Following up on the launch of the G1 online and the early shipping of pre-ordered devices, T-Mobile has confirmed that it will roll out the first OTA update for the G1 beginning tomorrow into the end of the month in a similar pattern to SideKick updates.
This update will include enhancements and a bug fix that makes all songs from Amazon available while also fixing a corrupt file bug found when downloading songs over the air for preview.
The software version number can be found by hitting Menu > Settings > About phone > Build number. The initial release version is RC19 with the updated software version being deployed as RC28 with all settings and apps being preserved after the update.
Will this also fix the problem with AIM. when you message yourself? and will it give away message capability as well?
T-Mobile appears to have delayed the release of the update. The only improvement we can confirm right now, is bug fixes with the Amazon MP3 store.
Please tmobile can you fix the aim. Make it like the sidekick LX aim or better(I wish you can do it better). I really need away messaging and picture icon. And I hope like the sidekick, the g1 can let users know when a buddy signs on and off please I really love this phone, just need a better aim than the one g1 user have now. tmobile rules!!!!!
I agree the G1 needs better aim
The aim on the g1 sucks badly it makes me want to go back to my sidekick
I tried using meebo for aim and downloading a better version but it wasn’t possible
Everything about the G1 is crazy I love it but we need to get that aim problem fixed, a lot of people wit these smart phones are hooked on aim so if we get that going it’ll be perfect. [Ya should make it like the sidekick aim ] (:
for real. We need to get better aim.. I love the G1 but i miss my sidekick lx cuz aim was just like being signed on a computer, putting away messages, buddy icons, seeing when people sign on and off.. tmobile really needs to update aim..
I was messing around with the G1 and for minute it looked as if i was able to type an away msg.. I don’t know how I got into it though. Then when I tried to save the message I lost it. Now I can’t figure out how to get back to it. Maybe there is a way to post away messages. Or, maybe im just seeing things.
ME AND MY FRIENDS HAVE THE G1 AND WE LOVE IT BUT WE R THINKING OF RETURNING IT BECAUSE THE AIM IS HORRIBLE! IT NEEDS TO BE LIKE THE AIM FOR THE SIDEKICK LX! WE HATE THAT YOU CAN’T MAKE YOUR OWN AWAY MESSAGE AND THAT THE BUDDY LIST FEATURES AREN’T GREAT AS WELL. SIDEKICK LX WAS GREAT FOR AIM AND G1 SHOULD DO IT TOO! G1 UR GOING TO LOOSE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS BECAUSE A SIMPLE THING LIKE THIS THAT YOU CAN’T FIX
Ummm I do under stand the g1 is lacking of aim but pplz u gotta understand the g1 anit made for aim the sidekicks aree that’s y that phone sucks and I hate it
ok im done with the G1 i reallyyyyyyyy thought i was going to like it but i sooooo don’t! I feel that besides the Aim being horrible because they can try to come up with something like blackberry that they have “Jive talk”. i feel that the gamil is horrible as well. messages come about 10-45 min after someone sends it. Text messages don’t always go through either. it’s sad to say but i have to get rid of it. It’s a good phone but not GREAT! hopefully they come out with a better one soon!
I wish you could at least download other I’m apps like beejive.
yeah I wish it could be downloaded.Alot of people have been receiving the update tho. There has to be a way to manually or force the update like the sidekick lx updates. Im gonna figure this out lol, and watch all this work wont even be a big deal. smh…. I’ll keep you guys posted if I figure out how to force it
Unfortunately, Google left out the ability to manually request an update.
I can only assume that they figured, if there were some show-stopping update, that users could install it using a PC, via the USB cable.
Hopefully Google will add an ability to request an available update in the first major revision of Android.
th G1 is really great. i just have one problem …. AIM ! like i miss my lX, and the i can use aim, there. it was just like a computer. the G1, needs to get an upgrade or something, because aim sucks !
Jeeze – just got the update hoping it’d fix the instant messenger issues… it doesn’t. Coming from a sidekick, the lack of a working instant messenger solution really hits me hard.
the aim is so bad on the g1…ugh i really miss the aim on my lx i wish they would fix it asap other then that the phone is really good but if they fixed the aim it would be great
THE AIM ON THE G1 SUCKS….KAN WE GET A SIDEKICK CLONE OF AIM PLEASE…I KANT TAKE IT IF IM PAYIN 345 FOR A PHONE KAN I AT LEAST ENJOYT AIM..?? I WAS THINKIN BOUT RETURING IT & GOIN BACK TO MY SIDEKICK LX ! PLEASE DO SOMETHING BOUT THE AIM ! ITS VERY URGENT TO ALL THE G1 CUSTOMERS
Its sad how a phone that’s supposed to symbolize the future of phones, can’t fix a simple problem like aim. I too had a sidekick, amd I too feel the g1 is an awesome phone, but paying 35 usd is a little too much for such horrible service.
