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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bandis710:
Thanks for your answer. My problem, however is a bit different . Android market is working well adn I can see and download paid apps but ...not all of them I have bought abduction world attack and pure calendar widget ( so they are available in my region) but after flashing the JPK firmware they are not visible anymore in the market ..I am affraid that if I install the eris market fix my froyo apps ( adobe flash , new gmail) won't show up in the market anymore. ..

Edit:

Solved the problem myself. changed the fingerprint in the built.prop to JPH and everything is visible in the market
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Gizoid1337:
I recently started using my HTC tilt 2 again, but there serious problems I believe could be just software errors. I am running kalhimeo Lite 3.2 rom and I installed s2p 0.83b and while music plays either from the bluetooth headset (Sony ericsson MW600) or from the stock htc headphone adapter box the music stops after a while and the phone will not respond (screen is blank, status led remains blinking, sliding the keyboard or power key does nothing connecting to a power source or PC does nothing) and I have to either A) reset button or B) take the battery out. As of Posting I uninstalled S2U2 and am going to try playing music with the stock lock and see if that works.

Also How do I set S2P to read avrcp controls properly?

any OS rom or music/screen lock program suggestions are appreciated (also might be in wrong forum)
[XPERIA X10 General] postmortemfear:
modmymobile.com/forums/566-motorola-backflip-motus-roms/556727-rom-preclair-beta1-yes-2-1-apps2sd-9-23-10-a. html

wow pretty depressing

even tho its not an official release id be happy with even that

i need a super coder to release a 2.1 custom rom now
[XPERIA X10 General] naplesbill:
It is actually a ported Rom from a cliq.
[XPERIA X10 General] -PiLoT-:
Wow, Pointless
[Captivate General] CatFan:
For anyone wanting to know if they should by a Galaxy S phone or not here is my 2 cents worth. The phone has decent hardware, except maybe for the GPS. The screen is the best I've ever used.

So much for the good stuff. If you are one of those users who reloads phone ROMs every week then by all means, this is the phone for you. If you are a user who wants to buy a phone that does what it is advertised to do then STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!!!

The first requirement for a phone on my list is to be able to syncronize AT LEAST my contact list. If all you use is Google then you are one of the lucky ones. If you want to syncronize with Outlook you will have better luck buying lottery tickets. I've tried to syncronize 2 different Captivate phones with 5 different computers. On 2 of the computers I was ably to get the phone to sync one time on each computer. The rest of the times it ranges from the phone saying it is connected and the computer constantly looking for a connection to the Samsung software not even running. After spending more than 3 hours with Samsung Tech support, both tier 1 and tier 2, the final resolution was this: We are sorry but Samsung does not support Kies and syncronizing in North America! So if I move to say, Vietnam, Samsung will help me but since I live in North America I'm screwed? Are you kidding me? They recommended going to the Android Market and buying software that will let me do what I want. This isn't even an option for me though since I cannot even get the Samsung USB drivers to load. No amount of aftermarket software is going to fix that but obviously Samsung got my money already so it's not their problem anymore.

I guess this is the way the world works anymore. We already got your money so screw you! That's OK. I'll buy many more electronic devices in my life. Many may be good and many may be bad but I do know one thing...none will ever be Samsung again!!!!!
[Captivate General] iRetard:
Every phone has flaws, and the samsung rep gave the best info available. This phone was never advertised to sync to outlook, nor is it possible to sync it with stock. If you want to sync outlook, google for apps to do that. To say that this phone is junk simply because it won't fit your exact needs is just greedy. If you want a phone that is specifically for business out of the box, then get a blackberry. Crying about what your phone cant do is pointless, go google around and fix it rather than complain.
[Captivate General] boborone:
Yep, winmo or bb. Sell the phone and get a wp7 in a month and a half.

