HTC Hero owners in India will be getting your ROM’s upgraded by the end of June.
Sprint Hero owners in United States have already got their ROM upgrade, but HTC Hero owners in India still lack the same. I decided to take up the issue with HTC and wrote to them asking them why are they treating Indian HTC Hero owners in such utter negligence? I sent the message yesterday and surprisingly got a reply!
Surprising? Either HTC has a robust support or no-one really contacts them. 😀
Reply from HTC
We all know what the upgrade is going to do for our Hero, and if you don’t the Sprint Hero got the following in the upgrade
- Upgraded OS to Android 2.1 Eclair
- Includes enhancements to Sense UI
- Includes enhanced corporate email support
- Includes a variety of minor bug fixes
But the Indian version of HTC Hero lacks a lot of functions available to the global Hero users. We can expect a lot more from the ROM upgrade in store for us. Hopefully we will get fair treatment and all the features that a normal Hero has. But seriously it’s high time we get our hands on a better ROM.
More on it soon.
Warning: – if you are upgrading your ROM with the use of Goldcard or one-click system then doing so warranty stands void. So, do it at your own risk.
Beware, since the mails says ‘by the end of June’. It could take some time :).
There was a firmware update earlier today that probably is a prior patch for 2.1 upgrade. However, it is ironic how HTC is selling overpriced Hero sets for lesser features in India. You can get lesser priced versions outside India!
Follow these steps to update your HTC hero India
http://abtevrythng.blogspot.com/2010/06/htc-hero-india-update-is-finally-about.html