Your Sprint HTC Hero questions answered – part 2

I’ll be doing my best to get to all of your questions this week, as well as the videos dedicated to the camera and browser. the 10-minute limit on the DroidDog YouTube account (as well as the computer I use to process the videos) limits how much I can do in one day, but stay tuned.

Check out parts one and three.

EDIT: Pictures can be downloaded through the stock browser via long-press. It didn’t work for me before, and is sketchy now. I’m answering questions based on what it does when I play with it; not from a manual or press release.

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how much record time comes with the hero htc out the box

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how much record time comes with the hero htc out the box

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When is the 2.0 or 2.1 update for Htc Hero coming out.

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When is the 2.0 or 2.1 update for Htc Hero coming out.

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Okay.... now im alittle confused can images be save from the stock browser with the long press?

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How can i upload pictures from my computer to my Htc hero phone

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why is the browser always slow when I even close out the background program with task killer and also the youtube app don't never work

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it in your downloads

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Not sure if this is something you can test but I would love to know. I have an ic602 Motorola with a hybrid sim card and was wondering if I put it in the htc hero will it work?

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Can you turn off the vibrating when ever you type on the sprint htc hero.

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its a with google experience ... just got my hero today and im looking at it right now... "with Google"

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Ooops! btw i have a HTC moment.

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Anyone know if we can change the ringtone to our own music?

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Why cant i see all my pic that get sent to from another tex, it wont let me download it, i never had this happen when i had the palm pre.

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Hi I have an HTC Hero and if you long press on an image you can save it.

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how do u get the screnes to go horizontal

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whats a vanilla android??? and can u change the look on ur keyboard??? i know theres 3 diffrent kind of keyboards but i want to know if u can change the theme on it for free?

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i have an iphone and my boyfriend has the HTC hero.well when i email him pics, he cant figure out how to save them.it said just press on the pic and hold for the save option to come up.but it doesn't ever pop up..just something about saving or copying the text.help?

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i can't view a downloaded photo on my htc hero. i can save it but i can't find it to view it after that. can you please help me? thank you very much

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I am watching sprint videos about hero and the phone they show is branded "with google"

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I am watching sprint videos about hero and the phone they show is branded "with google"

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I'm pretty sure Sense can be disabled.. I installed the aHome and it gave me the option to disable it. But please correct me if I'm wrong.

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I'm pretty sure Sense can be disabled.. I installed the aHome and it gave me the option to disable it. But please correct me if I'm wrong.

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WOW, great info. i love getting informed and expanding my knowledge on computer programs and software. im subscribing, please keep the info coming... thanks craigslist program cost

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WOW, great info. i love getting informed and expanding my knowledge on computer programs and software. im subscribing, please keep the info coming... thanks craigslist program cost

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check out endgaget and cnet's back pictures on the cdma hero they have the "with google" logo. here is a link. http://www.engadget.com/photos/htc-hero-for-sprint-hands-on/2293707/ (from engaget.com), http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-hero-sprint/4505-6452_7-33770450.html?tag=mncol;lst (from cnet.com) what does that mean?

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check out endgaget and cnet's back pictures on the cdma hero they have the "with google" logo. here is a link. http://www.engadget.com/photos/htc-hero-for-sprint-hands-on/2293707/ (from engaget.com), http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-hero-sprint/4505-6452_7-33770450.html?tag=mncol;lst (from cnet.com) what does that mean?

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ANYWAY TO OVERCLOCK THIS BAD BOY? ITS NOT REALLY USING THE FULL 528MHz right?

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I can't verify this, but an anonymous poster at PhoneDog said that the processor is scaled to run at 528 (or something similar). I don't know what that means, but I can tell you that for most apps it's faster than my over-clocked (528) G1. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has rooted their Hero. Have you tried over-clocking?

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Thanks for doing this review. Now I am more torn then ever. The Hero or the Moment? I like the fact that the Moment will have a keyboard, camera/flash and faster processor, but don't like that it's not HTC UI. I will get the Hero and try it out for a couple of weeks, then if I don't like it I can exchange it for the Moment when it comes out Nov 1

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Really nice video, I think you guys have really amazing jobs. Doing reviews for phones and what not, I'd love to have that job. Although I'd have to get a lot smarter when it comes to acronyms and what things actually mean lol. Good review, can't wait for the other ones.

