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[Galaxy S I9000 General] robnil:
in settings, about, and somewhere down the line.

You should be really restrictive when killing processes. Use the ignorelist for just about everything that might be used somehow by something.

Example, start the camera and it can take 2 - 4 sec to be ready to shoot. Have it idling in the background and its up in a split second. This goes for everything.

The onlu thing I kill is games, market and some other useless stuff i tend to run sometimes. Remember: you dont need a lot of free memory, for a quick phone you need your often-used-apps idling and loaded in mem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beowulf_pt:
Similar to my imrpessions in the first days. Screen is outstanding, the only reason I keep wanting to keep the phone. Swype is nice but didn't get used to it.. still type faster on my Nokia E72...but that is a matter of practicing.

GPS.. *sigh*. No comments. It is useless.

Also the lag was annoying but I won't complain much on that since I never tried any of the unofficial fixes.... still, out of the box it is a problem, definitely something Samsung didn't polish well enough.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] matty___:
Plenty of lag and memory fixes available.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rocketpaul:
is lag really a major issue out of the box?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SiL3nTKiLL:
yeah theres a decent amount of lag out of the box, but TONS of fixes available
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pika007:
About the battery, OP, wait untill you pass 5-7 initial charge cycles. Battery time increases twofold or more.

On my first battery cycle, it wasted out in around 11 hours.

Now i get more than 2 days of heavy use, and up to 6 of light use.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
what lag?

i've not yet applied any so called "fixed" and i download all kind of free apps i can find in the market, and i don't have any noticeable lag

stock rom UK and Bell version
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nicoloco:
yeah come on !! what lag ?? I didn't see any thread talking about lag, any video .. nothing

There are lag fix but it is not to fix the lag ... as it doens't exist
[Galaxy S I9000 General] brunes:
Yes. Buy it (ultimate Juice). You won't be let down.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beowulf_pt:
Your SGS must be really different from mine, perhaps even one of the 6 units that were released in proper shape worldwide. Hang on to it. :)

Not only you have no GPS issues but you also have no lag.

Mine has no GPS and it lags on the stock ROM (JM2)

Sure. There are lag fixes. And you can always buy an external GPS unit for only 150€ or so.

I just have the nasty habit of presuming I won't need to fix anything right after unpackaging and booting or pay more after spitting out 599€ for a "cutting edge" smartphone.

Customers... always so ungrateful and never pleased. /spit.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Highl1:
how many days passed since you bought the phone, and how many charging cycles?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
It also varies based on your applications though. With some applications running, phone can't sleep properly.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djglenn1337:
I really hope your right, as mine is still not great tbh.

I will try ultimate juice to see if that helps..

Should I be doing anything in specific in the charge cycles? i.e letting it fully discharge, or anything else?

Ref Lag;

I did experience it out of the box, but only after using lots of multiple apps. I found that task killer fixed the problem, and I have not tried any other fixes.

However I still cant understand my RAM usage.

150MB free on boot, which then decreases to 130MB after say an hour.

2+ Hours later I am down into the 90's...and after 8+ hours into the 60's.

This is using task killer regular enough...so not sure why it happens.

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tenkom:
Mine could sometimes take up to 10 seconds to open the phone app on the stock rom. Very annoying. Especially when there's an incoming call and you can't answer because the answer key just won't show up. Now I'm running the jg5 rom and samset 1.6 rom. And everything is lightning fast now. Faster than my iphone 4.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SkulleD_PT:
Using the Galaxy S as well for a while now. The phone is AWESOME. After the lagfix this is the best android device I ever messed with. I thought I would want to change the launcher but after getting used to the iPhone like design, touchwiz is actually one of the best skins I have seen. Rotates both ways, you can change the order of the homescreens easily and you can have as many as you want up to 7. It offers some cool widgets just like Sense does and the menu can be all reorganized and not be mixed up by alphabetical order. Even the built in keyboard is awesome for me. Fits with the rest of the design and its multitouch enabled. And you have Swype preinstalled if you want that as well. The camera is awesome and despite the lack of flash you can still take some really decent pics with this if there is some light around.

The screen is just on the sweet spot. 4" with Super AMOLED. Im in heaven really lol.

Even my mum that is a complete iPhone addict is now surrendered to this phone capabilities. Nice job by samsung and obviously by the genius who developed the lagfix and 1 click root.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rocketpaul:
So i just got my galaxy s and there doesnt seem to be any lag at the mo.

Why is my baseband 19000nejg1?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
It's worth noting though that Beowulf_pt complained that reports of poor GPS and lag were the things holding him back from purchasing this phone (so I'm honestly wondering why he purchased the phone in the first place). Especially since purchasing it every post he has made seems to have been complaints about the GPS..

