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[Samsung Focus S] djdurance:
Two questions:

How does the Focus S do on the battery drain test on WP Benchmark (especially compared to the Focus)?

Can someone upload some pics taken with the camera? Again compared to the Focus would be awesome!
[Samsung Focus S] 937dytboi:
Why is at&t so damn expensive? Since playing around with tango on my dvp I want a front facing cam device. Always liked the focus and I don't want to be in a contract.
[Samsung Focus S] buffalosolja42:
Can you confirm the visual vm works?

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Focus...FW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1320872098&sr=8-11

Clearly states it here if so I may pick it up today (get rid of an app).
[Samsung Focus S] PG2G:
Believe AT&T has to do some back end work before visual voice mail works on Windows Phone. I know they are working on it, but I haven't seen anything suggesting that they finished.
[Samsung Focus S] clfosk:
Hey guys I updated the first post with my review! Still working on a couple things such as camera picture comparisons.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19115670
[Samsung Focus S] jmerrey:
Good review!

I'm not sure about your comment on the play/pause/next track button being able to be fixed with a software update. If you fiddle with the plug a bit, and hold the button down for a few seconds, the track will pause. It won't work every time, and it never lets you double press to change tracks. But, this tells me that it could be a hardware design problem. I notice that the plug hole has an elliptical shape to it. I looked at the gs2, which has a similar design, and the plug hole is not as sloped. Just speculation on my part, but it is worrisome.

That said, I hope you are correct and it is fixable, otherwise it's a deal breaker for me.
[Samsung Focus S] Red Grenadine:
Does the Focus S lay completely flat on a table?

The Focus has a bump around the camera lens in the back so the phone tilts one way or the other if you touch the screen, which is annoying to me.

One thing my old iPhone 4 got right was the flat back

Thanks
[Samsung Focus S] greyhulk:
I'm not really sure how you can say that that camera isn't better than the original Focus. The original Focus camera sucked, especially in low light conditions. The Focus S has the same camera as the Samsung Galaxy S2. I have taken comparison shots with my iPhone 4s and many of the Focus S's shots actually look better. Just like the SG2, it shows more detail and handles low light pretty well. There's absolutely no comparison between the camera on the original Focus and the one on the Focus S.
[Samsung Focus S] Jkhudg:
I picked one up this week as well; upgrading from an iPhone 3GS.

So far I am digging the device. It's very quick, and I keep getting comments from everyone about how fast it is. I haven't thrown any intensive games at it, but as far as music, video, menu navigation, messaging, 4G, this baby flies. No hiccups.

I do agree with the comment that it is almost too light/thin. I never thought that would be an issue, but in some ways, it can seem awkward when holding. It feels like it's always about to fall out of my hand. This is compounded with the fact that AT&T didn't have any cases available this week. So when you have a light, super thin, smooth plastic-like device in your hand, you take caution. This may be something I will get over with more usage or when I get a case.

One other major annoyance...which the review mentioned:

The audio on my device is way too quiet. I am not one of those former boom-box on the shoulder types who wants to blow my eardrums out with some Dr. Dre Beats; but when I have the phone up at 30/30 and I am still not feeling the music, we have problems. I noticed this almost immediately after leaving the store when I plugged in the phone to my car's aux cable. The audio was just way too weak, especially compared to the iPhone I used before. A little bit of a boost would make all of the difference in the world. I initially came to this forum looking for codes such as *#0002*28346# to do the trick, but this isn't working with my diagnosis version (.0923). If anyone has any ideas let me know, otherwise I assume that the codes for this device just aren't available yet.

Still awesome. Phone exceeds expectations in all other categories.

Red Grenadine: the bump is still around the camera. It leans slightly if you push the edges of the screen when laying flat.
[Samsung Focus S] clfosk:
My bad. I haven't experienced the issue myself but I've read that others have had it. I thought it was a software issue but I guess not. :(

It does not lay flat. If you touch the screen near the right or left edges it will tilt.

