Back in April, it was rumored that the Android 2.1 update for the HTC Hero would be available some time near the end of April.
That estimate became May, which then became June. In other words, the Android 2.1 update has been continously delayed for the HTC Hero.
This week, new estimates put the Android 2.1 update for the HTC Hero being available sometime in the first half of August. Reports indicate that Telus is still testing the OS upgrade.
At this time, the reason is unknown to why the Android 2.1 update has been delayed for so long, but back in April, Telus indicated that the reason for the delay at the time was due to a lack of effort. The reason is both vague and cryptic and Telus has been silent since.
Hopefully this August 2010 report comes true and HTC Hero owners can finally officially update to Android 2.1.
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Let's just hope that Telus is not gonna do like Rogers does with the updates…
I decided to finally root mine yesterday when I saw this article. Best thing I ever did ! Simple procedure and I ended up with an very much improved Telus Hero !
I went root one month ago. My Hero now runs Froyo. This will be my last contract with Telus…I promise…and my last HTC phone.
What tutorial did you use to do it??
can you please look into some sort of centralized complaint portal for hero telus users to make their voices heard in telus' ear?
did you root it to make your hero run eclair? i'm thiking of doing this week
did u run into any problems after rooting? thinking of rooting mine to 2.1 eclair
YES i can comfirm that Android 2.1 update for HTC hero was made available.
i got the update message on my phone last night !
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