yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] westcrip:
I didnt try cuz i use go launcher ex Its fast i think no need it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinowthebird:
Upgrading wasn't as simple as I thought it would be :o

First I tried using the three files: pda, modem(phone) and csc. But then installation kept running for 30 minutes when trying to install "system.ext4" (right after "finished 5/14").

Eventually I shut down my phone and disconnected it from my computer.

Then I got a yellow icon (phone connect pc?) on my phone when I tried running it in regular or in download mode.

After that, I restarted Odin with only the PDA file and ofcourse the bootloader etc. Then, luckily, all went well and finally 2.3.4 was succesfully installed :confused:

Can I leave it like this, or should I (try) reinstalling it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihanstar:
can we used CMOD7 on Galaxy S Plus?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamakap:
After going through the thread, I m still confuse. Is there anyone managed to root it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kugyman:
No, still NO ROOT....:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F-B:
Has anyone heard anything, is someone working on rooting this device? Can't wait for having it rooted and get rid of TW..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geraqs:
Dear Kugyman

How long it take to install the 2.3.4 using odin...I try almost 1.30 hour and suddenly it stop. now when is start my phone it show no connection to PC...help needed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kugyman:
Hi!

Mine took about 15 minutes. I did have to wait to reboot, to show, that it has passed OK.

Does your phone start correctly or not?

If yes, than maybe you just have to set it up again in wich way to connect to the PC(kies, mass storage....)and let the PC to serach for new drivers. Could be that this new firmware needs new drivers...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Csapi007:
Mine took like 5 minutes, Odin didn't show that it was done but the phone have booted up and worked.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WilcoD:
Today I tried to update my Galaxy S Plus again and it did.

I did the update via Kies and had no problems.

For about 2 days ago I could not update via Kies but today it worked.

I did not change anyting to my computer so maybe you guis gif it a try.

Sorry for my english
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kazomo:
hey guys...

I have a question

galaxy s Roms is different from Galaxy Plus Roms??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WilcoD:
YES!! don't try and flash it you will end up with a brick.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5503i:
I already googling around..

so this is what i got from superoneclick root

"Device Incompatibility List – 8/6/2011

Posted on August 4, 2011

94

Okay guys, the weekend is coming up and I should be able to work on adding compatibility. Post your

Manufacturer

Model

Build Version

as reported by SuperOneClick v2.1.1 and if rooting does or doesn’t work for you.

Just so you know, most Samsung and Sony Ericsson devices running 2.3.3 won’t be able to root with GingerBreak and will need a custom solution. All 2.3.4 devices need a custom root method. The current custom solution list are:"

So still waiting for the magic root is available for our devices..TQ

gonna test this rom..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinowthebird:
Did you update to version 2.3.4?

I didn't know Samsung released this update.

I'm sorry, but what's your point being?

The update kugyman is talking about, is not a custom rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5503i:
ya this is not custom rom~~

what i mean is about rooting this phone~~is currently unavailable yet for this rom...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5503i:
guys...anybody has idea how to put gameloft data on external sd card rather than on internal sd card..this would be awesome...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Majkel-:
Hey guys why you connecting I9001 to computer to upagrade, you need to go in the options ->about phone and you will find posibillity to upagrade your software - online wifi. I just bought this mobile too, and about 5 minutes ago wanted to upagrade with darkrom. I just glad that someone tolds me that it will be bricked. But it's strange that I9001 is a different phone than I9000 I just thought that it has only better processor.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5503i:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1094090

already trying this method but unable due to root acces..

and also already try the apk patching method but get error on apk's is not installed (4pda.ru)

playing HD game is just awesome but have restriction due to internal memory...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Majkel-:
I tried too to find anyone who root this phone and I can't find it. Jezz if only we might to install any coustom rom from i9000 it would be great.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] westcrip:
Hey guys can we install miui rom to galaxy s plus any idea?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Majkel-:
One more question someone try to install coustom rom from Galaxy S II ? I checked it and it has very simillar software.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArctiX:
Haha, sgs2 is a different phone with different HARDWARE, you cant install rom from other device that has different hardware. The i9001 is rather more similiar to htc desire hd than sgs... Even though someone would have to port a rom from htc or make a cyanogenmod port to make i9001 have a custom rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olivierdo:
[Q] [GT-I9001] Bricked!

