Do you have balls of steel? If you answered “YES!” or “SORT OF!” then you might have what it takes to flash the firmware on your T-Mobile G1 in order to get this multi-touch hack up and running, courtesy of developer Luke Hutchison.
Luke has implemented the code on the kernel level and will continue to optimize it going forward. As with any modifications to your phone’s firmware, be extremely careful as you’ll very likely void your warranty while running the risk of bricking your phone. That disclaimer aside, the process doesn’t look all that difficult if you’re handy with Linux root access.
Hutchison optimized a few programs right out of the gate: Multi-Touch Browser, MTMapsDemo, MTPhotoSortrDemo, and MTVisualizer.
Ever since I got my G1 I have had it rooted and had JF 1.3 installed. I’ve been loving it! Found out about this one last night and installed it immediately. Guys you will not regret flashing this firmware. Great stuff. Little slow but for something that was never intended to happen it’s pretty nice. Great to show off to your iPhone pals who say android isnt as good :) Just be aware, I upgraded from 1.3 RC30 to 1.41 RC30 and though JF says you wont have to do a wipe I had to otherwise I would hang on the Android screen. As such I now have to figure out why the phone won’t recognize my sd card. Most likely something to do with saving my apps to it. Anyway, thank you Luke and JF!
Wow, this is great. Why didn’t they implement this on their own? Does apple got a copyright for multi touch ;-)
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