A tale of three firmwares: comparing the T-Mobile G1's RC19, 28, and 29 builds
Turns out the difference between builds RC19 and RC29 of the G1's firmware is more than just 10. Well, okay, it is 10, but what we mean is that we know what exactly has changed between the release build and the over-the-air update now being pushed out to beta testers early adopters across the lands, and the biggies seem to be a handful of bug fixes for WiFi connectivity and email. An astute tipster also noted that USB storage mode is no longer selected from settings -- it's chosen at the time the phone is plugged in. Fancy, Google -- fancy indeed!
What about the RC28 rollout that had partially kicked off before RC29 went out the door, though? Turns out Google wanted to take care of that security vulnerability discovered in the browser that could allow keystroke capture when users visit malicious sites, so they put a cork in the RC28 delivery for a minute or two while they cooked up 29 to take its place. Users that already received 28 are right back in line to receive the latest cut, which we're hearing T-Mobile wants to have out to everyone by November 12. That's like an eternity from now, which is pretty much throwing a wet blanket on our love for non-forceable OTA updates.
[Via TmoNews, thanks David and Natalie]
What about the RC28 rollout that had partially kicked off before RC29 went out the door, though? Turns out Google wanted to take care of that security vulnerability discovered in the browser that could allow keystroke capture when users visit malicious sites, so they put a cork in the RC28 delivery for a minute or two while they cooked up 29 to take its place. Users that already received 28 are right back in line to receive the latest cut, which we're hearing T-Mobile wants to have out to everyone by November 12. That's like an eternity from now, which is pretty much throwing a wet blanket on our love for non-forceable OTA updates.
[Via TmoNews, thanks David and Natalie]













Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nerdtalker @ Oct 30th 2008 12:08AM
Why are they using a push OTA infrastructure for updates anyhow? Why not give users a way to manually check for updates at any time, and push the update to all the lingering people?
If anything, this would have me worried as a G1 owner. Last thing I want is T-Mo or any provider deciding when I need firmware updates, what updates I'm going to get, and not letting me choose what I want.
Maciek @ Oct 30th 2008 2:56AM
From what I understand you have the option of rejecting the update if you don't want to update your phone.
David P @ Oct 30th 2008 2:11PM
You do, in fact, have the option of postponing the update indefinitely. It will not automatically update nor force you to update.
Lithium98 @ Nov 7th 2008 5:51PM
I got my G1 on day one and I'm still using RC19 (the factory installed firmware). Why haven't I received any of these updates that they're talking about?
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