UPDATE: Orange HTC Hero users now getting Android 2.1 update

We�ve just had a brief flurry of emails from users of the HTC Hero bought locked to the Orange network, suggesting the first part of the Android 2.1 update has just hit their handsets. If you�re on Orange and have been a little frustrated by the lack of an OS update for your Hero, check now and you might be in luck. Change the date on your phone to trigger a new check.

Happy days are IMMINENT and possibly even currently downloading for Orange Hero users. Although, remember, this is only Part One of the two-part updating process.

So that only leaves owners of the HTC Hero who bought the phone through Three without any sign of an update from Android 1.5, if we remember correctly. Any Orange users in the house able to corroborate these reports of the start of 2.1's arrival?

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