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1. My Android Phone - HTC G1 | Vinod Live! said, on December 16th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

   [...] is my (not-so) shiny new toy!. An HTC G1 - The official Google Android Developer Phone 1. She just arrived today via UPS international courier. I had some difficulty connecting to the [...]
2. shitu said, on December 18th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

   I think bad overcomes good (:

   May be i will look for Nokia 5800 now, its cost is too low as compared to its features !!!
3. Sridhar Suresh said, on December 24th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

   received my anddev phone 1 today.. its simply amazing.. freedom !!
   the price has come down now.. its 571 USD
4. Sridhar Suresh said, on December 24th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

   hey vinod, can you tell me if the bulid quality of the phone is good ? i am able to hear a lot of creaky noises on the sides..
5. vijay said, on December 27th, 2008 at 10:06 am

   sir i need ur help i bought g1 but i am not able to establish data connection if u could help me with the apn settings it would be great i am on vodafone
6. Amaan said, on December 27th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

   hi vinod i bought the the dev phone and i have gprs and it shows the bpl symbol but its not connecting to the google server please help i dont mind even switching to airtel but i would prefer it if you can do my settings on bpl i live in mumbai and i really need my phone activated please help me out and tell me what to fill in the rest of the fields such as mmsc and etc. as tht quickim.com website is of no help my email id is amaan_udhas@Hotmail.com
7. Amaan said, on December 27th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

   because the android website only gave apn and username and there are several other fields to be filled.
8. Rohit Singal said, on December 31st, 2008 at 5:27 pm

   Can you please help me in setting the data connection. I have the same setup as you have, unlocked G1 with airtel. my email is rohitsingal [@} mac.com
   Thanks in advance.
9. Narendra said, on December 31st, 2008 at 7:42 pm

   Can you please provide the airtel apn settings for android to setup the initial google registration. My mail id is naren.madasu@gmail.com

   Thanks in Advance
10. Siddharth said, on January 7th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    Hey Vinod
    Great thing you’ve got your hands on..
    i too am looking forward to get my hands on one.. wonder when they intend to launch it in india.
    Since i’m not a developer i do not think it’s viable to go in for the Dev phone.. but do have some doubts.

    Does the Dev phone auto update itself..
    Do all aplications from the App market work
    if i do not play around too much with it would you recommend one for someone like me (an illitrate with linux and java, dont even understand stuff like root directory)
    How helpful was airtel to help set up your Dev phone

    Thanks in advance
    Cheers
    Siddharth
11. Vinod said, on January 7th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    @Sidharth:
    Thanks for the Visit!. The fact is that you don’t have to be an actual developer to get the dev-phone. You can just pay $25 to Google and become a developer! (http://market.android.com/publish/Home).
    The Dev Phone is supposed to auto-update itself. Each and every application from the Market, I tried - Worked perfectly. In fact, the Dev-Phone has more storage space for programs than the regular G1 ( 3Mb vs 15Mb).
    If you are looking for a good looking phone with excellent build-quality, you will be definitely disappointed with the Dev-Phone. Having used an iPhone, I still hesitate to use it as a regular phone/PDA. But the Android Operating system is fantastic and responsiveness of the programs are excellent - Whereas iPhone programs are slow to start. Plus, you can multi-task beautifully.

    I can see many people are having issues to setup the brand-new dev-phone with their carrier. But this is a simple thing to solve and many have called me/emailed me to get this step right. I hope to write another blog post to clarify the things better.
12. Siddharth said, on January 8th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    @ Vinod:
    personally i find HTC dream good looking and more functunally vialble than the iphone… but the thing that’s stopping me is the “NO WARRANTY” part.
    Would you recommend i wait for the Non dev version or should i go in for the Dev 1, i’ve already waited 4 months, another two or three might hurt but i think i’ll be able to make it through..

    And yes we all desperately look forward to your post about setting up the Dev phone..

    Cheers and thanks
    Siddharth
13. Arjun said, on January 19th, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Hello Vinod,

    I bought dev phone but its failing in the initialization process.I am using vodafone connections. I did changes to APN still no use. please help me.
14. Arjun said, on January 22nd, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    PROBLEM SOLVED.
15. G Shyam said, on January 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Hey Arjun
    what is the G1 APN setting for vodafone in mumbai, how did you do it?? Please help

    G Shyem
16. G Shyam said, on January 23rd, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    Hey Arjun
    what is the G1 APN setting for vodafone in mumbai, how did you do it?? Please help

    My email id is flycatcher77@gmail.com

    G Shyam
17. Satish said, on January 23rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    I brought G1 dev phone

    - OS is very stable
    - poor battery life
    - I am waiting for cupcake update but not sure what will happen to Market/Gmail app once I update firmware
    - Wifi is not working but vodafone mobile connect plan is working

    APN for vodafone in mumbai : www
18. Satish said, on January 23rd, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    one more thing… I installed lot of apps and reached internal storage limit, will be glad if they add an option to install apps on sd card
19. G Shyam said, on January 23rd, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Hi Satish
    Is www all I have to enter

    What about
    Name
    APN
    Proxy
    Port
    Username
    Password
    Server
    MMSC
    MMS Proxy
    MMS Pert
    MCC
    MNC
    APN type

    Regards
    G Shyam
20. Siddharth said, on January 28th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    Here try theese settings… they should work just fine

    for Airtel

    APN address:airtelgprs.com
    Port : 8080 (for Mobile Office)

    MCC code for AirTel GSM is 404 for all states.

