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Makes sense.

Also confirms just how CLUELESS and idiotic HTC Support is in various nations across the world. The HTC NORTH AMERICA support tech said "HTC DOES NOT HOST UPDATES ON ITS SERVERS"

But as for IMEI #s, the Clown did ask for mine, and after wasting half hour of my time, finally came back in the end and said "Your cluster was already served... You will need to waut several weeks til your cluster comes around again"

Okay, I have one of the very first unlocked HTC Desires SHIPPED anywhere in the world. It was bought from a large UK vendor and shipped to me in same batch as most people on XDA who had pre-ordered as early as Feb, March 2010.

Here is the odd thing: About 2 weeks ago, I was at home where I have wifi all the time and my phone is always on wifi.... I woke up my phone from sleep and I recall for a flash of a second there being a notification message that filled the whole screen as an overlay. It went away in half-a-second -- but I could have sworn it was saying Froyo update, and listed a list of feature changes etc... But I can't be certain because it just went away, i didn't touch the screen.

But immediately, after it went away, because I *thought* i was seeing what might be *the update* I'd been waiting for, I went to menu > settings > etc to go to see what version of software was on my phone -- wondering -- could it have already updated?? -- But no, my firmware version showed 2.1-update1 ... Just to make sure, I checked to see on my camera, did I have 720p? or, did I have apps2sd? NO, neither. So, then I ran a manual CHECK FOR UPDATE:

It said: There are no updates available. Your software is up to date.

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Let's just say, for the sake of example, that this WAS the Froyo update that was momentarily in queue for OTA update on my phone. I know you're not an expert on this, but why do you think it would not show up as "UPDATE AVAILABLE" ? There is no way it was in queue for days -- and I missed my window... because i was reading the tech sites daily... and that day matched the day it was being first made avaialble.

So, for whatever reason, let's say it was somehow properly queued for OTA via wifi, recognizing my IMEI as early in the sequence. Why oh why would it not show up as a manual UPDATE AVAILABLE?

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Okay, then never mind that.

Let's say that was my CLUSTER of IMEI #s, and that was window of opportunity for OTA... WHAT NOW?

Since the HTC SUPPORT CLOWN first said it was coming via cell from europe and couldn't reach me, and the clown was wrong, and then the clown said I could get it as a download from Android.com, and the clown was wrong, and then the clown said I could downlaod it from a third party site, but he wasn't allowed to tell me which -- and btw, he couldn't find any .... and then the CLown said OH BUT WAIT, you WILL get it OTA, just wait a few weeks....

W. T. F. ?

IS there a rationale you can think of that would place open source OS software behind such ridiculous firewalls that even of you wanted to BUY it, you could not go out and BUY it, it's so cumbersome and stupid the way it is distributed. Is there a rationale that explains this stupidity?

IS IT HTC? Or does this stupidity get shared by others, such as the carriers?

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And finally, IF IT'S PURELY HTC STUPIDITY, then i have to ask again,

W. T. F. ? What has happened to their company? Are they falling apart at the seams? Can they not do anything right anymore? They completely botched the delivery of the DESIRE phones themselves. Is this what we can now all expect from the YOU company? F. YOU ?