HTC Hero

godtabh · 04-02-2010 9:00am

28064212 wrote: »

You cound try Squeezr, technology is similar to Opera Mini, except you can use it through your normal browser

nothing listed on the market place

04-02-2010 9:15am

godtabh wrote: »

nothing listed on the market place

Sorry, should have been clearer, it's not an app. Just visit squeezr.net on your browser, then use their address bar to visit pages. The pages travel through their servers and are compressed down before being sent to your device

godtabh · 04-02-2010 4:13pm

28064212 wrote: »

Sorry, should have been clearer, it's not an app. Just visit squeezr.net on your browser, then use their address bar to visit pages. The pages travel through their servers and are compressed down before being sent to your device

Ah right.

Seems like alot of hassle. I'll keep looking

Spud83 · 05-02-2010 2:04pm

I've seen people mention problems syncing over the meteor network but I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or solved.

My Hero won't sync with Exchange over the data network, only over WIFI.

Anyone else experienced this?

Tea_Bag · 05-02-2010 2:16pm

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

I've seen people mention problems syncing over the meteor network but I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or solved.

My Hero won't sync with Exchange over the data network, only over WIFI.

Anyone else experienced this?

unsolved so far. meteor is blocking ports.

Anyone help me out with syncronising my google contacts, it doesnt work at all atm, wifi or otherwise.

Dakeyras · 05-02-2010 3:51pm

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

I've seen people mention problems syncing over the meteor network but I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or solved.

My Hero won't sync with Exchange over the data network, only over WIFI.

Anyone else experienced this?

Tea_Bag wrote: »

unsolved so far. meteor is blocking ports.

Anyone help me out with syncronising my google contacts, it doesnt work at all atm, wifi or otherwise.

I don't think it's necessarily meteor blocking the ports for all of the above issues as the only sync that doesn't work for me is google contacts over data, everything else works fine for me.

Any particular error messages displaying when either of you having issues?

If your google contacts really refuses to sync completely you can always export to csv, import to outlook and use HTC sync. A pain but it is a workaround if you're stuck.

Spud83 · 05-02-2010 3:57pm

I just get

Exchange Sync Error
An authentication error has occurred on xx:xx

I know the information entered is correct as soon as I go on Wifi an Sync it works

Shane O' Malley · 05-02-2010 4:13pm

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

I just get

Exchange Sync Error
An authentication error has occurred on xx:xx

I know the information entered is correct as soon as I go on Wifi an Sync it works

I doubt it is Meteors fault. I have one working fine on Exchange 2003. Do you know what version of exchange it is,

Spud83 · 05-02-2010 4:15pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

I doubt it is Meteors fault. I have one working fine on Exchange 2003. Do you know what version of exchange it is,

2007

Dakeyras · 05-02-2010 4:17pm

sounds strange, alas I've no magic fix. I just removed and added my exchange again and it worked fine.

what I would try if I was you is looking at a logcat using adb while trying to sync and see if you see anything there.

or try a different ROM to see if that makes a difference, can't do any harm to give it a go!

Spud83 · 05-02-2010 4:19pm

Dakeyras wrote: »

sounds strange, alas I've no magic fix. I just removed and added my exchange again and it worked fine.

what I would try if I was you is looking at a logcat using adb while trying to sync and see if you see anything there.

or try a different ROM to see if that makes a difference, can't do any harm to give it a go!

It seemed strange to me as well, I'll try some more options at the weekend. I only got the phone Wednesday so haven't looked into rooting it, or using any other ROM's.

EDIT: Fixed apparently it requires an SSL cert over the network connection which still makes no sense. Could have sworn I had tried that already.

Shane O' Malley · 05-02-2010 4:27pm

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

2007

Problem with 2007 is with HTC

http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/7096-exchange-activesync-htc-hero.html

Seems fine with 2003 but with 2007 there are issues with SSL.

Spud83 · 05-02-2010 4:30pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Problem with 2007 is with HTC

http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/7096-exchange-activesync-htc-hero.html

Seems fine with 2003 but with 2007 there are issues with SSL.