From a phone on an app
[Captivate General] Krad:
Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Sour people like this don't know what they have.... go talk to an iphone user with dropped calls and crappy data.... phone is great and works well with exchange. Sure gps could be better but this phone is easily the best phone i have seen and owned.
[Captivate General] cclem700:
I came from an iphone to the captivate. I use this phone for business and it works just fine. I don't rely on my phone for important e-mail, rather I forward from my mail server to my gmail account. It would be foolish for anyone to rely on a phone exclusively for anything of great importance. I took the time to add all of my regular contacts(300+) to my gmail account and eliminated the problem of synchronization with outlook. After the update, my GPS works just fine, but I do have a real gps in my truck if needed. I don't expect my 200.00 phone to replace A real GPS unit(200.00), a real computer(1200.00 give or take) and thousands in software. I only expect it to compliment them and it does this nicely. I enjoy this phone much more than my old iphone or blackberry.

And FWIW, my Samsung BluRay player and TV work great!
[Captivate General] nooomoto:
I'm just happy that ATT finally got around to offering a high-end Android handset. I waited for so long with my iPhone 3G. I followed press-releases up to the launch of the Galaxy S line, and on launch day went and bought my phone. I also got one for my GF. We both love our phones. Not that they don't have their issues, but I've never had a phone that didn't have some kind of issues.

My GPS works SOMETIMES, which is ok by me as I don't need it all the time, and I can always just look at the maps which are always available if I'm really in a pinch. The only real complaint I have about this phone is the Touchwiz UI. I didn't dump my iPhone to get something thats trying to be an iPhone...but thats ok as ROMs will take care of that!

You can spend your whole life searching for a phone or consumer electronic device that doesn't have problems. They will all encounter issues at one point or another. My next handset will probably be an HTC, but that doesn't mean I'd completely swear off Samsung all together.

Finally, in us coming together and trying to figure out all these problems and ways to improve our phones we are embracing what Android is all about. I like learning about this stuff and trying different things with my phone. If I wanted something that a 3 year old could use, I'd go back to the iPhone.
[Captivate General] keitht:
Just wanted to mention that you do not have to root and flash ROMS to get out of TouchWiz UI. You can install another launcher like TouchPro which I use and is the best for customizing away from the iPhone feel if you like.
[Captivate General] S4NDM4NN:
Love threads like this, especially when it is the OP's first post.
[Captivate General] CatFan:
Samsung Homers

Flame all you want but when the ATT rep selling me the phone says it will sync I firmly believe it is my right to expect it to sync. If Samsung isn't going to support my phone why make me waste 3 hours talking to them before they tell me to go away. You are free to do as you please but I am also free to let others know what to expect before they make a purchase. Newbies beware. You would be well advised not to listen to only me or these others who would lead you to belive it is the best phone you can buy.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST!!

One thing is for sure. SAMSUNG WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH AMERICA. If you do not believe me then go to Samsungs website and download the Kies app. NOTE: You will have to switch to a region outside of North America to even get to the download. Look through the forums. Other posts will also show this same thing. Once you install Kies, after you finally can find it, then try to go to the Android Market in the app. It will tell you it is not supported in your region. Once you buy this phone you are on your own supporting yourself.

I do think it is funny that you flamers are suggesting if I want a phone that really works I should by WinMo or Blackberry. :)
[Captivate General] Justinph5:
Sounds more like it should be " I'm through with AT&T and their crap"

So you listened to an AT&T rep about what a phone could do, the phone didn't do it, so you blame the phone? Why not blame the AT&T rep for lying to you, it's not the phones fault.

All the things you've complained about are fixable, and most all of them with quick app downloads. This will be the same thing for all Android phones, if it's not there, an app is probably made for it anyways. You seem to be too lazy to look for ways to customize your Android phone for what you need, or even research it, so a different phone OS is probably best for you. :)
[Captivate General] Krad:
I am wondering what phone you will be going to from the captivate.

As i said before, android is for people who like to read manuals, or who know and take the time to program a universal remote. If you don't have patience for that stuff stick with an iphone.

