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1 AndroidTapp.com December 18, 2008 at 4:11 pm

This is great news! Thanks Michael for keeping us informed.

Feels like another “Take that iPhone” moment…

AndroidTapp.coms last blog post..Visa Mobile for Android

2 koko December 18, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Great I can’t wait! I jus hope the keyboard swivles on screen and we get better games 2!

3 ed December 23, 2008 at 11:44 am

I hope the browser allows better zoom control

4 cali December 24, 2008 at 11:42 am

Well can the phone also support FLASH! cause thats reaaaalllly all i care about to be honestt

5 Michael Martin December 24, 2008 at 11:53 am

@ Cali

Adobe demoed FLASH working on the G1 in November

I believe it will come out publicly for the G1 in early 2009.

6 robert December 25, 2008 at 1:12 am

I noticed they cut out the chapter that it will come out in January. What is that supposed to mean?

7 G1 Phone Owners May Get a Battery Replacement Christmas Gift from T-Mobile | GAB December 25, 2008 at 10:14 am

[...] The other concerns such as video recording, on screen keyboard, and stereo Bluetooth should be addressed when T-Mobile sends the OTA update in January 2009 with the Android CupCake branch improvements. [...]

8 robert December 25, 2008 at 4:12 pm

I saw that they have now taken off the paragraph that says they will release it in January OTA. What does that mean now?

9 Michael Martin December 25, 2008 at 4:18 pm

@Robert,

Where did you see FLASH being included in the January OTA?

10 stanley December 27, 2008 at 11:31 pm

Will the camera be better? If not having a video player will be pointless! I hope they fix that first!

11 Scott December 28, 2008 at 9:46 pm

@stanley
software updates and not upgrade software. That would be pretty cool. The only way the g1 would be able to record video would be if the camera could record, and you would have to capture at least 20 fps for it to be watchable. anything less is basically a flip book

12 Jason January 1, 2009 at 10:42 am

Finally stereo bluetooth!!!! Corded headphones break in 1 to 2 months. Wooooo hooooo polish up the headset!!!!

13 Jason January 1, 2009 at 10:51 am

Any camera can record with the right software. That’s what motion jpeg is for.

14 JA-$0! January 2, 2009 at 12:27 am

the iphone is so finished!

15 Jeffrey January 2, 2009 at 2:43 am

Hey do you guys think thatbluetooth headsetts will kill the batt even faster? I mean bluetooth has to be turned on right?

16 Blackmoor Vituperative » Cupcakes coming for the G1 & Android in January 2009 January 2, 2009 at 5:28 pm

[...] The T-Mobile G1 will receive a number of minor software improvements in January 2009, according to http://www.andgeeks.com. [...]

17 Tuckaa January 4, 2009 at 7:06 am

@Jeffrey

course it will, but the convenience is…its just…oh god…OH GOD… lol I don’t care about a loss in battery life, I finally can use my bluetooth hphones

18 julian January 5, 2009 at 11:13 am

Its about dam time they put this on our g1! Haha in your face iphone loser G =p lol! Now all I want is a date when we can download it?

19 The G1 Can Have its CupCake & Eat It Too by January 15th | GAB January 6, 2009 at 2:17 am

[...] is in this G1 update and it closely mirrors what I listed here at Google And Blog of the Android CupCake features – Including VIDEO [...]

20 daddydowse January 6, 2009 at 6:01 am

That vid is a bit jumpy, do we think that the g1 can handle the processing? i already have small problems with mine when pulling rss and reading mail at the same time…

21 Cameron January 6, 2009 at 12:40 pm

How will we know when the update is availabe? Will it be on the Android Marketplace? Im sorta lost on how an over-the-air update will be available and announced.

22 Michael Martin January 6, 2009 at 1:54 pm

@ Cameron,

There will be a pop up on your G1 notifying you there is an update and you simply allow it to upgrade.

I will clarify that as well in the latest post that the update could be happening as early as this Sunday January 11th, 2009 – http://www.andgeeks.com/g1-cupcake-update-released/3612/

23 yung lo January 6, 2009 at 3:37 pm

1…hope tha video update won’t b like tha weak ass 20sec tha sidekick lx/08 got last year G.M.B in DAT ORDA

24 marcus January 6, 2009 at 11:50 pm

this is great but will i find this in the market when its released? also does anybody have info about our flash player and when that will be available

25 chris January 11, 2009 at 11:23 am

Hey uh its the 11th did any1 get the upgrade… just wondering.. hit me on aim macanbyrd with answers

26 Lady.B January 11, 2009 at 10:20 pm

I didn’t get my update yet…hopefully it comes SOON. And we need to get flash player on this damn phone. And a camera wit a flash and video that’s records for a long amount of time.

