Comments on: G1: No Android 2 for You! http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/10/g1-no-android-2-for-you/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/10/g1-no-android-2-for-you/#comment-49440 Kelson Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:18:29 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=5904#comment-49440 On the other hand the Droid is faster than the G1, has more memory, a better camera, a built-in headphone jack, a flash for the camera, etc. I agree that the keyboard is awful, though. I played around with one in a Best Buy a few weeks ago, and couldn't stand it. On the other hand the Droid is faster than the G1, has more memory, a better camera, a built-in headphone jack, a flash for the camera, etc.

I agree that the keyboard is awful, though. I played around with one in a Best Buy a few weeks ago, and couldn’t stand it.

]]> By: nascent http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/10/g1-no-android-2-for-you/#comment-49439 nascent Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:51:55 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=5904#comment-49439 This is pretty sad if true. I agree new software shouldn't be ruined to support old hardware, but the G1 is the best phone made. The Droid is the most similar and every comparison review I've heard has shown that the G1 is far superior. For instance the keyboard has separate keys which makes typing a lot easier than with a giant meshed pad. This is pretty sad if true. I agree new software shouldn’t be ruined to support old hardware, but the G1 is the best phone made. The Droid is the most similar and every comparison review I’ve heard has shown that the G1 is far superior. For instance the keyboard has separate keys which makes typing a lot easier than with a giant meshed pad.

]]> By: Tony http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/10/g1-no-android-2-for-you/#comment-48790 Tony Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:27:53 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=5904#comment-48790 Wow, you clearly have no idea about "unofficial" modifications. You don't need root in order to flash a cyanogen rom. Flashing cyanogen GIVES you root. It also protects root with the su app. You can also flash ota updates in pretty much the same manner and not get root. You just get the rom as it came, but before it arrived from your carrier or if your carrier don't send you it. It takes an absolute age for Vodafone to get around to pushing out the updates for me so I just get the OTA update package and flash it manually. Also it's possible to take an ota rom and make it fit on a device like a G1 that it may not have previously fit on, by optimising the applications and images. The G1 WILL get android 2. In fact Android 2 source is already out and there are tons of people who've compiled it for their G1. This kind of rubbish comes up every time an update is due. There will be a worry that the next version (after 2.1) won't fit, but it will and everyone will still get it. It will be a while before the G1 is dropped and then there will still be people building it from source. I wish people would just stop spreading it around. I also wish people would stop spreading around the assumption that non-ota updates are untrustworthy, difficult to use/flash or dangerous in some way. Wow, you clearly have no idea about “unofficial” modifications. You don’t need root in order to flash a cyanogen rom. Flashing cyanogen GIVES you root. It also protects root with the su app.

You can also flash ota updates in pretty much the same manner and not get root. You just get the rom as it came, but before it arrived from your carrier or if your carrier don’t send you it. It takes an absolute age for Vodafone to get around to pushing out the updates for me so I just get the OTA update package and flash it manually.

Also it’s possible to take an ota rom and make it fit on a device like a G1 that it may not have previously fit on, by optimising the applications and images.

The G1 WILL get android 2. In fact Android 2 source is already out and there are tons of people who’ve compiled it for their G1. This kind of rubbish comes up every time an update is due. There will be a worry that the next version (after 2.1) won’t fit, but it will and everyone will still get it. It will be a while before the G1 is dropped and then there will still be people building it from source. I wish people would just stop spreading it around. I also wish people would stop spreading around the assumption that non-ota updates are untrustworthy, difficult to use/flash or dangerous in some way.

]]> By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/10/g1-no-android-2-for-you/#comment-48540 Kelson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:24:13 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=5904#comment-48540 Hey, if you know something the rest of us don't, please enlighten us -- preferably without using a fake name, a fake email address, and accusing me and/or the site I got the initial info from of <em>fraud</em>. Hey, if you know something the rest of us don’t, please enlighten us — preferably without using a fake name, a fake email address, and accusing me and/or the site I got the initial info from of fraud.

]]> By: wrong http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/10/g1-no-android-2-for-you/#comment-48539 wrong Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:10:52 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=5904#comment-48539 very wrong. do not sponsor fraud and lies. very wrong. do not sponsor fraud and lies.

]]> By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/10/g1-no-android-2-for-you/#comment-48250 Kelson Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:31:32 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=5904#comment-48250 This is just one G1 owner's opinion, but I find it unlikely. The G1 seems to have been essentially a prototype to prove that there's a market for Android phones. If anything might be a G2, the MyTouch is mostly the same hardware plus more memory and minus the keyboard, but I think we're more likely to see entirely new phones like the Droid than a revision of the G1. This is just one G1 owner’s opinion, but I find it unlikely. The G1 seems to have been essentially a prototype to prove that there’s a market for Android phones. If anything might be a G2, the MyTouch is mostly the same hardware plus more memory and minus the keyboard, but I think we’re more likely to see entirely new phones like the Droid than a revision of the G1.

]]> By: Joshua Chase http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/10/g1-no-android-2-for-you/#comment-48248 Joshua Chase Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:27:53 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=5904#comment-48248 So do you think they will eventually release a newer version of the G1? A G2 perhaps? My contract is about up with T-mobile on my blackberry curve, and I really want to go to the Android platform, but I looove the G1 phone and keyboard. But, I don't want to be limited in the future like you said, so I guess I should wait and be patient? :) Thanks for the write-up! Cheers, Josh So do you think they will eventually release a newer version of the G1? A G2 perhaps? My contract is about up with T-mobile on my blackberry curve, and I really want to go to the Android platform, but I looove the G1 phone and keyboard. But, I don’t want to be limited in the future like you said, so I guess I should wait and be patient? :)

Thanks for the write-up!

Cheers,
Josh

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