The Lag exists, but it doesn't make the phone unusable. Agreed it could be better, but whether it really affects anyone is questionable. It may be mostly fixable by switching scheduler and caching better. Remember, phones such as the Nexus one might be better currently, but they also shipped with a deluge of problems which are now fixed too.. Even the iPhone 4 did..

The GPS does have obvious issues (the accuracy indicator is still wrong, which to me suggests software), but other than the GPS, I am still happy with the phone. Also remember the battery issues depend on what you are running (some apps don't let the phone sleep properly).

I'm still happy to give them until Froyo to fix it. If Samsung doesn't fix it properly by then (and instead does something silly like tell us the "signal strength indicators are wrong"), then I'll try to get a refund. But at the moment, I'm willing to give them a chance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] riz157:
It is surprising to read people who have no gps problems or lag issues straight out of the box, either they are very lucky and have bought fully functionaly sgs or are quite used to devices which take awhile to respond (I think it is the latter)!

Certainly there are fixes out there to improve the gps and lag issues but none have completely resolved the problem. I'm using JM5 which is working brilliantly and gps seems to work quite accurately especiallywith co-pilot no-other fix has been applied (to scared to!), the lag has also improved significantly but it does occassionaly freeze.

I'm also willing to give the boys at sammy a chance till 2.2 version is out or till Desire HD is launched, which ever comes first. Till then this is the best device out there inmho.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AdamDowning:
I too didn't notice any lag, until I installed the fixes, then the lag was noticeable as the phone was MUCH smoother.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] poolcin:
Install more apps. More apps installed - more lag you got
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djglenn1337:
Ok, just to update my post.

Tried the Copiliot 8 software for my journey home from work.

I can comment, that it was very quick to lock (< 10s), and gave perfect step by step instructions on my whole journey.

I understand that this is not a "true" test of gps like mytracks, however for me its a true test of using the phone as a sat nav.

Coming from a windows mobile using Tomtom I was sceptical, however it appears to be a great setup (Copiliot on the SGS that is).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] catt4u:
I second that!

No lag what so ever and I'm using the stock rom with no fixes on my 16GB Galaxy :D

My provider is Vodafone Netherlands which offers the best i-net speed: up to 3.2 Mbit download.

I also can't complain about the gps.

It works like a charm in my car;

Tested it several times over 250 km from the SW of the Netherlands to the NE of Belgium :)

There is only one thing I just noticed this weekend:

I only got 6 of those white dots for 6 home screens.

It has never been different since I got the phone out of the box btw.

Should'nt there be 7 :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaGuR:
You may have inadvertenly deleted one of the home screens, but it is easy to add it back.

Go to homescreen > press left button > edit > then little plus sign, to add a new one

;)

Also for GPS

I find no problems, as long as I have it on my windscreen of car, and use motonav, perfect car navagation, no problems at all. but if I put phone in console of car, then I have problems, so maybe it has not enough power going to gps, maybe to save power when GPS is on :/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mib1800:
I am using sygic. I find the gps quite accurate with a fast lock on.

Occasionally when my car is under a flyover, the gps keeps running eventhough I am stationary. But it recovers itself afterwards. Not a big deal. As far as I am concern, it is good enough as long as it can functions as a nav unit.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 4myra:
better than iPhone 3G and Nexus One

I have it almost one week now.

Bought it from internet, a native 8GB German with a relatively old stock ROM: JF3. Bought an extra 16 GB SD for backup, music and video's.

What is better than iPhone 3G and Nexus One: screen & speed.

Battery can be better, it last with moderate use of browser/calls, about one day. I don't use wifi, bluetooth. To improve I use Juice defender, which helps during standby to switch off 3G.

Gps fix is ok now, since I tweaked some settings in LbsTestMenu. During driving, accuracy fluctuates and sometimes at turns it takes 10-20 seconds before recovering to its track.

Music player is excellent, on par with the iPhone.

Only frustrating is that my Honda USB car radio does not recognize it as an ordinary USB drive.

Android Market is also not on par yet with Apple's App Store. This and the USB connectivity of the music player are reasons why I cannot give away my iPhone 3G yet.

Bluetooth connection to my car kit works perfect.

Lag problem.

Yes, this is annoying as you cannot predict when it happens.

Killing apps and freeing memory seems to help for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robnil:
Have you checked out quickdesk by the way? about touchwiz-interface. Doubleclick the home-button and you get a new pane overlayed on top of what ever you are doing. This pane can have widgets and shortcuts. Very neat indeed!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rocketpaul:
I have had mine for 2 days and im pretty sure im the only one who has a greenish blue tint on the screen(especially where whites are concerned) so i am getting mine replaced tomorrow.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djglenn1337:
OK.....now try not to laugh too hard..

