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Same discussion here: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f...d-update-9452/

i love it when a plan comes together.

and some people thought google was forgetting about its new baby android! this is all very very promising!

"cupcake" development branch
From http://source.android.com/roadmap:
During Android's transition to an open-source project, some development has continued to happen in a private branch. We are working to move the rest of these changes into the open as soon as possible, and all future open-source work will happen in the public git repositories. All changes that have already been submitted to the public repositories will be merged into the newer code base, so nothing should be lost.

The Android team has begun pushing these changes to the public git repositories, in the "cupcake" branch.

About this code drop:
The "cupcake" branch is a read-only mirror of the private Android branch.
cupcake is still very much a work in progress. It is a development branch, not a release.
The first drop is a large roll-up commit of all of the changes since release-1.0. We will transition to regular, smaller roll-up drops, ultimately pushing individual commits.
The cupcake branch will be merged into the master branch, so that all of the public patches can be used with the new code base. None of the commits in the public repositories will be lost, unless they no longer make sense or are obsoleted by the new code base. Due to the United States' holiday season, though, this may not be finished until early January.
To check out the cupcake branch:
mkdir cupcake # create a new client directory
cd cupcake
repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git -b cupcake
repo sync

Notable changes introduced in cupcake:

Applications
MMS
New features
Save attachments from MMS.
Significant bug fixes
Faster conversation list scrolling
Email
Significant bug fixes
Accounts that were marked "never check" are not auto-checked.
Date & time displayed using user preference (e.g. 24 hr vs. AM/PM).
cc: displayed in message view.
Relaxed POP3 parser rules so it works with non-compliant email servers.
Password quoting bugs in IMAP. Makes it work for users with funny chars in their password (e.g. spaces).
Various sources of errors in auto & manual account setup.
Improvements on how we report various connection errors. Makes it much easier for user to diagnose failed account setups.
New-mail notifications for POP3 accounts.
Properly recover from POP3 connection failures, so that the next connection has a chance of working properly.
Remove automatic accounts setup entries that were broken or not testable. Minor fixes to a few of the remaining entries. Improvements to warning dialogs used for a few special cases.
New accounts are now set to check every 15 minutes (instead of defaulting to "never").
Fixed a bug causing approximately 1 in 25 outbound messages to freeze up the IMAP connection (to a Gmail based server) when transferred to the Sent folder. This broke the entire connection so new messages could not be downloaded either.
Unit test framework so Email can be extended & tested more reliably.
Fix IMAP manually-created accounts so message delete works properly.
Alarm Clock
Significant bug fixes
Alert now plays audio/vibe directly, rather than through AlarmManager. AlarmClock alert starts playing audio/vibe in its IntentReceiver, rather than on activity start. These changes should prevent alarms from being blocked by modal dialogs.
Package Installer
Significant bug fixes
Bugs related to replacing existing applications.
Settings
New features
New menu option to list running processes in Settings->ManageApplications.
Music
New features
Music playback fades in after suspending for phone call.
New media search intent allows for 3rd party apps to launch or respond to media searches based on artist, album, or title.
Affects: Music Player, YouTube, Browser applications.
Browser
New features
Updated WebKit browser core, synced with Nov 2008 WebKit version.
Support for new, optimized JavaScript engine (SquirrelFish).
Copy / paste is enabled in the browser. To copy with touch, press and hold the shift key and select the text. Releasing the shift key or ending the touch drag copies the text. To copy with the trackball, press and hold the shift key, move the cursor to the selection start, click the trackball, and move the trackball to the extend the selection. Releasing the shift key, or clicking the trackball a second time, copies the text.
Find is enabled in the browser. To find text, choose it from the menu and type the text to find.
Drawing has been sped up substantially by supporting partial content invalidates and partial screen invalidates. Pages with animations are 5x faster.
VoiceDialer
New features
VoiceDialer supports 'open app' command
Camera/Gallery
New features
Video recorder mode
Share intent for videos
Video thumbnails
Local file playback

Download manager
New features
Support for HTTP codes 301, 302, 303 and 307 (redirects).
HTTP code 503 is now handled, with support for retry-after in delay-seconds.
Downloads that were cleanly interrupted are now resumed instead of failing.
Applications can now pause their downloads.
Retry delays are now randomized.
Connectivity is now checked on all interfaces.
Downloads with invalid characters in file name can now be saved.

