Got the OTA Update and...

[shrimpster]

No update yet.

In central florida. Maybe Google is waiting to update the swing states. If Florida votes for Barack, we get update, if not, no update

Google's CEO is a Barack supporter. Makes for a good conspiracy theory:-)

[birdtales]

I got mine this morning in Jacksonville, Fla. Maybe it will trickle down the coast.

[lostsoljahHTCG1]

im south florida . broward county area .. and i got my update this morning .

i havent seen any major improvements but hopefully we ll see some in the

near future .

one love from the sunshine state . lost

[dosz]

do you have to be on 3g to recieve it im asking cause 1 guy said he left his 3g on when he got the update

[ghoonk]

is your GPS turned on?

I was under the impression that the GPS radio would not turn itself on unless an application required it to. In which case, the drain would only be high if an app like Google Maps is running. I'm basing this guess on the fact that I do not see the GPS connection icon in the notification bar unless an application calls for data from the GPS radio.

Can someone confirm this?

[ghoonk]

Not sure if this works, since I don't have a G1 myself, but for those who want to risk it (seriously, do this at your own risk.)

You can download the update from here: https://android.clients.google.com/u...-RC19+RC28.zip If it throws up a "503 Server Error", refresh the page.

Rename it to just update.zip, and put it in the root of your SD card. Then reboot the phone while holding down Home and Power, hit Alt+L, then Alt+S.

Got this from xda-developers (this thread, about midway down the page), so I don't know if it works. The people there say it does, though.

Tested and this works. I've updated my G1 to RC29 halfway across the world from where most of you guys are.

[se7en43]

i did the manual update and it works. just make sure u use an sd card other than the one the G1 is supplied with. ive also noticed improved battery life & performance. ive also noticed u get better battery life if u run it all the way down till ur phone can not turn on and charge it while its off with the usb cable. it only makes sense if there is a sync chip in the phone for the battery. charging with the phone on, battery power is being used at the same time which throws the sync off.

[ghoonk]

Never thought of trying that. Does anyone have a battery uptime app for the G1 so we can measure battery performance before and after?

[anthony50807]

i live in chicago and still havent gotten it..... anybody else from the chicagoan area???