yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
no

1. had the infamous i9000m.. died.. samsung still has not fessed up that it is faulty h/w and replaced them wih recall.

2. gps is ok but nothing like my i8910.. when the phone died i went back to i8910.. the gps knows what fricking side of the expressway i am on!!!!

3. no led flash.. so no led light, occasional lag, samsung should optimize android for their cpu as nexus one was.

other than that it is still the best phone out there.. looking at picking up a replacement without the damn faulty internal memory... screen is awesome as is touch sensitivity (nexus one touch was crap)..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melorib:
AGREE... :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the incredible:
i like it...

i had the i8910 and the gps is very good..

i8910 far better of galaxy s...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lasitha85:
100% agreed
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] upp3rd0g:
Eventhough the Galaxy S i9000 is already available for 3/4 of a year, I think I would still buy it again at this moment.

But... you need to realize you need to fix certain issues which Samsung does not fix for you, that is:

*) install a lagfix to make the phone as snappy as it should be, given the used processor

*) install BackLightNotification to overcome the missing notification LED

Apparently there is no fix for the poor GPS.

I still like the following of this phone:

*) screen quality + screen size

*) weight of device

*) program memory, internal memory, expandable external memory

*) removable battery + biggest capacity available

*) big XDAdevelopers scene

So if you can live with a poor GPS and you are willing to invest quite some time to learn the device and how to overcome its limitations... I still believe the Galaxy S is the best choice at this moment.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gothfebrio:
XXJPY firmware doesnt need lagfix :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 17mayis:
202 not happy thats a serious number :S

by the way i'm really happy i would buy it again and againg without regret it about.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cypher2001:
I Switched from an iphone 3GS and so far the only problem I had was the lag, which has now been fixed with froyo 2.2.1

Apple only trumps Android with its app store games which are amazing for a mobile phone.

We just need more developers to bring in top games.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caskast:
Using Docs rom xxjpy with voodoo lagfix 5.0.3 i am very happy with the product and their tweaks and updates keep it lightning fast :)

EDIT: i charged this phone at 1pm and i havnt put it down since and its now 6pm and im at 46% not the best but its better then xxjpu

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soulzero:
GPS is ****ing garbage, (JPU)

Gonna upgrade soon to a newer build and hope its better.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tilallr1:
Count me in for 2 NO's. Bought one for me and the wife and have had nothing but problems. Returned them already 3 times. The Vibrant version of the phone is a Lemon.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chatin_62:
I agree with you. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mloc33:
r u insane, the sgs kills the iphone 3
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erkv:
I am not happy so far at all. I am coming from a magic 2.2 froyo 3g t mobile rom and I expected a faster and a better phone in general.

I am very disappointed. It is very laggy on 2.1 and 2.2.

Takes forever to change from lock screen and some apps like newsrob just takes forever.

Btw, since I upgraded to 2.2 the market it is still the old one. And I don't find the car home.

I think I should upgrade like some of you to 2.2.1 jpu?

And, why is voice search not linked with swype?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caskast:
Upgrade to XXJPY with voodoo lagfix 5.0.3 jpy is fast as it is but voodoo makes it more snappy and jpy also has fixed wifi so less battery drain

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecrucible:
I love it! Coming over from a Blackberry Bold 9000 (just realizing the identical model numbers) it was like night and day. Power, looks, and functionality with the added benefit of almost infinite customization...simply beautiful.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lackonne:
---sorry double post---
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lackonne:
display and everything make me happy :)

gps make me angry and want to slam it :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cedricberger:
GPS is really too bad (compass too is crappy which does not help with map apps)

I thought when I would buy a newer phone I could give my Galaxy S to my girlfriend, but the main improvement from her dumb phone would have been the use of GPS. As is, no way I can give her such a bad GPS and hope she can make any use of it.... :-(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crunch77:
Yes, it is everything I wanted my Htc DesIre to be. And as one of few, I'm extremely Happy with Touchwizz.

(could do with a status led though)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adz86:
i voted yes but there is a lot to be done from samsung from the software side.... great hardware is nothing without sofware. and i dont understand this update policy to be split in 1000 different versions.. make it easy.. one for all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
Its not many versions if you use kies.

Its 10 more beta firmware on every firmware on kies.

But this is a good thing.

**Using my own JPY kernel, z4mod, 339MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dom89:
Did you upgrade to XXJPY ? GPS is working flawlessly since 2.2.1. All previous versions were not working.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WM_Rizzo:
What's the proper way to form a battery? I'm probably getting the phone today.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caskast:
Charge it to 100% then run it right out charge it to 100% and delete battery stats then turn the phone off and charge back to 100% then just cycle the battery a fews times and you should be ok.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dk206:
I was going to say NO but with newest STOCK UK Froyo 2.2.1 JPY I'm saying YES.

