Rogers yanks HTC Dream from shelves for urgent emergency call fix

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....-police-sm.jpgSome of you Rogers subscribers have probably already taken your carrier up on its offer to upgrade your Dream to a Magic, but if not, pay very close attention here: calling 911 doesn't work right now without making some changes. Basically, there's an issue that prevents emergency calls from being completed if location-based services are enabled, which means you've got to head into Settings and disable GPS -- not an optimal solution by any stretch of the imagination. Rogers and HTC are said to be working on a patch as we speak, but in the meantime, don't expect to waltz into a Rogers store and pick up one of these bad boys.Rogers yanks HTC Dream from shelves for urgent emergency call fix originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.


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