T-Mobile USA starts pushing Android 1.5 to G1 owners (update: not yet)
By Chris Ziegler 
posted May 22nd 2009 11:19AM
posted May 22nd 2009 11:19AM
[Thanks, Raymond and Jamie]
Update: We're aware that the screen shot here shows a UK build -- we're currently awaiting official comment from T-Mobile USA on how the rollout is progressing over here. Stay tuned!
Update 2: So far, it seems like the only folks getting updates are those who'd previously installed a UK build on their US-spec G1, which means the good people playing by the rules and avoiding any firmware tomfoolery are still update-less. We're still waiting on official comment from T-Mobile, but it's not looking good.
Update 3: Indeed, the push hasn't started. T-Mobile tells us that "nothing has changed... plans are still to roll it out this week" -- so if you're crazy anxious to get this installed, your best bet is probably still to install the ADP or UK build.
KHAN!!!!!
http://www.khaaan.com/
Best web site ever.
My G1 still does not have the 1.5 upgrade available to it.
win!
Rickrolled!
Khanrolled!! (thanks for the laugh Cyclone!)
Too bad that screenshot is of a G1 flashed with the UK build, not the US build.
Here's how to tell... The UK Build is Baseband Version 60.50S.20.17U
If this were a US Build, the U would be an H.
This is the screenshot of a US 1.5 Build
rats off to ya
thanks engadget, i feel better (and i dont even own a G1) :D
but you left the 'kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuung' of your 'fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu'....
There is a Cupcake God!
I knew it.
Finally. Only 1 week after I rooted my phone and gave up on the T-Mobile OTA update. JesusFreke Android 1.5 cupcake for the win. The camcorder directly to youtube is amazing and the still camera itself has amazing AF compared to the 1.1 build. The thing is actually usable now.
Once you get the update go to sound and display settings. the auto-rotate and animations are off by default. So snazzy once you turn both of them on.
Don't get too excited.
I have the UK update on my phone, received the OTA 1.5 US update last night and it was an epic fail. So I think people's mileage will vary for those who have UK already installed.
I had to downgrad to RC29 and update back up to RC33. And now I'm just going to wait for the US OTA.
I dont even like android but
(furiously shakes fist )
Mot@#%Fu^$#$% I Fuk#%@ You Filth#$%#$ Moth#@%^&*&* Fuc#%$@$ Sons aBit#%#@$%
yeah this is gonna be some fun thread
How long do I have to shake? (Still shaking fist)
Feed me Cupcake! NOW!
I hear there's a *#*##*#* key combination you can put in your dialer to checkin with the update servers manually.
RC33 added an option in Settings -> About Phone > System Update that will check in with Google's servers. Only problem is, the update is served in waves going by the phone's serial number to prevent Google's servers from catching fire... If your serial number hasn't been cleared for the update yet, you just get a "Your phone is up to date" message. Once we have a URL to the update package this is irrelevant though. Just download the update on your computer, copy it over to your sdcard and boot your phone into recovery mode to apply.
does the wallpaper come with the new update (if it does that's great)?
I'd first like to add a disclaimer that I don't think I've ever complained on these talkback sections of engadget posts. I usually just make fun of other people or chime in on the occasionally cute looking Asian model who looks nothing like the woman who takes my money when I order a pu-pu platter.
That being said, Mother-Fucker! I was first in line at my T-Mobile, waited there 3.5hours on the day the G1 was released and there were only 2 of us in line that morning. That cold cold morning. I have an amazingly attractive wife I would much rather have been laying beside that morning. People just waltzed in at the 8 o'clock hour and got right in line at the counter behind us. And did I mention the cold? It was veeery cold. So cold I had 3 pairs of pants on, two pairs of socks, and a hot water bottle under my jacket. I don't have a car so I didn't even have the luxury of sitting in that while I waited. Argh!!
[/endrant]
So, why did you keep standing in a "line" of two when it became pretty clear that nobody actually showed up for the G1 launch? Especially when it was apparently soooo cold? Or, for that matter, why did you even bother to stand in a line for a silly phone (regardless of which one), especially when the weather is dreadful?
Next time, do it like any normal person: go to the shop in the morning, if there's a line, laugh at the idiots freezing their asses off and return later. If there's no line, walk in & buy. Voila.
Or you could have just ordered online. There by avoiding the cold, and staying in bed with your hot wife.
And you probably could have gotten it a couple days early.
how did you get that beautiful wife without so much as having a car?
Why are you ranting? You just look stupid.
1. It was cold, but you stayed in line to buy something you could ahve ordered online
2. When it became apparent the launch wasn't a big deal, you sill stayed in line
3. You seem angry at the people smart enough to not wait in line
4. You have no idea how to dress for the weather.
5. Hot wife? Since this is the internet, and on the internet all the hot chicks are actually guys...
OMG OMG OMG !!!!!!! *dancing*
that's what she said.
She says it every damn weekend. ENOUGH WITH THE DANCING!
I'm curious to see which of the existing market apps break as a result of 1.5 (cupcake). Many of the teen fanboys were whining about the delay without any regard to the implications of upgrading. I won't upgrade until I can determine if some key apps, like Documents-to-Go work correctly.
I can confirm that Documents to Go works fine on 1.5. Most popular apps are now either Cupcake compatible, or have seperate Cupcake versions.
apple fanboys are FUed
Second pic FTW!
I need that background for my G1!! I also need me some cupcake action!!
Anyone find a manual update link yet?
http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=AndroidDev&thread.id=4022&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
It's the UK build though, but it works perfectly.