    MNC Codes :
    10 Delhi
    31 Kolkata
    96 Haryana
    95 Kerala
    94 Tamilnadu
    97 Uttar Pradesh (West)
    92 Mumbai
    98 Gujarat
    90 Maharashtra
    93 Madhya Pradesh
    45 Karnataka
    49 Andhra Pradesh
    02 Punjab
    40 Chennai
    03 Himachai Pradesh

    Rest all entries should be blank.

    Note: Make sure to get service activated from AirTel

    For Vodafone

    VODAFONE

    APN address: portalnmms
    Username :
    Password :

    or try this

    APN address: www
    Username :
    Password :

    Get the username and pass from the customer care after activation..

    This is all the info i had.. wouldn’t know more

    Cheers
    Siddharth
21. G Shyam said, on January 28th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    These are the setting which worked for me for vodafone mumbai

    Name: Vodafone Live!
    APN: portalnmms
    Proxy: 10.10.1.100
    Port: 9401
    Username:
    Password:
    Server:
    MMSC:
    MMS Proxy:
    MMS Pert:
    MCC: 404
    MNC:20
    APN type : default

    Thanks everyone

    G Shyam
22. G Shyam said, on February 2nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    On my G1, Https site are not opening, but http site open. Really am lost

    mail me at flycatcher77@gmail.com

    G Shyam
23. Siddharth said, on February 12th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Hey Vinod,

    How’s your Dev 1 coming along… i’ve just ordered my G1 waiting it to arrive in India.. just wanted to check if you’re able to connect to the market (if yes then is it the global one or US/UK) and whether your phone’s getting the updates or no.

    Cheers
    Siddharth
24. Ashish said, on February 17th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    HI,

    can some body send me the IDEA Pune gprs settings.
25. Siddharth said, on February 22nd, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    Hi, i got the G1 to India (Finally ), it’s unlocked, but the trouble is, it’s yet to be set up (signed in using my Gmail ID and all). The moment i boot the phone a screen comes, that requires me to put in my gmail user name and password… when i put in the required info, it cannot access the google servers (pretty obvious, as i haven’t manually put in the setting to activate my EGPRS on the phone).

    Could someone help me here by telling me how to get to the settings page, where i can manually set up my EGPRS settings/choose the right network, without first putting in my gmail username and password

    Thanks a ton

    Cheers
    Sid

    P.S. i do have WI-Fi access, but from what i read, it wouldn’t be of much help would it?
26. android fan said, on February 28th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    I got a new Android Dev Phone last month and still wondering whether it is rooted, I could not run the wifi/blue tethering which is suppose to run on rooted android phone.
27. Thangavel said, on March 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    I just received Android Developer Phone. I am using GPRS enabled Airtel Sim card. I am from Coimbatore, TamilNadu. Can anyone send me the GPRS settings for Android Developer Phone?

    Following are the settings used by me:
    Name : Mobile Office
    APN address :airtelgprs.com
    Port : 8080 (for Mobile Office)
    MCC code : 404
    MNC Codes : 94 (Tamilnadu)
28. Pavan said, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    I got my ADP 2 weeks back. $399+$25 shipped in US brought via my cousin. For those who want to activate via WIFI use this thread. http://modmygphone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9471. I use vodafone live which works good for my mails checking and basic google search. I dont want to go for expensive mobile office. BTW live activation is free usage, is 10p per KB. For 3G, I belive TMobile uses 2100/1700 I am not sure what BSNL is using any ideas ?
29. Manoj said, on April 30th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    Hi Pavan,
    Can you tell me how you did Vodafone Live setting for Tmobile G1 (I bought mine in USA, got it unlocked and brought to India). I am in Kolkata, Vodafone Live is active and I have done following settings but I am not able to access internet at all. Please help if you can.

    APN: portalnmms
    Proxy: 10.10.1.100
    Port: 9401
    Username:
    Password:
    Server:
    MMSC:
    MMS Proxy:
    MMS Pert:
    MCC: 404
    MNC:30 (Kolkata)
    APN type : default
30. Manoj said, on April 30th, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    Hi Pavan,
    You can also send mail to manojk.maurya@gmail.com
    I will be very thankful to you if internet begins to work on my G1.
31. Manoj said, on April 30th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    Now, internet works but not the gmail client/ contacts etc. I will update more.