HTC HERO Review By PB

[Mike20PR]

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wow didnt know about it..i was wondering because my oldest daughter text me about 2 or 3 a day checking up on me and since i got the phone i hardly got any ....wow going to look into this now...thanks for the heads up

uninstall and reboot did not work... i just factory reset mine to see if it fixes it. If you read the thread i linked you to, Sprint HQ is working on it and another user stated that if you add the system processes to the exclusion list so it wont close, it should not happen.... ill try it out when its up and running and give you the update

[elboriyorker]

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uninstall and reboot did not work... i just factory reset mine to see if it fixes it. If you read the thread i linked you to, Sprint HQ is working on it and another user stated that if you add the system processes to the exclusion list so it wont close, it should not happen.... ill try it out when its up and running and give you the update

sorry bro i didnt see that other thread you started i'll continue convo over there...

[PHE-NOM]

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hey pb or mikepr, does the hero have internet sharing? cause thats the only thing that will keep me from going over to android, i need internet sharing........ thanks.

[elboriyorker]

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na not that i noticed..didn't look into it but I'm sure there's programs out there for it.

[Mike20PR]

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I saw a post saying that there was some sort of internet sharing option when connected to htc sync, although i havent tried it myself. But there is also pdanet and apps like wifi sharing also, so you can indeed tether with no issues as far as i know

rooting the Hero will open up so many possibilities

[forty01]

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I saw a post saying that there was some sort of internet sharing option when connected to htc sync, although i havent tried it myself. But there is also pdanet and apps like wifi sharing also, so you can indeed tether with no issues as far as i know

rooting the Hero will open up so many possibilities

Mike is correct. HTC Sync can get you connected to the internet on your lappie or Desktop and of course PDANEt will get the job done as always. Once the CDMA side is Rooted, then you be able to WiFi Tether, which is a nice feature to have. Only a matter of time for that ;) I'm lovin' the HERO. Good Luck.

[magic22084]

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anybody lookin to upgrade i would highly recommend this phone is so easy to customize its rediculous. Especially those who were afraid to unlock there Moguls and Touch Pros and etc. This is definitely the way to go. I am glad i played wit a lil bit at the sprint store i knew nothin of this phone but i am definitely satisified with it battery life is great specially since i stay conncected to the internet 24/7 and have my location change as i drive that is really cool, since i drive alot for work i like the way it changes cities as i drive. They say it drains the battery that way but it still lasts all day for me. Jus a great phone and the camera is wonderful u can definitely see the difference between 3.2 and this 5.0 well thats jus my 2 cents.

[forty01]

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anybody lookin to upgrade i would highly recommend this phone is so easy to customize its rediculous. Especially those who were afraid to unlock there Moguls and Touch Pros and etc. This is definitely the way to go. I am glad i played wit a lil bit at the sprint store i knew nothin of this phone but i am definitely satisified with it battery life is great specially since i stay conncected to the internet 24/7 and have my location change as i drive that is really cool, since i drive alot for work i like the way it changes cities as i drive. They say it drains the battery that way but it still lasts all day for me. Jus a great phone and the camera is wonderful u can definitely see the difference between 3.2 and this 5.0 well thats jus my 2 cents.

Thanks for the review. It's good to see more detailed reviews from other members. I think any feedback is great, but if we can get a little more insight as to why you really like something, makes wanting it or disliking it much easier :) Thanks again.

I do think the battery life in this is amazing. I could not get this type of life on any other CDMA PDA (regardless of ROM) type phone or even regular phone for that matter. Not with my usage, which by most standards are ridiculous, because I live off of mine and at work it's mostly plugged in, but on my days off, all the running around, and with the usage, it really amazes me.

[Mike20PR]

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im sooooo hooked on Gameboid....

still speechless on how the framerate is FLAWLESS compared to the Vogue and Touch Pro.


YAYYYYYY GPU Drivers!!!!!

[shortyboy1987]

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i didnt see if yall talked bout it but does it have copy cute n paste bc i am gettin 1 sunday n i never checked when i played with it

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can you beam files too?

[Kashank]

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hmm I'm surprised at most of you being impressed with the battery life... the first two days I used it I couldn't get it to go through a full work shift with normal-light to heavy usage. I think it was getting around 6 hours off a full charge, and then the next day I tried to test it and turned on everything, wifi, bluetooth, gps... and it still seemed bad 5 to 6ish hours, but I mean that's understandable, I can live with that.

however I did find a big topic about how the default sms keeps the phone from sleeping when you send a text message. and it keeps the cpu at 100% even when the screen isn't on, and so they suggest disabling the default text and downloading HandCent sms... so I did, and wow couldn't believe it, I charged my phone to 100% by 2 oclock in the afternoon and by 8am the next morning I was only down to 40% battery life. (I had been playing alot of games on the phone too)

http://phandroid.com/2009/10/19/sprint-htc-hero-battery-problem-fix/

and I was thanking God... but then the terrible happened.

