophole for yourself if you would still like to see 2.2 Froyo on your hero.
This update is important first of all because it again makes Hero a modern phone, which in technical specifications is almost as good as the more expensive Legend. So if the aluminum case is not important for you, then you can buy Hero in excellent condition almost half the price, which may be of interest, for example, to developers who are looking for a workhorse for testing Android applications and various kinds of experiments with the platform.
So we are waiting for an update for several days, but do not rush to update your phone if you use custom firmware. At the forum of developers of one of the most high-quality and stable firmware VillainROM information appearedthat it is very likely that the official update will install a new bootloader that will make it impossible to install the custom root firmware on Hero later. Simply put, a bug due to which it is possible to install root firmware on the phone is likely to be fixed. Therefore, it is recommended to wait for an unofficial root build (even based on the Chinese version, several versions are already available to choose from) and install it.
There is another reason why you should not miss the opportunity to install custom firmwares - apparently 2.1 will be the last update Hero will receive. So make sure you keep a loophole for yourself if you would still like to see 2.2 Froyo on your hero.