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 <dav...@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 > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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