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[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tesmond:
Again Something a little unscientific, used my wifes iphone last night and found something else sgs is better on. With my old i8910, and my work blackberry I have (by touching the screen to my face) accidentally put people on hold. 2-3 months of sgs use I have not done so once, but in one iphone call put someone on hold twice...

The sensor + software combination to prevent this behaviour seems to be superior on the sgs to any other phone I have used. I have read that people have complained on apple forums that this functionality is worse on the iphone 4 than the previous generation.

Additionally I can connect my sgs to most tvs via a cheap cable, so I can watch anything I want in any hotel for example. The iphone requires you to pay a lot for a component only cable which only connect to some tvs...

Again it depends on what you are looking for in a phone. I never listen to music on a hand held device so I cannot comment on that...all the things I have tried so far work as well our better on my sgs. While I do agree the iphone should look better the fact you need to put a case on to user it I prefer the look of my caseless sgs to any iphone with case I have seen so far. As someone said there is no perfect phone, if I could combine the sgs with sony's top camera phone, and the gps of my satnav it would be pretty close.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Schmich:
Do people not understand that those who put some beta 2.2 software are a tiny minority of Samsung customers? Most people are stuck with a super laggy phone and a GPS that does NOT work. Can you just imagine the customer satisfaction of this phone on average? It must be negative to the infinity, I mean the Galaxy S series have sold in the 10'

s

of millions all over the world.

I got this phone for 12 months. It seems like a 3rd of its time it won't have worked properly. I'll never buy Samsung again and I'll make sure my dear friends who get one either due to the problems it causes.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
You mean customer satisfaction on this website right? There are plenty of happy users even here. The problem is that every dissatisfied user seems to end up trolling the forum, whilst those of us who DO like this phone don't troll the forum with "oh, we love this phone"...

Making ridiculous exaggerated claims doesn't help your cause either. Claims such as "super laggy" is a joke honestly, especially since the first example of lag you will use is "it lags when updating", a process which takes 5 secs a day, and is automated in froyo.. Saying the phone doesn't work 33% of the time too is a joke. Do you think making up Bullcrap will help your cause?

Please just sell your phones and go away. If you are dissatisfied, move on with your life. Because you aren't sparking a mutiny against Samsung, Samsung don't care about a few trolls, and all you are doing is ruining XDA..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] brunes:
I don't get why the same people who make a stink about Touchwiz then laud the iPhone. The iPhone launcher is basically the exact same as Touchwiz, thats where they freaking copied it from.

At least you have the supported available option of dropping Touchwiz through a simple free market download. No such option with the iPhone.

My biggest gripe is the GPS. I find it horrible, I can't wait for the fix. Thankfully I have not been on any trips lately that needed it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] veetip:
My Galaxy S is running on the original firmware it came with (JM2) and aside from the lag (which IMO is pretty unnoticeable until a couple of days of uptime), I don't have that many complaints about the software of the device. Most of the issues I have with it are generic problems with Android instead of something specific to the SGS.

(I am not running any lag fixes - the only fix I have done is changed the service menu settings to fix audio quality while headphones are plugged in.)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
People should be able to discuss their experiences with the SGS good or bad. This is a discussion board. For every person complaining there is another like you whining and complaining for them to stop or shutup. Maybe you should consider giving up the internet if it bothers you that much.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
Even in real life, nobody likes a whinger who walks around complaining constantly.

They'd tell you if you don't like something, sell it, and move on with your life. And nobody likes people who makes up crap during debates to try to win.

On internet forums, it also isn't viewed as nice to open dozens of different threads containing the same content..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] d3885u:
Okay dude...have fun with your iphone4, and dont forget to use your "silly jacket" to make a phone call...hahahaha...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
And enjoy the GPS on the iPhone 4 ( which seems to produce the same tracks as the ones on the Galaxy S), and iTunes. I trust that few audio/video format supported, will not force you to re-encode any of your audio.

iTunes is great though. Seriously! I wish I was forced to use it, as the watched folder functionality in other players is pure bloat anyway.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zongamin:
I agree that out of the box performance is poor, but after applying the lag fix, switching touchwiz off in favour of launcher pro and disabling all animations its a totally different device.

No need to be a baby about it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thedauntlessone:
Do you even own this phone? Keep scraping for some sort of reason to prove 4 is better than SGS. If you've done the EQ fix on the SGS and you think it sounds like crap, maybe you should get better headphones. SGS sounds super nice with my UE10Pro.

