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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] blacknwhitebb:
exactly! i will try to get it replaced via samsung service. i have a friend working there as a manager. I will see if he would agree having somebody replace it with higher capacity sd card.. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rockyddroid:
Lucky brat!!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] appkiller:
Come on bro do a search in xda you will find how to swap them or later i can help u ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] blacknwhitebb:
I didn't want swap. What is swap anyways. i would appreciate the information about its benefits :)

well, i talked to my friend at samsung service center and he leaded me to a tech. i talked to him and he said they couldn't do it for me due to the fact that it would be illegal. i am not sure if he understood me properly but anyways he told me to open it by myself and in case of encountering any problem i could send my phone to service and they could take care of.

Anyways, i found a video on the internet which shows how to unassemble i9000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt9XNnjAcBc). i followed it and finally took the little black box out which i believe to be the internal sd.(if anybody watches the video, the black box is the one she separates and puts it by the screws) but, damn it, it wouldn't open. it is somehow fixed and one piece. i couldn't reach to the int. sd.

what a disappointment. So, the answer is my question is, it is not possible to replace the internal sd card with a higher capacity one. Could have been amazing though.. Imagine replacing it with 32gb, having another 32 as external and you have 1.5 on-board, there would come the 64 gb samsung sl.

Ps. What i mean with the internal sd card btw, is not the fixed on-board one, but the one which is seen as internal sd card on cwm and which i believe people use as swap.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] appkiller:
I know bro it was my dream also. And i ask to my friend he is also working ın samsung center he said me the same thing as you heard what a pitty ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Taraen:
I did a quick look through and did not see any thing that looks like a micro sd. Which black box are you talking about? :confused: The one at 3:16? Thats the speaker. :)

Additionally I think that usually internal memory as well as our internal "sd" is a little chip that is directly soldered onto the board as this will need less space. Some time ago some people here noticed that they got more internal sd memory after their boards were replaced by the service center. What I am asking myself is: Why do these people get more memory if it was only a sd card which is easily replacable. That wouldn't make sense and so I think this is not possible on our phone.

With sd swap they mean a little software modification in a file called vold.fstab which "changes the paths" (so say it in an easy way) you can access your files in that way that:

- all files on your external micro sd card are found under /sdcard/ instead of /sdcard/external_sd/

- all files on your internal sd are found under /sdcard/external_sd instead of /sdcard/

Of course this would be "illegal" as your friends say. :D Have a modification done to your phones and after two days if it doesn't work anymore because of this you come back and claim for warranty.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] appkiller:
As ı know the internal sd card is not the micro sd that can be replaced because the read and write speed is so high as u know It is about 25 mb/s read, and 15mb/s write. But in micro sd we can't reach this speed even in class 6 ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Taraen:
You are right.

The internal sd, let's call it internal memory, is inside the phone behind all the plastic on the board. If you take out your sd card and start your phone you will notice an empty "external_sd" folder on stock roms or respectively "emmc" on CM9, as long as your memorys aren't swapped. The micro sd card you put in your phone isn't part of it and thus is external. :rolleyes:

So much confusion about this... *lol*
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] appkiller:
Yes I agree it is integrated to the motherboard and not with a slot that you can remove or replace I think swap is OK we shouldn't try replacing internal memory we can broke an awesome phone ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Taraen:
But I must admit that I would like to look inside the phone, but I'm a bit afraid I could damage it...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] appkiller:
yes you are right I am an electronic engineer candidate I am so curious but we must be careful so much. It is a complex phone and very difficult to assemble it ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Taraen:
Well a friend if me and I already opened a iPhone and repaired it with parts worth some EUR. There was no risk. But my SGSL is working and I'm not an electronic engineer. So you know more than me. :( I'm used to assembling computers but mobiles... No Thanks! :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] appkiller:
The mobile things such as phone are really really complex. They include so many micro parts and so sensitive ;) because of that if we aren't an expert we mustn't do anything that we are not sure what we are doing.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bscraze:
Well swapping means fooling the system into believing that the external micro SD card you put in your phone is actually the internal SD, when is its not and vice versa. Search the development thread for it :p

Cheers:)

Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by IceBolt
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hungongravity:
i9020T T-Mobile East-coast USA

Most of the APN settings online are a bit dated and T-Mobile's site is for generic Android phones.

