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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neilometer:
@eunique

My wife and I were just in the SF Bay area for a vacation. We were there about a week, and my Captivate got a lock ONCE (the last day we were there!). The rest of the time, my wife was giving me crap because her iPhone 4 was happily GPSing away, being useful and fun to use, while my phone was GPSing so hard... yet getting nowhere :-/

It really sucked not being able to use any of the cool apps that depend on that. I had to keep manually putting in my location. When you're "lost" in the middle of the Tenderloin district, you REALLY don't want to waste time telling your phone where you are. Just get me the hell out of here, phone! LOL (srsly, is was way scary)

When did you purchase your Captivate? I got mine on 8/12, so I have about two weeks to decide if I'm going to keep it or not. I can trade it in for another one, but risk having the same problem. You can only do that once, then you have to go through Samsung's warranty (yuck)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UberGoat:
I am happy with the Samsung Captivate except for the GPS issues going on... It's really upsetting but at least they're going to push out a fix soon
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkeo:
The Captivate is a really nice device. I've been happy with it so far. Call quality seems a lot better than the iPhone and the larger screen makes reading a lot better for me. I have also used the iPhone 4 quite a bit and while it's more of the same (former iPhone 2, 3, and 3GS user) once your jailbreak it, it's a really good phone. Not to mention it's got tons more quality apps. They're both excellent phones.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joia:
Sucks for you guys with GPS Issues. My captivate has no GPS issues at all and I get instant locks with a dozen satellites. I've been fiddling with the GPS a lot to try to get it not to work because everybody is having such problems, but it just works.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenvt:
Yes happy. Even without the mods I was happy. I have owned an iphone 3g and a mt3g 1.2. With mods I am elated most of the time. Unlike most people it seems I dont rely as much on gps as most. I usually know where I am.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mets3214:
I have both and they are both great devices. The iphone has a awesome camera and better build quality, more apps and has a nicer design IMO. The captivate has more memory with 16gb internal and 32gb external, android is more customizable and I prefer it over ios. Iphone is also a better music player but when it comes to videos, the captivate is jaw dropping. The galaxy s phones also have the most responsive and sensitive touch screen of any phone I have ever used other than the iphone. First touch sensor Ive seen that matches the iphones. Super Amoled also wins IMO. GPS lock is a problem though and will be fixed by the end of September. On the captivate, you gotta root it to take all of the at&t bloatware and restrictions off. In conclusion, I think you will be happy with either of the 2 devices.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] back2honda:
Aside from web page loading problem and bad phone reception, yes so far. I didn't have those problems with the iphone 3g.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shammyh:
I've had a Tilt, Tilt 2 and an iPhone 3Gs.

The Captivate is far and above the best phone I've owned.

I have no GPS issues, and no problems running the stock ROM (after a little SRE + lagfix mods).

Just my $0.02.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smurfgod:
I've had mine for a about 4 days now and I think its the best phone I've owned. I like the design, I've always been a Samsung fan and I can hack it..lol

I've owned a few smartphones in my life and this is the best. It might be because the technology has improved but its a really good phone. My boss has a 3GS and since he's been playing with my phone he's decided to get one.

If anyone's debating about getting one, I'd go to an att store and play with one.

The memory is huge, camera and video are awesome and the touch screen is right on par with the iPhone.

And we will be getting Flash..lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangi26:
Lag problems? I am not experiencing any. GPS problem, I do see some issues with mine, but I dont really use it much. I usually know where I am. I came from a Tilt running Froyo, which I came to LOVE the Android OS. This phone is BLAZING fast, amazingly responsive, the screen is huge, bright, and has fantastic color. I've spent enough time on a iPhone 3gs, and all I can say is that this is THE best phone I have ever had my hands on
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
I don't have gps problems anymore than my last two phones, iphone 3g, and htc aria. I recommend the captivate, the lag is not a big issue and is easily fixed if you do notice it. The aria has fm radio via headphones which act as antenna and supports flash and I liked it but I needed more battery life, it was a pain managing features and apps to get it through the work day, by the time I got everything figured out I had begun to hate the phone. I would absolutely recommend the captivate over any other att phone unless you need a camera flash, flash support, or a track ball. no phone is perfect but the screen sells this phone.

I will also say that I don't believe iphone is a better music player, the captivate comes with a great set of in ear headphones and the sound is great. The aria may have had better bass though. Great thing about android is if you don't like the factory apps get better ones.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thirdshiftdj:
Coming from a blackberry bold, 3gs, Nexus one and now Captivate. I would say it is the best phone I've owned to date. Pictures on the camera come out surprisingly well. I've gotten used to the blue tint on the screen and after running launcherpro w/ custom icons/dock I couldn't be happier. Now I await development on games.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little Dragon:
just got mine today! (been reading on forums for the past couple weeks, though). instantly love it. had an iphone 3g and was thinking of upgrading to the 4 but so glad i didn't!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eunique:
I got mine about a month ago now. I have done some tweaking to it...but

have not done any updates on the GPS. just the Pimp my Captivate then

eventually did the Unleash the Beast...

although, if you are just comparing the GPS between the iPhone4 and Captivate, then the i4 will win. their GPS has been good from the get go.

