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[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zavonn:
I'm an iPhone 4 user, thinking of switching to the SGS (just the opposite of what you're doing). I've also owned a Droid Eris in the past. My take on it is this:

Go for this iPhone 4 if:

You want straightforward & reliable, even if limited, OS. It does all the basic things a smartphone should do (and a little more) while having a very user-friendly interface. Yeah, Apple has its walled garden, but it's a pretty damn good one. If you're really big on apps & really like having "an app for that (and that and that)" then the Appstore's your best friend - there may be multiple apps that do the same thing, but each is a little different, which gives you a wider selection to choose from. The game library is also similarly satisfying. And keep in mind that jailbreaking does a lot to open the system - in terms of customizing/theming and installing tweaks, it's easier in my opinion, on the iPhone than on Android, but you can do way more tweaking on Android than you can on the iPhone. Furthermore, since Apple goes all Mafia on jailbreaking, it gets annoying every time a firmware update kills a jailbreak or unlock.

Go Android if:

You really want to make the phone yours, and you are prepared to dive in deep. Jailbreaking on the iPhone is quite easy (it's usually like one-click), but rooting (android's jailbreak) is slightly more difficult on Android. But even if you don't root, Android's OS & Market already opens a lot more doors to customization than Apple ever will IMO. Everything is a lot more developer-based, and well, freer. Android's Market still needs more growing time to par up with the AppStore, but many essential applications and games are already out there. It's only a matter of time before the Market supersedes the AppStore, because the AppStore will probably never carry apps that dive into the iOS and fully integrate with it. The Market's only small now because it's newer than the AppStore - just consider how limited the AppStore was when it first debuted.

Just keep in mind that Apple has the popularity on it's side, in terms of accessories. There will probably be more cases/accessories for the iPhone, and probably more recognition for it just because more people will know "hey that's an iPhone" vs "hey, that's a Samsung Galaxy i9000 gsm version not to be confused with the Captivate or Vibrant or Fascinate" imao. But it's kinda stupid to pin popularity over features...

And I have a question for you guys - how long you think this device will continue to receive firmware updates? I was quite unhappy when I found out my Eris wouldn't get Froyo even though it wasn't even a year old...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
Froyo is 100%, Gingerbread (android 3.0) is very very likely, because all the required hardware are already in the phone, and it even exceeds.

even the HTC Desire will get it, so there is no reason why SGS will not get 3.0
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RA017:
For starter do you realize the PSX4Droid that you install with ease on Android will require JB on the iPhone4? I just wonder why for something we Android users take for granted will be so hard to get on the IOS.

I've been using FTP server and offline GPS navigation (RMAPS) which I installed in a snap on my Android, but I have no clue why these basic and valid software will need to JB on the iPhone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zavonn:
That's good to know :) I'll probably be upgrading phones by the time SGS doesn't get firmware updates anyways. So do you guys recommend buying the SGS gsm version or wait until the verizon sgs Fascinate comes out? B/c it has a camera flash :)) I have AT&T but I'm not buying the SGS Captivate so O can stay away from data plans... I know Verizon doesn't support SIMs, but that camera flash may be worth it if I just use it as a standalone wifi PDA.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
now that decision really comes down to personal preference...

to me the front facing camera is a bonus, for video conferencing using fring and/or skype

as in North America our phone networks does not yet officially supports the actual video conferencing that has been working in Europe/Asia for the past 6 years.

the Flash is not really necessary, as the Night mode of the SGS is SUPERBLY Godly, there are a couple of topics with sample pictures by owners of SGS taking picture with no flash using the night mode, and it's amazing it's like if it was day light picture.

secondly a small Flash doesn't really work well to produce quality picture, that is truth even for the regular $300 range cameras.

if you want a good result at night, you will need to install a professional flash to the camera, or in your case the phone, to light up the place properly.

so the only advantages of using the "flash" in a phone is really just to use it as a flash light, which is what i do on my HTC Athena, which comes with a flash, but it's crap, just like all other models of HTC phones with flashes, or regular cameras with flashes.

on the topic of GSM vs CDMA.... well that's really depends if you travel every now and then or not at all.

if you visit other countries for trip or business every few months, then GSM, if you will stay in your country forever then CDMA
[Galaxy S I9000 General] buddy01:
I would like to know what apps you're missing and what would you like to see?

