My poor phone
I am the proud owner of a T-Mobile G1. It was the first Android phone introduced into the market and although I was late to the Android party (I got the G1 just before T-Mobile UK discontinued them) I have been ever so fond of it.
I can't necessarily even express why I'm quite so fond of it. I like the design, I like the way it works, I like the flexibility.
One thing I don't like is that some fairly major bugs in the underlying Android OS have been outstanding for a year or more - some bugs that cause a complete loss of all data on the handset unless you just happen to have backed it up previously.
I have abused this phone recently, with the discovery of the "Cyanogen" ROM. I have rooted my phone and installed this software and the thing actually runs pretty well, considering that the handset was never intended to run this level of Android software (both Eclair/2.1 and Froyo/2.2).
So I've had great "fun", backing up, restoring from backups, backing up again and then just deciding that it was all too much hassle and reinstalling everything by hand. I tell you I've learned a hell of a lot about flashing ROMs, recovery images, Fastboot, ADB and fixing a phone that I thought was dead. I'm no expert but I at least know now where to look when things go wrong, which they inevitably will... I just can't leave things alone.
Now I have a G1 running CyanogenMod 6.0.0-RC2 (which is based on the Android OS Froyo/2.2). It works, mostly! I'm not necessarily impressed with the speed because it is terribly slow in some situations, but I'm on a steep learning curve and according to other people posting on the CyanogenMod forums, it can be made quicker.
I can't necessarily even express why I'm quite so fond of it. I like the design, I like the way it works, I like the flexibility.
One thing I don't like is that some fairly major bugs in the underlying Android OS have been outstanding for a year or more - some bugs that cause a complete loss of all data on the handset unless you just happen to have backed it up previously.
I have abused this phone recently, with the discovery of the "Cyanogen" ROM. I have rooted my phone and installed this software and the thing actually runs pretty well, considering that the handset was never intended to run this level of Android software (both Eclair/2.1 and Froyo/2.2).
So I've had great "fun", backing up, restoring from backups, backing up again and then just deciding that it was all too much hassle and reinstalling everything by hand. I tell you I've learned a hell of a lot about flashing ROMs, recovery images, Fastboot, ADB and fixing a phone that I thought was dead. I'm no expert but I at least know now where to look when things go wrong, which they inevitably will... I just can't leave things alone.
Now I have a G1 running CyanogenMod 6.0.0-RC2 (which is based on the Android OS Froyo/2.2). It works, mostly! I'm not necessarily impressed with the speed because it is terribly slow in some situations, but I'm on a steep learning curve and according to other people posting on the CyanogenMod forums, it can be made quicker.
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