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[Galaxy S I9000 General] firenxe:
And the amazing number roms appearing in the development section.:)

They never seem to stop proliferating , I feel like we'll even get android 5.0 when it comes out :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jacob_DK:
I second it all. I'm so happy, that I bought this phone instead of the HTC Desire, I originally planned to buy, when my old phone died. I made the decision simply based on the hardware specs, which looked a lot better. And I was not wrong...

I'm thinking of getting the Galaxy S III, once it comes out - but it has to offer something really unique, compared to what I can get with SGS + whatever custom ROM I choose to put on it. I won't give it up just like that, it will depend on reviews, specs, hardware features in the version of my region, etc.

The only drawback, I can find with the phone, is the missing camera flash - but I've learned to live with that. :) And that it looks a lot like a certain other phone...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rockuan:
The problem is when those devs are leaving the galaxy S and getting galaxy nexus or SII.. then we are alone in the Android community. But anyway i also thing the biggest community is the Galaxy S 1 one.

With onecosmic 4.0.3 my phone works as fast /faster than new devices like SII etc...

Leave the galaxy S will be difficult for me too... super amoled... cpu/gpu is enough for years of usage... Only new galaxy S's or nexus can be the next option for me

I love you, devs :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zamiurratul:
In one word .... its a LIVING LEGEND
[Galaxy S I9000 General] revthanki:
There was some guy in a thread over on The Verge moaning about how ICS on the Nokia N9 would be a downgrade. And then he actually said:

And followed it up with this gem:

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] christophocles:
Why would we talk about leaving the Galaxy S (Epic) so soon? I'm almost out of contract and there STILL isn't anything on the market that interests me. Zip, zilch, nada. If it doesn't have a landscape QWERTY keyboard and a fully unlockable bootloader, it doesn't even come close.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] adslee:
It's true, the SGS will be hard to let go, I would know because I switched over to the HTC Amaze 4G for a new plan that required AWS bands (which the SGS unfortunately doesn't have :()

To be completely honest, I miss my old SGS so much. It was my first Android handset and the huge developer support and ease of flashing spoiled me into a ROM flashing addict.

The sound chip on the SGS is a dream too, the audio quality is really noticeable, especially if you're always listening to music like me.

I won't lie though, everything is faster on a newer phone, no matter how you look at it. Software can only do so much to boost the hardware, and as we move forward, the SGS gets more and more outdated. That being said, my experience with the SGS will most likely be unmatched by another phone anytime soon. I just simply loved having so many ROMs to choose from. Now, the only ROMs I can flash on my Amaze are pretty much tweaked and cooked Sense ROMs (I hate Sense and we don't have an AOSP ROM yet).

So for those considering a new phone, don't do it! Hold onto your Galaxy S for as long as you can because most of these new phones coming out won't even come near the SGS in terms of developer support!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Berat013:
I'll never leave my galaxy, its a great phone, just got it and enjoy in it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sinistr0:
Man, i'm just happy with my SGS. Despite the lack of official roms for the B model, there is a plenity of ROMs from the development section. And man, that means much! My device has a problem with the original GPS drivers, but after the update it can find me with 15 meters of precision (but still needs a lot of time to mark my position).

It was the first high-end device that i bought (jumped from the old nokia 5800 to it), teh camera still do a good job, even without flash. there is a lot of space with 8Gb of internal memory, plus the 32Gb sd card.

Don't lag or hangs when I need, even being the unstable release. If Samsung lower the price below 1000 bucks (yeah, in my damn country a smartphone is costly as hell, the SII was about 1700 bucks here).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sxi200:
I still have my S1 but use the S2 as my daily phone now. All I can say is awesome. If only the audio hardware was the same.

Sent from my GT-I9100T
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hassaan123:
- 8gb internal memory

- great dev support

- s. Amoled screen
[Galaxy S I9000 General] androidder:
CynogenMod has released a simple thumb rule to check for Ice Cream Sandwich compatibility. There are 2 minimum requirements :

A minimum 256 MB RAM

A decent GPU. [For hw acc]

The ICS release clearly does not depend on the type of cpu the device sports.