hi

i bricked the galaxy plus today when i tried to update to 2.3.4

i cannot fix the problem, i downloaded odin 4.4.3 and the I9001XXKP4 firmware.

when i start odin, i see the yellow case that means that the phone is recognized..

and it stops after 2 seconds.

i see 2/15 files finished, and nothing more.

do you think it's because a use a virtual machine on my mac?

my phone is bricked but i have the download mode so i can choose one of the firmwares here :samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9001.htm ??

thanks for help...

img21.imageshack.us/img21/2910/capturedcran20110827165.png
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eloisant:
If you have download mode, then your phone is not bricked.

Flash the stock firmware of your choice with odin with a pit file and re-partition, and you'll be good to go.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eloisant:
Also: use a virtual machine to flash is not a great idea. If you're on Mac you should use Heimdall.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androiderrr:
Dont use virtual mode friend.Better use windows and flash stock firmware with odin
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-Ace:
Buy on of those small gadget xD to get in download mode..for 10$
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Majkel-:
For all who want to know, I ready some news that Samsung Galaxy S II mini and Sharp 3d will have the same cpu like I9001. Probably we need to wait to release this two phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kms108:
if you are considering the sharp 3d, you might as well go for the htc evo 3d, the sharp is already out, but the material used are cheap.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mik3O:
2.3.4?

To those who have supposedly flashed 2.3.4, have you actually checked on the phone info that it says 2.3.4? Because there's no such update on samfirmware.com.

The link that was posted here says:

1) I9001XXKP4 - Android 2.3.4 - July 2011

hotfile.com/dl/125493618/ab68...XXKP4.rar.html

at samfirmware.com it says:

I9001XXKP4 ## AriesVE.ops 2.3.3 2011 July CSC - OXAKP2

The download link is the same, I checked. Someone's made an error somewhere, but I'd just like to know if your phones actually say it's 2.3.4. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kugyman:
2.3.4

Hello!

Maybe this will do... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5503i:
kugyman how do you take screen shoot?any update about rooting this device?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kugyman:
Same as on GT-I9000.

You hold the back button(the one with twisted arrow) and press the middle button. And that is all there is...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webmoly:
galaxy i9001

hi

tried to update galaxy to enable arabik/farsi the phone stuck in the middle of flashing using odin 4.43...

the phone doesn't boot

here is the log:

<1> START!!!
<1> SMD Download mode...
<1> SMD Download mode...
<1> set download environment.
<1> big partition size!!
<1> big partition size!!
<1> big partition size!!
<1> big partition size!!
<1> big partition size!!
<1> big partition size!!
<1> big partition size!!
<1> big partition size!!
<1> big partition size!!
<1> partition.bin download..
<1> 1/12 Finished.
<1> dbl.mbn download..
<1> 2/12 Finished.
<1> osbl.mbn download..
<1> 3/12 Finished.
<1> amss.mbn download..
<1> 4/12 Finished.
<1> EMMCBOOT.MBN download..
<1> 5/12 Finished.
<1> adsp.mbn download..
<1> 6/12 Finished.
<1> boot.img download..
<1> 7/12 Finished.
<1> system.ext4 download..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mik3O:
That'll do, thanks! I guess the error is at samfirmware.com
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiverSource:
Is there a tool for extracting the SMD Archives?

I found out, that the SMD Archives have a header with filenames, offsets, length and a MD5 checksum of the included Files. So far i have to calculate the values by hand and extract the files e.g. with dd. This works, I can mount the system.img, but it is annoying.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] energiya2:
Call drop

Does anyone else experience call drops? They are more often when an web connection is active.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mik3O:
None so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kugyman:
Arabic

Hi WebMolly!

