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How To: Install the HTC Hero's UI On Your Sad Old G1
Android 1.5 Unofficially Available For G1
Google's G1 Tethering Move Sets Precedent For Carrier-Specific Android App Markets
HTC Shipping At Least Two More Android Phones This Year
T-Mobile G1 Now Shipping with 3.5mm Headphone Adapter
Google Seals Up Android 'Jailbreak' in Automatic Update
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royoftroy
07/22/09

In reply to How To: Install the HTC Hero's UI On Your Sad Old G1
We had this long before the Hero was released, how is this news?
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John Herrman
07/22/09

@royoftroy: It's a better guide than we had before, and there are many, many more roms to choose from.
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Linux chief hardware engineer
04/16/09

In reply to Android 1.5 Unofficially Available For G1
So android didnt have copy/paste system wide.. or video recording?

...alright? I could have sworn people were hating on the iphone for the same reason
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hodayathink wants WWFRD back!
04/16/09

@Linux chief hardware engineer: You seriously need to get a life. Seriously. Go have sex with your iPhone and leave the rest of us alone.
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strider_mt2k
04/02/09

In reply to Google's G1 Tethering Move Sets Precedent For Carrier-Specific Android App Markets
I just had to use some non-approved techniques to open up tethering on my Verizon i910 Omnia.

If we're paying for the connection and staying within the limits of "unlimited", then who's to say what device can be connected to it and how?

It's nothing but a way to wring a few more bucks from the customer and it's unfair.
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Evodico
04/02/09

In reply to Google's G1 Tethering Move Sets Precedent For Carrier-Specific Android App Markets
The lead photo doesn't make much sense.. comparing illegal jailbroken iPhone apps to normal Android apps? Bah. We're equally screwed in the iPhone universe. Worse, actually, as at this point tethering is illegal period, regardless of carrier. Also, the iPhone App Store is carrier and country specific as well, creating an uneven experience (same goes for iPods).
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strider_mt2k
04/02/09

@Evodico:

I think they are showing the lack of sanctioned tethering as an inability of the devices to be able to "talk" to each other, not to make any comparisons or draw any similarities to jailbreaking and non-sanctioned tethering apps.

Pretty sure, anyway.
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Evodico
04/02/09

@strider_mt2k: Don't know. I didn't see it that way. I mean "Want to talk about it?" suggests one consoling the other, while "Shut up" and the choice of apps on screen not-so-subtly showcases what one can do and the other is bitter about.

That's just me.. and I love my (jailbroken) iPhone, but I also like to keep it fair when bashing the competition. You know, apples to apples, etc.
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strider_mt2k
04/02/09

@Evodico: I can see that, sure.

Maybe it's just my familiarity with Gizmodo's style that made me see it like I did.
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elementary
03/17/09

In reply to HTC Shipping At Least Two More Android Phones This Year
What is the word on the carriers? I know T-Moblie has the one with the nice screen, according to gizmodo. What other carriers do/will carry android phones?
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Kaiser-Machead
11/20/08

In reply to T-Mobile G1 Now Shipping with 3.5mm Headphone Adapter
You know, this is not so bad. It doesn't make sense in this day and age to not include a standard 3.5mm jack, but a USB adapter is a heck of a lot better than the wonky fastport on the Sony Ericsson W810i that I have. Seriously, after plugging and unplugging the big fat charger plug, eventually, the sound through the including headset/mic piece, or even just a regular fastport 3.5mm adapter can get rather wonky. At least the USB won't start fucking up like that.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/20/08

In reply to T-Mobile G1 Now Shipping with 3.5mm Headphone Adapter
So if I buy a G1 from Walmart can I activate it and use it on ATT? I'm not switching to T-Mobile at this point..
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iAirmanshirk
11/20/08

In reply to T-Mobile G1 Now Shipping with 3.5mm Headphone Adapter
They're still selling the g1...? oh i thought they would have discontinued it..
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Kaiser-Machead
11/20/08

@iAirmanshirk: Actually, I'm starting to see these things more and more. Really, if you're a TMo customer, this is one of the few interesting phones that they actually have if you want something with a discount (and a plan). There's really nothing in their stores other than Blackberries, maybe a low-order SE and Sidekicks.
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WCD_Thor
11/07/08

In reply to Google Seals Up Android 'Jailbreak' in Automatic Update
I must have been mistaken when I thought the Android platform was supposed to be fully open. Damn it Google, start being cool again.
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11/07/08

@WCD_Thor: Congrats, now you're mistakenly mistaken!

I think you may have just achieved:

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flamingmenudo
11/07/08

In reply to Google Seals Up Android 'Jailbreak' in Automatic Update
The word "fix" is debatable depending on what side of the jailbreak fence one lies.
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IN THE FACE!
11/07/08

@flamingmenudo: So you're on the side that would prefer others to have easily hackable access to the root of your phone without your knowledge?
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paja
11/07/08

In reply to Google Seals Up Android 'Jailbreak' in Automatic Update
Google fanboy Hypocrites.

This says it all..... "The exploit did provide more access to the the Android's core functions, some of which could be useful for app development and porting to other phones, but it also exposed a gaping vulnerability that would be immediately shut on any other Linux distribution"

So for Google it's a nice pleasant little fix, but when Apple does it it's a blow against human rights. Yeah right.
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John Herrman
11/07/08

@paja: Apple is shutting out apps that it doesn't approve to protect business interests. Google isn't trying to shut out apps here, they're trying to close a massive security hole. You can still install whatever you want on your Android phone, so the loss of total root access is of minimal concern.
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IN THE FACE!
11/07/08

@paja: K, so if you want root access thats all well and good, until someone completely hak-pwns ur phone, steals all of your data and then take a loan out in ur name...

Oh, wait, it was a security hole...

STFU Mactards
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Stacky Botrus
11/07/08

In reply to Google Seals Up Android 'Jailbreak' in Automatic Update
The hackers have to understand... google pays their hackers a salary to fix this stuff :)

Then again... should there be vulnerabilities to begin with?

NO! Sorry mister gHacker, you'ze been suspect.
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11/07/08

@Stacky Botrus: I know there is an intelligent thought in there somewhere, I just don't know where it is...
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