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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] White Hawk:
Yes, and why...

I love my SGS.

I have had a G1 since their release, and it knocked the socks off the more attractive and powerful iPhone3G that I was issued with by my employer. Even with the iPhone3G hacked to the hilt, it didn't come close to being as useful and versatile as the G1.

I upgraded to the SGS as soon as I was able to renew my contract for it. I managed to get a network-unlocked (pleasant surprise) GT-I9000 through T-Mobile.

The one and only gripe I have is with the dysfunctional GPS. I still have the G1 - I've got a web-only sim in it now - and I plan to use it as a mobile AP and navigation aid (running CM5.0.8, so Google Nav works a treat). I can happily wait for the official update to fix the GPS driver issue on the SGS.

Putting aside the GPS problem:

It has an amazing screen - large and vibrant (knocks the socks off the iPhone4 I played around with recently).

It is thin and light (as in "not weighing as much as a small car", unlike the iPhone4, and it is even thinner than the iPhone3G).

It is well built, contrary to the claims of those who want steel and space-age ceramics instead of plastic (even if the case/cover bothered me, I use a "barely-there" case which gives it a nice feel and a more rugged look).

It does everything fast (coming from a G1, it's like lightning, and smooth as silk).

It has a fantastic camera (you want a flash, buy a real frikkin' camera or use a torch - LED illumination kills the battery and lights nothing more than a couple of feet away anyway, and I've enough ugly mugs to stare at without having some washed-out night shots of them on my phone too).

It has the power to play games beyond anything any handheld can offer (and if the excellent 3D-engined games don't rock your boat, console emulation is flawless).

Audio playback is sweeeeeeet (beyond the quality of any other mobile phone I've ever listened to, and even the supplied earphones are superb).

I could go on. Being Android, there's just nothing this thing cannot do well.

I just can't stop playing with it. The battery life may not be fantastic, but it is still a massive improvement on the iPhone3G and the G1 (both of which can suck the juice from a battery before I even get to work in the morning). It is what I wanted from an Android device since I got my hands on the G1, and more.

Even if the GPS is never fixed, I'll live with it. Nothing else I've used or played with is close to being as good.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CanisAureus:
Not really

My answer is a clear NO!

The Galaxy S is my first Android device. But I am not really satisfied with it. It is totally laggy. Sometimes I can't answer a call because the answering screen is simply not showing up. I have that "just black" screen very often, sometimes for a minute or more and the GPS is nearly useless.

I know it seems to be possible to speed it up with some newer ROMs but I would like to avoid that flashing stuff. I installed the One Click Lag Fix but it's still not really fast... I hope the Froyo update at the end of September will solve all these issues. Time will tell...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deejaay:
Very very satisfied. No lag, or GPS issue. I get a fix within 10 seconds if I am outdoors.

Purchased the phone on Saturday and have been playing around extensively.

Will be very dissatisfied if this lovely hardware does not get blessed with future android updates.

I am from India and purchased the phone here. Plain vannila GT I9000 w/o any bloatware or restrictions.

I am also able to look up GAL with the stock firmware & email client.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leoking3:
I totally agree. I stated my detailed opinion at the beginning of this thread.

So I finally SOLD it today. I feel so relieved.:) Going back to Nokia , to symbian and to the waiting for N8. So long guys, take care, hope the final Froyo arrives soon. Bye now!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robnil:
jeezes! nokia?! going back to the stone age are you? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leoking3:
Well, what can I say? I really liked The Flintstones.:) Android is not for me. Not in this stage at least. I dont want to remember the names of a bunch of apps that have to be installed to make this phone perform basic functions. It s at least as annoying as win mobile.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vogie:
So, your problem is Android not SGS

right?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickeko:
No like android.

SGS got android.

SGS is problem *because* it has android.

Obviously the phone is a problem if it runs an OS the user doesn't like....

