The G1 Can Have its CupCake & Eat It Too by Mid January

Posted by Joe on January 6, 2009 | 644 comments | Filed under : gPhones

I have been notified of an internal memo within T-Mobile confirming that the CUPCAKE update will be sent to G1 phones by mid January 2009.

This “Over The Air” update by T-Mobile for G1 users should be received as soon as Sunday January 11th, 2009.

G1 owners will receive a pop up notification automatically from T-Mobile - Then you would simply approve the upgrade and it is done automatically.

The memo described what is in this G1 update and it closely mirrors what I listed here at Google And Blog of the Android CupCake features.

Just in time for those with a G1 in Washington DC on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 to video record the historic inauguration of Barak Obama as President of the United States.

*** Mark Murphy has echoed my concerns about this update in regards to video recording being included, as from what we understand there are still kinks to work out in the Android CupCake path especially for it to work on the G1, BUT it is what was listed as a feature in the upcoming update according to the internal T-Mobile memo leaked ***

1 Mark Murphy January 6, 2009 at 5:56 am: In a comment to:

http://androidguys.com/?p=3232

Dianne (perhaps hackbod?) wrote:

“The “cupcake” branch that we have is a work-in-progress on the next major feature set for the android platform. Things like video recording don’t work because… surprise, it’s not yet done. The current code that exists as cupcake is almost but not quite feature complete, which means that it is pre-alpha — no QA at all has started on it yet, since the basic features are not quite yet implemented.”

Similarly, Mike Lockwood (Google) stated on the [android-platform] Google Group (29-Dec-2008): “The video recording support in cupcake is still under development.”
2 Ian January 6, 2009 at 9:39 am: KICK BUTT!!!
3 Michael Martin January 6, 2009 at 2:00 pm: @ Mark,

I saw that and am surprised video recording would be included in an update as early as next week for the G1, but it was listed in the internal T-Mobile memo.

I updated the post with this as I share your concern on if there is an update this soon that video recording would be included.

In a week we will see if its valid or not.
4 Justin January 6, 2009 at 2:36 pm: What about thoes of us who have unlocked g1′s I haven’t had to experience an ota update yet so I’m quite in the dark. So I guess my question is will it work out on att the same way? I mean will I get a notifacation from tmobile, google, or att? Thanks in advance, Justin
5 Michael Martin January 6, 2009 at 3:19 pm: @ Justin,

This update would come from T-Mobile so only service subscribers would get it automatically.

You could update it manually via an upload and several steps or you can get the master source which would require some time and programming steps – http://source.android.com/ – which CupCake has already merged into.
6 Justin January 6, 2009 at 5:16 pm: Ahh, I did think of a manual update after i posted that but it is nice to know. Thanks, Justin
7 Cupcake Update Maybe by January 11? : Simply G1 January 6, 2009 at 8:43 pm: [...] this be sweet? So, Michael from Googleandblog has reported that he has confirmed an interesting report. I will post part of the blog comment here [...]
8 Shann.. January 7, 2009 at 5:58 am: That’s great , i guess i spend so much time looking at these blogs everyday that i finaly figured i’d leave a cmmt, Good things coming for 09 as far as the G1 cant wait till the 11th or possibly before, CUPCAKE !!!
9 Dave January 7, 2009 at 12:51 pm: What about us with tmobile and no data plan? Here a few people with out data plans got the rc 30 build over wifi you think this will be the same for cupcake? I would asume yes as it is the same source that sent out the rc 30 right?????
10 c rich January 7, 2009 at 9:56 pm: I have not got any updates and I bought my phone off ebay someone already used it once but I did a hardware reset and activated it with tmobile what’s wrong with it and will I get the cupcake thanks.
11 Dave January 7, 2009 at 10:53 pm: @ c rich….go the your setting,then scroll down to About Phone ,then scroll all the way to the bottom to Build Number. Under if you see something like this > kila-user 1.0 TC4-RC 30 and some numbers then your up to date.
12 Android Buzz » Mise à jour Android “CupCake” pour mi-février !, Les news, les mobiles et le développement sur Android January 8, 2009 at 1:41 am: [...] http://www.andgeeks.com/g1-cupcake-update-released/3612/ [...]
13 Herb January 8, 2009 at 2:28 pm: I can’t seem to find this anywhere..

Has there been any speculation on the video resolution in the cupcake update? Are we talking 176×144 with a frame rate of 15?

HTC Touch, HTC Wing are that ballpark..

If it is, I think most people would cry on their cupcakes…

At any rate, I’d like to see QIK going myself.. I was hoping it would drop today on my birthday (and Elvis’).. Elvis likes cupcakes, lol..
14 Tom January 9, 2009 at 1:18 pm: Yet, another baseless announcement. How can it be here in 1 week when the people programming it are stating it,s not even done yet.
15 Michael Martin January 9, 2009 at 1:46 pm: @ Tom,

I have that same concern too, but I will stand by my source with the T-Mobile memo – see next week if it was bogus or not.

My sense is that T-Mobile will put out its own “CupCake” update specific to G1s in the near future and what the memo is referring to.

IMHO
16 Marcus January 9, 2009 at 9:51 pm: @ Michael,
I’m going to have to believe/agree you. Tmobile knows this update is serious and greatly needed. They need to push some sort of update to fix major issues. This can’t wait any longer and I would have to assume it is coming next week.
17 Sam V January 10, 2009 at 8:07 am: @Micheal
Just wanted to know are you sure this will be happening tmrw the 11th or is it one of those it should happen things?
18 Antwan Davis January 10, 2009 at 8:19 am: Excellent!!! This a very crucial update, they shouldn’t push this back anylonger its time to release it. Does anyone have any info if bluetooth “beam” will be included in the update?
19 Antwan Davis January 10, 2009 at 8:33 am: Hey what are we gonna do about alternative applications for office mobile. I heard something about “quickoffice”, and “openoffice” that will enable g1 users to have access to ms word files. any validation out there?
20 Michael Martin January 10, 2009 at 11:10 am: @ Sam & Marcus,

I am skeptical, like Mark Murphy, on the update as Dianne is a VERY authoritative person on the Android team so her words of caution are valid.

I will stand by my source that an OTA update will happen next week and Sunday would be the EARLIEST but most likely by the end of the week.

My current opinion is that IF there is an update it will be a T-Mobile modified version of CupCake for the G1.
21 Nickedynick January 10, 2009 at 2:47 pm: Do we know anything about whether the UK and US updates will happen simultaneously?
22 Col January 11, 2009 at 1:20 am: This is gonna be sweet, especially the virtual keyboard.

Steel has a virtual keyboard and it makes it so much easier to type in quick bits of text…

Cols last blog post..Teenagers nightmare hit 10,000 downloands on IPhone and G1
23 coby January 11, 2009 at 7:51 am: Do u know if they update really did come out now???
24 coby January 11, 2009 at 7:53 am: Is the browser going to be google chrome for the update?
25 Jake Roberts January 11, 2009 at 9:13 am: Since the update this morning I have trouble with one of my E-mail accounts. Anyone else have this problem??
26 aaron January 11, 2009 at 10:09 am: I didn’t get the update yet. Did I include adobe flash jake or for those who got it?
27 nadazilch January 11, 2009 at 10:19 am: My installed apps were gone after the update!
28 FishFace January 11, 2009 at 10:37 am: mmmmm….nothing on the web about the update being pushed out today….I want to belive…but yeah I am doubting it
29 StoneHead January 11, 2009 at 10:55 am: I’m with you FishFace…..i want to belive it but i think that some people are telling porky pies!!
Only when i see photo evidence or i get the update i’ll belive it.

So come on Jake Roberts & nadazilch show us what your device info says!!

StoneHead
30 Brett January 11, 2009 at 11:00 am: it hasnt come out yet……dont listen to the ppl like jake who say it has. it should this week though.
31 Eric January 11, 2009 at 11:06 am: So can we assume that t-mo has started releasing the update? And would anybody know how those of us that are using our g1 without a data plan would be able to get the update?
32 Jerry January 11, 2009 at 11:22 am: So lets just clear this up real quick for whoever is getting the updates, can you guys post on here what rc you are on and what you were on before update
33 Aiym Yu! January 11, 2009 at 11:28 am: OMG! where’s the update!? im sad now… TT__TT
34 Jerry January 11, 2009 at 11:49 am: no one?
35 Michael Martin January 11, 2009 at 12:13 pm: As of 11:11am PST I have not received any OTA update or absolute confirmation of such.

If anyone claims to have received an update past RC 30 please include either a photo of the new build number on the G1 or a direct screenshot.

Instructions on how to capture a G1 screenshot without root access is detailed step by step HERE

@ Jake Roberts & nadazilch

As you claim to have received the OTA today, please provide the above as well what features were included and thus stake your claim to heralding in a new era for G1 users
36 StoneHead January 11, 2009 at 12:39 pm: Don’t hold your breath Michael, there’s no update as yet!! I bet we will see it this month but as far as billy Bull$#!t and his mate are concerned i’m 100% sure they aint got any update.
37 andrew January 11, 2009 at 12:45 pm: So wait how did that jake kid get the update and everyone else in this blog didn’t get it yet he better show us some pictures… we don’t like liars/
38 Jerry January 11, 2009 at 12:56 pm: I want to believe it but I mean on two different forums no one that posted that they got an update has responded back to any questions that we ask after wards
39 rey January 11, 2009 at 2:32 pm: Well guys I seen in the amrket someguys leaving comments of the cupcake update but they might be the beta testers
40 Randy January 11, 2009 at 3:58 pm: 5:00 pm here and no update – I have looked on multiple forums and have not seen any indication of an ota…
41 Dave January 11, 2009 at 4:55 pm: @Eric….I also run the g1 with out data plan, I got the RC30 build when turning on my wifi…So if the RC30 was sent out the same way then yes we should be able to get it.

Also eric if you have problems getting mms and what not you can check out my post on another forum what I have listed the setup for the g1.
http://inportb.com/2008/12/29/using-a-g1-without-a-data-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-436
42 FishFace January 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm: @ rey, were did you see this post?
43 rey January 11, 2009 at 6:05 pm: i was just surfing but only i heard of 2 people with this update the guy in this blog and the guy in the market they both said there old apps were delete due to the cause of the update. yet no one from this blog except that guy who dissappeared has gotten the update i heard or read ones usually turning of the phone a couple of times will search for updates but i will keep you posted, i would recommend if any body gets the updates please comment
44 rey January 11, 2009 at 6:16 pm: guys im sorry to tell you this but our g1 will be replaced in may by the new g2 http://www.cellphonesignal.com/t-mobile-g2-coming-on-january-26th-09/
45 Corbett January 11, 2009 at 6:33 pm: Guys, I wouldn’t believe anyone who says they got the update yet because there is no proof to substantiate any of their claims. Lets keep in mind here, this is the internet and so far all we have are rumors and speculation.

I’ll keep my fingers crossed with the rest of you that we get the cupcake update in the next few days but I’m not holding my breath until then.

But, like others have suggested, anyone who gets the update, please post details and screenshots, not just vague he-said she-said garbage about a blog you read that you don’t even post a link to.
46 Marcus January 11, 2009 at 7:22 pm: Still nothing but I am confident a major push happens tomorrow. Lets cross our fingers…
47 erasable January 11, 2009 at 7:29 pm: I just wish it would go out already so I can stop checkin all the android sites. The anticipation is killing me.
48 dani January 11, 2009 at 8:12 pm: quick question… phone currently disconnected…would i still get the ota update???
49 randel77 January 11, 2009 at 8:30 pm: Well cupcake didn’t come today but guess what did. True multi touch!!!! check it out http://www.androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=19353#post19353
50 Corbett January 11, 2009 at 8:37 pm: Marcus,

Why are you confident a major push happens tomorrow?
51 bruh January 11, 2009 at 8:46 pm: Yea will sumbdy let me know about the update too…email address is bruh87@gmail.com I’M me PLZ I want this damn up date SHIT!!!
52 c rich January 11, 2009 at 9:47 pm: Hey marcus man I’m countin on it to I got all my toes and fingers crossed hopping I get it when I wake up b4 school ha if anyone gets it or has more news about it hit me upp. PEACE
53 gypsy January 11, 2009 at 9:51 pm: Well I really didn’t find out about the memo leak until

Yesterday and I found it on this page

People from the market and some bull blog sites are saying they have got there update today

Mainly what I am trying to get at
is if these guys don’t read about the leak

I want this update as bad as everyone else and I thinks gonna pop up one by one but by the 15th we should all have it I hope

then how did they just so happen to get it the day it was sapose to arrive. Look under g1psycho app in the market chris. Comment
54 gh32g1 January 11, 2009 at 9:58 pm: There is no update as of yet, called t mobile about an hour ago , all they said was sometime this month. Just a lot of speculation out here, they also said it will be (over the air update).
55 gh32g1 January 11, 2009 at 10:01 pm: Made that call at 8pm pst.
56 rey January 11, 2009 at 11:02 pm: nothing yet guys ill keep you posted for 2 more hours
57 julian January 12, 2009 at 7:44 am: Cupcake…… this is the only blog out of so many more… that I have heard of a release date. What I can’t understand is this, and I belive I’m speaking for every g1 user in america who know about this update. You ready???? If its coming out sooooon so why isn’t all over the place on google, t-mobile and other site. Yes we know about the cupcake update is coming soon but why the hell won’t they give us a specific date and time. I am not a man of asumtions “forgive me if I misspelled it lol I’m only 19″. But I want fact and only facts and don’t tell me ANYTHING THIS BIG COMING OUT UNTILL WE KNOW THE REAL DAY ITS COMING OUT BY T-MOBILE
58 Michael Martin January 12, 2009 at 8:41 am: @ Julian and all,

Bear in mind that the 11th was listed as the earliest POSSIBLE date, now if come a week from now and no update, then I will consider this CupCake memo leak and the source that provided it to me as Bull$#!t

IMHO it will occur toward the later end of this week.
59 Corey January 12, 2009 at 9:59 am: Personally, I belive that this update is well worth the wait. So I’ll just go about my normal daily activities, and be surprised when I get the little beautiful pop-up box saying there is an update. Haha. Google has actually done a great job, with how fast they have responded to our desires. This is a large update, that brings many wanted changes, not many necessities. So when the update comes people should be thankful, even if its in April!
60 Toluca January 12, 2009 at 11:04 am: i think i got the pop up notification last night around 9:33, it said UPDATE CONFIGURATION or something like that, but my phone was freezing and i had a bunch of covos open and i acidently denied the update..
if thats what it really was.

my friend did the same thing.

IS THERE A WAY TO GET IT BACK?!?
61 ramon January 12, 2009 at 11:41 am: @Toluca…Try and restart your phone. Hopefully your phone will check again.
62 Leah January 12, 2009 at 11:48 am: I love my G1, but I can’t get over my issue with the battery life. Even with the GPS and Wi-Fi turned off, and the screen brightness turned down, the battery can’t last a whole day. I wish they would fix this issue before adding cool new features that will drain the battery further.

Leahs last blog post..leahchristine: Have ’till Friday to decide if I’m trading in my G1. Battery life sucks. I need reliability more than I need gchat on my phone. Suggestions?
63 Jerry January 12, 2009 at 12:40 pm: I don’t know what people are doing with their phones but i charge my phone over night i go to work from 830am to 8pm and then i dont plug my phone in till i go to bed at like 11:30-midnight. And considering what the phones do the battery lasts a pretty decent amount of time.Its not a phone its a computer that happens to have a phone on it.
64 Sumit January 12, 2009 at 12:43 pm: Man i wish i didn’t know abt the update i keep on checking news for any further info. best advice for everyone just let it be when it comes it comes.
65 derrick January 12, 2009 at 12:47 pm: Well its 3 and no update also I called t mobile and they said we have not heard of ne new updates comen out so all of this could be bull…..
66 derrick January 12, 2009 at 12:53 pm: If you use you phone for more then phone calls its gonna die I have to charge it 2 times a day lol it sucks bad
67 Jerry January 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm: I use my phone for more. I play game on it while at work look up phone numbers, listen to music. and still lasts me all that time. once and a while it will drain quicker but thats when i power use it but any cell phone with power usage will do that
68 Jon January 12, 2009 at 1:01 pm: People need to stop calling TMobile about this. We will get the update when we get it. All the time spent answering the stupid questions that 1500 people asked already is time that they can’t spend doing real work like getting updates out.

If you have a new issue call TMobile and report it. If you are just don’t have anything better to do call someone else.
69 Jerry January 12, 2009 at 1:09 pm: I agree with you jon, because it would be annoying everyone calling asking same question, but the people answering the phones are not going to be working on getting the update done.
70 T-Mobile Has a Place for G1 Cupcake Cry Babies | GAB January 12, 2009 at 1:29 pm: [...] Sunday January 11th was the EARLIEST an update with Cupcake elements could conceivably come out, but from my sources it should still be sent out “Over The [...]
71 Michael Martin January 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm: @ Jon,

T-Mobile has setup a specific thread in their forum for Cupcake Cry Babies as I posted today at http://www.andgeeks.com/t-mobile-g1-cupcake-cry-babies/3630/
72 Jon January 12, 2009 at 1:41 pm: Actually I used to work for TMobile when I lived in Savannah. They have this weird color alert system and when one department gets to many calls, they pull the tech people to help answer phones. Sidekick was its own department and whenever there was a rush of calls about a sidekick update they would pull anyone who knew anything about Sidekicks to help answer the phone because to keep hold times low. I would imagine it is the same way for the G1.
73 Jerry January 12, 2009 at 1:54 pm: Well my apologies to you jon, i was mistaken and you would know more due to being an employee
74 cc January 12, 2009 at 1:55 pm: when is it going to come??
75 Red Rocc January 12, 2009 at 2:17 pm: (Le Sigh) Dude, I’m Dying For This Update. I Hope It Ain’t BS, Cause Then My Feelings Will Get Hurt =(
76 Jon January 12, 2009 at 2:48 pm: Former employee. That place is crazy. You get graded on how happy you sound on the phone. You aren’t allowed to say the same thing over and over. You are forced to say things like “It is wonderful sunny day at TMobile.” or “Thanks for calling TMobile where we love our customers.” You can say anything happy but you can’t say it over and over and it can’t be plain. It really is obnoxious. Anyway, I just feel bad for them because the last thing you want to do is say “I can understand how you would wonder that and I really appreciate you calling to ask.” when it is the same obvious question you have answered 154 times already.
77 Ramon January 12, 2009 at 2:51 pm: Its not like u gonna do anything when your feelings get hurt. So quit whining lol. My g1 lasts the whole day but mainly depends on what I’m doing with it. Plus if I disable data I get 2 day easily. I find that its fairly dependent how you charge the phone, whether on or off. It seems the phone battery charge is optimal when charged off, just confirmed this with ma test. Oh well that’s life and this update seem more of a burden with all this speculation.
78 Can We Say Cupcake? - inportb January 12, 2009 at 3:52 pm: [...] this month. Apparently, the OTA should be pushed out as early as Sunday, January 11th according to Michael Martin and as late as Thursday, January 15th according to kareem. Well, the 11th had come and gone and we [...]
79 Marcus January 12, 2009 at 4:44 pm: Well just wanted to throw it out there that I didn’t receive anything. I was very confident it would come today with so much speculation but unfortunately I have seen nothing. Anyways, anyone who receieves it, please comment as soon as you can so I can go have cake and celebrate or something. Peace.
80 rey January 12, 2009 at 7:01 pm: question you guys have the g3 network correct?
81 GTeye January 12, 2009 at 7:03 pm: I saw a memo about a memo about a conversation about a dream that cupcake would be released on February 30th.
82 Nano January 12, 2009 at 8:32 pm: Is this update a bunch of bullshit or is this real. i’ve been browsing but i didnt see anything credible
83 D-MAN January 12, 2009 at 8:40 pm: You need 3G to recive updates?
84 clayton January 12, 2009 at 9:21 pm: I got the extended battery for my g1 from an online company called seidio. Last the whole day with internet music email and 3g use without ever hitting the yellow/red on the battery meter. Woot!
85 squeaky wheel January 12, 2009 at 9:33 pm: I say keep calling T-Mobile at least once a day until Cupcake is in the wild for the G1.
I don’t care who promised what to whom or who did or didn’t read what. If this doesn’t get applied, T-Mobile deserves bad web for stalling.
And I’ve been an app dev for 20 years so don’t give me the “but you don’t understand what it takes to get it on the G1″ BUNK…

Its on EEE.. I understand QA, but some of their arguments are purely about making sure they get their version TMo-Locked.

And as far as rolling it myself, well, lol, I get paid to program, tyvm. My phone isn’t worth my time. But I’ll take a few min to rip TMo a new one for being as lazy on the G1 as they are on My.TMobile.com
86 Kinara January 12, 2009 at 9:36 pm: All the features that this update is offering should’ve been included when they released the G1. This phone is supposed to be an iphone killer. One handed operation and finger friendly and everything. It is beyond me that they didn’t include a soft keyboard. How the f#!@k are you going to be a competitor with the iphone with the most hideous of all music screen and no soft keyboard and the worst 3mp camera with no flash. A waste of the accelerometer built in. Even Watching videos on Youtube doesn’t fill the screen completely with video there is a thick black border around the video.
87 aaron January 12, 2009 at 9:38 pm: I am not gonna hold my breath at all with this one. The G1 will be lucky to get some af the features from the OTA. I’m almost positive that the cupcake update will be ready and especially for the new G2 aka HTC Sapphire that’s coming. No official release date yet but its branded with T Mobile and is gonna be running Android. Check out phonedog.com for more details. But um sure someone at xda-developers.com will do something for us to have the full cupcake update on our G1. Those guys over there are genius’s.
88 rey January 12, 2009 at 10:06 pm: LIAR PLEASE GET OUT OF THE BLOG THANK YOU
89 erasable January 12, 2009 at 10:09 pm: Wtf why ppl playin games?
90 rey January 12, 2009 at 10:10 pm: WONDER WHY YOU SET IT UNDER GUEST, ITS FUNNY FOR YOU TO SEE HOW MANY DUMB PEOPLE TRY IT OUT.
91 gh32g1 January 12, 2009 at 10:35 pm: For all those people whose batteries don’t last go to the market and download power management. I put that on my phone and it lasts forever?from 6am to about 11 pm and I use my phone a lot for music,surfing the net,and phone calls. Every once in a blue moon I will have to charge it but that’s only cause I didn’t let it charge long enough when it wasn’t in use. Kill your battery then charge it for like 10 hours that helps also.
92 rey January 12, 2009 at 10:41 pm: Too many people now have this false idea that G1 and Android are synonymous, and there are pinned threads such as “what updates do you want next?”. It leaves people with the false impression that the android team is actually working on stuff that will update or effect the G1 in any important functional way. If you read the goggle forums it becomes clear that the version of android for the G1 is a one-shot deal riddled with proprietary code and the whole cupcake “update” is really sort of like XP being developed over windows ME. The G1 has Google’s version of ME. Don’t get me wrong, I love the G1 and Android is cool, but I hate to disappoint you folks who think cupcake will be coming to the G1 in an OTA update. It won’t. Marketing and a smoke cloud of misunderstanding fueled by wishful thinking has everybody confused. Start getting used to the idea that the G1 is static and Google is looking to the future of the OS itself, not the G1 even though it has gogole printed on the back. Am I bitter? Yes. I started to express my public input over at google groups, but I thought I’d make a suggestion here too since the forum title is sort of misleading.

dexx40steve wrote:

From: Dave Sparks
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:39:58 -0800 (PST)
Local: Wed, Jan 7 2009 10:39 pm
Subject: Re: Android roadmap
Unfortunately, in reality cupcake is none of those things.

I’m not sure what you mean by that. Cupcake is a stabilization branch
for the next platform release. I agree we’re not pushing changes out
as quickly as we would like – we’re working on it. The plan is to
merge all changes from Cupcake to master except where there are
changes in master that supersede the Cupcake change.

We (the Android team) cannot discuss future deployments of Cupcake (or
any other release) on G1 (or any other device). You need to take that
up with the vendor.

On Jan 7, 6:54 am, Disconnect dc.disconn…@gmail.com

——————————————————————————–

Ok Layman’s terms please. What in the world does this mean: “Cupcake is a stabilization branch for the next platform release. I agree we’re not pushing changes out so quickly as we would like – we’re working on it. The plan is to merge all changes from Cupcake to master except where there are changes in master that supersede the Cupcake change.”

I’m not a developer or programmer so I don’t understand all the jargon.

Thanks for simplifying and clarifying.

“Cupcake is NOT coming to T-Mobile G1″ – Baloney. Just looked at the internal memo detaling the improvements and fixes in a retail store today.

just remember folks, “the cake is a lie.”

-gladOS

===
Dan
Moderator, T-Mobile Forums

Have you clicked today?
T-Mobile Support Site
T-Mobile Troubleshooting Site

Cupcake is a conspiracy theory made by the government to sabatoge the minds of young children enabling the creation of a brain tumor that hence forth shall be known as Bill Cosby.
93 andrew January 12, 2009 at 11:14 pm: To those complaining about the g1 having bad battery life, its true it sucks but over time it gets better. I’ve had my g1 for about 2 months now and when I wake up from 9am and go to class at 2pm to 9pm and not charge till like 3 or 4 in the morning my battery is still good. Its just a matter of time. At first it bothered me but I was like ” its whatever I’ve waited for a phone like this and I’m not going to just back down and return and get something like the samsung behold which I thick sucks” anyway about cupcake I’m just going to wait and wait and when you least expect it… its there and you’ll be jumping up and down like your freaking 6 years old… so be patient
94 Nano January 13, 2009 at 1:33 am: I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and they confirmed the cupcake update we all are waiting on is a fuckin bullshit myth. So all you people that are starring at your phone waiting. go ahead and set it down the g1 is as is. the Cupcake is for the upcoming g2 aka saphire
95 D-MAN January 13, 2009 at 2:22 am: Ok im going to have to call t-mobile in the morning and find out if this is true cuz tmobile never give any info like that they usally say they are not sure
96 andrew January 13, 2009 at 2:49 am: i dont think so cause when the g1 came out its running on the first andriod software… am i right or and i wrong? well anyway its the first andriod phone and it has its bugs and lacks of sh×+ but cupcake is just an update and its like a test whether or not its going to be fine on the g1 soo… lets see what happenes… and everyone just dont be negative… since you guys are saying all that stuff show me proof of cupcake not coming.
97 erasable January 13, 2009 at 3:50 am: I’m startin to lose hope on this one…
98 aero January 13, 2009 at 4:56 am: Why if there is really a g2 why the hell would they give it a cupcake update you fuggin moron how stupid could they be just as stupid as you NANO get an iphone and get the hell of this blog.
99 Armin January 13, 2009 at 6:29 am: my friend works for t mobile and he said he hasnt heard anything about a cupcake update so im starting to belive this is all a hype =\, i hope it’s not!
100 Zach January 13, 2009 at 7:55 am: How much is Cupcake going to cost?
101 ray January 13, 2009 at 8:44 am: I got it!!! Using the onscreen keyboard now to type!!!

Video recorder awesome.
Faster internet.
All great!!!!

I’m so effing happy I finally got it. I think we’ll all have it by the 15th.
102 Michael Martin January 13, 2009 at 11:15 am: @ Ray,

If you do claim to have an update please provide a screenshot or pic of the new release build on your G1 – else you will be removed as a Cupcake TROLL

Also everyone, I believe in a healthy dialogue and not worrying about FCC language controls, but please refrain from harsh language against others or I will either edit, delete, or ban the IP/email of sender.

Thank You.
103 Nick January 13, 2009 at 12:05 pm: Ray..i want to see a screen shot to belive it..
im excited like everyone else..but at the same time almost skeptical.

if we all get it by the 15th
i want to say NAY to all the naysayers =p
haha
104 iluvcupcake January 13, 2009 at 12:17 pm: All I gotta say is I want sum cupcake, well hope we all get it soon if itz true, latter Gz
105 kevin January 13, 2009 at 12:28 pm: if cupcake isn’t a myth.. will it be a 12:01am type thing or some time during the day.. t-mobile doesn’t NEED this update in order to keep the momentum of g1 over the iphone.. but it would be nice to know that the g1 is upgradeable like everyone says it is.. if not.. then I’m happy with what I’m stuck with.. I just wish.. as most of us do.. that the sky is the limit with this phone.. hopefully htc google and t-mobile get their acts together and gives all of us what we want.
106 alphanzo January 13, 2009 at 12:42 pm: I asked a tmo account representative today via livechat about the update and she said they were available and being sent out randomly but that I could not have one now, so, who knows.
107 gypsy January 13, 2009 at 12:42 pm: I think he is lieing. I for 1 sec beleaved him because

Of rey was posting with us and waiting for this update

But look at the old post of rey and this post of ray

He’s just a copy cat trying to get us jump started
108 Sr. January 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm: Ray = Fraud
109 Sean January 13, 2009 at 1:28 pm: Seeing as how T-mobile knows nothing about this update; I would assume that, if it is coming out, it won’t be this week… due to the time it would take for T-mobile to receive it from google and then send it out OTA…
110 amb January 13, 2009 at 1:34 pm: he is not lieing i got it also early in the morning it has every thing as planned very good update very happy and there will be a g2 out very shortly the phone will be the htc sapphire or the htc hero
111 aero January 13, 2009 at 1:41 pm: Hey michael who was the source that gave the leaked memo to this forum?
112 Jose January 13, 2009 at 1:53 pm: Yesterday night I call T-Mobile and they said that they don’t know anything about any cupcake… I think that everything started with somebody playing around with that stupid RUMOR and now look where all went.
113 Michael Martin January 13, 2009 at 2:14 pm: @ Aero,

I try to implement a huge BS detecter when getting “tips” by properly vetting it as much as I reasonably can to prevent throwing around absurd and baseless rumors.

Thus, I will divulge the grassroots of my source on both the battery replacement and Cupcake update timeline by the early February if neither of the “leaks” pan to be valid.
114 gypsy January 13, 2009 at 2:49 pm: look who ever says they got it shows us a pic of the build number insted of bulling us all so michael explanes how to do it so thats it

i beleave none of what i hear and half of what i see
115 chris January 13, 2009 at 3:55 pm: So… is the update a fake? Cuz I’ve been waiting for it
116 jeremy January 13, 2009 at 4:26 pm: if cupcake is a lie how did they get footage of an onscreen keyboard
117 Sean January 13, 2009 at 4:32 pm: I don’t neccessarily think its fake, but I think it’s gonna be a few weeks before they will release it(especially now that the Palm Pre is coming out and seems way more advanced than the G1 and Iphone. They are gonna need to level the playing field in a hurry! it’s THAT good… and I love my G1, but the Pre’s OS is awesome). here’s a link to video of it in action…
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/13/palm-pre-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know/

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118 gekko January 13, 2009 at 4:47 pm: Hey guys,

I havent got the update yet… but a little icon called “folder” randomly appeared on my homescreen when I turned on my phone in the morning… when I click on it, it behaves like an ordinary folder… and opens a window thats empty… you can even add your icons from the homescreen into the folder…

I dunno if I caused the folder to appear by doing something randomly… or if its some sort of precursor to the update…

what do you think?

cheers, from LONDON
119 Nickedynick January 13, 2009 at 4:52 pm: New thread on T Mobile Forums – may be useful in finding info.

http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=87&thread.id=28790
120 D-MAN January 13, 2009 at 4:56 pm: is it fake? Don’t tell me this is like finding out there’s no easter bunny

D-MANs last blog post..
121 paul faulkner January 13, 2009 at 5:10 pm: look everybody the cupcake update for the g1 is not happening trust its all rumors the cupcake update is for the g2 phone which will be anounced on jan 26th
122 Will January 13, 2009 at 5:26 pm: *sigh* comeonnn Tmobile, do us proud.
123 rey January 13, 2009 at 5:44 pm: im going to kill the faker ray when i find him, no guys i dont have the update im looking for every source possible.
124 vex January 13, 2009 at 5:59 pm: The bottom line is we all paid for a phone the we thought would be the best phone on the market. With the video recorder and flash player missing, I’m realizing that we only paid for an upgraded text device. I actually have to admit it, but the iphone is still the best phone. I’m thinking of selling my g1 any buying a iphone. Don’t want to, but I need flash and a video recorder.
125 Armin January 13, 2009 at 6:07 pm: yeah ive been looking around googling all kinds of odd questions to find a real answer but nothing came that close i had a website but on there it said there is no solid date to when it will be comming out. So we all have to wait till the 15th i suppose and ill keep you posted on anything new i find, takecare.
126 rey January 13, 2009 at 6:20 pm: thats it guys im tired of waitin i will have to develop it myself give me about 2 days to try to complete it but i dont know if bluetooth stereo is possible but on screen keyboard and video record are possible
127 gh32g1 January 13, 2009 at 6:28 pm: i think we all just a bunch of suckers! we bought a phone that we all thought would be great but all we did is make tmobile and google rich off a product that could have been made better and they know it. as far as cupcake who cares if you wanted something better go buy a lab top, a phone is to call on, not to cry about cause it doesnt have this or that so grow up its not the end of the world.for the people who say there batteries die all the time go buy a car charger its not the end of the world, its just a phone.
128 Armin January 13, 2009 at 6:30 pm: okay, no one invited your angry ass to come over here to badger the phone you belligerent fool, if u dont care about the phone then dont comment no one wants your worthless two cents k thx bye
129 Tim January 13, 2009 at 6:59 pm: Question, do you think that maybe they will not release an update for the G1 because then no one would buy the G2? If they kept updating the G1 to have better features, then why bother buying the next G phone?
130 zach January 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm: I for one do believe there is somthing coming to the g1, we have seen videos of the softkey, so whether or not it is gunna be the “cupcake” everyone is talking about or a developer app somthing good is coming to the g1. Just gotta be patient more then anything.
131 bob January 13, 2009 at 7:47 pm: I believe that the update is real because didnt the sidekick lx get an update that gave it a camera and stereo bluetooth. If a crappier phone can those types of updates, why cant the g1 get them.
132 Greg Android January 13, 2009 at 7:49 pm: Hey guys first time caller long time listener….lol..
Here is what I think. Everyone has an opinion about when or if this update is coming out and what it will have included. The source is readily available at google’s source website.(http://source.android.com/roadmap/cupcake)
I think everyone needs to calm down. I too, was so excited when I heard about the update. I googled and scoured the web trying to find it for download or force ota to my phone but, alas, no cupcake. I think from all the sources I have read that this may or may not be an actual update and you may be stuck with what you have. Also, I think that it has been hyped up to be something that its not and that everyone thinks this will fix everything when it won’t. You are only signing up for a whole new list of bugs and issues. I hope it comes soon if it even exists and I hope everyone can take a xanax and calm down. No one seems to know anything and everything they say is conjecture.
133 Alex January 13, 2009 at 7:51 pm: well im just a cool gadget kinda guy with a g1 and would love to learn how to start developing g1 apps. im waiting patiantly for the update like everyone else but quick question is it pos for a developer to make a video recorder for the android market or is it not pos?
134 Alex January 13, 2009 at 8:05 pm: From what i gather with the g1 is that it is tmo’s answer to the i phone and it has its plus and minus you cant expect an exact replica of the i phone it has to have tmos touch. but with this open market i think that the poss for the phone are only limmited to its subscribers and developers i would really hate for t mo to just come out with a g2 and leave g1ers out in the cold and i dont see it happening anytime soon but who knows. i really cant figure out for the life of me whi both the i phone and g1 have come out with no video recorder. i can scan barcodes for god sakes
135 Nano January 13, 2009 at 8:06 pm: I’m not sure if its possible as an app, but by god I hope so
136 Nano January 13, 2009 at 8:11 pm: I’m with you alex WHAT THE HELL. I can scan a dam little debbie but i cant video my girl. What kind of world are we livin in…..
137 Alex January 13, 2009 at 8:22 pm: you know i love the little strobe lights and psyco knife and games and flah light and all cuz it makes drowning out my girls rambling a million times easier lol but why hasnt anyone figured out how to record video i wonder if the stock g1 even has the hardware to be updated to do it. Anyone here a developer that can point me in the direction to start to learn how to develop?
138 Alex January 13, 2009 at 8:38 pm: lol seems in the only idiot sitting here staring at this blog waiting for people to talk
139 G1 man January 13, 2009 at 9:04 pm: @ michael
No Bull I got it I thoght you guys were playin with a bunch of Myth talk. I can prove it… Someone tell me how to do a screen shot and I’ll post it
140 Alex January 13, 2009 at 9:05 pm: hello
141 E.Mikes January 13, 2009 at 9:16 pm: Hello every1,
I spoke with a T-mobile rep, and he confirmed that there is a
“Cupcake Update” but he just couldn’t give me an exact day….and yes he said it would be OTA!
142 Eric January 13, 2009 at 9:22 pm: @G1 man
Well he posted it in a post way up there somewhere or you could simplify your life and take a picture of your build number which you get to by going to “settings” then scrolling all the way down and then go into “about phone” and scroll all the way down again. Its the last thing there. Take a picture with a camera. Upload. Everyone here thats ripping their hair out can crack open some beers and celebrate.
143 D-MAN January 13, 2009 at 9:46 pm: What city are you in G-MAN?