For me things are great now, since i can play millions of flash games(for fun), gameloft games(quality, more serious) and i know the store will grow exponentially.

I can change whatever i like, for example i just changed the music app to doubletwist, changed dialer to dialer one, changed sms to handcentSMS, changed launcher to launcherPro, changed pretty much everything to exactly what i like.

Today i let my work friends look at my phone running mario live wallpaper(they are getting iPhone4's); JAWS DROPPED, but they tried to play cool. I laughed silently :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zavonn:
@AllGamer - thanks for the advice! I'll probably end up getting the SGS gsm and a cheap iPod touch for the AppStore - compromise :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
now you got me interested....

what do you need to run on the itouch, that you can't get in Android?

in my case i still run some PalmOS software that don't exist yet on Windows Mobile nor Iphone, so i'm running them on emulation mode on my HTC Athena (wm6.5)

but if it's games, i can currently run more games in SGS than i was ever able to in my Windows phone, because performance is way better in SGS my HTC Athena was too slow to run emulators like GameBoid and psx, NES, and well all the rest, not to mention the native Android games are so good.

On top of that we can run all the other Java based games without modification.

there's probably only 1 single game that i can't run yet on SGS, as it was a high quality game from PalmOS which never got ported over to Windows Mobile, and definitely not in store for apple shop.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kilack:
I have to disagree with you about a flash, while I think LED flashes are just a waste of space. A xenon flash on a phone is great. I have a lot of photos from my old and cheap sony k800i that were taken in dark night clubs/bars etc. Great photos.... of course not as good as a professional DLSR camera with a separate flash etc nut they are good enough but with a galaxy that is just not possible. Nice to see motorola leading the charge with xenon on android.. finally!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
that's the thing, not many phone comes with real flash, but rather a LED light which is not much better than taking the photo without the flash.

i always carry one of these with me if i want to take a good picture

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.26990
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zavonn:
I only getting the itouch for the Appstore, as I prefer the Android OS over the iOS anyday. There's a good deal of 3-D, in-depth games on the Appstore that the Market has still to add. And being a musician, I'm also looking for a good music composition app on Android...the Appstore already has some good ones. An itouch would also be nice to have as a secondary device since I don't hold onto gadgets for very long (I like trying them out, then selling them when a new one comes out, try them, sell them...and the cycle continues) - it'd be used as a basic email/web/mp3 player on the go when I don't have my main "gadget" on me (whatever it may be). I'm really curious to see how the SGS fares out though - even though I'll probably end up selling it within a month or so. I've only had my iPhone 4 for 2 1/2 weeks & now I'm selling it haha
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i see, in that case it makes sense.

i do the same for other hardwares and gadgets i review every now and then.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BA_Flash_GOD:
Basically what he is saying is that MOST people want a PHONE that he can call HIS, not just another media player 3 billion people have hah... Apple sucks man.. in 5yrs with droid literally flying through the roof we will finally see it plummet for good

BTW guys do yourself a favor.. get an Adam! Pixel Chi very soon

http://www.notionink.in/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
If anyone of you has an iPhone 4 and now wants to swap to a Samsung Galaxy S, please PM me. I'll add AUD300 if yours is an iPhone 32gb and AUD 150 if it is 16gb. Mine is unlocked, running JM2, and in perfect condition. Will through in a case and 5 screen protectors.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nicoloco:
Just a quick input on the app

I am in a situation where I have several app I am missing because they exist only in the appstore

* a good weather app for australia ( using BOM website)

* a good trip app for Sydney ( please don;t tell me about go sydney and other crap :D) That's an app I was using daily and which makes me save a lot of time everyday

* teamviewer

* TomTom

... I' m sure I can find others

And there are a lot of local application that will never come to android. For instance my wife found an app in the appstore for his yoga classe where she has all the timing , the professor ... you will never find this on android

Now as a lot of other ex iphone user ... I don't like apple and they way they handle the music, the app .. itune ... So it's a balance between the gain and the loss
[Galaxy S I9000 General] azazin:
I am going to stay on the SGS, the iOS is not worth it, as mentioned by other members, the Market is increasing rapidly in quantity and quality.