Framework
New features
Support of touch events in WebView.
New JavaScript engine (SquirrelFish) in WebView.
Input method framework, for soft keyboards and other on-screen input methods. Includes new APIs for applications to interact with input methods, and the ability for third party developers to write their own input methods.
Access to the raw audio data for playback and recording from application code.
New PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT option.
Support for top-level boolean resources.
Tactile feedback to the LockPatternView. Tactile feedback can be enabled/disabled by going to Settings > Security & location and then checking/unchecking "Use tactile feedback". Note that this can be used independently of the visual feedback of the lines ("Use visible pattern"). Thus it gives users a middle ground between showing the lines on the screen and having no feedback at all.
PackageManager changes to support un-installation of partially installed applications. Added new flag PackageManager.GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES to include partially installed apps in all relevant PackageManager api's. ManageApplications screen now lists such partially installed apps and the user can uninstall these applications completely.
Support third party updates of system applications. New menu options in Settings->ManageApplications to list updated system applications.
Framework support to list current running processes. New API in ActivityManager.
Framework feature to declare required configurations by applications. New manifest attribute uses-configuration in android manifest.
Hardware accelerated video encode (video recorder) in opencore.
Simplified SREC speech recognition API available.
Streaming audio I/O for applications.
Significant bug fixes
Fixed issues with saving state in the view hierarchy, so that you can properly subclass from something like TextView and create your own state that inherits from that provided by TextView.
TextView now implements onKeyMultiple(), so that flinging the trackball will result in accelerated scrolling. This required some changes to movement methods, and included some improvements to the acceleration computed when flinging.
Framework bug fixes in PackageManager to share/un-share permissions for applications with shared uid's.
Significant rework of Settings->ManageApplications Performance and UI enhancements.
A number of settings in android.provider.Settings.System were moved to android.provider.Settings.Secure. Only system software can modify these settings. Additionally, a new permission, WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS, is required to access these settings. The old constants in Settings.System have been deprecated. It is possible to read settings values via Settings.System using the deprecated constants. However, attempts to modify these settings via Settings.System will result in a log message and the setting value will be left unchanged.
Many bug fixes in the media framework

Bluetooth
New features
Support for A2DP & AVRCP profiles.
Significant bug fixes
First connection after pairing always fails on many carkits.
Mini Cooper and some late model BMW cars fail to use Bluetooth or take 2 minutes for Phone Book transfer.

System software
New features
New kernel based on Linux 2.6.27.
Improvements to the wakelock API.
Work to transition to the USB Gadget Framework underway.
Basic x86 support.

Radio & Telephony
New features
SIM Application Toolkit 1.0.
Green CALL button is no longer a shortcut for "add a new call". This has been a rarely used feature and confusing if triggered accidentally.
Longer in-call screen timeout when using the speakerphone.
"Show dialpad" / "Hide dialpad" item added to the in-call menu, to make it easier to discover the DTMF dialpad.
Significant bug fixes
An obscure case where the Phone UI could cause the device to not go to sleep on its own. This would happen if user bails out of the in-call screen by hitting HOME, followed by the call disconnecting remotely.
Don't allow a single tap to open the in-call dialpad. It is now required to touch and drag it. This makes it much harder to accidentally open the dialpad by touching the screen with your face.

Developer Tools
New features
Enable handset manufacturers to extend the Android SDK with add-ons. SDK add-ons will include:
system libraries to let developers use additional APIs provided by handset manufacturers or from other 3rd party vendors that handset manufacturers chose to include
emulator system images, skins, and hardware configuration to let developers test their applications on their Android implementation
This is work-in-progress. Please note that the latest Android SDK (Android 1.0 SDK, Release 2) is not compatible with the SDK plugin in the new branch, please use ADT 0.8.0. SDK add-on support is planned for future SDK release.


