T-Mobile customers who own a myTouch 3G should begin receiving an upgrade to Android 2.1 this spring, according to a Fender press release from earlier today. Other carriers like Rogers Wireless recently announced a similar upgrade to their HTC Magic (which is the same phone) so this news comes with little surprise, but this is the first time we have heard T-Mobile talk about it.
The last time we looked at first generation Android phones, T-Mobile was the only carrier that had not revealed their upgrade plans for all their devices. Since that time, Motorola has confirmed the CLIQ would receive Android 2.1.
We have contacted T-Mobile and are still waiting to learn the fate of the G1, which was the first Android phone ever launched. It appears the device will not be able to receive the update due to certain limitations, but maybe Google has a surprise for us.
Rogers Wireless announced that their HTC Dream (same as G1) would not be receiving Android 2.1 and began a special promotion to provide those customers with a new Android phone.
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Yeah. i can’t wait until a dev can put this in their ROM this spring.
Has everyone forgotten about the T-Mobile pusle?
I think they have. It’s still on 1.5!
That is up to T-Mobile UK and Huawei. I expect the phone could handle the update, but I have no idea.
I’m rooted running a custom ROM… will I still receive the update? Sorry if that’s a silly question, it’s just unclear to me.
Rooted ROM to not receive OTA updates. This was done by design so that updates do not remove root access. If your phone is hacked, you will most likely have access to Android 2.1 much sooner.
thanks taylor
2.1 is already available on the G1, and its slick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=598973
Why no announcement on the Cliq? Because you were wrong on saying it would not get it?
this announcement was made for the Fender, and the Rogers Magic, which both have 288 MB RAM.
the MyTouch 3G is not the same hardware ! It has same RAM as the Dream…
Hopefully this won’t prevent from updating to 2.x, but still… this is not the exact same update as for Fender or Rogers’
Posted by Terence.
“@Cece The MyTouch will get 2.x as the limitation on the G1 isn’t RAM space, it concerns the ROM space of the phone. More specifically, the system partition that holds the OS is simply to small and there’s no way to change that without flashing the device. Hopefully Tmobile will be as kind as Rogers and offer an upgrade to the MyTouch”
You should do more research before blabbing. I’m running Android 2.1 on my rooted mytouch and it is running 100% including the animated wallpapers. Just everything isn’t working since all the drivers aren’t released.
@Cece The MyTouch will get 2.x as the limitation on the G1 isn’t RAM space, it concerns the ROM space of the phone. More specifically, the system partition that holds the OS is simply to small and there’s no way to change that without flashing the device. Hopefully Tmobile will be as kind as Rogers and offer an upgrade to the MyTouch
And still no word on the Samsung Behold II? It’s still running 1.5. I know it’s up to Samsung, but still, would be nice to have at least 1.6. All I know is I’m glad I didn’t have to pay for this phone. Maybe I’ll just dump it for the Nexus One…
Samsung said the Behold II would get Android 2.x, but has not released a date yet.
Did anyone actually buy a behold? That cube ui was… ummm
Spring!???? WTF I want 2.1 now!
All they need to do for the g1 to receive the 2.1 update is to release a SPL update that reparations /system and gives it more space. The “danger” SPL already did this for anyone that has been using 3rd party xda roms. I personally have a g1 that has /system with the same amount of space as the mytouch, so it is technically possible to give it the 2.1 update.
Actually I read somewhere (I think this site) that Google is having problems with putting eclair on g1 but with the danger spl they can put it on without problems. The reason why the danger spl puts more space in the system partition since it removes the space used for OTA updates. Don’t worry since if it is released for the mytouch the devs at xda will make one for the g1.
Yes! I’m so excited that I didn’t get a Nexus One. I feel bad for G1 owners, maybe they’ll at least get 2.0 or some sort of watered down update? Who knows…
@Nithon Um maybe you should read what I was replying to in my post before YOU go babbling, genius. I was actually talking about the G1 not having the ROM for Eclair, not the MyTouch. My very first sentence said the MyTouch WOULD get 2.x, if you take the time to actually decipher the English language dimwit
If you use the reply link in the lower right of the post, you’ll find that your message looks like a reply. Yours was easy to take out of context because you only replied to the main message.
They should let tmobile G1 users upgrade to the Nexus One without having to change our current phone plan
Hei , there’s already 2.1 on mt3g…check out xda forum
using 2.1 now,camera working
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could you at least send out android 2.0 for the mytouch instead of us waiting till spring with the samecfirmware
The unbranded HTC Magic owners are still suffering with Android 1.5 and HTC does not seem to work on a fast upgrade to anything beyond 1.5 …
They really should stop selling new G1s if the hardware is too old. The G1 still outsells all other Android smartphones on T-Mobile.
Joe the Average customer goes into a T-Mobile store after seeing the MyTouch ads, and wants “the one with the keyboard,” and walks out with a G1.
Gosh, a long time ago I thought it was to be realesed sometime this month but it seems not. At least i have an idea now after searching for it.
i just wish i would have a specific date so i can count down the days..lol
yessssssss, it’s about god damn time. im so psych.
just wondering. with the 2.1 what is going to be different, new, good?
Do you think the mytouch/magic 32b could handle 2.1 with its ram? Mine chugs along on 1.6.
Hey my only comment is if it will be a PC based update or will it just be sent to our phones? I think that a PC update would be better, but would we have to pay for the update if they do it that way? Also i just wish there was a date, at least what month lol but anyways im just super happy to get rid of 1.6
This blows man, release it already, I don’t want to have to go and root my phone to get a patch. Release it now!!!!