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 FileRename Downloaded zip file to update.zipCopy 'update.zip' to SD CardTurn off the phone. Press and hold HOME+POWER to rebootWhen you see the triangle with an exclamation point press ALT+LPress ALT+S to begin update processWhen prompted, Press HOME+BACK to rebootIt may reboot a few times, don't worrySource : http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-install...