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Droid’s Android 2.1 ROM ‘fully functional’ on G1

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, January 1st, 2010 at 12:56 PM

deviceIf you’ve got an HTC Dream or T-Mobile G1 in your pocket, you’re probably green with enough envy for late model Android phones to give the Android robot some self-confidence issues. The Motorola Droid and its Android 2.1 OS, for example, are good enough to leave early Android adopters with a bitter taste in their mouths. But, worry not, G1/Dream owners, Android developer Drizzy is using that bitterness to bring the Droid’s Android 2.1 ROM to your homely smartphone.

Drizzy has posted screenshots proving that he’s gotten the Droid 2.1 ROM fully up and running on a T-Mobile G1. There’s still work that needs to be done before he will release his custom ROM to the public, but they’re mostly just niggling details. At this point, the ROM is considered “fully functional,” so it’s probably safe to assume that we will see the G1 playing with a stable Android 2.1 OS in the very near future.

Keep an eye on Drizzy’s AndroidSPIN forum thread for updates.

[Via: AndroidSPIN]

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  • Ted

    Camera working?
    Official drivers for the camera have not been released for 2.0, so if he got it working it would be quite impressive.

    So claiming ‘fully functional’ when the camera does not work is well…. not too bright.

  • RandyRat

    The motorola droid is not equipped with Android 2.1, but rather 2.0

  • ScottHolm

    You’re mistaken, it’s the Nexus One, not the Droid that has 2.1. Droid has 2.0.1

  • Michael Bolton

    The Droid is currently 2.0 or 2.0.1, not 2.1.

  • guido

    LOL this article is fail the Droid does not even have 2.1 thats the Nexus.

  • bl33d

    I believe he is talking about the nexus 2.1 OS that was ported over for droid a week or so ago.

  • Janusz

    The way he said about this new ROM has clearly stated that not everything is working yet, you moron.