Sent using my personal Dis-organizer GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leoking3:
Definitely Android yes. Not the phone , which I chose from all the other Androids. Well, maybe later, when for instance it will give us the opportunity to CHOOSE if we want Conversations or not in messaging (this is the first that came to my mind now), I will try it again. It is just tiring for me.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mongbat:
yes - But only cuz' of android.

But without tweaking (and knowing what you're tweaking), the phone is really mediocre at best. i was using singapore's stock rom JG4 (i think) and the lag was so bad!

Even after JM7 and RyanZA's lagfix, some things still not perfect - features that the HD2 has - REAL facebook sync, smart(er) dial (wth, no space and can't search from within the name), and better GPS!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leoking3:
And lets not forget , for instance, that we have to use Astro file manager to force the embedded browser to download stuff. I mean ,Jesus!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmit37:
I am very happy with it. Never had any GPS issues and now with the official JM1 firmware I don't notice lag and my battery seems greatly improved. It is easily the best phone I've ever had.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skink666:
Anyone thinking of selling should do so now while the prices are still high, I can see the price nose diving once the next big android phone comes out or Samsung keep delaying the froyo update or even worse, don't solve the lag and GPS.

I sold mine a few weeks ago and got enough for it that i could buy an iphone 4 on the proceeds.

Here's why I sold mine

Iphone 4

Go into google maps and my location is there within a second

Press the home button and I'm instantly back at home screen

Install 20 apps one after another, no lag, no slowdown

Never see any 'loading' messages

Go into app store and there are hundreds of great games (although I think Android may be better for apps)

Galaxy S

Go into google maps, the map doesn't load instantly and my location comes up after 30-60 seconds (if at all)

Press the home button, wait 10 seconds for phone to respond

Install 20 apps one after another, terrible slowdown, phone grinds to a halt, have to task kill lots of stuff to keep it going

Constant loading messages, apps never really working as they should, constant task killing

Go into marketplace to see the same old crap that has been there for ages

I would say the galaxy S is a lot better media device, better screen, better camera (but misses flash), and more flexible, but it's so big and plasticky I always thought it was going to snap in my pocket.

The iphone 4 is not perfect, but everything works as you'd expect. Unbelievable that Samsung allowed the phone to market with the problems it has, and even more amazing people are willing to put up with them.

Fair enough, a lot can be fixed by flashing and lag fixes, but you should expect it to work out of the box. Not everyone wants to have to mess around flashing their phone.

I had a T-mobile pulse before the Samsung and honestly the performance on that was not far behind the galaxy S in it's current state.

If you like Android then the HTC Desire is still the way to go I'd say.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smazenka:
YES - still on the way to flash and root but happy! !!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devabhishek:
i wouldnt have said anything if you would have gone and bought urself any other mobile than iphone... cozz i thing iphone is incomplete .. its somewhere between a toy and half done entertainment device with a calling function... if you want to enjoy games then get ur self a xbox.. or a playstation... you will like that more... what does itunes have other than those usless games... no usfull apps...

i think people in this community like modding their device and giving it a personal touch.. you cannot play with the iphone other than applying different themes ...

anyways this is my point view .. you might have yours
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorna:
A big YES. Even without the frayo update and with gps issues (as a matter of fact I heavily use the gps for navigation), this is the best phone I ever had.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fifo_thekid:
would you please name those modifications that you can make to the SGS but not to iphone?

Btw, SGS cannot be temed easily and I can't seem to find more than a couple of themes for it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subzy:
hi Guys

Hi Guys

I have had the galaxy s for 3 days now and are very disspointed with the phone.

I am someone who relies on email quite heavily as all my work is sent to me this way.

What happens is the emails sent to me have pdf files attached and instead of coming through as pdf files they come through as winmail.dat

Hopefully this new update we are waiting for will fix this or unfortunately i will have to ebay this phone.For the moment will have to stick to using my old x1 xperia as the emails work fine on this.

