Comments on: G1 Complaints Grow, Then Shrink

By: excitedForNothing

excitedForNothing — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:52:22 +0000

I’ve read most of the comments here. What I find utterly backwards is selling a phone that can’t be used without signing into google. I can’t get past the sign in screen. The only solution I found was to find someone else with a G!, use their SIM card, sign in to google. Then reinsert my own sim card, and the phone will be activated. Ummmm, I don’t know anyone else with T-Mobile who has a data service. I understand data has to be provisioned…how does that make it ok to disable the WHOLE phone. I can’t make calls; I can’t reach any menus…it’s absurd. Could there be separate servers for provisioning and signing in? I mean, I can wait for data. Why should I have to wait to make a call. So support says provisioning takes 2-48 hours. What kind of wait time is that??? It’s so crazy, it’s making me laugh now that I wrote all this out. Too bad I’m locked in a contract. I’d toss this thing immediately.

By: g1sucks

g1sucks — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:34:22 +0000

the g1 for t mobile sucks the phone does not save your phone number to your sim card so they say oh go to ur t mobile site and download them to the site and it saves all your numbers the trick is you have to manually type all your contacts in yourself so if you have 100 contacts on your phone you want to keep your have to take at least 20 mins in your day to do so. another defect when u clear your call list (outgoing and incoming)it deletes all your phone numbers after you saved them to your phone wtf i hate this phone.

By: Sam Brown

Sam Brown — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:47:52 +0000

Here’s my complaint, and it’s a doozy: If you do manage to buy this phone on a pay-as-you-go-contract, it will break you.

The Android appears to perform a silent communication every 5 minutes, even if you turn off google syncing. My pay-as-you-go deal charges 0.09 euro per minute, one minute minimum, per connection. Doing the math, that’s a little over 15,000 $/yr just to have the phone idle.

The hack around this isn’t so hot: You install “apndroid” from Android Market, which lets you switch all non-voice communication off with a single icon click, and back on again as easily. Now you’ve eliminated the constant loss of credit, but your expensive smart-phone is an expensive dumb-phone, without even text messaging, other than when you explicitly turn it back on. And if you forget to turn it off again after, you’ll wake up the next morning with your credit run down to 0 and the phone unusable. Or maybe that same night, as fast as the credit drains.

I’d like to hear a better solution to this, if anyone knows it.

By: Dove HF

Dove HF — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:18:39 +0000

I love my G1. I’m using it as a remote right now! I know advancements will come, but I have a little complaint about the upgrade: the background on the pull out menu screens. May seem petty but I am a very visual person and I liked the translucent solid color fields that all my icons sat upon. I could still see the haze of whatever was behind and now it’s a stupid gray grid that reminds me of the blank backgrounds in Photoshop. Please make it classy and glassy again.

Much Love D

By: margarida

margarida — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:08:35 +0000

i think it really sucks i can not switch the internet off, while i’m at home/work, when i don’t need and could save battery. i like the mobile, since i travel everyday 2h in the train to go to work, but the fact i can not control these (very) simple issues annoys me a lot. i just can’t rely only on this mobile as i could on my previous, even with lower capacity…

i pay the same, just would like to be more efficient and not waste energy!

the other thing is that if i switch off to save energy in the night, the alarm doesn’t work :-s

By: Dnickyb

Dnickyb — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:52:49 +0000

My phone broke after it slipped out of my hand while I was sitting at my desk. The cost to replace it from the insurance company is almost the same as what I originally paid. I chose to just downgrade my plan and go to a cheaper phone rather than replace a phone every two months that’s as long as I’ve had it. I’ve seen iphones go through a lot more abuse and still survive. I have also seen cases where AT&T has replacd the phone if it did break to the extent that mine has.

By: Kuanyin

Kuanyin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:34:07 +0000

I can’t tell you how disappointed I am with the photo sending of the G1 phone! It is crappy, crappy, crappy! The photos never get sent via email or via text msg! And that’s if I’ve cropped them. I’ve spent time with service reps at the stores, and no one seems to know what the answer is. And after all this hype about the phone, I’m shocked there’s not more people complaining about the photo sending capabilities of this phone.

By: Battery-Man

Battery-Man — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:41:24 +0000

How can I fight g1 crime with short battery life!!! Every time I’m on the web for more than 45 minutes I need to be recharged, I spend more time charging than g1 crime fighting. All of my villians make fun of me, g1 manufacturers please do somthing about this…..you know you could invent some type of Battery-Man viagra!!!!!!

By: Poor Battery Man

Poor Battery Man — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:33:15 +0000

I’m very upset with the fact that the battery power never last long enough. Someone with the authority to invent new and I’m proved batteries please have a heart for the holidays!!!!

By: Isaiah Webster

Isaiah Webster — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:05:23 +0000

Please invent a battery that will last for a long time!!! All this high tecknowledgy and the battery can’t even last,why no blue tooth, what’s the use of having it when you can’t use it, and what about a little support when it comes to flash player, people spend good money on these phones.

By: someguy

someguy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:52:58 +0000

developing for the g1 is like pushing a rock uphill, a good chunk of the phone is locked off and growing, with no explanation. also i’m just delighted that i cant remove the amazon app…

By: Cesar

Cesar — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:12:16 +0000

battery life, geez! it is short, use the web a lot… don’t know how the iPhone is… probably the same… will ask friend tomorrow… with this technology, I actually read now… everything, newspapers, wow, wait till they come out with books… cool… will have to be plugged in tho… for some reason the small print help more with my understanding of the content, weird…

By: E MAC

E MAC — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:55:59 +0000

Hey, I waited an Waited for the G1, ( Thank you Jesus for gettin early Oct 17th) an I can say that its a Nice Look for Tmobile. The Only thing I’m complaing about is the Stupid Aim an Instant Messenger on the G1 phone..you would think that with all the technology they put in this phone, it would have a better instant Messenger then a sidekick Lx, I miss my sidekick Lx just for that. On the G,1 IM’in my Buddies, its like talken to myself ((haha)) cause my screen name pops up in reply instead of seein the persons name im talkin to is crazy… how da hell you mess up software like that…why didnt the makers see this before they put out the High an Mighty G1..

Also, there is so many applications, which is good for each an everyones personal needs..but they should just put out the good ones an stop wasting there time with all the apps that do suck ass…Iphone I never thought was all of that..G1 makes Iphone look stupid rite now..cause for one when you use up all ya memory on the iphone, Im simply changing micro cards for memory ..Iphone users gonna have to buy another iphone to make more memory..haha stupid

By: Jduenas

Jduenas — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:40:47 +0000

I am upset I preordered mine on 9/23 and I called 10/14 to check status it says its backordered ! I spoke with a person and they confirmed ! I am an existing customer also I did get the 179 price but they do not know whe i will get it ! and I cannot cancel ! has anyone checked on theirs

By: Angel

Angel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:38:34 +0000

Regarding the $ 179 price:

When I tried to upgrade my T-Mobile Wing phone for the G1 online I kept getting the $299 price, not the $179 as advertised. I called T-Mobile and asked a rep about not being able to get the quoted $179 price. She assured me that my bill will reflect the $179 price and also stated that others will have the same issue resolved. If you are getting the $299 price quote on T-Mobile’s website, definitely call the company and verify that your new bill WILL reflect the $120 discount. I hope you all have the same outcome as I did.