Rogers Official: It's HTCs fault, they won't make 1.6 for us.

As of today the official response from Rogers Canada is that _HTC_ are the ones who aren't supplying 1.6 for the Rogers HTC Magic and Dream.

We know 1.6 works on these phones, so we doubt that HTC has unilaterally decided not to update them, chances are better it's Rogers who don't want to do it.

Catch up on the action here: http://androidforums.com/rogers/10647-rogers-dream-1-6-update-11.html#post197520

And if you were thinking about buying a Rogers HTC Magic or Dream, you will be stuck on 1.5. You will not get the benefits of having an OS above 1.5, nor will you be able to use any apps written for 1.5 or above.

 

I did mean Dream, my bad. I've edited that. I guess I was just daydreaming about having a phone that would actually have an updated Android OS on it. :-(

 

It may be true that 1.6 is now also outdated, but considering it's been available for everyone else since the beginning of October, and Rogers didn't even seem to be aware of it till we started complaining at the end of November, chances are in general we are pretty screwed. Given the apps that only work on 1.6 or above, and the added functionality of 1.6, it would be nice even just to have 1.6, never mind 2.1!

 

@Macmee: Yes, we all know about Cyanogen. Problem is, not everyone wants to (or is comfortable with) rooting their phone, especially since it won't be covered under warranty if it is bricked. Consider the "average" user.

we shouldn't have to root to get this.

 

@kennyidaho: For example, T-Mobile users in the US had 1.6 pushed to the OTA starting at the beginning of October.