27 Lady.B January 11, 2009 at 10:23 pm

Someone hit me up on gtalk…
My gtalk name is: Lady.B.Millie

28 21210 January 12, 2009 at 3:55 am

Soo wait how do you get the video player again I’m lost…and just curious does any1s phone slide in more than 1 way cuz seen sombody like turn the screen the other way…idk maybe iwas high but sum1 try n tell me how it goes lol

29 m@ January 13, 2009 at 7:12 am

We need users a password file, bash and anything else that you would normally find in a nix distro, at least add JF’s busybox build.

Id also like a bash shell so my shell can be customized like I would any *nix shell (ie: .bashrc to set path variables and aliases, I haven’t poked around that much but the shell doesn’t seem complete…

Bhang

30 LEILANI January 13, 2009 at 10:59 am

IM SO EXCITED! THESE R EXACTLY THE KIND OF UPDATES I’VE BEEN LONGING FOR! I WAS LITERALLY SITTING ON MY COUCH 4 30 MIN LAST NITE TRYIN 2 FIG OUT HOW 2 SAVE A PIC I GOT IN A TXT.. I CANT WAIT!

31 scott January 14, 2009 at 5:17 am

Look, I’m going to be real about the g1. I’m really disappointed with this phone. I thought it was going to be the iphone competition , but the iphone def. Blows the g1 away. G1 apps suck, the phone is not multi-touch, and the games really suck.

Maybe I’m just impatient. Hopefully the things I talked about are just thing yet to come. But I know I’m not the only person feeling this way about this phone. Just had to get that off my chest lol anyone else?

32 Eric January 14, 2009 at 4:58 pm

Yeah I’m with Scott. The apps really suck. It seems like everyone keeps making the same apps over and over. We need more things that are useful like the ability to run and save apps on the sd card, or even using some of the memory from the sd card to ram for the phone. Things that help improve the phone not these stupid fart apps that seem to pop up on the market every week.

33 CHRIS January 14, 2009 at 6:09 pm

G1 We Go Hard We Go Hard! G1 We Go Hard We Go Hard!

34 Jake January 14, 2009 at 6:17 pm

is there going to be bluetooth file transfer support for Mac???

35 BiLLybOi January 15, 2009 at 7:58 am

@LEILANI,

There is a app in the android market called ‘Save MMS’ under the ‘Tools’ category. Developed by Andrew Schwimmer (The Best App Developer on The Market). It allows u to save pics, vids, audio and other attachments from your txt messages. Awesome and very useful app. It works real good too.

Look up his other apps. They’re really useful.

36 BiLLybOi January 15, 2009 at 8:36 am

@Eric,
Hey eric, just letting u know. Look up the info on how to ‘hack’ your g1 to get ‘root access’ modification(its real easy to do). It really might accommodate your needs as to what u want ur g1 to do. For example it will be able to let u save apps to ur sd card and run them. It will also allow u to run an app called ‘Droidsans Tweak Tools(not Tweak Tools Lite)’ from Market that only runs on root accessed g1′s. This app allows u to auto-rotate ur phone during any operation. And root accessed g1′s can do SO much more. Look into it. U might be suprised to see what the g1 is capable of.

(‘Droidsans Tweak Tools Lite’ is an awesome app too. And u don’t need a root access g1 to run it. Just make sure u set the animation and transition to 5x. Any higher will be too slow for ur phone. Any1 who doesn’t have this app yet-GET IT! Trust me.)

37 BiLLybOi January 15, 2009 at 8:52 am

I WANT MY CUPCAKE DAMN IT!!!! “By” mid-January my ASS!!!

38 face January 15, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Where is that update!? I heard as soon as jan. 11th then by midnight jan. 15th? Just come out with it already or give a specific date so we stop running around like headless chickens!

39 face January 15, 2009 at 1:52 pm

I want my ****** update!

40 face January 15, 2009 at 2:39 pm

Where’s my update!

41 James January 15, 2009 at 3:25 pm

I’m usually not the guy that stays up on news but I am super interested in this “cupcake” update. Right now my G1 blows but I think this will help a lot. Please keep me posted with any news on updates or G1 mods or apps that improve the phone. Its appreciated. By the way what are some good websites to stay up on this info?

