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[Galaxy S I9000 General] PlanetJumble:
The screen lights on nearly instantly, and you can do so with the home key, no need to seach for the power button.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Further on the subject of Li-Ion v Li-Pol I've just replied on this subject in the Clove Blog Part Five which you can read here.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MAJED.y:
Regard the Li-Pol problem which is keep charging and the effect to the lifetime of the cells.

Is there an app to monitor the charging status to stop charging the battery as soon as reach the 100% or 90% of the battery?

I don't know if there's an API allow to do that! "just an idea"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ben74:
sorry, i should have answered this earlier. having worked with li-po cells quite a bit as part of my RC hobby, i can tell you that this overcharging business is nonsense. the reason is, all li-po chargers have logic built into them that prevents overcharging of the battery. when you overcharge a li-po battery, it catches on fire, in a rather ferocious way. i've seen it happen with my own eyes. so unless samsung was foolish enough to put an improper charger in this phone, there is no way the battery can be overcharged. samsung would be utterly insane to put a bad charger in this phone. it would leave them open to a world of liability pain when people's houses start burning down. i don't know why the manual says not to leave it on the charger, but i'm pretty sure it's a misprint. like someone said earlier, every other phone on the market uses li-ion or li-po and manages not to overcharge the battery, so it's extremely unlikely that this advanced superphone would Fail on that point.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MAJED.y:
Fair enough.

Thanks for the explanation.

the reason of my prevouse post I was just thinking for an app like Sony Battery Care in VAIO models which help to keep the battery to last longer.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cryingfreeman83:
What alternative home(ADW, openhome, GDE)? without problem?

what divx and mkv playback(normal and HD)? it´s smooth?

what display? is glass? compare to droid, first galaxy and iphone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bajica:
Old SE T610 was among first to use li-polymer battery, my little brother is still using the phone with original battery (5 years old) an still gets 3-4 days with charge, its always been charged "over night".

In my opinion li-polymer batteries (thin, light, long life) are the BEST!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Will.1:
So what happens if you use a random usb cable to charge using ur computer??? can u overcharge then?? I don't get it, is it something in the phone or in the chargers, cuz if it's something with the chargers u'r pretty much stuck to using the samsung one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Knobibrot:
So here is the latest Buglist from hardwarezone.com.sg
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Totally agree.

I find it unthinkable that either the phone or charger would not have some form of safety cut-out.

However, having said that... what I do find worrying though is I can not find anywhere (unless I have missed it) where the phone has an LED indicator which tells you when the phone is fully charged.

With an indicator this would be an acknowledgment the phone has a safety cut-out.

Whereas with no indicator not only would you not know when the phone is fully charged but it may add strength to Samsungs claim the battery could be overcharged.

Has anyone seen mentioned in the manual of an LED charge light?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Knobibrot:
I don't know if this helps, but on this youtube video the phone is connected with a charger but there is no led. only the charger itself has a led (can be seen on the back of the phone) http://youtu.be/g02EMW4uiU4
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Okay... second stage of worry creeping in.

If there is no LED on the phone that's bad... real bad.

If we only have an LED on the charger does it either change colour from red to green or go out when charged?

This we need to find out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PzykoSkillz:
Anybody tried any of the game emulators on the phone yet? I have a lot of free time at work so I like to play games, lol. Thanks. I've been waiting for this phone to come out so hopefully it'll be nice.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] OrionTC:
i would also love to know this along with the WIImote app. i see the only listed samsung phone "probably" doesnt work with the mote app. worries me a little
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NeoXTC:
let's wait and see until it's release but I got a feeling the galaxy s gonna be a dissappointment..........
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
That's what I started thinking but then I just imagined my self holding one lol, I think we're really really going to enjoy it :)

it's Android!!!! let's not forget that !! great awesome big screen!

the only real disappointment is lack of Led notification, that's just Wrong!!! i'd like to know when my battery is fully charged without opening the screen..... but hmmmmmm if I remember correctly on that forum of Singapore people said the phone beeps or warns you when the battery is fully charged.

either way, we'll get used to it! I still would have liked to know when I have missed calls, sms. etc.... :/ (more important to me than battery being charged)

I guess also if it had a more solid body it would be better.. but we'll judge that when we touch it. Or wait til there are bigger batteries that extend the case a bit and maybe we can get that case since this phone is already thin so if it gains a few more mm it won't hurt it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NeoXTC:
The thing that is turning me off now is that this can be OVERCHARGED???? Like I don't care if there's no LED notification BUT in this day and age, all electronics device (especially as advanced as this) should be protected from being overcharge.....

