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[Galaxy S I9000 General] bob fishman:
Yeah I carry a wallet; left pocket along with my keys and some loose change.

Yes, depth and width of the GN and SGS2 are smaller than that of a wallet but it's the height that's the issue, seeing as you can't put it in your pocket sideways, and what we're saying or what I'm saying is it's getting to the point where the height is too big to fit in one's pocket making it impractical.

There's maybe not a huge amount in it but there is a line beyond which things start to be "too big". (It's more than possible that line is placed differently for each of us depending on our own tastes, maybe you don't have a problem with larger handsets and that's fine because you can buy and use whatever you like, I won't lose any sleep over it.) I don't think the SGS crosses it, I don't even think the SGS2 does really although at a glance it may appear to but as the trend seems to be towards larger and larger screens for high end android phones it could be a problem for those of us that want to comfortably carry a phone around in our pockets.

That's the thing. It's not enough to just about fit it in your pocket, ideally it would do so comfortably and allow for your movement, not bulge out too much, not leave you worried that going up a ladder or something like just sitting down will flex that massive screen and break it.

It's not a huge issue because if I don't want to buy something or if I think it's not for me I just won't buy it, however seeing as I've bought apps and stuff and I quite like android I want to stick with it and I'd also like to get a high end handset when I upgrade because it makes me feel like a big man and it seems there's a few of us who would like to see a slightly smaller (though still not exactly small) handset that ticks those boxes.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
Just give me a 4" SGS successor that I can use on AT&T 850 3G already. Even the SGSII is too big.

I just was the original SGS with more muscle...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
honestly, what kind of pants do you wear? ive got oodles of room in any kind of pants, jeans, shorts, whatever. do you wear skinny girl jeans or something? what kind of pocket isnt deep enough for these phones?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bob fishman:
No.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
I don't put phones in my pocket anymore. I used too but they get torn up and you can't resell them.

I generally like to have a phone for 2-6 months, and then resell. It's really easy to do so using a leather case. Even if I didn't resell, I don't like big phones that you may need 2 hands for.

People can make small hands jokes, but the ones that want bigger phones are mainly for gaming. I do enough of that already on my 360.

I love options, but lets have more options for EVERYONE... ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Flozzo:
Sorry man, but wanting big phones and gaming are not really related

CM7 FTW @ SGS - Tapatalk
[Galaxy S I9000 General] deanbilly:
I guess you don't have a girlfriend then?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
You should read the comments on Engadget.

All I'm saying is have phone options for EVERYONE, not everyone wants or embraces a large phone...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Super_Sebas:
i kinda lik big screens

gives you more space to watch a movie or play games

sgs2 size is great

but the htc titan is way to big

lik having a flat brick in your hand
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xdapao3:
I have an X-box360 on a Playseat and that's all the gaming I do too, I am not interested in gaming on smartphones and when I am out and have time to kill in a queue or something I don't play games, I answer messages, browse the net, recheck appointments and to-do lists etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bhu1:
Not every one has a xbox -360.....

...i have a ps3 ;-)

sent from the beast known as samsung galaxy s. ;-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] groggycl:
probably hard question, but I want to get some guidelines over wich rom to use. I wnat battery life and as stock as possible theme. I am using a very blue one, and I can't get to like it.

Don't really worried about speed, as the phone is blazing fast anyway.

Thanks!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
My opinion: Cognition. Villain Rom is great too.

Until Cyanogenmod is stable, you could use Cognition.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Stock rom KD1 .

jje
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shugishugi:
Hi everybody,

I think i got an unique GPS problem in my Captivate,

The thing is, when ever i starting GPS program (GPStest, GPSstatus, AngryGPS...) the GPS symbol in the status line flashing for 3 second and disappeared... no signal and not even a weak satellite. Nothing. The GPStest keep showing clear windows. I tried every trick i could fine, every server, lots of program, and nothing seems to make this phone to find a single satellite.

When i do the tests with AngryGPS/LBST, the test just doesnt process to anywhere(keep showing me Starting test... or 0/30.. Weird!)

Required data:

I am on Europe.

The phone is unlocked At&t.