An System component such as the ICS rom itself is never built to utilize multi-cores simply because its a waste of battery to do so , only applications such as some high end games can be developed to utilize those cores and get the required performance.

The LG optimus P970 is a 1 ghz single core CPU that is getting ICS officially from LG .

Samsung nexus [very similiar to i9000] is also a single core device getting ICS officially
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dono89:
surely :)

amoled!!! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rulfy:
I have to agree.

The Galaxy S is almost perfect! :)

The only things between the Galaxy S and being perfect is (in my opinion!)

-The missing flash light for the photo camera

-GPS problems (the GPS in my phone works pretty bad)

-and ... nothing more too add here! :P

I guess I keep that phone until it's not working anymore, no upgrade needed here :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stenc55:
At first I wanted to get SGS II for me and give my beloved SGS I to my wife.

Then I installed ICS.

Now, SGS II will go to my wife and I will stay on my beloved SGS I.

If it happens that I will be forced to go on any other phone, I will miss devs here. They are amazing.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] androidder:
My 5 reasons are :-

1] Newer devices have larger screens , which are difficult to handle with one

hand (like texting during breakfast :D) , looks awkward when you put it in your pocket , while the older 3.7" devices were a compromise when it came to movies on the go , galaxy's 4.0" perfectly strikes the balance.

2] Audiobuff's like me know that the audio board would shoo off any ipod when it comes to sound quality.

3] Satisfied with the functions that i can expect from the phone let it be camera , 40 gb memory , navigation support , web , email , or playing some games occasionally .

4] If i would ever have to leave the i9000 then i may switch to a smartphone with a better battery support , but the i9000 just about gives the same battery backup as any "other" smartphone . Yes the galaxy s2 performs slightly better but nothing worth mentioning

If Samsung releases their Galaxy S3 , i would like to expect more battery from it rather than a quad core chipset , but that's just me .

5] I always hesitate to waste money upgrading something to find out almost everything the "upgrade" can do was also done by its predecessor .

Yes I'll get Faster CPU ,higher ram, better camera etc , well that's about it the rest are the same stuff .

My phone can run almost all games played on dual core phones , so i wouldn't buy the dual core just to show off on some useless benchmarks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] moustic_moustic:
1) Great community and developers... Developers and developers :)

2) So many tweaks I've been watching you...

3) Perfect size to my hands

4) Well I think I can't switch to an another phone without; mobile Odin, cwm, root manager, semaphore, voodoo, setcpu, ext4 and ... GPS aids ;)

5) With few extra things you are the king of the world like a 1800 mhA battery or a class 10 microSD card.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nitrous²:
I moved from a Moto Defy to my SGS. And I have only two reasons which are so important that they can be weighted like 5 reasons.

1. A FU*%#£¶@ UNLOCKABLE BOOTLOADER!!!YEEAY

:D

2. No need to sign petitions and beg the Manufacturer to be able to fully use my OWN device.

No one of you can imagine how happy I am :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Swissguy36:
1. Best looking mobile phone

2. Awesome community and devs so dedicated it's just unbelievable

3. Lightweight and easy to open

4. Big but not too big (S2 is too big for me already)

5. The function to remove the ext. sdcard without pulling the battery

My GF has a SGS2 and it's awesome but I would never buy it.. SGS1 is just the best.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] anthr0x:
SGS Will be a Great Phone for a long time to come with ICS its a one wicked Phone

But with everything people will move on hopefully the SGS3 will fix the problems people have with the SGS2 like the Audio chipset & even better battery
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Neringan:
The galaxy S is the best phone i had (got it after an iphone). It's gonna be hard to leave it but i think if i do it it's for a Sgs2 ( even if i think that the sgs1 is beautifuler). But i'll not leave it cause it's still powerfull ! Waiting for a sgs3 or something else that will really make the difference
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tesmond:
I switched to the I9000 from the I8910. In almost every way it was better except the camera. I was hopeful I could survive with the worst camera, but I can't. I will be switching to something new on the summer, hopefully S3... Only the S2 and the Galaxy Nexus are currently better than the SGS and even then they are only a little bit better.

