It’s August… Update? or Flash?

Unless… in my little self-inflicted exile from the blog-techno-world, I missed an update to the Android OS on my HTC Dream we are still waiting on an update to fix that annoying SMS problem. Or it’s fixed and I haven’t noticed, which is a possibility… although you think I’d have noticed an update.

This annoying-ness has got me thinking about flashing my phone with another Android build. So what to use? Is it worth it? Am I putting my nice new phone at risk by messing with it? Probably… does that mean I won’t do it? Debateable.

Seriously though, the SMS text thing is just getting amazingly irritating. I don’t even really text much anymore… and while that may be because I tend to have Twitter conversations now, I will bet that part of it is because it’s annoying. I use that word a lot today.

So… if I was to attempt this. Which build will I use? Cyanogen was suggested to me by @Bytey, and seeing as word of mouth is how I make most of my tech-related choices there’s a good shot I’ll go with that one. That is, assuming I do this.

First step is to confirm a release didn’t happen while I wasn’t looking, which will be as simple as finding someone at Rogers who knows what I’m talking about. One second thought, this may be insanely difficult. Actually it’s not usually that bad, it’s worse when they call me asking where my payment is only to notice the second they pull up my account info that the payment was made in full, on time. Oh yeah… they are awesome.

Decisions, choices, what is a geek to do?

Wait out the update? or take this opportunity to flash my ROM with something different?

A few things I want to figure out first. Does doing this totally void my warranty? Can I go back? What are some problems with unofficial builds? Anyone with any insight is really encouraged to reply!!