I do like the customizability of the Captivate...and then, the froyo 2.2

should be released soon plus, Samsung is supposed to update the firmware for the GPS...then, it should be even better.

I did not do any updates on the GPS since I have not really had problems with it since I got it...was scared to run into problems if I "upgrade/update."

So, unless an official thing comes out from Samsung and/or the 2.2, I will wait.

And even then, I will probably wait and see how others' experiences are before I flash.

I hope that you end up with a better experience with.

I have seen a lot of members on here that have switched from iphone4 to the Captivate.

But, again, it all comes down to you. If the device is not useable for you, then you should switch.

at least for me, I have both devices...I can switch to iPhone4 is I need to :P

and then back to my Captivate when I want to. :)

P.S. (I use a microSIM adaptor to use the (small) microSIM from iPhone4 to use on my Captivate.

(bought microSIM adator on ebay)

Good luck!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emuneee:
I am happy with mine. The GPS bug is rather annoying. I am also looking forward to Froyo and an official fix to the lag issue. Other than that, couldn't be happier.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slider2828:
Super happy with mine... My gps locks under 30 secs phone is fast as heck with SRE121a and ext lag fix.... Its really mind blowing fast for me....

So I have no complaints especially props to the dev support on XDA here... all that really makes me super happy and its fun to mod especially with ODIN really saving my bricks soooo many times....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunnyman:
Despite my total frustration with the contacts app and Facebook, I'm happy. I'm looking forward to Froyo and the ROM's that come from it. AOSP FROYO PLEASE! :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psxstudio:
I totally happy with the captivate! I tried out Evo for 30 days and loved that phone. But when wifey used it for about a week, she got tired of many droppef calls. So, I returned the Evo and got 2 Captivate. Wifey loves her new phone (stock so far) and for me, other than the gps issue I love it (rooted).

JB
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVasyaK:
love my captivate

had some troubles with phone calls....

buy with JH3 + SRE 1.2.1a + lagfix phone is so fast...

waiting for final 2.2 roms :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1l3nt:
im deffinately happy with mine it was a choice betwwen this or iphone 4 and im glad ive chose the captivate i love pages with widgets instead of pages with square icons
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toawkanavngthded:
seems like everyone is on the boat between the ip4 and captivate. im on the same boat as well but will be taking the leap for the captivate. i just hope rooting, enable sideloading, over clocking and all that other fun stuff wont be a problem for me! im coming from a jailbroken 2g phone and from a tilt 2 (which is running custom ROM's and have froyo =) ) isn't there a thread about an all-in-one on rooting, sideloading, overclocking, and some other stuff?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Look for Odin and Super Rooter Extreme. It couldn't be simpler really.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
The gps is the only thing holding the captivate back.

Its funny, went to the at&t store and out of mine and two other units only one which was the display model actually worked with google navigation.

All had the stock settings as well.

For comparison the Sony X10's GPS worked flawlessly and had no trouble getting a proper fix on the location and google navigation was exact :-/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shishir95:
Put it this way, I dropped it last night while taking pictures of my friends on concrete, the rough kind with the sort of pebbles embedded in it from a height of 5' 7", then i picked up and noticed a small scratch, (barely noticeable) and a slight abrasion on the lower left corner. Today I'm going to return it and ask for an exchange because I love this phone that much!

I got it for $150 which is less than the iPhone 4, and all my friends with an iPhone 4 keep asking to play some games on my phone.

Rooted, Sideloading Enabled, and the GPS Fixed, and this phone is amazing. The navigation is surprisingly fast with the EPIC 4G GPS fix (that update.zip file, do a search) and I just can't get over the beauty of the phone.

Best phone I've ever used, and more.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robstunner:
Can i ask what games? Thats the major downfall i found, a severe lack of decent games. Angry Birds Beta is probably the only good game, and its beta... (doodle jump is good too but in dire need of an update)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patelkedar91:
Raging thunder 2... exzeus arcade... any other polar bit game...

