This was posted a few places today but I thought I would host a copy for now. It was said to be for ADP1 and for Ion but the update-script says its for “Dream” hardware (G1/ADP1). This is the non-rooted Official rom for those who do not wish to wait for it. If you want a rooted version, wait for someone to create one.

Donut Android-DLs.com download link

Donut Google direct download link

Google Android developer Dan Morrill just released a response to the much talked about C&D (Cease and Desist order) that was apparently sent to the Android rom cook (maker of cyanogenmod) Cyanogen:

Lately we’ve been busy bees in Mountain View, as you can see from the recent release of Android 1.6 to the open-source tree, not to mention some devices we’re working on with partners that we think you’ll really like. Of course, the community isn’t sitting around either, and we’ve been seeing some really cool and impressive things, such as the custom Android builds that are popular with many enthusiasts. Recently there’s been some discussion about an exchange we had with the developer of one of those builds, and I’ve noticed some confusion around what is and isn’t part of Android’s open source code. I want to take a few moments to clear up some of those misconceptions, and explain how Google’s apps for Android fit in.

Everyone knows that mobile is a big deal, but for a long time it was hard to be a mobile app developer. Competing interests and the slow pace of platform innovation made it hard to create innovative apps. For our part, Google offers a lot of services — such as Google Search, Google Maps, and so on — and we found delivering those services to users’ phones to be a very frustrating experience. But we also found that we weren’t alone, so we formed the Open Handset Alliance, a group of like-minded partners, and created Android to be the platform that we all wished we had. To encourage broad adoption, we arranged for Android to be open-source. Google also created and operates Android Market as a service for developers to distribute their apps to Android users. In other words, we created Android because the industry needed an injection of openness. Today, we’re thrilled to see all the enthusiasm that developers, users, and others in the mobile industry have shown toward Android.

With a high-quality open platform in hand, we then returned to our goal of making our services available on users’ phones. That’s why we developed Android apps for many of our services like YouTube, Gmail, Google Voice, and so on. These apps are Google’s way of benefiting from Android in the same way that any other developer can, but the apps are not part of the Android platform itself. We make some of these apps available to users of any Android-powered device via Android Market, and others are pre-installed on some phones through business deals. Either way, these apps aren’t open source, and that’s why they aren’t included in the Android source code repository. Unauthorized distribution of this software harms us just like it would any other business, even if it’s done with the best of intentions.

I hope that clears up some of the confusion around Google’s apps for Android. We always love seeing novel uses of Android, including custom Android builds from developers who see a need. I look forward to seeing what comes next!

While I agree 100% that nobody should be stealing Googles hard work and taking away from their profit, I do not agree that this is what Cyanogen is doing. He is not aiming his roms at devices that do not come “With Google”. He is not selling his roms or the offending binaries within. He is merely reworking the roms meant for devices that already have these apps and placing them back in so the user who just had Google Market on their official rom still has it on their unofficial rom. It is my opinion that rom cooks like Cyanogen, JesusFreke and Haykuro are helping Android by getting users (like me) who would otherwise have given up on the locked-down/no-access versions of android to stick with it using a custom rom.

Googles response is not open for comments so it is going to stay a one sided story over there. Please feel free to let us know what your take on this is in the comments below.

HTC just announced via good ‘ole Twitter that a new upgrade for the Hero aimed at Orange users has been released. Read more and download the update here.

Well, it seems Haykuro has done it again. Rogers will be the second to release the Rogers software when their Android phone hits the market tomorrow (June 2nd). They were beat by a 17yr old who happened to finish his homework early and have some time to spare. They should change the back of the phone to say “WITH Haykuro” instead of the “Rogers” logo. This early release presents another first also: US G1 owners have a chance to use the Canada only rom before Canada gets to use it. Grab your copy of it here!

Now that is an odd mouthful. For those who do not understand what it means, Rosie is the home screen HTC wrote that shows all those nice widgets. Hero is the phone the wrote the nice UI for and haykuro is the one who got it all from them. I have reports from the man himself that while it looks great, the speed is a bit lacking. The HTC Hero has better specs than the G1 and therefore can handle it a bit better. No word yet on when/if there will be a release. Watch the video below for the latest on Rosie from haykuro.

JesusFreke releases a Cupcake update for all Dream devices. This includes the G1 (US and
UK) and the ADP1. The previous release only covered the ADP1 (which most users just flashed anyways). If you have not flashed the cupcake RADIO update, you will want to do that soon after flashing this update.

Information and links to the updates can be found here: http://android-dls.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=526

As always, these updates can be downloaded and applied using JFupdater, which can itself be found on the market.

Now that the update has been found we can make way for JF to perform his usual magic. Once he creates a JFized version, it will be posted here. For those who want to tweak it themselves or just want to try it without root the information including download links can be found in >the wiki.

JesusFreke released his Cupcake (Android 1.5) udpates for ADP1 tonight. The mirrors can be found here.

You will still need to update to the new radio which is not packaged inside the update. I will add the radio to the JFupdater list BRIEFLY tomorrow so those that want to wait for that can. Keep in mind, since the radio does not change your OS version it will always show as an update even if you have already flashed it (hence the brief time I will leave it there).

We are still waiting for someone to find the URL for the G1 OTA that has been rumored but not proven to be released. If you are able to get us this url, please contact me with it. Thanks in advance.

I have been using his 4.5 build for about a week after he helped me get a semi working apps-to-sd setup working. Today he finalized this and if you use any kind of apps-to-sd mods, you will be able to try out his build. His latest 4.5 build is missing a few things that keep it from being a daily use build for most. Of those few things, the most notable are the inverted colors and upside down picture on the camera and the headphone jack not working (no audio output). While he plans on working on this more in the coming days, If you are not afraid of the bleeding edge, you should try it out. Cupcake is a much needed improvement over Android 1.0 and 1.1 which you can sneak a taste of early thanks to him. >Check out his latest builds here.

A user at >XDA-Developers (haykuro) has been playing around with a rom from an HTC Sapphice/Magic and has made it run fairly well on the G1. I flashed it last night and have been messing with it (not much, its pretty incomplete because he is still working on adding back some stuff he had to remove to make it work). Overall impression is that it looks better, runs better and has a lot more features. Lots of stuff we were expecting our G1 to have when we bought it will be added. They have added video recording, soft keyboard and a few features you know about, plus a lot that you do not. If you are not a stranger to flashing roms I would suggest you head on over there, download the latest version (he updates it as soon as he can get things fixed) and try it out. Make a nandroid backup first so you can restore if you need to go back to a JF build because it is not 100% functional.