I've taken a bunch of pictures with both phones and I'm honestly not decided yet. Sometimes the Focus S' pictures look better and sometimes they don't. I took some indoor shots with no flash and the Focus S' pictures came out much worse than my Focus. Also, I took a pictures of my ceiling fan/light on both phones and the Focus S' pictures had some weird purple/blue light distortion all over the place. I'll hopefully post some picture comparisons soon.
[Samsung Focus S] greyhulk:
Here are some sample pics. These are the comparison pics I took with the iPhone 4s. All of these (Focus S) pics are better, with the exception of one that the iPhone 4s handled better. They were taken in all sorts of lighting conditions (overcast, indoor, with flash). I have zero complaints about this photo quality and I have yet to see a phone do a significantly better job.
[Samsung Focus S] jmerrey:
I actually have no idea if it's software or hardware. I certainly hope its software, and therefore correctable, but my guess is it's software.

Sent from my SGH-i937 using Board Express
[Samsung Focus S] MartyLK:
I did some comparison pics also. But my iPhone is the iPhone 4, not the 4S. My Focus pics turned out more pleasing to my eye, though. I'd say the Focus has the better camera.
[Samsung Focus S] AnyMal:
Can I haz ur puppy? :D
[Samsung Focus S] domineus:
Tale of two cameras with the Samsung Focus S on my end. On the one hand, some of the images taken in natural lighting are amazing. but under some darker conditions, well the performance is less than stellar unfortunately
[Samsung Focus S] djdurance:
Just got to use the Focus S. Screen and Camera on the S are definitely a step up. Very significant differences.
[Samsung Focus S] mmian:
How does the camera quality compare with the Samsung Galaxy S2?
[Samsung Focus S] Illicit Hero:
I'm experiencing flickering on pure white screens such as twitter and Facebook.
[Samsung Focus S] clfosk:
Flickering in brightness? You need to go to Settings > Extra Settings > and turn off Auto Display Intensity. It won't stay off and you'll need to turn it off each reset.

But if it's an issue of flickering bands going across the display like in the video I posted in the first post, that's a screen issue.
[Samsung Focus S] Illicit Hero:
Both, but thanks on the first fix. :D Although I don't plan on keeping it much longer... What also doesn't make much sense at all to me is that the SGS2 camera seems better than this one even though they are the same. I'll post pics in a bit.
[Samsung Focus S] djdurance:
Definitely enjoying the Focus S. Camera is slightly better all round now that I have had a chance to play with it. Slightly more noise than the Focus but more detail. Overall a worthy upgrade.

Screen is higher quality as well. Need to do more testing to get a full review up.
[Samsung Focus S] clfosk:
I'm starting to hear loud static/crackling from the speaker during phone calls. Not all the time, it happens randomly. Very disappointing. In my opinion Samsung definitely skimped on the speakers and microphone in this device.
[Samsung Focus S] djdurance:
Just ran the battery benchmark. Focus S ran for 4:30 versus 3:37 for the Focus.
[Samsung Focus S] djdurance:
http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windowsphone75/windows-phone-75-samsung-focus-141245
[Samsung Focus S] djdurance:
Good review just posted... Shows a good comparison between the focus and the focus s for cameras. No more confusion about which one is better... Focus S is a major improvement. This concurs with what my own informal tests hav shows as well.
[Samsung Focus S] greyhulk:
As far as I can tell, they're virtually the same. The quality seems to be pretty close. I'm guessing it's the same lens and it just comes down to how the software processes the images.

---------- Post added at 05:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:17 PM ----------

I really don't get the people who say that the camera quality is "barely better than the original focus" or that the Titan is better. The Titan's picture quality is horrible (per GSMarena's 8 megapixel shootout) and the pictures I have been taking with this phone rival the ones I took with my iPhone 4s.