It was a good investment in getting this phone, futureproof to some extent Hummingbird CPU + it's getting better AND BETTER with each update!!!!

+ GPS is **Actually*** F I X E D. No really, FIXED like any other MOBILE.

.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bushbox browser:
With the new JPX firmware this phone is brilliant. Before JPX I would have said no, even though I used a lag fix, I feel users should not have to sort these kind of problems with there phone out themselves. Now though it runs super smooth and quick, no lag fix, and no lag.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nalinbhatt:
I chose NO because I had a bad experience with BELL. My first phone was defective and changed it right after 2 hours. Secondly, it took them 4+ weeks to repair my 2nd phone (did not use SIM card at all, still charged me for a month). Even upon the request, they did not provide me a loaner phone for free. Asked me to pay $25 (WTF their phone is defective...NOT MY PROBLEM).

I am bell canada user. Updated to froyo (JK4) before a week and got FC errors right after the first boot. Did factory reset and the phone worked flawlessly for 5 days. Now my phone is working fine except the stock browser is not working. Force closes itself after 5-8 seconds. Sometimes my phone randomly vibrates for GOD knows what reason. I am so fed up with this bs. I like android OS and that is why I chose to buy galaxy s rather than the 'Great' iPhone 4. So far I am not happy with the way Canadian users are getting updates. Neither Samsung nor Bell cares about this since there are less galaxy s user in Canada. Its just that Bell and Samsung have been careless with the way they have responded so far. The first European galaxy s 2.2 update was buggy and bell/Samsung should have learned from that but they DID NOT.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adz86:
what i mean is that every country has a different update policy.. uk has 2.2.1 italy has a laaaaggy 2.2 hungary you have to bring the phone to the service center.. and this all in different times!they should only have one updated software available for all phones at the same time!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
No i don't think that's good at all. Then you have to wait alot longer time before an upgrade.

I think Samsung do the right thing.

**Using my own JPX kernel, z4mod, 345MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosaigon:
Love it!

I love it because of its design, its screen´s definition and processor.

Mario

El Salvador

:cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmcphil:
I love it. Especially now since i am now using the jpy firmware. Lag was the only downside but its gone with the new firmware. Excellent phone
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WM_Rizzo:
Ummm, I'm not sure I understood correctly.

charge it 100%

turn it on and use the phone until battery dies completely

charge it 100%

turn it on and delete battery stats

turn it off and charge to 100%

cycle

Is this correct? And what does cycle mean - charge to 100% and then use up the battery completely?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seeARMS:
That's not correct - I'd advise not doing this. The SGS has a lithium ion battery, one which you should not fully discharge. Read up on it here:

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

(Especially the bullets at the bottom).

More info here: http://www.techatplay.com/?p=61
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zolah:
Very happy.

Beautiful screen

Super thin

Super light

Once lag fixed its super fast ( running jpy )

My GPS works flawless every time.

Decent battery life as far as smart phones go... I've seen and had a lot worse.

Goods Aps coming out all the time on the market.

Yeah it does everything a smart phone should

Sure you have to tweak things here and there but to me that's half the fun!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunjar:
Undecided. GPS pisses me off. The crap doesnt work. For a £500 phone, id expect it to WORK! Not to mention the cheap plastic back cover. W4nkers!!

Everything else seems ok. Running 2.2.1 JPY, even with this update the "lag" has improved, MUCH better than before but i wouldnt say Samsung have "fixed" it. A more recent file system will "fix" this permanantly. Why they chose RFS who the f*ck knows. Retards. Gets under my skin when i have to transfer a folder full of many small files say 400 or so. RFS just grinds to a halt. Pathetic.

CPU + PowerVR bla is good. Screen is beautiful although i hate the fact that you can see individual pixels. Makes me wish i had the iPhone 4 screen resolution on SAMOLED.

Overall i would say NO..sorry to disappoint you fanboys. It would be noble of Samsung to recall these cheap plastic korean pieces of junk in order to rectify the F*UCKING GPS (General Piece of Sh!t) so i can ACTUALLY use the b@stard like my tomtom.

However i do like the fact that the SGS plays almost any video i throw at it. Games are good too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkj43:
Running JL2 2.2 (my second one - complete replacement under warranty due to JK4 mem failure)

Since..

Phone is amazingly fast, GPS locks in 15-20 secs. I am extremely happy now.

