when i first got the g1 (came with android 1.6) i was really happy with it. i was thinking i don’t have any reason to root and install a custom rom. i was content.

that was how it was for the first month..then i encountered my first reason. after only installing about 15 apps or so i ran out of local phone storage. i then had to pick and choose what apps remained installed. on stock android 1.6 you can’t install apps to the SD card either. so this became a strong reason for me to want to install a custom rom.

secondly, it was obvious there would never be any official 2.x android updates coming to the g1. so my only option to mess around with newer android builds (short of buying a new phone) was to install a custom rom.

i chose cyanogenmod as the rom because that’s the most widely known (and probably used) rom. i had heard of cyanogen way before i even had an android phone. and plus it seems that the majority of other roms are based off of cyanogenmod, and CM is still actively developed…so might as well use the original.