Only drawback is that there's no voice dialer/search, Amazon MP3, or IM
lil bot taking a piss on a fruit
classsyyyy
I laughed my arse off
Hmm, interesting. I went to lunch today, and my phone, which got Cupcake Iast week (yes, I'm in the UK) said it had a new update to install. Could this have something to do with those so-called revisions that held up the U.S. release? I don't know what my "About" screen looked like this morning, but it does look exactly like the above now.
Too bad that first screenshot is of the UK build and not the US build... I'll believe its out when I get it on my phone!
I dont like the fruit, I think its a tad overpriced, I dont hate either, they've got some cool stuff
but this is rich
http://g1wallz.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/piss-on-apple-black-xdock.jpg
thanks, great pic.
Sorry engadget... this is yet another rumor blown out of proportion by people who don't know what they're talking about.
These updates were sent out to US users who have manually installed the euro version of 1.5 in the previous couple of days. It's just an OTA security fix for that.
Supposedly,.. the US update contains an "H" in the baseband version,.. not a "U"... there have been a few claims of people receiving the "H" update but nothing verifiable.
If this is true,.. let the tipster provide a screenshot with Voice Search or Amazon MP3, which the EU version doesn't have.
"Sir, are you aware that you're leaking coolant at an alarming rate?"
"Let me just patch you up with some hot resin."
haha. exactly what i was thinking
Nothing for me yet... I want my damn cupcake!
for everyone that wants that background. I got it at modmygphone.com. I dream of a day where every g1 marches on the Apple juggernaut with piss on you logos and middle finger waving in the air!!!!
Sorry, got caught up in the moment.
-Jamie
http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a391/zeldax/?action=view¤t=DSCF0031.flv
The video above is the closest thing to a verifiable US 1.5 sighting... blurry video but he shows that he has both Amazon MP3 and Voice Search.
Amazon MP3 and Voice Search were both in place before 1.5
T-Mobile Sucks!
I phoned T-Mobile over a month ago to cancel my service. I did so willingly, knowing I woud be charged $200 for terminating the service early – after only2 months. I and he agreed that the service would end on or about May 19th. The customer service rep told me that it would be done.
Twenty minutes later I was dealing with a new customer service rep that had to reinstate my service and told me it would terminate it on the 19th of May. Apparently (*&*(@# number one did not understand a termination date of May 19th.
Since then I have talked to another customer service rep who reaffirmed that service would be terminated on the 19th and that I would not be re-billed after that.
On May 20th I talked to another T-Mobile customer service rep who referred me to her boss who told me my service would be terminated at midinight on 21 May. Both of them lied to me. So I called customer service at 00:30 on 21 May to terminate service for the third time in 2 days. After the same thing I went through with the customer service rep the day before and after being referred to the customer service boss, I was reassured again that service would be terminated soon and a credit for service would be posted to my account since it was obvious I had been trying to terminate service for over a month.
The supervisor taking the responsibility for terminating my account and calling me back personally (a promise that has never been made before my T-Mobile but never been carried out) is named Hanv. She assured me that it would be done in the next 7 days, and that the charges from my account would be credited. I don't believe her, but to her credit she did call me back unexpectedly to verify my number.
I have been dealing with T-Mobile for more than 2 months now. My experience with their customer service has been the same: they reassure you that something will be done and yet nothing gets done. I am certain that they are paid to lie to everyone and bolster confidence in the interim. I have talked to over 8 customer service reps in the past month and each and every one of them has lied to me. Each and every one of them has told me my problem would be fixed. Each and every one of them has not fixed my problem. At one point T-Mobile had charged me approxmiately $540 within a three week period even though the service and phone I had purchased were already paid for. It took T-Mobile a month to striaghten out their mistakes. I had to fax T-Mobile the same items three times and complain to the Better Business Burea before anything got done with my account.
I am very happy to terminate my service with T-Mobile. I am close to volunteering a left nut to end business relations with T-Mobile. EVERY SINGLE TIME I TURN AROUND T-MOBILE LIES TO ME. In the past two days three customer service reps have told me my account has been cancelled all of them lied. In the past 35 days, seven customer service reps have reasshured me that my service would be cancelled as of May 20th. Ever single one of them has lied or failed to deliver as promised.
I am more than willing to pay whatever it takes to terminate service with T-Mobile. I don't care how many hundreds of dollars it takes. I ONLY WANT TO TERMINATE SERVICE WITH T-MOBILE.
Unfortunately T-Mobile is the only party to decide when service terminates....
Sucks to be you. I've been very happy with T-mobile for the last 7 years
Having worked there for two years (and subsequently was fired from there):
They are not paid to lie or cheat you out of your bill. You need to stop talking to customer care and work with cancellations. Once there immediately escalate to a supervisor, they will try to de-escalate, however just be polite and insist on the supervisor. Make sure you DO give the rep a quick rundown of the problem and your phone number so that they can talk to their supervisor.
Since the supervisors have a lot more leeway on taking care of things (like charges, replacing phones, etc).
failing that you can use the executive email bomb (which really isnt handled by the execs but more like a customer relations team) and they can help you get this sorted out. Lemme see if i can find the exec email info for you.
Ah found it, thank google.
ExecutiveResponse@T-Mobile.com
Just explain the problem clearly and as calmly as you can. You will probably get a call within 24-48 hours (if not sooner, this may have changed since i worked there), but they'll get you all sorted out.
Good luck,
Ex TMO Phone monkey