Hi all,
This is my 1st post here, but I've been lurking around various Android forums as well as XDA. Thanks to all of you who pushed this saga to it's current state.
However, I have a problem with this solution...
To be eligible, users must have a 3-yr
data plan. I got my Dream phones (yes, 2 of them on a family plan) last October, thinking, like everyone, that I was getting a good OS with an upgrade path. Alas, as we all know with this Rogers/HTC saga, this upgrade path is a dead-end for the Dream.
Given the outrageous amounts of money Rogers gouges us for data plans, I simply sucked up the $100 DETF (data early termination fee) for
each phone, and decided to live with Wi-Fi only, which is fine for our needs. We don't need
real-time sync and data, but when we do, we're within a Wi-Fi zone (i.e. at home, office, or at friends.)
So, I'm left in the same mess as before this "upgrade agreement" was announced. To make matters worse, I've spoken to 3 Rogers CSR on the phone, and they all say "What is this promotion? We are not aware of this..."... They are almost telling me "@RogersMary" is just "anybody" on Twitter and what comes from her is not official Rogers policy... I'm basically getting stonewalled here...
Whether I'm on a data plan or not should be irrelevant to the issue here, I'm on a 3-yr voice plan, and have paid all penalties/whatever that comes with my decision to not got with data plans. My previous PDA was a Palm, which was continuously updated as required. At some point, after 4-5 years, the new OS versions did not support the older Palms, but at least I had support for 4-5 years... I bought the Dream knowing full well that 1.6 was coming, but looks like I got the wrong end of the deal with Rogers... and my phone is obsolete 3 MONTHS after I got it...
@RogersMary, or
mjschmidt, can you help me out here?
Thanks!