What is the current APN settings for us?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahanddeem:
In also for an answer
[General Topics] EclipzeRemix:
So in what ways you think than Android is better than IOS

Heres what i got

iPhones have:

Smaller screens

Slower Data Speeds

Lower Durability

Slower prosseser

Very Boring UI

No Flash

No download support from Browser

No themes/Launcher (Unless its Jailbroken)

Anything to add here?
[General Topics] alx294:
Camera can't compare to the Amaze :)

no video chat over mobile data

no third party music player or video player

no way to install apps other than through app store

TETHERED TO ITUNES FOR ALL MEDIA CONTENT -_____-

no expandable memory

cant replace/remove battery
[General Topics] yo2boy:
Does Installous count :P
[General Topics] eggydrums:
Lame ass apps, that are very unstable, eg. Infinity blade (from my own experience). Veeerryy low ram for standards that android phones have set these days. And a ui that hasn't changed for years

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[General Topics] Double0EK:
It's Apple

Chuck Norris can but Walker Texas Ranger can't. :D
[General Topics] nav200:
-the fact that Apple releases so called "improved" iphone every year with barely any changes

-no widgets

-sometimes a hassle to update the software
[General Topics] stratax:
UI, and Screens are just your opinions. not really facts; not nececarilly a bad thing. the processor of the 4s isnt slow, but its pointless in the iphone. other than that im with you! i could never use a screen that small lol
[General Topics] kecikhebat:
1-boring UI

2-using iOS is like living in a cage

3-its a dream phone for kids,cheerleader,*****,chloe kardashian
[General Topics] stratax:
fixed what you said
[General Topics] F033x:
It's the epitome of complacency
[General Topics] realitysconcierge:
Custom keyboards!
[General Topics] ed116:
Well atleast u get software updates on iphone ...

the only bad thing id have to say about IOS is the lack of custimizability, some poeple like the simplicity of iOS nto everyone wants to flash ... but the most important thing for me was Unlockability. Amaze > and the camera ofcourse which is one of the best out there. but i did like the weight and shape of iphone 4 and battery life was not bad either
[General Topics] TheHeffNerr:
This is the main reason.
[General Topics] fuego77:
Honestly my main reason is "boring"
[General Topics] rasstar:
I honestly think IOS is better and would get one for the wife if it was on T-Mobile. I can manage with Android since it allows me to do a little more than I would be able to if I had an IOS device. WHat I like about IOS is the apps are of much higher quality.

For someone like my wife the iphone would be better. She complains about the random reboots, apps crashing and some of the other annoyances that come with Android so I know she would love the iphone.
[General Topics] EclipzeRemix:
O just don't like ios too mainstream
[General Topics] JesseMT4G:
95% of Apple iPhone users I have met all have been complete and utter morons that would follow their precious phones if it was thrown off a cliff.

Being 110% cereal too! I even let people know that are decent that I am utter shock they own an iPhone, lol!

I am no follower. Hell I used BB for 6 years....;)
[General Topics] adslee:
iOS is smoother than Android and handles most things better. Android wasn't meant to have a touch interface since it was first made to compete with Blackberry and other systems that used a trackball/keyboard rather than a touchscreen slate. So as a result, they didn't bother starting from scratch and decided to just implement touchscreen onto their existing revisions... Not saying Android is bad by any means, but there are things that iOS does properly that Android does not. For example, the touch delay that exists in every Android device will most likely never be solved due to the architecture of the OS - to see this delay, go play Fruit Ninja or something and you'll notice that the sword trail is always lagging behind your finger and is never directly under your finger while you're moving.

However, I despise Apple with a passion. Their products are great, but they are also immensely overpriced and restrictive. They market their products in a dishonest way to trick the common consumer into thinking that it's the greatest thing on the planet. However, they do tend to take care of their customers in terms of updates, unlike Android because even the iPhone 3GS got their latest iOS 5 update while we're still waiting for an ICS update.
[General Topics] nav200:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1557484

These 2 videos say it all eventhough it's slightly biased.
[General Topics] dementor123:
+1. Example of smoothness - open web browser in both iPhone and a high end android phone like amaze, open a webpage and trying scrolling - you will see iPhone is significantly smoother than amaze. Any improvements in hardware (you can have quad core processor and a 4 gb of ram) won't make up for a not-so-good architecture. OS update is another big issue with all android manufacturers. If I buy a phone on a 2 year contract, I should get updates for 2 years. Apple provides updates for older devices as long as old hardware can handle it and look at the android world - mytouch4g slide is more than capable of running ICS but HTC/TMO won't provide update and indirectly force customers to buy new device with little to no hardware improvement long before their contract is over. Having said that, I still like my amaze for a couple extra features and data service that tmo provides.
[General Topics] F033x:
eh?

i havent seen something like that since the g1

personally, I'd rather be stuck with an outdated version of android than the newest version of iOS. they are constantly behind the curve on user features [tethering, hw acceleration, removable batteries/ sd cards, launchers/theme'ing, etc.] not to mention the interface, its looked like the same set of boring icons for years.
[General Topics] adslee:
Not really... iPhones can tether since iOS 4, and once jail broken (which pretty much takes one click by the way) they can have custom launchers as well as being able to set up a WiFi hotspot just like we can. The smoothness of the OS is proof that iOS handles hardware acceleration better so I don't know where you're getting at... The only valid point you made is the battery and sd cards, and those are all lame hardware restrictions that Apple implemented to make you pay extra for disk space. If you really can't see the Android touch delay, try navigating through the home screens on an iPhone and your Android side by side, the difference will become very apparent. Also try moving the Sense lockscreen ring fast and you'll notice that the ring doesn't keep up when you go fast enough.