I have a whole list for my evo.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calee2009:
Root, lag fix and insane customization. Loving it! Soooo much better than my iPhone 3G.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenvt:
Nintendo, super nes, game boy and playstation emulators will satisfy for a long time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbloog:
Fruit Samurai (Doesn't look that pretty though) , Galcon , Homerun Battle 3D, Hyper Jump, Krazy Kart Racing, Kwaak3 Arena, Prism 3D (Addicting, plus looks awesome on the Captivate) , Radiant, Shoot U, SniperVsSniper, SpacePhysics, UNO, Toss It, Typing Zombie.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novajustin:
sre + lagfix = love my phone. only gripe is i wish the micro usb slot was the more common type micro usb.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnak:
It's pretty cool, but at&t is screwing me, and that ain't cool.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenvt:
Micro is becoming the standard. Consider us all trend setters.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sublim3_Tilt:
I love everything about this phone with the exception of two things. First of course is the gps, the second is the propreitary bluetooth. I have 100s of emulators but no way to bluetooth control them.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikegy2002:
Gps on my phone was great at first then terrible. Cleared gps cache, applied Sprints 4g phone version of gps software to the phone couple weeks ago. So far due to fix, mystical alignment of the stars or whatever, gps is locking on in about 30 seconds and tracking accurately. Phone started to lag but ext lag fix took care of that problem. Went with different browser. Stock browser closes screen im on and goes back to att home screen when browser updates which is very annoying.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
I will be when they decide to release froyo. *PS* tomorrow is my b'day
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtmoney00:
Hey guys....

I've been stalking this thread for a couple weeks now since I got my Captivate. I've used this thread to help me fully customize the phone (root, enable sideloading, wipe the at&t bloatware overclock, lag fix, etc.) with all the tips/tricks so thank you!

To answer the question. YES, I am happy with my captivate. I'm a manager at AT&T and I will tell you off the bat (like you don't already know) that AT&T is narrow minded (iPhone, iPhone, iPhone) If you notice, the main advertising you see on this phone is straight from Samsung on the entire Galaxy S series. It's sad because this is truly the BEST phone available to AT&T's customer. I remember when the Samsung rep came to our store to demo the device during our store meeting I said to myself "wow, this phone trumps the iPhone." I thought the phone was great as it was, and when I started doing my research and learning about rooting and customizing the phone I had to get one. Yes, the GPS and e-mail is buggy but the Samsung rep has assured me a fix is coming soon. And Froyo will be "soon" as well. (I'm guessing end of September, first week of October) But by far, this is the most FUN I've had playing with a phone since the first iPhone came out. My wife has to take the battery out of the phone and hide it just so I will go to sleep!

On another quick note. If anyone ever has AT&T question do not hesitate to ask me!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwxiao:
You know what really grins my gears? People say "coming soon".

This is the world of high tech, for god's sake. How long are you going to have your lovely gadget? Typically 18 months! Say you got your phone in July. And you spend a good 3 months without a key feature. That's a 1/6 of its lifetime. And Froyo? NO time table for US market yet. Yes. No time table yet. All the Sept. update is just a rumor. You spend 1/5 of its lifetime waiting for a key update that came out in May.

By the time you have all the fix and updates, your plan is up and you can buy another shiny phone.

A phone is good because it's good *now*. Not because it's good once the fixes/updates are coming out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toawkanavngthded:
so what method or ways did u use to root ur phone, sideload, OC, and whatever else u used?? im still waiting for my wifes upgrade to be eligible to come so i can get the captivate. and if you can what order did u do all this :D. ive been reading a lot on rooting and what to use and all that. but i just like to know how ppl did it. so what do u mean by email being buggy? as far as email, is it like the iphone? i loved how it was full html and everything loaded accordingly... i came from an iphone 2g jailbroken, to a tilt 2 flashed with custom ROM's and dual boot froyo 2.2. i hated the e-mail client on the tilt 2.... i am still looking forward to getting my captivate!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtmoney00:
I rooted with the update.zip process. I use a MacBook pro so the sideloading process was a bit tricky but I did it using the method described on the sticky post on this forum. OC was more of just using the one click lag fix and setPCU. Any info/tools you could ever need to do what you want on your phone is available to you on this forum.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhnstn00:
Wouldn't trade it. Love messing with it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lessonz101:
I love it.just makes me mad that the droid 2 and x already have a custom rom and we don't. And ours isn't even ifuse locked.really wish I knew how to cook roms.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1l3nt:
only thing im confused with is task managers keep hearing people say its needed and other saying its not im not sure if i need one
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordec:
Anyone knows where to get the Sprint 4G's GPS software?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little Dragon:
i use Task Manager but thats it

http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/171146-how-much-free-memory-do-you-average.html
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
On word, yes!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkamikaze:
I sometimes actually see my battery drain less when I use task manager less..

So tbh, just download it. use it during after reboot.. and only use it when you feel choppy or feel like you opened too many apps you don't really need. that's what I do
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeromekobriger:
I've been very happy with my Captivate. No problems with GPS, plays absolutely beautiful video (I've ripped a dozen movies using handbrake, all at high quality), and I use mine for business, including an Exchange account. Wonderful phone. I did have to root to get it to do some of the things I wanted it to do, but that kind of goes without saying.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rickygotskills:
I'm thoroughly pleased with my Captivate! I just rooted with Unleash the Beast yesterday, got LauncherPro installed and will probably lag fix today sometime.

