06 July 2011

New HTC Desire S - bug alert!



I just got a new HTC Desire S from an old friend (thanks, bro!), and was happy to re-acquaint myself with Android and to try out Gingerbread.

I became extremely flabbergasted when I simply couldn't add a 2nd Google account to the phone. I remember this was a great feature with Froyo, and try as I might, I couldn't get it to work. I could enter the credentials ie userid, password etc, but as soon as I press "finish setup", the account disappears. I tried a few times, reset the entire phone, but nothing worked.

I then stumbled onto the "solution" - apparently you have to go into the HTC YouTube app, sign in to the primary Google account and then exit. After that, when you go back and add the 2nd Google account, it'll now work.

My reaction was like - WTF??! Can't believe this kinda bug exists - I dunno if Google's or HTC's fault, but either way, this is why iOS is currently ahead on most user experience counts.

:)ac