HTC Hero

Jabbs · September 16, 2009, 08:46:35 AM

"Vodafone have no plans to release the Hero"

TeaLeaf · September 16, 2009, 09:41:58 AM

Buy the Hero's and get a cheaper SIM only Vodaphone contract?

GreenYoshi · September 16, 2009, 10:22:46 PM

Hi Guys, Just took out a contract with orange for the hero and was told it was 'unlimited' data, after a few days I found out that there was some fair use poliocy (which I though was 500mb per day or something) but its not, there is a limit of 25mb per day, which for wireless tethering is nothing!!! I was told by the guy in the shop that it was unlimited because I wanted tethering for my laptop and he lied to me

I'm going to try and get my money back but bee very very careful when they tell you about things being 'unlimited' because even orange says that 25mb per day in 'unlimited...

Now the battle to try and get my money back and find a different contract / model

delanvital · September 17, 2009, 02:40:59 PM

Auch! 25MB is not much no, that is a joke. Could you post a link to the subscription here, so everyone can avoid that deal?

delanvital · September 17, 2009, 05:12:20 PM

I have been without my ADSL-line for a few days now. That put aside, I have managed to run the Hero as a wireless access point. I have then placed the phone in the room where the reception is best (HSDPA, 2 bars) and we can now surf again from our wifi laptops, albeit only with WEP 128bit encryption. I reckon that should be fine, since the program will only be running as needed.

I get from 1,5-3,5 Mbit/s. When outside I can get up to 5,5Mbit but only with all four bars on HSDPA, which is quite rare. Average ping to our game servers is 175 ms which is too bad though... so no gaming before they figure out what the heck happened to the routers in this building...

I am continuously amazed by what happens when you put a Linux variant on a phone

NB - these apps require a rooted phone (developer phone) for this to work.

Edit: It seems average over a longer period is about 140 ms... I might try some LFS'ing and see how that goes

Jabbs · September 17, 2009, 05:53:10 PM

Quote from: TeaLeaf;289925Buy the Hero's and get a cheaper SIM only Vodaphone contract?

There's an idea!

suicidal_monkey · September 17, 2009, 07:13:05 PM

Quote from: delanvital;290098NB - these apps require a rooted phone (developer phone) for this to work.

How does one tell if ones phone is rooted then? Are all sim-free heros bought outright dev. phones or is it pot luck?:ninja:

smilodon · September 17, 2009, 07:20:44 PM

Nope you have to route your own phone after you buy it and that includes people like me who bought a white SIM free version. Rooted phones allow more customisation and allow the installation of non authorised apps. It certainly not a requirement to have a routed phone. But geeks like delanvital just can't leave their tec alone :norty:

delanvital · September 18, 2009, 04:13:04 PM

Quote from: suicidal_monkey;290107How does one tell if ones phone is rooted then? Are all sim-free heros bought outright dev. phones or is it pot luck?:ninja:

All can be rooted. None are out the box. You modify during boot process using an application. I got a pre-rooted image. I think there are other ways.

Jabbs · September 23, 2009, 07:05:47 AM

The bosses decision is final:

She's gone for the N97 32Gb. At least it's Symbian and not Windows eh?

Should be arriving today and will post a full review at some point if people want it?

Jabbs out

OldBloke · October 29, 2009, 10:41:32 AM

HTC have confirmed that Android 2.0 will be coming to the Hero

Bob · October 29, 2009, 12:17:59 PM

Quote from: OldBloke;294470HTC have confirmed that Android 2.0 will be coming to the Hero

VERY exited by this :woot2: Just hope the wait won't be too long and painful...

Linky for those that want to read about it: http://www.htcheroblog.com/2009/10/29/htc-confirms-android-2-0-update-for-htc-hero/

delanvital · October 29, 2009, 03:08:04 PM

Wicked

so much goodie - and for free!

T-Bag · October 29, 2009, 06:04:56 PM

Has anyone got the hero working with Win 7 x64. I've followed guides and copied the drives across but it won't see the new driver as more recent, so I can't sync it, and can't update the firmware etc. Any ideas?

OldBloke · November 16, 2009, 08:51:07 PM

Quote from: T-Bag;294526Has anyone got the hero working with Win 7 x64. I've followed guides and copied the drives across but it won't see the new driver as more recent, so I can't sync it, and can't update the firmware etc. Any ideas?

I got my Hero today and, like you, had this issue.

Follow the instructions here and then look at comment #19 to see how to install the ADB device (where you point to the Vista x64 drivers).

Worked for me