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I've got the GSM Hero (with the newer updated HTC ROM), and I agree that the browser is slow. I've tried using Opera as a replacement but although it's faster it's really annoying to use because it hasn't been optimized for the Sense UI (doesn't exploit pinch-zoom) and scrolls slowly. The stock Hero browser on the GSM Hero (which I assume is the same as on the CDMA) DOES allow pictures to be copied (or sent by email or mms) just by long holding and "save as" etc, in a pretty intuitive way..

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How long do you have to press and hold it? I'm going on 30 seconds here.

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ANYWAY TO OVERCLOCK THIS BAD BOY? ITS NOT REALLY USING THE FULL 528MHz right?

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I can't verify this, but an anonymous poster at PhoneDog said that the processor is scaled to run at 528 (or something similar). I don't know what that means, but I can tell you that for most apps it's faster than my over-clocked (528) G1. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has rooted their Hero. Have you tried over-clocking?

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@DrorBecker points out that you can disable Sense and use Google's vanilla home. I hadn't tried disabling Sense since the GSM Hero, where I had super buggy behaviour with home replacements. Vanilla home actually seems to work OK, and can run Sense widgets. I'll do a video segment on that.

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Thanks for doing this review. Now I am more torn then ever. The Hero or the Moment? I like the fact that the Moment will have a keyboard, camera/flash and faster processor, but don't like that it's not HTC UI. I will get the Hero and try it out for a couple of weeks, then if I don't like it I can exchange it for the Moment when it comes out Nov 1

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One more question... Can the Hero or any other Android phone do Screen captures like the iPhone?

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Really nice video, I think you guys have really amazing jobs. Doing reviews for phones and what not, I'd love to have that job. Although I'd have to get a lot smarter when it comes to acronyms and what things actually mean lol. Good review, can't wait for the other ones.

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I like this phone, but I see two major differences that hold it back from the Moment and eventually the rumored HTC Snapdragon builds. 1. processor - but as John mentioned in a previous post, if you run it like an iPhone then it will be fine 2. Keyboard on the Moment and a capacitive touch screen is a killer combo 3. proximity sensors are lacking from the Hero, but on the Moment. Nice to have, IMHO, but I suppose I could live with out. 4. Flash for the camera on the Moment. I noticed that I was missing this more and more when I switched from my BB Curve to the iPhone. It is a really tough decision especially when you know HTC is going to release some kind of flagship phone with better everything.

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I've got the GSM Hero (with the newer updated HTC ROM), and I agree that the browser is slow. I've tried using Opera as a replacement but although it's faster it's really annoying to use because it hasn't been optimized for the Sense UI (doesn't exploit pinch-zoom) and scrolls slowly. The stock Hero browser on the GSM Hero (which I assume is the same as on the CDMA) DOES allow pictures to be copied (or sent by email or mms) just by long holding and "save as" etc, in a pretty intuitive way..

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How long do you have to press and hold it? I'm going on 30 seconds here.

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turns out I need to reset my Hero.

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I agree with Nofowuw. I don't know if the Sprint Hero has been gimped in some way, but on my GSM Hero, I can long press on an image in the browser, and I get an option to "Save Image" along with the usual options to share the image.

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well i just wanna praise you Jon on doing a great job so far with this site. I actually left phandroid.com and started following this site b/c you're able to get news faster and be more objective even tho your pro-android [for the most part] so just keep up the great work

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@DrorBecker points out that you can disable Sense and use Google's vanilla home. I hadn't tried disabling Sense since the GSM Hero, where I had super buggy behaviour with home replacements. Vanilla home actually seems to work OK, and can run Sense widgets. I'll do a video segment on that.

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in case anyone hasn't heard if you have a best buy reward zone credit card and have spent 2,500 dollars in the last year starting today you can purchase the hero from best buy mobile. In-store only. Good for new activations or upgrades.

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Tethering should be possible. According to the Sprint manual you have to use the HTC Sync software that is loaded on the micro SD card on the phone.

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Well I missed a lot on this one, didn't I? I don't have Windows, so I can't test that.

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You rly cant download pics from internet with the stock browser with sprint Hero? :O You can with the EU Hero :O

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