Boot-up your computer from your T-Mobile G1!
By Will Park on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 at 2:28 PM PST In Android, Announcements, GPhone, HTC, Hottest Hardware, Tutorial
Sure, you could just use your T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) G1 as an Android smartphone and call it a fulfilling day. But then you’d be missing out on the geekery that is booting your PC from your T-Mobile G1! The fine folks over at Logical Tech have figured out a way to use the T-Mobile G1 as a bootable USB drive, and they’ve posted a nice little guide on how to do it for yourself.
You see, the T-Mobile G1 sports a microSDHC card slot, allowing you to expand the G1’s storage up to 16GB of space. And, with the T-Mobile G1’s mass storage mode allowing you to use that microSD card like a USB flash drive, the next logical step was to use the T-Mobile G1 as a bootable drive.
Specifically, the Ultimate Boot CD utility that allows you to view and interact with the contents of any hard drive has made the jump from USB drive-based booting to G1-based booting. With a couple patches, you too can use your T-Mobile G1 to boot your PC using the Ultimate Boot CD.
Getting your T-Mobile G1 to act as a bootable drive for your PC is a simple matter of:
- Inserting microSD card into G1
- Connecting G1 to computer
- Mounting the G1 as a USB device
- Installing UBCDfix2.exe (extract to folder “UBCD” on your desktop)
- Downloading the Ultimate Boot CD to the UBCD folder on your desktop.
- Running the fixubcd2.bat file within the UBCD folder
It really is that simple. A few simple steps and a couple downloads is all it takes to turn your G1 into a bootable flash drive running UBCD. Head on over to Logical Tech for the complete tutorial!
[Via: LogicalTech]
