All of you who have coincidentally become cupcake followers can finally have something to sink your teeth into. No the update has not been pushed out by Google, but there is some information regarding what will be included in future updates. More information included after the jump.
Google does have the INTENTION to release and over the air update (OHA) that includes elements taken from the cupcake update. A senior G1 PDA Specialist, Dylan, has apparently made a few facts clear, these facts are listed below.
- FACT – There WILL be a G1 update shortly as it was INTENDED to be by mid-January so the next target is now by the end of January.
- FACT – T-Mobile will not just provide Cupcake elements to the G2 and leave the G1 behind.
- FACT – The next update will be called RC31 and include Cupcake elements.
- FACT – The mass of calls lately for Cupcake is registering and causing T-Mobile to double their efforts in getting the update out.
- FACT – NO ONE has received RC31 as of today.
- FACT – When the update is released it will be done in stages “Over The Air” but it will be by region not when you purchased the G1.
- FACT – The memo I was privy to is NOT distributed to Support personnel.
- FACT – T-Mobile Specialists & Support are LAST to know when an update happens and are notified AFTER it is released as was the case with RC29 & RC30.
- FACT – T-Mobile does have a battery improvement program in motion.
- FACT – T-Mobile’s plan for battery improvement will be one of OR a combination of efficiencies in an OTA update and an extended life battery replacement.
[Via GoogleAndBlog]
I think I am going to call and start trying to get a free extended battery, headphone adapter, and maybe even have them ship me off a refurb.
Keep up the good reportin'
so what you saying is if we keep buggin the crap out of tmobile it will make it go faster???
ima go get on their nerves now!!!
And G2?
Is that coming out in mid-jan?
Anyway im looking forward to Cupcake/RC31
so what you saying is if we keep buggin the crap out of tmobile it will make it go faster???
ima go get on their nerves now!!!
so what you saying is if we keep buggin the crap out of tmobile it will make it go faster???
ima go get on their nerves now!!!
I can't wait to receive this update
The Power of Vocabulary Compels You!!
I like it
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FACT - T-Mobiles plan for battery improvement will be one of OR a combination of efficiencies in an OTA update and an extended life battery replacement.
So everyone with a G1 is going to get a new battery?Also, how can you be sure that the cupcake development branch will continue. It may change it's name or something, where have you read that cupcake is continuing to develop? The cupcake section of the Google roadmap lists a bunch of changes that the "cupcake branch" has coded. So as far as we know, cupcake is an update. It may not be the official name but who are you say what cupcake is or is not, unless you are in the cupcake development branch. Then I'll shut up.
Call it whatever the hell you weant to call it, I'm pretty sure everyone is referring to the next big update when they say "cupcake".
I'm almost 100% sure that Obama is going to release cupcake to the masses this tusday, the change he was talking about was for Android!
I asked what update it was and she told me she didn't have that info.
I doubt this is the one we are waiting for, but I called just incase the call center getting a lot of calls makes a diference.
My experience is the squeeky wheel gets the most greese works.
My experience is the squeeky wheel gets the most greese works.
first you gotta decide which cupcake kind you want
then the whole process of mixing the items needed
as long as those little sprinkles are added at the end
Also, how can you be sure that the cupcake development branch will continue. It may change it's name or something, where have you read that cupcake is continuing to develop? The cupcake section of the Google roadmap lists a bunch of changes that the "cupcake branch" has coded. So as far as we know, cupcake is an update. It may not be the official name but who are you say what cupcake is or is not, unless you are in the cupcake development branch. Then I'll shut up.
Call it whatever the hell you weant to call it, I'm pretty sure everyone is referring to the next big update when they say "cupcake".
I'm almost 100% sure that Obama is going to release cupcake to the masses this tusday, the change he was talking about was for Android!
I didn't say it would continue, or if it came off that way i didn't mean it to. I agree that maybe they won't use all the code, but i think the only code that wouldn't be sent to the phone would be something that it couldn't use, not simply just because.
And the sole reason i believe it is a branch not an update, is because its called the cupcake development branch.
ummm... also... patience? Talk about obsolete obsessive compulsive.
ummm... also... patience? Talk about obsolete obsessive compulsive.
There are hints (RUMORS) that the update would start rolling out on this or next Sunday - but minimalize expectations for end of month.
The Android Community here is GREAT, love the forum and cite it in my posts like on getting a proper screenshot without root - http://androidcommunity.com/forums/110590-post24.html
Which I will do and post on Google And Blog once I get the update here in San Diego as the SouthWest US is supposed to be first in the roll.