But in the meantime if anyone has any suggestions that would be appreciated.

thanks

steve
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bundao1:
I think you must be doing something wrong. Have you downloaded the adobe pdf reader from the market?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tyreguf:
Yes indeed...

I like my i9000 very much..

Great screen, ok battery time, and i LOVE swype...

It has though, a bit of lag (i know there is a way out of it, but i have yet not been brave enough to deal with it (my first Android, andonly had the phone for a week))

But at some point, I will deal with the lag thing..

DMJ
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andsur:
i get the one that dont have 3 buttons

so no., hopefully samsung will fix it soon.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subzy:
I do have adobe installed

Hi Bundao1

yes i do have adobe installed.

I think there must be a incompatability in the phone with receiving this type of attachment.

I am on the 3 mobile network in sydney and i access my optus email which a pop3 email account.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanry:
Definately YES. I fall for SGS & Android. Fyi, i'm ex-WinMo user. My wife use iPhone.

WinMo -OS lousy and, UI not finger friendly.

IPhone - A lots of restriction, can only synchronise music with ONE pc, no file management, long backup up process, no bluetooth transfer, UI cannot customised getting boring with the UI

Android OS is not perfect but it is fantastic OS, it has lots of flexibility, and highly customisable with finger friendly, just transfer music file using any pc, samsung has swype key pad, easy calling/sms function, photo calling, video conferencing on 3G, I love the Live Wallpaper on Super AMOLED. The best part is the Widget on screen page.

Pls guys, pls comments based on fact.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickeko:
Facts? The title asks for an opinion. Very few people base their opinion on facts, regardless of what they may think. :)

Sent using my personal Dis-organizer GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gerald7:
yes, i love the Galaxy S. Many areas to improved but I love it !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkoroje:
Post of the week.
[Android Themes] roniez:
This is a small project i am working on

Ever since i had the first Multi Touch keyboard port to Eclair 2.1

I feel in love with how it looks, and i also feel in love with the keyboard from CM6(mainly the language swapping and support,incl dictonarys)

Its being built from source and is not being "file moved" or modified APK,

Just to give you guys a little preview here it is.

As i said its still a WIP,

Credits:

CyanogenMod for the LatinIME Package

DroidX for the beautifull keyboard.

And all help i recived from the people in #teamdesire
[Android Themes] tids2k:
Its beautiful. Bro.
[Android Themes] mavgink:
nice! great job...
[Android Themes] B1nny:
Wow! this looks really great!!!

When it's done, could you maybe take a look to make it for the HTC Hero? :o
[Android Themes] Daneshm90:
Awesome, finally someone did it.

Looks great fyi. Stickied
[Android Themes] roniez:
Hey guys sorry for the lack of updates. I am on vacation and I should be able to return to the work on Monday this week I spent few weeks in Rome and in Budapest cheers guys and girls if any is reading this.
[Android Themes] da900:
Very very nice!!! Could, please, post this theme, even it is not ready. Or even framework and xml?
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/initramfs.tar.gz

possible root exploit

cat /sbin/dfta > /data/dfta

chmod 777 /data/dfta

chown root.root /data/dfta
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] grtasios:
Hello! Sorry for my english!

I have a HTC MAGIC 32B vodafone.

At fastboot write:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

H-BOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

I changed my ROM with using "gold card" and all was well.

After changing the ROM, in fastboot write:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-OFF G

H-BOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-3.22.20.17

I wanted to reinstall the original vodafone ROM, but I made a mistake and installed the ROM for MAGIC 32A.

The install never finished, after that I tried to install the ROM for 32B, but nothing.

Now all it does is opens in fastboot which is written:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H

H-BOOT-1.76.0008 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-6.35.08.29

RUU

"And picture of broken ship down."

Any command I give to fastboot write: FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

I press the home + power buttons or down volume + power or home + back + power but nothing.

The mobile is 32B but now it mean is 32A and can't install the vodafone 32B rom

and also can't install 32A rom because is 32B. I get crazy.

How it chance from 32B to 32A?