42 Adrian January 15, 2009 at 9:05 pm

Apparantly the update will not be coming out until late january now.

43 Cortez January 16, 2009 at 7:35 am

I think this is the best phone T-Mobile has come out with, but if this phone got into a fight with the iphone the iphone would kick the g1′s a**.They should not have dropped the G1 until it was truly ready…come on cupcake!

44 Faz January 16, 2009 at 8:51 am

I am not sure if ya all have tried browser application” Steel ” it comes with on screen key board. Downloaded from the Application site on G1. Give it a try and let me know if ya all like it.

45 G1 gets a Cupcake | Attack of the Operating Systems... January 16, 2009 at 5:59 pm

[...] be pushing out sometime at the end of January. It will be pushed one region at a time and deliver Cupcake elements to the G1. There was speculation that this would be released on January 15th but now there is [...]

46 scott January 19, 2009 at 6:17 am

Can anyone help me hack my G1 to get root access? If you could it would be much appreciated. I tried to look up how to hack it, but I didn’t understand it at all.

47 orlando January 19, 2009 at 10:34 am

They should also add the ability to change the sensitivity of the touch screen, and the falsh would be great for the phone and also the ability to transfer files through bluetooth.

48 Mikey January 21, 2009 at 10:18 am

If I buy a G1 AFTER the cupcake update is released, will it automatically be on the phone or will the update still pop-up?

49 Michael Martin January 21, 2009 at 11:04 am

@Mikey,

The update will pop up over time if its not already installed.

50 adam January 21, 2009 at 9:01 pm

@BiLLybOi, hey what can I do if I hack my g1 … I don’t want to void warantee but if its worth it…. plz wb soon

51 Faz January 22, 2009 at 7:06 am

Has anyone received the updates. I put my phone on charge last nite and wheni woke up this morning it was just a bright screen, it was not turning off or on so i thought may be the updates are running. After waiting for couple of hourse i pull the battery and dang it still shows RC 30.

52 amber January 23, 2009 at 4:13 am

Is there a specific app I need to have to receive an update for the video player. If so which one. And will someone please give me some kinda instructions on how to hack my G1. I wud luv to have auto- rotate. cherry2dream@yahoo.com

53 amber January 23, 2009 at 4:19 am

Sorry I meant video recorder

54 lina January 23, 2009 at 10:17 am

hey all we can do is sit and wait. no need to rush it because an update wont be worth shit if its rushed

55 lina January 23, 2009 at 10:19 am

But ummm in the meantime….that cupcake @ the top of this page is lookin kind of good right about now lol

56 brody January 23, 2009 at 5:46 pm

@scott, multitouch is software based. Give it some time. The phone and apps still need some updating. As well as the frosting on this cupcake update. True… they could have waited and polished everything up before releasing the phone. But what better way to test and gather ideas and improvements could you do other than by releasing it when they did. Patience, haha

57 Kevin January 25, 2009 at 9:37 pm

You guys, add me to your Google Talk so we can share our experiences with new android apps. There r tons out there and I would love to hear from you about the best apps. Kcamon@gmail.com

58 Faz January 26, 2009 at 9:42 am

What is the site for google apps?

59 Syed Sharif January 26, 2009 at 11:16 am

@AndroidTapp.com, When in january can we expect this app tp come out.

60 Michael Martin January 26, 2009 at 11:23 am

@Faz,

Do you mean the Android Market?

You can view it directly on your G1 or if on a computer go to http://www.android.com/market/ or http://www.cyrket.com/

61 Austin January 29, 2009 at 7:15 pm

When is the update coming out.

62 Dakid-D January 30, 2009 at 10:44 am

i bet we get it Sunday the 1st there is alot of screen shots leaking out now so its probably nearly done http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/01/30/234528/video-google-releases-android-cupcake-update-for-g1.htm

63 Faz January 30, 2009 at 4:29 pm

Is there particular setting for GPS on G1. My google maps GPS never locate my correct location. Any clue?

64 David Vaca February 1, 2009 at 9:20 pm

when will we be receiving the cupcake update, please keep me posted?

65 Matt February 1, 2009 at 10:21 pm

I get my phone in the mail tomorrow. Do I need to download Cupcake or will it already be on it?