I'd rather wait and keep the awesome hardware than to swap for a iOS based mobile and have sub-par hardware (slower graphics chip, worsened screen quality and less future proof).

Hey,

I would like to know just how you got Java based games to play? I been wanting to know this :D, you mean .jar games right?

Thanks everyone for the advise! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jonidroid:
I would take an iPhone 4 , i really thought that when i change to android it would be better than iOS on iPhone ... I was wrong :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
Do you like iTunes though? The vast majority of people I know have to wrestle with itunes to get stuff transfered onto their iPod properly, and any linux user is instantly doomed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mickeko:
You didn't do proper research then.

The grim reality is:

Android is better than the alternatives in some ways.

iOS is better than the alternatives in some ways.

Meego is better than the alternatives in some ways.

Every OS is in some ways better than the other. What the user need to do is determine in what way any phone need to be "better" than the other, and then pick accordingly.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RyanZA:
How is Meego better than the alternatives at anything?! :D

At least you didn't mention symbian or winmo6 ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
Same question, I thought .jar games were not compatible because Android uses a variation of java (not the typical/normal java).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sareen:
i want angry bird :( but we got to wait a while lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] buddy01:
I have tried my very best to find something, anything that is better in the iPhone than in my SGS, and i have pretty much failed; and i'm talking about the iPhone 4. No wait, there is one; i like the looks of the iPhone 4, but i know i would have already destroyed it at least once, since my SGS has already dived to concrete from my hand and survived it without a scratch.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RyanZA:
iOS has a nice animation framework (quartz) that does some very neat 2d animations that are much harder to do on android. iPhone 4 also seems to take smoother looking videos. iPhone 4s market has pay-for apps in way more countries than android does.

iOS has more applications available, but that is just a short term thing if you look at the growth curves. iOS users are much happier to throw money at developers, but that isn't really the platform.

I think that is about it, rest is very subjective.

The SGS over iPhone 4 list is way longer, and I'm not even going to bother. :P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djglenn1337:
lol!

Angry Birds ftw!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sensi_:
what a fa**ot troll, buy an iphone then, get out of this space
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zavonn:
I think I can relate to that. I've done some switching back and forth between Windows, iOS4 and Android. I really like iOS4, but I want to give Android another shot with the SGS (I didn't think my "inferior" droid Eris deserves to be pinned against my iPhone 4). I really love the flexibility of Android, but since I'm hooked to the AppStore, I'll have to compromise w/ an SGS and an iTouch. After all, the price of the SGS & iTouch pretty much equal the price of the no-contract iPhone 4 I bought off of eBay...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] azazin:
No, you are the ******, all I wanted was advise, I have made the decision to stay on the Android as I wrote in the last few comments, dumbass.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jonidroid:
Some one should port iOS to android devices :-) theres already android for iphone :-D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zavonn:
And then Apple would go all legal with their property & flip a sht...But it would be nice to have iOS on an android phone!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BigWorldJust:
You are seriously considering leaving this for an iPhone? LMAO, go right ahead.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sianlang:
dun get suck in by an iphone jus bcos of "apps" think about the restrictions tat an iphone can't do

1. ringtones have to be in a specific format m4a

2. must not go over 40secs for ringtones

3. sms tones can't change in default (unless u JB and SSH in)

4. bluetooth can't use to transfer files

all these had been in a phone since nokia symbian....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beowulf_pt:
Don't LMAO at the man. At least the Stevephone has a GPS like it says on its box.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
Also, must use iTunes, all music needs to be in certain formats and developing native applications requires you own a mac (and well, I could complain about every other development aspect too, but wont, we know them all)..

