T-Mobile G1 Updates Blog

I just recently found an interesting and effective way to get your iTunes music from your computer to your G1. Here are the steps below:

Connect your G1 to your computer via USB.
Create a ‘Music’ folder on your G1′s memory card. This can be named any name that you like, but something that you’ll remember where your music is stored.
Open …

Around the Christmas season, T-Mobile‘s support department announced that G1 users would be receiving a battery replacement for their phones. The reason behind this replacement is from various G1 customers reporting short battery during long-term use of the android phone.
With this in mind, T-Mobile will be issuing customers a new battery with 2400mAh which will replace the current …

During the start of Thanksgiving week (last week), T-Mobile released their white version of the G1. This white G1 adds to collection of G1′s already in a stealth black and bronze color.
In some sense, this is great competition for the G1′s arch-rival, the Apple iPhone as their line of smartphones and products are well-known for their white appearance. This …

I know, I know….many of you will probably have nasty things to say about the OTA update process that has taken place so far. Many of you are still on RC19, or maybe even RC28, patiently awaiting the RC30 update. I admit, Google definitely needs to ramp up their updating efforts. I know they say that updating everyone at once …

So it turns out that everyone was desperately waiting for the RC28 updates (to patch up from RC19, which is what came with most phones), and then we heard about a potential problem so RC29 was released. Great. Now guess what?
You get to wait again for RC30!
Apparently a leet haxor was able to find an exploit in the current software …

Disclaimer – This G1 updating process, as reported from the Android community, has the potential to “brick” your phone if you don’t do it right. It is imperative that you follow the directions exactly, or you run the risk of screwing your phone up for good. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Additional Note Of Interest – As reported in the …

As you read in our previous post about the G1updates going out over the air for the next few weeks, you were probably anxiously expecting to get it and see version RC28 after you rebooted your unit. But guess what? Some people not only received the update already, but they skipped directly over RC28 and actually saw RC29 when they …

First of all – to those out there that paid $180 for their G1 phone – sorry for ya!
It’s true. Confirmed by CNN (and every other gadget/mobile phone blog in the world), Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, will be selling the new G1 phone at a discounted rate of $148.88 – which is a $31.11 savings when you buy it …