Developers did get it first - anyone with a developer phone (adp1) can go to htc's website and download it.
For everyone else, it periodically makes a request over whatever network is available and downloads it over http. (Note that if you have no data plan, your phone probably spends most of it's time without any connectivity - without a wifi lock, it will shut down wifi about 2 mins after the screen dims.) On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Keith Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a standard G1 (not a dev phone) without a data plan. So it has > cell coverage and wifi when I'm near wifi point. How is cupcake > downloaded to the phone? It is sent over the cell network despite the > fact that I don't have a data plan, or is it automatically detected > and downloaded over wifi when I connect to a network? How would I > know that my "day in the rollout" came and the download didn't occur? > > I'm a little worried because I was under the impression developers > would get it first...although I don't see how T-Mobile would really > *know* I was a developer, so I find that confusing. > > Thoughts? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