"Don't LMAO at the man. At least the Stevephone has a GPS like it says on its box."

We have a GPS too. And there were plenty of people unimpressed with the 3GS compass/gps too though. Just give Samsung an opportunity to get it working properly, because we now know the chipset is good theoretically. I agree the situation is mostly unacceptable coming from a large manufacturer, but I am eager to see if it gets fixed.

After all, I have seen or heard about almost every manufacturer f*** up with major bugs. This includes HTC (the HTC desire in Australia shipped with totally broken GPS too), Apple (the antenna design they knew had issues when they shipped it) and Sony Ericcson (their old phones shipped with Joysticks which always broke). Name any manufacturer and we could probably find a recent way they screwed up. But yes, Samsung did majorly mess up the firmware with this phone. But at least left-handed users of this phone wont drop calls on demand :P

4)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BigWorldJust:
Yes, but it has a VAST amount of other problems to be dealt with.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] snuk:
...

i love the Galaxy S...it's the best phone ever :) i have no problem with the GPS.

the only annoying thing is the battery usage :mad:

in the first post i read something about too few games, but my phone is full of games that i bought from gameloft website :cool:
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tyhodge07:
i have searched, read and read more. but i am totally stuck on getting a custom theme and dock setup on my rooted phone. is there a how to that is better written than the ones i have come across on start to end on programs, apps, w/e i need to get one of these custom themes working. seems i follow what is there, but get stuck on area's of it, than i search on that to come up with nothing or no info. maybe im just over doing it all in one day on learning all this, lol. im a video person, but havent seen a install video of this. any help or links or something? thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Dreddge:
Youre asking how to install a theme?? Find once compatible for your rom. Stick it on your sd card. Boot into recovery, and flash it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] M@XLOL:
Post what problems you are having. Good luck.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tyhodge07:
im not even sure which rom to use, i have tried a couple but the adk is where i am stuck at, when i go to command prompt it isnt at the c://adk/etc.. like what all the write ups are at, its at c://user/applications or something of that nature and i type what should be typed in on the /adk part of it and says it can not be found. i tried reinstalling the adk again and same problem, im doing something wrong somewhere i assume or stuck in a spot that i keep doing wrong and not noticing. i just rooted it, so whatever rom i have i am assuming is the stock one since i havent gotten past this yet.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] flyingwolf:
Your in over your head man, seriously, YOU put the sdk where you want it, me, I just put it in C:\sdk to make my life easy when changing directories.

If command line work is not something your familiar with, have patience, enjoy your rom as it is right now and wait until the super easy one click gui programs are created.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Dreddge:
Did you buy the phone already rooted, or did you root it yourself?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tyhodge07:
i rooted it myself. also when i right click on tools and im supposed to see open in comand promp or something, that doesnt appear?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TJDuckett:
You say you rooted it yourself, which is great, but the questions you're asking are so far out that it makes it urprising that you did.

UNLESS... you rooted using simpleroot or some ****? If sooooooo, that makes ur questions make a lot more sense.

Anyways you just boot into recovery, and flash the zip from that menu.

It has nothing to do with adb, cmd, or any of that other bull**** you're talking about. Just do what's bolded and stop going 3 miles outside of the box.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Dreddge:
I agree, OP, you are way over complicating it dude. What is your build number? Settings> about phone> software information.

If I didn't know better I would almost bet you're trying to troll us. Being a brand new account and all.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tyhodge07:
build number

1.17.651.1 cl160858

ive tried the reboot and flash thing and nothing happened, said missing filie or something and erased my phone and now vibrate doesnt work? this is after placing them theme on there i want to use and trying to load it in the boot screen. dont know all these names for the android system. prob just so used to messing with the iphones which is what is making this so hard for me, lol.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TJDuckett:
I don't believe you anymore. Even Root tutorials direct you to install a rom after rooting, which would put you at 1.47.65 or whatever even without 2.2 upgrading.

