Following severe outcry from HTC Desire owners, the company has come forward with an official Android Gingerbread update. The barebones update loses several HTC apps, the official Facebook app and almost all of the wallpapers. For those daring enough to proceed, HTC has advised the update is for “expert users” only.
Losing the official Facebook app and HTC wallpapers is far from a deal breaker. Simply head to the Android Market and put your downloading skills to use. What could be a deal breaker is this next bit of news. HTC warns that SMS/MMS may not work post-update. Hopefully that means carrier settings are simply missing and must be inputted manually. Let’s just say we’ve got our fingers crossed on this one.
This might be why HTC is recommending the update for “expert users” and emphasized that the update is “for development only and not for general public use.” As with any update you’ll lose all of your apps and data so remember to backup first. Now for the rub: if you purchased your Desire in Germany, North America, South America, South Korea or Japan, this update will not work “due to concerns raised from our partners.”
If you purchased your HTC Desire outside of these regions and consider yourself and “expert user”, head on over to developer.htc.com and grab your Gingerbread update today.
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