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Cellular South updating Hero to 2.1

By administrator$$ July 21, 2010 - 9:49pm EST Comments

Congratulations Cellular South HTC Hero owners, you are now eligible to become the proud owners of a device running Android 2.1. Sure it's not 2.2, and it's not exactly an OTA update, but hey, let's not be negative here. Just look at all te new features included: Picture and video messaging capabilities Pics Feature Required Android Market™ with access to... Read more »

Unlocked Heroes updated to 2.1

By administrator$$ June 28, 2010 - 3:46pm EST Comments

If you have an unlocked HTC Hero, now's your time to shine. System upgrade 3.32.405.1 (or so the screen-grab says), weighing in at 80MB, is finally heading out OTA as Android 2.1. People from all over the internet are chiming in and letting us know the update is everything you could ask for. Just a quick reminder, this is only for the unlocked Hero right now. Orange... Read more »

UPDATE: Sprint HTC Hero OFFICIAL Android 2.1 update available…for real this time

By Breon Nagy May 19, 2010 - 3:23am EST Comments

UPDATE 10:15AM CDT: It's live. @Sprint: Android 2.1 now avail. for the HTC Hero! Details & instructions here - http://bit.ly/93pnqS. Many thanks to our customers for your patience. UPDATE: Sprint has updated their support page, but the update file is no where to be found. The support page, linked below, has all of the update installation instructions... Read more »

Latest HTC Hero 2.1 ROM leak [with how-to video]

By Breon Nagy May 15, 2010 - 1:34am EST Comments

Let's start by saying, this is not officially official. I wouldn't consider any ROM to be official unless I saw it on the Sprint support site. Regardless, that didn't stop me from giving it a go. Keep in mind that this is one of those "use at your own risk" scenarios. DroidDog is not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. Now that I have that... Read more »

Sprint thanks “customers for your continued patience” regarding Android 2.1

By Breon Nagy May 7, 2010 - 11:45am EST Comments

In case you haven't noticed, it's the 7th of May. According to an internal Best Buy document, the retailer was expecting to be able to help customers update their Hero today. Well Hero and Moment owners might have wait a little longer. This morning, Sprint posted a couple tweets that are a little disheartening. I'm not Captain Speculator, but it sounds... Read more »