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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauchon:
Kind of rude??

So, if I'm telling you that so far I´m not happy with my captivate (and I guess this is the right place to do it, I did check twice the name of the thread) but I'm willing to try harder to find it useful to me. I'm expecting some guidelines from "senior members" like you to help me out in this journey. I've seen a lot of messages from people with a superior knowledge on this technology always picking on others that are not so advanced like them and I think that is very rude.

Again, I’m not ignoring your comment because may be you didn’t understand me, because of my English, but makes me sick to find people that instead to make a constructive note use this place to flatter themselves of their wisdom.

I guess somewhere over the net must be a forum to place sarcastic comment, maybe can help you out on your need develop your comedian side.

Not trying to bother you I just want some help and see some other point of view, but with facts not with sarcasm.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenvt:
So really your problem us being tied and gagged by microsoft. Not your mobile os. You can be happy on any mobile os as long as your life isn't ruled by one software giant. There are other tools for everything you are missing.

Admittedly if you are happy with those why would you want to switch.

Hope wp7 serves you well, you obviously aren't missing anything on any of the other mobile os's
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gary_lankford:
Relationships can be difficult; I'm not always TRULY happy with my captivate, but I love it anyway. :-)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauchon:
Maybe you are right, I work for a very large company and we develop our job on Microsoft software, so that’s why windows mobile it’s been always right for me. I do a lot of work going to different places and leaving my notebook behind. I keep my information Sync with my notebook using pocket controller (Almost 4 gb of information) I fill up reports from ground operations and mail it right away. Sometimes I have to remotely access to my notebook docked on my company intranet to use some tools from it. Also I do some teaching and presentations and always have to be ready to gather information from my company resources.

I also love to keep my contacts (Almost 700 people) sync on my exchange server and be able to have linked with my facebook and twitter account. I was trying to work with Froyo Stone V2, on my HTC HD2 and I really like the experience, so I went for the captivate (in order to get 3G), but I wasn’t counting that Samsung does not have sense and froyo (that is my fault) so I’m kind of disappointed but anyways I’m looking all the android market, all the widgets in order to get the most of the benefits of this device. I still keep my HTC HD2 under my pillow…
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
touchdown is worth the money.

it will almost fulfill your sick dependency on Microsoft :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauchon:
Thanks I've downloaded but I was afraid to get my contacts duplicated or erase.... I give it a try right away...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] applebook:
I wasn't being sarcastic. Windows Mobile 6.5 is pretty much based off CE from the mid-to-late 1990s. This is just a fact.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenvt:
I felt that as well when I went from my win phone to apple. But totally appreciate the google sync for android as I haven't had a microsoft shackle for a few years now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faspalma:
Pretty happy with mine. :) I am looking forward to better GPS performance, but I suspect that won't really come about until we get a real OTA update or Froyo hits. Great camera, gorgeous screen, fast and the perfect form factor (its so slim & light!). TouchWiz is ok but runs like an old dog for me and I don't really like custom skins on top of Vanilla Android. But Launcher Pro solves this, although. :cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagris:
I have owned the iPhone 4, and the Backflip (mega lag in that one) the captivate is much better than either.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrigan:
Heh.. comparing the iPhone4 and any android phone is a mistake. Sure they're two separate platforms but why the need to always compare everything to an iPhone? Mostly because it's popular.. why is it popular?

Firstoff.. it has the Apple logo and everyone knows everything apple releases turns to gold.. (and also never has any problems.. right?) Secondly, the phone is very user friendly and people have no qualms in sacrificing their ability to customize the phone for an App store with hundreds of fart apps. Either that or they just don't care that they can't change icons, fonts, etc without hacking the phone. I'm not saying that people that buy the iPhone are brainwashed to think it's the best thing since sliced bread but sometimes it almost seems like it.

I'm a hardware and software geek who, since last month, had a very weathered and well used iPhone 3G. Yes.. i jailbroke it.. got used to Cydia and all that, even partitioned the phone and put the hacked bootloader and the android OS on it. I think that's when i first fell for android.. on the iPhone.. go figure huh? However, i didn't feel it was hackable enough for me. I wanted the phone to do so much more and felt very restricted as to what could be done to it. And developing for it, forget it, gotta lay out the cash for a Mac for that. So here i am with my new Captivate, happily modding it and even downloaded the SDK, which is available for all platforms. Somehow.. i think Google gets it and Apple.. well.. they just want to be Apple. ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] applebook:
Pretty interesting that you claim how Android phones are more hackable, yet the 3G and 3GS already have the ability to load and run Android on them, plus iOS. Try that with an Android phone. I dislike the iPhone 4's price more than anything else. Yes, you have to jailbreak it for "real" usage, but then again, most Android phones, including my beloved Captivate, needs to be rooted and patched (lag fix, GPS fix) to work like we want them to as well.