D-MANs last blog post..BigMell added 16 photos.
144 aero January 13, 2009 at 9:52 pm: people are making no sense why would they make an update for a brand new phone that hasent reven came out yet stop saying this update is for the supposed g2 its bullslagga.
145 Will January 13, 2009 at 10:31 pm: Oh G1 Man how I hope you’re telling the truth.
146 D-MAN January 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm: I don’t think so its been posted for awhile and no proof from gman
147 rey January 13, 2009 at 10:48 pm: LIES FROM THE G1 MAN i can get the open source code number for the g1 i have the one for the iphone i help developed some of the emulators for it since i had a iphone before jumping to the g1 era…….. i know its possible to load hte video cam since we managed to do it for the iphone but it took a bunch of space for a 1 minute video
148 christian January 13, 2009 at 11:07 pm: Ok guys this phone the g1 that all of us thought was gonna be the best phone for the next half year. Was a joke, tmobile was horrible at advertising it and to tell you the truth its an embarassment to have this phone. Compared to the iphone it is nothing. The app store for iphone has over 50 thousand apps the g1 has about 500 and its been out since october. there prob isn’t a cupcake someone just wanted to start a rumor. Tmobile obviouslu wouldn’t lie to 80 percent of its customers and say that they don’t know about a cupcake. Because if they say that there isn’t one then people are gonna sell their g1s and get an iphone. So if you think that there is a cupcake that makes this trash phone up to date then its not gonna happen. I could go buy a regular touchscreen phone and get everything this phone has and spend about 200 bucks less. It doesn’t even have a flash like that’s rediculous the sidekick 3 had that god dammit. Imma go buy myself an iphone as soon as I put this thing on craigslist
149 erasable January 13, 2009 at 11:13 pm: this is why i bought a g1… i had a sk slide which has a faster processor and at the time newer os than the sk lx but t fn mobile decided to only release the video ota to the lx and not the slide. so i said fu and was gonna get an iphone. but want to stay with tmobile so I prordered a g1. I’m not interested in having a phone that tmobile is gonna just forget about. I sincerely hope that this is not the case and that an ota is coming soon even if its after the 15th.
150 E.Mikes January 14, 2009 at 12:10 am: @ “EVERYONE”
G1″gay”man is a F****** LIAR!!
PLEASE NO ONE BELIEVE HIM
151 ????? January 14, 2009 at 12:25 am: does g1 have enough memory to do an update as big as everyone is talking bout? i ran out of memory after downloading a few apps.
152 G1 man January 14, 2009 at 12:30 am: Kiss my ass… I’m not a Liar I said tell me how and I will Show you punk ass E. mikes and D- man I’m in Indianapolis
153 Nickedynick January 14, 2009 at 12:42 am: G1 Man – there should be instructions further up this thread. If not, just take a pic with a normal camera and post it.
154 aero January 14, 2009 at 12:57 am: You really got the update g1 man
155 E.Mikes January 14, 2009 at 1:20 am: He’s a F****** LIAR!!
majority of these ppl on this thread are from all around the USA and not ONE of them have received anything, them you come along sayin “I GOT THE UPDATE BUT I CANT POST A SCREENSHOT???? I MEAN COME THE HELL ON!!! It is not that hard dude honestly ….IM IN OHIO and HAVE NOT RECEIVED S***!!…I just do not trust G1″gay”Man!! and that’s that
156 G1 man January 14, 2009 at 1:37 am: Where do i post it at so i can shut bitch ass E mikes up
157 Timothy January 14, 2009 at 1:48 am: g1 man post the link to the pic in a comment box
158 Nickedynick January 14, 2009 at 1:55 am: @G1 man, If you’ve got a pic upload it to imageshack or something and post a link here. I hope this is real….
159 aero January 14, 2009 at 1:58 am: Email me g1 man soo I can prove all these idiots wrong aerostal@aol.com
160 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 1:59 am: Can someone pls explain to g1-man how to post pics so we can see his proof!!!
161 E mikes January 14, 2009 at 2:06 am: I’m very sorry Nano your right i just got mine
162 E mikes January 14, 2009 at 2:07 am: Thank you G1 man ………..Forgive me
163 G1 man January 14, 2009 at 2:11 am: Aero you get it?????
164 Timothy January 14, 2009 at 2:17 am: @G1 man, email it to me too at psymon7605@hotmail.com
165 aero January 14, 2009 at 2:20 am: Lemme check g1
166 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 2:22 am: “Drum-Roll” Please
167 Timothy January 14, 2009 at 2:24 am: @aero, if you got it forward it to me just in case
168 aero January 14, 2009 at 2:28 am: I got the attatched file checkin with pc can’t view with g1
169 armin January 14, 2009 at 2:29 am: , well ill take a pic if i Iget somethin, Okeep u posted and im I’mcalling t mobile when i Iget off work take care.kay its 5 am and I have not received anything
170 Nickedynick January 14, 2009 at 2:29 am: Please let it be real!!
171 aero January 14, 2009 at 2:46 am: g1 resend my g1 erased it im on my laptop now
172 aero January 14, 2009 at 2:52 am: hey g1 man resend me your email wen i opened the attachment my phone froze on laptop now ready for you to resend
173 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 2:57 am: he’s prolly sleep bro, hopefully itz the truth and everyone will get it earli thurs morn
174 armin January 14, 2009 at 2:59 am: Just make a hyperlink from tinypic.com
And we all can see it thank you
175 aero January 14, 2009 at 3:07 am: Its easier for him to send to me ill post it all over the net in 5 mins
176 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 3:10 am: i realli think he’s sleep lol…we are kinda lyke tha earli birds waiting on the worm hehe….
177 Blk Stang January 14, 2009 at 3:12 am: i wish i dint know now what the cupcake is !! LOL i been stuck on this site for the passed 2 days waiting on any updates from any one.

thats what i get for goggleing:
g1 cupcake!! ahhh
178 aero January 14, 2009 at 3:14 am: who on this blog sent me an email?
179 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 3:15 am: ???? hopefully g1 man
180 paul faulkner January 14, 2009 at 3:30 am: the update will be ready when its ready if there is even a update who nos i hope so
181 Ramon January 14, 2009 at 3:56 am: here we go again….hope its real….really
182 anthony January 14, 2009 at 5:03 am: Imo I think it will randomly update 1 by1 bcuz I am a former sklx owner and I heard about an update for the sk.1 of the employees has asked me if I got it yet and I didn’t but after about a month or 2 it finally came.so I hope this is real and I hope g2 is bull bcuz I added another line to my plan just to get away from the sk and have this”cool” if you must phone…I just think it could have been a lot better.
183 aero January 14, 2009 at 5:41 am: has not sent yet got a strange email but didnt open attachment correctly not sure wat else to do???
184 MsDoloD81 January 14, 2009 at 5:57 am: WHERE’S MY UPDATE???!!!!
185 armin January 14, 2009 at 5:59 am: Okay i just got off the phone with a tmobile rep and a g1 specialist, it is real it is not fake and it is OTA but the trick is, they have started it and the order goes as the first people who pre ordered it, then everyone else. she said it might take a couple of days but it is definantly real and it is with the video cam, the on-screen keyboard and what ever else was mentioned above. WOOT so for everone else just be patient and it will pop up on your phone saying upgrading or something of that sort.!!
186 Ramon January 14, 2009 at 6:10 am: aero jus wait til 12pm..my hopes aren’t high any more. Even if it doesn’t come out, I just hope someone makes a vid recorder app. Then ill buy a extented battery and I’m good.
187 D-MAN January 14, 2009 at 6:24 am: Ok g1man I’m, in nyc maybe it will be herw soon

D-MANs last blog post..BigMell added 16 photos.
188 Corbett January 14, 2009 at 6:24 am: I cant believe you guys are actually falling for what this guy says. Nobody has the update.
189 Jmnemonik January 14, 2009 at 9:00 am: Any one know when this update may come to UK? or we still in position when we all beleave in pony tales… I feal like a kid again. Vaiting for some little program who fix everything. This is realy not the phone I wanted..
190 Sean January 14, 2009 at 9:24 am: So, I just got off the phone with a T-mobile rep from the tech end of things. I finally got a real answer… before today, no one seemed to know anything about it… but todays conversation brought concrete answers, though not the one I wanted to hear…
Cupcake is real… but… it probably won’t be released for quite a few weeks due to bug fixes.
So probably not until mid February.

We’ll all have to be very patient…which is hard…cause I WANT IT NOW!!!!
191 iluvcupcake January 14, 2009 at 9:26 am: UPDATE! hasnt hit yet,
192 Robert Barnes January 14, 2009 at 10:44 am: @Jmnemonik,

I think that we ALL believe in PONY TALES.

I’ve actually seen the tails on pony, cats, dogs and other such mammals.

I even have some friends and employees that can weave long, intricate and detailed fairy tails too!!!

:<)
193 aero January 14, 2009 at 10:47 am: people are getting impersonated e mikes is not e mikes im stll waiting for g1 man email and i dont know if armin is really armin so he can confirm that tmobile customer reps conversation e mikes did not get update

e mikes=fraud
ray=fraud
194 aero January 14, 2009 at 11:07 am: Armin confirm wat you stated on conversation with rep thank you.
195 Beloq January 14, 2009 at 11:22 am: Guys I got the update just be patient its coming..
196 masterjam January 14, 2009 at 11:26 am: you know…some of us just want good info. even if its NONE. Too many kids on here just want to see there name on the page and cause 192 bs comments. as far as i’m concerned all this talk about who you are, or who you know, or what you’ve heard( even the moderator ) doesn’t help the cause. it only makes a lot of noise. tmobile’s official silence is deafening, maybe this time they will wait to release a product that is FUNCTIONAL and complete, which is what they should’ve done in the first place. If Tmobile was really concerned about the satisfaction of loyal customers, they would: 1st, replace the battery that can’t keep up with the phone that they released(Mine drains while on the wall charger doing nothing). 2nd END THE SPECULATION. 3rd allow those who are ticked (me) to upgrade at the lowest cost or get released from the contract. whaddya think. Is this unreasonable?
197 Userfriendlyme January 14, 2009 at 11:36 am: Im sorry but after reading these post im completely annoyed. What is the big freaking deal with just waiting you guys act like this phone has been out for a year hell not even 6 months. Just shut the hell up already about the update it will come when it comes. They have G1 ads all over tv posted on the bilboards up and down 95 especially in the maimi area where im at. Its not like tmobile is abandoning the g1 im sure everyone at tmobile including the trash men have heard people complaining about what the phone should and doesnt do. get over it. T mobile altough good customer service has never been good at keeping there product software up to date hell i nearly upgrade to a new phone every year. From the looks you know there going to update something but i look forward to to upgrading to a G2 in a year its just how tmobile has always done things. But this cupcake is BS its not happening anytime soon for G1 and you can read that directly at google blogs where some of the developers themself say it isnt. So i say get over it and enjoy your phone it still works without the update or sell it and get something else new you can complain about
198 mj23 January 14, 2009 at 11:49 am: Ok so I jus spoke to a t-mobile rep and they have confirmed that they’re is a cupcake update she has no idea when it will be released because its still being developed. So just be patient. & I also asked about the “G2″ and she said there is no speculation of it in tmobile
199 erasable January 14, 2009 at 12:05 pm: yep… i just got off the phone with the pda dept. i called to get a replacement battery and threw in an update question at the end. and pretty much got the same answer. flash, soft keyboard, vid recorder being worked on but not ready yet.
200 Userfriendlyme January 14, 2009 at 12:30 pm: and just becasue i wanted and exxtra battery i called tmobile for a replacement as well. And theres no information on and update for G1 at all. so you guys can wait for cupcakes til your blue in the face your better off making some in the kitchen becasue its certianly not coming to the phone this month
201 masterjam January 14, 2009 at 12:36 pm: see what i mean. not even tmo can give a consistent response. just a bunch of noise.
202 sean January 14, 2009 at 12:57 pm: Did they approve a battery replacement?
They told me that they wont be replacing batteries!
203 erasable January 14, 2009 at 1:16 pm: @sean, yes they are sending me one free of charge. I was told by tmo that they are aware of the battery problem and are sending out replacements till a permanent fix is approved.
204 Userfriendlyme January 14, 2009 at 1:28 pm: i dont think they officially approved that yet. the rep first stated that they werent doing a replacement for the g1 batteries he asked some questions i gave him very good answers and then he said he would send a replacement to my address should be there this week. also told me a site i can go to get a particular charger that would charge the phone and the spare battery that i will now have. tmobiles customer service has always been the reason why ive stayed with them.
205 sean January 14, 2009 at 1:31 pm: Thanks man… i just talked to another rep…who IS gonna get me another battery. and she also said that Google is sending the OTA for cupcake… and it’s not going to everyone at once…but like the kid said earlier… in order of purchase…so maybe he wasn’t lying!

I love how no two reps have the same info.
206 erasable January 14, 2009 at 1:36 pm: @Userfriendlyme, can I have the name of that site cuz I’m looking for something like that.
207 E.Mikes January 14, 2009 at 2:09 pm: LOL AT YOU!!!
First you are not real, why the hell would you believe sum ass who says he has the update, then says he will send it to you, then you hear no more words from him??? hmmm that should have told you BULLSHYT from the start! SCROLL DOWN AND SEE OTHER CONFORMATIONS!!!!!!
208 jmnemonik January 14, 2009 at 2:21 pm: World is so strange these days.. we have such a peace of technology and best competitor for beating iphone. And company’s who created this item just leaving their baby out on the street. They just need to fix some bugs and they will sell much more of these phones. I realy hope that we will see update as soon as possible just because people will start sharing with their bad experience and all this thing will realy die. I realy like G1 I see a realy good potencial t-mobile don’t f***ck my chrystmas present
209 Ted January 14, 2009 at 2:21 pm: Just wanted to ask if anyone really got the G1 update…I’m living in south Texas and me and my dad still haven’t had any notification about an update…please tell the truth…I’m going to call T-Mobile and Google about the Cupcake update after school.
210 sean January 14, 2009 at 2:49 pm: I f you go to the tmobile site and look at the spec for the G1… it now says: Video Playback- Watch your favorite videos, even YouTube, anywhere

and if you go to the services tab.. it says
Text, Instant, Picture & Video Messaging

Save your voice or share special moments. Send and receive any type of message you want, in any combination.

This has been right under our noses and no one had bothered to check the phone specs on tmobiles site… this is pretty much as good as gold when it comes to the G1 getting the update…for those who didn’t believe!

Here’s the link!
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?tp=tb3&cell-phone=T-Mobile-G1-with-Google-Black
211 Ramon January 14, 2009 at 2:50 pm: sounds good, im gonna call tmobile now. but before i do, are the replacement batteries extented?
212 sean January 14, 2009 at 2:55 pm: @Ramon, that I don’t know…she said they were gonna send me a battery as a quick fix, but that they are looking into a better solution.
213 erasable January 14, 2009 at 2:57 pm: @Ramon, nope regular batteries
214 Eric January 14, 2009 at 3:28 pm: About the battery issue, I found a really simple way to drastically save battery. If you know that you’re going to be in an area without reception or that you wont use it no matter what, put it in airplane mode. I seriously wont lose one percent over three hours of my battery life when I do this. Maybe this is like common info but I thought I’d share it with everyone.
215 gekko January 14, 2009 at 3:49 pm: Is this possibly the update we have all been waiting for?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oNf7ZQ7IiCc&feature=related

check it out…
216 clebrowns88 January 14, 2009 at 3:55 pm: @sean
wow you are a dumb ass that page is talking about the phones features now not the update you idiot. My cousin works for google in nyc and he told me that the update is done and now it is just up to tmobile to send it out. He said he heard that there was the 15th of jan date set. but as of now he hasn’t heard anything else. it up to tomible now
217 classik January 14, 2009 at 3:58 pm: The guy who posted the comment with the tmobile site.. it said that same thing since the phone came out. And even if that owuld hve been a new webpage it still says nothing about softkeyboard video recording none of the new stuff
218 sean January 14, 2009 at 4:13 pm: @clebrowns88,
A. I never said that the page mentioned the update… what it does say is that the G1 should be able to video message, which the current version can not.
B. You’re a Cleveland Clowns fan… so who is really the Dumb A$$?!?!
C. I just talked to another rep who acknowledged that the update has already been released as of the 11th and is slowly making it’s way to all G1 owners.

D. Why is it always the females at T-Mobile that know more?? Aren’t all guys supposed to be gadget geeks?!?! Especially if you work for a company that sells gadgets.

E. Another comment for Clevelend Clown numb nuts… go F&^k yourself.

Sorry Michael… I bleeped the words out myself so that I’m not blatantly disrespecting your blog site.
219 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 4:22 pm: @sean
whats wrong with the browns? lol they suck we all know. but when did u call tmobile to find out about the cupcake update?
220 aero January 14, 2009 at 4:23 pm: e.mikes i said e fuckin space mikes was fake now shut the fuck up
221 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 4:24 pm: @aero, hey did u ever get that photo from g1 man? hey if u get any other info hook me up. thanks
222 paul January 14, 2009 at 4:29 pm: the cupcake update is not coming on the 15th it will be ready when its ready we have had no comformation thats its ready or anything so just all be patinet it will be worth the wait
223 sean January 14, 2009 at 4:40 pm: @cupcakemyth, Just talked to them 15 minutes ago… unfortunately, you’ll get a different answer from every rep… but this particular rep was pretty well informed.

She mentioned Cupcake before I could… and when she looked in her notes, she told me the release was on the 11th…but the release was not coming to everyone at once… She wasn’t sure why it was being done like that.
She also stated that the phones bought as of now would come updated and ready to go.
224 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 4:52 pm: @sean, hey when did u buy ur g1 cuz i just called tmobile and they told me people would be getting it in the order that the preordered there phone or purchased it. I preorder mine two days after i heard about it.
225 rey January 14, 2009 at 4:54 pm: hey guys how is everyone many fights have happen, since i last commented and i wanted to ask about the battery are they charging for the new batteries?
226 simon January 14, 2009 at 4:54 pm: omg i just got the update and it rocks its has everything except for flash but i can now video recored at last yessssssssss
227 Michael Martin January 14, 2009 at 4:59 pm: @simon,

Please provide a screenshot or digital pic to validate else I will delete this comment and any further that claim to have the update without proof.

Thank You,
228 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 5:01 pm: well for the people who say its going to be the 15th well if it doesnt come tomorrow im going to smash my f***ing phone and get a real phone. I hate to say this but i will get an iphone. CUPCAKE please come tomorrow
229 Nickedynick January 14, 2009 at 5:01 pm: Simon – proof please!
230 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 5:04 pm: michael martin have u received an update yet? have u heard anything?
231 Rosemi January 14, 2009 at 5:04 pm: hey everyone. ive never left a comment before but ive been glued to this site for a couple of days now and i decided to confirm what sean has stated. I called tmo 3 minutes ago asking about the cupcake update and the rep stated that it is DEF out and has been snce the 11th or 12th. its not going out to everyone right away like sean stated but is currently going out to all g1 cutomers 1 by 1. she was well informed and im sure everyone at tmo now knows the answer to these questions. hope this helps
232 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 5:10 pm: @rosemi if the update is out then y havent they released that it is on its way. i think they r just saying that so people stop calling them
233 Nickedynick January 14, 2009 at 5:14 pm: Cupcakemyth – if you don’t think it’s coming then quit whining and go do something useful!
234 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 5:15 pm: @simon r u a liar. we does everyone have to lie on here
235 D-MAN January 14, 2009 at 5:16 pm: Hey rey I’m getting a new bat. Its the same I think but the bat. Only has a 90 day replacement so call quick
236 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 5:16 pm: @ nickedynick i know its coming i just want to know when. tmobile told me it was coming but when
237 Nickedynick January 14, 2009 at 5:28 pm: Cupcakemyth – sorry, just getting frustrated not knowing if anyone’s actually telling the truth! I’m not sure why ive been on here so much tbh – the UK version will probably be released after the US one anyway…
238 Bob Keller January 14, 2009 at 5:31 pm: Had a popup and then it told me i dont have enough space! I deleted all my downloaded programs and waiting for it again.
239 Michael Martin January 14, 2009 at 5:37 pm: @cupcakemyth,

I have not received the update personally.