Have you tried to use arabic firmware? You have a different firmware on samfirmware.com(I9001JPKG1). You can download it from here: http://hotfile.com/dl/128279220/54327c7/I9001JPKG1.rar.html

Is that the way you were trying to do..?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikac93:
It has overclocked Qualcomm 8255 CPU named 8255T and Ardeno 205 GPU which is weaker than SGX540 in original SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] McClane23:
i9001 KP4-firmware rooted.

Hi guys,

Im glad to say that the Galaxy s plus (i9001) has been successfully rooted.

Some german guy managed to do it yesterday and posted a how-to in a german forum.

He rooted the KP4 and BOKF6(t-mobile) firmware, but you can easily use it on other firmwares for the i9001.

His how-to is (of course) in german, but if you know your way around linux it´s no problem to see what he did. And if you understand german it´s instant win :)

I however do speak german, but have little knowledge of the whole linux part. Doesn´t look too complicated though and he descripes it pretty good.

Basically what you do is to extract the .smd-file, mount the image, put in the superuser.apk(a certain new beta version) in it, unmount image, repack .smd-file, edit the new md5-checksum and flash the new firmware like any other.

So here it is, a link to his post (page 4 post 36):

w*w.android-hilfe.de/samsung-galaxy-s-plus-i9001-forum/133305-samsung-galaxy-s-plus-i9001-rooten-4.html#post1912149

I just wanted to throw it out here, for the people who are interested in this and for the development of custom roms go on/start.

Hope it helps.

edit:

@RiverSource:

there are also scripts to extract and repack the .smd files.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] westcrip:
Its soo cool but its steel complicate for me :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamakap:
Wow that is great, just need more time to digest the information.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kugyman:
If I understand correctly, Frank_m have successfully rooted SGS+.

You can all read it on the link mentioned before(thx Saikti):

http://www.android-hilfe.de/samsung...galaxy-s-plus-i9001-rooten-4.html#post1911955

Can somebody upload the rooted PDA file?

Is it right, that all we need is to flash this changed PDA file via Odin?

Why would we bother to do it on our own if we can use allready rooted PDA file, right? ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Towelie90:
yes it works. i have rooted my phone with this instruction.

no one uploads the modified pda because of copy rights
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] westcrip:
Can Some one tell us how to root in english language
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kugyman:
What about this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1105832&page=2

Nice one, gonna try it right away..:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kugyman:
Jp, IT'S ROOOOOOTED!!!!

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] westcrip:
Yeaaaaahhhh i ll root it to when i go home :))))
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Przekret:
I have I9001XXKG3
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Csapi007:
Write to the developer. He said that he can make the FMROOT Kernel for any firmware. You can find the link to the post at #109, and #18 in that thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Przekret:
PDA: I9001XXKG3

CSC: I9001PRTKH1

Phone: I9001XXKG3

http://hotfile.com/dl/128536625/37b55c0/GT-I9001_PRT_I9001XXKG3_I9001XXKG3_I9001PRTKH1.rar.html

Pass: sampro.pl
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbba67:
hi, guys , i am new and need help with i9001 orginal firmware that came with the phone, mine has problems , like i cant disconect the phone after talking. sometimes my siginal is week, some times showing full signal and says no provider network i cant call untill i reboot the phone..

thks guys. realy need help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeksKlip:
Rocovery menu

Howto get in recovery menu

1. Switch power off.

2. Plug USB cable into phone and PC

3. Vol Up + Home + Power

4. Press Menu button (lower left) when you see a picture with a white box, an arrow and small android icon.

You've got it.