If the iPhone 4 weren't so ridiculously expensive (off contract, $659 CDN, Galaxy S $500 CDN), then it would be a much closer call, but at those prices, the Galaxy S is simply the far better value.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrigan:
Running the Android OS on the iphone was fun, granted, but it doesn't make it more hackable. The OS never really gets installed on the phone, however it is called by the bootloader from .img files of the Android OS. Granted that took some hacking i'm sure and it's not terribly user friendly to set up for beginners. It does however requiring a lot of finding your own drivers and extracting stuff from the iPhone itself to get it to work properly. This may have changed as I did this some time ago but I doubt it. When i did stay in the Android OS on my 3G, the phone got very hot and devoured battery life, so it was a short lived hack. I do think that if the reverse was possible that I would come with the same pitfalls, making it not worth the effort.

Yes, Android phones including the Captivate are the same way. You need to root them to do the fun stuff. The lagfix is totally optional and can be made obsolete by some of the custom roms, Eugene's for example is very fast without the lagfix.

Frankly, i'm not sure i'd even want to go back to iOS, letting it take up space on my phone even if it was reverse engineered to run from images. It's just not worth it to me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Bishop:
Yes I do like the Captivate, but just yesterday even with all of the fixes I needed to get nav up and working quick (running late for a flight) and it just wouldn't and couldn't do it; my boss' iPhail4 ended up getting us to the airport for the win, so I have to take this back until Samsung actually fixes this stuff; Once the baseline is with a working GPS, I'm back because modifying this and the phone itself is very good.

Until then I'm back to my iPhail 3Gs to hold me over until it's resolved. :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captivatesuperuser:
First off I work for AT&T. I work with these devices on a regular basis. The Captivate is awesome, no question. Its a solid device with endless customizing capabilities and strong enough to build on. Here are my points:

Captivate Cons:

-Turn by Turn GPS doesnt work (waiting on a samsung software update)

-4 Haptic keys on the bottom suck but you can get used to it

-No flash on camera (doesnt bother me because camera led flash is terrible)

-No front facing camera (doesnt bother me because I could care less about seeing the person I'm talking to. If I really want them to see what I'm doing I'll take a video and email it or text it)

iphone4 Cons:

-Everyone has one

-In my work place, they come back with more issues than any other phone including non smartphones (except the lg neon! never buy that phone)

-Reception

-UI is plain and not customizable

-You have to jailbreak it to do anything fun and even then there is a limit to the fun

-Facetime only available on wifi to another iphone4

Long story short:

If you want an easy to use smartphone that has a flash for the camera, apps, and wifi while suddenly making you cooler, get an iphone.

If you want endless customization and the ability to trick your phone to no end and don't care if everyone thinks your weird for not having an iphone, get the captivate.

Samsung Captivate (rooted, bloatware removed, stock rom)

Motorola Backflip (test phone)

iphone 3gs (jailbroken)

Blackberry Bold 9000
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yokozuna82:
The captivate is the best phone I've ever used except for one thing and that's the GPS I really use it a lot for traveling and locating gas stations restaurant and so on if there is a fix by far it would be the best phone on the market
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blitanicle99:
Well, I did revive this from the dead. And this is my first post on XDA.

I bought this while I had my iphone 4 and swapped over because I wanted something to toy with. That was about 2 weeks ago.

Things I like..

1. Customization! Very very good. I can't believe everything you can tweak and mess with. Makes me very happy. I'm a tech guy, engineer, I love stuff like this.

2. Actual back button! Not just a back button on the screen. My GF has an iPhone 4, I convinced her to get it... And then I swapped to the Captivate. I play with her phone and I get annoyed that there is no physical back button.

3. Draw to unlock screen. Makes me happy that not just anyone can unlock my phone... GF can, but most people can't.

4. Ability to lock certain apps that I choose. This is very helpful for privacy stuff. Frankly I lock my text messages and phone pictures. I let people play with my new Android phone a lot showing how different it is than the iPhone and don't want people going through my personal life

5. Larger screen than the iPhone. I have big hands... The bigger sized phone is nice.

Things I do not like that are questioning whether I should keep the phone or not... (My phone runs as my contact for my business, as well as my other job, as well as email/social)

1. Battery Life... Jeez. Iphone4 rapes in battery life. Its probably half of my iphone 4.

2. Charging time. The captivate takes forever! I charge it for almost an hour... It goes up 15 percent. WTF? My iphone 4 would be fully charged in an hour, or damn close.

3. LED flash. Not that I use the camera flash, but actual use as a flashlight. I used it all the time, at work, whatever. Just useful to have an LED anytime without actually needing a flashlight on you. Its convenient!

