[ubuntu-uk] Updating phone ROM was: HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

[javadayaz]

you dont need a windows box.

Dowload and flash the nandroid backup.

Then root your phone.

Then install the latest ROM.

Instructions are on Google!

On 26 May 2010 15:46, DaveGK <davegk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alan Pope wrote:
> <...>
> > Indeed, I have an HTC Hero which up until very recently was running
> > the HTC branded/modified Android 1.5. Jo Shields kindly wrote up a
> > how-to guide detailing how to manually upgrade the ROM on the UK HTC
> > Hero to Android 2.1. I followed this and am using the VanillaDroid ROM
> > which works very nicely. I'm now able to use some of the applications
> > (such as Google Goggles) that previously were unavailable to me in
> > 1.5.
> >
> >
> http://forums.hexus.net/mobile-phones-accessories/186335-htc-hero-custom-rom-guide.html#post1927569
>
> Thanks for that Alan - I'm in exact same position: still running 1.5
> that my Hero came with.
>
> Even ROM has not been updated - T-Mobile doesn't want to know, as I have
> unbranded SIM-free version, not their customised one, and I don't have
> Windows box to update it here myself.
>
> What is the best backup app to take care of all the installed programs
> and settings (contacts and calendar are on Google anyway)? Or is it best
> to reinstall and re-apply settings? Probably is ... :~/
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
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