Another way to get recovery mode is a command:

adb reboot recovery

Don't forget to press Menu button
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kms108:
i'm sure you will need to go into download mode before you plug the USB cable, otherwise you wont be able to go into download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mal13:
I get stuck on same problem...how did you go pass it and did you manged to get your phone working again??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosmachine:
I'm wondering if Galaxy S SL (GT-I9003) or Galaxy S Plus (GT-I9001) fit into Galaxy S (GT-I9000) ?

Since both SGS SL and SGS Plus using standard battery Li-Ion 1650 mAh would be bit good to replace Li-Ion 1500 mAh on SGS. Since my SGS battery kinda drop now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeksKlip:
I've wrote about Recovery mod and Recovery menu, not Download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbba67:
thks guys!! i already loved this forum, its very active and get answers......thanks again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s_john8686:
Can flash I9000 custom firmware to I9001 ?

Dear guru,

Wonder I can flash I9000 firmware to I9001 ? My phone came with I9001 XXKF8 firmware which is not able to change interface to Chinese simplified. I would like to have the capability....... from I9000 custom firmware.

Do enlighten me. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F-B:
Yes, you can use the sgs+ battery on sgs.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mal13:
I have updated my SGS+ to 2.3.4. XXKP4 to be exact. It's also rooted now.

Had problems with flashing (got stuck in ext4 7/15 part) but after changing pc & cable it worked smoothly.

Gotta download some stuff from market again and make my phone look better.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donald Nice:
No.. AFAIK the i9001 has other bootloaders than the i9000. So you might brick your device by flashing an i9000 firmware to i9001.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] westcrip:
So anyone installed miui rom to gs+?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diddsen:
hy.

can the roms from sgs use for sgs+?

i found only KG3 on samfirmwar.com...

iam confused :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Majkel-:
But if you could do changes like set oryginal rom in our firmware? I wonder if this can be done
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Majkel-:
No one tried to do this, because this phone is different. Probably it will brick your phone, but Im not sure. Like I said no one do this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamakap:
Anyone where can download KG2 firmware and wonder can someone make the root file for the KG2 firmware?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
If you guys want a separate section for Galaxy S Plus then raise awareness in this thread

[REQUEST]Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001 section
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
the new section is here Galaxy S Plus I9001
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
are you a dev?

no?

Like the phone?

Yes?

then buy it :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
Just keep checking back this section. If there's a development then you'll just know. Please don't spam threads on every topic. Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
As far as i know, there's no GPS problem with I9000. There are a ton of roms in I9000 section. So if you cannot wait until a solid rom gets released for I9001 then just get I9000 because there's everything you will need for I9000 when there is no development at all on I9001 apart from how to root the device and that's in german.

That said, I9001 has a 7 pages long review/benchmark here. So you can get an idea about the speed of the device. I9001 is relatively faster than I9000 because it has an overclocked CPU and a decent GPU (note that GSX 540 which is the GPU of Hummingbird chipset is more powerful than adreno 205 on snapdragon chipset but not by much) which can run anything in the android world right now...I9001 comes with a more powerful battery and it is said that the current scorpion processor consumes 24% less power than the hummingbird chipset.

So in my opinion you should go for I9001 and that is what i did 2 days ago :/

but seriously, if you want something which lasts longer in terms of upcomming latest games then Galaxy S II is the way to go...but i only bought I9001 because it was priced at 1 chf here on a contract so i didn't have to pay a penny more....

EDIT: haha, i didn't read the date on it :/ but this is for anyone who is having a choice between I9001 and I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djsadhu:
Overall audio quality is good, but the bluetooth volume is way too low.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
Well as i said in other thread, SGX 540 is only a bit faster than adreno 205 and since all the games require a chipset like adreno 200, i think adreno 205 is more than enough to run good games...

anyways sgx 540 isn't a big deal of better gpu than adreno 205 but since 1.4 ghz is fsater than 1 ghz....i bought sgs plus and i should say that i'm in love with it...

Devs are everywhere so we'll see some development on this device soon as well so no worries....

but seriously having a 1.4 ghz cpu which is 24% power efficient than 1 ghz hummingbird chipset...and sine SGS+ comes with 1650 mAh battery pack, it is more or less an improvement over original SGS..