4. GPS... Is actually not bad. I haven't had trouble at all with it.

5. Sync'ing your music/photos/apps... Mucho easier with iTunes.

All in all, I'm debating getting an extended battery and dealing with the huge back case (that doesn't bother me, function over form) or just selling the damn thing. I still have my iPhone 4, I bought it new. I bought the captivate new, but from a craiglister brand new in box for 300. The iPhone 4 is worth 600... I could get 300 bucks... Or 600 bucks. Money isn't the issue.

Biggest concerns is battery life and charging time. Otherwise, I can accept anything else. I like the phone... but the battery issue(s) are irritating.

Thoughts?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
I think I can't wait for my Captivate to get here.

Sent from my Tilt2 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmanunited:
Well it comes down to your use for the phone. There are clear and decisive differences between iphone and Cappy. The Battery life does suck at times but different screen techs/sizes are used. I love the 4 inch screen which sucks more battery. Android/Google continues to innovate on the Internet although most apps initially come to iPhone too.There will always be options for both but seems like now Android is giving the most options. I love the Cappy but I had to use the 3G today for a consistent GPS. So I Android is a Love/Hate thing gotta figure what is best for your needs.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pontiac005:
Yes, I am very happy with my captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastanthology:
buy spare batteries and a wall charger? you can get them really cheap at ebay... and with this phone you can actually swap the batteries easily...

i would rather do that than making my phone pregnant with a battery :p

also, unless i use the gps, i don't find it hard for the battery to last 20/30 hours of usage... for me its more than enough, i just charge the batteries at night
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dungeon47:
While there are some things to be desired, like a front-facing camera, I've been very happy with this device after liberation. Running it stock is decent, but not great. Once you get a good ROM on it to remove bloatware and fix a couple of issues, it is a champion.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkDvr:
Hehe, I just upgraded from my Nexus One to Dell Streak and then (after 2 days of playing with it) switched it for Captivate.

Captivate is the king. Freaking insane screen - bright, 5!!!!! point multitouch, great even at direct sunlight.. And I hatevto say it, but with latest update (2.1 update 1, 100% stock unroted) it runs smoother and more responsive than my N1 ever did even with CM 6.1 release. Crazy, and I cant believe it myself.

Dont get the Streak - screen's sucky. Only 2 point multitouch and still it gets all messed up when typing fast. Plus, its TFT and not amoled. And yes there is a huge difference between the two.

Oh and think about the hummingbird/PowerVR CPU/GPU on the Captivate. Dude they are FAST.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MicroBeta:
I am really happy with my Captivate. I used to have an iPhone (which my wife now uses). It's the best phone I've had in nearly 12 years of cell phone use.

Mike
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazin619:
I cant say iam truly happy. The lack of support (update to froyo) pisses me off. We dont even get heads up. But with axura (best rom IMO) I am really enjoying my phone. This rom is bug free with many fixes I dont forsee froyo having. Like,the camera fix. I might try out the wm7 shortly and make a switch if I am impressed but otherwise I probably wont leave my captivate until honeycomb comes out....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkateEmerica987:
I got a captivate and my wife got an iphone 4. For the most part i'm very happy with my purchase because I like to customize and screw around with everything. Still though, everytime I see that retina display on the iphone I get very jealous. That thing is absolutely amazing, even compared to the super amoled the captivate has.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bullinthechinashop:
None of my album art is blurry. What size images are you embedding into your music files?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stone_phalanges:
I loved the captivate experienced no lag, then filled the 13gb internal storage and added 29gb of music via an SD card --then I hated the captivate- major lag, almost unusable. Then I flashed cognition, solved every problem (if you do this make sure you read so you catch a good one).

I have never had any problems with the GPS but there are phones that do. I would say if you buy, don't be afraid to return it within the first 30 days for another captivate if a problem persists.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
No 10 chars

Sent from a phone somewhere in the universe
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bullinthechinashop:
I just opened google Maps and I got a (accurate) GPS lock in about 5 seconds. I installed a free app caled GPS Status & Toolbox that lets you automatically download AGPS data (I set mine to download every day) I don't know if the app is actually making a difference or not but I don't remember my GPS being buggy when I first bought it.

Overall I'm happy with my Captivate.

I love the screen. Apps like Moon Phase & Google Sky map look incredible. Especially compared to my Backflip.

Other likes:

The sliding door covering the charging/data port.

Live wallpapers (without slowing down the phone!)

I absolutely love the way the apps scroll side to side instead of up & down.

I haven't had any dropped calls so far

Dislikes:

Unlock screen - I really don't like the way you swipe the entire screen to unlock. I like the Backflip's unlock screen a lot more - You slide one icon until it meets another.

Installing custom ROM's is way more convoluted than the Fuze. I miss the days of copying the ROM to the SD card pushing a couple of buttons & done. It's a hell of a lot less of a pain than the Backflip though. You practically have to speak in tongues to put a ROM on that thing.