Build System
New features
The functions in build/envsetup.sh should be much more useful

Can't wait for this to roll out.

I am assuming the x86 support has something to do with this

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?...59230&from=rss

I was hoping for a confirmation of FLASH being released for Android as was demoed back in November.

,Michael Martin
Google And Blog

Do you realize this, I almost missed it. under bluetooth it says A2DP.. yessssss..
No more wired headphones..
I can use my Stereo Bluetooth headphones with G1.. One more slap on iPhones shiny face.. haha.. Yeetaaaaaa.. i am just excited..

Did I read that list right and is this everything going into this release? I saw what looked like stereo bluetooth. Now I probably won't be using it anytime soon but with that, video recording, and future flash I want to see what the naysayers have to say then.

It looks like people will have to start realizing the true benefit of the Android platform pretty soon.

Good to know!

Yeah... I scanned down the article, looking for exactly this!

Can't wait! A2DP is one feature I've really been waiting for!

wow all the new features are awesome, especially the update to the browser.

can't wait for this to be released.

wen is this supposed to happen? and i read it and it didnt say anything about flash

Lazy*Genius* flash is made by Adobe not Google.

How did they come up with the name "cupcake"?

Because it's a small, but sweet update?

l0l haha I agree.

Hahaha. Everyone owning a G1 will receive a cupcake in the mail, to shut up their complaining.

Speaking of complaining: did anyone spot an auto-rotate function fix to prevent Android from destroying the active process every time the screen is rotated?

is a virtual keyboard going to be implemented as well??? or an auto-rotate feature for all screens??? these are two easy fixes Google!!!

ok so how come the current g1 users aint gonna be able to get some of the updates?

What? they will...

?

all g1 users get the upgrade... unless otherwise note ie unlocked devices, developer devices etc... google tends to not play that game though

i imagine auto-rotate will come at some point. the g1 only knows to flip when the keyboard is opened... what about other devices that dont have a keyboard *to* open?

Will they release a widget sdk?!

i'm sure phones that don't have a keyboard and are all touchscreen will have this option via 3rd party developing... its not that hard to do it, its already available with root access to the phone...

and since android is going to be a readily available free open source operating system, i can guarantee you it will show up on cheapie phones that can't afford an accelerometer in them, etc...

i know we will receive the update but we aint going to receive stereo bluetooth supposedly only the new devices will.. n by the way when is this coming out?

That's a great question, which obviously doesn't have anything to do with OTA releases, but still a great question.

The release notes say it should come out early January!!!

rex2745, Where did you hear only new devices will work with a2dp??? Everything I have read said the ability was built in but due to time constraints and an unfinished bluetooth api, they had to pull it from the main branch.... It's just like multi-touch input... our G1 is capable, in fact, one hacker found some lines of code that were commented out in the source... He uncommented them, recompiled the kernal and was able to write some crude software proving the feasability of the G1 working with Multi-touch. Honestly, this is why I fell in love with this phone WAY before it came out! What other phone do you know of where developers are spending coutless hours to add features to existing hardware??? The iPhone has been out for more than 2 years and my wife's new G3 iPhone can't do video... But my G1 will soon!!!

Wooohooo!

On a side note, I can't believe the author of the article missed the A2DP feature... for me, this is the most exciting development of all!!!

it would be great to have the auto rotate option, but being that the compass in the g1 is so sensitive ( u can see this when you are watchin a movie on video player or using the steel browser ) it is very easy to keep rotating the screen just by a slight tilt...
still cant wait for this update though.

"supposedly only the new devices will"


where are you getting that from?

The x86 support is more about Android booting and running on x86 machines. It won't affect us G1 users, but will mean one day you could run Android on your PC.

It's not the compass that controls auto rotate, it's the accelerometers...
...but yeah, the auto-rotate function can get annoying to, if it reacts to very small changes in the phone's direction.