Trying to flash a zip that isn't valid doesn't do anything at all to your phone... it just... doesn't work and sends you on your way. Absolutely nothing you type comes off as a "real" problem.

Anyways, I'm just going to say straight out, that I think you're trolling and that it's sad that you made an account just to waste your time.

I'm done with this thread.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tyhodge07:
think what you would like, im not a kid. ive answered your questions. computers or phones is nothing new to me. family works for sprint, but will not mess with the rooting part of it. so i was left alone on this. ive searched and searched and what u have read is where i am at. basically i am wanting a custom theme. i have tethering and all that crap that works fine. but a theme wont work and a rom to be 1.47 or whatever was never put on, i have what i posted and have everything a rooted phone should have. obviously im stuck on that rom part of it. no reason to be a **** or call someone a troll or say their trolling, when their asking questions. if ur intentions wernt to help, than dont reply. u wasted ur own time.
[Desire General] Hurizen:
Hello

I've a problem with my camera app: despite the resolution I'm using (720p or so) it reboots my phone. This always happens.

Could this be a memory card issue (too old/slow)??

I'm on a rooted 2.2 Froyo Neophyte ROM.

Thanks in advance!
[Desire General] Hurizen:
Anyone had this issue before?
[Desire General] jordanxp:
My camera app was not starting after update, but i removed flash light widget and app an its fine now

Maybe it will help...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] slamdunker23:
Hello together,

let me short explain you my problem:

I will syncronize all my emails from outlook on my TD1.

I have set the option for the syncronization in the mobile device center and it syncronize...yeah :-)

But the storage is shorten on my TD1, so I want to delete some emails from the outlook account.

I WILL, that those mails should not be delete on my laptop.

I only will delete them on my device (TD1).

Is that possible?

Or is it only possible, that the same emails are on my laptop and on my device?

Many greets, thanks! Slamdunker23
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manville140:
So please don't murder me for this question, i'm a noob coming from a pre.

I updated(or i should say my phone automatically updated) the 1.47.651.1 sprint image from the last update with the SD card Fix. This was before I got to this forum about rooting, etc.

I tried to root last night but kept getting daemon errors when trying to connect to the phone. :S

It says it cannot connect 4 times. Then it says success. It pushes to a RED screen. But the phone never restarts or reboots. So there is a connection issue.

I downloaded htc sync and I have opeend that as xp3 mode. I have the phone debugging and charge only. HTC sync says disconnected.

Any ideas?
[HD2 General] d0ug:
Has anyone successfully uploaded videos to youtube from their TMO HD2? I have the stock shipping ROM on mine

I am doing the upload from photos and video in sense

Every time I upload one it goes all the way to 100% uploaded then gives an error message that the service is not available at this time. I have tried a few times over the past 2 weeks or so and get the same thing every time, so im highly doubting its a temporary service outage at youtube
[HD2 General] the7thson:
Same for me, I'd also like to know if anyone has successfully uploaded a video yet.
[HD2 General] Camusa:
Yup :D

No problem
[HD2 General] toreone:
Here is one I uploaded...and in the info tag it says uploaded with HTC phone.. it works...I am running the 2.13 Stock ROM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xxEfvlYHk
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
Works fine for me too on the updated stock ROM too bro. Just uploaded my HD2 extended battery video last night!
[HD2 General] the7thson:
Bleh, I just retried and it still doesn't work. Tried on stock earlier and right now on indie's Omega XT rom and still no go :(
[HD2 General] d0ug:
I managed to get this working by going into Manila Settings, then Data Services, then turning Youtube off and then back on.
[HD2 General] the7thson:
I managed to get mine working too. I was trying to log in with my old youtube username and password which is no longer supported. You have to sign in with your google account :) Everything works now :rolleyes: