European HTC Hero 2.1 Coming in April!
| by Carl Channon on March 18th, 2010 |
A member of XDA-forums “yrrep” has posted what he claims to be the timetable of Android 2.1 being rolled out to European HTC Hero’s AKA T-mobile G2.
Here’s a copy and paste of the supposed roll-out
This is the update schedule -
HTC EU (Nordic/Greek/RUS/UKR/SA) 2010/4/2
TMO – UK TMO 2010/4/16
UK/ES Orange 2010/4/16
TMO – DE TMO 2010/4/16
SFR signature Orange 2010/4/22
ZA(Vodacom) HTC 2010/4/22
H3G UK H3G 2010/4/22
HTC BE HTC 2010/5/4
HTC TUR HTC 2010/5/4
TMO – PL TMO 2010/5/10
TMO – HU TMO 2010/5/10
TMO – MK TMO 2010/5/10
And His source:
I was privy to an email at work…
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You can call HTC direct, ask them when the update is due, and they will confirm… if they read their bloody emails!
Well he told me I could call HTC – So I did! 2 different operators have told me what’s on their system- obviously reading from the screen. I was told :
Unbranded HTC Hero , T-mobile UK & Orange UK:
Update available online from 16th April
Update OTA from 30th April
Network 3 UK (H3G UK):
22nd April – online
5th May – OTA
So one thing, HTC Hero 2.1 is CONFIRMED and it’s coming soon, very very soon – in April by the looks of it! What info I was told over the phone matches what the XDA post said so I think it’s safe to say it seems like the real deal – the “Bees Knees” – the “mutts Nu……. Well you get the idea.
I bet this is very exciting news for European Hero owners living with the outdated 1.5 – except those who may mod. Roll on 2.1 and all your sweeeeeet goodness!
[Via XDA & HTC ]
1. Maloric wrote on March 18, 2010
April? I was hoping for March, since we were told 1st quarter 2010. I’m sure I won’t care once I get the update, but an extra 2 weeks seems like a long time from where I’m standing, especially since it’s already long overdue.
I’ll be glad to wave goodbye to 1.5 and enjoy even some of the basic upgrades that came in 1.6 – better market for one.
Any other users get way over-excited on February 4th when HTC listed a ROM update on their site? Anyone else sorry that they wiped their phone for it?
2. Furret wrote on March 18, 2010
Oh… so now April means soon? But better late then never.
LOL, I guess we in CZE won’t get anything since the news never concern us…
3. tch wrote on March 18, 2010
Any reason to wait for the OTA update? Will it mean that I won’t have to back everything up?
Great news though, pity they couldn’t do it before the Easter holiday… nothing to do with waiting for the legend to be released first?!
4. Jim R wrote on March 18, 2010
How about an update for the long suffering Telus Hero?
5. Furret wrote on March 18, 2010
I’m kinda starting to be angry… Norway – around 5M inhabitants, Hungary – 10M inhabitants, Greece – 11M inhabitants… Czech Republic – 10 M inhabitants.. Can anybody explain to me, WHY THE HEL is everybody ignoring us!?
6. SG wrote on March 18, 2010
Still waiting on confirmation for Tattoo upgrade to 2.1
7. Lilleverden wrote on March 18, 2010
Furret: Well maybe We(norway) are only 5M, but its nordic then you some more countries and we buy lots of mobiles, several a year god business for HTC ;)
8. Androididian wrote on March 18, 2010
Maybe because in Czechoslovakia, 2.1 updates YOU.
9. Utz wrote on March 18, 2010
When G2 gets it, will G1 so too? Has same cpu and ram, only less internal space.. but fuck internal space!
10. Android App Reviews wrote on March 18, 2010
I dont think the G1 will be getting it.
11. Stefan wrote on March 18, 2010
@Furret: Nordic refers to the ‘the Nordic countries’, which includes the following countries/regions: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Åland, which includes approximately 25 million people.
12. wagner wrote on March 18, 2010
yeah does anyone know when the update for htc hero on telus (canada) will be released?
13. Jouten wrote on March 18, 2010
Canada?
14. Seth wrote on March 18, 2010
What about in Asia? The place where HTC is actually based… When do we get our updates?
15. Herman wrote on March 19, 2010
I’m missing most of Europe from the schedule (FR, NL, ES, IT), wtf?
Europe is like a zillion countries and only a few are listed, what use is a schedule like that?
16. jdroid wrote on March 21, 2010
Hello,
I have a HTC Legend since 2 days. Buy normaly in france, on Bluetrade web site. I don’t understand why you say it come in april :-) No sim lock. No brand sticker. I’m really happy. This is a realy good phone. Good screen.
Bye bye
17. Jared wrote on March 21, 2010
any word on the hero in canada?
18. Peter wrote on March 25, 2010
Have just received correspondence from HTC in South Africa and they are refusing to confirm the 22nd April date for Vodacom in South Africa
19. Zied wrote on March 25, 2010
They are keeping us waiting, they didn’t give official date. I’m really pissed off!!!
They already made sense with android 2.1 for Legend, but I think Hero’s customers are not so important for them.
My next phone won’t be from HTC for sure, I hope more serious brands will make good androids.
20. Siamack wrote on April 3, 2010
Today is 3 April 2010 .
There is not any update on HTC web sites !!!!
21. GuyT wrote on April 4, 2010
It appears it never materialised on the 2nd.
Which makes me think that this information might well be wrong!
22. Dee wrote on April 6, 2010
I got the European HTC Hero but live in the US using US Tmobile.My question is when the European update comes out, how will I go about recieving the 2.1 update on the supposedly release date of the 16 April?
23. DAn0151 wrote on April 14, 2010
above is lies emailed HTC here is response :
Thank you for your email.
We have no information at the moment confirming a specific release date of an upgrade to 2.1.
Please become a member of the e-club on our website, then you will receive a confirmation via email when the upgrade is available.
Once more detailed information is available on the expected release
dates and which of the HTC branded Hero devices will be updated then a more formal announcement
will be made.
Best regards,
Jozefine M
HTC
24. hermy90210 wrote on April 16, 2010
Just been on phone to HTC as today is apparently the update day, they informed me that it’ll be conducted OTA from 30th april onwards but no clue as to when it’s online available, apparently that info hadnt been made available to the operator.
Also, t-mobile have no clue whatsoever as to when the update will be out. so i’m guessing… another 2 weeks of waiting to see if it actually will materialise =/
25. Peter wrote on April 16, 2010
Just off the phone to HTC myself. They said the scheduled date is 5th July for Orange UK OTA.
26. Patric wrote on April 19, 2010
This thing is getting funnier each day. It seems like some sort of “Duke Nukem Forever”. They shouldn’t release dates and getting people all “hyped up” and then frustrated. Maybe it would be better if they would just say “It’s done when it’s done”.