If the SGS had the I8910 camera I would probably keep it at least another year...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MonkeyDJ:
Simply device that can adapt to my need
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gal95loker:
I agree
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kaynpayn:
I just got another reason. Today i went to a store and happened to try out Galaxy Nexus. Rather different from what i was expecting, for the worse. Granted, the phone multitasks like a champ but it was sluggish at times - NOT what i was expecting from a phone packing that hardware. Was running 4.0.2 though but still. And why am i saying this here? Because when i was running ICS on my SGS i felt none of those lags i experienced today on a seriously more powerful machine.

Sure it's probably not a fair to compare. One's running a customized beta version, the other's the original thing. Better results could be achieved if a custom rom was used on the GN but i thought the fact i got smoother experience on a SGS than on the GN was worth mentioning. So much for the "google experience" even if it's just a part of it.

Oh, and i guess it's just a matter of getting used to, but i didn't like not having my "menu/options" button. I'd be happy to see one along side the soft ones but i like even more how the SGS does it. I'm also glad my phone doesn't have a search button taking space. I never ever felt the need of a button for that, i even hardly use google search widget.

Also, i'll never own a phone that doesn't have a frontal wake-up button. I just don't find it practical at all and it just gets worse if the screen size is bigger (GN again). Which reminds me i really like 4'' for my screen. It's the perfect size.

About pentile amoled and screen brightness. Well, my SGS has more brightness if set on maximum. Actually, i find the GN kind of lacking brightness wise. It just doesn't have the same as my SGS, i had them side by side to compare. Yea, pentile pixels are more noticeable on my SGS (lower res) but they can be seen on GN as well, even if all reviews around the internet say otherwise.

My SGS has better sound with voodoo. Tried the same mp3 with my sennheiser phones, SGS just sounds better. And the 3.5mm jack is on top not on bottom which i find to be better.

SD card. My phone downloads torrents a lot overnight. Next day i just need to take out the sd card, plug it in my laptop and i'm done transfering large files. Data transfer from my class10 sdcard is just much faster than using the usb cable.

So, yea, i'm not giving up my SGS any time soon :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Xampy:
The SGS I9000 is the first Android device I have used so far, and it's one of the most Android devices that has a lot of differents ROMs to choose and developers, so I agree too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jorgemiguel4:
Love this phone, everyday appears something new to it. There are roms for every kind of person. :):)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awesomninity:
Contract ends in 4 months - zero chance of me changing from my i9000 unless the s3 sports something incredible.

Instead of upgrading to newer phones which do no more than our i9000s donate to our beloved dev's to keep them here and we'll all be happy! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ddrulze:
SGS + Voddoo SOUND even ipods and Itouch or whatever cant beat ! plus S.AMOLED is just tooo awesome ....viewing angles are so nice nd contrast ...5 of my friends together watch movies in tutuions ! DAMN i love my phone !:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] christophocles:
Class 10 microSD is a bad idea for a phone, IMO. It has faster sequential access but slower random access -- it's a direct trade-off.

I guess it does depend on your use case, though. Do you copy large files back and forth between phone and computer? In that case, you do want class 10. But app2sd will be more sluggish. Do you move lots of apps to SD card and run them from there? Then you want Sandisk Class 4. But unloading files to your PC will be more sluggish.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] moustic_moustic:
Thanks for the info, i didn't know it!

I think this was not such a big drawback due the use I have (copying regularly large files) and using a big SD cache.

Well up to now I was quite happy, you just ruin my day ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] twisted_swe:
Luckily the solution is real simple, buy a new phone and keep the SGS :)

I use mine for music mostly, and testing different stuff on :P Got a SGS2 for calling and that other stuff
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pedaone:
so true!

my contract ends in about 4 months and i'll have to make a new one then....

looking forward to welcome a new phone but SGS will definitly stay part of my daily life.

tried the galaxy nexus too some time ago, i don't really know if i could get used to it in the future... => too large and i miss the home/back/menu buttons

