Rooted HTC G1, wired tethering and Tmobile 3G speeds Written on February 8, 2010, by Scott.

I’m a big supporter of Google’s Android. Lot’s of reasons why but today I’ll stick to the part where I can root the phone and do wired tethering using my HTC G1′s Tmobile 3G service.

Rooting the G1

Between Maximum PC: How to hack your G1, Androidandme: Beginners guide to rooting your Android G1 and the CynogenMod Wiki I was able to gather enough information to successfully root my G1. Here a quick overview of the key steps:

Back-up your data and buy a new class 6 Transcend 8GB micro SDHC (fast and largest supported by G1)
Downgrade to RC29 and Root your G1 by installing CyanongenMod’s Recovery Image
Update Radio and Second Program Loader (SPL) – make sure you understand the risks/benefits when choosing Haykuro/Death SPL!
Download a ROM (CyanogenMod, FastTest or a 2.1 Eclair ROM), wipe data and install ROM
Partition your micro SD card to run larger ROMs and run Apps from the card

I ended up using CyanogenMod which is a widely used 1.6 “Donut” build which supports wired tethering and overclocking to 528MHz out of the box. I also tried the KiNgxKxlick Espresso2G1 v1.3 which is 2.1 “Eclair” based which supports the Nexus One style live wallpapers and should eventually have Flash 10.1.

Wired Tethering & Tmobile 3G

Having made some experiences with tethering using the Android central PDANet app I was expecting this to be as easy as hooking up the G1 via USB and clicking on the built in Wired Tether app. Well if I had been using Win7 this would have gone smoother, but Windows XP doesn’t come with the needed Remote NDIS drivers. So I had to download the drivers from here and after installation (Windows ask for the drivers when you plug in the G1) I was good to go. I did a quick test on my Compaq 2510p notebook and was pleasantly surprised with the 3G speeds (1009/752 kbps). The download is a bit slower than DSL but the upload is 2x faster. So much for my cousin saying that Tmobile 3G is worse than AT&T. This was measured down in Cupertino,CA and being a wireless technology YMV.

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Rooted HTC G1, wired tethering and Tmobile 3G speeds Written on February 8, 2010, by Scott.

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