I am loving my captivate with ssh, rdp, vnc, logmein, vpn, keyring, canon printing from my phone... list goes on and on...

These phones are just like blackberries, it is pretty hard to brick them.. so what can't you figure out here, that you would need to call them about?

still easily the best phone i have ever seen or used to date, and after killing the phone all day with 4+ hours of talk, web, twitdroid, weatherbug, facebook, gps, etc.. I still charge at night with about 30% battery life...

I am one happy dood.
[Captivate General] keitht:
I think most of you are being a little harsh with this guy. This guy expects a good experience out of the box and he didn't get it. Whether it was lack of knowledge, something someone told him, whatever. Having been in the technical support business most my life, I expect things to not work as I want even before I get my new phone. I research the issues in the forums expecting to come across them before my new phone is in my hands. It really shouldn't be this way. Perfect example is GPS. This didn't work properly out of the box for MOST people including myself. How can you release anything where a major feature just simply does not work? And on top of that, take over 2 months to come out with an update where no one knows for sure if it was addressed or not? And further, the update fails for most people? And even bricks phones? What happens when an update is forced on you, you are out of warranty and your phone is bricked? This seems like a big problem to me.

I just got my phone and I love it. But I am one that is skeptical on owning another Samsung phone again. My update failed at 100% and I am happy that my phone was not fried. My GPS is now working thank goodness but the failed update has me concerned. What happens when Froyo update comes out? I suspect we will be here again with 1000 threads on how the update fried phones. All issues I blame Samsung, they need to control these updates and take responsibility for failures. Calling ATT for an update failure should automatically send you to Samsung where they need to resolve the issue regardless. If that is a replacing the phone, so be it. ATT and Samsung pointing fingers at each other will not resolve the actual issue or even help to figure out what the issue is. Instead of pointing fingers, technical support should be gathering information and log files, isolate the problem, and come up with a fix. That does not seem to be happening in my opinion.

And on top of all this, there needs to be a supported way to restore the phone back to factory OS regardless of what you do to it. We can do this with our Windows OS! And ODIN does not count. If you flash that to JH6 and try to update, you get 50% failure so that is not a true restore.

I would expect better from a device that is $500+ with no carrier commitment.
[Captivate General] shadow65781:
well it is easier for a windows device to talk to a windows device.

not so much for linux and windows.

that, not the gps is this phones biggest flaw.(in my opinion)

just hope they got this bug worked out of the tab
[Captivate General] nooomoto:
Yeah I checked out the launchers and decided on ADW Launcher. What a difference!
[Captivate General] FIREONHIGH:
godbless you my brother
[Captivate General] FIREONHIGH:
Ok just go die a happy death ,att/sam/craptivate
[Captivate General] jasonyump:
Oma fuhreekin gawd!! Finally someone who understands how much this phone sucks!! I was under the impression this phone would do EVERYTHING.

Well i don't want to try and sell my phone and buy another phone. Let me start and write a long ass story on how my phone ruined my life.

My life sucks and Im alone and my phone isn't filling that void. So i was sold this phone had many free apps to do whatever i want. So i tried when i bought this phone.

Heres my story about that.

I want my phone to be my bestfriend. So i found this app and it talk back to me when i talk to it. But it only speaks spanish. I've been ok with it for the first 30 days i owned the phone, but now its really starting to piss me off and i can't take it back because i waited til after 30 days. If i wanted a phone that speaks spanish i wouldn't have bought this! I want an English phone. Too late, screw you Samsung!

I don't want to have to use apps to make my phone better. I don't even want to mod it a little. Even if it makes it amazing. I want it to be perfect when its out of the box. And only want to use it. No apps. You know what i mean.

Im impatient because my life sucks and i can't wait for updates.

And btw wtf My PHONE doesn't do all the same things my computer does. I hate this.

And like i said, i was under the impression this phone does everything..