The main thing Android has over iOS as of now is really just freedom in terms of hardware and software. If Apple ever adopts Android's openness, which I'm sure isn't going to happen, I'd say a lot of us are going to jump ship
[General Topics] xndabox:
If I need to place a iPhone next to my amaze to see a difference in scroll speed then there is no point. Like iPhone being on 3g, their user s don't notice on a day to day basis. The only up on Android is the fact that iPhone just works but that's a obvious benefit to lack of customization. Less variables to consider when designing the features.

For my gf a iPhone would be perfect but she didn't know how transfer music to her phone til a week ago. She still carries a ipod even though I got her a 16 gb card for music.

Also if I have to hack to get the same features stock android offers then that is not a win. But I guess they can brag about their battery life I suppose.

Same with OS updates. Nature of the beast, without sense we would have ics already not androids fault. HTC's
[General Topics] kazzxtrismus:
+ 1... The most accurate statement on xda in weeks!
[General Topics] EclipzeRemix:
Android was always touch screen you are getting confused with Windows lemobile, the G1 was touch screen and it was the first android phone, my amaze is as smooth as any iPhone out there,

But iphones are for dumb people that can't figure out how to use android at its full potential
[General Topics] kazzxtrismus:
On a second note... I have been stunned in the last few weeks we have the number of people running 2-4 year old phones wit no mods / apps of any kind.... And I include go launcher and go SMS!!!

I have come to the conclusion that such a majority of people have NO computer savvy...

The new generation of people getting into the market have no idea what can be done or what's involved...

Anything technology related is going the way of the car... Absolute morons putting gas in or charging the battery, with no idea of the features included... Like watching a 65yr old lady driving a Bently... She is in blissful ignorance of what she's got..

I'm a car guy and I am ashamed of my fellow men who know nothing about cars or tools... I am a technology guy and ashamed of my fellow humans (obvious exclusions only) with no basic computer knowledge... We should all know what an O.S. is and downloading and what the "default download directory" is..

It's these fools learn the word "hacking" and get transported here directly and start breaking every rule we have as a forum and bricking their phones because they "can do anything" just like daddy said...

You can't bargain with physics.. and you did lose that soccer game if your team got fewer goals
[General Topics] EclipzeRemix:
True, I've only met 3 people that have an android rooted and running a ROM, every one else is ignorent, the way I learned how to root, and flash a ROM was when I was determined to flash sense 3.0 on my mytouch and show it off to my bro that had the sensation lol:cool:
[General Topics] ickedmel:
I think It's pretty general and ignorant to call all iPhone users morons or stupid, that's just there preference. I've never used an iPhone but I have a friend with a 4s at work that has his jail broken so I'm always looking with curiosity the benefits which I can't see much but I see the custom launcher he's using ironically enough it looks almost sense like. The phone looks okay the os but I think once we get ics things will be different.
[General Topics] EclipzeRemix:
My 11 month neice could jailbreak an iphone, all you have to do is press a button and in 15 minutes your jailbroken
[General Topics] :
Ignorant is always an ironic misspelling :p
[General Topics] EclipzeRemix:
My amaze fails at spell checks
[General Topics] ickedmel:
Haha well my friend did make it sound pretty easy.
[General Topics] Mafioso:
I know i'm gonna be kind of hated for it...but Android isn't for everyone :rolleyes:

Not everyone can root/jailbreak or do stuff like that...even if they can they are not remotely interested in doing that...of-course they are ignorant of potential benefits but you can't hold that against them. They are not interested, they just want a phone which is good at everything out of the box. Its where the iphone wins and wp7 is trying to catch up.