There's just lots of speculation atm and I'm scared. I'll be holding onto my cash until a good detailed review is out that's for sure.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Okay Guys,

I had a good dig into the Manual and here's what I found:-

Page 11 Assembling

Charge the Battery

When your battery is low, the device will emit a

warning tone and display a low battery message.

So it would appear the warning noise only happens when the battery is low. No audio noise when full.

Page 12 Assembling

Charge with the Travel Adapter

Para 4. When the battery is fully charged (the battery icon is

no longer moving), unplug the travel adapter from the

device and then from the power outlet.

No LED notification here.. just a screen notification.

Page 13 Assembling

Charge with the PC Data Cable

Para 4. When the battery is fully charged (the battery icon is

no longer moving), unplug the PC data cable from the

device and then from the PC.

Same as above

Page 107 Settings/Applications

Stay awake: Set the device’s screen to stay on while

charging the battery.

This answers one question in how do we know when the battery is fully charged if there is no LED notification.

Obviously we have to alter the settings to keep the screen on all the time whilst charging....... Not my idea of using this phone properly if you ask me.

1. It's going to take longer to charge the phone.

2. I don't like the idea of leaving the screen on for a prolong period with no change to what is being displayed on screen.

Page 114 Troubleshooting

The device beeps and the battery icon flashes

Your battery is low. Recharge or replace the battery to

continue using the device.

Again, it mentions the only time it beeps is when the battery is low.

Page 122 Safety and Usage Information

Avoid charging batteries for more than a week, as

overcharging may shorten battery life.

Well at least this should stop a lot of worries in overcharging.

I think most of us thought overcharging related to hours.... but here it mentions a whole week.

If anyone finds any other hidden gems please add.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Knobibrot:
No LED is bad, but...

...is good news!

thanks Beards :)

it seems that samsung doesn't like LEDs at all :D

No Flash, no notification...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hashfoo:
super AMOLED :D

hehe...

yeah the lack of notification LEDs could be annoying, but not a deal breaker to me. has anyone changed their mind?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
As I mentioned above, apart from the lack of LED's, the most annoying thing I expect to find will be having to either switch the phone on to see how it's charging or worse, leave the screen on running in 'Idle Mode'.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SimboXXX:
Hey guys, i guess you've never had a Samsung before - they don't like (helpful) things like LED notification lights. That said, it's never been a big hassle - you know the battery takes 90-120minutes to charge; after a couple of hours you just check the screen and if it's done you unplug it. And don't panic about overcharging, it's absurd to think in this day and age a manufacturer would make such an obvious blunder - it would be almost as silly, let's say, as not having a camera flash, oops.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Silverdragondk:
Can't really help with #1, but #2 can be helped somewhat by using active wallpaper on a clean homescreen?(still have those 4 samsung icons/keys on the bottom though...)

Personally, I don't see this as a problem. My Touch HD/Blackstone has one LED I never used. Maybe you've grown accustomed to being pampered? ;) I'd rather have continuous autofocus like the SE Vivaz, but I'll live without it.

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 General] latraviata:
When my Samsung Omnia I is fully charged the backlight of the power button changes from red to green. Could be similar on this phone.

http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/samsung-i900-omnia/phone/gsmarena_027.jpg <- Omnia I

http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php...i9000-galaxy-s/review/phone1/gsmarena_013.jpg <- Galaxy S
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Sorry but I can't see how being used to having a power light LED is being pampered.

It's simple, with it you don't need the screen switched on.

Re using a wallpaper, that's not a bad idea.

It's not perfect but the logic is right. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
........ Now THAT is a splendid answer and one which I hope has been carried through to the Galaxy S.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mikulec:
The whole thing about notofication leds can be resolved by alternative way of notification - which could be the backlight of the buttons. So for example when u have a missed call the buttons will flash until you check the notification.

About the battery - isnt there an app that will notify(sound) you when the battery is fully charged?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hashfoo:
The back-light of the power button on the Omnia I changes colour (or flashes, I can't remember) when you get texts/missed calls too. So if they have carried that through, then it would solve all the problems of notifications that people are having.

I am sure someone would have mentioned that if it was the case, though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dan 6a:
AKAIK nobody here actually has the unit yet.

I hope the power button contains the light for both batter and notification.

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Omegavsnemesis:
There is no notification/Battery LED on Galaxy S
[Galaxy S I9000 General] frankzan:
I found a slow but quit interesting forum samsunggalaxysforum.com/index.php and some unboxing pics //s155.photobucket.com/albums/s292/Loba87/Samsung%20Galaxy%20S/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
We know that.....

We are talking of the 'Power Button' not a dedicated LED Light.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ewingr:
Charging

Per the comment about "don't let charge over 1 week', maybe its not an argument of concern. But this is an discussion.

If overcharging is a problem, and for example, you need to pull it off a PC cable, then working all day with the phone on a cable, or PC based charger/sync cradle could be a problem.