SGS just solved all this stuff so sweeeet :D :D

and for now with running ICS on my SGS it feels like a whole new phone! Great performance, great battery life... could do my everyday business for the next 2 years as well :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jack197:
The SGS S is truly a legend, the hardware has marked a trend in the markets trend but the greatness of this phone has only been possible by support from the developer community ..... Many thanks to all of them ...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] merdan:
SGS best
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dadyal:
Naeem ur Rehman

i hate my phone when GPS does not lock :/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] acmilan77051:
truly SGS is a living legend...

only thing i miss in my phone is the cam flash,nothing else..

and also didnt know that its the biggest developer community :D

im happy that i am part of this whole community..

so thanx to all the developers who have brought so many roms for my SGS..

and im lucky that i have chosen SGS over Htc desire hd :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] benwilliams123:
My warranty repair ended up trading my S1 for an S2 and I love it but there are so many more devs for the S1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] smicas:
I think that what I would miss most would be the sound quality with voodoo sound.

Who needs beats-audio right? (-:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cspiby:
My next phone will be a Google phone, that way I can be fairly sure it will continue to be supported...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] autophone:
When I bought this phone 1.5 years ago, I thought I made a mistake as it was a super duper Laggy piece of sh*t.

At times I kept thinking about replacing it with another phone, including iPhone 3gs. Because the lag was just really bad. Then I was introduced to XDA and I first installed Ryanza's lagfix. Then it all changed but I kept reading the forum and found more things to do with the phone.

Now I realised that I made a great choice. This phone is almost like HD2 (or maybe even surpasses HD2) in terms of development. And I am sure the development will continue to flourish on this side of the forum.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tesmond:
SGS

1. I just bought a 2700mah battery with stand, no chance of the battery running out now :)

2. ICS with Semaphore is smooth!

3. Swype is the best (Windows or iOS cannot compete!)

4. Screen is lovely...means I probably have to stick with AMOLED...

5. Dropped it loads and it has survived, barely even has scuff marks on the case. Seen too many iPhone 4s that did not survive similar drops.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] disclaimernotice:
To me, the external appearance of a phone doesn't matter as long as it is ergonomic. So what if a phone looks cheap? For example, my pc looks cheap but it's got 16Gb of ram, 3Ghz i7 quad core, etc. Anyway, the point is that "premium" materials will only add to the phone's cost and I'm certainly not willing to pay more just for a little aesthetics. Besides, glass would be heavier and metal affects signal transmission, so plastic is clearly the best.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] siky_dude:
This plastic is tougher than it feels. I dropped my phone from the first floor, twice(I'm a idiot), 6 m high, only 2 scratches.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] matsam:
I got my SGS a month before the SGS2 came out and thought I had made a bad choice at first, but the more I use it, the more I like it. Stock ROM was great, but after trying CM7 and now CM9, I have a hard time justifying the cash people spend to get "better" phones. The SGS rocks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] devonblue4u:
1+ on the Devs!

I was on Froyo and GB months ahead of Bell, and now on ICS. Bell ins't getting ICS for the SGS.

I have an Eee Pad Transformer running 3.2.1 Honeycomb, and the Devs just can't even come close to smooth updates relished on the SGS. The experience with the TF reminds me of the dark days of Froyo. Buggy, glichy and far from smooth.

A still-to-this-day beautiful screen. A a casual glance, you'd think it was an SGS2. And its relatively easy to replace, cause I cracked mine. It fired right back up, and all those thoughts of an upgrade while it was damaged when right out the window.

Did I mention the Devs? Who cares, it's worth repeating.

This is one of those devices that's worth more to the guy who owns one, than is reflected in the value placed on it on Craigslist (about 2 bills and falling...). You can bet I'm keeping mine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Crazy566:
I wont be leaving my Galaxy S in a hurry I have a iPod touch that i use for music and the odd game after using my Galaxy S on having the brightness right down then using my iPod I couldnt stand the brightness had to turn it nearly all the way up to equal the Super AMOLED screen.