Best Mobile Screen

Android OS

Samsung is nearing 10 million units sold worldwide. That says something and Apple should be taking note, although I think that Apple's time is done. Android is going to have a great 2011.

My 2 cents!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WM_Rizzo:
Thanx for the info!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
I just LOVE my SGS since Darky's ROM... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prkys:
Happy!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ticiano:
I'm happy. I think the phone is just great and Samsung is finaly finding the way with this latest oficial ROMs they are releasing.

I can't complain about being forced to try custom ROMs to get my phone working the way I want, because I just like it and this "openess" is one of the things I like in Android. Anyway, the original Eclair is fine (unless for the GPS) and this latest 2.2.1 Froyos are just awesome, everything official.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys-rookie:
im very happy cause its a very various phone with much calibration etc. very nice phone and i love it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoMJ:
I was on Htc Magic previously and this phone was a major jump. I'm very satisfied despite the poor support by Samsung.

I'm restoring hope in Samsung after the latest JPY update. So far it's the best.

I am happy.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilguis:
Yes! This is my best phone ever! I'm coming from LG Arena (good phone) but Galaxy S is amazing! I'm very happy...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdy2go:
Very happy.

Not flawless but much better support than HTC. I mean supplier support, HTC community is still much stronger but thanks to xda and modaco no reasons to complain at all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wltan929:
GPRS & bluetooth problem shouldn't happen on SGS, solving those problems is jz a piece of cake if u do follow some threads in XDA. XDA rocks! I have no comment on GPS since it's a truth and many SGS freaks are much waiting for the bug fix frm samsung. No comment on user interface as it's subjective topic. I will recommend u to choose other android phone if u really don't like SGS.. NOTHING IS PERFECT. Every phone in the world gt its bugs.. believe me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vferriag:
Verry hapyy
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
Very Happy!

after using the Nexus S for 2 weeks, i can say, nothing can beat the Galaxy S in features
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bib1t:
i will respond yes if the battery life last for 2-3 days of normal usage
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suua:
Yes, very happy with it, it just amazing, great multimedia phone, great design, great hardwear, PERFECET SCREEN.

GPS, could be better. but anyway, i have used a lot of phons, apple, HTC, Nokia, Sony, and the strange thing is that i never have liked SAMSUNG in the mobile world, BUT, I just loved the Galaxy S, and til now im very happy with it, never had a issus.

Coming from Iphon 3GS And HTC HD2.

Thunbs up for GALAXY S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Not that happy anymore compared when I initially got it, its mainly due to the fact that the lifespan on the SAMOLED is pretty short ( burn in or burn out on the screen, call it whatever ) is happenig pretty soon on the notification bar, 4 months of usage.. was expecting over 1yr before I could slightly see a hint of the burn in/out. I might be skipping OLED next time if this does not improve but the SAMOLED is the best screen out there, significantly better than SC-LCD,SLCD,Retina and ect
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dk206:
I highly doubt that EARL maybe your screen is a defect. SAMOLED screens are meant to last years. Photo?

Re: OT

I'm even more happy with it now that Gingerbread is nearly officially released. Made my purchase a whole lot worthy!! Only phone with 2 major offical firmware upgrade :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wemsinho:
Oh, yes. I am so happy with that phone now with jvk and Chainfire's cf- root! :thumbup:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B3311:
Yes, very happy. Especially because of the help and expertise here.

My first smartphone, so nothing to directly compare it to. But it does all I need it to do, and is intuitive enough for a family member with cognitive problems to use it without too much hardship.

And it's not from Cupertino!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umd:
Compare to my HTC experience, I'm not happy. I really miss quality of HTC phones. Samsung is only good at hardware. HTC phones works faster, smoother and more stable although Samsung phones have better hardware. They're really bad at software side. I think importance of software has been proved many times. You see that if you had both.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mister-viper:
I'm happy with this phone. It's my first smartphone so there is no other device I can compare to. But there are little things that disturb me.

A flash for the camera would be very nice. In dark rooms photos are not very satisfying. Furthermore the Samsung Support regarding the firmwares is not the best. But I think this is a common issue regarding all phone developers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -IK-:
HA HA :D

You obviously didn't have a HTC Kaiser running Windows Mobile 6 :D

I will agree that HTC hardware build quality of the actual phone is great as I've owned a Magician, Universal, Trinity and a Kaiser (which I eventually started to run Android on which made the phone awesome)...

..but I felt they went downhill when they partnered with Qualcomm to make their integrated chips. Especially with the Kaiser where the drivers to power the accelerated graphics chip was missing meaning the phone graphics were slower than past HTC handsets.

