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I was a bit underwhelmed by my 'donut' update. More fit and finish than new features. I really can't wait for Verizon's offerings because I need better networ

by bockris 17y ago

I was a bit underwhelmed by my 'donut' update. More fit and finish than new features. I really can't wait for Verizon's offerings because I need better network coverage than T-Mobile. My phone doesn't work at my parents house or my in-laws house. :-(

thismat 17y ago
Ah that's a shame, I have pretty good coverage in Texas, but the speeds are a serious drawback. Do you know if Verizon has a "tether" restriction? If you tether with your G1 and go over a 10gb transfer quota, they will reduce you to edge speed for the rest of the billing cycle. I mainly stick with T-Mobile because my entire family uses it, so we all get to call each other for free, but I'm not against moving to a new carrier if I can get better speeds and be allowed to tether. EDIT: I thought the donut release was pretty good overall, I saw huge performance gains and also the UI has been cleaned up a lot. Though not much else seems terribly different.
- dannyr 17y ago
  How do you tether using your G1?
  - thismat 17y ago
    You have to root your phone, once you do there is an application available for this. rooting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 tether software: http://jkontherun.com/2009/03/21/pdanet-for-android-tether-your-g1-to-your-laptop/ http://jkontherun.com/2009/03/21/pdanet-for-android-tether-y... One of the tethering apps at least.
- stcredzero 17y ago
  An better policy would be for providers to do the above, but by day. (So have a trigger of 1/3rd gigabyte a day.) This way, the penalty isn't too onerous (just the rest of the day) and the feedback/learning loop to their customers will be quicker. Make the cutoff at 3am, and they will effectively train heavy downloaders to use bandwidth late at night.
- bockris 17y ago
  I'm in TX also, Austin to be specific. My network speed is pretty good but I'm only comparing it to an EDGE connection on my work BB. The donut release isn't bad. Good performance boost (I wouldn't classify mine as 'huge' but we might use our phones a lot differently). Battery life about the same for me. (I still have a battery charging level issue leftover the from the cupcake upgrade.) I don't know if there were any browser updates in donut but Google Wave on my G1 is very slow to load. (1-2 minutes even on wifi.) I was mostly comparing the cupcake upgrade to the donut upgrade. There was a huge visible difference between them. All in all, I love my G1. Way better than my work issued BB. I'm just wanting more. ;-)
  - thismat 17y ago
    The browser was definitely updated, I notice most browsing is at least a little snappier, though I'm disappointed with the browsing experience overall on the G1. Battery life is pretty bad, but I pretty much keep it on a charger all day long now anyway, got used to knowing it's going to need a charge regularly, if I'm out and about for a while I'll use locale and power center to trim it down to only the basic needs. I mostly just use the standard calendar, mail, messaging, remember the milk and a little irc and twitter. but I'm pretty regularly going in and purging applications with TasKill. I'm in Fort Worth, you're pretty much a stones throw away from me.
    - bockris 17y ago
      Again, comparing to a BB the G1 browsing is heavenly for me. 99% of the time I can make an entire day and I charge overnight. I don't run persistent service other that twidroid. I leave wifi on full time but with the new application/battery usage thing I might start shutting it off. I talk on the phone rarely, it's mostly twitter, email, surfing and puzzle games.
      - thismat 17y ago
        Ahh, what puzzle games do you play? Any suggestions from the market?

by bockris 17y ago

thismat 17y ago

Ah that's a shame, I have pretty good coverage in Texas, but the speeds are a serious drawback. Do you know if Verizon has a "tether" restriction? If you tether with your G1 and go over a 10gb transfer quota, they will reduce you to edge speed for the rest of the billing cycle. I mainly stick with T-Mobile because my entire family uses it, so we all get to call each other for free, but I'm not against moving to a new carrier if I can get better speeds and be allowed to tether. EDIT: I thought the donut release was pretty good overall, I saw huge performance gains and also the UI has been cleaned up a lot. Though not much else seems terribly different.

dannyr 17y ago
How do you tether using your G1?
- thismat 17y ago
  You have to root your phone, once you do there is an application available for this. rooting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 tether software: http://jkontherun.com/2009/03/21/pdanet-for-android-tether-your-g1-to-your-laptop/ http://jkontherun.com/2009/03/21/pdanet-for-android-tether-y... One of the tethering apps at least.
stcredzero 17y ago
An better policy would be for providers to do the above, but by day. (So have a trigger of 1/3rd gigabyte a day.) This way, the penalty isn't too onerous (just the rest of the day) and the feedback/learning loop to their customers will be quicker. Make the cutoff at 3am, and they will effectively train heavy downloaders to use bandwidth late at night.
bockris 17y ago
I'm in TX also, Austin to be specific. My network speed is pretty good but I'm only comparing it to an EDGE connection on my work BB. The donut release isn't bad. Good performance boost (I wouldn't classify mine as 'huge' but we might use our phones a lot differently). Battery life about the same for me. (I still have a battery charging level issue leftover the from the cupcake upgrade.) I don't know if there were any browser updates in donut but Google Wave on my G1 is very slow to load. (1-2 minutes even on wifi.) I was mostly comparing the cupcake upgrade to the donut upgrade. There was a huge visible difference between them. All in all, I love my G1. Way better than my work issued BB. I'm just wanting more. ;-)
- thismat 17y ago
  The browser was definitely updated, I notice most browsing is at least a little snappier, though I'm disappointed with the browsing experience overall on the G1. Battery life is pretty bad, but I pretty much keep it on a charger all day long now anyway, got used to knowing it's going to need a charge regularly, if I'm out and about for a while I'll use locale and power center to trim it down to only the basic needs. I mostly just use the standard calendar, mail, messaging, remember the milk and a little irc and twitter. but I'm pretty regularly going in and purging applications with TasKill. I'm in Fort Worth, you're pretty much a stones throw away from me.
  - bockris 17y ago
    Again, comparing to a BB the G1 browsing is heavenly for me. 99% of the time I can make an entire day and I charge overnight. I don't run persistent service other that twidroid. I leave wifi on full time but with the new application/battery usage thing I might start shutting it off. I talk on the phone rarely, it's mostly twitter, email, surfing and puzzle games.
    - thismat 17y ago
      Ahh, what puzzle games do you play? Any suggestions from the market?