Comments on: T-Mobile Rolling Out G1 Update RC29

By: SSG Maurice McCray

SSG Maurice McCray — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:34:53 +0000

I am in the military at Ft Stewart, Ga. I have been having a problem with my G-1. when I turn the phone on, it works for about two minutes and then the phone just blacks out. After about 20 minutes I can turn it on but only for another two minutes. Has anyone else ever had this problem? Any help would be appreciated.

By: Wisdom

Wisdom — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:58:00 +0000

@Jon people want the best of the best someimtes.. they know a product canbe better even if it isn’t the best, but they let bugs and glitches on the market. I never understood it but it comes down to a lack of testing and care fort the consumer. its gonna be brought anyways. the forums here might have just stopped 1 or 2 g1s from being brought, but really none so google and them still make their money with a buggy ass phone. Why not have it work 100% right and bugfree though? Isn’t that the goal? Or are you satisfied with the camera becoming glitchy and the video camera unviewable (low low quality) just to have good internet? I have been using internet explorer on my phone since the early 00′s (like 2003/04) with a pocket pc (hp ipaq with a builtin phone and GREAT camera). the g1 is just a mainstream phone everyone can easily get at tmobile with half sdecent internet… still not better than that toshiba phone or my old htc kaiser/tytn II which i imported from europe and it literally has TWO CAMERAS (one in the back for pics one in the front for self pics and video conferencing with anyone who has the same phone or software). G1 is old it cant do that neither an iphone.. so everything main market is really obsolete compared to getting a phone straight from hp/htc/toshiba/etc

By: deebz

deebz — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:59:52 +0000

i received the update monday morning at 3:30am, and i still have no idea whats different…gone through all the widgets but im clueless… Does anyone know what it does

By: Frannie

Frannie — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:12:05 +0000

Did anyone else just get the another update recently? I haven’t figured out what this new update is supposed to consist of because everything seems to be exactly the same on my phone..

By: ashlee

ashlee — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:07:09 +0000

My touch screen went all out of wacksuddenly and the update is alright but what’s has been shocking is when tmobile sent me a replacement phone they send me one with a screen full of scratches and my current phone’s (that I have not sent back yet but will tom) screen has not one scratch smudge anything! They expect me to downgrade to a refurbished phone that’s been in someones backpocket for too long all because they can’t steer away from glitches? This update made my touch screen untouchable and the “system reboot” is good for nothing. Not to mention this replacement phone is garbage. I type in a letter and it takes a second or so to show up on the screen. When I’m done typing i then must sit and wait to watch my words appear I didn’t know tmobile was so into magic.

By: shan

shan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:01:50 +0000

If u ask heavy phone users of the g1 phone they too would complain, I have a few friends with the same phone n they have complained too… n dear if u tried using the internet for 30mins n then went onto make 1 hour call then ud see ur phone battery go from green to orange in quick time

By: Jeads

Jeads — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:07:07 +0000

Ok shan I’m blaming ALL of your issues for user error. None of what you said is true regarding your initial probs… 3 HOURS… could you exaggerate more? I upgraded from a blackberry Pearl and I couldnt be happier with my G1 that goes almost 2 days before charging.

By: shan

shan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:22:01 +0000

Firstly I love this phone!! But like everyone I agree there are many things to hate about this phone!!!

1: Battery Life is the pitts! at the most i can go is 3 hours without charging it.. Its come to the point were I have to take my charger with me, I have 3 chargers, 1 at home, one in the car and one at work.

2: The connenction is terrible, the amount of times I have been unable to connect my calls or even recieve calls has been awful.. I did give my Phone bk to Tmobile to fix but after a week it was even worse of a problem and even if u switch it off, it still has the same problem. I have given up trying to fix it.

3. Despite getting the new software upgrade i have yet to get anything on the bluetooth and frankly in this day an age WHAT PHONE DOESNT HAVE BLUETOOTH???!!

4. The Camera and recorder? How hard is it to put in a 5megapixel camera in?? I dont even bother taking any picture anymore..

5. I have noticed that after the upgrade that my txt message doesnt go through right away like it use.I live in Central London and refuse to believe that there is no reception.

6. Y in gods name did they have to put in a usb port headphones.. how are u meant to charge ur phone when ur listening to the music? Using any of the applications tends to drain the battery I dont think the tmobile/google team thought this one through -Idiots!

But having said that there are many great things about the phone

1. Its touch screen and very easy to use – although sometimes i end up calling ppl accidently the first 2months that I got it- I have learned to not lend my phone to anyone in case thay dial someone like my boss!

2. The internet connection is fast and uploads easily. Like the Zoom feature.

3. The market is great – love the games and applications that I can download keeps me from being bored if i have nothing better to do.

4.The qwerty kepboard is great for a txt lover like my self. And now with the upgrade there the on-screen keyboard to so u dont need to slide the phone down.

Overall not bad for a 1st model but I had great expectations when Google put its name on this phone and have to say I am dissapointed! They have forgotern or have not bothered to put in the basic nessecity of a phone. Having said that I did just buy a BB to replace the G1 but i found myself going bk to the G1. Its just too damn nice to have!

By: jenna

jenna — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:18:27 +0000

I just got an update yesterday, idk what these RC29 or RC30 things are, but I for firmware 1.5.. there is now a video recorder, onscreen keyboard, I haven’t had to forceclose anything since the update your screen flips to the direction you’re holding it, even if the g1 keyboard is open. There’s more and more new things I’m finding out about this update. I love this phone, I’ve had sidekicks and I thought those were amazing. The camera works great, yea, there’s a little lag, but a lot of phones have that, idc really. All in all, this is an amazing phone.

By: javierm

javierm — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:55:38 +0000

THE ONLY CHANGE!!!! so i guess the fact that G1 now has a better contact interface, ability to copy text from the browser, and AN ON SCREEN KEYBOARD are nothing.