Rogers HTC Magic Also Yanked Off Shelves

on 01/20/2010, filed in Home > CellPhones

It seems that the HTC Dream isn’t the only phone on Rogers’ network to be affected by the 911 bug. Next in line is the HTC Magic, and the carrier is issuing the same warning to HTC Magic owners, recommending them to disable the GPS location feature on their phones. This certainly isn’t going to be very pleasant for owners of these phones, so hopefully Rogers will get this sorted out soon. If you do own one of these affected phones, you can disable the GPS location feature with the following steps:

Select Menu
Select Settings
Select Location
Uncheck Enable GPS Satellite

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