Help me keep my Hero.....

[jrdatrackstar]

THIS IS IN NO WAY BASHING THE HERO AT ALL

I have the Hero now, but am still within my 30 days (around 2 weeks left). I came from the Pre, and while it could be a little buggy at times, I know the processor has the potential to utilize it with the GPU and everything. I like Android, the development, and all that is going for it; however, I HATE the processor on the Hero. Why did HTC choose to use it?

I love that the Hero has more battery life and just feels like a strong solid device (Pre feels like a plastic toy) and that for now (when not multi-tasking), the Hero feels snappier when moving between apps. When I went back to Pre before (I had tried the Hero one time and decided I would stay with it later) it just felt like I took a step backwards compared to Android OS. But it also felt a little snappier because of the processor.

Here is my question: Should I hold out for 2.1 and pray that it speeds things up, or should I just drop the Hero and wait for a stronger Android device on Sprint? (I will NOT take the Moment, even with the 800 mhz processor.....that thing looks ugly and just doesn't feel as nice as the Hero). I know software can only take a device so far vs. hardware specs......

I just don't know what to do.....

[princem131]

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

THIS IS IN NO WAY BASHING THE HERO AT ALL

I have the Hero now, but am still within my 30 days (around 2 weeks left). I came from the Pre, and while it could be a little buggy at times, I know the processor has the potential to utilize it with the GPU and everything. I like Android, the development, and all that is going for it; however, I HATE the processor on the Hero. Why did HTC choose to use it?

I love that the Hero has more battery life and just feels like a strong solid device (Pre feels like a plastic toy) and that for now (when not multi-tasking), the Hero feels snappier when moving between apps. When I went back to Pre before (I had tried the Hero one time and decided I would stay with it later) it just felt like I took a step backwards compared to Android OS. But it also felt a little snappier because of the processor.

Here is my question: Should I hold out for 2.1 and pray that it speeds things up, or should I just drop the Hero and wait for a stronger Android device on Sprint? (I will NOT take the Moment, even with the 800 mhz processor.....that thing looks ugly and just doesn't feel as nice as the Hero). I know software can only take a device so far vs. hardware specs......

I just don't know what to do.....

I feel you man, I love this phone but can't help but think about how much of a beast it would be with better hardware. I can't understand why HTC did this other than cost, but I would've gladly paid for the improvements. I wanna stick with this phone but will probably switch to the first similar device with next gen hardware. It's 2010 man we gotta step it up. I just hope 2.1 will make some NOTICEABLE difference.

Either way this is great device to ride out the interim. ;D

[tersoth]

I would ditch the hero while you still can. I have both a hero and a pre and I find myself using my pre more than my hero. I totally agree with you about the better build quality of the hero and the superior battery life, but I don't think it makes up for the slowness of the device and the usability issues it creates (try typing a response to this thread with your hero and you'll feel the pain). I don't think the 2.1 update will bring any significant speed improvements either. Actually the cdma hero got a firmware update to improve "speed" even before it was released (the european hero was even slower with all it's animations). I think they have optimized the software as well as they can given the hardware. Actually I got the point last week where I was so fed up with my hero I wanted to trade it for a windows mobile device. I landed up just buying one, and I have a feeling I'm going to use my new htc diamond more than my hero.

[heydjbobby74]

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

THIS IS IN NO WAY BASHING THE HERO AT ALL

I have the Hero now, but am still within my 30 days (around 2 weeks left). I came from the Pre, and while it could be a little buggy at times, I know the processor has the potential to utilize it with the GPU and everything. I like Android, the development, and all that is going for it; however, I HATE the processor on the Hero. Why did HTC choose to use it?

I love that the Hero has more battery life and just feels like a strong solid device (Pre feels like a plastic toy) and that for now (when not multi-tasking), the Hero feels snappier when moving between apps. When I went back to Pre before (I had tried the Hero one time and decided I would stay with it later) it just felt like I took a step backwards compared to Android OS. But it also felt a little snappier because of the processor.

Here is my question: Should I hold out for 2.1 and pray that it speeds things up, or should I just drop the Hero and wait for a stronger Android device on Sprint? (I will NOT take the Moment, even with the 800 mhz processor.....that thing looks ugly and just doesn't feel as nice as the Hero). I know software can only take a device so far vs. hardware specs......

I just don't know what to do.....

I think you should take your Pre and your Hero and rub them together, maybe they'll produce a PALMDROID with a 1500mhz processor and everythign you want in a phone/device. You can call it the PRERO!

[gazment]

Have you tried fresh 1.1? Flipz has made some modifications, to make it snappier. You can always revert back to stock with his 1.56 signed RUU. Personally I love the phone, i'm coming from just about every palm device, moto q9c and the htc diamond.

[Zombie Scott]

Ok, I took the challenge, I have no problem typing a response on my Hero to this forum.

[thacounty]

Same here. No problem. Thanked Zombie. The Hero is a sweet phone. I want a Snapdragon, until then its Hero for me!

[jrdatrackstar]

Originally Posted by tersoth

I would ditch the hero while you still can. I have both a hero and a pre and I find myself using my pre more than my hero. I totally agree with you about the better build quality of the hero and the superior battery life, but I don't think it makes up for the slowness of the device and the usability issues it creates (try typing a response to this thread with your hero and you'll feel the pain). I don't think the 2.1 update will bring any significant speed improvements either. Actually the cdma hero got a firmware update to improve "speed" even before it was released (the european hero was even slower with all it's animations). I think they have optimized the software as well as they can given the hardware. Actually I got the point last week where I was so fed up with my hero I wanted to trade it for a windows mobile device. I landed up just buying one, and I have a feeling I'm going to use my new htc diamond more than my hero.

I came from the diamond, and while they share the same processor, the hero is faster. The keyboard lag is annoying (feeling the pain typing this), but I do have this stock and haptic feedback on. The word correction on the hero is nicer too. At the same time, i dont ever see palm really taking advantage of the gpu on the pre, at least not before a better hero comes out. Also, android os just feels slightly better than webos. Im not even an app type of person, but when i saw apps that were actually useful in the app store, i almost forgot about the pre. along with the fact that i can viee pdf dcuments and stuff like that on the fly makes the device more usable even when it freezes all the time. Maybe I'll just put a diffetenytrom on my phone now that the official ruu has been released

[heydjbobby74]

You can get an app for the Hero called spare parts. It really helps speed things up on your device. I can type pretty fast with the hero keyboard, as I answer most post in this forum with my Hero.

[thacounty]

Wanna keep the hero? Look at this up time, that's a lot of time without a soft reset... I only reset because I flashed a new Fresh rom. For those who don't want to do the math, that's over a week. I installed and uninstalled and updated many apps in that time too.