{"id":221385,"date":"2010-01-24T06:59:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T11:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/24\/rogers-rolls-out-fixes-for-911-problems-with-dream-and-magic-cuts-off-data-for-non-upgraders\/"},"modified":"2010-01-24T06:59:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T11:59:14","slug":"rogers-rolls-out-fixes-for-911-problems-with-dream-and-magic-cuts-off-data-for-non-upgraders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/221385","title":{"rendered":"Rogers rolls out fixes for 911 problems with Dream and Magic, cuts off data for non-upgraders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"16\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/htc-dream-rogers-police-sm.jpg\" \/>So Rogers and HTC have worked with the kind of hustle you don&#8217;t normally see from carriers or manufacturers to fix a rather dangerous glitch in their branded versions of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/16\/rogers-yanks-htc-dream-from-shelves-for-urgent-emergency-call-fi\/\">Dream<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/20\/rogers-htc-magic-having-911-call-problems-on-rogers-too\/\">Magic<\/a> causing calls to 911 to fail with GPS enabled &#8212; and needless to say, you&#8217;re going to want to apply the upgrade on the double. Why? Well, the problem&#8217;s so dangerous that Rogers has taken the unusual step of vowing to disable internet access altogether for anyone failing to apply the &#8220;mandatory&#8221; patch by 6AM today (but don&#8217;t worry, you should get it back as soon as you&#8217;ve upgraded). For their troubles, affected customers will be credited one month&#8217;s worth of data &#8212; and Magic owners will be delighted to discover that their phones have magically received HTC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tag\/SenseUI\/\">Sense UI<\/a> as a result of this whole ordeal. All&#8217;s well that ends well, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/24\/rogers-rolls-out-fixes-for-911-problems-with-dream-and-magic-cu\/\">Rogers rolls out fixes for 911 problems with Dream and Magic, cuts off data for non-upgraders<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\">Engadget<\/a> on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:35:00 EST.  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