Well. It has yet to tie my fawkin shoes. So fawk this phone!!

Can i get a fistpump!!?!
[Captivate General] broadrivr:
:eek:.... lol
[Captivate General] Justinph5:
I have never seen a powerful multi-use electronic device that has worked perfectly the way it's wanted right out of the box though. A computer does not come with software and accessories. An ipod has never come full of the music you want. A camera doesn't come with the batteries, cards and lenses.

Accessories and add-ons are always needed to customize a device to one's own use. It requires a lot more set up than out of the box.

I respect when someone does not like or recommend something they've used, tried to get it to work right, and could not get it working. We all know that most major companies have horrible customer service, who don't know what they're talking about. But to hate a device and write about it because it doesn't meet the customized standards you want right of the box?

This is what this forum is for. Troubleshooting and creating, without the need of the large companies telling us what to do. He hasn't asked anyone here if there is a solution to the problem, or tried to get help. Even in this thread someone got help with something they wanted changed. People around here are eager to find solutions to problems we have.

I understand not liking the phone out of the box. But the problem is with not understanding the OS, apps, and also an AT&T rep. It may have needed a little research, but usually any high-end electronic device does. This is like me buying a Canon 1D dslr, and saying that it's crap because it doesn't fit the lenses I already have, and someone said my SD card would fit in it, but it doesn't... :P
[Captivate General] terrigan:
I really do love this quote.. it just says it all.
[Captivate General] MrFreeze29:
This is the best phone I've ever owned

I was able to sync my phone with outlook just fine. I googled around and found a link to download Samsung kies. I found the drivers that I needed, connected the phone to my pc and hit sync and the transfer was done in no time.
[Captivate General] benebrady:
Hi Marty,

I know you may be feeling frustrated, but you cannot blame Samsung for this. This is a problem between you and AT&T... The reason Samsung doesn't support Kies in North America is because they probably have a clause in their agreement with AT&T to not allow the use of Kies. It's pure and simple AT&T evil. Just like AT&T's draconian control of the Android Market. Do yourself a favor, read some of the threads here in the forum, follow the advice, download the correct drivers and you'll be able to use Kies in no time. I was a complete Android newbie and I was able to accomplish it in a few hours. I'm sure you're just as capable as I am.
[Captivate General] bigdaddy4u:
I agree with you 120% - People are Really starting to settle for so little - If you sell a product it should just WORK! and Stellar Customer Service for that product shouldn't be a luck of the draw nor be applauded, but come STANDARD! These Big companies should be Accountable for their actions and lack of them - For At&t & Samsung to sell are product that Does Not work and Know they don't work and Continue to sell them should be illegal. When People Not Only Stop Questioning the pain in their rectal area, but start to Embrace it - Why wouldn't the Big Companies continue to pump more and more shaft to us? You know just like the little GPS icon pumping it's way to a Lock (ENDLESS!)
[Captivate General] shaolin95:
What a useless post!

We sure won't miss you around here....bye bye now.
[Captivate General] kennonk:
My captivate syncs perfectly with our corperate mail service, contacts and all. Do you use outlook on your desktop without an Exchange backend? If so then 2001 is calling, they want their email client back. Try importing your outlook contacts into gmail.
[Captivate General] bettingpython:
First off you listened to a salesman instead of doing your own research, no reason to bash the phone for that, android 2.1 was not advertised as synching with outlook, it was advertised as synching with exchange server via baked in support not a 3rd party app. Both my wife and I have captivates and we both have our respective employers exchange accounts synched with our phones, flawlessly for the last 2 months I might add, I jumped on the captivate the day it hit the shelf at my local at&t store, I also have my yahoo account synched and my personal domain POP3 account synched up with my phone. Obviously this is along with my google account.

W both use our exchange calendars and contacts to manage our corporate to do items and contacts and google to manage our personal calendars and contacts.