I wish Samsung had made the phone thicker so they could have put in a bigger battery. (Why do so many people spazz out if their phone isn't as thin as a sheet of paper?)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpzjack:
Overall i love it...but...the gps is the deal breaker...i tried it this weekend and it was useless...ive tried all settings etc and it just doesn't work. I'll be picking something up after the holidays or going back to my aria
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wraith04:
This is my first post and my first android phone. I love the Captivate having only used it for two days. Coming from a Blackberry there are a few small things I miss, like seeing the LED instead of having to turn the screen on but overall the phone is head and shoulders above my Blackberry. Out of the box my GPS got a lock inside the house in 5 seconds but that wasn't a deal breaker if it didn't work. On the battery, the Blackberry lasted a long time but I didn't use the phone for entertainment near as much as I use this one so it's all relative, I still got 1.5 days after the first full charge cycle. Front facing camera? Most the time I don't want to talk to people on the phone let alone have them see me. Camera flash? I have a real camera for that with a real flash. Now I can't wait for stock froyo or a ROM if it makes this phone even better.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokes24:
I love the phone itself, it's just AT&T and Samsung delaying updates is what I have a problem with (end of the year and STILL no froyo) as well as the poor GPS.

Other than that its a good phone, way better in my eyes than an iPhone 4.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TommyZee:
Not Happy With My Cappy

I like to screw with settings and hate Apple, went for the Captivate. Now after all the lies from AT&T and Samsung wish I'd gone with the iphone. Thought my Cappy was going to be a me-phone :mad:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dungeon47:
Soon as I started flashing ROMs, the Samsung/ATT firmware BS stopped mattering to me. Assonance is better than anything Samsung could release.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axis01:
Is anyone REALLY happy with what they have? As has been said before, the grass always looks greener on the other side. Even in stock form, the cappy is very fast, has great graphics, and tons of options. I'm just rooted with side loading and have been VERY pleased with it. Pissed me off that I paid $100 more for it a couple months ago ($49 at WM now), but that's the way it is. Add a $30 16g SD and you have the same capacity as a $300 IP4 and still have a bigger screen. We can also replace our battery, :D. GPS isn't important to me so that's a non issue. IMO, it does everything else brilliantly
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunnyman:
I WAS happy until about a month ago. HTC and Motorola do a much better job keeping their products updated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
On stock it's a worthless pile of crap that makes a dumb phone look like a super computer.

If there were any other decent choice on AT&T I'd have left months ago.

The only reason I haven't left is I'm on my families plan and it's cost prohibitive to pay for four etf, or to pay for a separate phone plan.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cozmo1:
Love it. To date, one of the best phones I've ever owned.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkeaver:
Stock its a ok phone but with custom ROMS such as MikeyMike, Adamholden85, DG, and all the other developers.. this is definately a MUCH better phone. ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eagle2083:
yeah

Being the owner of an iPhone 3gs and a HTC WinMo 6.5 device I say yeah, I am happy with my modded captivate.

Android is a much more open platform (at least in my opinion) then Apple's iOS and switch/upgrading to a different rom is easier and more (time) efficient.

My WinMo device is great, it just lacks the I think 4 inch screen of the captivate.

Plus there are barely any developers who produce software for WinMo 6.1 or 6.5 and there is no upgrade path to windows phone 7 besides buying a new phone.;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretasianman:
Love/Hate

I'm running Assonance 5.2 and it's a great ROM. As a phone and media player it's great. As a GPS device it sucks ass. Since I use GPS a lot it really sucks ass. I have to do a lot of driving for a living and there have been several occassions when I've almost thrown the phone out the window of my truck. It's seriously that bad.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph00ny:
I was truly happy on stock 2.1, i'm still truly happy on perception froyo

i'm liking the whole run things the way i want

As for the battery issues, what are you guys running/doing that's causing so much headache?

I'm constantly on my phone listening to music, watching video, texting, email, etc and i don't have as much headache as you guys. In fact, i even bought samsung's dock/battery as a spare and i rarely use it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtgould:
I am very happy with my captivate,I don't use the gps at all so thats not aproblem for me and I get very good battery life. I love how much you cash customize it and I love android in general compared to IOS.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barbarian:
Yes, I am truly happy with my Captivate. Love Android and the customization and I have zero problems with my phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackinc2000:
I'm Happy Whit My Captivate, But I'm going to be happier when 2.2 Froyo Retail Cames Out! and I also don't use the GPS very often! But If Samsumg Finally Fix the GPS Problems in the Captivate's I'm going to be the Happiest Captivate User Ever Existed!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph00ny:
So for those who are unhappy with the captivate specially with lack of 2.2 update from att, why is it so important to get froyo up and running? Other than flash, I dont see a huge need for 2.2 since pretty much every app runs on 2.1