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!!

Firmware Update for Android Phones!

In an effort to keep all 5 of you my dear readers  in the loop as to what’s going on with the Android SMS Time Stamp Issue I spoke again with Tech Support this morning.

A message has just been released to all Android Tech Support agents this morning regarding this issue. There is a scheduled firmware update for mid July. Apparently this will resolve the SMS Time Stamp being locked onto EST for all received messages. Good on them for staying ontop of it, although waiting til July so I can finally have properly threaded txts? Bah.

Guess we’ll just have to deal with it til then. Be sure that as soon as that update is available I will tell you where to get it and walk you through the install!

SMS Text Fail on HTC Dream

• From my: What’s Messed Up Now Page

June 9, 2009 – SMS Time Stamps
Status: Unresolved – Reported

So we’ve got our first glitch on the phone. All my received messages are showing as being sent 3 hours after I receive them. Text messages I’ve sent are showing the correct time so a conversation that went like this:

Becca: How’s the wrist?
Me: Bit painful still 
Becca: Awww

Actually winds up looking like this:

Me: Bit painful still  ~Sent 8:15AM
Becca: How’s the wrist? ~Sent 11:14AM
Becca: Awww ~Sent 11:17AM

Needless to say this is highly annoying. I’ve tried the typical fixes, IE: setting my time zone manually and letting the Rogers network set it automatically. Becca is in the same city as me, however this problem also occurs with people in different cities and on different networks.

Called technical support, after telling me to do what I already did (I really just need to start making them put me through to Advanced Tech Support right away) he’s got me on hold while he talks to Advanced Technical Support.

I’ve searche the blogs, forums, etc. There’s not a ton of info, this being a new phone to both the Rogers Network and to Canada. The only info I can find involves editing the registry, and while I will play with that on my computer… I won’t risk messing up my phone.

Service Call with Rogers (REF# – WR05969735) : He’s contacted Advanced Tech… it’s a known issue. He’s added my contact info to the already open ticket so I’ll be getting a fix as soon as they figure one out. Let’s hope it’s soon… I txt way too much for this crap.