I was using it about 9 oclock this morning and all the sudden it cut off on me and turned back on... and the battery life went from 40% to 15%?? wtf? so that kind of flustered me. I'm gonna give it another few days, otherwise I'm taking this back and they better give me a new one. cause something aint right about that.

I love the phone though seriously, my whole post was just about the shady battery, I don't want to switch phones I just want them fixed, cause the user community/ free downloads/UI/Performance are amazing.

[elboriyorker]

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hmm I'm surprised at most of you being impressed with the battery life... the first two days I used it I couldn't get it to go through a full work shift with normal-light to heavy usage. I think it was getting around 6 hours off a full charge, and then the next day I tried to test it and turned on everything, wifi, bluetooth, gps... and it still seemed bad 5 to 6ish hours, but I mean that's understandable, I can live with that.

however I did find a big topic about how the default sms keeps the phone from sleeping when you send a text message. and it keeps the cpu at 100% even when the screen isn't on, and so they suggest disabling the default text and downloading HandCent sms... so I did, and wow couldn't believe it, I charged my phone to 100% by 2 oclock in the afternoon and by 8am the next morning I was only down to 40% battery life. (I had been playing alot of games on the phone too)

http://phandroid.com/2009/10/19/sprint-htc-hero-battery-problem-fix/

and I was thanking God... but then the terrible happened.

I was using it about 9 oclock this morning and all the sudden it cut off on me and turned back on... and the battery life went from 40% to 15%?? wtf? so that kind of flustered me. I'm gonna give it another few days, otherwise I'm taking this back and they better give me a new one. cause something aint right about that.

I love the phone though seriously, my whole post was just about the shady battery, I don't want to switch phones I just want them fixed, cause the user community/ free downloads/UI/Performance are amazing.

thanks for the heads up.I did notice an issue with the battery life but i thought it was an isolated issue beings that i run a few apps like tweet,facebook and a couple of more...but I'll be looking into this for sure.
i guess the sms issues is a wide problem for these phones as I'm sure you have read about it.

pb

[Mike20PR]

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i didnt see if yall talked bout it but does it have copy cute n paste bc i am gettin 1 sunday n i never checked when i played with it

--------- New Post Merged on 30/10/2009 at 0129 --------

can you beam files too?

yes copy paste is fully functional

and no, you cant beam files ATM, there is an app in market that allows you to but currently it doesn't support the Hero or Galaxy. An update to the app will enable us to do so

[elboriyorker]

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hmm I'm surprised at most of you being impressed with the battery life... the first two days I used it I couldn't get it to go through a full work shift with normal-light to heavy usage. I think it was getting around 6 hours off a full charge, and then the next day I tried to test it and turned on everything, wifi, bluetooth, gps... and it still seemed bad 5 to 6ish hours, but I mean that's understandable, I can live with that.

however I did find a big topic about how the default sms keeps the phone from sleeping when you send a text message. and it keeps the cpu at 100% even when the screen isn't on, and so they suggest disabling the default text and downloading HandCent sms... so I did, and wow couldn't believe it, I charged my phone to 100% by 2 oclock in the afternoon and by 8am the next morning I was only down to 40% battery life. (I had been playing alot of games on the phone too)

http://phandroid.com/2009/10/19/sprint-htc-hero-battery-problem-fix/

and I was thanking God... but then the terrible happened.

I was using it about 9 oclock this morning and all the sudden it cut off on me and turned back on... and the battery life went from 40% to 15%?? wtf? so that kind of flustered me. I'm gonna give it another few days, otherwise I'm taking this back and they better give me a new one. cause something aint right about that.

I love the phone though seriously, my whole post was just about the shady battery, I don't want to switch phones I just want them fixed, cause the user community/ free downloads/UI/Performance are amazing.

i want to recap on this...i installed handcent sms as it was recommended.I like it alot better then the default sms...And the battery draining issue,i'm no longer experiencing it anymore...i still have some juice left after a day and 1/2 .I hope sprint can fix that issue with the sms.It's seems the whole structure is whacked...I recommend to everybody to try this out...

[mzlady26]

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right now all I can say is wow, I have read all the feed back and watched the video. What could actually be better than a wm phone??? I guess I hve found the answers. Yes i can see that there are some kinks that need to be worked out but what hits the stores and does not have kinks?! So now the question to myslef is do I upgrde to this or tp2? All the rave reviews send me away from the tp2. Thanks for all the feedback spj