So I purchased a GP2X F-200 several months ago; it is a great device.
I switched to T-Mobile to get a G1 ‘Google’ phone a few months later.
Now it appears that someone that might be a big fan of the Reese’s ‘chocolate in my peanut butter’ commercials is developing a GP2X emulator for the G1…
I think I may cry tears of joy… :o)
Finally- after many, many (many, many) delays, it looks like the G1 1.5 ‘cupcake’ firmware is up on Google’s site.
Android Community has a post that links to Android Downloads, which then has the direct link to the 1.5 firmware on Google’s site…
Bad news is if you have root access and you want to keep it, you should probably wait (unless you want to got through the rooting process again) until a ‘fixed’ version of 1.5 comes out.
If you don’t care about root access you can update by:
Now we can start waiting to see if Android ‘Donut’ v2.0 will ever be ported over to the original G1- or maybe we will just need to be happy with the Haykuro 'Hero' build…
I updated my T-Mobile G1 to the Haykuro 5.0G build a few days ago and I am loving it; it is more responsive and stable, it has much better battery life, more features, and –did I forget to mention- A2DP!
Google seems to be unhappy that the build ported from the UK was being used on the T-Moble G1 and disabled downloading from the App Store for this firmware version; That wasn’t very nice! At the same time, they announced the SDK for Android 1.5- i.e. what I am already running with the ported build!
Haykuro released a 5.0.1G-r2 version today that addresses the App Store issue- along with another version that allows Apps to be run from the SD (just remember to partition your SD card with a ext2 partition).
Google- please don’t pull a Sony on us by trying to keep ahead of the hacks!
Updating now…
Update on update: Hykuro 5.0.1 appears to have the Latitude version of Google Maps for the G1.
I am now running the Haykuro 5.0G ROM on my G1 (with root access) and I have A2DP!
I have been re-installing apps and testing out things and everything seems to be working great- maybe even a little faster than the RC33 firmware I was running prior.
One thing that is missing is the Latitude addition for Google Maps; not a biggie as I have this installed on the Blackberry Storm I carry for work.
In addition to A2DP, the new Bluetooth profile also supports AVRCP and it easily paired up with my Sony BT21 headphones. The sound quality was sub-par until I updated the radio firmware- now it all seems to be clear and as good as the sound from my Samsung P2.
I am testing out the pre-release of Moxier Mail for Exchange, GMail for my personal mail and I can listen to music via wireless Bluetooth (screw the goofy-ass HTC ExtUSB adaptor!); Throw in a Facebook and a Twitter client and I now have a 'do-it-all device’.
(Good thing I purchased a few extended batteries from eBay!)
A devoted engineer name Haykuro appears to have been working on a port of the Vadaphone Sapphire ROM over to the T-Mobile G1- and releasing a ‘cupcake’ featured build of Haykuro 5.0G (with Google apps) and 5.0.1H (with HTC apps) for the G1.
A comparison of the various features between the stock RC33, JesusFreake 1.42 and the two Haykro builds shows that the later version support A2DP- the one feature I have been waiting for!
Some screen shots/features of the Haykuro builds:
There is a detailed write-up for getting root access and flashing the ROM…
Wish me luck- if this fails I will be using an old-ass AT&T burner until I figure out how to resole…
