G1 News

Check your calendars, folks. This is not an April Fool’s hoax, the G1 metal detector app really works!

How the heck does it work? According to the smart bods (namely johnkzin) on the Android Guys post, “Could be the compass. Could also be that metal probably has an effect on the EM fields around the device, and thus affects signal strength/etc. of the GSM radio. Therefore, it may just be looking at fluctuations in the signal strength that are somehow easily relatable to proximity of metal interference.”

That was exactly what I was going to say. Awesome app, either way!

Is your G1 playing up? Found mine becoming really laggy and quite annoying to use recently. Might be all that early Cupcake fiddling! Found that a good way to clear the cobwebs is just to restore the whole device to factory settings. Also good if returning it for any reason and you need to remove all traces of nefarious activity!

Here goes:

1. Turn off the G1
2. Press Home Key and End key at the same time for abuot 15 seconds, until you see a triangle with an exclamation point with a picture of the G1.
3. Slide out the QWERTY keyboard and press Alt and W at the same time.
4. That’s it! All done!

To do a soft reset, just press the Home and Back buttons when you see the triangle with an exclamation point and a picture of the G1 on the screen.

Thanks, Android Central!