Firmware - original one(stock rom)

Kernel - 2.6.29 jetaek lee sep-11

Build - ECLAIR

Basebnd - I897UCJF6

Please, this problem is driving me crazy... the one of my main used pitcher in my previous phone..! :(

Thanks In Advance!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave the Knave:
You will never have working GPS running that firmware version.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangi26:
miztaken1312 is right, you'll be hard pressed to get any kind of GPS using JF6. You'll need to go to a custom ROM to get usable GPS. I can't speak for the other ROM's out there but I've had great success with Phoenix(Froyo 2.2) and Mosaic(Gingerbread 2.3)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shugishugi:
Ok, i also tried to upgrade to GB 2.3.4 PilotXrom 3.5, and still, the same problem, no GPS signal at all, tests in AngryGps stopped 3 seconds after its start. Could it be a hardware damage? What other Rom should i try? Froyo one?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kletiz:
Turn your phone off and remove the battery. Tell us what the build number is. It will be 4 digits starting with a 10.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shugishugi:
Hi, My build number is 1007.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdwolf85:
Definitely not a unique problem. I had a 1007 with gps like that. I ended up exchanging it for an 1106 and now my gps is prefect no natter what I flash. Your problem is hardware.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kletiz:
Yep, 1007 is your problem. I had one as well and traded it in for a refurbed 1011. However if yours is a refurbed 1007 then it shouldn't be a hardware issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] imtjnotu:
i havent gone threw every review but any of u guys catch anything in any review?

the epic by far was the best phone ive used but the GPS was down right awful and sprint nor samsung did anything to fix it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Silent25r:
XDA fixed it enough to keep me happy. I think people are blowing this gps thing way out of proportion. "If it doesn't work perfectly or, at least as good as other phones then it must be the most awful thing ever!".
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] imtjnotu:
was never blown out of proportion.....my girls epic who is stock can never get a lock

mine who was rooted would get signal but never better then 40m lock and would lose signal constantly.....try taking an 9 hour drive with it on and see how many times ur signal is lost
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dmarden:
I certainly remember that a lot of people had trouble, but I never did. Mine always locked perfectly and quickly and never gave me trouble on drives short and long.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
I never understood the gps deal. It seemed so sporadic. Mine always worked and I am stock. I used it last weekend on EH17 to drive 5 hours to saint louis and it was perfect the entire way there and back. Didn't cut out once. But you see some people worth working gps and others without it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aleph23:
I have to agree on the gps sucking. On any drive over an hour I could expect to loose lock. I'd imagine if we looked in some of the other GSII forums we might get a clue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] imtjnotu:
the only thing i ever loved more about my evo then the epic was the gps....htc never gave me gps issues ever
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Pitnefor:
when i had the bionic or droid x they both locked on quick
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TurboFool:
Backing up the GPS being just short of useless. Remember, just because YOU haven't experienced the problem doesn't prove there isn't one. On Eclair I had very little trouble, but on FroYo I would constantly lose signal mid-trip, having to frequently turn it off and back on to re-lock and hope I wouldn't lose it right when I was in the middle of complex turns or had missed a turn and needed re-routing. In the Gingerbread leaks it turned to completely useless, locking up 100% after as little as 10 seconds of use, requiring a full restart of the phone to be useful again.

So yes, the Epic's biggest flaw was its next-to-useless GPS, hands down. That said, most reviews of the entire Galaxy S line agreed the GPS was bad on all versions. So far I've heard nothing of the sort about the Galaxy S II phones in Europe which suggests the entire line will be similar, including our new Epic 4G Touches.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Silent25r:
If you couldn't fix it then that wasn't the norm. I would have returned it to Sprint and got a different one within the first 30 days.

9 hour drives? No problem. Longest I've been on was 6 but the GPS didn't have any problems. The battery on the other hand...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] anubis13:
got mine yesterday, used GPS with google nav and telenav. drove for about an hour in farm country Ohio. GPS took a few seconds longer to lock than my EVo but once locked didn't drop signal. Still a little early to tell but no obvious problems yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
Since I don't know who you were responding to I will assume it was me. You know that goes both ways right. Just because YOU have experienced the problem doesn't prove there is one. I have used every official build and every gingerbread leak except EE03 and I have never had a single problem. I use GPS frequently. I have never had a lockup. I have always had an instant lock. And I have always been able to get within 10 meters with the average being 3 meters. However, I never said there wasn't a problem. I just said I never understood the issue as to why it worked for some and not others. You would think that it would be global if the hardware is identical. Makes me wonder if it has anything to do with location in respect to the satellites. Never tried to dig into it because fortunately I didn't have the issue. But I do hope that the touch is without issues because not having gps would be a deal breaker for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cachorropedorro:
Just because he experienced the problem means that a problem exists. Whether it's a wide spread problem or a unique incident, the problem still exists. On the Epic forums people are constantly complaining about GPS issues. There are few fortunate ones like you who haven't had the same issues. I didn't have GPS issues for a while until my job had me drive long distances.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
So if you brick your phone because of something you did is the phone bad. Is there a flaw in the phone? No. And again, I never said there wasn't a problem. Actually I said that there was a problem for some and not for others. The only point I was making is that I didn't understand why it worked for some and not others. I wish we could have found the root cause.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jake21:
Generally speaking GPS on the galaxy S line sucked world wide. Generally speaking it appears that samsung fix this in the galaxy s II.