The rolling update falls in line with what the T-Mobile memo stated.
240 Rosemi January 14, 2009 at 5:37 pm: @cupcakemyth, has tmo ever announced the previous updates? at least make a big fuss announcing that rc29 or rc30 is finally out???
241 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 5:39 pm: NICKEDYNICK i know im frustrated too but i really did call tomobile and they told me it was out but in the order people purchased there phones. Isnt the paid apps coming out with the cupcake update?
242 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 5:41 pm: @Michael Martin, what did the Tmobile memo say? i didnt see that
243 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 5:43 pm: @Rosemi, i know but dont u think everyone at tmobile would be sick of having people call all the time asking about this when they could just put it on there website.
244 Bob Keller January 14, 2009 at 5:44 pm: dont see my comment

had popup and told me i dont have enough space! deleted all my downloaded programs and waiting again.
245 rey January 14, 2009 at 5:50 pm: got my replacement battery
246 rey January 14, 2009 at 5:56 pm: so how is everyone feeling
247 james January 14, 2009 at 6:00 pm: its now 1am in uk still no popup
248 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:01 pm: @ rey have u received the update yet?
249 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:02 pm: has anyone received the update yet? Send prove if u did
250 E.Mikes January 14, 2009 at 6:03 pm: @ “everyone”

Is it me or does some of these a** holes get off by tellin lies??? i mean you must realli do not have a lyfe!
251 rey January 14, 2009 at 6:05 pm: they dont have a life except bothering other people
252 badnews4G1 January 14, 2009 at 6:05 pm: T-Mobile has just sent me an email that there is no Cupcake Update and there will not be one. I am really p***ed off and i can’t believe they would do that to us. Someone needs to call them and find why its not coming!!!!!!!1
253 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 6:06 pm: @ E.Mikes
Yea i think thats what it is brah. I think honeslty the ppl who say they have the upgrade are Iphone fags just really jealous lol…I to have an iphone 3g white and a White G1
254 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:08 pm: im with u E. Mikes im sick of these lies people that probably have an iphone and are laughing at us.
255 Edward January 14, 2009 at 6:08 pm: Hello, i wanteed to tell you guys something since i am part of the the T-Mobile service I am in one of the call centers and like many of you know the so called cupcake update is ready yet we dont have any news of when it will be realeased yet that update will be here before the end of feb
256 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:09 pm: Iphone fans are jealous. HAHAHAHA
257 sean Maysonet January 14, 2009 at 6:09 pm: @cupcakemyth,
unfortunately, I got my phone in December, so I won’t be seeing the update until the tail end of this thing.
258 rey January 14, 2009 at 6:09 pm: wow i wonder is this a prank
259 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:10 pm: @everyone

Does anyone really think this will be out soon.
260 rey January 14, 2009 at 6:10 pm: what if there is no update
261 paul faulkner January 14, 2009 at 6:11 pm: why cant somebody just make a video recorder like the iphone has simple
262 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:13 pm: @rey

I know im wondering the same thing as you. What if this was made up by an iphone person to make us think we are getting the update but we are not. I hope thats not the truth
263 rey January 14, 2009 at 6:15 pm: the iphone is a kid toy compared to the possible outcomes of the g1 yet since the open source code is locked to regular h@ck3r$ the apps are harder to make
264 Eric January 14, 2009 at 6:16 pm: Seriously ppl, are you going to start believing that the earth is really flat and that it being round is a giant conspiracy? I for one believe some of the people that say they got it. Think about it logically. Once they get it, what use do they have to come on here anymore. People are selfish. They just want to play with their new update.
265 E.Mikes January 14, 2009 at 6:16 pm: Honestly,
I do believe the is an update, i have spoke with more than one tech at tmobile(and update specialist) they all confirmed of an update but did not tell me a release. This was told to me over the last couple weeks, even before there was this myth about a Jan 11 – Jan 15 release. guy just be patient and dont stress over this bull. I feel there is already enough turmoil goin on in this world, and dealin with all the bull(LIARS) on this blog wont make it any better.
266 thetruth January 14, 2009 at 6:16 pm: i wrote a fake comment about there is no update to see what would happen and the person controlling this site deleted. I think they only want people to think that it’s coming and i really dont think it is now.
267 rey January 14, 2009 at 6:18 pm: I agree with E-Mikes, lets hope for the best
268 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 6:19 pm: @ E.Mikes

VERY VERY VERY TRUE!!!!
269 rey January 14, 2009 at 6:21 pm: Plus look at the Bright side we already beat the iphone HA! take that apple
270 thetruth January 14, 2009 at 6:21 pm: when i get the update i will take a pic for u guys cuz i know everyone wants the truth and i do to. i think E.Mikes is right too
271 badnews4G1 January 14, 2009 at 6:23 pm: Honestly,
I do believe the is an update, i have spoke with more than one tech at tmobile(and update specialist) they all confirmed of an update but did not tell me a release. This was told to me over the last couple weeks, even before there was this myth about a Jan 11 – Jan 15 release. guy just be patient and dont stress over this bull. I feel there is already enough turmoil goin on in this world, and dealin with all the bull(LIARS) on this blog wont make it any better.
272 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:24 pm: does anyone know about when the paid apps are coming to the market?
273 rey January 14, 2009 at 6:31 pm: GUYS LOOK THE CUPCAKE IS A REAL
http://apcmag.com/google_boosts_android_with_cupcake_update.htm
274 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 6:32 pm: i heard sumthin about espn havin apps you have to pay for….but its prolly juss some myth
275 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:41 pm: I FOUND THIS ON A SITE:
A small but very sweet treat’: that could be the reason behind Google’s choice of codename for the first major upgrade to its Android smartphone platform. ‘Cupcake’ rolls a slew of updates into the open-source operating system, most notably an on-screen keyboard (similar to those of the iPhone and BlackBerry Storm) and support for A2DP or ‘Bluetooth Stereo’.

Browsing gets a boost with faster performance plus find and copy/paste features in the browser, which is now based on the latest (November 2008) WebKit core. There’s also the ability to record video and save MMS attachments – sure to be welcomed by the five people who actually use MMS.

Many of the issues associated with the mobile email client are swatted down including streamlining email account setup and new mail notifications for POP3 accounts, displaying cc: recipients in the message, more elegant recovery from POP3 connection failures and observing user preferences in displaying the date and time.

A sizable slew of the improvements in Cupcake were developed by the open source community and submitted into the public code repositories, and along with Google’s own body of work have now been incorporated into the final update. And while Cupcake began as a separate development branch of Android, it’s now been rolled into the OS codebase and thus will be available on all new Android devices.
276 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 6:42 pm: is the G1 going to get better apps. Y does everything seem to be going so slow with this phone or should i say company TMOBILE
277 g uno January 14, 2009 at 6:50 pm: I’m getting sick of waiting for this update, and everyone is bs’ing about having it and so forth, show us pictures, or some type of proof, I’m like a kid on christmas eve!!!!
278 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 7:25 pm: @Michael Martin where did u hear that the 11th was the earliest date. I haven’t seen anything and i think it would be all over the web.
279 gypsy January 14, 2009 at 8:09 pm: Ok I gotta ask you guys something.

My phone phone has got cut times are hard lol but my internet still works

Do you think I am gonna be able to get the update???
280 nick January 14, 2009 at 8:13 pm: @ gypsy

What exactly are you asking?
281 updates here January 14, 2009 at 8:18 pm: Gypsy what the hell you talkin about
282 Eric January 14, 2009 at 8:29 pm: just got off the phone with a tmo rep at 930. she said currently tmo does not support the cupcake update and she said she could neither confirm or deny whether or not it exists and is even ever gonna happen
283 illpoetic January 14, 2009 at 8:32 pm: Hey guys i been reading this blog for the past couple of days and i have searched the internet and i have come to the conclusion that i think that this update maybe a hoax. Trust me i want this just as much as anybody else but after further research i think T-Mobile sold us a beta testing phone so they Google would know how to perfect the Android OS. I hope to goodness that I’m wrong but from the info that i gathered that seems to be the case. But I’m going to keep my fingers crossed on the Jan 15th date but i seriously doubt that it will happen and if it do then I will be the 1st to admit that I’m wrong.
284 gypsy January 14, 2009 at 8:34 pm: @ nick

my phone service is cut off but my 3g is still working

if cupcake is released will i be able to get the update
285 E.Mikes January 14, 2009 at 8:42 pm: No I don’t think so….I believe u have to have tmobile service cause itz OTA srry
286 Iphone Killa January 14, 2009 at 8:53 pm: ight g1 geeks (lol) we got an hour to go! dont hold ur breathe tho’
287 juan rivera January 14, 2009 at 8:54 pm: how big is the cupcake file..
288 gypsy January 14, 2009 at 9:02 pm: @ emikes

i checked my service state and it says in service

I hope I can get it cuss I been waiting for it for a while

And I don’t wanna pay 85$ this month flex pay

For nothing. If a cake pops up in morning good if not

Any body wanna buy a g1 lol.
289 Alex H January 14, 2009 at 9:05 pm: I got the answer. Let’s all get on with are lifes and forget that the cupcake was ever annonced. I’ve been fallowing these comments for about a week because you guys are funny and hell but ill come ween its done or whent its your turn to get it since people say ins by date purchised
290 MANNY January 14, 2009 at 9:06 pm: i hope this update happens already im tired of all this… cant wait till flash finally comes to the g1 also iphone users will cry hahaha
291 MANNY January 14, 2009 at 9:09 pm: @gypsy, where u located i need one for the misses.
292 c rich January 14, 2009 at 9:17 pm: Ayo I phone killa I started holdin my breath when I heard it was supposed to come out startin the 11th hopefully it will hit our phones at 12:00 2night post as soon as u can if u get the update.DUECES
293 Josh T January 14, 2009 at 9:26 pm: ay everybody I’m just gonna warn you now. if the update does come out tomorrow delete useless applications off of your phone because no one knows how big the update file is gonna be and with video recording I’m guessing its a pretting big file. I’m keeping around 15 megabytes freee because I have been waiting forever and do not wanna take any chances, I could just reinstall the other crap later.
294 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 9:36 pm: Only 25 mins here on the east coast! I hope it happens but I really don’t think it will! Oh well I guess we will wait till april
295 iluvcupcake January 14, 2009 at 9:44 pm: Hahahaha itz not true no update!! This is an angey laugh!
296 MANNY January 14, 2009 at 9:45 pm: @cupcakemyth, APRIL WTF DAT SUCKS….. IM IN NY HOPE IT HAPPENS 15 MINS !!!
297 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 9:54 pm: 5 mins
298 D-MAN January 14, 2009 at 9:55 pm: why april cupcakemyth?
299 classik January 14, 2009 at 9:59 pm: 1 minute for u east coast fools
300 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 10:02 pm: Its the 15th and still no update I give up someone contact me if u get any good information! I’m done with this big lie! Its so fake and will never happen it seems like! I with I was screaming right now telling everyone that I got it but it looks like we have to wait some more
301 iluvcupcake January 14, 2009 at 10:04 pm: Well it didn’t happen sorry g1z!
302 D-MAN January 14, 2009 at 10:05 pm: Its 12:05 and nothing oh boy I wasted 1 week of my life waiting for this
303 dang January 14, 2009 at 10:05 pm: Sucks being diabetic, you can’t get cupcakes :p
304 lulu January 14, 2009 at 10:09 pm: its 12 nd no update..hopefull it comes soon
305 Disappointed in MA January 14, 2009 at 10:12 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A
306 David M January 14, 2009 at 10:13 pm: Ok guys this is not another bs comment I have called t mobile a few times today maybe 3 or 4 and the reps keep saying different things the first time I called they said they had not heard of a new update and the last few times they said they heard of it and its not out yet. And that its a major update and its still in development and it could possibly take another month or so. Yes I kno no lies this is what was told to me this is the best answer I could get out of them … so I guess we will be waiting another month or so.. sucks but when it comes it will be worth it … google hurry up where waiting
307 Travis January 14, 2009 at 10:14 pm: Listen, you guys can’t just expect the update to come out at 12am. If the update is being released, then it will take a while. There are a lot of G1 users and the update will be sent out in a random fashion. This is how the send out an update, they have a list of G1 customers for example:

John Smith | 8185187361 | address | etc.
Frank Roman | # | address | etc.

And so on and so forth

What. Happens is the update will be sent out randomly one by one until it reaches the last person on the list…So with that being said, we all could have to wait a while. Its only 9:11pm where I am and I really wouldn’t be surprised if I don’t get it tomorrow or today for some of you. It would be nice to at least get it the 16th. That would be a nice birthday present.

Anyways, just be patient. It will arrive, and when it does, you’ll be happy. Chill out for those who keep nagging about it.

Cheers.
308 Blk Stang January 14, 2009 at 10:15 pm: im CA 3 more hours to go lol!!
309 D-MAN January 14, 2009 at 10:15 pm: Ok I’m going to sleep I need it its been hard to stay up for 1 week lol well if someone decides to tell the truth let me know. I own a site where you can chat live from your g1 the site is http://www.wepachat.com just click on phone chat from the chat tab …. make a profile and to the mod of this blog great work and thanks for the info even tho they where wrong but it was fun I felt like a kid waiting for a new toy
310 g uno January 14, 2009 at 10:17 pm: Damn you again tmobile, is an update that should have been included with the g1 too much to ask for, give us a real answer, finding a real answer is harder than trying to find your father in harlem
311 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 10:22 pm: @D-Man
Because they said it would be released sometime in the 1rst quater of the year which is jan to april. So I will probably be released at the end of march begining of april cuz tmobile is so slow. Which really sucks cuz I don’t want to wait and who know if it will even be here by then
312 Josh T January 14, 2009 at 10:24 pm: did you guys u honestly think that a system update was going to simultaneously pop up on milliions of g1 users screen at 12:00 am. cmon be reasonable. on my sidekick LX I was the first one at school to get the over the air update that had the video recording and all that good stuff. if the reps weren’t lying it should be here by tomorrow but I’m guessing it won’t get to EVERYONE tomorrow but we should start to see some pictures getting splattered all over the web of cupcake and its gonna be everywhere. wait your turn. remember the reps said it popping up randomly one by one so my point is. it wasn’t going to happen at 12. but it will happen over the course of the day
313 Timothy January 14, 2009 at 10:31 pm: all u guys who say that you called tmobile and got info on cupcake are liars because account reps dont get that info and thats who you speak to when you call them
314 Michael Martin January 14, 2009 at 10:34 pm: @Disappointed in MA,

Classic!

Hopefully the “OTA” is Right gets played soon.
315 cupcakemyth January 14, 2009 at 10:35 pm: @Josh T,
Hey how do you know that the update is coming out tomorrow?
316 Michael Martin January 14, 2009 at 10:35 pm: @Praltima,

I am deleting your comment that you got the update until you attach pictoral evidence.
317 Disappointed in MA January 14, 2009 at 10:39 pm: Well does anyone know when the paid apps get to the market? That will hold me over until they decide to finally release this update.
318 Michael Martin January 14, 2009 at 10:41 pm: @cupcakemyth,

This T-Mobile Mod got access to the same internal memo I did -
http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=87&message.id=27960#M27960
319 d-ray January 14, 2009 at 10:44 pm: I agree with timothy, u cnt trust the ppl u talk to on the phone at tmobile. For all u know, even tho they work there they could have gotten the same info they’re telling u off one of these websites
320 hurryalready! January 14, 2009 at 10:48 pm: where the hell is this update… ive been lookin at this website and comments and im getting frustrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
321 kevin January 14, 2009 at 11:02 pm: this is sooo fun..
322 dave January 14, 2009 at 11:10 pm: I think that t mobile will send a email when its time so stop all this
323 E.Mikes January 14, 2009 at 11:10 pm: @Timothy,

UHHH NO! U ARE HELLA WRONG
You just dont call and speak with a tmobile rep duhh…u ask to be transferred to “G1 TECH SUPPORT”
They do know of this updated but are skeptical of when it comes out! DO YOUR HOMEWORK NEXT TIME BE-4 YOU GET TO POSTING FALSE ACCUSATIONS OKAY PAL!!!!!
324 armin January 14, 2009 at 11:11 pm: Okay I have no reason to lie to people whom I’ve never met and I didn’t talk to a rep I talked to a g1 specialist, I asked the rep and she said ill transfer you, so I talked to the g1 one specialist and she said it is true and it is going to be OTA but she said we didn’t have a solid date to when people are going to get it. If you have nothing useful to say don’t post at all thank you.
325 kevin January 14, 2009 at 11:46 pm: you’re welcome lol
326 Faz January 14, 2009 at 11:47 pm: I think we tmobile customer need to have little patience, as they say good thing come to those who wait;’;)
327 Rosemi January 14, 2009 at 11:48 pm: wow whiney people are so annoying! its coming out! just not to everyone in one instance. if i still wasnt sure then id be just as impatient but there are more than one of us here that have spoke to a g1 tech and heard what they said. depending on when u bought your phone determines how soon you get it!
328 mitchell January 15, 2009 at 12:09 am: Imm sadd…where’s my cupcake I’m in dallas texas and its 1:09am and still no update…I been on here for days reading all the crap put on here
Ok bye
329 erasable January 15, 2009 at 12:17 am: @ ppl who say they received it,

Wat is the new rc# or did it not change?

@ everyone,

Does anyone know if the rc# will change? I would think it would but I don’t know bout this enough to say.
330 derrick brown January 15, 2009 at 12:24 am: Haha if you thought that you and a million other people would get the update at exactaly midnight your an idiot. The update is coming but you probly won’t get it till later on today or tommorow
331 D-MAN January 15, 2009 at 12:26 am: Hey rosemi I’m not sure about you or everyone here but I did my research on the tmobile website when I was buying my phone and used the tmobile website to look at what features the g1 had and it said video msg ! Now I open my g1 box mess around with my phone show off to my friends and family and about a month later its my wife birthday so I said let me record this and send it to my brother who had just got his g1 and guess what no freaking video! So sorry if we are whining and kicking and screaming but when you spend $179 + tax and $30 a month for the data plan and at the end of the day we got lied to the whining is all we can do oh wait I can do something else like call a lawyer and see if we can file a class action law suit against tmobile for mis leading ads for profit and get it all with the rest of the whining bloggers on here and sit back and have happy convo’s about how the cupcake made of a lot of money. I hate when people blog about us whine or complaining it like they can hear us and we are making their lives hard
332 Nate S January 15, 2009 at 12:35 am: D-Man I’m with you and I think we have a case
333 mitchell January 15, 2009 at 12:36 am: to Dman…where does it say that it records video??

i couldnt find it?
334 Kadster January 15, 2009 at 12:41 am: T-Mobile needs to shut up all the whiners and complainers by putting an UPDATE via their website or IM or whatever about their plans with cupcake update. Unfortuantely, our whining and complaining WILL NEVER END because EVEN IF T-Mo does OTA our most needed cupcake, we are going to whine and complain about our cupcake didn’t come in different flavors. Some might want sprinkles, some might not. Regardless, we will complain…Why??? Because we can complain, that is why they are getting paid for. SO EVERYONE, if no update by the end of the 15th for anyone or anybody, let’s ALL call T-Mobile and complain. MUAHHHH!!!
335 D-MAN January 15, 2009 at 12:42 am: @mitchell

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?tp=tb3&cell-phone=T-Mobile-G1-with-Google-Black
336 Rosemi January 15, 2009 at 12:46 am: @d-man I didn’t mean all of the people who had hope and believed that the update was coming, like u, I meant all of the people that didn’t and still don’t believe its coming til way later. Those are the people that are annoying. They don’t believe that the update is coming but yet trash talk about tmo and the g1. Those are the people I find annoying.
337 Nate S January 15, 2009 at 12:47 am: T-mobile changed the feature listing when i purchased mine it did say video capture
338 D-MAN January 15, 2009 at 12:52 am: Ok sorry rosemi I’m just cranky …… and kadster I’m with you
339 Rosemi January 15, 2009 at 12:58 am: @everyone. Around what time did you first get your g1? For me it was mid december.
340 D-MAN January 15, 2009 at 1:09 am: The end of october
341 rey January 15, 2009 at 1:09 am: november 7
342 nexus January 15, 2009 at 1:12 am: I just tried the cupcake emulator, wow. I know they will be rolling the updates anytime
343 erasable January 15, 2009 at 1:29 am: i preordered mine on the first day. got mine on oct 22. but i was one of the last to get the rc 30 update. so i dont know bout the theory of ota distribution.
344 Rosemi January 15, 2009 at 1:44 am: Reading what erasaeble, I’m not sure in what order they are sending the ota…..
345 erasable January 15, 2009 at 1:53 am: @rosemi,

I think what travis posted earlier is closer to the truth of how its done, pretty much randomly. But who knows.
346 E.Mikes January 15, 2009 at 2:33 am: hey guys i was speakin with a g1 specialist earlier and she named what the usual cupcake update was offering, but she also said it would have “FLASH” i dont know how very much true this is and i defiantly dont wanna get our hopes any further higher than they alreadi are but i dont know….honestly i dont think she was jerking my chain either because she alarmed me that she had just purchased a G1 and was waiting also!!!! I guess we will just have to wait and see what this mysterious tasty treat brings!!!
347 userfriendlyme January 15, 2009 at 3:07 am: I can’t believe this is still going on lol its like watching a train wreck. I personally keep saying nothing is coming. I doubt the update cupcake or not is even ready. I love my phone though update or not I use this phone more then any other I’ve had. U can call tmobile til your blue in the face every rep is gonna say something different. Because there’s no offical word on anything yet. If anyones worked in a call center for these types of services you already no the drill. If anything instead of whinning and complaing here when u call ask for the fax number or po box to address your complaints to. I think if all the people on the blogs and different sites did that u may finally see and offical statement from tmobile. Right now all this is falling on deaf ears. There are hundreds of sites like this everyone is just whinng to each other not to the right people.
348 Nickedynick January 15, 2009 at 3:11 am: @ userfriendlyme,
“There are hundreds of sites like this everyone is just whinng to each other not to the right people.”