Nanner-nanner to all the haters whining about these features missing at launch

I knew Google wouldn't let us down.

Now all we need is to have the abilities to install apps onto the SD card, I hate having to keep deleting apps.

I'm sure the basic "x86" is related to Google's new Native Client

http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexc..._client_g.html

Pretty cool **** actually

so i just thought of something. we get a video recorder, android is made by google who owns youtube, so how long after that til we get a sweet youtube app for uploading?

It'll matter when Android infects a handset with video recording ability.

Upload anything for that matter I hope this update adds the ability to upload files from your phone to a website! That would be awesome!

Just so you guys know, cupcake has been merged into the main branch.

just so you know, the cupcake branch has been merged with the main branch.

http://source.android.com/roadmap/cupcake

agreed!


and filler

This would be a great Christmas gift from t-mobile and google

Yes, if Xmas comes in January.

will this update just be sent to my phone in text or gmail or do have to hook my phone up to my computer

As of right now, it's going to be over the air, meaning it will be sent to you.

I wish we could download the OAU's via wifi. So much faster

Cupcakes for all...

Do we know when in January cupcake is gonna hit?

Rollout should be early, not sure. But it might take awhile to get to everyone

You can. I did when RC8 (here in UK - equivalent to RC30 everywhere else) came out.

A lot of people appear to be assuming that Android equals G1 100%. It is up to Tmo to drive specific updates for the G1 and Android devs have already stated that cupcake will probably not be part of the update due to driver and hardware issues- not to mention Tmo needs to drive specific needs, since cupcake is a broad OS strategy and not designed specifically for the G1.

We will probably see the main framework updates that include the virtual keyboard and not the cupcake branch- especially since a lot of cupcake is not even ready for final code distribution.

Even some of the blogs and tech sites seem to have selective reading skills and assume things that will disappoint a lot of people that use a G1.

yea..then your gonna have alot of people who took time to buy the g1 to support android and are now stuck in contracts, get very mad that they basically got outdated within months... large percentage of g1 buyers are nothing more than android supporters... someone is gonna have a mob at their front door soon

I think if thats the case xda is gonna have a lot of people over there finding out how to add in the cupcake fetures even if tmobile/google doesn't wan to put them on the g1.

Will cupcake include new camera features or atleast video recording? What about true c&p features? When will google release details? And what about a Chinese knockoff phone called elgoog LOL . Where everything is backwards.

question is... if its not a tmobile ota... will it void the warranty on your phone?

You're not a big fan of reading are you?

He's dead to us now. Troll food.

no, but he is in contact with extraterrestrials.

I just thought of something. Now since someone found a way to get root access to the G1, I have a feeling with the latest cupcake update, it will end up locking up the root access again.

Possibly, but not for long. As long as one has the developer bootloader installed, the only way Google/Tmo could undo what you've done (i.e., preserved root access) would be to send out an OTA that modifies the SPL (secondary program loader) which is unlikely, but possible. Given Android's open source nature, and the fact that cupcake has been merged with the source tree online, no improvements will be kept from the mod community for long.

One always has the option of pulling the ripcord and reverting back to RC29 and the stock boot/recovery images, at which point the phone will accept OTAs.

I didn't read bc it didn't direct me to the first page and I to lazy to go back. But nah dude I'm not a big fan of reading although I'm a big fan of reading playboy and harry potter.

LOL so I just read it and the first thing they mention was video recording LOL.

Sounds like an X-File. I'm on it!

don't forget to bring reeses pieces in case you make contact.

haha. hilarious.

How does one receive an update to the g1 android? does it just automatically show up when they release it? Not sure since I am new to the android community.

it will show up on its own

Thanks for the quick reply. Can't wait to start using bluetooth stereo headphones with my g1! no more wires!

I sent this question to other thread earlier, I am soo confused about this upgrade package ! I heard G1 doesn't compatible with those upgrade, or this is just for new handset ( maybe G2 ) and also t-mobile doesn't let us to upgrade our phones, etc. but beside these ****s I read lots of good news about cupcake ! can anyone help me and get me out of this misery ! : ))))))))))

HTC confirmed that the update is for the G1. Just gotta wait for it to be released.

