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CyanogenModCyanogenModPosted Mar 10, 2011 22:42 UTC (Thu) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)Parent article: The grumpy editor answers a call from CyanogenMod 7
My wife has an HTC Hero, which is slow and will not get OEM upgrades beyond Android 2.1. So we put CyanogenMod 6.1 on it, so now she has Android 2.2 and various settings that allow the phone to run faster. (Well, mostly kill pigs faster.) I'm pleased that CM7 will also support this old phone.
I have an Evo already running HTC's flavor of Android 2.2, and have held off on moving to CyanogenMod because until recently it didn't support the Evo's 4G (Wimax) data feature. That's now in CM7 though. The more I see of CM the more I like it (and the less I like HTC's Sense interface), so I'm eagerly awaiting the final release of CM7.
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CyanogenMod Posted Mar 23, 2011 13:19 UTC (Wed) by arafel (subscriber, #18557) [Link]
I'm interested in learning from your wife's experience, mainly 'cause I've got a HTC Hero and haven't yet been brave enough to update it. :-)
Any major gotchas? Does it actually run much faster/better afterwards?
CyanogenMod on Hero Posted Apr 11, 2011 14:12 UTC (Mon) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]
(Sorry, didn't see your comment until just now.)
It does run faster/better with CM6.1 than with stock. It definitely made her happier with the phone. Angry Birds became usable for her! :-) It also freed up a lot of space for apps.
Voicemail got slightly weird; she gets text messages for each voicemail left.
The phone is still slow and a little flaky though, and she's anxiously awaiting the day when she can get a new phone at a reasonable price.
I'm curious to see how CM7 works on the Hero.
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