Obsessed Paramore monzter
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When will this phone be phased out? I just got it and i'm happy with it. For what i need 1.6 is fine for me. And hello i'm new to the Android community.
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G1 Question
- Thread starter Obsessed Paramore monzter
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Only the carriers know the answer to your question but I would think it's on it's last legs. I have a rooted G1 running eclair right now.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/2688-cyanogenmod-5-for-dreammagic-would-you-like-a-pony-v507-test5-05132010/?
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/2688-cyanogenmod-5-for-dreammagic-would-you-like-a-pony-v507-test5-05132010/?
Depends what you mean by "phased out". Commercially it already has been from what I can tell.
No carriers in the UK sell G1s any more. They've all moved on to the likes of the HTC Desire and Nexus One.
T-Mobile UK stopped selling G1s about a year ago, if memory serves.
However, the most common version (by number of handsets) of Android at the beginning of this month (May) was Android 1.5, followed by 2.x, followed by 1.6. Although they're all pretty close. [source]
So right now there's a strong reason to continue updating and creating apps for 1.5/1.6 phones. There will come a time when developers stop updating their apps for 1.5 and 1.6 as they move onto newer phones and/or wish to take advantage of features offered in later versions. When this happens their apps will disappear from older versions of Android on the Market when they flag them as 2.X compatible only, so you will no longer receive updates.
There will also come a time when new apps will stop appearing for 1.6. because developers want to take advantage of the new stuff 2.x offers. When this happens, you'll stop seeing new apps on the Market.
Of course, your phone will still work, you'll still have all the apps you installed, it's just that people will move on and you won't be able to do anything new with your phone.
You can also try a custom ROM on it and get some of the features of 2.x. But there will also come a time when new ROMs simply won't fit on your phone, even if it's rooted and repartitioned to get more memory for the OS.
The G1 still has some life left in it yet.
No carriers in the UK sell G1s any more. They've all moved on to the likes of the HTC Desire and Nexus One.
T-Mobile UK stopped selling G1s about a year ago, if memory serves.
However, the most common version (by number of handsets) of Android at the beginning of this month (May) was Android 1.5, followed by 2.x, followed by 1.6. Although they're all pretty close. [source]
So right now there's a strong reason to continue updating and creating apps for 1.5/1.6 phones. There will come a time when developers stop updating their apps for 1.5 and 1.6 as they move onto newer phones and/or wish to take advantage of features offered in later versions. When this happens their apps will disappear from older versions of Android on the Market when they flag them as 2.X compatible only, so you will no longer receive updates.
There will also come a time when new apps will stop appearing for 1.6. because developers want to take advantage of the new stuff 2.x offers. When this happens, you'll stop seeing new apps on the Market.
Of course, your phone will still work, you'll still have all the apps you installed, it's just that people will move on and you won't be able to do anything new with your phone.
You can also try a custom ROM on it and get some of the features of 2.x. But there will also come a time when new ROMs simply won't fit on your phone, even if it's rooted and repartitioned to get more memory for the OS.
The G1 still has some life left in it yet.
it's really not that hard. if you're willing to spend some time learning the whole thing, then you're most likely not going to brick. and plus, getting someone to root for you and then having no clue what you're doing thereafter is pretty counterproductive.. but i guess whatever floats your boat.
i highly recommend rooting--eclair runs great on the g1. hero still lags, but hero is really all for show anyways. i'm anxious to see how froyo is gonna run on the g1.
i highly recommend rooting--eclair runs great on the g1. hero still lags, but hero is really all for show anyways. i'm anxious to see how froyo is gonna run on the g1.
Most custom ROMs allow for the CPU to be overclocked. Unlike with PCs, you can't add additional cooling or heatsinks to the processor in your phone so you risk damaging it, and the power tracks on the motherboard and daughterboard are pretty much maxed out under high load at normal clock speeds - overclocking burns them out much more quickly due to heat damage. There are quite a few threads on here from people using custom ROMs who's phones have suddenly stopped working and are completely unresponsive to anything at all (completely dead) in the middle of playing a game or whatever. So... you reduce the life of your phone to six months to a year
However, after that little rant, what he probably meant was that the G1 is still an OK phone, and it feels even better if you root it and install a custom ROM thanks to the additional speed offered by the overclocking and Android 2.1 features. Thus, it won't feel like an old slow outdated phone that's stuck on old versions of Android for a further 6 months to a year.
However, after that little rant, what he probably meant was that the G1 is still an OK phone, and it feels even better if you root it and install a custom ROM thanks to the additional speed offered by the overclocking and Android 2.1 features. Thus, it won't feel like an old slow outdated phone that's stuck on old versions of Android for a further 6 months to a year.
mccarthy410
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Yeah, exactly, what I meant was you'll get a.other year out of it before you feel left so far behind. The features you can add with root brings it close to N1 level in all but speed, and there's even little fixes you can do to bump that up as well.