If t mobile’s lame duck tactics continue we should all as for rebates, as a conpensation for the crappy aim service. God I miss my sk…well there’s always the sk touch…any1 wanna buy a g1?
G1 really needs a better aim I’m still using my sk and ma g1 together bcause da aim on da g1 really suks and is slow 2
I COMPLETLY AGREE WITH MOST OF YOU!
THE G1 IS A WONDERFUL PHONE BUT IT WOULD BE SOOOOO MUCH BETTER IF WE WERE ABLE TO POST AWAY MESSAGES ON AIM AND COPY AND PASTE CONVOS POST ICONS AND ECT…AIM ON THE G1 SUCKS BIG TIME…AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE FIXED A.S.A.P
I think the G1 is a very cool phone, however just like everyone else said the AIM sucks really bad but people we have to understand that these phones are not gonna be perfect. hopefully we will get and update because a lot of us are upset at this problem. i was tempted to go back to my LX but thats just moving backwards. we should all just wait it out and see if we can get an update.
I agree with everyone here aim really does suck. My friend was telling me that if you connect the g1 using a usb cable to connect it to the computer you can get the aim from the pc and put it in to one of your files on your g1. I’m trying it right now ill let you guys know if that helped!!
The G1 is one of the most fun and impressive phones out there and i love it more than my old Sidekick LX and Slide…….however……the AIM needs to be fixed fast. I’ve tried transporting AIM through Googletalk programs such as Psi, the messages are more stable, but the connection to AIM isnt, it keeps DC’ng me and its more annoying than AIM itself. So far i have the 3G turned off and my SMS messages seem to get where they are going….once they patch this or release a more stable AIM program ((+im) is horrible btw) this phone will be pimp.
Theres actually an aim that I downloaded from the android market that works alot better then the aim that came with the fone. Its called (IM all in one messenger). You can read and set away messages. The only problem is that it has the tendacy to sign off and on when youre not using it for a while. other than that its real good when active. I cant wait until they fix the original one thought because I want to have a stable AIM where I can set icons and be satisfied like my LX again.
I GOT RID OF MY G1, ME AND MY FRIENDS COULDN’T DEAL WITH THE AIM! WE ALL 4 GOT THE BLACKBERRY CURVE. IT’S GREAT! THE BEEJIVE IS AWESOME AND ALSO THE BLACKBERRY MESSENGER. I REALLY WISHED G1 HAD A BETTER AIM CAUSE WE SO WOULD HAVE KEPT IT! HOPEFULLY GOOGLE COMES OUT WITH A BETTER PHONE CAUSE EVEN THE IPHONE (THAT IM NOT MUCH INTO) HAS A BETTER AIM AND GOOGLE WAS TRYING TO BEAT THE IPHONE. AND GMAIL IS SLOW I FELT AS WELL. I GUESS I JUST WANTED THE PHONE SO BAD THAT IT UPSET ME TO NOT HAVE WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE. GOOGLE STEP UP UR GAME CAUSE BLACKBERRY N I PHONE R KILLING YOU GUYS. YEA G1 SOLD A LOT OF PHONES BUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO RETURNED THEM THEY WON’T LET US KNOW
How is it that the G1 has all these great features that run pretty well yet AIM (the most simplest program thats been around for the longest time and one of THE MOST IMPORTANT) was never tested to see if it would work correctly? Very disappointed in Android team and TMOBILE!!!
Meebo just released an AIM client and its nice, i think they fixed the logging off issue by making it stay online like googletalk. So far its a beta type program, cant close recent conversations and no settings, but the AIM works through the phone being locked thank God. This should hold us off till its patched or until a new more reliable program becomes available or until Meebo adds options and such.
Phone great I agree! But the aim is wackk NEEDS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT!
I CAN’T EVEN GET MY ENTIRE BUDDYT LIST TO SHOW UP CUSZ IT KEEPS SAYIN ERROR CODE 700 can’t load properly!!
And ALSO THIS AUTMATIC SIGNING OFF IS dUM.why doesthat happen every 10 15 min???
