Comments on: HTC Hero – Review

By: kistert

kistert — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:21:06 +0000

Great stuff about the HTC Hero mobile.I am using the HTC Hero model mobile i found the unlocking code in the site http://www.mobile-unlocker.com/unlock-your-phone/rs2wp2/ then i unlocked it from the australia network..

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:20:42 +0000

Tabz : it seems youve done your research well! im glad we could be helpful and your welcome :)

By: Tabz

Tabz — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:57:07 +0000

Aha I got it , So I think those two apps will do until the new firmware is realeased !

About the “root”ing process I actually did see how it’s done and I get it,it’s some sort of jailbreaking in someway , I actually did like a phrase someone used and I quote ” The un-rooted device is like a guest account on a laptop and the rooted device is like an administrator’s account which gives u a whole more options and features comparing with the guest, un-rooted device” or something like that but I certainly got the point somewhere in there ;p So I guess that pretty much simlplified it as in why do I need it !;p

And I do think that I posted my post quite early , I did some googling for the ROM thing, It turns out it’s just about installing a new firmware of some kind which is somehow called ROM I think , you can find alot about it just google ” htc hero new ROM” and I think the version the people are now using is the leaked version not the official one ,alot on that in “xda-developers.com” they say the new ROM addresses the lag issues making the device run smoothly !
I also heard about something called partitioning the sd card as to use it like an internal memory, I don’t get it quite fully and I am just wondering if you know anything about that!

As for the price I say again I think I posted this pre-maturely I did go wandering around your blog as I found it very interseting indeed and that really did answer my last question!;D

Thanks again for your fulfilling answer and really sorry if i made this too long you’d think I’ll be writing an essay ;p My apologies and gratitude!

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:58:07 +0000

Tabz : there are 2 applications from the android market which will help you out. the first is called Arabic SMS Reader, basically it does what it says. you can read all your sms’s in arabic through this app. the second application is Arabic Keyboard, which is for writing in arabic for an sms. there is a way you can “root” the device if you read the hero vs iphone review we did here you will understand. if you root it you can read arabic fonts but like the iphone pre-3.0 software, the letters arent connected. but the developer of this code is promising very soon to be able to fix this problem for upgrading the ROM i will have to get back to you on that because i never heard of it. but for the price, like we said in our earlier reviews, 175kd through expansys. search the blog for htc hero you will get a few posts with all the information. :)

By: Tabz

Tabz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:32:24 +0000

Thank u for this amazingly great review of the phone!
As most of the others I was wondering about the phone’s capability of supporting arabic texts .. surely I may not type frequently with an arabic keyboard which is not so essential for me .. but reading arabic text messages certainly is .. which is why I wonder if there is anyway I can configure the device to do so , maybe an app in the market , since when the iphone didn’t have arabic support they managed to make it support it by jailbreaking it , just a fair question I might suppose , or do you advice me to hold-off the purchase until this new firmware comes out !
And I have read somewhere about that upgrading the ROM makes the device boost its functionality in a huge way , though I must admit I have no idea what this means and how on earth I would be able to do such a thing , maybe u could kill my confusion with your expertise !
And another question where did u find the phone with such a price as 175kd?;p

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:59:11 +0000

UPDATE : HTC Hero and other HTC devices can be found at http://www.kuwait-mall.com

they will be about 15% more expensive than other places but they have availability.

By: N

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:36:27 +0000

Yes its a letdown that there is no native arabic support, but, as you said, there was no arabic support on the iPhone before 3.0, which came out 2 years after the original iPhone and a year after it was released globally.

By: Abdulla

Abdulla — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:01:02 +0000

No Arabic Support?? Huge Turnoff!! atleast it’s available on iphone 3.0! I emailed HTC support hoping to get an answer, i get tons of arabic texts/tweets/emails and all unreadable! :(

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:20:20 +0000

you can check in alghanim, eureka, electrozan or sharg, but like i said to others no guarantees that you will find it.

By: asom

asom — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:50:51 +0000

من وين الاقيه بالكوي؟
و جم سعره؟

By: liiilj9l

liiilj9l — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:34:09 +0000

heema,zidaneoo and N c u soon :)

sonyericsson T688 only …..!

By: Zidaneoo

Zidaneoo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:26:04 +0000

Few websites are claiming that a new update “probably with Arabic support” may arrive as soon as September

By: N

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:24:07 +0000

I should have mentiond this in the review, the current build in the Android firmware (1.5/Cupcake) does not support Arabic font out-of-the-box. this is the first device to be released internationally and the firmware was intended for USA and Europe. I would expect the next firmware update (1.6/Donut) or even (2.0/Eclair) all should be released before the end of the year.

You can “root” your device and install Arabic fonts, but it’s not connected and not all Arabic fonts are visible. I can send you pictures if you like.

By: fahad

fahad — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:50:47 +0000

does it support arabic text msgs? what about arabic websites? doest it read arabic text?
i am thinking of getting it for my mom so would you recommend it?

By: N

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:55:57 +0000

Yes, but you said that upgrading to 3.0 degraded the performance of your phone, by jailbreaking it you will slow it down to a crawl, believe me, I’ve done it.

By: Heema

Heema — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:33:47 +0000

Iphone 3.0 update did degrade the performance for my 3g, is this apple way of selling their new products !
with all the money people spent on Itunes for the Iphone, they have nothing but to obey and live with apple for the rest of their life !?
NOT !

Just Jailbreak it and you will have everything & will loose nothing when you want too change it.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:16:48 +0000

I think this smart phone is great cant wait to get one myself !