I agree that this is the way you would have to do it. I am disappointed because I have over 150 apps on my cyanogen-modded phone, including 50 paid apps. (Try that on your stock G1 ;) )
I have tried the various backup apps, and I have not been pleased with the results. Some apps can be restored just fine, while others never quite come back (need uninstall/reinstalls). This method as described would be a nightmare for me. [Tangential rant] I believe that people like me are a great boon to the developer community. Having 50 apps that I paid for running on my phone is a good thing, right? In fact, the main reason I rooted my phone was because I ran out of space and had to uninstall apps that I had paid for. Then, I found that the modded roms were actually faster and more stable than stock...[/Tangential rant] --Ed On Sep 29, 9:06 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > It is not as bad as you think... > > You see, you are still entitled to whatever updates are supposed to > come with your phone. > > Which means that there are at least a couple of solutions to your > concern; > 1) restore factory image and take the update, back up the updated > apps, reinstall the modified firmware, restore the new backup. > 2) capture the update that is targeted to your device and apply only > the parts of it that you want to. This can even be automated! > > ** the update comes down as clear as day. It is a zip file, no > password, no encryption, no file that says you can't rip it apart. > > On Sep 29, 9:48 am, Mouseclone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have recently read the bacup/restore of the Google applications. > > > I also see that I will not be able to get updates to these > > applications. Any updates that Google makes will be placed in a > > locked down OS. > > > T-Mobile should provide the apps if you have a Google phone. I'm sure > > they they would look at it as a none supported device and wouldn't > > redistribute the software to people either. > > > It is upsetting that I have paid for the Software and I will be unable > > to use it and because I paid for it, I should, in the least, be > > supplied with a way to download the software off of my T-Mobile > > account, and add it to my phone. Other carriers should do the same, > > not just T-Mobile. > > > I'm going to digress now, and just watch what happens. If all else > > fails I can live with out Google on the phone. > > > On Sep 28, 4:52 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > They can't do that because the phone is independent of the carrier, > > > i.e., the HTC DREAM can be used on MANY different carrier networks, > > > and depending on the retailer, may or may not be licensed to carry the > > > google devices, therefore it can't be a hardware-availability either. > > > > You are also misinformed about the legality... you have a google > > > experience device, which means that you ARE licensed to use those apps > > > on your device. The big issue isn't in YOUR use of those apps on YOUR > > > phone, but rather the mechanism of DISTRIBUTION of those apps, i.e. > > > Cyanogen had no license to distribute those apps with his mod > > > firmware. > > > > Your solution to this problem is to use the upcoming no-google-closed- > > > source custom builds and to use YOUR LEGAL BACKUP of the google-closed- > > > source apps. They're closed source, so not modified between custom > > > builds anyways. > > > > On Sep 28, 1:37 pm, Mouseclone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I did a small write up on my tech blog (19incheswide.com) about > > > > Cyanogen and Google. I understand that Google has a point, still > > > > doesn't mean that I'm not pissed at Google about it. I just am. > > > > > As for an idea that might put some of this to rest. > > > > > Google, is there a possibility that you can build an App Pack for > > > > carriers or phones that are "Google Phones". I bought my phone from a > > > > T-Mobile store. Personally I feel that I should have the right to > > > > continue to run the apps because I have bought a license to run the > > > > apps on this phone. I personally didn't think that I violated any > > > > rules by running a modified version for Android. > > > > > The reason for the App Pack is because of the deal(s) that YOU > > > > (Google) and T-Mobile seem to have made at some point in time. At > > > > YouTube is not in the market place I can only assume that the YouTube > > > > app was part of the T-Mobile deal. > > > > > Google, you should be able to make App Packs based on the type of > > > > phone and the carrier that I have. Google Maps seems to be free as it > > > > is in the Market Place. Then again, I soon will not be able to get to > > > > the Market Place because there is no way for me to install it. > > > > > I'm also going to miss the integration of Google in my phone, with my > > > > contacts, calendar, maps, and gmail. I was in the process of moving > > > > things to Google from other accounts, but it seems I will have to wait > > > > until things are sorted out with CyanogenMod to be able to continue my > > > > working with Google. > > > > > I bought the phone not because of YOU (Google) but because it was > > > > OSS. I will continue to use Android and Android Mods like Cyanogen, > > > > with or without Google integration. > > > > > So You and T-Mobile get together and make an AppPack that the rest of > > > > us can use that own a G1 / MyTouch and bought them from T-Mobile. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
