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- teamparadox, on 02/08/2009, -1/+16i got my g1 a week ago and ive never been more happy with a phone. its lacking some things here and there but the community is quickly filling any gaps. this hack is pretty simple to install and well worth the 15 min it takes.
this post made (then edited) on an android g1 - nbluth, on 02/08/2009, -4/+15"Android's new 1.1 update doesn't include multitouch because Google is scared of Apple. We are not, however, and nor should you "
lol @ google for being scared of Apple - Gankfest, on 02/08/2009, -1/+12I got a G1 a few weeks ago and it is brilliant. I was quite surprised considering how negative some of the reviews have been but I was due an upgrade and thought i'd give it a shot. I can see it would be a shadow of itself if you didn't use Gmail though.
- Sublimin4L, on 02/08/2009, -2/+11nickycakes: Go back to the iPhone, or better yet, get a Sidekick. Your low intelligence is similar to that of some Sidekick owners.
- Joest23, on 02/08/2009, -0/+7Is it really hacking when Google designed Android for people to do this in the first place? Google made Android to be open source and extremely flexible for a reason.
- Khast, on 02/08/2009, -0/+6So, Jesus Freak is to Android, as Dark_AleX is to the PSP movement.
Same difference, these gadgets are just begging to be hacked, and set free! It's the hackers which have the most innovation, the companies which produce the devices want to keep you inside a box.
Think outside the box! Hackers for Innovation! - Tyrghast, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3I've been looking to get a new phone for the while and this work-around for multitouch makes me lean even more towards a G1 instead of a Storm.
- 2res, on 02/09/2009, -0/+3Multi touch works great, so does the tethering app. Battery life is improved too. Thank you Jesus Freak
- vitriolix, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3I love it, only in a fanboy's world is selling out so fast that T-Mobile had to triple their hardware order with HTC a failure.
- Yawgmoth, on 02/09/2009, -0/+3Google's smart. You know they want multitouch, but can't give it to the G1 for fear of an Apple suit. So they release an open source phone with multi-touch capable hardware. A few months later, a 'hacker' releases a multitouch hack. It will only be a matter of time before all you have to do is visit some website and click a button to enable multi-touch on the G1 ala-jailbreaking the iphone. Except Google won't try and stop it.
Android will be multi-touch capable and google can feign ignorance, as if they didn't absolutely know this would happen in the first place.
Basically google is making hackers do the work that they can't do, to get around legal issues. It's genuis. - geniusj, on 02/08/2009, -1/+3The source is open and available. Therefore it is open source. Also, if you get the phone from Google instead of T-Mobile, there appear to be no attempts to restrict your modification of the firmware, etc.
- AlexWiggy, on 02/08/2009, -0/+2Works well even if your not that fussed about multi touch I advise installing JFv1.41_RC33 anyway, it has some other useful features.
Just a quick FYI the JFv#.## are "jesus freak" releases, and is kind of like the android alternative of iPhone jailbreaking. - deslock, on 02/09/2009, -0/+2Apparently most people don't know or forget that Google CEO Eric E. Schmidt is on Apple's board of directors.
Why in the world would he do something to benefit Google that is backhanded to Apple (the other company he's a top dog at).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_E._Schmidt - AlexWiggy, on 02/08/2009, -1/+2Not true at all DelMonte, there is no real reason to "root" the G1 as it is officially called the only reason people will do it is if they are impatient (myself being one of them) All the features that are available in the "rooted/jail broken" version, are features that have been promised to be released in up coming official updates.
- deslock, on 02/09/2009, -0/+1Google isn't afraid of Apple, they are partners with Apple.
Apparently most people don't know or forget that Google CEO Eric E. Schmidt is on Apple's board of directors. He wouldn't do something to benefit Google that is backhanded to Apple (the other company he's a top dog at). I guarantee you this was an agreement made before they ever released the phone that Google wouldn't try to create multi-touch apps or devices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_E._Schmidt
fortunately we have solid developers for the G1/Android willing to fill in the gap and it would be against the core Google principles to hinder them. So it will come down to which is stronger... the alliance with Apple or the core Google philosophy. I think they'll let it slide as being "fringe" behavior as long as they possible can.
The other good news is that Android is open source so device makers can do whatever they want. No matter tha alliance with Apple, Google can't start forcing device makers into handicapping their hardware. - GOVATENT, on 02/08/2009, -1/+2so much for DelMonte being smart. Android != to Tmobile version of the software.
- CLShortFuse, on 02/08/2009, -0/+1I <3 XDADeveloper Forums
By the way, Android 1.0 has been ported to the Kaiser (AT&T Tilt, HTC Tytn II) - CrackyJSquirrel, on 02/09/2009, -0/+1I am sure its just a precaution. If Google's legal team did battle with Apple's legal team, it would set off Armageddon.
- banthis, on 02/08/2009, -1/+2I doubt that.... they are just going through their evil plan.
- pault107, on 02/08/2009, -1/+1***** you.
- zemkacz, on 02/08/2009, -1/+1The *****?
- naisanza, on 02/11/2009, -1/+1the phone is hideous. but i still would get it.
- jonesy827, on 02/08/2009, -5/+4This same hack was front paged a few days ago...
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Get_Multitouch_Tetherin ... - DelMonte, on 02/08/2009, -2/+1"is kind of like the android alternative of iPhone jailbreaking."
So much for Android being "open-source"... - DelMonte, on 02/08/2009, -2/+1@AlexWiggy:
Maybe I missed it, but where did you find an official statement from T-Mobile where they said they will allow free unrestricted tethering in upcoming official updates?
There is a lot of low-level stuff that can't be done unless you run in "root" and/or recompile the Android OS (also requiring some kind of jailbreaking).
You can't pretend that every single feature that can only be added in root will be available in future updates. - anshuman, on 02/08/2009, -2/+1Up in the mapple's . Subpoena this B****H
- DelMonte, on 02/08/2009, -2/+1Sure you can get the dev version, but only a few geeks will get that one.
My point is that despite Android being open-source, at the end of the day for the normal non-geeky end-users, Android phones can be as restrictive as the iPhone, and in certain cases, even more so since the "open-source" aspect gives complete control to carriers to cripple the phone all they want without having to ask anyone permission. - nickycakes, on 02/08/2009, -18/+1sorry, but the G1 was a failure. move on.
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