It'll be interesting to find the outcome of this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PzykoSkillz:
Lucky for me, I don't text or anything as I got them turned off on my phone plan so I guess I won't really be missing no LED notification.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ziostilon:
is the Galaxy S not listed as Li-ion

its Li-po thats the more dangerous one. i charge my current handset with Li-ion all night. and no problems

its a Samsung i617 btw. and thats from like 3 years ago. so unless they were so stupid, they reverted and messed up the charging process, i don't see the issue here
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Silverdragondk:
The soft keys next to the home-key are def back-lit. If there's no LED on the power button, maybe they can be used(or maybe they can be used regardless).

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Not sure how they could work to show the phone is fully charged, as I expect they are hardwired to be either on or off depending on what state the phone is in.

What you preferably need is something that changes colour.

Is there anyone out there who has proof the power button does this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] frankzan:
has nobody in that thread a htc diamond? this phone has also no notification led but backlighted buttons. charging and missing calls/sms are shown with different typs of backlight behaviour.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Silverdragondk:
Far as I an tell from the following movie, the backlight turns on when one the softkeys is pressed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehivSWQUWuo

Wouldn't that mean they're software controlled?

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Knobibrot:
I've searched youtube to find a video where the powerbutton is shown... found nothing :(

BUT I've got another interessting thought:

What if the phone runs out of batter and I plug it in while it's completely off and I don't switch it on...

how do I know then that the phone is fully charged?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BasieP:
i have, and indeed they display a very nice led indication for a lot of things.

But in practice i know i hardy look at it. It's in my pocket most of the time, and if i take it out to see the led indicator, it is not very hard to turn it on to see if there are messages/missed calls/emails etc.

True, and also there not hardwired, because when i installed android on my diamond, they lit up every time i touch them (touch, not press)

but i wonder if the buttons on the galaxy S are the same kind of buttons with the same kind of controller as the HTC diamond

turn it on? (answering with the ovious)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Softkey.. You are happy we are talking about the hardware power button and buttons at the bottom of the screen?

If it were software controlled the hardware button would light up without any physical contact.

To my knowledge the only way any of the hardware buttons light up is when one of them is physically pressed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
That's exactly what I am saying... There is no way in knowing the state of the battery unless you either switch it on or leave it switched on in 'Idle' mode.

...and BasieP, your answer in saying

yes it is obvious but what we are saying here is why should you have to switch it on to find the state of the battery.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] frankzan:
I know what you mean. MY girlfriend got the same "in my pocket" problem but the discussion here is a question of status indication. I only want to explain there is a way to show that. It's not comfortable, I know but the Galaxy S say to me...turn me on...and not ...look on my super LED indicator (with a high contrast ratio and good looking colours).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SimboXXX:
Unfortunately, nothing is mentioned in the manual about status LED, only:

'When the battery is fully charged (the battery icon is

no longer moving), unplug the travel adapter from the

device and then from the power outlet.'

In other words, it's like all other Samsungs - you simply have to turn on the screen (if phone is turned off it will still have charging indicator on screen) to see whether it's fully charged.

End of story.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cryingfreeman83:
so if I undrestand right, Galaxy S have notifications od display(Super Amoled) in sleep mode?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
See my post 52 on this topic.

Not true... The Samsung Omnia I has a power button which lights up to show it is charging.

See Post 58 which explains this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BasieP:
yup, but i hope it leaves the screen off.

i had plenty of 'oops moments' when my phone was on silent mode, and i recieved an email. The phone goes on, and i did some in-pocket-dialing... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kenkiller:
Guys, there are no notifications leds. You'll need to press a button to light up the screen and see any notifications. Just deal with it.

Maybe an audio reminder app for notifications...doesn't seem to be much of that on marketplace. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] keevy17:
Was referred to this thread to help comment on the galaxy S (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6732968&posted=1#post6732968)

Q: Are there any notifications (on screen, backlight of buttons, ...) about missed calls, new mails, sms?

A: There are no indication on the phone itself if you have missed the initial notification when the msg first came in.

Q:Is there any notification when u charge the battery and the battery is fully charged?