Moving on....That whole fiasco was the reason why, when it came to moving to Android, I waited.

Even though the HTC Desire was an impressive device, I'm glad I waited for the Galaxy S.

Better graphics hardware for mobile gaming and more features.

My first smartphone was a Sony Ericsson P800 and it's amazing how far we've come 8 years on from then.

I understand why the Galaxy S has won awards. It moved the game on.

It's a little bit plasticky, but everything else is fantastic*

*especially with XDA Dev around for support :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umd:
I have Galaxy S too. Before that I had Desire(you can see that from my nickname:D). What I mean, I can easily compare them. And they are both Android.

When it's about gaming SGS is better, of course, but for generally use Desire works faster and smoother(when both have good roms). Most important thing is Desire works much more stable.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prototype22:
Yes!!because of the screen Samoled!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmerX:
samsung sucks at Software
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jobiza:
If htc and samsung would do phone together, with htc software and source release coupled with Samsung's hardware they could rule the smartphone world, too bad it will never happen. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lx1:
I´ve selled my HTC Desire 1 months ago, and bought a Galaxy S. And YES i´m Happy with.

The only thing i missing is a notification LED.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Fantastic phone for tweaking and hacking, goes like blazes once tweaked, and with sgs2 out the price is silly cheap!

Insanity cm 014/glitch
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lunchbox115:
Had a Samsung Wave before. Then I bought the SGS and I'm still very happy with it cause I like modding and flashing. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChaosPope:
More or less happy, the build quality could have been better + the stock ROM got very laggy after a while, but i think its the hardwares fault, because all the custom ones get weird after a while too. Good that i make app backups and keep a nand one too, so theres little problem if the phone goes berserk on me. I really hope there are no such problems with SIII.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leu6407:
Yes...

After i discovered Android in March 2011, with a small Galaxy Europa, then a Galaxy Fit...i changed for few months for a new Nokia E7..my son insisted, he's a Nokia fan...so that was until last March, when i changed E7 with a SGS...wich i will use it till will die...

Tried allmost all the roms's from XDA, in a final i had choosen 3 as favourites...Slim, F4k and RemICS.

As long will continue to work properly, i will never change or buy another phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikness360:
well,obviously when I bought it(I remember it was 8 months ago)I was very happy with it,its functionalities,its gorgeous screen...but the gps,the lagging due to an no more up to date hardware,makes it difficult to give an objective answer since I'm half happy and half disappointed as now,seeing as other phones come out at a cheaper price with higher specifications,often I think about getting another phone,a more powerful but smaller in size.anyway I'm grateful for the time I'm using it,it's a good phone!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanchez_13:
Best phone I ever bought. I'll be sad when it eventually dies from excessive flashing :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaurav.c:
very much

ofcourse, i'm really really happy with my phone and its mainly because of the amazing dev support that it has. I'm currently downloading JB for my phone. A phone which was meant to run GB is running JB, i mean what more can anyone ask for. Its all thanks to awesome developers at XDA.!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrglCe:
It is a really great phone. If I go to the store and compare it to other newest phones, my galaxy S still beat some.

Even if is 3 years old. If you root it you can do almost everything with it. There are also great roms out there, so you've

got a lot of choice. THANKS to all developers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stratos7:
Oh yeah :)

It plays any game I throw at it and any video I throw at it.

Oh and it makes calls too...

I LOL inside when I hear others say how "awesum" their newer device is, while my i9000 can handle the same stuff as theirs

doesn't have a led flash but oh well!

Gonna use it until it kicks the bucket :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gal-x-e:
Today i can tell you that there are a lot of minuses comparing to the iPhone 4 (speed referring). Speed is very important for me, the faster its go the sharper I can be will u my smartphone. I'm also happy to have android device. Whetting for android 5. Hope not to disappointed.

By the way thank you xda & cainogenmod
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakymod2120:
I have my SGS i9000 since the first days ...and up to now i`m very happy about my SGS :good::good:

Stable device, for his age top performance, and because of many many developers we can mod mod mod :cowboy::cool:

And for Samsung it was the beginning of the SGS-Series !!!

Hope we get Android 4.3 :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PRODIGSTAR:
There is an alpha in the development thread, hopefuly we will share the joy of having the newest Android version! :) This phone was among the best of its generation and can still lay claim to being the very best there is. If you know how to treat it, it's a nice piece of technology. I know there are way more powerful devices out there, but my i9000 is my first android phone and it's like a brother to me. I repaired its microusb port 2 times already and it was worth it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compacity:
use some script tweak.....