Congratulations for perpetuating that.
349 prbigslick January 15, 2009 at 3:13 am: Ok i fianlly going to post something i have talk to a rep about 2 weeks ago and called due to battery problem and she was very helpful and do see a big improvement in my battery life. well she asked me after how i like my g1 one phone and told her i loved but the only thing i got a problem is not having a virtual keyboard and she stated have you seen the g1 forum because there is a update that coming out soon for that. So this is my thought about she mau have gotten her info thru the forums as well due to her as well owning a g1 So maybe she doesnt know for sure she just speculating like we all doing. But i Almost sure it coming out. I doubt tmobile is going to just drop the g1 to try again another phone because if that the case there going to be alot of angry customer that are going to leave tmobile and i sure they dont want what happen to apple when in 4 months the dropped the price to make way for the 3g iphone. meant alot of money given out to iphone that was boguht with the 399 price tag. So i say give it time. it may be this week or next month but i am almost sure it will come.
350 mitchell January 15, 2009 at 3:20 am: I quit!..
I been waiting hours for this damn cupcake to be dun and out da oven!
I be on here every night just waiting for it and no update…

Oh wait a min I think this is the update………oh never mind just a stupid email..

I’m just going crazy for this I got to stop and just leave my phone the way it is..

Stupid ppl who say they have it and they don’t…

But how did they put videos on youtube then??
Just confused

And who said it was suppose to come out on jan 15?
351 erasable January 15, 2009 at 3:31 am: This isn’t helping my insomnia… anyone know if that austrailian android phone by kogan got or is getting the cupfake?
352 chris January 15, 2009 at 3:54 am: I’ve been waiting patiently for cupcake to reach my phone everyone who post here should put down when they got their phone so we know what order ppl should be getting the update
353 paul faulkner January 15, 2009 at 5:12 am: look people ive said it once and ill say it again the cupcake update is fake its not real its just all rumors and everything there is no conformation from tmobile no videos showing the update apart from onscreen keyboard thats it cause if it was real tmobile would let you no for definate like apple do with the iphone they tell you about the update then show you so just pleae stop going on about cupcake
354 masterjam January 15, 2009 at 5:35 am: so, will this forum end today?…no update…no point.
355 eric January 15, 2009 at 5:41 am: sorry d-man but this is what it says on tmo web site “Video playback Watch your favorite videos, even YouTube, anywhere ” nothing about capturing video just playback from other sources
356 eric January 15, 2009 at 5:46 am: i spoke with a tmo rep last night at 930 she said cupcake is nothing more than rumors right now and it is currently not supported by tmobile. but she did say that she personaly believes its out there and will eventualy come through for us, but for now she said the big guys over at tmobile have not givin any one in tmo any info on this update so i wouldnt expect anything soon.
357 Nickedynick January 15, 2009 at 5:51 am: I wish people would stop blindly saying cupcake is a fake – it’s clearly real, it’s on Google’s Android roadmap for god’s sake!
The only possibly debatable point would be if it’s going to make it to the G1, and since T-Mobile customer support have confirmed it the only question remaining is when.
358 Corbett January 15, 2009 at 6:25 am: Nickedynick,
We dont have ANY proof that the G1 will get this update, unless you want to take some no-nothing random T-Mobile CSR’s uninformed opinion on the matter as fact. The fact is, every time someone calls T-Mobile they get a different answer as to if it will even come to the G1, ie, they dont know squat about the update. But feel free to continue to use that as fact.

So far, all I’ve seen are rumors and speculation on this blog and elsewhere, and no hard evidence.
359 toph January 15, 2009 at 6:31 am: I reallly hope this update comes out
But if it doesn’t
I love my g1 regardless
360 Staticjim January 15, 2009 at 6:57 am: Well just to inform everyone here… it is 7:56 am @ the houston area and no update. I dont know if the cupcake is a hoax or not but just informing everyone no update in the south yet.
361 Staticjim January 15, 2009 at 7:04 am: Just to let yall know its 8:00 am in the houston and there has be no sign of cupcake. i dont know if it is true or not. I personally think cupcake is true, if it wasnt, do yall think it would be this big of a deal all over the internet? but hey what can i say? im just another person that wants the cupcake. i also think we will get it soon, just one group of people at a time. if all dont mind please let me know if anyone did get the update with a video. (jcurtis_07@yahoo.com) thanks!!
362 gary January 15, 2009 at 7:10 am: I heard that it is being released at noon depending on which state your in.
363 Will January 15, 2009 at 7:13 am: For everyone that keeps saying the tmobile website lied… I just checked it out and it does not say video capture… just video playback… or the ability to play videos… and video messaging is different from video recording also…
And by the way I’ve been waiting for the update for over a month… I won’t bad mouth tmobile because there are a lot of g1 owners… I WANT MY CUPCAKE!!!
364 “Where’s My T-Mobile G1 Cupcake Update?” : The Definitive Answer | G1 News January 15, 2009 at 7:22 am: [...] Word has it from the GoogleAndBlog that the Cupcake update could be giving some Over-The-Air loving to T-Mobile G1 handsets any time [...]
365 Vlad January 15, 2009 at 7:26 am: Seriously, Paul Fuckner, Cupcake is real. T-Mobile doesn’t announce anything so people don’t panic in case something goes wrong or is delayed. Everything is tentative, they have to deal with google, htc, cupcake branch (which is is comprised of google and others). Then there is the fact that this is uncharted territory for all involved. Its coming, just those that are crying that they didnt get it midnight need to get a life.
366 subxero January 15, 2009 at 8:24 am: I got an update this morning, popped up in my box as a update and restarted my phone, but then I didn’t see any difference after it restarted. =(

Anyone know how I can check what version of software I have to see what happened or somewhere on the phone where I can see latest updates and what was in them? Cuz I know FOR SURE I got an update of some sort and i pressed accept and it installed then restarted my phone but I see no difference.
367 Userfriendlyme January 15, 2009 at 8:32 am: @Nickedynick, your welcome…..i think but hopefully some of the people on these sites address there complaint to the right people. that may help facilitate and actual response from who we need to hear it from……t-mobile
368 Userfriendlyme January 15, 2009 at 8:34 am: @Nickedynick, thanks….i think. but hopefully people will complain to the right source instead of assuming everyone knows what there talking about in here.
369 chris January 15, 2009 at 8:35 am: Hi. I’m in CA and I still haven’t got this update yet. I’m pissed off. It better be out today or I honestly give up
370 Ramon January 15, 2009 at 8:41 am: I’m on the phone with Tmobile now. Ill reply when im done
371 Ramon January 15, 2009 at 8:44 am: they are nice…being transfered to g1 support
372 Userfriendlyme January 15, 2009 at 8:46 am: @chris, sorry chris the likely hood of it coming today is like zero. if it was one of these blog whores wouldve posted on some site by now with a screen shot or something.
373 mitchell January 15, 2009 at 8:54 am: So what are we suppose to do?..do we wait..

Cause I’m tired of waiting every night just for a damn update…

I’m thinkin its fake now?
374 snoop January 15, 2009 at 8:55 am: this is my 1st time commenting but im getting a lil upset over this g1. I feel like a sucker cuz i fell for the hype of getting the phone and in the end it came out just aight. Why r we getting excited over cupcake when the phone shouldve had this in the first place!! You mean to tell me you came out with an unfinished phone??? An now there is like 20 different rumors about the update. WTH!!!
375 Ramon January 15, 2009 at 9:37 am: I just got a replacement battery sent out so im a lil happier now. All i have to do now is get a portable charger which fulls back the battery without plugging in and im good for now.You guys can stop waiting. At least til the end of the month for the final word. Tmobile g1 support said that they have no control over what Google does or when they send it out. They know about the upgrade but as to when it will be release they dont know. So i suggest you all just keep your a check in for each week rather than per hour ok. You guys can relax. I know its something you really really want but you got to learn control until its official. Whenever Google says go and T mobile says users can update now then go. All this speculation needs to stop before you drive your self to death. ANyway i also saw on the roadmap that the cupcake is for “development use and not a release” just curious what that mean tho, but if u cant wait and really want to try cupcake out then on the same link you can download a beta version of cupcake now.. im out…
376 sean January 15, 2009 at 9:49 am: @Ramon, how do you download the beta version? I didn’t see that on there…
377 bob January 15, 2009 at 9:59 am: everyone shut up, ITS NOT COMING OUT UNTIL END OF JAN, SO STOP FKIN CRYING EVRY1 AND B PATIENT, THEY WILL RELEASE IT WHEN THEY ARE READY…. ARE YOU IN DESPERATE NEED OF BLUETOOTH NOW?? U CAN STILL DIAL, SMS, MMS, EMAIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO STFU!!
378 blimpsrcool January 15, 2009 at 10:03 am: Also just got a replacement battery and have been GUARANTEED an update by the end of the month or a replacment phone of my choice. Bargain!!!
379 cupcakemyth January 15, 2009 at 10:11 am: @Ramon, what website were you on and where did u see the beta version?
380 Nickedynick January 15, 2009 at 10:26 am: @Corbett, I agree – all we have is representatives saying that it’s real. But they would never have acknowledged the update at all if it didn’t exist at all.

Think about it – as a T-Mobile employee why would you tell someone that an update is real if you’ve got no information about it?
381 gypsy aka divoriceing betty crocker January 15, 2009 at 10:42 am: @subxero,

Go to settings once in settings go all the way down

To about phone then you will see a bulid number if it shows rc30 on there then no update

If it shows any past rc30 then it should be cupcake
382 D-MAN January 15, 2009 at 10:57 am: @Will
whats the diffrence between video capture and video messaging….. i need to hear this. this is the link everyone http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?tp=tb3&cell-phone=T-Mobile-G1-with-Google-Black
383 Ramon January 15, 2009 at 11:03 am: I did not try it but heres the link http://source.android.com/roadmap/cupcake ..where u see “To check out the cupcake branch: ” ….i could be mistake cause i didnt try it my self because im not ready to flash my phone yet.
384 Ramon January 15, 2009 at 11:13 am: is anyone else having problems with gps?? its been two weeks now it hasnt been able to connect…anyone?
385 dave January 15, 2009 at 11:16 am: 10/1/09 that’s when the cupcake is coming out its ok we will all live and for all the people saying they will get the iphone bye go there tmobile don’t won’t you with the team
386 BennyA January 15, 2009 at 11:33 am: Dave, that is a load of bull, who or what are the sources of this information.
387 Dante January 15, 2009 at 11:39 am: i want it i got an update today but it wasnt cupcake
388 Big50 January 15, 2009 at 11:53 am: I just called tmobile and they said they dont no anything about a cupcake update, but they said that there is an update an they dont know when its coming.. So if anybody do have the update or know anuthing about it would you please email me at teddrickhardy@gmail.com Thanks
389 SLiNkY January 15, 2009 at 12:03 pm: I have a long time friend that manages and owns a Tmobile kiosk in my mall here in Tampa, FL. He worked for verison for 10 years before he ventured into business himself. His knowledge of what happens is substantial. I have jokingly asked him about any updates to the G1 and he said YESSS!!! I’ll send you the email from tmobile there are 2 of them 1 last month and one last week. When I get it and read it I will give the details. Until then everyone needs to chill I am 24 and a Marine Corps veteran and no discipline is being shown by a lot of you just have fun with your phone as is one day you will wake up and it will possibly work better. There are a lot more things you could dedicate this much time torwards like making care packages for overseas military or even sending them Moto Mail or going to your local VA and saying hi to Iraq veterans. That’s what we need not a dumb update. Semper Fi!!!!
390 mitchell January 15, 2009 at 12:05 pm: no its not..

if it is minus well get the g2 thats coming out in a few months…

but any news people yet…

why is there people saying they have it?
391 aaron January 15, 2009 at 12:16 pm: That’s alright I bet I won’t buy an unfinished phone ever again. As soon as the new HTC phones hit, good bye G1. Even when the Sapphire comes out if it doesn’t have the necessary Android updates to it then its back to WinMob.
392 userfriendlyme January 15, 2009 at 12:40 pm: @aaron, lol i can agree with you with tmobile they have always sucked with updating phones i tell you what i like the phone but if a new win mo phone comes out from htc like the wing 2 maybe im going back to winmo. tmobile has great service but all you guys should no buy now youll end up buying a new phone before they update it the way you want.
393 ROGER January 15, 2009 at 12:55 pm: Everyone is complaining in the wrong place. You must take your concern to their Corporate Office or if you really want to get them moving…start hitting other websites and inform everyone not to purchase anymore G1′s and tell their friends, until T-mobile improve the G1 and send out the batteries, as they promise. Also, send out the updates, this month. When you hit a company in their pocket book, that’s when you will see real change.
394 ROGER January 15, 2009 at 12:57 pm: You must let them know, the consumer has the power and not Corporate America.
395 Armin January 15, 2009 at 1:42 pm: you know what aaron, you are so right, i called t mobile two times and yet they said were still sending them out.. and im geting really pissed cause everyone here is from a diff state and no one has *proof* that it came out soo what the hell. >=[
396 Faz January 15, 2009 at 2:40 pm: I am in Houston Texas and no update as of rite now.
397 subxero January 15, 2009 at 3:04 pm: Update:

From what I’ve heard from friends at T-Mobile corporate as well as regional indirect dealers is more realistic estimate is end of January.

Secondly the update that I had commented about earlier in this thread was apparently an update to RC30.

And this in addition was yet ANOTHER thing I learned from one of my buddies.

Public Service Announcement:

When you initially buy your phone, often times your on RC29. After a day or two, your phone will pop up the upgrade thing, and once u say yes, it’ll upgrade to RC30 (current version, not cupcake).

I bought my phone 2 days back and apparently this was my update.

Here’s hopin that cupcake is outta the bakery sooner then later.
398 Armin January 15, 2009 at 3:15 pm: yeah its 5 pm and nothing yet, still waiting. but looks like we have been fooled by the date above. maybe it was a typo that they will start sending it out on the 15th, i dont see a reason why they didnt do this crap in the very beginning fools! well michigan has no updates so. keep posted.
399 Ramon January 15, 2009 at 3:20 pm: lol they told lies @ mitchell. … and ill stick by my statement above about it nt coming out for now. Michael better start contacting his source soon….
400 Abel2fresh4u January 15, 2009 at 3:26 pm: Yo0 stop callin to tmobile. becasu they dont even know bout this update. well no every1…. i bought the g1 the same day it came out and the first thing i asked was. ‘is dea an update comin out, like to make the fone.better” and he didnt even know wat was he gonna answer” lol. and like 3 weeks ago i went to a Tmobile store to pay my bill and i asked to some employees if they know about an update comin out. and they say now. “and the day after i recived the RC30…. i went to tmobile yesterday. and asked if they know about the CUPCAKE and they were like. “i cant wait till it comes out!”. lol the know even know wen its comin out. but i heard its comin out 2day. so ppl b patient!!!. =] we will get our “CUPCAKE and eat it too!!! im HUMGRY!. i wish mine comes wit a cherry on top of it!. lol
401 Disappointed in MA January 15, 2009 at 3:39 pm: Well I’m not holding my breath for the cupcake, but does anyone know when paid apps become available? I thought that it was today(the 15th)?
402 dave January 15, 2009 at 3:42 pm: BennyA if it is bull then why is it not out some source said it would be out 1/11/09 and it is the 15th come on man my source sounds right 10/1/09 no one has got it
403 B-rad JEEZY January 15, 2009 at 3:58 pm: Its going to come out the 11th… FOR SURE!! Buncha retards its the 15th….. NONO Its coming the 12th!!!!! How bout you guys just shut up and wait for it to get here?….. And stop saying its coming on a certain day thats already passed
404 masterjam January 15, 2009 at 4:05 pm: i spoke with tmo today and they said no update until all their users can spell correctly
405 D-MAN January 15, 2009 at 4:12 pm: @masterjam,
LoL hahahaha
406 Abel2fresh4u January 15, 2009 at 4:13 pm: u guys dont understand????? stop callin to tmobile. becasu they dont even know bout this update. well no every1…. i bought the g1 the same day it came out and the first thing i asked was. ‘is dea an update comin out, like to make the fone.better” and he didnt even know wat was he gonna answer” lol. and like 3 weeks ago i went to a Tmobile store to pay my bill and i asked to some employees if they know about an update comin out. and they say now. “and the day after i recived the RC30…. i went to tmobile yesterday. and asked if they know about the CUPCAKE and they were like. “i cant wait till it comes out!”. lol the know even know wen its comin out. but i heard its comin out 2day. so ppl b patient!!!. =] we will get our “CUPCAKE and eat it too!!! im HUMGRY!. i wish mine comes wit a cherry on top of it!. lol
407 erasable January 15, 2009 at 4:17 pm: @masterjam,
We are so screwed then.
408 Dakid-D January 15, 2009 at 4:17 pm: ON the real, i have been waiting for this update since last month, i bought sony bluetooth stereo b4 i even knew there was going to be an update thinking this new high tech phone was capable but noooooooo… my old samsung blast could do it but not the $400 Gphone i bought……. cmon and it didn’t have video recording and no built in flash for the camera… maybe i should have looked up better what was capable of doing..
N E ways the thing that gets me mad is that Htc or whoever is in charge of the update hasn’t clarified anything to (US THE CONSUMERS) about the update all i see is that “The G1 Can Have its CupCake & Eat It Too by January 15th | GAB” when i google cupcake update…. today is 1/15/09 !!!!!!where is my cupcake!!!!!!!! My sweet tooth is in major pain!!!!

