help with htc hero software upgrade

bwatt00

I have a htc hero phone with software from the day i got it of 1.5,im sure there are newer versions of software i can download on the phone,can someone explain what i need to do to get the latest software upgrade on to the phone and where i can get it from.
I take you just connect your phone to the pc and just download if someone can guide me through this and the best place to do it from.the phone was a t mobile but is unlocked and i use a giffgaff sim if that makes any difference to answers of info i get

many thanks

Rusty!

Goto Settings => About => Check for update

Or similar, and let it do it's thing.

But, you're relying on T-Mobile having sorted the update in the first place.

bwatt00

settings about phone are there but update there is nothing on the phone that says this,and i am not sure what your saying about t mobile all i said was i used to be t mobile thats where i got it from at first on contract,now unlocked with a giffgaff sim.

What you have said about updating is now possible??

gjchester

bwatt00 wrote: »

settings about phone are there but update there is nothing on the phone that says this,and i am not sure what your saying about t mobile all i said was i used to be t mobile thats where i got it from at first on contract,now unlocked with a giffgaff sim.

What you have said about updating is now possible??

Updates are made by phone makers, and sent to the networks, the networks then change them if they wish and approve them for release. Each network will have slightly different firmware (mainly branding) and you can usually only load the updates from the network the phone was originally on. If they haven't approved an upgrade you won't get it.

It may be unlocked but it will still have T-Mobile firmware on it and only accept a T-mobile approved update.

You can "root" and put on any ROM to get around this but thats not a simple process, could break your phone , will void your warranty and not something that can be explained easily in a post.

bwatt00

gjchester wrote: »

Updates are made by phone makers, and sent to the networks, the networks then change them if they wish and approve them for release. Each network will have slightly different firmware (mainly branding) and you can usually only load the updates from the network the phone was originally on. If they haven't approved an upgrade you won't get it.

It may be unlocked but it will still have T-Mobile firmware on it and only accept a T-mobile approved update.

You can "root" and put on any ROM to get around this but thats not a simple process, could break your phone , will void your warranty and not something that can be explained easily in a post.

Yes its still t mobile branded so how do i get the upgrade then,as im sure i had 1.5 on the phone,but did have problems with phone a few months back and rebooted it and fixed my problem now seems to show 1.0 now and im pretty sure its even worse to use as in battery etc as im sure when i update the softwars to 1.5 this helped the battery last longer as did help a few other things to to get the latest one to date would be ace,how do i get this on my phone

owen1978

Had the the Hero it was first android phone and it was great, its
3 years old so you might be out of luck on updates but there you can
root it and install a custom rom.

It wont effect your warranty as its probably out of warranty now

Best bet is to contact T-Mobile....

Also you might be interested in....

http://androidforums.com/hero-all-things-root/

This the ROM i recommend, slightly older version of android but comes with HTC Sense

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=727459

or if you want the latest version of android without the HTC Sense

http://androidforums.com/hero-all-things-root/446448-htc-hero-cronos-ginger-x-2-4-0-android-2-3-9-a.html

DUTR

bwatt00 wrote: »

Yes its still t mobile branded so how do i get the upgrade then,as im sure i had 1.5 on the phone,but did have problems with phone a few months back and rebooted it and fixed my problem now seems to show 1.0 now and im pretty sure its even worse to use as in battery etc as im sure when i update the softwars to 1.5 this helped the battery last longer as did help a few other things to to get the latest one to date would be ace,how do i get this on my phone

The real news is that you can't , it will be more time and cost effective to rid of the handset and change to date one,