Saying outlook won't synch is in fact correct since active sync is a microsoft product for end users that don't have an exchange server but use the outlook client and would like to sync the client contact database and mail items.

FYI on exchange the captivate actually works better and has less trouble than winmobiles outlook client, every time their was an exchange glitch with my wifes account we had to wipe the account configuration from her treo pro and set the account back up.

Take your uninformed rant elsewhere and learn to research what you are doing before popping off next time please.

If by chance you are trying to sync to an exchange server I suspect that you are missing something simple in setting up the account and doamin information on your phone.
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Just get an iphone4, they work 100% like they're supposed to. Samsung has never been good about tech support or customer service after the sale. Its how they are and how they always will be. Believe me, I'm counting down the months till I can get away from this P.O.S. phone myself. 2 down, 22 to go :-(
[Captivate General] jermean:
I have a captivate and I have to say... being an employee that is in the position of having and using whichever device I choose. I have chosen the Captivate over the iPhone 4 the blackberry tourch and whatever w7m device that's forthcoming. While Samsung has in the past released devices that have made me pull my hair out I must say they have step it up with this one. I sell at least one every day. And when the Galaxy Tab is released I will sell it too. :-)
[Captivate General] Kanzeon:
Samsung's PR guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk
[Captivate General] GermanGuy:
This will be my last Samsung Phone. What I have learned from this fiasco is that you should never count on any promises to fix a broken product. If the product does not work when you buy it, just return it. However, i was so eager to jump ship to Android that I took the risk and now GPS is still broken despite the promises to fix the GPS. Google navigation is one big selling point of Android devices. The Galaxy fails miserably in that regard. I am just fed up. I hope there will be a G2 equivalent on At&t.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Amen! And let us not forget IT'S A PHONE. If you want a GPS unit, go buy a Tom-Tom or Garmin.
[Captivate General] Sellitus:
All of these problems sound like technical limitations. I know it's close but this isn't a PC it's a phone, and just like all phones until this point it doesn't do every single thing in the world perfectly. GL
[Captivate General] dajeoo:
@cappysw10, if something is advertised a certain way, it should work. I dont know what kind of consumer you are but we like what we pay for to work as intended.
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Amen!! Its funny what kind of garbage consumers accept now. And its even hard to vote with your wallet now because they all give you the same crappy level of support and quality.
[Captivate General] derek4484:
That right there is a cop out and a pretty f'ing stupid statement. It's supposed to be a functioning GPS unit. Thats why its got navigation software on it, thats why it's got a GPS chip in it, and thats why Samsung and AT&T both advertise it as having completely functioning GPS.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Relax, all I said is the main function is a phone. If you want a dedicated GPS unit, go and buy one. :eek:
[Captivate General] Justinph5:
I bought mine to also use for geocaching. Works great. Last time I was out I found 10 before I turned it off so the battery wouldn't die ;) I now also use it for navigation while fishing the flats :P

Most people complain because they tried it indoors or it didn't lock within 10 seconds the first few times they tried it, it's the same way for Garmin's, they don't work indoors at all, and can take some time to get their fixes. Go and use it for what it's meant for before you complain, if it puts you 100 feet away from your track for 2 seconds (which mine hasn't done) quit complaining (especially on here, where all these people care about is fixing issues, not hearing people whine about how they hate it) :)

My next step is to build a solar USB charger for mine. Definitely worth the money. :)
[Captivate General] tsachi:
I have experience with bb curve, bb bold 9000, bb bold 9700, and iphone 3gs. All keep the lock with 5-10m accuracy through hiking, driving, kayaking, and biking. The captivate doesn't. You may be one of the lucky few whose gps work. Good for you. Don't assume that everyone else uses it wrong. For the price point of this phone I expect the promised features to work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obsanity:
I'm wondering what is everyone using since the cm6 dialer doesn't search contacts as you type their name in T9 format. Or is there a setting I'm missing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Dialer one off the market has all of those sense features :)