Once you go LED you don't go back :)

Also my Galaxy S handled a lovley face plant into concrete not on purpose though :eek: and you think I can find a mark on it ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mnazrin91:
Super amoled is the main reason for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] the6thplague:
the community

The huge community is a major plus with the SGS. Sure, it's not the fastest phone around and probably most of us will go for the SGS III when it will come out, but it still does the job nicely and new things are coming out all the time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] km211121:
If you don't need to play games, and you want a serious phone, Galaxy S it is.

But if you want to change it, you just go for the Galaxy S II or wait for 3, Samsung Galaxy S again, with other words !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vitormfgoncalves:
I will keep it until it die!

:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sam.jh:
living in canada and sticking with telus due to a good retention plan I was underwhelmed by crappy release after release of androids on telus.. I wasn't going to go on a 3 year term for anything short of amazing, so I decided I was going to buy used about a month ago, found a i9000m for 160$ on craigslist honestly couldn't be happier, with ics and such an amazing audio driver I can see myself using this for quite a while yet :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] WilliamHicks:
I love the small size. Nexus, SG II, IPhone are all too big for me as far as phones go. At first I thought I made a mistake, but after rooting and installing ICSSGS, it is clearly the best Galaxy.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] moustic_moustic:
Because u can still install various android roms 4.1.2 on it :)

I just revive my old one Sgs with x-bean 3.0 and it's amazing!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorvax:
Best buy on gadgets I've ever made concerning price/value. It really runs nicely, even as a 'business' phone. Mine is 2 1/2 years old now and still looks pretty new. The only complaint is GPS - compared to the SIII the S really falls behind.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] !n0x:
Reading some of the comments here, I felt it redundant that I have to post my own reasons.

While I was only able to snag a 2nd hand Galaxy S (was saving up some money to buy another phone, but bought it because I was aware of reason #1) during the GB/ICS transition "era" (think about late 2011(?) - early 2012), I feel that I've grown to love it, and actually, it has spoiled me when it comes to choosing specs,whenever finding a new phone.

1. The dev community. It's still awesome as always. I know some devs will be going to other phones, but I still see great support for this phone :)

2. The bootloader! I never knew how problematic bootloaders will be until I held an Xperia Arc S (my mom's) to customize and realized I was grateful for this.

3. Did I say the audio board (Wolfson + Voodoo) is awesome? Best music experience I have ever since getting it. Got spoiled by this :3 If only didn't have crappy earpieces.

4. The AMOLED screen. It's just perfect even for its ppi density :) Plus the size is just right for me.

5. Its ergonomic build quality. Dropped it some times and it hold up well.

With the recent influx of new smartphones in the market, and the hardware limitations of the SGS, I find myself always trying to strive towards the next big thing. But when reality slaps me hard in the face, I realize that this good ole' SGS (which I know must've served his previous master well) I have now, serves me quite fine. In fact, I think I'm just going to replace the battery cover for now and maybe upgrade when it totally falls apart or whatever. Some buttons are near falling apart or not functional as much, but yeah, I still love it.

And probably if I do upgrade and my next phone won't have the awesome Wolfson chip, I guess I'll use my SGS as my music player. :)

Oh, and the Galaxy S specs serves as a base of specs for finding new phones. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Brahmnoor:
Man ! I would have really liked to own a Galaxy S, but unfortunately I own a S + :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kevtrysmoddin:
And don't forget that some if not all devs will at some point will port 4.2 for us too

sent from my i9000 bang up to date beating iphones to death coz it can lol:p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] irusul:
I will leave my SGS when it won't support latest version of Android.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] s3icc0:
I'll be missing just one thing: The HW Home button .... Save got samsung still have this button on his phones ....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] baudfather:
The I9000 is probably one of the best phones ever. Solid build quality, great dev support here at XDA, and great performance for a first-gen phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hallodri089:
It's really one of the best. The next big community will be S3 and then maybe Nexus4?

anyway I still keep mine until Galaxy S4 will come.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] HalphaZ:
I'm afraid that sgs will leave us first...

To me the sgs is the new "Nokia 3210" :laugh:

I had a Galaxy Nexus for 2 days... Worst audio, wost wifi... ok... I'll wait next Nexus.

It will be a trauma leave my beloved sgs :,(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] excosit:
Have a community for develop