But how do you select an mp3 track to be a ringtone? I can only select a pre set samsung selection...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] catt4u:
MANY THANKS! That did the trick! I've got seven homescreens now also :)

I definitely think the console blocks the signal for the gps just too much to get a signal strong enough for a good fix.

That's why I think with my 'old i8910HD' Samsung changed the back cover (which was showed at the Barcelona fair in alluminium) into a plastic one ;)

With that knowledge that explains the reason for the plastic back-cover on the Galaxy S.

I remember with my other old SEX1 the gps antenna was located around the camera lens because of the metal back cover plate!

Btw I read somewhere an employee from Broadcom told that Samsung and Broadcom are working on a software fix for the gps.

The used gps receiver from the Galaxy S should be accurate within 2 !!! meters.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] catt4u:
It takes 5 ~ 6 charging cycles before the battery gets ist's full power.

I'm quite a heavy-user.

With over 4 hours active(with data entry) i-net, push Gmail/email, some 30 txt messages and about 15 ~ 20 min. of phone calls a day my battery holds just over a day.

I'm using the original Google Navigation with voice guidance in my car.

Tested it and without connecting to the 12V mains from the car it lasts for about 3,5 hours ;)

It's very accurate compared to my stand-alone TomTom Go 750 Live :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] huslterose:
Hello!

Is there any rom WM6 with SDIO support? If there is not, whats the best rom i can use that allows SDIO?

Thank you very much! :D
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] MisterEffiks:
Hi,

the 3.01 WWE is the latest ROM with SDIO support.

Best regards,

MrFX
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] digitalhater:
Hello,

Not sure if this is possible in Android but, can you kill/exit for good an android app?

I keep using Adv Task Killer but the damn apps keep on restarting after killed...can anyone advise? Its driving me nuts! I liked that tweak in winmo where you long press x and the program is gone for good.

Thanks for enlightening me!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] digitalhater:
No one knows the solution?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jwatt0918:
Startup Auditor

I donwnloaded a program called Startup Auditor from the market. It will allow you to disable a program on startup and keep it diabled.

I also deleted the Footprints app (useless) by getting the root explorer app (costs money) that will allow you to delete the app. This is the only explorer I have found that will let you uninstall pre-installed apps.

**BE CAREFUL** removing some apps like Friendstream, mail, messages, etc could mess up your phone, because they are tied into the system.

Google it thats how I figured it out.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] redplate:
Search in market for developer "Gpc". They have a tool called SuperManager for free with great functions such as Root Explorer. In market you will find it with a desktopsymbol icon and japanese letters! no worrys.. whole app can be set to english :d Second entry i think if you search for Gpc. No need to pay for rootexplorer :) root/data/app/ think there are the apps like footprints you want to deinstall/delete

attached it
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] norodaigh:
This always happens, the easiest way to do it is just to go the manage application in the settings and force the close, the app should not restart after this regardless what the task killer says. Some apps will restart too if you have background data on within the background.

Hope this helps.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nito2721:
I use autostarts. Its capable of stopping the app from loading during boot, and you can block recurring starts through the options. Easy to use. Click on app then disable. It will boot if you run the app, but will not autorun on startup.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] wrecless:
You should NOT USE any app killers the are bad for the battery and the memory dont even install them. Next time you update or change your build leave the app killers out like the DEV intended or they would have added 1 for you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] markmarkr:
Stop looking at the running apps list. Problem solved. If them sitting in that list worries you then uninstall the app. Android isn't winmo, having apps sitting in that list is nothing to worry about.
[Wildfire General] temo44:
So, I'm trying to get into the android world! And I thought at first, let's see if there are some cheap phones with android that are actually kinda good.

I stumbled across a nice action: a HTC Wildfire with a one year subscription in stead of the expensive two years.

My question is now, is this phone worth it for a newbie android user? My previous phone was a SE X1, which was a nightmare (keyboard failure, windows mobile(need I say more?), so I don't want to have another failure...

My greatest thanks!
[Wildfire General] fishb00n:
hey i had SE X1 aswell :-)

its my first android phone too. as of now, i am not disappointed.

but you have to keep in mind that with wildfire you can't play any graphic intense 3D games, as it lacks a GPU. other than this. web browsing, emails and so on its more than ok. keep in mind that xperia had 800x400 where wildfire "only" has 320x240 you see a difference but for me its not a huge disadvantage.

overall i'd recommend you the wildfire when you cant afford a legend or a desire :p
[Wildfire General] azahidi:
At first I was skeptical about android after using windows for so long. I've had my Wildfire for 2 weeks now.. beginning to like it more and more.