Hope i helped you out.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aorth:
Galaxy S I9000 is better

The Galaxy S I9000 has a superior hardware audio codec, an AMOLED screen, Gorilla glass, PowerVR SGX540 graphics chip... they're not even comparable, the Galaxy S Plus is an inferior piece of hardware. But yes, it's cheaper. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aorth:
Superior audio quality in I9000

The hardware audio codec in the Galaxy S I9000 is far superior to the one in the Galaxy SII (and S+, I think), so this is an important decision (not as simple as "are you a dev or not?"). If you listen to music (and want it to sound awesome), get a Galaxy S I9000. The Wolfson Micro WM8994 audio codec inside the I9000 is superior out of the box, but also has been tweaked further by a dude named supercurio; he calls it "Voodoo Sound", and has released his enhanced kernel drivers as open source. Most (all?) custom I9000 kernels include it.

If money's not an issue to you, get the I9000 :). But to answer the original poster's question, I'm not sure if it includes a Wolfson Micro audio chip. I know Samsung has cut some corners on this phone to make it cheaper (like not using Gorilla Glass, AMOLED, or the PowerVR SGX540), so it's likely the audio codec is also inferior.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
sir, you should not post bias stuff here when you are calling someone wrong or picking on someone's post. Please mention the chipsets on Galaxy S plus and Galaxy s II as well and some comparison charts with db would be helpful

I would love to know how the audio chipset in Galaxy S I9000 is superior than that of in Galaxy S II and Galaxy S plus. When galaxy S plus only has different body/and hardware chipset.

I was listening to music with my sennheiser headphones and the bass was amazing. You can say that there's no voodoo sound addons for galaxy s plus yet but that doesn't make this device worse than I9000 (Worse as in comparision).

Galaxy S II has to have the best hardware around or there's no point of selling that product for 700$+ if you know what i mean.

It's all down to common sense man.

EDIT: my bad, you mentioned "audio codec" well, my question would still be the same..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
galaxy s plus is cheaper? are you living on Jupiter or what? (nothing personal).

1. PowerVR SGX540 is better than adreno 205 but not by much.

2. Games noaways on android can play as fast on adreno 205 as powervr sgx 540 so the comparison is useless here (sorry to disappoint you). When new games will arrive, single cores won't survive no matter what GPU they have so in the end both Galaxy S and Galaxy S plus will fail although Galaxy S Plus got a faster CPU so it might be able to last long.

3. Galaxy s plus contains a 24% more power efficient and about 25% faster CPU than Galaxy S

4. Galaxy S Plus comes with a battery of 1650 mAh which lasts longer than that of Galaxy S

5. Galaxy S Plus also has SuperAmoled and a Gorilla glass display so don't put it in comparison.

My point, Don't give wrong suggestions to people. With respect

regards,

Shad
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
well addons like voodoo would give them a boost...lets hope that development gets started soon on this one.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miqui:
And it has faster HSPA - up to 14,4 Mb/s

And ofcourse different back panel, which i like more than the one in I9000 ;)

But it's still a shiny plastic, which isn't best solution...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] birdsax:
It's the Wolfson WM8994E in GT-i9001 from pdasb dot net ;).

And I really need to use Voodoo Sound on my SSGSS+ - any suggestion ?

Their sound could be even better...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lycan_codex:
the Galaxy S II has a yamaha DAC. out of the box...galaxy S sounds much better than the galaxy S II....there a ton of threads on the quality of Galaxy s II...it doesnt sound good..

if the galaxy S+ has a wolfson DAC, then it shud be as good as the galaxy S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
backplate is replaceable lol

If you need a metal one, it goes for 35£ on amazon...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
thanks, i didn't know about the codecs but i noticed that the default music player with galaxy s plus is quite bad...until now i didn't try it and i was using PowerAMP which offers a variety of options including bass...