Without reading it all, that would seem to make sense with what I edited my post with above.

Just wonder now if I go home will it work over WIFI with the SSL on.

Dakeyras · 05-02-2010 4:33pm

just checked and i'm on exchange 2007 too, peculiar. maybe it's to do with your exchange server settings?

hard to tell. If you do the logcat thing you might learn more. no rooting required for that, just turn on debugging.

Just some info regarding the authentication password from exchange server, 2.x roms enforce the password requirement. I had to input a password to connect to exchange on 2.x (you have to input it to unlock your screen. yup, ever time) but I could still connect using 1.5 with no password.

kc66 · 06-02-2010 9:56am

Definitely no issues with SSL or 2007. I set it up with a self signed SAN cert on our server and it connects no problem. Used default secure port, 443.

Spud83 · 06-02-2010 11:00am

I actually think it was a problem on the exchange side. I think they messing around with the certs while I was trying to set it up, because when I got home me ipod was showing messages about accepting certs.

Cheers for the help guys.

Mitch Connor · 07-02-2010 11:02pm

got a small issue with my hero - maybe someone on here can help.

I'm getting a transparent grey box being displayed over my screens. the letter 'g' is being displayed in it. No matter which screen I swipe to, the box and 'g' are still displayed. It does disappear after a few seconds. However, if the phone goes into standby, the box and 'g' will be displayed again.

Any ideas what setting I may have accidently changed to have made this happen?

dloob · 08-02-2010 2:23pm

Bluefoam wrote: »

Just discovered a program to tether the phone... works great & will be very handy for the odd hotel stay etc...

its called pda net

Does it add anything over the built in usb tethering?

Dcully · 08-02-2010 7:31pm

Hi folks,just got my new Hero yesterday and loving it.
Ive a few questions if i may,on the official site they have suggestions to conserve battery power ,one of which is
"Use the AC adapter to plug your device into an external power outlet whenever possible. "

http://www.htc.com/ca/support/hero-telus/help/power-and-battery

Anyone actually do this?
I was under the illusion you just charge the ophone after the battery power was depleted or just before.
Is it ok to use the mains when ever one can regardless of how much power remains in the battery?

Also while trying to get opera mini i was greeted with the message that the htc hero does not support java therefore cannot be used on the hero.
Is this the case?

Bluefoam · 08-02-2010 7:42pm

Efioanaes wrote: »

Hi folks,just got my new Hero yesterday and loving it.
Ive a few questions if i may,on the official site they have suggestions to conserve battery power ,one of which is
"Use the AC adapter to plug your device into an external power outlet whenever possible. "

http://www.htc.com/ca/support/hero-telus/help/power-and-battery

Anyone actually do this?
I was under the illusion you just charge the ophone after the battery power was depleted or just before.
Is it ok to use the mains when ever one can regardless of how much power remains in the battery?

Also while trying to get opera mini i was greeted with the message that the htc hero does not support java therefore cannot be used on the hero.
Is this the case?

Opera is available, through the market. It's not native yet so not very easy to use. Dolphin browser is a decent alternative, as it adds functionality to the android browser.

08-02-2010 10:15pm

Efioanaes wrote: »

Hi folks,just got my new Hero yesterday and loving it.
Ive a few questions if i may,on the official site they have suggestions to conserve battery power ,one of which is
"Use the AC adapter to plug your device into an external power outlet whenever possible. "

http://www.htc.com/ca/support/hero-telus/help/power-and-battery

Anyone actually do this?
I was under the illusion you just charge the ophone after the battery power was depleted or just before.
Is it ok to use the mains when ever one can regardless of how much power remains in the battery?