NOT HAPPY~
Wow I thought I was the only one, but everyone feels like I do!!! AIM really sucks!!! And I couldn’t stop thinking about my LX the whole time I was useing my g1. T mobile has a lot of people that want to buy the g1, but the more they hear about how AIM sucks, the more custumers you are going to lose… fix it!!!
I like my g1 but to quite honest the aim service is terrible. It doesn’t show all buddies, you set away message or an icon picture. What’s the sense of making this phone similar to the lx when this app is horrible? T-moblie needs to address this problem asap! Please have an upgrade…
The G1 is awful. Compared to an ancient Nokia flip-phone I’ve carried for years, it is neanderthal. 1. It cannot access Tmobile “My Albums” photobank. 2. It cannot access Family Allowance sliders for managing minutes. 3. It cannot download an sms photo to the phone. If you can get it to work at all,(Photos with embedded messages from very basic T Mobile photo phones totally baffle the phone and the Android experts) You must forward the phone to your Gmail account. And 4. OMG when you sync up with Gmail if you had an account for a while all your lame email contacts will push all your phone contacts off into the ether somewhere. 5. But the absolutely worst design feature by far is mounting the tiny delete button on the keyboard adjacent to the SEND button. Try to correct a typo or rethink a bit of poorly chosen words and a fat or misguided finger SENDS the mistake quicker then you can say G1! My old Nokia allowed me to set a timed “silence” or Meeting” ring tone for a predetermined time 2 hours for a movie, 8 hours for work. what have you… With G1, it is silent or Not. period No timers no choices. and the volume..there is none. you lay the phone on it’s back to protect the prcious touch screen and you are laying it on the speaker! If you have a hearing problem or need more volume in a noisy environment, a mall sports event or outdoors… forget about it.
It can tell you the air quality in your neghborhood but it dials your least favorite person at just the wrong time all by itself. It sets errant alarms for no reason and dies at the worst times. This thing had to have been rushed to market with no prior end user testing.
Simply put, a thousand software androids working with unlimited time could not fix the hardware and T-Mobile interface problems this thing carries. T-Mobile’s response “Yeah we forgot to tell ya that, but we know about the problems…and it is okay because some of our other phones don’t work with T mobile web features either. Oh… but next month it comes out in a white cased version. so look cool and explain why it is the next great thing.
Remember you only have 14 days to discover what this thing won’t do. And don’t expect a user manual. T-Mobile and Android refuse to include a manual beyond “Getting started” which just hypes features with no real instructions. The full 141 page tome is not supplied with the unit still lacks clear directions for some features and pitfalls and it is buried online. I’m a fairly bright guy and I like technology more than most but this thing will make you feel dumb and have you scratching you head in an instant at every turn.
My old Nokia is getting it’s SIM card back next week.
Sir James
Houston Texas
OMG WHEN ARE THEY GONNA FIX THE AIM PROBLEM!!!!! THIS SO ANNOYING . I LOVE THIS PHONE, EVERYTHING WORKS GREAT, JUST THE AIM MAN. HEY TMOBILE WTF ARE YOU DOING. STOP SITTING ON UR ASS AND FUCKING FIX THIS PHONE
G1 is making m3 v3ry ups3t with da wh0l3 AIM thing!
Such a “s0phisticat3d” smart ph0n3 sh0uld 3ith3r hav a b3tt3r v3rsi0n than da sid3kick 0r da sam3 0p3rati0n! Bcuz I ain’t f33lin n0t puttin up an away 0r s33ing my pplz away m3ssag3s, 0r put up an ic0n! Th3y b3tt3r b r3adin d33z f0rums n s33in wat da cust0m3rs want! I’m b3ginnin 2 r3gr3t partin wit da LX!
I’m hard-pressed to see so many responses from users who understand so little.
I don’t have AIM issues. Mine copies; and pastes. Does not lag. AIM Away messages.
It’s amazing that so many people who are not power-users got a phone that is specifically aimed at power-users. “But I shouldn’t have to be a-“; yes – you should.
Jesus. Do you guys all use Dell boxes, too?
Honestly the phone is good. THe only problem is the Aim on the phone. It needs a seriouse upgrade on that problem Asap. The main reason we have smart phones is for the aim. It should be better than the lX seeing how its newest phone. PLZ SEND A UPDATE … WE CANT LIVE LIKe THIs FOR LOnG. WE NEeED it NOW
hahaha makes a very good point.. the phone is designed for power-users.. there for the aim issue should be out weighed by all outstanding features the phone does offer. but the truth is consumers buy products they really know jack about and the responsibility of the manufacturer is to cater to those ignorant of its true being. plus i’m sure the power users are a small percentage compared to the consumers who want a hot phone with good aim capabilities.
