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Sick of waiting? Android 1.5 Cupcake manual install package available now

Adam Marks — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:29:40 +0000

A man once told me that I could not have my Cupcake and eat it too. He was obviously dead wrong. Today’s big buzz on the Android front is that the official OTA install package for Android 1.5 (lovingly known around the internets as ‘Cupcake’ update) is now available for direct download and manual patching. For those of us who have waited patiently for the official patch but just can’t wait another day for it to come over-the-air, it is our day of rejoicing. At long last, we get to sink our teeth in to that green sugar-coated muffin, complete with video recording, on-screen keyboard, an expanding library of widgets, and stereo bluetooth support (to name a few additions).

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Android “Cupcake” Build Nearly Golden Brown

Greg Kumparak — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:45:34 +0000

Four months of discovery and hearsay later, the Android build that we’ve all been waiting for is nigh. Run inside, everyone – run inside and charge your G1s, for Cupcake (Firmware v1.5) is nearly upon us. (Actually, it’s still a few weeks away. But you should charge your G1 anyway, seeing as it’s a G1 and the day is halfway over, so the battery’s probably almost dead.)

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CTIA09: Hands-on with the latest build of the Android “Cupcake” firmware

Greg Kumparak — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:29:52 +0000

We're in good ol' Sin City, fresh out of a pre-CTIA 2009 meeting with HTC. While most of the hardware they brought to the party were things we'd seen at Mobile World Congress last month, they had one thing on the software end that was just out of the oven: the latest build of the Android "Cupcake" release. The firmware build number we were playing with was 1.5/CRA79. We didn't spot any major new features in this build - but we did see a good number of things we'd heard about previously get their first implementations. Oddly, we also noticed at least one thing missing since last time.

T-Mobile G1 to get the Cupcake update in April

Greg Kumparak — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:50:46 +0000

With the HTC Magic launching in April, we probably could have guessed that the Cupcake update would be ready to ship to the G1 at the same time. But now we don’t need to guess – a T-Mobile rep has gone and confirmed it.

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Android “Cupcake” build to bring YouTube Favorites to the home screen

Greg Kumparak — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:48:58 +0000

As work on the Android “Cupcake” build (Firmware 1.5) continues, the developers continue to slip more little features in under the radar.

We were spending a few minutes with the just announced HTC Magic last night, and we noticed one bit in the live folders screen we hadn’t seen before: YouTube Favorites. Live folders are a new addition to Cupcake which allow you to add self-updating folder to the homescreen. Previously, we’d only seen the first three on the list in the screenshot above: All Contacts, Contacts with Phone numbers, and Starred Contacts. The YouTube Favorites live folder, as you probably could guess, pulls your favorites from your YouTube account and makes them accessible with just 2 clicks. It’s the first non-contact-related Live Folder we’ve seen so far – and the one that seems the most useful, as well.

Video: Demo of the latest Android “Cupcake” development build

Greg Kumparak — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:07:47 +0000

As 2008 came to a close, we saw the first hints of a new developmental branch of Android called “Cupcake”. Promising video recording, copy and paste, stereo bluetooth and more, an endless clamor has rang from the userbase ever since. There’s still no word as to when we can expect it to drop onto devices, nor are they making promises that any specific feature will make it on to any given handset (be it the G1 or a future release) – but with the Cupcake branch at a reasonably stable point and beginning to show some of its new tricks, we thought we’d do a video run-through of what has made it in so far.

Some of the biggest features (including those mentioned up above) have yet to make it in, or are untestable in the Android SDK emulator.

Here’s what’s changed so far:

Firmware Version: 1.5
Onscreen keyboard has been added for portrait mode, allowing the user to type with the touchscreen. If this is enabled on the G1, users won’t have to open the keyboard to type unless they want to, addressing a common complaint amongst early adopters.
Two new apps, though it’s unclear (and from their rudimentary state, seemingly unlikely) if they’re intended for the final build or just demo apps:

Global Time: Shows how the sun is currently lighting the earth
Note pad: Ultra basic note pad – of the three, the most likely to make it into the final build.

Live folders: Auto refreshing folder shortcuts for your desktop. You’re currently able to select from “All Contacts”, “Contacts with phone number”, and “Starred Contacts”

Emoticon support in text/IM

Locale support for many languages: Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, English (Australian, UK, Singapore, and US), Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Chinese (China and Taiwan)

Want to check out Cupcake for yourself? If you’re comfortable installing the Android SDK and replacing a handful of files, it’s dead simple – check out this tutorial from Nullwire for more details.

Android Cupcake spied, tasted

Matt Burns — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:32:42 +0000

The T-Mobile G1 has an update in the works. When the firmware will be available to owners is the main question after most of the details leaked out of the kitchen. Cupcake, as it’s been dubbed, should improve the look and the feel of the OS. The buttons should pop a bit more, there is a new transition when opening and closing apps, but most importantly is the new virtual keyboard. That particular new feature doesn’t seem to provide much function in the physical keyboard-equipped G1, but hopefully the G2 or the upcoming Huawei handset will take full advantage of it. Early screenshots after the jump.

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