This is based on reading numerous reviews on both; though it is always possible they messed up on the epic touch as it is slightly different and has wimax; I'm expecting it to work like a charm.

-

I do wonder how many folks who tested gps on the galaxy s remember to ignore wifi triangulation when voicing a comment.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abhaxus:
Forgot about this thread and started another a bit further down. I managed to sneak GPS status onto our demo phone yesterday and it locked to 9/10 sats in less than 2 seconds from inside. Accuracy was only at 30m when I cut it off, but it was indoors in a spot where my epic cannot lock at all. Pretty sure it's fixed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkasick:
I did spend a fair amount of time investigating the GPS issues on EC05. There are at least two problems: (i) GpsOne Xtra data that fails to download and update, eventually resulting in stale ephemeris and inability to get timely locks, and (ii) a RIL synchronization bug that results in the GPS crashing with 5% probability on every exit/switch of a GPS utilizing app.

The latter of those two problem is definitely confirmed and affects every EC05 Epic. However, if you only use Navigation once a day, you'll run into that bug an average once a month and might not even notice it. But it is possible to reliably reproduce.

The former of the two problems I never fully understood. The GPS should work as long as you reboot once a week, but we know folks whose phones chronically couldn't download new Xtra data on reboot, likely becuase it was attempting to do so "too quickly" after establishing a network connection. Forcing an Xtra download through GPS Test, GPS Aids, or with a patched framework resolved the issue for most of those folks. The remaining issue is that the ephemeris would still go stale very quickly (hours) on some phones, and an EFS/NVRAM clear appears to help that.

Part of the issue is that the "brokenness" of the GPS is somewhat subjective. It's entirey possible for the GPS to absolutely not be able to get an Xtra-assisted lock, but using almanac data still get one in 30-60s in a vehicle. For some folks, that might be "good enough" and wouldn't think there's much of a problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Silent25r:
I think the opposite of what your saying is true. This problem isn't as wide spread as it seems. The few who have this problem are very loud about it and complain about it over the forums. Though I seriously doubt that they are the majority.

If fixing your gps doesn't work then you can always set it back to stock and take it in for repair. If they can't repair and you don't have insurance then you can pay a small fee for a epic with a working gps. I doubt anyone is forcing people to live with a phone that the gps doesn't work on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] irev210:
Considering that it has a dedicated GPS chip "SiRFstarIV GSD4t GPS" I doubt that we are going to see the same issues.

The integrated GPS on the SoC stinks, and samsung knows that. Using the SiRFstarIV will solve 99% of peoples GPS problems.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] adma84:
engadget claims it is solid. fwiw. http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/15/samsung-epic-4g-touch-review/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TurboFool:
Also enjoying the claim that simply trading it out is enough, like nobody thought of that already. I replaced my Epic, and I know a lot of people went through multiple units before giving up and deciding it wasn't the specific unit.

Maybe it's our phones, maybe it's our areas, maybe it's the specific satellites, but regardless, the problem was common to the entire Galaxy S Line as was noted across reviewers of all models, and is prominent in our community. Problems are reliable and fit specific descriptions, not open-ended criteria. The Epic 4G's GPS was bad, period, end of story. Some people had no trouble for whatever unknown reason, but this doesn't prove that those of us who did have nothing but trouble are figments of your imagination. We're real, and many of us are more than intelligent enough to walk through all the proper test methods to ensure the problem was real and valid.

Thankfully so far all reviews of the Galaxy S II line and now of the Epic 4G Touch seem to confirm the GPS is great. So point hopefully moot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Minjin:
I wish the sites took the time to test the GPS out a bit better. Especially now that phones are mostly the same, the extras are what should really differentiate them. I would gladly pay an extra couple bucks for a top of the line GPS chip that would help with my geocaching.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 4redstars:
Engadget said it locked on in a basement near a window very very quickly

Nexus S 4G
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
Just girl finished using it. Works awesome. Took about twenty seconds for a lock

sent from my damn EPIC TOUCH 4G!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nkd:
I got my phone early today at sprint corporate store, I went in to reserve it but she said you can get it now, I was like hell yea. I got one word for gps, "EPIC". This **** is as good as any phone gps out there.

sitting in my room, connects with in 3-4 seconds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tubasteve:
Stock google navigation is almost too much...reporting a gang of directions and repeating them annoyingly....butI never felt rushed on lane changes, and was always early(right timing tho).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] datapusher:
The first day I tried out the NAV, it was great. But since then I have not been able to lock onto any signals. GPS is indicated as on, however it's not functioning since Saturday.