For example I've rooted and installed a custom ROM on my roommate's sensation, now its smooth as hell , but he was using it all on stock for a year and used to ***** about it bad battery life and when I saw it the first time, I noticed it was just slow...my 2 yr old HD2 w/ android was much more smooth than it ofcourse that with CM7 not sense3 :p. Comparing his stock sensation to my brother's iphone4 who also have it all stock after 1 year..performance, battery and overall experience wise iphone4 wins :(

Similar is a case with another friend of mine, who purchased wildfireS 2 months back and was complaining how the phone get stuck often (probably because of low ram/procc and heavy sense UI interface), most apps refuse to install and the sad battery life on it. I just checked out and found sick bastards at HTC only decided to give it 150mb of internal memory on a smart phone out of which most is used by sense crap (like contact list just alone takes up 25mb of that as it stores photos and stuff) and tmobile bloat which can't be uninstalled. The total memory available just after installing 4-5 basic apps was less than 20mb. Of course the l33t few like ourselves :D can root it install a custom tweaked rom, get a2sd in there, get extended battery and what not to solve all the issues and make it better than iphone 3gs (which is at same price point I guess as wildfire S for comparison's sake) but you can't expect everyone to do it. So I just told her, try to return it and get htc radar..the wp7 in it is like iphone, it would have zune crap instead of itunes however out of the box it works butter smooth, no tinkering required and not expensive as iphone.

I have decided to to recommend android only to myself and similar people as me who are not afraid to hack it, for everyone else sadly there are better phones available out there. Google needs to enforce some basic requirements like they have done with wp7 otherwise manufacturers and operators are killing the wonderful platform that android is for common folks.
[General Topics] EclipzeRemix:
Android is simple to understand, but stock is kinda sluggish for some phones, and there are over 1000 android phones out there and only 5 diffrent iphones, ofcourse iphones are gonna get updates on time, and they have to be flawless
[General Topics] adslee:
Man, do a little research first. If you think the G1 was where Android began just because it was the "first Android phone", you need to brush up on a little history and general knowledge.

Explanation of Android's UI framework and how it differs from iOS's

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Here...o-remain-like-that-in-the-near-future_id24434

http://gigaom.com/mobile/video-android-touch-lag-and-a-possible-solution/

https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/XAZ4CeVP6DC

Early prototypes of Android devices looked like this:

http://gizmodo.com/334909/google-android-prototype-in-the-wild?tag=gadgetsandroidhardwareinthewild

For those who don't want to read too much:

If your Amaze is as smooth as any iPhone out there, then I guess you've got some sort of super Android that doesn't comply to the OS's architecture. Oh, and it probably makes sandwiches for you, serves you beer, lullabies you to sleep at night, and maintains world peace. Probably.

I'm a huge fan of Android - in fact, it's unlikely I'll use any other OS in the near future, but really, if you think that Android > iOS in every department and that iPhones are for people who are dumb, then you're no better than those ignorant iSheep who think Apple products are better than anything else on the planet.

And you can't call people who don't run custom ROMs on their Android devices ignorant either, since many people just want a smartphone to use, not to customize. It's true, Android isn't for everybody, but we can't always get what we want, so are you really going to call them ignorant for that? Even though this is not the case, but would I be ignorant if my interests lie in other things in life that don't include flashing custom ROMs and rooting phones? Some people just don't see the appeal or need to do anything extra with their phones, so are you really going to confront them and call them ignorant because they didn't root their phone?
[General Topics] marleyfan61:
Perhaps there were prototypes of non-touchscreen Android phones but were any actually released? If not, then for all practical purposes Android WAS always touchscreen. To argue otherwise based on a non-released prototype is just splitting hairs.
[General Topics] adslee:
You make it sound like no work was put into producing a prototype and that it holds no influence on future Android devices. That prototype is essentially Android in one of its first physical manifestations. It is the foundation of what we hold in our hands today, so I'd say that's pretty practical and not just theory. My point is that Android was not designed at first to include the integration of a touch user interface and as a result, devices built upon the prototype/foundations of Android inherit that property, which explains the touch delay we experience.

This means we're still using the architecture/framework that exists pre-iPhone, which is what that prototype uses. In other words, all the other mobile OS's were abandoned and rebuilt from scratch to append for the advent of touch user interfaces, except for Android. This is why Windows Phone 7 devices have touch screens have less touch delay/lag than we do. Seriously, I don't know how else to explain the importance of this.

I've stated this many times before: I still love Android for what it is - I love flashing ROMs, I love the hardware that comes with Android, and I certainly love the open-sourced nature of the platform, but if there's one huge problem that I'd like Android to be rid of in the future, it's this.

Damn, another post of something like this and I'd have completed a dissertation or something.
[General Topics] EclipzeRemix:
Nonreleased prototypes don't count my friend, only thing that counts is what makes it to the market, and yes android is better than ios in everyway, my phone isn't as smooth as ios are you kidding me, u could do what the iPhone does faster and more efficient
[General Topics] xndabox:
People who are overly passionate about android need to remember that we NEED apple competition pushes innovation. No doubt in my mind android is the better OS but Iphones aren't truly that bad. Theyare great phones with a powerful fan base. Never underestimate the power of simplicity