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Roger's 911 bug - Does it apply to rooted phones too?

nicracine

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Nov 29, 2009
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Hi everybody,

The title pretty much sums it up. I have a rooted Magic from Rogers. I am running Cyanogen's ROM. Should I worry about this bug and disable GPS?

If yes, this implies that I will have to install Roger's Patch when HTC releases it. I foresee a very big mess, and many hours of fun re-rooting my phone.

Nicolas Racine
 
A clarification, according to a Dev who warned Rogers in Sept 2009, this is an _Android_ issue, not specific to Rogers. It was apparently fixed by Google, and TMo customers got it when they got Android 1.6. I have also seen posts that say Cyanogen fixed this bug months ago.

So I suppose technically whether or not it affects rooted phones depends on what ROM you are running.

See the link to my blog in my sig for more info.
 
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I can only hope that this makes rogers reconsider how they handle their future with android devices.Updates are needed for a reason and it's just not so customers can have the latest options from the software release.

They need to stay out of the rom biz and get updates out in much more timely manner.
 
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little tidbit.....

ANDROID 1.6 (DONUT) ROLLOUT [ Edited ]

10-01-2009 06:35 AM - last edited on 10-09-2009 04:01 PM by Dominic

The rollout of Android 1.6 (Donut) to T-Mobile's G1 and myTouch 3G customers is now underway, and provides new features and software enhancements. The update also includes an important fix for isolated instances of system reboots after dialing 911. We have worked with Google and HTC on a solution, and the rollout of Android 1.6 is being accelerated to ensure the system reboot fix is rapidly delivered to our customers.

The over-the-air update will be delivered to all G1 and myTouch customers in the coming days. Given the system reboot fix, we strongly encourage all users to install Android 1.6 when prompted to do so.
why did rogers wait so long with this issue? i am sure they must have been notified of this issue? all i have to say is whoever is in charge of the android division of the company should be fired!! after the software update fiasco and now this is obvious someone is not doing their job correctly and rogers does not have the proper structure set up in their business to hand phone updates......this is scary almost....
 
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I had to call 911 like 4 months ago before I rooted my phone. with rogers 1.5 on my magic and it worked fine!! and my GPS was on.. the bug sounds like its just very rare.. some calls may drop. I know when I needed 911 it worked.. (I saw a car drive into a tree..) the person just had 2 broken legs. t

4 months ago there was no Enhanced 911 in Canada.
 
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I don't understand why there isn't an easy to use 911 test number. You dial and it goes through the motions and bounces back a pass or fail with details such as your number, location, or whatever 911 is supposed to know.

It is ironic that the big boys like Rogers have always used 911 as a reason why we should stay away from VoIP. Meanwhile my VoIP provider has e911 and a test number I can use for peace of mind. GPS is a different issue that frankly I can't see as highly useful if one doesn't happen to have it on, it isn't already locked to a sat, or has to come on and wait for a lock which it might not do when inside a building or underneath a car. Either way testing has to be done and clearly that didn't happen.

Come to think of it I did have to use 911 years ago. I was on my WiFI VoIP and only had to give my current location which was simple enough. They knew who I was and that my location might be variable just like a cell phone.
 
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Just got the text message from Rogers re 911 update. They are not only making it mandatory, but threatening to CUT OFF your phone's internet access until you update!!!!

Further more, it will NOT be OTA, but by download to your computer. There are special instructions for Mac and Windows 7? I guarantee there will be users who will not be able to figure this out. They will lose their internet access via data, and they will not have phones with a 911 fix.

I want to return my frakking Magic and go to another provider.

MAJOR FAIL ROGERS!
 
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Hold on here, I'm rooted, so does that mean I need to apply the update?

The message actually states "In order to help ensure 911 calls are completed internet access will be temporarily disabled on your phone at 01/24/10 6:00AM EST. To minimize loss of internet service, please complete your software update immediately. Upon completion, internet access will be reenabled within 24 hours.
 
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The message actually states "In order to help ensure 911 calls are completed internet access will be temporarily disabled on your phone at 01/24/10 6:00AM EST. To minimize loss of internet service, please complete your software update immediately. Upon completion, internet access will be reenabled within 24 hours.

Yes, which means until you download the update and install it correctly, they will cut off your phone's internet access in order to FORCE you to do it.
 
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So then do we assume that after turning on for the 1st time they will know that I'm updated and can once again root and remove?

They could have avoided this whole mess in September like the basement devs that were paying attention.

Update has a perfected SPL so it might be harder,to impossible, to root after its applied. I'll wait and see how this goes down on xda-dev. I'm not applying it to my already rooted magic. Eclair 2.1 work perfectly on it.


hboot_7200A_1.76.0010_100114.nb0

Radio_Signed_Sapphire_63.18.55.06K_6.35.10.18.img

EDIT: Info is still sketchy for the moment but it might (just might) be a Eng. image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622106&page=3
 
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oh yeah, wasn't going to update tonight anyway. Better things to do on a Friday night. I'm not doing it by their .exe for sure, I like my USB driver just as it is and not going to mess with a good thing.

But if they have also included some nonsense to make it impossible to root again then that's just dirty. Goes to show their true colours and why they miss the little things like a freakin 911 bug.

big ugly fail.

failblog needs something to celebrate this achievement.
 
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