I need help please..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
Did you try flashing with the goldcard again?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] grtasios:
Any command write in fastboot it said: FAILED remote: signature verify fail

or i press home+power buttons or downvolume+power or home+back +power

it not responding

when i type "fastboot devices" i get the S/N

but if i try "adb shell" i get "no device"
[Captivate General] notasimpleway:
My friend just got the Captivate last week and we were discussing everything Android could do. I have been using Android for almost a year. I had the Hero and now the Evo. This has allowed me to learn how Android works. Especially how the operating system handles processes/apps.

The day he bought the phone, the ATT rep told him he needed a task killer and installed it for him. This really upset me because I have learned that this is not true due to the way Android handles programs and resources. Simply put Android assigns a number to each process running and starts killing off apps based on those numbers once it drops below a certain amount of RAM.

Task killers often do more harm than good.

Many new Android users have a Windows mindset when it comes to the operating system of the Captivate. You know if it is running it is sucking up resources and slowing everything down. With Android, even though it is listed as running in a task manager does not mean it is sucking up resources. It lies dormant for a while using little to no CPU. Some apps the need to run to keep your phone working correctly and getting those notifications. A lot of people complain that apps restart right after killing them. That is because the system was not done with them. So they restart using up more CPU and more battery. I hear a lot of people say that a task killer saves then more battery but I am still not quite sure how. Could be a poorly programmed app they have downloaded or stuff syncing too often that was causing the battery drain. I had a task killer the first week I had my Hero and once I removed it I saw better overall results.

If anyone would like more details, a developer and friend of mine has typed up a more detailed description of how Android manages its memory on its on. Here is the link. http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/

I hope this was educational and helpful because knowledge is power.

:P

-Ken

Also, for those that are rooted, download an app called AutoKiller. It changes the factory values in which Android kills off apps so that they get killed off sooner. It has presents within the app. I keep mine at aggressive. For those who are not rooted, download Spare Parts and go down to the Process Manager and turn it on Aggressive. It does the same thing in a way as AutoKiller but seems to be much more aggressive at killing apps off. Too aggressive for my taste.

All grammar and spelling mistakes were done on purpose. Thx. ;P

Sent from my iPhone with the bigger Gee Bees.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Unless you have an application that is broken or improperly coded (like the Facebook app issue recently), you wont need a task killer ever.
[Captivate General] k2snowboards88:
I agree, and if an app is crappy enough to need killing,i uninstall it (ie savvyshopper).
[Captivate General] a_fuegon:
I would have to disagree to certain extent, with my ignorant and limited knowledge

Imma a call a teenzy weenzy bs too.

I have experienced memory ill effects with my captivate. I could have killed the few apps that I hadn't previously removed. A lil while later suffer some phone abnormalities that seem to vanish when I kill the proggies that started on their own, that weren't even previously killed. The ram would be sitting fat and happy at around 50 megs, until I kill the apps that I don't use. Out of the blue, my phone starts working normally after that.

The op is campaigning against these app killers but uses a proggy of the same variety, just a different flavor.

I didn't read the link, just basing myself on the 2 posts before mine.
[Captivate General] notasimpleway:
The app I mentioned does not work the same way as the others in the market. It literally changes system settings within Android so that apps are removed from memory sooner. As for misbehavng apps, uninstall them. Find a replacement. The Facebook app was a good example. But I just used an older version until the wakelock issue was resolved. Don't get me wrong in those rare cases a task killer will be a temp fix. However, once the phone is upgraded to 2.2, there will be a built in settings menu to access the running processes. Thus completely eliminating the need for a 3rd party task killer.

Sent from my iPhone with the bigger Gee Bees.
[Captivate General] dewt:
Best sig ever.
[Captivate General] Jack45:
I installed AutoKiller this morning. What's equally interesting is that the same author has an app called Autorun Killer. The following apps were starting up on their own:

AT&T Hot Spots

AT&T Navigator

Daily Briefing

Instant Messaging

Swype

ShopSavvy

The Weather Channel

WeatherBug

etc.