Yes once the phone is fully charged, there is a notification to request to unplug the cord. There's about all.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mikulec:
Thanks, the notification about unpluging the cord is a sound notification?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nicolopolus:
Hmm, that really does suck! So useful having the front LED on my HD2 for notifications. Another mark against the Galaxy :( So many steps forward, so many back...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
There is one and I use it and it functions perfectly

it's called Missed Call

http://www.appbrain.com/app/de.anno.android.missedCallDroid

I have the 1.5 Android version of missed call and all Leds work but this one is for 2.x apparently and since our phone doesn't have Led lights then it will work perfectly with it lol.

it plays notification sounds or vibrates anytime you want it and you choose how long it vibrates for, etc...

if it doesn't work then use this version

http://www.appbrain.com/app/de.anno.android.missedCall
[Galaxy S I9000 General] latraviata:
When you plug the phone in to charge (via wall charger), does the power button on the phone light up to indicate that it is charging?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RampieStampie:
Men, how many time do we have to anwser this question? NO it does not, the screen will tell you what is that it is doing currently. So you plug in the device and the screen will lit on and shows u that it's charging.

Personaly I don't get al this talk about charging notifcations. When I charge my phone I just let in there for the time being and when I leaf I plug it out:eek:

If I only have half a hour it charges half a hour if that is 8 hours then it might be charging 8 hours, though I highly doubt this, because of making a phone call or goin to the loo.

The other thing is that SGS comes with a cradle so you can put it in there and wil charge and at same time works as a foto display:cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EUR1LEC:
I have a 4 year old SE K750i with the same type of battery (Li-Polymer), i always had it on charging during the night. The battery time is the same as it was when it was brand new (minus like 1-5 hours maybe) but its not noticeable.

I think the debate of the battery indication and overcharging is not needed. Since it seems that samsung doesn't really think its a big problem. If they just have notifications on the screen about the charging.

I now have a SE X1i and it has LED's and they just annoy me. I don't pay attention to them anymore. And it doesn't have a notification when its fully loaded either. Only when its low.

Looking forward to this phone!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] latraviata:
Oh, do you have a Galaxy S already? If so, thank you for the information and perhaps you can share some more info about it with the rest of us who don't. If not: 1) from what I can see no-one here had been able to answer this question so far, and 2) this is how other LED-less Samsung phones indicate charging (see my post on page 6), so I think it is reasonable to ask someone who actually has a Galaxy S (keevy17) whether or not it does this as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pluto:
People .. any comments about the camera ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Your very first post and you get it wrong.

No one has yet to give a correct answer to this.... We are still waiting for someone who has the Galaxy S to come back and simply say either "Yes, the phones power button does light up when plugged into a charger", or "No it does not".

Simple......

Thanks..... You are quite correct... No one has yet answered this and until someone does you, I and anyone else can ask this question. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] akibaxsan:
hi all,

nothing on the phone (be it the led or the power button) lights up when i plug the usb to the phone to charge or sync..hopes it helps..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
At last..... Many thanks.

......... It's not the news we wanted to hear but now we have it and know for sure we can now move on.

Thanks again

Beards
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kenkiller:
Only for calls? We need one for sms/email as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cryingfreeman83:
Again, Have galaxy S notification(missed call, sms) on turned off display with some pixels on?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
sorry i mean it's for all things, not just calls :D sms too, and emails. calendar, bluetooth, application, airplane service, battery service.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mykenyc:
That is pretty weird they would exclude such a common feature like led notification in android. Damn i wish they would just leave the damn touch wiz crap out i really hope this get rooted asap when it comes to T-Mobile i won't buy it immediately i will wait.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] latraviata:
Thank you so much! :)

Well, that's a bit lame but hardly a deal breaker IMO. Missed calls/SMS/email notification can be solved with 3rd party apps, so not a problem for me either. Now I'm waiting for more info on camera/video performance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
indeed thank you, and I too am waiting for information on the camera/video hehe :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] akibaxsan:
erm...i am not much of an expert in cam/vid..still i will try to help out..

Coming from htc hero user, i find galaxy s cam/vid are much better.

here the link of singapore favourite hardware review site (not sure if this been posted up before):

hardwarezone.com.sg/product-guide/view/20283/review/43433
[Galaxy S I9000 General] keevy17:
no it doesnt, the power button is a opaque button
[Galaxy S I9000 General] keevy17:
the cam is good, it takes photo fast but at low light condition it still need a flash
[Galaxy S I9000 General] latraviata:
What ISO setting are you using for low light conditions?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
I believe there is a setting for 'Night Shot'.

Can you clarify or say more on this.

Also, can you alter the speed of the shot taken?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cryingfreeman83:
Is display on galaxy S from glass or plast?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kalpik:
Toughened Glass.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cryingfreeman83:
what divx playback? Play Galaxy divx and divxHD videos smooth? or like yxplayer with lags?

what mkv?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarvinTheAndroid:
Ok, who's going to be the first to try this with their Galaxy S then?

This is the new Dell Streak with Gorilla Glass screen:

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[Galaxy S I9000 General] AmdPhenomII:
I agree with that as I have had several Samsung handsets, currently own an Omnia II (I8000) and a Jet, both of which will notify you when battery is full by an onscreen message and a sound.