Comments on: A Faster Hero with New Update?

By: Randy Botti

Randy Botti — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:35:23 +0000

I am so annoyed with the performance of Android 1.5 on my Hero, I uninstalled most of the app and switched the phone to a secondary number. The latest updates on the Palm Pre pushed it ahead of android 1.5. I just use the Hero as a basic phone.

What a waste.

By: Vipeezy

Vipeezy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:48:03 +0000

All,

Dont ask why, but my wake time for the past 2 weeks has been between 15-25%. Not sure what exactly I did to make that change, but no longer seeing 100% wake time. I may have jumped the gun a bit, but am def happy with the changes. The only thing I did change was the screen timeout. I set it to never lock the screen. Not sure if it makes a difference, but that is the only thing I really changed.

By: julie Avina

julie Avina — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:03:34 +0000

I have received the WVCI thing to! I have no clue what it is.. I have received it twice..deleted it, none for a few days now.

I am still experiencing missing texts though!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:55:02 +0000

I got the update, and seems to have loaded as now have the mute button on the talk screen, etc. But when I looked at firmware version, it still says 1.5 and not 1.56, anyone else with this? Just wondering if this is the case.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:31:04 +0000

is any body experiencing constant sms from a 9103 with WVCI: and a long list of numbers.. please help

By: kel

kel — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:04:40 +0000

@danijel …you can get handsent SMS via the android market. Just search for it and it will appear. Once you install it on your phone go to the stock message program>settings>uncheck notifications. Handcent SMS has an enormous amount of options. Enjoy!

By: sad andrew

sad andrew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:47:00 +0000

I still can’t get the update…customer service told me I could get the update from a store if my phone wouldn’t do it over the air (some problems inevitably come up with the first android OTA update). so, I took it to the store and they said they would need my phone for an hour. I thought that was wierd as my wife’s update only took 5 minutes, but said ok. when I returned to pick up my phone not only was it not updated but they did a hard reset so I lost a lot of settings…they said they would order me a new phone. I called today (when they said my new phone was supposed to arrive) to see if they had it and they said it would probably be a few more days…wtf sprint??

By: millertime3300

millertime3300 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:46:45 +0000

Don’t know if this helps anyone, but If your phone tells you your update is not available then check your phone’s software version. My Hero originally stated it have version 1.22 and wouldn’t pick up the update until after I updated to 1.29 using the RUU. After the update the new software was available and installed without issue and so far so good.

By: doowee

doowee — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:01:25 +0000

IF you have problem with high awake time … try to shutdown and remove the battery for couple minutes. I don’t think you need to do a factory reset… I did this as suggested by others and it works.

By: will

will — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:50:01 +0000

I still haven’t recieved my update. Does anyone know when it will come to the Chicago land area?

By: KraZe_EyE

KraZe_EyE — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:52:35 +0000

Today I needed to send an email but the address was long and complicated so what did I do? I copied the address, did a address bar search for ‘QR code generator’, pasted the address, generated the code, and read it w/ ‘Barcode Scanner’. Barcode scanner automatically recognized it as an email and opened Gmail for me. I did this in about 5 seconds. My friend was drooling with envy. I love this phone!

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:25:07 +0000

The update went fine for me, but didn’t fix ANY of my annoyances with this phone: it is still terribly laggy, the People app duplicates my sync’d Google contacts whenever I make a call, and the Calendar app (in the Event Details screen) and small calendar widget display all “All-Day” appointments a full day early. It also introduced two new problems: my paid apps have gone missing (from my phone as well as from the market!), and my phone now reboots itself periodically. I find myself often wanting to throw this thing out the nearest window.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:46:17 +0000

Does anyone have any idea why my NFL Network on Sprint Live doesnt work after the update. My friend and I both did the update and his works and mine does not. I tried to shut it off and turn it back on and it still doesnt work.

By: Oscar

Oscar — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:09:07 +0000

The update is very good, My camera/video on my hero looks a lot better and feels faster, battery last a lot longer, the feel and speed of whole O/S got faster, thank you and good job HTC !! for all the other people that are having problems I don’t know what to tell ya, but It could be because you got some type of shady app installed that it slowing things down, also a good app I would download is “App Killer” it closes any app that is running in the back round, you will be surprised to see how many apps are still running after you already closed it…anyways very nice update to the HTC Hero

By: danijel

danijel — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:14:23 +0000

how do you get and use handcent sms?