Official Thread: T-Mobile G1 Q&A - Your Questions Answered

[jgoldy15]

Where is the microSD card located on the phone and how easy is it to remove the microSD card? (A picture would be nice )

You can find this information in the manual or on many of the review videos that are out there. Check out the top of AC and look in the videos. If you don't find it immediately, you'll still learn a lot about the G1 and all of it's glorious apps/functions!

[heyitsnan]

Where is the microSD card located on the phone and how easy is it to remove the microSD card? (A picture would be nice )

Jgoldy15 is right

Watch this video: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/blog.php?u=1

Also, here's the link to AC's video collection http://androidcommunity.com/videos/ .

[dkvitus]

You can also play with the 360 view and/or emulator if you havent yet:
http://tmobile.modeaondemand.com/htc/g1/

[pcaustin]

I may not be qualified to describe the multi-tasking but I haven't seen a concise description yet so I'll give it a try:

All Applications so far are in Java and conform to a very specific interface. They are divided into UI pieces and Services. The UI piece for sure, and I think even the services have the ability to save and restore it's state. This gives the OS the ability to shut down and restore an application when necessary. If I understand right, the UI is likely to get shut down anytime you're not actually using it, but services will continue to run unless resources are critically low.

In addition, services register their interest in responding to a stimulus (an "Intent") and it seems like they could easily be hibernated until needed. Hmm, come to think of it, this sounds like "event driven programming" taken to the a level where the process can actually be unloaded between events.

So, for example, I don't know anything about the actual IM applications, but I can guess how this might be applied. Anything having to do with composing an AIM message or displaying your buddy-list will probably be "hibernated" when you're not using it, but the service can still respond to incoming messages or continue to try to send messages even after you've switched away from the UI.

[DDM123]

Well, I just got my G1, after pulling some strings to get it.

Unlike what kaziko said, I'm not able to use the phone whatsoever. After half an hour on the phone with T-Mobile, they told me that there is a specific data plan for the G1, and it won't be available until Oct. 23rd (release date is the 22nd, I know)

I put in my SIM card, the phone starts up, asks for a Google account. I punched in my account. The phone says "Your phone is communicating with Google servers blah blah" Then "There is a problem with the servers ... your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services ... "

So that's all I can do with the phone. Is there a way to get past the setup screen just so I can play around with the non-network functions?

[dkvitus]

Well, I just got my G1, after pulling some strings to get it.

Unlike what kaziko said, I'm not able to use the phone whatsoever. After half an hour on the phone with T-Mobile, they told me that there is a specific data plan for the G1, and it won't be available until Oct. 23rd (release date is the 22nd, I know)

I put in my SIM card, the phone starts up, asks for a Google account. I punched in my account. The phone says "Your phone is communicating with Google servers blah blah" Then "There is a problem with the servers ... your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services ... "

So that's all I can do with the phone. Is there a way to get past the setup screen just so I can play around with the non-network functions?

Call T-mobile, tell them you need to speak with the supervisor's boss's manager, that you are the cousin of Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt or Larry Page and that your neice's nephew needs help but your phone is not working... You need something done ASAP!

But seriously, just call someone and start a fight...lol

[birdtales]

Did you have the 19.99 Total Internet Plan prior to getting the G1? That is why his works he already had a Data Plan associated with his SIM card.

[DDM123]

I asked if I could just purchase one in the meantime, they said it wouldn't work.

[dkvitus]

I asked if I could just purchase one in the meantime, they said it wouldn't work.

Insist that you want it... just be firm about it. If they refuse, just get a data plan for your previous phone, or tell them you'll revert to your "blackberry"... when the plan kicks in - voila, you are on the road!

[jgoldy15]

Well, I just got my G1, after pulling some strings to get it.

Unlike what kaziko said, I'm not able to use the phone whatsoever. After half an hour on the phone with T-Mobile, they told me that there is a specific data plan for the G1, and it won't be available until Oct. 23rd (release date is the 22nd, I know)

I put in my SIM card, the phone starts up, asks for a Google account. I punched in my account. The phone says "Your phone is communicating with Google servers blah blah" Then "There is a problem with the servers ... your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services ... "

So that's all I can do with the phone. Is there a way to get past the setup screen just so I can play around with the non-network functions?

What kind of strings did you have to pull to get yours early? Are you a TMobile employee?!?!? Inquiring minds want to know!