From what I can tell, this is the same lens as the SGSII and that took awesome pictures as well and is still one of Phonearena's favorite camera phones.
[Samsung Focus S] Illicit Hero:
Which one is SGS2 and Focus S :P
[Samsung Focus S] sayonical:
interesting...why are you moving to the Titan if I may ask?
[Samsung Focus S] Illicit Hero:
Never intended on purchasing this phone but getting rid of my SGS2 quicker than expected left me with out a reliable phone. Small things that annoyed me(not including Android) with my SGS2 was the screen issues like color banding and overall build quality.
[Samsung Focus S] clfosk:
Sorry I haven't finished my review but I just returned my Focus S.

I returned it for the following reasons:

1 - The ghosting on the screen bothered me a lot. The speakers and microphone are weaker than my Focus and are causing issues during calls.

2 - I want to check out the Titan.

3 - AT&T is having all Windows Phones on sale for $0.01 online on 11/26.

I just returned my phone earlier and it went really well though! First I called AT&T and told them I'm having issues with the phone and I was just inquiring about the return process. The person told me I can return it to the store but there will be a $35 restocking fee. BUT he offered to credit my account $39 (fee + tax) to compensate for that. I instantly got an email saying my account was credited before I even returned it! Then I went to the store and told them the issues I was having with the phone and showed them my screen flicker video in the first post. They refunded me the full amount I paid ($212)... they didn't even include the restocking fee. PLUS let me keep the accessories like the charger and headphones.

So I was refunded the full $212 I paid, got a $39 credit to my account, got to keep the accessories, and plan on ordering a new phone for only $0.01. I'll check out the Titan in-store and see what I think. If I decide I really don't want it I'll order the Focus S again, but saving $200! Anyone else who already has the Focus S I would definitely suggest returning it and re-purchasing it on 11/26 so you can get your money back.
[Samsung Focus S] vanmardigan:
The one on the left I would think is the SGS2, and the pic on the right (the second pic) is the Focus S. Is that right?
[Samsung Focus S] tsam:
nice review
[Samsung Focus S] pat_pad:
Hey thank you clfosk for the lengthy and detailed comparision. I have a Focus and I absolutely love it. There have some issues in the 9 months that I have owned it and once, I RMAed it as well. However, when I saw the 2nd gen phones, I was really not impressed. I had hoped for Microsoft to do more on the hardware compatibility front. Also, there were a lot of hopes from Nokia. Although I do realise that it was just too soon for them but the iron was hot and effort should have been made to hit it.

About the Focus S, as you have mentioned there is nothing that actually makes me want to upgrade from my Focus. Yes, there are lags sometimes in between opening or changing apps, but nothing which bothers too much.

I appreciate your effort in this comparision which will help a lot of people in their decisions.
[Samsung Focus S] yunchikan:
i dislike the camera on the HTC devices too... alot of people say the Titan's camera is better.. i think its just because of the f/2.2 that makes the Titan a better camera

indoor but even so, the picture quality is really bad.

the noise compression HTC do on the photos is extremely bad, and this is not just on wp7.. i don't understand how people can stand HTC's camera quality =/

the HTC Surround made me decide that i won't be using a HTC device anytime soon, just ordered the Focus S yesterday :]

it is backordered at the moment tho.... waiting..... can't wait to play around with it.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Hi guys! Here is the updated GAPPS.

I will keep this topic updated everytime a new GAPPS is released.

Gingerbread:

GAPPS GB 20120116 - Market 3.4.4

Ice Cream Sandwich:

GAPPS ICS 20120131 - No Facelock - Market 3.4.4 - Car Home

Ice Cream Sandwich GAPPS was stripped down to fit on our small system partition. After flashing CM 9.0 and GAPPS you will have 36kb of space left.

If you are looking for the official, old gapps, you can download the official Goo-inside.me app from the Market to get a direct link for the download.

