How To Manually Install Android 1.5 Cupcake US Version

Sometimes, enough is enough. We've all been waiting for the Android 1.5 Cupcake US to come to our G1 phones since...who knows when. We gave you guys the details on how to manually upgrade your G1's to Android 1.5 via the UK update but that meant certain sacrifices had to be made (Amazon mp3, voice search, etc) in order to take advantage of Cupcake's goodness. Luckily a US version of Android 1.5 has popped up so you can now manually install the Android 1.5 Cupcake US version onto your G1.

Yeah, this is pretty close to official. And yeah, we know the rollout is supposed to begin tomorrow but geez, we wanted this 6 months ago...we don't know if we can wait another day! Here's how to get the Android 1.5 Cupcake US version onto your G1:

• Download the Android 1.5 Cupcake US Version File
• Rename Downloaded zip file to update.zip
• Copy 'update.zip' to SD Card
• Turn off the phone. Press and hold HOME+POWER to reboot
• When you see the triangle with an exclamation point press ALT+L
• Press ALT+S to begin update process
• When prompted, Press HOME+BACK to reboot
• It may reboot a few times, don't worry