Power of Twitter and the 2.1 update. - Page 9

princem131 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by tokuzumi

The Droid is getting the 2.1 update this week. I hope we get ours way before June 30, 2010......

June would be some serious BS!!!

**tokuzumi** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 12:23 PM

I posted on Sprint's facebook page, and they replied with this:

"We do not have an date at this time. You can view any software updates on http://www.facebook.com/l/a613b;www.sprint.com. Thanks."

**Genjinaro** · #3 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 12:41 PM

Not gonna lie, the length of time its taking, is working my patience.

By the time we get this ver, I bet we'll be 2 builds behind. SMH :/
I wouldn't care or be as mad if it didn't effect the market.

hoopsdavis · #4 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Genjinaro

Not gonna lie, the length of time it taking is working my patience.

By the time we get this ver, I bet we'll be 2 builds behind. SMH :/
I wouldn't care or be as mad if it didn't effect the market.

Maybe we as a group should start posting on Sprints facebook page that if we don't have an update soon, we're leaving Sprint to go with a more reliable provider. We've had this phone for too long now for Sprint to not at least have a date. Without Sprint having a date for us, tells me they've moved on to the next phone they plan to boast about. If you watch the commercials, the Hero is no longer mentioned.

jonnythan · #5 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by hoopsdavis

Maybe we as a group should start posting on Sprints facebook page that if we don't have an update soon, we're leaving Sprint to go with a more reliable provider. We've had this phone for too long now for Sprint to not at least have a date. Without Sprint having a date for us, tells me they've moved on to the next phone they plan to boast about. If you watch the commercials, the Hero is no longer mentioned.

Which US carrier has updated their 1.5 or 1.6 devices to 2.1?

I assume you will be leaving Sprint to go with that carrier.

**KBZL** · #6 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jonnythan

Which US carrier has updated their 1.5 or 1.6 devices to 2.1?

I assume you will be leaving Sprint to go with that carrier.

He is probably going by the talk from the droid forum. They are supposedly getting their 2.1 this weeks some time.

jonnythan · #7 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kbussen

He is probably going by the talk from the droid forum. They are supposedly getting their 2.1 this weeks some time.

Droid was already running 2.0. 2.0 -> 2.1 is not a very big jump.

hoopsdavis · #8 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jonnythan

Which US carrier has updated their 1.5 or 1.6 devices to 2.1?

I assume you will be leaving Sprint to go with that carrier.

Jonnythan, for me its not really about moving to a carrier who has a device updated to 2.1, its more about Sprint continuing to do this to us and we continue to come back, if we make enough noise about leaving due to the lack of Sprint keeping their phones up to date, they don't have to be the first but atleast be in the pack to update, we don't even have a date. If you pay attention to sprints latest marketing, they've already put the Hero in the rear view mirror, but yet we stay loyal and continue to purchase the new phone sprint offers. We talk on the forums about how unhappy we are but yet we continue to give sprint our money. Its time we, the customers seriously consider moving on from Sprint.

We have no date for an update, but you see and hear news about all the other carriers moving to 2.0 or 2.1. I'm tired of waiting.
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jonnythan · #9 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by hoopsdavis

Jonnythan, for me its not really about moving to a carrier who has a device updated to 2.1, its more about Sprint continuing to do this to us and we continue to come back, if we make enough noise about leaving due to the lack of Sprint keeping their phones up to date, they don't have to be the first but atleast be in the pack to update, we don't even have a date. If you pay attention to sprints latest marketing, they've already put the Hero in the rear view mirror, but yet we stay loyal and continue to purchase the new phone sprint offers. We talk on the forums about how unhappy we are but yet we continue to give sprint our money. Its time we, the customers seriously consider moving on from Sprint.

We have no date for an update, but you see and hear news about all the other carriers moving to 2.0 or 2.1. I'm tired of waiting.
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It's also not reasonable to say that the Hero is "on the back burner." They're actively preparing a major OS revision for the phone and told us it will be available to us in the first half of this year. It's not like we have no idea if anything is ever coming or if we have no idea when it might be available.

2.1 is on the way. We will have it in a matter of months, if that. Be a little patient.

Oh and as for the "other carriers moving to 2.0 or 2.1," no other carrier has moved a 1.5 or 1.6 phone to 2.0 or 2.1. Chew on that for a while.

jonnythan · #10 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010, 03:51 PM

The MyTouch 3G got Android 1.6 on October 1, 2009, about a week or week and a half before the Hero launched.

The MyTouch 3G does not have Sense. It's not very reasonable to think that HTC could have completed Sense for the Hero, updated the already-produced units, and shipped them to retailers in the 8-day time span between the release of 1.6 for the vanilla Android MyTouch 3G and the Sprint Hero with SenseUI launch.