Here it is: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.s0up.goomanager
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] GonDr:
Thank you very much
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] 10069618:
Thanks glad to see it bundled with the new market.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] DaXmax:
Errr, actually my fren has the update of the unofficial already... Thanks to temasek! ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Sorry, what do you mean?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] cmerlyn:
Thanks a million! I installed it on my Optimus V, which had lost its GPS chip (showed lat & long as 0.0000). After install and reboot, it started working again! OK, probably just needed the restart. Still, thanks for posting that.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] slipkn0t:
does the new market have the paypal checkout like i read somewhere ?

thanks
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
No. It only has an automatic download for all apps and some bug fixes.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] williamcharles:
i was looking out for this... thanks for the up...:D
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Omegapsy:
Sweet now I don't have to install the update every time. you're a lifesaver
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] BlackRose 22:
This the 2.35 version with the new market added. If so already got it from rom manger and they also have the latest market version

LG O1 Running Cm7 Mik_OS 2.37
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] cornelha:
Anyone else finding the new market, well unreliable? When I got to the website on my pc and install from there, no problem. Yet very often the new market wont even load the landing page, just sits there spinning till I eventually kill it. Before it was nice and fast and I used to do everything from the device, last night I couldnt even get it to load the my apps page.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] VIHMex:
Thanks, I just install a custom kernel/ROM in my O1 and when I dont see the Android Market I freak out, Google bring me here anyways xD
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] oestrada:
Thanks for sharing this file.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] NO0B:
The new market is really laggy on LG O1.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] ch@nce:
Thank you ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] DJBhardwaj:
Thanks! This is really good. I don't have to update everything everytime i flash a new rom :)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Topic updated with lastest GAPPS by temasek.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] zoneofSAM:
How can I replace the new market with the previous android Market (say 2.2.11 or something like it ) in the latest gapps and make it flashable??

the new 3.x.x versions take too much time to load

Sorry, I dont know how to do it
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
The latest Market is actually loading really fast.

If you want to have old market you will first have to delete maketupdater.apk from the System.

Then install the market you want.

Give me the Market version you want to have and I will make you a flashable zip of gapps without maketupdater.apk so you can install a new ROM.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] zoneofSAM:
First , I tried to disable android market updater via terminal emulator then installed old market version 2.2.6 over 3.3.11 ( 2.12 is not installing successfully )

Apps were downloading but not installing!!!

And after restarting phone, the market version gets reverted to stock i.e. 3.3.11

Then I deleted market updater via root uninstaller then install market 2.2.6, same problem as above

Can u please make a flashable zip of only market 'cause i'll flash this after flashing new updated gapps provided by you

Can you make a flashable zip of android market version provided in the stock gingerbread, sorry i did tried to find the version but got no luck.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Ok, I took the lastest gapps, deleted MarketUpdater.apk and added Market 2.3.6.

Try flashing this and tell me if it worked for you. I flashed here and it worked! :)

http://www.multiupload.com/2EIYA4DPKK
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] zoneofSAM:
Thanks a ton mate, it worked like a charm.

apps are now downloading and installing too.

I am gonna ask you to do me a favour again, please make a flashable zip file of ONLY market you provided and deleted market updater ' cause there will be no one except me who wants to have old market in the latest gapps.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Actually there are lots of people who would like to have old Market too. In fact I liked your idea and I'm now using it. Much better than the new market for sure, specially when using with slow 3G networks. There is no need to make a zip with only market since the gapps zip does the same thing. But if you insist I'll make one for you when I get home ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] temasek:
The older market of 3.x prior to market 3.3.12 had issues with resolving urls and as such is slow.

See this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1295222

From market 3.3.12 it should be good now though I still uses Opendns as my dns server.

Oh btw, OP of this thread.... you can use the gapps with no credit required to me necessary. You may modify and use as your own.

Cheers. :)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Hahahaha. That's ok. :)

It's your pack though. I didn't do anything.

I feel better if I put your name on it. :rolleyes:
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] akashgupta222:
thanks for sharing it, and the new market is a bit faster than 3.11
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] dhingani:
can u please post official(stock) radio fm app here for flashing for gingerbred rom.

sorry, i know its offtopic but coudnt find it elsewhere:confused:
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Updated gapps with new Market 3.4.4. Enjoy!
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] GonDr:
Thanks for update 3.4.4
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Small update:

1- Car Home updated to 2.2.1.4

2- Included New GTalk with audio/video (complete gapps package now)

3- Removed that annoying "android.provision" pop-up when making clean installs.