I haven't seen many people complaining about it yet, so it may just be an isolated case.

On the WM side we used quickGPS to counter the crappy GPS issues on out TP2s. is there an android equivalent people recommend.

Thanks

Edit: Just noticed this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17686410
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Scaplet:
I used my phone up on a mountain trail yesterday, and the GPS worked great. So much so, I bought a topo & gps app when I got back. Oh, and I used the built in 'tom tom' functionality to get to the trailhead, again it worked perfectly.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doubleojon:
I've recently begun my multiple-month long researching for my next device, and where I was once set on getting my third Android set, I've recently developed a crush on WP7.

Of all the reviews I've read, the main issues I think that I would have would be the integration of Google apps; Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Email, Music, Maps, and Navigation are the biggies that would break my interest should they not work. Music isn't too big of a deal, but everything else is.

So, onto my question: How do Google's service integrate with WP7? Good, bad, ugly, etc.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoboDad:
There is no integration of Google apps on WP7. There is built-in support for Gmail, calendar, and contacts, a (very basic) Google search app, and a couple of third party apps that use some level of Google maps, but that's it. Official Google maps/navigation apps are not present, and likely never will be.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahennemaha:
Contacts: sync is no problem

Calendar: sync yes, BUT only your main calendar, no shared or additional calenders... and if you create an entry it will be an invitation :(

Tasks: ?

Email: works fine trough imap

Music: ?

Maps: just some third party apps, but no way to sync favourites

Navigation: nothing from google, but bing has some simple navigation and in the future there will be navigon
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Volvados:
Mail, calendar and contacts work practically the same as your Live ID.

There is an app for the google tasks: gTask

Music can be streamed from skydrive instead of google music (don't know if it's possible on nodo, you might need mango)

For now I think Google won't show much support towards WP7, but I suppose they can't keep ignoring it; that will only push people towards Bing.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Budniu:
... but, import contacts from gmail account not imports birthday date, you must manually enter.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Volvados:
hmm, didn't notice that since I imported my google contacts from facebook, and both were automatically combined in the people hub.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiliyo:
music: music.google.com works okay in the browser in mango, personally i think zune > google music, so while i have a music account, i rarely use it on my phone.

contacts, email: sync fine through exchange, as stated, some information might not come through (birthdays etc) personally i sync my contacts via my live account and only sync my calendar and mail from google as gmail was constantly doing something screwy with my contacts (numbers and contacts would vanish for no reason randomly)

mail works fine, no label support though (mail.google.com viewed through the browser works if you need more of the extra features from gmail)

calendar: works, with some extra work you can make it sync multiple calendars over the active sync connection (through another browser with iphone UA settings)

tasks: no sync afaik

maps & nav: there are some gmaps apps in the market, and they work okay, personaly bing does essentially the same thing for me, so i don't see the need to use google maps specifically. (plus google gets my street name wrong and bing doesn't)

nav in mango isn't bad, not as well done as android's navigation (really the best thing android has going for it) but it does work, and i do enjoy some of the humanistic directions bing gives (ie, mobile on the right, if you reach street x you've gone too far, etc)

all in all, i haven't nearly missed my google apps as much as i feared i might when i dumped android, but your situation will really depend on how much you need google's services specifically. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Shadodragon:
So I'm looking at moving from the Nexus S to the Evo 3D. Tired of the crappy speaker, no notification light, weaker signal and I'm just not seeing what ICS is really going to bring to the Nexus S that will be all that great. Plus, I got to play with a Sensation recently and really love the improvements to Sense.

However, back with my Hero, there were apps that, even after root, could be problematic to remove. There are lots of apps that ship with HTC devices I could do without. (Nascar, Voicemail (use Google Voice), Peep, Footprints, etc...)

Looking around at the stickies and everything, I'm not seeing anything like the kind of list that was maintained for the Hero.

Is anyone rooting and gutting, or is everyone just running custom roms?
[HTC EVO 3D] pbedard:
Custom ROM here senless I've seen has the best battery I've noticed
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
all the ones you mentioned are safe to remove, there is not a list. So once you do get a 3D and have a list ready for what you'd like to remove, feel free to come ask in the team d3rp thread (link in my sig)
[HTC EVO 3D] j4n87:
Here is a list, also with explanations:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1050283