66 Matt February 2, 2009 at 8:16 am

@Matt,

Neither, it still hasn’t come out.

67 Destruction360 February 5, 2009 at 7:03 pm

They have an app already for video recording .. it about a 3 1/2 stars in my book .. but it does record but no sound .. corny or what .. what it lets u play it back and does have thumbnails to know which u want to look at .. but a bit slow and like i said NO SOUND!

68 Faz February 7, 2009 at 3:36 pm

Friday night around 8 pm , msg poped up on my G1 for an update available. i clicked on update now, it downloaded and i now see firmware 1.1 instead of 1.0 and RC 33. The only new feature i see is voice activated search. No video recording, no on screen key board. Is this something that everybody received?

69 Faz February 7, 2009 at 3:46 pm

not sure if my previous comment are to be posted which were in detail. FYI, i have received update pop up last nite around 8 and i now have rc33 firmware 1.1, but no video recording or stero bluetooth or on screen keyboard all the feature that were discussed in cupcakes. Anyone received such update?

70 debra February 9, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Same here received update today and I do not see any differences except for latitudes.

71 Robert February 12, 2009 at 6:43 pm

Faz, I received the same update… I just got voice activated search? I wnt the touch screen keyboard but do you know if the key will be horizontal, like the iphone when it senses it?
When does the Cupcake come out??

72 Faz February 12, 2009 at 7:27 pm

Robert, From the videos out there it looks like it is vertical only. If you want to experience the on screen keyboard with the browser than download browser call Steel from the Market. Try that, hopefully you will like it. I have just lost hope about this cupcake. I am just going to eat it, can’t wait for it no more;’;).

73 Leanne March 2, 2009 at 8:16 am

Now the 2nd of march….no updates. Gettin slightly impatient now. I bought this g1 because of the internet (had my broqadband cut off at home), and was hoping 2 update my facebook, bebo etc…I can’t upload pictures because I need adobe flash player. I just need an approximate date when this “update” is gonna happen. I’ve heard it was january 09, early 09, and late 09…I have this fone for about 17 months contract now, I at least want to make the most of this “great” fone. If its gonna be late 09, I might as well get a new laptop and broadband put back on!

74 inderdeep March 8, 2009 at 5:37 pm

It should be out before april for sure. Because thats when the new g2 is out on vodafone uk – see the website for that. So its more than likely that they will send out the updates before release rather than sending it out to all the g1 AND g2′s.

75 Marcos Dias March 27, 2009 at 11:33 pm

soo i called tmobile a couple of weeks ago due to a saving picture problem, and i asked the the technician/reptesentative whom i was speaking with about this soo “long waited cupcake update”. she told me that it’s not gonna happen at any time soon. whatever they were working on didn’t quite come out the way they expected and that she’s not even sure if its gonna happen at all…

76 nicky April 1, 2009 at 10:24 pm

April 1st and still no cupcake. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.

77 Frank Ericson April 3, 2009 at 9:47 am

Software support is required, but multitouch is not just software based. Keep in mind, it depends on the hardware powering the touchscreen, and whether that hardware can relay multiple simultaneous touch events to the system. Older, more primitive touch displays averaged all the touches on the screen and relayed the one point. I’m not saying the G1 can’t do multi-touch, but until it is actually implimented, I remain skeptical.

78 Rachel May 2, 2009 at 12:34 pm

I hope they hurry up they kept putting the dates back! Oh well this is the best phone on the market but I hope we get a new flash player x

79 Hyper98GT May 25, 2009 at 11:19 am

I have read on a G1 site that Cupcake is due out in early June of 2009.

80 g1 fo life May 29, 2009 at 6:51 am

Woke up today and my fone updated the cupcake thingamabop! Holla at ur video!

81 wesley May 29, 2009 at 10:45 am

How do I accses the cupcake thing. I can’t find.

82 Michael Martin May 29, 2009 at 10:55 am

You can get it directly from Google at https://android.clients.google.com/updates/partner/signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip

*** Currently it has a 503 server error which should be resolved shortly ***

Then rename the file to update.zip

Connect your G1 via USB to your computer

Select MOUNT on your G1

Once you see the G1 drive on your computer put the update.zip on the main root directory

Shut Off the phone

Reboot holding the HOME button

Once you get the Triangle ! screen hold ALT and press L then S

Then Reboot when prompted

83 acesv3 June 3, 2009 at 11:54 pm

I got my update sry 4 the who didit have the up

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