Enjoy!
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] vikasb32:
I using stock rom 20c.can i flash this?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] r66:
yes u can flash GAPPS.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Newbie256:
Yes , u can :)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Curiousn00b:
#### yes! Updated. But can I flash this with a rom where the Google apps are built in?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] :
No flashable version with the old market?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Paulojrc:
Hi ! Why my applictions don't appear on market 3.4.4? I already tried cleaning market and fixing permissions and no go. Any idea?

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] GuyInDogSuit:
Does this work for any ROM? I had this working on my phone before, but now it gets stuck in a boot loop.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] watusi:
i have gapps1.22.2012 which one is new?i got from trettet post
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] storm11:
Same problem , wait for like two days gets fixed by itself

Sent from my optimus one
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Rafesley:
Thank you , working perfectly in the GB stock ROM.

Why is market so laggy ?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
It's not laggy for me. Have you tried changing overclock settings?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] GuyInDogSuit:
It may be laggy if your phone is a legacy device such as the Dream. Or it could just be that you have a lot of widgets enabled. If they update often, they can really eat up your CPU's resources.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Paulojrc:
So far no fix... Don´t know why... :mad:

I can´t understand this...
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] sweetnsour:
Hey MaKTaiL. Can you add this to the first post?:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.s0up.goomanager

The app allows you to download gapps (although it opens the browser, the selection of the gapps is all within the app).

Thanks!
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Sure I can add. Goo-inside.me has an old gapps though which kind of breaks the purpose of this thread.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] voyager20021:
Market stil FC on Adam`s N2.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Ice Cream Sandwich GAPPS included guys! Happy flashing.

This new gapps comes with Market 3.4.4, Car Home, ICS Gmail, ICS Youtube.

It was stripped down to basics to fit in our small system partition. Enjoy!
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] ponanovn:
Could you update it with the new Google Search I attatched the latest version downloaded from market.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] ponanovn:
It is for GB.

Edit: Sorry for double posting I accsedently pressed Quote instead of Edit.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] PriyamArora:
Thanx mate
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] nasos95:
Hello :)

Could somebody please tell me what is responsible for the Calendar in this package?

Because I am flashing this in the beta of ICS (ARC S) and something in here makes the default SE Calendar crash...Help would be appreciated ^_^
[Xperia Play General] Dyelon:
What's going on guys? I've had my Play for a while and for the most part I love it...def could be faster but thats ok.

So, the problem. I'm rooted, but stock rom and kernel. I was using go launcher, go sms and have alot of apps, a 32gb sd card thats almost full. I installed go locker a couple nights ago and it was running great. Then, the next day, I have no clue if it relates to go locker...but now my phone is like on life support or something!

75% of apps force close upon opening, the phone is deathly slow if it doesnt close...like I'll open up "settings" and it will either FC or take 2 minutes to load up...then it loads and I click something and it FCs. SOMETIMES an app will open fine, play fine. Like muffin knight, sometimes it opens and plays 100%. other times it instantly FCs over and over. Every single app no matter how complex is subject to the same problems in the same way.

I honestly have no clue wtf is wrong. It feels analgous to a computer virus. Everything is bogged and broken. I tried cleaning my phone. I uninstalled every launcher and theme app, and then uninstalled about a dozen apps I dont use alot. I left mself with the bare minumum....Id then open the "messaging" app and it would crawl open to greet me with a force close. It doesnt seem to be a problem with any specific app.

I checked battery use....very normal stuff. I don't know whats going on!! but my phone barely works....someone will call and it will take 10 seconds for me to be able to slide the slider and accept the call...

Anyone have any direction for me? I don't want to flash any kernels or roms yet (waiting for 100% stability) and I'm busy right now w tests and I just want my phone back to how it was a few days ago. I'm using adw launcher now and its the same as with the go launcher or without anything....slow, force closes everywhere, hang ups everywhere...

thanks SO much for any help from anybody...I really appreciate it.