An update on the Rogers Android 911 bug fiasco.
Rogers has now started redirecting calls made from unpatched or rooted Android phones. Users have posted in the forums that when they tried to make a call from their Android phone they were redirected to Rogers customer service.
RogersMary confirmed it via Twitter:
RogersMary @GreatBigDog01 @IWMOPS Custs are being directed to Care to ensure they’re aware of fix. This in no way impacts ability to call 911 direct.
This is just too far.
You’d have a point if you had a UK Magic that wasn’t compatible with the fix, but Rogers was still shutting down your service. But a Rogers Magic running unsupported firmware? I’d think their attempt to ensure customers have the patch is a valid one. Like all other devices they carry, if you’re running custom firmware, the risk is yours to assume that it’ll work Ok on their network.
[...] mods with Android 1.6), Rogers has taken their methods to the next level. They’ve begun diverting outbound telephone calls from phones that they still have marked (by whatever means they’re marking them) as [...]
Rogers really screwed up this time.
Yep, happening to my Dream … can’t make any outgoing calls, they all go to Rogers.