Yes, it's ok to plug it in whenever. It's actually better for the life of the battery then doing full discharges all the time. The opposite was true a few years ago when nickel batteries were being used, but now they've switched to lithium batteries, it's better to keep it topped up. And you can't overcharge, so it doesn't matter how long you leave it in

Tusky · 08-02-2010 10:16pm

Anyone wanna share their hero layout ? Mine is still pretty close to the original, looking for inspiration.

abelard · 08-02-2010 10:26pm

I remember it was raised way back in the thread, but I don't know if anyone is still haivng a problem with the Hero going to voicemail really quickly after it starts ringing and them not having time to answer it, but I seemed to fix it by typing the following;

*61*A*B# and press call

Where A should be replaced by your mailbox number, which is your regular phone number but with a 5 added in directly after the 087/086/085, and B should be replaced by a multiple of 5 from 0-30 depending on how long you want the phone to ring for before going to voicemail

hanleyco · 09-02-2010 11:24am

I lost my hero on saturday night : ( was wondering if someone puts in a new sim will they have access to my mail/facebook/google contacts? I had it synced with loads of stuff so this could be a security nightmare!

C.D. · 09-02-2010 11:54am

hanleyco wrote: »

I lost my hero on saturday night : ( was wondering if someone puts in a new sim will they have access to my mail/facebook/google contacts? I had it synced with loads of stuff so this could be a security nightmare!

If you don't have any of the security features enabled, yes. Time to change passwords I think.

Bluefoam · 09-02-2010 12:20pm

A word to the wise, get wave secure from the market. It'll allow you to track your phone via gps, lock it down remotely and wipe data remotely. Pintail is also worthwhile, it allows you to send an sea from another phone and gives a position in Google maps...

hanleyco · 09-02-2010 1:28pm

Bluefoam wrote: »

A word to the wise, get wave secure from the market. It'll allow you to track your phone via gps, lock it down remotely and wipe data remotely. Pintail is also worthwhile, it allows you to send an sea from another phone and gives a position in Google maps...

I had wavesecure, but the I reckon the battery died that night, so a pin code would be needed to activate wavesecure functions, making it useless. Im changing all passwords now. probably going to upgrade to the bravo, so not all bad :P

T-Square · 09-02-2010 6:43pm

Any news about the update?

nmesisca · 09-02-2010 6:56pm

T-Square wrote: »

Any news about the update?

my dutch is not that great but i think i could understand from a twitter update that its been officially said to come out in march

Dcully · 09-02-2010 8:04pm

abelard wrote: »

I remember it was raised way back in the thread, but I don't know if anyone is still haivng a problem with the Hero going to voicemail really quickly after it starts ringing and them not having time to answer it, but I seemed to fix it by typing the following;

*61*A*B# and press call

Where A should be replaced by your mailbox number, which is your regular phone number but with a 5 added in directly after the 087/086/085, and B should be replaced by a multiple of 5 from 0-30 depending on how long you want the phone to ring for before going to voicemail

Im having this issue but when i try enter code it says "connection problem or invalid MMI code"
Any ideas folks?

EDIT:

Actually i just got it sorted eventually 2 mins after posting this,was at it for ages

I used the following method.

Key in **61*xxxxxxxxx*11*nn# followed by the call/send button and it should update the delay.

xx is voice mail number so 08*5*******

nn is time and can be up to 30

Kensington · 09-02-2010 8:06pm

Efioanaes wrote: »

Im having this issue but when i try enter code it says "connection problem or invalid MMI code"

Any ideas folks?

If you're on O2 Speakeasy, then they bar you from disabling / altering voicemail settings.

radiospan · 09-02-2010 8:23pm

Anyone been able to get the new Google Maps for Mobile 4.0 for Hero? This is the new one with the Google Buzz layer.

Bluefoam · 09-02-2010 10:16pm

plazzTT wrote: »

Anyone been able to get the new Google Maps for Mobile 4.0 for Hero? This is the new one with the Google Buzz layer.

it will probably come with 2.1.... when?

karltimber · 09-02-2010 10:51pm

not sure if this was out before now

Android 2.1 out mid-march

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/09/htc-hero-update-to-android-2-1-pegged-for-mid-march/

k

i'm only on page 107

abelard · 10-02-2010 11:02am

Efioanaes wrote: »

Im having this issue but when i try enter code it says "connection problem or invalid MMI code"
Any ideas folks?

EDIT:

Actually i just got it sorted eventually 2 mins after posting this,was at it for ages
I used the following method.