Agree with Fishb00n's comment.
[Wildfire General] Skye Menjou:
I really love the Wildfire.
[Wildfire General] zephyri-xr:
You should look for Aria. It has 600mhz cpu instead of wildfires 528mhz one and in amazon.com aria is 349$ and wildfire is 369$. Choice is yours :)

Regards. The zeph
[Wildfire General] simPlexicallity:
I think you are talking about the Hi superdeal? I also purchased that one, and I think you should really do it.

I bought it with the 120/240 subscription (with xtra fast web for €3,75/m), and that means that the costs are ~€290 including the phone for only one year.

But such a subscription usually costs ~€180 a year (sim only). Meaning I got the HTC Wildfire for just ~110 euros =).

Ik zeg doen.

Although, if you've got more money, you can also check out the Legend deal with that same subcription, it's also very cheap, although it's a 2-year subscription. You'll pay approximately €100 more for the Legend (higher resolution, better build quality, but a bit larger (that's why I opted for the Wildfire: it's quite small :).) And of course just 1 year is very nice)

I'll receive mine tomorrow :D

@zephyri-xr, It is unknown when or even whether the HTC Aria will be released in The Netherlands, I think the HTC Wildfire is our version of the Aria, since the Wildfire isn't available in the USA. I also think the Aria would be a better choice if it were available, the only downside is that the 1200 mAH battery (compared to the 1300 mAH battery of the Wildfire) will even be flat faster with the faster processor and higher screen resolution :(. And it hasn't got a flash ;)
[Wildfire General] Skye Menjou:
Ook een reclame die ik moe ben =P
[Wildfire General] mgillespie:
My partnet just got a Wildfire, and she is not all that Techy, and she is getting on VERY well with it.

I don't think you will have any problems. It's a great budget Android handset.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mr_billionaire:
You should post this in the shubCRAFT build thread, you would get more help there, and its also a known bug in the Cyan builds for HD2.

Try this:

Settings > SD card & phone storage > Unmount SD card

Then install the apps then Remount the SD card.

Sent from my HTC HD2 running DarkStone HD2Froyo v1
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Mol:
Now that the Mini Pro can be rooted, I managed to produce screenshots using PicMe. Run the app and it will give you the URL with the IP address of your phone that you can then access from a browser on a PC or Mac.

Didn't get it to work over 3G but worked great when my phone was connected to my local wireless network.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Rylo:
wow nice app! Installed it aswell:) works great over here even 'live mode is pretty okish!'
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Dhiman Chatterjee:
Is there a way to change the default messagebox look and feel ? there is OK button at the top right corner , I want it to be in a bigger button in the bottom middle (Windows XP style) ? How to achieve that programmatically?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] greenhacks:
You can use SenseSDK which gives new look and feel to your app HTC Style.

It has messagebox style as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=648906

give it a try.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sphelps375:
I keep reading that this is possible on the hero, both with and without rooting... I know this is a noob move, but will anyone forgive me and point me to the right forum to accomplish this?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave2582:
Go to the Market and search for Easy Tether. There is a free app and paid app.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sphelps375:
tried that, but it doesn't make the phone into a wifi hotspot... unless i'm missing something...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
AFAIK, the only way to do what you want is to root and use this app, Wireless Tether for Root Users

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocStar629:
+1 this is the only way that I have found. And Btw this makes a wifi tether via ad hoc and therefore is not an actual hotspot. Think tether not router.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danaff37:
Yeah, it's not infrastructure mode, but you can still connect multiple devices at the same time. Some devices won't connect to ad hoc though
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unCoRrUpTeD:
Since I have only ever connected one device at a time to my phone, how much slower is the internet connection when more than 1 device is attached at the same time?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danaff37:
Two works ok, but three surfing at once seems to push it
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unCoRrUpTeD:
What if I use my linksys router as a repeater or repeater bridge?

Hell I will try it tomorrow and let you know. I have dd-wrt flashed on my router and I can change my wireless mode to anything. i also have 2 separate wireless reapeters.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
Yes, that should work in theory. Don't know if it matters or not but our devices run wireless tether in ad-hoc mode, not infrastructure
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unCoRrUpTeD:
I know, but I'm hoping that my router will detect it.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surrealbliss:
I saw a post on the Incredible boards that they got their wifi tether to work in AP mode... is that not possible for us?

also, I've connected up to 5 devices to my phone at once and it doesn't go too slow as long as my phone has a decent ev/3g signal. ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jan-willem3:
And please add this to the thread for what people have to report to the developers if they experience problems.