…..its ur boi D signing out

oh yea im not trashing the g1 i love it but….. u already know
409 Nickedynick January 15, 2009 at 4:18 pm: @masterjam, If this was Digg, I would’ve dugg that comment
410 Nickedynick January 15, 2009 at 4:20 pm: @Abel2fresh4u, Do you find that the keys ‘f’ ‘i’ ‘r’ ‘s’ and ‘t’ have worn out on your G1…?
411 masterjam January 15, 2009 at 4:22 pm: @Nickedynick, lmfao
412 Abel2fresh4u January 15, 2009 at 4:25 pm: lol ma bad. nahh im on my PC
413 Abel2fresh4u January 15, 2009 at 4:28 pm: HEY 6.25PM AND MY CUPCAKE STILL DONT SHOW UP!!!!!!. MA G1 IS HUNGRY AND ITS BEGGIN FOR ITS CUPCAKE!.
414 masterjam January 15, 2009 at 4:33 pm: Hey the market has cupcake… hurry and you’ll be “first”
415 masterjam January 15, 2009 at 4:34 pm: …(the sound of the market crashing)
416 Eric January 15, 2009 at 4:38 pm: @masterjam, thanks for trying to lighten the mood on here lol
417 nick January 15, 2009 at 4:40 pm: @Abel2fresh4u, learn how to speak
418 nick January 15, 2009 at 4:45 pm: Hahahhaha douchee
419 Nickedynick January 15, 2009 at 4:46 pm: You know I’ve been thinking… The actual features of the update aren’t that important to me. Don’t get me wrong, cupcake will be sweet when it arrives, and I’m looking forward to it but I’ve never really used video recording on my phones for example, and while the keyboard would be handy I can live without it. I think what I’m really after is the confirmation that this phone is the constantly evolving creature that it was built up to be before launch.
420 Brianna January 15, 2009 at 4:56 pm: I’ve been glued to this website for a while and all of you guys are calling t-mobile for information when you should be emailing them. By doing this they won’t have to answer the question on the spot (most of them aren’t well informed about the update) and give you a real answer, possibly explaining more. If email doesn’t work stop bothering them because I’m sure they are tired of all of the calls. Just make sure when you send them an email, make sure they can understand your grammar…lol.
421 Brianna January 15, 2009 at 4:59 pm: BTW, I can’t email myself because I am not the account holder on my phone and I don’t know the password required to send it. I already tried.
422 derrick brown January 15, 2009 at 5:13 pm: Seriously people? How could you not acknolege that there is an update. It will come later and if you need video recording that badly then buy a damn video camera.
423 rey January 15, 2009 at 5:29 pm: g2 comes out 10/1/09
424 masterjam January 15, 2009 at 5:42 pm: i’ve got an idea. Nobody post anything until you actually get the update. Who cares about anything else?
425 Where Are the Android G1 Updates of Mass Cupcakes? | GAB January 15, 2009 at 5:44 pm: [...] YOU, Michael Martin & Google And Blog said a Cupcake update was coming out on the 11th or by the [...]
426 Michael Martin January 15, 2009 at 5:47 pm: TO ALL,

I posted FACTS from a call I just had with a senior T-Mobile G1 PDA Specialist who will also comment here on the site verifying the information.

http://www.andgeeks.com/android-g1-updates-of-mass-cupcakes/3632/
427 Ai January 15, 2009 at 5:59 pm: @masterjam, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
428 evelcan2 January 15, 2009 at 6:23 pm: Chicago here its about 7:22pm and no cupcake yet.. bologna. Its all bologna.
429 The_Dream January 15, 2009 at 6:32 pm: I blame Bush for us not having cupcake…Cupcake prices are to high for tmobile to afford.
430 Geego January 15, 2009 at 7:20 pm: @toph, Why the hell wouldn’t the cupcake come out for the G1? It is a legit android enabled device after all, if it going to work with Android, it will work with G1. IF T-mobile wants to never release like some pessimistic people around here want to say, then people will just download it from other means.
431 B-rad JEEZY January 15, 2009 at 7:24 pm: Bad news guys, My source is saying the CupCake update will not be coming this week.

~Will update when I find out more from my uncle.
432 Android CupCake OS for G1 Release Date This Sunday January 15, 2009 at 7:31 pm: [...] with Androdi CupCake OS. Best of all it will have features like Video Recording and Playback. Google and Blog was not too far away when they first heard about it on January 6th about CupCake being released mid [...]
433 alex January 15, 2009 at 7:36 pm: here is some interesting news. Well someone posted the t-mo website yesterday and pointed out that it stated video messaging and stuff is a feature of the g1. i was a little fiesty because of dropped calls all day and a shitty battery and had some extra time soooooo this is what i did. I called t-mo and got transfered to g1 departmen. I explained the dropped call situation to them and the crappy battery and listened to their over zealus remarks and there overly insencear appology’s and then i got ugly. I threw in there face that i was a 9 year customer and that its not right for them to charge soooo much for a phone then require a service plan that coasts so much and then lie about the specs of the phone i was very polite and real with the lady and asked to be transfered to her sup. the supevisor was really cool and basically what i did was said that i love t-mo and the g1 and that i use it for work and one of the reasons i bought it is the specs say video play and video messaging are available and there not. they try to tell you that with applications some stuff is pos but i argued that thes features were listed b4 the applications were developed and that its lying and its not right. I was reall nice and polite and acted like i was sincerally hurt and let down that t-mo would decieve coustomers and that while sorry is good it doese nothing to help me with the prices im paying for a phone with options that it does not have. blah blah blah basicallly i had her feeling so guilty that she gave me 2 free months of the 34.99 web package and an 18 dollar credit and that she was gonna let the it people know and that they would look into it. But in the midst of all of it she mentioned that one of the t-mo internal reps had loaded an update rc32 on her g1 and that it did support all types of vido playing and recording but that she could not push it to my phone or get it to me any faster. if you want more details of how i got the free services or how to get them to authorize full upgrades befor timely eligability e mail me at miceli198522@gmail.com and ill explain more. there is an update she didnt say when or where but she also said that in the near future the g2 is going to be released. if you let them think your honestly hurt and let down and make them feel guilty all while being polite they will almost always give you what you want or need. thats my interesting story from yesterday ciao
434 Randy January 15, 2009 at 7:39 pm: man, checking in on this site is really cuting into my porn time!!!
435 aero January 15, 2009 at 7:56 pm: @Vlad,

you are freakin hott hit me up at aerostal@aol.com
436 alex January 15, 2009 at 8:06 pm: Everything that the link from michale says is pretty much what i got from my conv yesterday except she said it was rc32 but what ever its called the factws are basically the same. and another comment i have is that the g1 just came out and is doing fairly well with updates and applications. this is a huge improvment that is coming with the cupcake update and its coming relitivally fast so be patiant and soon we will all be happy and content with our purchase of the g1 one again.
437 Not worth it January 15, 2009 at 8:33 pm: @B-rad JEEZY,

Your Source? No one cares about this he said she said b.s. Your uncle does not own t-mobile, therefore he is probably misinformed like the rest of his co-workers. Spare yourself the embarrassment and dont update us. Thanks
438 Zach January 15, 2009 at 9:34 pm: I think this whole thing is bullshit. Tmobile has NO imformation on this update and hasn’t even heard about it. And half of them own the G1. I sat on the phone for an hour while tmobile looked at the same exact stuff we are all looking at. If it was rela, wouldn’t they know about it? I’ll believe it when I get it. Or see that other people have started getting it, rather then the one video out there. Email me if you have coments.
439 B-rad JEEZY January 15, 2009 at 10:13 pm: @Not worth it,

Wow retard, if you don’t think I’m correct why did you take the time to write that message? Your just wasting your time pal. Spare your self an ass kickin and shut up
440 jimbojimbo January 15, 2009 at 11:23 pm: Wow randy youra beast… I feel u on the porn thing… ur gonna love me wen I tell u this if u don’t already know ifap.to= theeeee bestttttt porrrnnnnn sitttee for the g1 while on ur g1!!!
441 Randy January 16, 2009 at 2:39 am: @ jimbojimbo- nice site, didnt know about that- i was looking 4 somthing like that, that should hold me over till i get my cupcake! lol
442 benji January 16, 2009 at 2:39 am: @squeaky wheel, dude, dont be such a whiner. You really think the guys answering the phones have anything to do with an update to a phone most of them cant even afford?

If you are such an uber hot programmer (20 years was it? I suppose you invented the interwebs also, yes?) write the app yourself instead of harassing ppl who are trying to help out other not-so-all-knowing customers as your good self.
Calling T-mob every day for the same reason when the people you call keep telling you they dont know will just get you blacklisted. Also, ppl will think you are a total jerk. Dont take out your frustration on them, their job is to tell you if you’ve gone over your minutes (no offense to any employees n this thread).

Also, its just a phone, just thought id throw that out there.
443 3Deros January 16, 2009 at 4:15 am: I have to admit, I waited for days waiting for this update. The important thing to remeber is that the update is to come early January, but this might just be to T-Mobile for distribution. This “LEAKED” imformation may not be for our eyes. We all have to consider that T-Mobile will take this “Update” and use it to their advantange. There will be a phone with no hardward keys and will require the features that we are so eagerly awaiting. Make no mistake…Tmo will come with the media blitz to sell phones. Calling Tmo is like throwing eggs at a castle. They will do what they do and thats make money and as long as we call them to inquire about this UPDATE it reasures their belief in captializing
444 SLiNkY January 16, 2009 at 6:25 am: Is anyone else getting a lot of dropped calls even when you have plenty of service bars?
445 SLiNkY January 16, 2009 at 6:58 am: I received the email I posted I would receive which came forwarded from 4 TMobile operations managers and Tmobile store owners they do not have an exact date but that it will be no later than mid February OTA and will not be everything that cupcake has to offer but will have the majority of the features everyone has heard about it will be coming in as a regular update not a windows 98 to xp pro thing lol just as the RC-30 was incorporated. Fix the big bugs add the bluetooth, video yet no details on its performance, save mms, and some turbo boosters to functionality of basic phone features, browser and java. There was also a clause in the email stating another memo would be sent out soon when it comes I will request it and share the info. Don’t stress phone runs good now just have fun with it don’t check in too often and don’t lose sleep bc you think you will be the first to click I approve upgrade lol if you get it we all will have it before you can even brag so relax and show those iphones what they wish they could be.
446 gary January 16, 2009 at 9:13 am: there is way 2 many stories out there about a release date.first I heard between the 11th and the 15th of january,and than I heard it was 2 be out by noon yesterday,and when all that did not go thru I heard by this weekend january 18th which is on a sunday,now slinky talking by mid febuary,this is all bullshit.maybe if people start dropping contracts they will get there shit 2 gather!!!!!!!!!!!!
447 Shawn January 16, 2009 at 9:33 am: @jimbojimbo, btw that site is sweet was looking for a good porn site thanks
448 Michael Martin January 16, 2009 at 9:51 am: @jimbojimbo,

Thankfully you didnt provide the hyperlink or I would have had to delete it.

I just didnt know Tonga’s Federal Student Aid would involve this??

IFAP (Information for Financial Aid Professionals)
449 bobbylight January 16, 2009 at 11:28 am: theyll do anything to keep u on a contract
450 Sr. January 16, 2009 at 11:28 am: @gary, ok you be the first to drop your contract and we will follow……
451 Sam January 16, 2009 at 1:25 pm: I had 2 job offers last year one from Tmobile as a programmer analyst in Seattle and another one for healthcare in Portland

I took healthcare. I am doomed
G1 has made me so addicting tht Ihave started working on my resume again
452 ROGER January 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm: It’s kind of funny how everyone will complain & rant but will not go to the source. {T-Mobile Corporate Office.}

Until you make that step…your words are going “on deaf ears” because NO one can help you here.

Once T-Mobile receive a flood of calls or emails…that’s when you will see results. {If you’re serious about results…if not, keep ranting on this site.}
453 nelson January 16, 2009 at 2:27 pm: does anyone know that g1 got face recongnition on it. i went to a picture to crop it and there was two people on the picture and automatically recongnize the faces. I never say this before and i had the g1 for about a month and been playing with crop picture too. just wierd did anyone else knew this
454 Dennis January 16, 2009 at 3:04 pm: Nelson in english plz can’t understand “what” u said.
Is that true about G2 or just a rumor?
Ppl just wait for dang update, the phone came out 3 month ago and u freaking out like its an end of the world, even world been created in 7 days and we talking about cell phone just chill and wait.
I’m sure u not gonna get any cupcakes till TMo or HTC will give the official rls date so quit sweating about ppl
I also got a ? What does little circle with 2 arrows inside mean? It shows up now & then (not pluged to my pc) on my taskbar next 2 reception looks like sync sign on Ipod. If it sync what its doing and why?
455 Kadster January 16, 2009 at 4:03 pm: Hey, Peeps….just got this off a website:

“Rumors about when/if the “cupcake” OS update might be heading for the G1 got a little more confirmation today as Google and Blog discovered after speaking with a G1 PDA Specialist.

According to the rep, the update (dubbed RC31) is, in fact, coming to the T-Mobile G1 with an end of January target for release. Furthermore, the update “will be done in stages “Over The Air” but it will be by region, not when you purchased the G1.”

Interestingly, the rep also noted that T-Mobile has a battery improvement program for the G1 in the works, which should come as a relief to the throngs of customers who have been disgusted and appalled at the now infamous lack of battery life.”

To me, still sounds like rumors but something is something…..
456 nick January 16, 2009 at 4:09 pm: I chatted with a tmobile rep today. I’m getting a new battery.. and I asked her about an update..she said “YES there is an update coming. Its actually called “cupcake” not sure why. It feautres an on screen keyboard and faster web browsing. It is supposed to be out by the first quarter of the year hopefully by february”
457 wtf January 16, 2009 at 5:43 pm: ITS REAL ITS EFF’IN REAL CUPCAKE IS EFF’IN REAL
458 wtf January 16, 2009 at 5:45 pm: I’M SO EFF’IN HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!
459 masterjam January 16, 2009 at 6:06 pm: why r u reluctant 2 share here…shady
460 aero January 16, 2009 at 6:20 pm: hey forget about these cupcakes make me some rice beans and chicken send that to my phone
461 masterjam January 16, 2009 at 6:21 pm: jaaronmoody@yahoo.com
lets see whats what
462 Hans January 16, 2009 at 6:29 pm: @Dennis, it is syncing…to your gmail account all of your contacts and such so you dont lose your info in the event you lose your phone
463 staticjim January 16, 2009 at 6:29 pm: @wtf, why do you say its real?
464 NATE January 16, 2009 at 7:33 pm: @staticjim, anyone copy you on the E-mail i sent out
465 NATE January 16, 2009 at 7:36 pm: @masterjam, well????
466 Dennis January 16, 2009 at 7:42 pm: @ nick

dude r u dumb? Ty 4 telling us what we already been talking about for past week…..
467 NATE January 16, 2009 at 7:45 pm: in this memo i got fromm T-mobile it says nothin about an on screen key board
468 nick January 16, 2009 at 8:48 pm: hey dennis, fuck you =)
469 jonathan January 16, 2009 at 9:38 pm: @Kadster,
Believe it or not that’s what my g1 specialost told me yesterday at 8pm. I called to get my phone switched out due a gps issue and contact sync not working. Gps doesn’t sync anymore and when it did it showed I was in appaloosas. Louisiana… I live in houston…lol.

I asked about the update just being stupid and he rattled off a bunch of text from a memo stating the start date is jan. 27th and it will be phased OTA over 4 weeks so don’t call if I don’t get it on the 27th. Personally im sick of rumors. Tmo should really have made a statement on this. He sounded like he was reading a professional statement not just talking out of his a$$. I hope he was right. In the mean time I got new g1 shipped to me but had to pay 19.99 on my next bill for express shipping. I just need a2dp and flash… jeez it shouldn’t be this hard.
470 Dennis January 17, 2009 at 12:07 am: @ nick u wish u could
@ nate u bsing its says so everywhere dude virtual keyboard
471 alonso soto January 17, 2009 at 12:32 am: People should start putting frosting on their phones,and call it a cupcake.if anybody does, let me know how it goes,seriously let me know please………………………wtf……………………dam.
472 Ramon January 17, 2009 at 4:04 am: I wonder if I will still benefit from the battery improvement program if I’m getting a replacement on monday..hmm….MY GPS IS NOT WORKING, ANYONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM???
473 anthony January 17, 2009 at 4:16 am: Cupcake isn’t coming yet
474 masterjam January 17, 2009 at 5:18 am: @NATE, i didnt see any new info, but maybe i missed something and it does say “soft keyboard and other input methods”
475 julian January 17, 2009 at 8:12 am: This is funny to read about all of you crying about the update. What makes you think t-mobile know shyt about this update? They update these smartphones like the instinct,dare,vue, palm tero’s and the iphone and whatever else like all the time. Trust me even my mom who is a ceo at AT&T and knows alotta ppl from apple who create programs for the iphone, says that these updates usually come “late” because programing takes a lot of work and sometimes thing don’t come out perfect like they plan. Our best bet is to wait till the end of jan or mabey even mid feb. And if it don’t by then f$%k it! Just know this they will give us these updates “oneday” so that means stop coming to blog sites looking for and answer because nobody has it! Just wait and go along with your lifes and just wait god dangit!!! Lol!!
476 jready January 17, 2009 at 8:14 am: This is funny to read about all of you crying about the update. What makes you think t-mobile know shyt about this update? They update these smartphones like the instinct,dare,vue, palm tero’s and the iphone and whatever else like all the time. Trust me even my mom who is a ceo at AT&T and knows alotta ppl from apple who create programs for the iphone, says that these updates usually come “late” because programing takes a lot of work and sometimes thing don’t come out perfect like they plan. Our best bet is to wait till the end of jan or mabey even mid feb. And if it don’t by then f$%k it! Just know this they will give us these updates “oneday” so that means stop coming to blog sites looking for and answer because nobody has it! Just wait and go along with your lifes and just wait god dangit!!! Lol!!
477 Corbett January 17, 2009 at 8:52 am: Julian,

Your mom is CEO @ AT&T? LOL, yea sure!
478 paul January 17, 2009 at 9:04 am: hi everyone just to confirm cupcake is real and now the new ota update is ment to be released tomoz jan18th i really hope so i want my cupcake
479 chris January 17, 2009 at 10:54 am: Pual where did you get this info

chriss last blog post..Where Are the Android G1 Updates of Mass Cupcakes?
480 Dave January 17, 2009 at 11:23 am: @paul, ^^^^LOL just another clown starting another BS rumor, No source no dice kid….Please Stop posting a bunch of nothing…..

To the Mods. on this forum can you please merge this with the “Cry baby” forum? I mean seriously this is pointless and sad to see how you people just sit and look at your phone and jump like 30feet in the air when you get a message.

Haven’t you people ever learn the more you look and wait for something the longer it takes to get? Well the same goes with crying, the more you cry the more google and tmo are laughing at you bunch of spoiled clowns.

Here a good ideal….How about instead of trying to impress people with your cell phone and getting the newest device on the market, READ A DAMN REVIEW BEFORE YOU BUY!!! It’s a new OS and there is going to be problems with it. Look how long it took them to work bugs out of windows Mobile ? USE YOUR HEADS!!

PS- I hope every crybaby on here gets stuck on their current build while all others enjoy the New RC-32 build aka cupcake!!! and they rub it in your faces so hard.
481 paul January 17, 2009 at 2:17 pm: @Dave, im only posting information what it said on the website g1-news.com
482 justin January 17, 2009 at 4:19 pm: I ordered my phone last wednesday and got it the 12th and it didn’t have cupcake I think but idk bout that. And what is the problem with the battery ?
483 B-rad JEEZY January 17, 2009 at 4:38 pm: its not coming out till 10/1/09 so relax everyone it should give them time to put flash on it and it will make it better you all have heard what mike martin said it was to be out the 11th to the 15th hes time ran out so lets see if my source is right and he is don’t be a fool and think it is coming out by the end of jan becuase thats not true if you do you will be upset and you don’t need that i am telling you all the truth so we will all have to wait
484 Nickedynick January 17, 2009 at 4:48 pm: @Kadster, Just a quick point: rofl
485 Nickedynick January 17, 2009 at 4:59 pm: @B-rad JEEZY, Who’s this source then?
486 justin January 17, 2009 at 5:03 pm: @B-rad JEEZY,

Are you retarded its not gonna come out in october 10/1/09 retard
487 B-rad JEEZY January 17, 2009 at 5:20 pm: im a retard and you lison to mike martin right ok
488 masterjam January 17, 2009 at 5:38 pm: i want 2 watch cnn live via flash on my g1 on tues. will it happen? what do u think?
489 B-rad JEEZY January 17, 2009 at 6:26 pm: My uncle was on my profile so YEAH!!! lol
490 james January 17, 2009 at 8:15 pm: the update can be tested by the user but at a price, i have info that if you do happened to get your hands on the code u will sacrafice your google apps i dunno weva this is ryt but sum plz let me no i aint got a clue how to do it
491 alex January 17, 2009 at 9:56 pm: Where do I get yhe code screw the apps I want the code
492 james January 17, 2009 at 10:07 pm: Koushikdutta.com/2008/12/buikding-android-source-and-deploying.html plz let me no as I ain’t got a clue how to use I only no and have seen the on screen keyboard working mate I’m in uk
493 Nickedynick January 18, 2009 at 1:14 am: I’m glad I know that the US write the date differently to us or I’d be hugely confused by now.
494 mitchell January 18, 2009 at 2:03 am: hey how da hell did ya get a battery replacement??

I tried twice all they say is that I should go back to the store and purchase a new battery???

Did ya yell and threaten the person at tmobile??lol

I need a battery it diess qucik

Cupcake I need it!
495 Nickedynick January 18, 2009 at 2:34 am: @B-rad JEEZY, Jesus, learn to spell!!
496 Ramon January 18, 2009 at 4:51 am: well i told dem ma battery is not lasting more than day really…unless i dnt use(no calls or data) ……this wait is unbearable
497 eric January 18, 2009 at 6:50 am: shit i told them my battey only lasted about 3 to 4 hours and all i got was some bs tips on how to extend the batteries life wich anyone with brains could igure out themselves…like turningoff gps not using video and musc and shit….i told the lady if i cant use the gps and video and musc without worring about my fone dying in a ridiculous amount of time whats the point in having it. she basicly told me it is what it is
498 Payson January 18, 2009 at 7:31 am: I read on a website (but I forgot the link) that is is goming out today. I also read somewhere that they are doin the OTA by region so I’m guessing they will start in California, and make their way to chicago or NY maybe florida. I’m just guessing there. I’ll try and find the link and post it but I’m on my G1 and idk how to copy links and paste them. Oh wait… that’s in the cupcake
499 Ramon January 18, 2009 at 8:31 am: Lol just call back and try again.
500 masterjam January 18, 2009 at 8:46 am: yo check this out. I went to bed last night hoping that possibly the rumors were right and we would get an update this morning. I DREAMED about it last night. It was great, everything we want and more. I couldn’t stay in bed past 5am, convinced that I was clairvoyant. Well guess what, I forgot to turn off the GSM and my G1 was DEAD, on the charger no less. I powered up… and… nada. Someone hold me. And while you’re at it, gimme another line of bull, like it’s coming the 25th…NOT.. then the 31st(according to an email from Obama)…going back to sleep now.
501 mitchell January 18, 2009 at 10:18 am: i had called the google company and spoke to one of their reps..and they told me that cupcake has changed its name to brownies…wtf yeaa!
502 Tom January 18, 2009 at 11:23 am: heres my opinion on everyones worry about the G2, keep in mind, the G1 has sold amazingly well, the last thing any phone company wants to do, especially in our failure of an economy is stop supporting something that has brought so much revenue, which brings me to cupcake, im not even worried about it, yeah itd be nice to check my phone for missed calls one day and have an update notification staring back at me but why the rush?, as it is everyone from google often states that the code is incomplete, want to know what happends when you release something incomplete, you get 2 stars for your program in the android market (cough)minispacewar(cough, my advice is to sit back relax, and play the living crap out of papijump till an update becaomes avialble
503 NATE January 18, 2009 at 1:20 pm: well why we all wait for cupcake. Whats everyones favorite app on the market???
504 Not Worth It January 18, 2009 at 2:19 pm: @B-rad JEEZY,

I havent been on here for a while, mainly because ive been pulling double shifts, but I am now revoking your right to talk. If you talk again you will be forced to play in traffic. Thank you.
505 Not Worth It January 18, 2009 at 2:22 pm: @B-rad JEEZY,
You no longer have the right to talk. If i catch you posting anything else you will be forced to play in traffic. People like you are the reason why abortion should be kept legal.
506 amb2130 January 18, 2009 at 2:24 pm: @Nickedynick, All in Favor of revoking B-rad’s right to have ideas say “I”
507 chris January 18, 2009 at 3:31 pm: the cracked screen app and i thought i was getting the update my phone froze for a sec then the android screen popped up and the phone restarted but got nothing. it was such a disapointment
508 mesal January 18, 2009 at 5:01 pm: cupcake
509 mesal January 18, 2009 at 5:06 pm: What does everybody wants………..CUPCAKE
510 Alex January 18, 2009 at 5:31 pm: anyone on here developed their own applicatin? is it hard? anyone have any advice on how to start to learn how to do this?
511 Alex January 18, 2009 at 5:42 pm: anyone on here made their own program for the g1? is it hard? can anyone steer me in the direction to doing this myself?
512 c rich January 18, 2009 at 6:06 pm: Yea the cracked screen app is awsome my friend thought he broke my phone I was like u bitch u owe me 400 dollarz haha.
513 Tha Madman January 19, 2009 at 2:01 am: I have nothing to say about cupcake. Never heard of it till I ran across this site. I love my G1. G2 comes out, so what. There will always be another that comes out one step ahead. It’s like some people are saying, ‘I love my wife/husband/girl(boy)friend because they came along first.’ I couldn’t wait on the one I really wanted. Please. Now you want to upgrade him/her in a hurry. Be happy with what you got, some people are still using the iPhone. I’m not against the ‘cupcake’ wanters, just can’t understand the G1 deserters. G1 was announced and sol way before ‘cupcake.’ If you bought G1 for cupcake, you should have bought a ‘Happy Holly Oven.’ Not trying to make enemies, just given some truth. I LOVE MY G1, cupcake or not!!!!!
514 Tha Madman January 19, 2009 at 2:02 am: Oh, yeah, luv the cracked screen app!!!!
515 Daniel January 19, 2009 at 7:38 am: Does cupcake even exist. The only thing that is playing in my head is the Cupcake is a lie!

The cup”cake” is a lie!!!
516 Chitwn08 January 19, 2009 at 8:40 am: I work for T-mobile and i own a g1 this is what i found out the update we will receive is NOT called cupcake. “CupCake” is the name of an Android development branch that has now been integrated into the core system. The OTA update we will be receiving is called Release Candidate 31 (RC31). It will include some of the new features developed by the CupCake branch, but not all. The update was targeted for release by Jan. 15, 2009, but that was not possible. The new target is “by the end of the month.” It will be released by region, presumably beginning in the Southwestern US and moving Northeast. If you refuse the update, there is an option to force check for updates via wifi.
Leave comments if you want
517 Jonh Samosa January 19, 2009 at 10:52 am: cupcake is coming today some people already got it. I will come back with the pictures soon.
518 Alex H January 19, 2009 at 11:44 am: help need cupcake im dieing lol na jk i can servive hahaha but like reading your comments people this should be on tv
519 slasher January 19, 2009 at 12:48 pm: All I wants to say is can someone just give me a legitimate answer to when cupcake will be released I have heaerd some people are receiving it today and already have it i have heared that it will be released at the end of the month so can someone just give me a clear answer thanks and this site it tthe best keep up the good work
520 Teddick January 19, 2009 at 1:47 pm: If somebody really got the update could you email me for proof.. teddrickhardy@gmail.com
521 Iceman January 19, 2009 at 1:58 pm: I believe Chitwn08. keep us updated
522 Drako January 19, 2009 at 2:55 pm: I can wait. The longer I wait the better it will be.
523 D January 20, 2009 at 1:07 am: @Jonh Samosa, Send me pics if you get them
524 BLOODMONEY January 20, 2009 at 4:47 am: @mitchell,
To get a new battery just call customer care and tell them your phone will no longer power on and you have tried you’re battery in another g1 and it wouldn’t power it on either they will send you another FOR FREEEE
525 Trev Reds January 20, 2009 at 12:52 pm: Google And Blab is ou…

Excuse me…slip of the keyboard.

Google And Blog is our source for strong suspicions, hot rumors and inside gossip. Not to mention wild speculation and outright lies!

Stay tuned for more…of the same.
I know I will, until we get cupcake, rc31, 1.1 etc. At this point anydamnthing ota will satisfy my urges to download and update!

Honestly, its hard to focus on the real world until we get past this.
526 Iceman January 20, 2009 at 5:04 pm: I just had an update. I’m not not sure what it is. There was a popup that said there is an update do u want to do it or whatever, i said yes then after that it downloaded it and the phone restarted. How can I find out if its the cupcake??
527 anthony January 20, 2009 at 6:30 pm: i got my battery but no charger…where can i get 1
528 icecream January 20, 2009 at 7:00 pm: As of now there’s no sign of any update so stop say’n u got d update… they havn’t sen it out yet…. I’ll call t-mo not 2 sen u a cupcake update caus u r a lier…. :[
529 Iceman January 20, 2009 at 8:12 pm: @icecream,
hey i didn’t say i got the cupcake update, i said i got an update in my phone and i don’t know what it is, i’m not lying abt that. i’m still trying to figure out wat did it change cause i can’t seem to find any change in my phone.
530 paulm January 21, 2009 at 1:16 am: Im sure no matter what we will get some kind of update just like rc28 got updated to rc29 and rc29 got updated to rc30! so whatever the update im sure its gonna make the G1 better than it is now. So for now live ur lives with ur awsome G1 phone!
531 masterjam January 21, 2009 at 6:32 pm: Well here we go…samsung and huawei are releasing an android. The G1 and whoever is putting out whatever for it better get it together soon or my top drawer will have another paperweight
532 Alex January 21, 2009 at 6:43 pm: all these comments are making me nervous and kind of regreting buying the g1 and not waiting for the g2 or waiting to se what comes out. i really hope they take care of the g1 users and dont leave us in the dust.
533 masterjam January 21, 2009 at 7:13 pm: oh yeah and i forgot to mention the REAL photos of a g2… or at least it sure looks legitimate.
534 masterjam January 21, 2009 at 7:14 pm: gizmodo has the photos
535 masterjam January 21, 2009 at 7:16 pm: on the other hand why would you purchase something from htc, google, or tmobile that wasn’t up to snuff at release
536 masterjam January 21, 2009 at 7:18 pm: hindsight 20/20?
537 adam January 21, 2009 at 9:39 pm: @gekko,

Yea u did that actually for all who want a cool trick hold down anywhere on the screen besides an icon and checxk out what comes up the clock google search folders I have a folder for all my games and another for reg apps…

Daddy want the cupcake… maybee ill return and get the g2 since its supposed to be so much better… will it still have a keyboard …
538 mysource January 21, 2009 at 10:03 pm: my source confirmed there will not be an update anytime soon. An update will be rolling out right before paid app market is launched which is sometimes in the 1st quarter.
539 mitchell January 22, 2009 at 1:42 am: I GOT THE CUPCAKE I GOT IT, I GOT IT…BUT I ACCIDENTALLY ATE IT..I WAS KINDA HUNGRY SO DAMN I DON’T GOT IT NO MORE

HEHE
540 Tom January 22, 2009 at 5:45 am: @icecream, and ill tell tmobile not to send it to you because you cannot spell
541 Tom January 22, 2009 at 5:49 am: @icecream, an i will call tmobile and tell them not to send it to you because you cannot spell…

…you dont deserve an on screen keyboard
542 santiago11b January 22, 2009 at 5:25 pm: Wtf. This shit sucks. I’m starting to have my doubts about my g1. We need this damn update and google and tmobile are fucking with us. I mean my first G1 crashed on me. I don’t even know what the first update did. All I know is that if I don’t get an update by the end of the month I’m getting an iphone. A phone that doesn’t let people down. Not to mention it has some badass games. If anyone wants to discuss the g1 w me just tezt me or something
910 670 9110
543 Alex January 22, 2009 at 6:12 pm: well all i have good news and bad news instead of watching this page and waiting for bs posts i have done some searching and found a way to get the new android build but there is a good poss that you could screw your phone up if you dont do it right you guys want the link or not?
544 NATE January 22, 2009 at 6:57 pm: @Alex, YEAH SEND IT TO ME NATE.NANO@GMAIL.COM
545 alex January 22, 2009 at 7:10 pm: http://www.koushikdutta.com/2008/12/building-android-source-and-deploying.html

someone let me know how it works when you try
546 Michael Martin January 22, 2009 at 7:16 pm: @alex,

I will have a post explaining this in more detail plus screenshots.
547 alex January 22, 2009 at 7:24 pm: explaining what in more detail? you gonna try it? there are other builds for the update too but from what i hear this one works the majority of the time
548 alex January 22, 2009 at 8:15 pm: @Michael Martin, any luck with that update build?
549 Michael Martin January 22, 2009 at 8:33 pm: @alex,

Actually Arron, who posted earlier here with his personal results from the manual upgrade, offered to guest post here at GAB shortly with more detail.
550 Sam January 22, 2009 at 8:34 pm: Weekend is approaching
Do we have any more Sunday dates yet for cupcake release ?

I am so tired of this hope that I am gonna throw up when I see real cupcakes at the pastry shop

Yeah yeah go on. Is it tonight or tomorrow
or day after
551 alex January 22, 2009 at 8:37 pm: @Michael Martin, where is his post?
552 g1 Owner Since 12-18-08 January 22, 2009 at 11:44 pm: hopefully it will be available before 02-01-09 and on my g1

http://androidindepth.blogspot.com/
553 David M January 23, 2009 at 12:04 am: OK BEGINING 2 DOUBT THE UPDATE THERE ARE EIGHT DAYS LEFT IN THE MONTH… DA REAL COUNTDOWN BEGINS!!! WILL WE BE HAPPY AND FURTHER ENJOYING ARE G1′S OR WILL WE BE PISSED AND READY TO THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW
554 vex January 23, 2009 at 12:20 am: What’s funny to me are the people who say stop complaining. Be happy with the g1 as it is. Well, when I pay my money for something($400 phone) I expect to be satisfied. I could call, text, take pics and video with my cheap $50 phone. This g1 was hyped up to be the best phone on the market, but I can’t even record video! I wanted to view cnn tuesday, but oops(No FLASH PLAYER!!!). I had to view a friends iphone(with flash player) and hear him brag about it. When you buy a Benz you automatically assume it will come with certain features that classify it above a hyndai. Any car can go from a to b, but its the luxury ride that we paid for! That’s why we complain.. Where are the standard features this Benz of a phone should have came with?
555 paulm January 23, 2009 at 12:24 am: this is so stupid why r they being so gay about this update why cant the give is a time window of when to expect this update!!! Im starting to doubt this update too. But dosent mean that i dont like G1 anymore, ya theres alot of work needed to be done with this phone thats why i think this update will be coming. But i doubt its gonna be some stupid update called cupcake, thats the most retarted name i’ve ever heard to give to an update. Don’t worry better features will come to our G1′s but by an update called cupcake….ya right!
556 paulm January 23, 2009 at 12:30 am: i agree with vex this phone should at least come with video recorder for the price of 330 (what I paid). i mean ya my tmobile shadow only had a 2mp camera and it took perfect pics and it also took descent video! also it had flash. i mean if this update doesnt come this phone is way over rated
557 Ramon January 23, 2009 at 4:08 am: more and more this update is looking like a fake public one. more and more this phone appears beta. more and more this phone seem like a quick test to find out how ppl use their phones. More and More I be looking for something else. ..Well want more? just ask Google or sell it on eBay….Hmm…Life
558 masterjam January 23, 2009 at 7:57 am: there is a mailing address on your tmobile bill. if you really want to express your disappointment in tmobile. get a box and ship them your g1 back, and switch carriers. talk and no action gets you just that….no action. this blog should be closed down monday if there is no update.
559 Iceman January 23, 2009 at 10:28 am: also a major disappointment abt this **** called g1 is that u can’t send files through the bluetooth. My friend has a crapy phone that only costs abt $30 and he can send and recieve stuff using the bluetooth. Also we need copy and paste feature. And the ability to select multiple things, for example i can’t highlight a number of things to delete’em all at once or so. i’m pissed i’m gonna fart on my g1 now, excuse me
560 dennis January 23, 2009 at 11:25 am: Y’all cry too much
561 Michael Martin January 23, 2009 at 1:11 pm: @alex,

Arron is lagging on the followup post he told me he would present here.

In the interim I put out http://www.andgeeks.com/google-android-cupcake-ingredients/3650/
562 paulm January 23, 2009 at 2:20 pm: i dont care if theres a G2 google would not have a phone with a bad name on it(G1). so be patient updates r on the way
563 vex January 25, 2009 at 12:53 am: @ dennis… when we pay hard earned money for something and get locked into a contract for 2 years, i think we PAID for the right to cry and complain if not satisfied.
564 cain January 25, 2009 at 2:13 am: The following statement is also on that same cupcake web page maintained by the android team:

cupcake is still very much a work in progress. It is a development branch, not a release.

This is identical to what the T-Mobile statement said.

The fact that cupcake was merged into the master doesn’t mean the master is now cupcake – it means the master now contains everything that was pioneered in cupcake. But cupcake still is a development branch – albeit hopefully one that will be closed and left undeveloped with the work focusing back on the master so they don’t create any further splits.

The paragraph near the top of the page mentions cupcake’s origins. It was a parallel branch that was used for further development while they took on the task of converting a main code branch into an open source format. They merged it back when they were done with the open source transition, not because the engineers working on cupcake had produced a final solid product-worthy result. So, some “work in progress” that had been going on in a dead end parallel branch was merged into master. That doesn’t mean it is ready for release, and the statement above, quoted both on the cupcake web page and in the memo that Will forwarded to us, clearly states this.

The following statements:

cupcake is a work in progress
cupcake is merged into the android master
cupcake is a development branch

None of those statements are in conflict with each other, though there is some ambiguity when they say “cupcake is a work in progress” I believe they mean that the work that was in cupcake – and which is now living in the master branch – is the work in progress. I don’t think they meant to imply that they will continue working on it in the branch labeled cupcake – that would just continue the fracturing of the code base. They could stand to update the page and say “cupcake was a work in progress at the time it was merged into the master and the results of that merge still represent a work in progress which will continue to evolve in the master repository”. To me, this is just the result of shoddy web page editing – someone updated the line that talked about the timeline of merging and didn’t really look at all of the ways that the milestone of finishing the merge affected the other statements on the page.
565 masterjam January 25, 2009 at 4:18 am: FACT Boooooooo
566 aaronaaron January 25, 2009 at 10:28 pm: Did y’all notice that at the T Mobile store they only have G1 models, hmm. I think they know a lot of people would of left this phone alone if they got to play with it first before they decided to buy it. All the T Mobile reps at the store promised us it would get better in due time. ONLY IF THEY WERE TRUTHFUL ABOUT WHAT LIFE TIME! CUZ IT SURE AIN’T THIS ONE.
567 David M January 27, 2009 at 1:20 am: ITS THE 27TH AND STILL NO UPDATE IM JUST SAYING FORGET IT …IM TIRED OF ALL THE RUMORS AND THE SPECULATION THERE IS NO CUPCAKE SOME FAT KID ATE IT… LATER DUDES
568 G1root January 27, 2009 at 1:31 am: http://forum.xda-developers.com/index.php Go here and modify it yourself it’s not hard I got auto rotate, Multi-Touch, Task manager to stop programs from running in the background,next Im going to try to put my apps on my SDcard so I can run them off that and have all my internal memory
569 marquez1369 January 27, 2009 at 4:01 am: so i woke up this mornin and the led light on my g1 was a steady blue light, and when i charge it my phone it turns magenta. anyone else have this problem? what the hell does this mean?
570 David M January 28, 2009 at 1:27 am: MAN THIS IS BS STILL NO UPDATE AND MY PHONE IS CRASHING AND RESTARTING TMOBILE GOOGLE ANDROID ONE OF U A** CLOWNS HAD BETTER GET THIS UPDATE OUT AND FIX ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH THIS PHONE I LOVE MY G1 BUT THE BAD IS STARTING 2 OUT WEIGHT THE GOOD AND IT WAS MARKETED TO HAVE BETTER FEATURES THEN IT DOES THIS PHONE IS REALLY JUST SIMPLE IT REALLY DOESNT SET IT APART TO MUCH FROM OTHER TOUCH SCREEN PHONES … TO ALL DEVELOPERS OF NEW SO CALLED I PHONE KILLERS DNT CALL IT A IPHONE KILLER UNLESS IT REALLY KILLS THE I PHONE AND I MEAN KILL IT MY LEAPS AND BOUNDS … AND THE G1 DOES NOT …ANDROID GET YA SH*T TOGETHER
571 mitchell January 28, 2009 at 5:28 pm: Isn’t this like google’s 1st phone?..