Key in **61*xxxxxxxxx*11*nn# followed by the call/send button and it should update the delay.

xx is voice mail number so 08*5*******

nn is time and can be up to 30

APologies, forgot to type in the '11' in the code, thanks for clearing it up

Shanio100 · 12-02-2010 8:49am

Hey guys
Been looking around for a new phone for the last while and I really like the look of the Hero. I'm out of contract now with my previous phone provider so was thinking of signing up to Meteor billpay and getting it cheap. One thing I've heard is that Meteor dont have any 3G service. However, I'd really only be using the phone for some light browsing (bbc, rte, facebook etc) and to get some apps. With that in mind, will the no 3G from Meteor really effect me at all (I wouldn't of thought so as I'm not going to be a heavy user?)?

Cheers.

Bluefoam · 12-02-2010 10:34am

See their coverage map here:
http://www.meteor.ie/plans/coverage/

elderlemon · 12-02-2010 11:14am

Yep. Have it on my Hero which is now running 2.1.

plazzTT wrote: »

Anyone been able to get the new Google Maps for Mobile 4.0 for Hero? This is the new one with the Google Buzz layer.

Mr E · 12-02-2010 11:41am

Which one did you install, elderlemon? Any feedback?

elderlemon · 12-02-2010 11:49am

CyanogenMod for HTC Hero (GSM). see http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero-hero-modaco-com/301857/cyanogenmod-for-htc-hero-gsm-v1-0-now-with-online-kitchen/

Its now stopped development but on XDA there's another villian (sp?) version 3.0 coming out at the weekend which looks good.

The version I have has a couple of bugs (facebook linking etc) but one thing that does work is bluetooth transfer to another phone/pc. All in all I like it better than senseUI. 2.1 is greatly improved in terms of the UI integration which is what made senseUI better originally.

Mr E wrote: »

Which one did you install, elderlemon? Any feedback?

Mr E · 12-02-2010 11:59am

I really wanted to try CyanogenMod's ROM, but the only thing putting me off is lack of HTC Sync (I have my contacts in Outlook, and would need HTC Sync to be able to sync them)

elderlemon · 12-02-2010 12:04pm

Yeah. I don't use htc sync - all my contacts are on Google so syncing them wasn't a prop. The Villian mod will have senseUI on it so may also support htc sync.

Mr E wrote: »

I really wanted to try CyanogenMod's ROM, but the only thing putting me off is lack of HTC Sync (I have my contacts in Outlook, and would need HTC Sync to be able to sync them)

Mr E · 12-02-2010 12:47pm

I should just work on getting my contacts into Google actually.... it'd be nice to be able to sync OTA.

Dingatron · 12-02-2010 4:02pm

I changed all my contacts to google as well as running my pop 3 mail and outlook calender through gmail/gcal and its great if your messing around different roms. Just start sync on setup and don't need to worry about mail calender sync or contacts.

Spud83 · 12-02-2010 4:43pm

Quick question guys.

I'm going away this weekend and I am worried about roaming charges. Is the use phone network for data switch reliable enough that once I have that off I won't get any charges.

Get0fix · 12-02-2010 5:00pm

Yep its reliable for sure. I went abroad and didnt get charged a thing! In fact I grabbed a cheap pre-pay sim while I was away, added it to Wave Secure and used it for data apps like Google Maps etc

Have fun on your trip wherever you go

squire23 · 13-02-2010 12:12am

Anyone know what version of Android is currently on the Hero in Meteor shops? Is it still 1.6?

Mr E · 13-02-2010 12:23am

Nope, its 1.5.

2.1 is due in March.

squire23 · 13-02-2010 12:24am

Mr E wrote: »

Nope, its 1.5.

2.1 is due in March.

Yeah I read that but I was thinking of picking one up tomorrow. 1.5 is a drag. Is there a official 2.0 update? Or will I have to flash it?

Ornir · 14-02-2010 1:35pm

Does anybody know if the Hero is in stock on Meteor prepay again? Has anyone bought one since the new suppliers have come in?

HTC Hero

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