Android Phone owners thread

[m$_is_not_the_answer]

android 1.5 announced! i read Google blog entry and then when I saw the list of changes i shat bricks. cannot freaking wait.

developers can go ahead and download a not-quite-official SDK, anyone know if there's a way to compile that and get it on my g1? some info on how to revert to current version would be much appreciated.

[//MPower]

Cupcake has been ported to the G1 enjoy it's on XDA developers.

[m$_is_not_the_answer]

Originally Posted by //MPower

Cupcake has been ported to the G1 enjoy it's on XDA developers.

Yep, right here for anyone else

it doesn't include gmail, youtube, market, or im though, so i dont know how usable it is. browser looks buggy too.

[XFreeRollerX]

I want to wait for all the apps to work

I can't not have gmail working

I got this stuff called "invisible shield" aka ghost armour, and its great fit for the G1. I like it alot

[riflepwnage]

just got the app ahome awesome having 10 pages of apps but not enough memory since all apps go to your phone's storage which is fairly limited.

also i find my phone lasts about a working day about 8-9 hours with wifi on for receiving instant messages and such.

[xguntherc]

So cupcake is not fully working yet then?? That sucks. And the invisi sheild is really nice huh? For the screen or the entire phone. Anyone else tried a good phone case.

I have another question. Has anyone used or is using the G1 bank of america app for our phone. I want to, but not to sure how safe it would be to put secure bank passwords online like that. What do you guys think??

[xguntherc]

double post.

[KarmaKiller]

Yeah, I've actually had that app installed for the last couple months. It works pretty well. I haven't had any problems as far as safety is concerned with it. IDK if that's something to worry about or not. I'm more worried about losing my phone with the account numbers and such in there, but there is a feature where you can disable "remembering" of the passwords/accounts and such.
It works well for the most part. But it's nothing you couldn't do by just logging into BOA's page though.

[xguntherc]

Awesome thanks for the info.. sorry about the double post. I am on my g1

[crackzattic]

Since it looks like its been a while since anyone has a done a review on here so here is mine. Before i get into it i wanna say that i have owned my G1 for 2 months now and love it and i will try not to be partial to it since my gf has an iphone and i love that too. Overall a great fone and i hope this helps a little bit

Also this is kind of a reply to mrkryz's review as he made some very good points in a general sense i hope to get a little more in depth.

CONS:
- poor battery life (most smartfones and pdas do though)
- Memory leaks as most apps don't close out
- more apps for iphone
- bulky? (i like the keyboard and screen being big so i dont mind)
- Tmobile 3G network is smaller than most networks
- Small screen???
- apps install to phone instead of SD
- camera isnt very good
- no standard headphone jack

PROS:
- expandable memory 32gb SD card
- Open Source and very fast OS
- Smooth UI if 100 apps arent running in background (use close everything app)
- A menu button (great for changing settings unlike iphone)
- customizable desktop
- Cheaper data plans than ATT
- Tethering for free (ITS GREAT)

Some fixes
- Battery life - turn off wifi and gps when not in use. buy a car charger
- memory leaks - "Close Everything" great app that well... closes everything
- Small screen - buy an iphone if .3in matters or u can buy a HTC touch or LG Shine, VU, Dare if u want an even smaller screen 3.0in and 2.8 in
- Apps taking up to much space - root access your phone and install them to sd card. there is even an app that does it for u without root accessing it.

last thing we are all tech savy people here and you can do anything to this fone sice its open source and HTC so check out xda devolpers for other info