Old G-1: What to do?

[t_r_nelson]

My wife had the G-1 from T-Mobile since it was released. She recently picked up a Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant). We reused the SIM in her new phone so I have no connectivity aside from direct connection to a PC. I'm looking for suggestions on what to do with the G-1. I'd like to turn it into a cheap video/audio/game device for my 5-year old son. I'm willing to root the phone, if necessary.

Any suggestions/sites would be great.

[NienorGT]

I doubt there much to do with this.

I have an old G1 too, upgraded to Cynanogen mod 2.2 and it won't do much, mainly because of the outdated hardware and lack of rom. :ermm:

I would try to sell it and get an iPod Touch. Like it or not, there's more games for kids on the AppStore than on the Android Market.

[t_r_nelson]

There are some simple Market things that he likes (Zebra Paint and others). Can you access the Market when directly connected to a PC?

[NienorGT]

What you mean by "connected directly to a PC?" You can't connect to WiFi?

[divinatum]

You should be able to squeeze some life out of that old G1. Root it (If not already) and install Cyanogen 6.1-RC1, Then find a pershoot kernel and overclock it. Then to give you extra ram, format the SD card with a 32mb swap (Don't go more. It'll slow it down.) and the swapenabler script on the CM forums.

Now, I mean you won't be able to play like a PSX emulator, but it should handle most things pretty well. If you don't have a data connection, just use Wifi and it'll work fine.