I bought my G1 around 5 weeks ago off ebay in mint condition unlocked and i'm running it on AT&T (only carrier here unfortunatley). I have read these forums everyday im not working and trying to learn as much as i can (came from an HTC TyTN II Pro). So everything's new to me. What major advantages are there rooting a G1 as i'm sure we will not be getting any updates past the 1.6. I am not sure if my phone is already rooted or not. Here is the info on my phone:
Model #- T Mobile G1
Firmware Version
1.6
Baseband Version
62.50SC.20.17H_2.22.23.02
Kernal Version
2.6.29-00479-g3c7d37
android-build@apa26#19
Build Number
DMD64
One more question.... The battery goes pretty quick and i have done all the things the nice folks in the forum suggested to other users to conserve battery life. When I go in under Battery Use and see " Whats Been Using the battery" it always says it's the display display, which I try to keep the display off even when charging. My Battery Widget is acting funny also, kinda jumps around from like 77% then hit display and it goes to 99%. This forum ROCKS! Everyone here tries their best to help new Android users and we all thank you for that!!!!