For the past 5 years I've used HTC 8125 (x2) and just upgraded from the original Tilt. I was leery of moving off WinMo, but having read many many reviews I made the jump and have never looked back.

Definitely worth it!

Now if I can just find out how to copy and paste out of an email......
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenvt:
Tap and hold on screen to copy paste menu
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jl1976:
I like the phone. Only beefs are the gps sucks, the speaker randomly quits working and i feel like im gonna drop it. Other than that the interface is good and its quick.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derek4484:
I'd say, if you're stuck on AT&T definitely go for the Iphone4. Its the better of the two hands down. The dev support on here is terribly slow for the captivate. Much much slower than the vibrant or i9000.

I used a friend's iphone4 for a week and absolutely didnt want my captivate back after using it, after two days he was calling, begging for his iphone back.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shammyh:
The Captivate has only been released for a few months in the United States. Give the developers a little slack. We already have custom kernels, a few custom ROMs, a great add-on for stock (SRE), and lots of development upcoming. The Galaxy S has the best pure hardware of any phone on the market (least until the new 45mm Snapdragons hit, and even then, it'll be close). And unlike the iOS platform, we get source code. Many custom ROMs and basebands out there for the iPhone? ;)

Also, saying that the development of the Captivate is behind the Vibrant and the i9000 (which has been out MUCH longer), then saying that because of that, the iPhone is better, is like saying: "well, this can of diet coke is warmer than the regular coke in my fridge. i think i'll go drink a can of motor oil instead."
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] back2honda:
Now that I had time to root it and add things to it, I love it! Only gripe is the speaker placement on the back of the phone. Worse place you can put it on any phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrschwarz:
I have had Pocket PC phones for years. When they work right they're great. The challenge with them is to get them to work right. Not an easy task.

There are some things my phone doesn't do well. But it works the same every time I use it. That's worth something.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenvt:
Hah, dev "support" like this is some consumer software support forum. Anything you do to your phone that isn't from the carrier that gets support you should be counting your blessings for. Same goes for ip4 if not more so. Devs don't need slack they need appreciation. There's no reason they answer to a base of handset owners for anything they do. Honestly this forum should be devs only, that would disclude myself from posting I admit but drop post counts to 1/10th what they are now and the whining would be zilch. That and fanboy antics could be reserved for the general sections, never to be paid any mind
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] applebook:
I went through the Bell/T-Mobile Vibrant models and was not terribly happy with them because of the incredibly cheap backs and overall "meh" build quality. Plus, I just could not get over how much it looks like the iPhone 2G/3G/3GS but with a dark bezel. Other than the design and build, I was extremely impressed with the Vibrant (text reading is so-so due to the Pentile matrix), but when I got a chance to buy the AT&T version locally (before Rogers Canada releases its model), I had to have it.

The quality of the Captivate is just so much higher than the Vibrant/i9000. Despite being only 10 grams or so heavier, the Captivate feels so much more substantial, and the best part is that it looks nothing like any iPhone (not that the iPhone 4 isn't lovely).

Once you root and install the lag fix, the Captivate (the best Galaxy S variant, in my view) has no equal in everything except small text on the Pentile display.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DemonWav:
I absolutely love my Captivate, I was kinda scared to root it but now that I've put the lag fix on, took off the crapware, enabled 3rd party apps etc. I couldn't be happier. But I was still content when it wasn't rooted.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkamikaze:
now install some crazy widgets and customize the layout by theming ;) never ending fun!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauchon:
From...

I've been using smartphones since the Ipaq 6315, going trough imate jam, Hermes 8125, Hermes 8225, Kayser, Diamond, Diamond 2 (pure), HTC HD 2 and now I went to the captivate, why??, I live in Chile, South America, and here in order to get 3g I need the same phones from AT&T. So, despite I love my HTC HD2 I need better access to the internet.

I recieved my captivate on monday, and it's been three days and I'm trying to figure out why there is so much noise on Android OS. Before I bought the captivate I try to use froyo Sense runing on my HTC HD2 and it did fine. But, here is the big problem, I use my phone to work, not just to play around (I love to) and I find that there is no real reason to join me to the Android OS, because it lacks of:

Full integration with exchange server.

Full integration with microsoft Office.

HTC Sense contacts widgets.

Exchange Task Sync

Remote desktop

Office Comunicator

and so on...

And believe me, I really want to give a chance to Android but I thinks that is anoying to pay for every software (full version at least) that I need to to make my work right.

Ok Android is fast and cool to play around, but when it comes to work Windows mobile is so far advance...

HTC HD2 its a great machine, but lacks 3g for me, so I'll keep trying to make this android to keep up with my work...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] applebook:
If Windows Mobile's 1999 technology suits you, then congrats.