The G1 is amazing except for the exact problem that everybody is talking about. The AIM sucks. I think most of the sk users came to the G1 and we are not used to this bullshit. The aim is setup like a phone i had like 5 yrs ago. crazy!!! FIX THE AIM Tmobile. im going to sk 08 if continues
I was thinking of getting the g1 but without a working aim its pointless. I think its funny you guys are threating tmoble if they don’t fix the g1 your going to the sk, sk is still tmoble.
AiM ON DA G1 SUCKZ THEY SHOULD REALLY DO SUMTHiN ABOUT DAT. ii STiLL HAVE MY SiDEKiCK LX JUS BCKUZ ii HEARD TOO MANY COMPLAiNTS ABOUT AiM ON DA G1….
My buddy list doesnt even show up on my G1…everything else about the phone is great but im really big on aim and it just doesnt work,it’s weak cause im used to using a sidekick and this just doesnt work like that did…tmobile has to fix this!
Dude what the f* my buddy list doesn’t show up! How many times have I seen “error encountered loading contacts” or something like that. Its so bad that my girlfriend thought I didn’t want to answer her im because I was cheating on her and now she doesn’t talk to me! I mean dude this gets personal. Ehh while I’m here mightas well say that the bluetooth sucks too. There’s no beam! And a question when will the adobe flash player 10 come available to the android market… wow I feel reliefed…
Download hello aim on the g1 … you can customize ya away;; nd Icon .. aswell as read others away (full) nd see they icon
DOWNLOAD HELLO AIM FOR THE G1. ITS GREAT!!
TO DELETE YA STATUS YOU MUST HOLD YA FINGER ON THE STATUS AND IT WILL GIVE YOU OPTIONS TO EDIT YOUR STATUS/AWAY MESSAGE OR DELETE IT!
THE G1 HAS MADE A COMEBACK!
Hey my fellow people i need u guys to help me out i want to get the g1 but after reading these comments i mine as well get an 08 or an lx im confuzed on wich to get i want the g1 cuz its new and its touch screen but people plz help me make the right choice cuz i dont wanna make the wrong one so let me kno
I’ve had the sidekick since sk1 as well and used AIM everyday. Now I have the G1, and let me tell you its so hard going from aiming everyday, to a phone where the aim doesn’t even effin work. I miss my sidekick’s AIM. I had the same problem receiving IM’s from myself when I IM’d someone, so I downloaded Hello IM. Its not great, its not even good. Ok it let’s you put an icon up and write an away, but what good is that if the app signs me off every 5 mins?? Its soo suckish. Another thing is that you have to have full service to send the IM. If you send a IM and there is no service it just doesn’t go through. It doesn’t automatically send when you regain service, the message just sits there in the convo box looking as if it was sent. So I’m sitting waiting for a reply when my original message wasn’t even sent to begin with lol. Please please fix this problem. I love this phone other than the AIM problem and I would really like to keep it.
I just tried downloading Hello Aim, however the website is under construction….I guess so.
How do you delete away messeges??????
omg… can we get a freakin update on the aim…please update the g1….im tired of this..its boring..i miss my sidekicc too but i thought i was go uprgrade to a bomb g1…more likely a succ g1..omma try to reach the tmobile company or the ppl who makes the fone and ask them to update it cause im not feeling this…i am an unsatisfied customer.
I was thinkin’ bout doin @ upgrade from my sk 08 2 the G1 next wk. But that’s 2 yall comments I changed my mind..I’ll wait 4 the G2 and read the reviews about AIM 4 that phone ((if slow ass TMO would HURRY UP & RELEASE IT))
I was dying 2 get the g1 I couldn’t wait I just had to have it…… but come 2 find out da aim sucks really bad. I don’t like the fact that I can’t post my away messages and I cannot put a pic icon . When it comes to the sidekick lx its great. I really wanted the g1 because I was told it was a lot like a pc but again…. the gossip is not all the way true. I really was hoping to be able to log into myspace and enter diff chat rooms but I can’t rven do that…… omg it sucks!.!!!
Omg I hate da g1 aim really sucks hardbody I juss got dis fone 2 days ago n I alrdy want 2 return it I shuldve juss gotten da 08 den dis piece of crap.. really hope dey come wit an update for aim bcuz dis is ridiculous