I would rather think that they suck at making phones. they should just stick to whatever there best at and not making phones. tryna take ppls money and makin people lookin like dumbasses!
572 Ted January 28, 2009 at 6:14 pm: We know its real because the freakin 1.5 build is already out to download onto the SDK…I like it!…and people who aren’t patient can root their phones and install it onto your phones…but its going to be limited.
573 Nano January 30, 2009 at 4:48 pm: Anybody…… I’ve seen that flash 10 is out is that safe and compatible with my G1???
574 Michael Martin January 30, 2009 at 6:08 pm: @Nano,

Flash 10 is NOT compatible with Android at this time.
575 Nick January 30, 2009 at 8:22 pm: I spoke with a customer service agent and an android specialist 2 days ago asking the same questions all of us have been asking. 1. Any news on Cupcake and flash. 2. Battery Life.

1. Both the customer rep and the android specialist said end of january. They differed on Flash. The rep said Flash was not included but Adobe and android had reached an agreement and the code was ready for a flash player to be downloaded from the adobe site. The specialist said it was supposed to be included.

2. MAybe most importantly and pressing right this minute was the battery life question and the real reasonI called. The rep transfered me to the specialist promising a new battery. Once I got to the specialist who said her husband had the phone and had the same complaint, told me a fix that has seemed to work well ever since.

If you turn off the automatic sync feature the phone will last easily all day with fairly heavy usage of every feature including bluetooth and wifi. The only problem I have found with it, is that my e-mail doesn’t get checked every 5 minutes. I just manually check it or turn the auto sync on every 3-4 hours to sync everything so its not a killer. It has allowed me to surf the internet, play games, make phone calls, and use the map feature without having to recharge except over night.

Hope some of this info helps.
576 Jeff January 30, 2009 at 10:53 pm: I just updated to PLAT-RC-33!!!!
577 Jeff January 30, 2009 at 11:09 pm: The biggest difference I’ve seen is the market is no longer in beta. Sorry, no video recording that I’ve found.
578 paulm January 30, 2009 at 11:33 pm: @Jeff
did u get that over the air or was it from a website if a website then which one!
579 paulm January 31, 2009 at 10:07 pm: well its Feb and no update
580 Dakid-D January 31, 2009 at 10:44 pm: i agree with paulm its feb and no update
losing major points with your consumers tsk tsk tsk
581 paulm January 31, 2009 at 11:16 pm: does anybody have anymore info about this cupcake
582 G1root February 1, 2009 at 1:36 am: Just mod your phone already http://forum.xda-developers.com/index.php “DREAM”
583 Michael Martin February 1, 2009 at 10:11 am: Its now February and no OTA update has been provided by T-Mobile to my knowledge.

The cop out I have heard is blaming the delay to layoffs, presumably those at Google which shifted resources away from Android although I haven’t heard of any layoffs from T-Mobile publicly.
584 manny February 1, 2009 at 3:55 pm: not to sound messed up but i think every one should stop caring about this update . the apps in the market basically do what we want already. the blue tooth thing and flash player , yes is needed but is not a dying need . i fell into the cupcake thing for a while . waited for the 15 and got nothing and stopped bothering with it and than just wondering how this has turned out , its back to being out of hand . t-mobile sucks most of us no that , and we allllllll know they fuck ups when they try to make some thing or do some thing or push some thing out . just look at this fone , we didnt even have a virtual keyboard because dey thought ppl wudnt want 1 since we had a slide out . look at side kicks , 8 are done , still doesnt have any thing good but aim . thats just t-mobile and it will always be this way . cupcake will come when it does . until then make an app that fixes the problem you see , down load apps or keep moving or just keep going threw dis page day in and out while u look at ur fones and found nothing 2 look at but da back of da home screen and apps on it … peace
585 Nullwire February 1, 2009 at 7:25 pm: The download of the Google G1 Android cupcake update is now available. The update has new features and various bug fixes.

The update features varous bug fixes but the most interesting features are video recording as well as playback and Bluetooth stereo support.

The update also has new browser features, such as copy/paste and quick search, and a full on-screen QWERTY keyboard.

Watch the video below to see the features in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsYkQijq6ys
586 paulm February 1, 2009 at 11:36 pm: Nullwire, where is the site to get it thanks!
587 adrian February 2, 2009 at 7:47 pm: Hes lying that video has been around forever and that’s just an emulator not the real thing. And either way its supposed to be an ota update so its not a download from the internet
588 Tha Madman February 2, 2009 at 10:11 pm: This is just my opinion. I’ve been watching the developers’ platforms that are being released for open source. I’m currently downloading the code and see that they are still updating code. ‘Cupcake’ is not ready for release. It looks like they are trying to work out all the bugs so that what we all get does not need additional fixes (like Windows software). Consider this, if you were cooking cupcakes, would you take them out earlier to eat them? For all we know they could be just adding the frosting, and maybe some sprinkles for appearance. Place your phone on 450 and wait. It’s like Christmas when you were a kid, you can’t wait to open your gifts, but that what makes it that much more sweeter when you do. If you REALLY can’t wait, get Linux and download the code.
589 Nickedynick February 3, 2009 at 3:53 am: Bad news guys, looks like the next update won’t be ‘cupcake’ – though it might include elements since it’s not been confirmed what’s in it specifically.

http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=87&thread.id=30897
590 adrian February 3, 2009 at 12:43 pm: That’s gay. So we’re not gonna have the stereo bluetooth or video recording or on-screen keyboard or any of that?
591 paulm February 3, 2009 at 1:48 pm: no we will get the cupcake update but this one is just to hold us over, cause we probably wont get cupcake for a few months
592 Sam February 4, 2009 at 11:12 am: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/google.latitude/index.html

This article talks about Google Latitude but it makes one interesting point somewhere in the middle of the section

” An update to the Google Android operating system now being distributed to the T-Mobile G1 phone also enables it, and iPhone and iPod Touch users will get the option “very soon,” Lee said.”

So seems like Google update is indeed getting a lot of attention
593 Sam February 4, 2009 at 1:27 pm: According to this article
UPDATE IS 2 WEEKS AWAY

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10155625-1.html?tag=mncol;txt

Updated Feb. 4, 12:13 p.m., PT: This post has been updated with more details about the fixes and new features included in the RC33 firmware update.
594 Nano February 4, 2009 at 11:51 pm: Hello my good people.
Has anyone got the new RC33 update yet. Its really not that important to me just want to see if T-Mobile is able to stick to their word for once…
595 Michael Martin February 5, 2009 at 12:20 am: The person that first publicly declared he got the RC33 build plus a screenshot of it posted on http://www.andgeeks.com/rc33-update-for-t-mobile-g1-android-phone-users-why-no-31-or-32/3701/
596 Michael Martin February 5, 2009 at 11:00 am: Great article on ZDNet regarding the whole Cupcake saga & does call out, justifiably, GAB within it.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=731
597 bbb66688 February 5, 2009 at 12:34 pm: was just minding mine own bis when i noticed a upgrade option on phone i did it now i have some weird voice search thing on my phone has anyone had this happen to them?
598 Michael Martin February 5, 2009 at 12:59 pm: Yup the details of the update is at http://www.andgeeks.com/rc33-update-for-t-mobile-g1-android-phone-users-why-no-31-or-32/3701/

I am curious if the time stamp for calls has changed from how long ago it was to the ACTUAL time…can you confirm?
599 Alex February 5, 2009 at 2:28 pm: hey michael i never did come to a conclusion if you modded-rooted-dev-jailbreaked-or hacked as i have heard it called your g1. I guess there are good and baad points to doing this main bad point being it voids the warrintee but im not clear if you did it or not if so i would like to speak to ya and also are we sure what is actually included in rc33 and what not? or where the current recipiants reside? thanks brother
600 Michael Martin February 5, 2009 at 3:02 pm: @ Alex,

No I havent rooted my G1 as I personally wouldn’t recommend it unless you really know what you are doing.

I simply use the emulator on my PC to play around with Android.

RC33 features are confirmed by T-Mobile at http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=87&thread.id=30897
- so its NOT rumors.
601 gypsy February 5, 2009 at 3:41 pm: Yo I got it not cupcake but rc33 it really ain’t that great I guess if you wanted to save images from text then maybe it would help but it really don’t amuse me voice search is ok a lil buggy just try to say imeem and it shows 19 lol well for whatever this may help it was at 5:15 pm I live in detroit so eastern time later guys
602 MANNY February 5, 2009 at 6:24 pm: JUST GOT THE RC33 UPDATE HERE IN NY AT 8:23 PM DONT KNOW WHAT IT HAS NEW NO VIDEO NO SCREEN KEYBOARD OH GEEZ
603 Rudy February 5, 2009 at 7:36 pm: i accidently pressed update later!!!!! how do i get it back
604 Michael Martin February 5, 2009 at 7:39 pm: It will come back to ask you again within a few hours.
605 Josh T February 5, 2009 at 7:48 pm: @Rudy. Try rebooting your phone if you want it now ( Call button+Menu+End Button )
606 Alex February 5, 2009 at 8:01 pm: ok guys here is the link to update your phone manually simple as just reading and doing takes about 10 min if you cant do it e mail me and i will give you my phone number and walk you through it.
http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=87&thread.id=31470
607 D-MAN February 5, 2009 at 10:13 pm: ok i did the manual install just now and it works fine thanks alex. Now all we need is cupcake but this will keep my mouth shut for about a week lol
608 Nano February 6, 2009 at 5:04 pm: I just did the manual update and realized this is just a STFU update (shut the fuck up) to keep us from talkin about cupcake. This update is bullshit and they could have kept it….
609 David.m February 6, 2009 at 6:02 pm: Somebody how do u do the manual update. Its taking 2 long to get to my phone
610 Dakid-D February 7, 2009 at 11:26 pm: i downloaded jesus freak file to my phone how do i return it to original rc30 andriod build??
611 B3N February 8, 2009 at 9:07 am: I got the RC33 yesterday and I think is sucks!!! All we are going to get is a bunch of worthless and useless crap. Hey here is an update to where you can save pics from sms. Cram it in your cram hole T-Mobile and Google. I like this phone but I am falling farther and farther from it everyday! Whats that you say we have voice search now? SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK it doesn’t work half the time. Have you all seen the crappy apps on the market? OMG suckity suck suck!!!! I would rather pay for really good ones than look that this!! Latitude is the only thing that is good with this update if you a F@#$ing stalker. I am sorry, about this but I have to release my tension!!! I hope your day is going better than mine!!!! LMAO
612 Sam February 8, 2009 at 9:55 am: Ok got the update
I am in Portland Oregon. Got it around 7.30 pm on 7th

It gives 2 options
1) Update now
2) Update later

When you hit “Update now”, it starts updating and takes about less than 5 mins to download install and reboot

The only change I have seen is the Google search voice

I tested it with an easy name “Obama”

No matter how hard I try to say it clearly, it comes back with “Oklahoma”

I dont know what other features have been installed but I will check against the checklist that Michael has posted before

Lets see if they work

Oh the Save MMS works…

Overall so far does not look so impressive
613 pat_riot February 9, 2009 at 7:53 am: did anybody get a memory upgrade as well. My phone went from having 20mb to having 50mb
614 paulm February 9, 2009 at 12:16 pm: ya i got like 15-20 more mb free
615 Nano February 9, 2009 at 3:55 pm: @ eveyone
are there any websites to get other G1 themes???
616 1G February 9, 2009 at 4:39 pm: Xda-developers.com is all you need to know, modes,themes,move apps to Sdcard;) go there and see what the G1 really can do with modded updates that my grandmother could do.
617 TheGreatWhitePimp February 9, 2009 at 4:59 pm: Just got update here in boston…few other people I know got it here too today.Got everything it said it would deliver,but I went from 20 mb to 12 mb internal memory…wtf?That’s what I was looking forward to…
618 TheGreatWhitePimp February 9, 2009 at 5:41 pm: Just went back up to over 40 mb…sweet…
619 Alex February 10, 2009 at 7:44 pm: please help lol well i updated my own phone to rc33 and it was easy so i got the balls to try to root my phone wich requires downgrading to rc29 which was easy but the rest of the instructions were so vauge and speratic that i dont wanna take the chance of bricking my phone and now…. i cant figure out how to go from rc 29 to rc 33 or even rc30 where i could then go to 33 help!!!!!!!!!!!!
620 Dgoti February 10, 2009 at 9:24 pm: Rooting your RC29 or lower phone:
On RC29 phones and lower, anything you type into your keyboard is also being run in a hidden console with root permissions. More information regarding that at the bottom of this post. But, to get root access, do the following:

Instructions:

1. Download recovery.img and copy it to your SD card (see the previous instructions on how to copy from your computer to your Phone’s SD card).
2. Download the Hard SPL and copy the zip file to the SD card.
3. All files must be on the root of your SD card.
4. Restart your phone. Wait for your phone to start up fully and show the home screen.
5. After your phone starts up, type “telnetd” and press enter. (Yes, it will start up a contact search, don’t worry. Just type it.)
6. Download an Android “Telnet” application from the Market and connect to localhost.
7. If you connect successfully, you will have a root prompt “#”.
8. Type the following into Telnet (these commands will give you root access easier in the future):
* mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
* cd sdcard
* flash_image recovery recovery.img
* cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img

Now you have root!
621 Dgoti February 10, 2009 at 9:36 pm: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 This will help too
622 Michael Martin February 10, 2009 at 10:22 pm: @Alex,

These are the easiest instructions I have seen to get root and even a way to have root WITH RC30 (and assumably a way shortly to have root with RC33)

http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/02/tutorial-turn-back-the-clock-downgrade-your-t-mobile-g1-to-android-os-rc29.html

Dgoti’s comments below should work as well but with a little more work.
623 Dgoti February 10, 2009 at 10:24 pm: Tried to help you out Alex but my comments ain’t showing up this one probable wont show
624 Alex February 10, 2009 at 10:58 pm: i really appreciate the help everyone but what i was asking is how to get back to the stock rc30 that my phone came with
625 Michael Martin February 10, 2009 at 11:51 pm: Hard Reset after making sure you sync all your info (and you will lose your apps)

You can do it the simple way of SETTINGS > SD CARD & PHONE STORAGE then select FACTORY DATA RESET

or follow http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=Android3&message.id=28490#M28490
626 Alex February 11, 2009 at 12:32 am: ok lol well i tried the factory reset thing but it reset me to the rc29 version that i had downgraded to but…….. finally i have after 2 days figured everything out and am running the jf 1.41 and it rocks. thanks to everyone for their little tidbits i stole a little bit from everyone and to tell you the truth the multi tuch itself is worth the work. i can try to help anyone out if you wanna try the update just ask me any questions about the jf 1.41 ask away im not sure what all it intails but im playing with it now
627 Michael Martin February 11, 2009 at 12:42 am: @ Alex,

Actually jf 1.42 (essentially RC33 for ADP1) came out today so you can upgrade to that.

http://www.andgeeks.com/adp1-holiday-update/3744/
628 mitchell February 11, 2009 at 12:54 am: Hey ales please get at me asap could you I need your help.. or get at me at gtalk. Mitchell.flores09@gmail.com
629 Dgoti February 11, 2009 at 3:19 am: People are having issues JF 1.42, google latitude isn’t working right just wait for a fix read about it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475381&page=122 Alanine talks about it alil ways down the page.
630 Lori February 11, 2009 at 4:52 pm: what the hell is this BS???
i just got the RC-33 update.
NO onscreen keyboard.
actually NO ANYTHING,
except for a retarded voice search option attached to the google search bar.

this really pisses me off.
even if the stuff that people claimed to be in the cupcake plans weren’t truly in the plans for it, they should have seen the massive demand for such things and at least done their best to include a SIMPLE ONSCREEN F*****G KEYBOARD!!
631 Nano February 11, 2009 at 5:27 pm: What is this …. and whats in it ……
632 david February 16, 2009 at 8:52 pm: Umm theres chompsms with onscreen keyboard. and did the cupcake thing e ven come out yet…..? cause i need a video recorder…
633 confosed February 21, 2009 at 1:46 am: when downgrading where in the card do i put it?
634 confosed February 21, 2009 at 10:58 am: ok i downgraded my phone succesfully, now when i try to download the recover img on xdadevolpers, it says internal error processing iso img? can anyone help?
635 arjay thomas February 24, 2009 at 11:07 am: please help me someone i have been trying to get this right for weeks i have root and im using test keys and i instal the update zip and it works no problems and then i go to about phone and it says rc29 still ahhh help please
636 Dgoti February 24, 2009 at 5:27 pm: Ya Ill say it again Xda-developers.com
How-to- Root, Hack, and Flashing your G1/Dream Read first!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Sign up and use there search option to see if your question has already been asked,and if it hasn’t which I’m sure it already has then post your question. Remember any time you need to know something about the G1/Dream go to http://www.xda-developers.com/ and all you need to know is there.
637 mark hopkinson February 25, 2009 at 5:59 am: i don’t think i have the update. how do i get it
638 Daniel March 6, 2009 at 3:16 pm: Has cupcake been scrapped all together? January 15th it was to be released and it’s now March 6th.. This is really disappointing..
639 T-Mobile States Android Cupcake Update on the G1 in April | GAB March 11, 2009 at 11:43 am: [...] have been Cupcake rumors and hearsay several times since last year of when it will be officially provided onto the G1, if at [...]
640 laybac April 7, 2009 at 3:55 pm: Where is the dang cupcake update?! Were “supposed” to get it this month sometime…
641 SAm May 30, 2009 at 8:20 pm: Hello Guys
I am in Portland Oregon. Today (30th May) I got the Cupcake update
Here are some new features that I was able to
1) Camcorder
2) Camera ( new soft button)
3) Text and browser with on screen buttons
4) Slight new look for phone book and other functions like music

I am still exploring

What else should I check for?? please let me know
I also would like to know the official website where Tmobile has published the new features in this new installation
642 Anand June 5, 2009 at 9:30 am: Hi everyone
I got new cupcake update and here is the news Music system now screwed up they introduce new stereo bluetooth music listening but rest is gone like regular headphone not working and while you are listening music if any phone call comes than no headset will work untill you restart. I am very frustated.
643 Sean July 6, 2009 at 4:19 pm: Me too! Music comes on now whenever the jack is used, can I turn the music applicaton off? I don’t even use the bluetoothe stereo!
644 Sean July 6, 2009 at 4:21 pm: Me too! Help!