For the second time since I became a G1 owner, I broke my phone. The first time, I left it on the roof of my car and I ran it over after it slid off the roof. This time, I simply dropped it, perhaps one too many times. So, I have put in an insurance claim for my phone and will have to drop yet another $150 for a G1. This is my third time buying a G1 and I’m getting pretty sick of having to root my phone over and over again. The only good thing is that I use a script called switchrom.sh from the good folks at XDA so I will be back to where I left off in a matter of five minutes—ROM, apps, settings and all.
All is not lost, however. Since the I can use the phone but not the screen, I am still able to use it via Droid Explorer, a must for any serious G1 owner. It includes a plug-in (which I believe was written by someone other than Droid Explorer’s author) that allows access to the phone’s screen in real time. I have access to my entire G1 so I can flash ROMs, install apps, send texts—everything that can normally be done. The touch screen even works but it’s kind of hard to know where it is I am touching so I am mostly using the trackball and the keyboard.
Check back here over the next few days and keep an eye on my Twitter page. I will be running a contest to win some screen protectors for your G1 or myTouch. It’s a pretty small prize to start but I hope to add other contests with bigger prizes such as apps and other accessories.
That’s all for now. Feeling pretty crappy about not having my G1 but I’ll live.
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