I've disabled each of these from auto loading during each startup. It may or may not matter from an operational standpoint, but it makes me "feel" better. A control issue? "I'll tell you when to start!"

A tiny bit OT, but I thought it might be useful.
[Captivate General] Kagoshema:
this is totally true

i definately had that windows mindset, but ive learned better

now i use watchdog light(monitors processes for high CPU usage rather than mem)

watchdog is designed around this idea, and i highly recomend it

on the other hand i still have atk to kill things at startup that i never use, like car home and desk home
[Captivate General] notasimpleway:
I use a paid app for that called AutoStarts. I like both. Let's you complete stop programs from starting not only at start up but even when a certain event happens. Such as for Sprint phones we have a navigation program that auto starts in the background when we get a text. I can see. Say we get an address and want to get directions, it will be ready to go. But it is not needed. So I disabled it. Other apps do this with other conditions. I like control over thinks so I feel you. :D Just be careful on what you disable. You can mess some things up. And some things will restart anyways because the system needs them.

Sent from my iPhone with the bigger Gee Bees.
[Captivate General] notasimpleway:
I just thought since I use the Evo this should be my signature. :D

Sent from my iPhone with the bigger Gee Bees.
[Captivate General] erj123:
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[Captivate General] di11igaf:
While I do not doubt any of the claims that android does not need a task killer, i did a little testing(not really testing, more comparing) since i have 2 captivates at my disposal...me and my wife's. My buddy stopped by with his iPhone 4 who thinks it is the fastest phone to ever be released. Now i know the android browser is just flat out faster than the ios browser since I've owned every one and returned the iPhone 4 for the cappy. He wanted to do a browser speed test so i agreed and we raced. I beat him 9 out of 10 times but just barely. It seemed like my captivate was being a little laggy and I'm running sre @ 1.2ghz with the ext4 lag fix. So i compared mine to my wife's bone stock cappy and hers beat mine by a little bit. So for ****s and giggles i redownloaded advanced task killer and killed about the 10 thing that were listed besides the things i wanted to run and bam, back to screaming speeds. Faster and snappier than my wife's cappy and even more faster than his iphone. So while I'm not sure if their absolutely necessary in my case it did make a noticeable speed difference.
[Captivate General] notasimpleway:
Well, you will notice once you get 2.2. Task Managers just won't work. They removed the command that they use to kill apps. They just restart. Restarting apps will mean more battery consumption. I was trying to educate because knowledge is power. Here is a really good explanation. http://www.tested.com/news/android-task-killers-are-deadheres-what-you-should-be-doing/923/ But if you feel it works, by all means, continue. I stopped using one back on my Hero running Android 1.5 and never looked back.

Since you are rooted, why don't you install AutoKiller? Give it a chance and delete ATK. Trust me. Set it to aggressive. And run another test. You will never have to manually kill apps again. Well, unless you have a rogue app. Msg me if you need some help.

Sent from my iPhone with the bigger Gee Bees.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rincwind:
Hi, I have an htc hd2 Leo on T Mobile, (English) how do remove the T Mobile setting with out flashing the rom.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberDonky:
Do you mean this Rincwind?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723202
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rincwind:
It seems ok, I will give it a try. Thanks
[Vibrant General] bauerlucas:
http://mobile.computerworld.com/dev...mputerworld.com/16310/android_22_upgrade_list

It says froyo for all galaxy s phones in usa.
[Vibrant General] zaduma:
You realize this was written in June?

You realize we all already know Froyo is coming sometime September?

In fact I think I remember reading something on these forums about the first week of september. Come on.
[Vibrant General] bauerlucas:
Well is it for sure coming early september and I'm just trying to help. :(
[Vibrant General] nearblack:
don't hate.

yeah man, we all know this. let's move on.
[Vibrant General] zaduma:
I'm just disappointed that people won't look around before posting stuff like this. It is very sad.