Putting G2 OS on a G!

[kragen2179]

Hi, am looking into replacing the Android operating system on my G1 with v2.0 "Rosie"

the biggest reason for this is because I am only 11 months into an 18 month contract and therefore cannot consider upgrading my handset (although it wouldn't be for the G2-Touch as that has no physical keyboard)

but I like the look of the G2's OS and having looked around the interweb have found out how to put it onto my G1.

There are, however a few unanswered questions.

1st and foremost does it invalidate my warranty if I installed different software - by this i mean if the device becomes physically broken (not a software malfunction) would I still be covered, would I have to factory default/unroot the device before sending it to T-Mobile if it develops a fault?

2nd I know when you root android to install another version of the OS, you lose the ability to receive OTA updates. would this be the same if you installed the manufacturors version of the G2 OS onto the G1?

3rd if anyone here has done this, how stable is it? and would you reccomend flashing to the G2 OS?

[supremeteam256]

Originally Posted by kragen2179

Hi, am looking into replacing the Android operating system on my G1 with v2.0 "Rosie"

the biggest reason for this is because I am only 11 months into an 18 month contract and therefore cannot consider upgrading my handset (although it wouldn't be for the G2-Touch as that has no physical keyboard)

but I like the look of the G2's OS and having looked around the interweb have found out how to put it onto my G1.

There are, however a few unanswered questions.

1st and foremost does it invalidate my warranty if I installed different software - by this i mean if the device becomes physically broken (not a software malfunction) would I still be covered, would I have to factory default/unroot the device before sending it to T-Mobile if it develops a fault?

2nd I know when you root android to install another version of the OS, you lose the ability to receive OTA updates. would this be the same if you installed the manufacturors version of the G2 OS onto the G1?

3rd if anyone here has done this, how stable is it? and would you reccomend flashing to the G2 OS?

When you say G2 I'm assuming you are talking about the sapphire/mytouch which is the same OS as the G1. But if you are talking about rosie then you are talking about hero. And to answer your questions
1. Technically yes it would void your warranty, but how will they know. If you have to send it in all you do is unroot your phone or if it gets bricked then they will never know cause all they would do is hook it up with a jtag cable and reflash the memory which will overwrite everything. So that is nothing to even worry about.

2. Loading custom roms will stop OTA's but who would want an OTA when having a custom rom. Custom roms are always better than the manufacturers. And if your rooted and load a manufactureres rom then you would lose root. And again when you say load the manufacturers G2 rom that is the same thing as the G1.

3. I have flashed all versions of roms so you would have to be specific on which one you are talking about. If you are just talking about any of the 1.5 or 1.6 versions then yes I think they are very stable. (I'm running cyanogens 4.1.9999) But since you said rosie that makes me think you are talking about a hero build in which I was very disappointed but it has came along way from where it started.