My UK G1 got cupcake a week or more ago. If T-Mob are selling G1s in a region with 1.5 and they've not rolled it out to the users I'd be going into the stores and asking the question of "How do I make my 'phone get the new software?" and act *really* dumb by making out you can't understand why if you can get the same 'phone from them now with the new software why yours doesn't have it (say things like "So you're not interested in servicing your existing customers, just getting new ones in the door?"), then ask for the cost to swap yours for a new one (and if they say there will be a cost go onto the "Is this some scam to trick more money out of existing customers?" line), then ask to check how long your contract has to expire and make statements like "If the 'phone I bought six months ago is already out of date what's the point in getting another T-Mobile one when my contract is up for renewal?".
If enough messages like this get fed back to regional and area managers the message about rolling out updates in a timely manner should get through. Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Wiley Sent: 10 May 2009 20:53 To: Android Developers Subject: [android-developers] Re: New phones are selling with FW 1.5? I don't think this guy was a developer. I think he just bought a G1 with 1.5 on it. Sigh. Customers seem to be getting it on new phones before the update is pushed to owners of existing phones. That doesn't make life easy for developers...unless I have missed something. On May 10, 12:15 pm, arnouf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Android 1.5 has been send to Dev Phone... > If you want install it on your G1, you can...but it's not really legal > because you have to pass your G1 in root mode and install a cupcake > version (you could find information with Google Search G1+cupacke > +root) > In France, we have a first model using Cupcake HTC Magic G2 and some > others country in Europe too. > > Arnaud > > On May 10, 8:42 pm, Keith Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is this correct? A user has reported this to me. I was wondering > > what the 1.5 public release date was since I haven't had a chance to > > update my software for 1.5 yet. I thought it would be end of May, but > > people already have it apparently. > > > Furthermore, even if I download the 1.5 SDK, is there any way to test > > my code on my phone with 1.5 before the 1.5 upgrade is pushed to my > > phone...and when will that be anyway? > > > I was surprised to have a user report that his new G1 was using 1.5. > > Does this not come as a surprise to others? > > > Thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