,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/
In other words, they aren't facts.
Does this mean when the "cupcake" update comes out, if we haven't yet modded our phones, then we are SOL, we must root our phones before the cupcake update or it will be too late?
For those with modded phones, can they accept the cupcake update? Or must they wait until someone mods the update so that the modded phones will accept it?
If you update comes around, and you don't accept it (say because you want to mod your phone first), will the update be offered to you again later?
It's the non root folks whom are HOLLERING & SCREAMING about "Cupcake"
God Bless this post...
In the name of the father/fabricator (HTC) and of the son/service (T-mobile) and of the holy ghost (Google) amen.
Our father (Android) who are in heaven (online) hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come on earth (in handsets) as it is in heaven (online). Give us this day our daily bread (cupcake) and forgive us our trespasses (being early adopters) as we forgive those who trespass against us (AT&T, Apple and Iphone users).
Lead us not into temptation (lusting for flash, video and stereo bluetooth), world (internet) without end amen.
Let Cupcake fall from heaven like Manna to sustain us as we cross the desert looking for the holy land, peopled by other Android users.
Dont get religious about this, just letting off steam.
Assuming this info is confirmed by a developer who's actually hands on with the Android source then I'm pretty stoked but won't be surprised if some of the more complex features such as video recorder will be missing until RC-32 or something.
Just as long as I get at the very least a virtual keyboard and some improvents
Overall. Hopefully it'll come by my birthday.
Just as long as I get at the very least a virtual keyboard and some improvents
Overall. Hopefully it'll come by my birthday.
So no, we're not going to get this "cupcake update" in just one OTA, nor is it an update at all. We'll just see new features appearing in future updates. They would no longer be called "cupcake" when we receive the features because that's just a development codename.
So no, we're not going to get this "cupcake update" in just one OTA, nor is it an update at all. We'll just see new features appearing in future updates. They would no longer be called "cupcake" when we receive the features because that's just a development codename.
Most of the people who're worried about cupcake had never experienced OSS development before, heh.
Most of the people who're worried about cupcake had never experienced OSS development before, heh.
And if vocabulary gets me anywhere, I'll send you a postcard when I get there.
The fact that it is unfinished is well-documented. But that doesn't mean it's not merged.
From http://source.android.com/roadmap/cupcake
If it does I'd hop on the vocabulary bandwagon too.
@DesignDawg:
They only tell us what would be merged to master, but not everything that's been going on with cupcake. To find that out we'd look at the source. I did not say that the code would be merged in small pieces, but we do know that opensource software is modular and tends to be developed in portions. For example, the target kernel must have been merged because all other development depends on it.
If it does I'd hop on the vocabulary bandwagon too.
For a real updayyt on what v1.5 firmware does and does not do as of this very moment: try Google. All your bases are belong to them.
Heres' to hoping.
Please notice the source of this blog post at the bottom of it. It comes from "Googleandblog.com"
1- If you check out googleandblog.com you will see that that blog has been wrong on many issues concerning the Android platform and the G1.
2 - The same blog said that T-Mobile was going to start replacing batteries with larger ones in the G1 after Christmas, and they obviously haven't.
3 - Also, "Googleandblog" has been wrong on the very issue of Cupcake in the past. They stated that a "close source" leaked that the release would come out by the 11th of Janurary, and it obviously hasn't.
4 - Futhermore, if you read the post again, its obvious that all "Googleandblog" did was speak with a "higher up" tech support rep (ie - they like to call themselves G1 support specialists but really they are just another know-nothing who obviously fed the guy what he wanted to hear and then googleandblog proceeded to spread is as "FACT"
5 - Googleandblog is known to delete posts from users who disagree with what they try to spread as "fact"
6 - There is not another site online who is able to substantiate any of the claims made by googleandblog, and given the fact they have been so wrong in the past on so many issues concerning the G1, I'm going to have to take whatever "facts" have been said in that blog as only speculation.
OK.... however he spoke with "Dylan" who is a PDA specialist (tier 2 specialist). So basically he is saying that the person that told him all this also told him that he has been told nothing!
I can't wait for an update to my already great G1...but we just have to wait and hope. At this point release dates are a closely kept secret.
I think we will get 'cupcake' at the same time as the App market is changed to accomodate paid Apps.
I think we will get 'cupcake' at the same time as the App market is changed to accomodate paid Apps.