Tnx for the gd news, i hope so !

I saw a guy on utube today saying that cupcake is being released Sunday, January 11th. Anyone else heard anything about this?

throw up the link for that...

I've learned not to trust anything anyone on YOO TOOB says.

Man, just dont think about the update and be REALLY REALLY happy when you get it.

Bleh!

I see I see...

The guy on YouTube went by the name ajallaf.

ajallaf doesnt sound very creditable personally, i havent looked much but i think ive read it comes out today, i read one that it wont come out this month i think, and now this sunday, i think until we can get confirmation just pretend you wont get it then when it comes you will be the happiest man on the planet (along with the others who also got it) :P

Idk if this helps. This isnt youtube though.

http://www.googleandblog.com/g1-cupc...released/3612/

Ok so are they going to do anything about the fact that pictutre messages don't move when you get them????? �ea Android, fix that!

say what? why would pictures move? but if you mean save, android does that now.

I'm having contact syncing. It says error

i just want STEREO BLUETOOTH!!!! lol

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=145861#post145861

See if this helps.

hey, don't really have time to figure out how to start new forum, hoping I can get some help on here. Finally figured out how to partition sd card. What is a good partition size for a 2gb card. I'm getting a 16gb card, but experimenting with 2gb till my 16gb arrives.

I put 500mb for apps on mine, that's still over 5 times more then you'd currently have.

ok, I think I'm gonna try 300mb, since I'm just experimenting anyways.

I like your name->picture by the way.

Thank you I appreciate that. And good luck.

I wont hold my breathe for this update to arrive.

LOL. Good riddance, I guess? If you really want the VK and stereo bluetooth, install one of those builds on your phone. I have virtual keyboard, stereo bluetooth, copy/paste, video recording, youtube uploading... But I suspect if you really installed that on your phone you wouldn't have anything left to complain about...

dont know why this is all in bold but if you cant wait why dont you just use Haykur0's magic build?

im curious once cupcake gets released what will every1 complain about?

battery! lol

once cupcake is released i will be complaining about why my damn phone doesnt transform into a car, or atleast one of those little robot creatures that the cell phone turned into in TRANSFORMERS!!

lol iphone people "theres an app for that"

i wonder if the iphone has an app that can turn the phone into a gun so the iphone ppl can shoot themselves

hmm... i should start a thread called: "what will you b*tch about once cupcake is released officially?" ...lol.

hmmm it doesn't bring me breakfast in bed.
can't allow me to travel through time
doesn't print money
works poorly as an umbrella

should I go on?

Why do people purchase a phone knowing the features they want are missing, and then hope they will come in an update later? I mean really?

There's something incredibly sad about the sense of entitlement I've been seeing more and more of around here. The firmware will come out when it comes out, and it'll be great.

IT WONT ALLOW ME TO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME?!?!

I'm taking this piece of crap back.

No Dual Touch?
No Flash player! >.<

multi touch was *never* listed as a feature, and why would google include Adobe software in their os?

Let me know the next time you find a copy of Windows or Mac OS that includes flash.

... really?

Honestly, Flash is created by Adobe. Yes, they could bundle it, but it would no longer be a fully open source OS (or it'll have some serious hiccups, like other similar open source flash players have).

The best we'll get for flash is an add on, and it will only ever be Flash Lite due to cpu requirements.

I would actually hate to surf the web on my phone if Flash was enabled, could you imagine how slow it'll be and how much battery drainage will occur? Imagine a "punch the monkey" flash banner ad, sitting there wasting your b/w and cpu (especially minimized).

As far as multi-touch -- who really needs it? The zoom buttons are far more practical for the screen real estate (try multitouch on a rooted phone). I'm all for cool new animations and features and such, but I'd rather Google spend time fixing and adding features which really matter (such as improved exchange support for those business users).

// End of my rant

Some people are just never happy...