Sunday, January 4, 2009

Android, the future of the mobile world.

Finally i bought T mobile G1, a phone powered by Android Operating system from Google. The Phone is great because it works on Android Operating System. The power comes to android as it is open source mobile operating system. so i have the power in my hand to customize a phone however i want if i can a techie. Ever for other its good because there will like minded techies who will develop the Customizations and normal people can use them. I will post a review on the it shortly, but before that there is some thing important to know about the phone.
In india phone is not released yet, Either u have buy a unlocked developer version or a contract free phone and unlock it. There are few things to know before u unlock the G1 in the later case.
  • To unlock g1 visit www.unlock-tmobileg1.com, u have to pay 24$ via paypal to get the unlock code.
  • To unlock the phone u need a sim card with a data plan enabled on it.
  • U need to know the MNC MCC codes for ur carrier( click here for the codes ).
  • Should know the APN setting for ur carrier.
The above thing are very important. To know about various data plans call ur customer care.
Issues i have faced during the process.
I am using airtel karnataka as my service provider with a post paid connection. Here are various available data plans settings

Plan 1

Rs.399 per month
100 MB Free Usage

Rs.5 per extra MB

Plan 2

Rs.599 per month
1GB Free Usage

Rs.3 per extra MB

Plan 3

Rs. 799 per month
1.5 GB Free Usage

Rs.3 per extra MB

Plan 4

Rs 140 per week, Unlimited. Better go for this one.

Connection settings

APN: airtelgprs.com

MNC: 45

MCC: 404

Will update more very shortly. The is very less information online till noe on this topic, i will sure to update info as soon as possible. In case of any querys leave a comment.

2 comments:

«AM» said...

I assume you bought the phone with a 2 year contract with tmobile?

Confi said...

No i bought contract-free G1 from TMobile for 406$