And I really question people who keep saying out of box performance is poor. Yeah, voodoo made opening apps instant, but without voodoo, the phone is still pretty smooth. of course not as fast as it should be, but you must be ADD if you can't handle the minor lag on the SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
I just love it how all these new people are ragging on those who have been dealing with a malfunctioning product for about 6 months now. (about a third of the products life expectancy) Part of the reason your phone is better right now is because people complained about how bad the original firmware was. You don't like whiners? Well I don't like fanboys! Go ahead keep on saying how great the sgs is, before long Samsung will figure out they can just move on to their next product line and we will all be stuck with an unfinished product. Trust me they are itching to do so. The OP has a legitimate beef with Samsung so if you don't like this thread then stay out of it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
That's 3-4 months, and lets be realistic, the ONLY real problem with this phone currently is the GPS. The lag is heavily overrated. Let's start being specific about problems PLEASE.

And it still doesn't change the fact that if the poster was serious about reaching Samsung, they would have SENT THEIR COMPLAINTS TO SAMSUNG DIRECTLY. Not start yet another new thread..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thedauntlessone:
If he doesn't like the phone, then stay out of the forum. Or better yet, instead of spending all this energy typing on a forum, sell his phone on craigslist/ebay and get a different phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Why? It's a forum intended to discuss things not agree on everything. Besides that it is apparent that information here sometimes finds its way to Samsung so it

might

actually do some good if they get a sense of what users think of their product. Many potential buyers also visit these forums for the same reason. You can't filter opinions in order for that to work.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
It's 4-5 now and it will be at least 6 by the time they fix it. The lag is not heavily overrated and imo worse than the gps problem.

Especially for you the specific problems:

GPS

Lag

Kies

Slow official updates, many users are still stuck on JF3.

For being their flagship device Samsung has done a really poor job, you just can't deny that. They showed flashy ads with software and accessories that basically didn't exist. Sure it can be fixed but Samsung already failed, it's like selling a car and then telling people that the wheels will be six months late. These are not small things but major flaws in the functionality of the product.

Hey my flashed/rooted/lagfixed/detouchwizzed SGS is pretty good, don't you see how ridiculous that is?!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
Yes, that might be so..

But lets look at some "constructive *****ing" shall we?

1) OMG, this phone is useless 33% of the time (really?)

2) The lag makes this phone unusable! (umm.. yeah right)

3) The GPS issues ARE a HARDWARE PROBLEM! FACT! (without an ounce of evidence)

4) Umm, most grannies can't make this phone useful because they can't be expected to use lag fixes (strangely, I can lag fix the phone, but choose not to).

5) The sound quality SUCKS compared to other devices (without running blind tests to prove the claim).

6) Pfft, GPS sucks, I'm getting an iPhone (without any evidence the GPS on the iPhone is better, in fact, there are now some tracks showing they are similar).

7) Samsung will NEVER release froyo. Look at their past history of devices.

8) Samsung are lying, this phone only has 376MB of RAM (based entirely on their memory indicator application).

9) This device is flimsy (based entirely on the theory that plastic can't be strong).

How is that useful to samsung? What's useful to Samsung is posting your separate problems, to the relevant threads...

Now, you argue that Samsung MIGHT read this forum.. But I'll argue, if you want Samsung to read it, send it DIRECTLY to them so that they DEFINITELY read it. If the people *****ing really cared, they would post their opinions to the GPS problems thread, the Lag problems thread and the relevent threads.. Not start a new thread to discuss their sole opinion. That will add more hits to those relevent topics and get a better clue of the real problems.

Ask yourself.. How the hell do people get an informed decision when there are dozens of "my opinion" threads, based on a sole opinion. They will get a bigger idea of how serious the problems are, by seeing a lot of views to the "GPS sucks" thread, and reading through it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
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[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
Does it ever occur to those who post comments like this one that perhaps they don't just sell the phone and buy another one because they can't afford to shell out yet more money on another handset, or because they don't see why they should spend more money even if they could, because they think the product they bought should be able to do what it is claimed to do?

No, I thought not. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gepigio:
I've been following conversations since long time and I'm owner of iPhone and 2 Samsung devices (Omina and Galaxy S). Of course there are different aspects or features making 1 smarphone better than another. But still in the range of functional features.

I was quite happy of the Galaxy S before discovering the GPS issue.!!

On a phone that is heavily based on positiong, this is much more that an issue: it is a killer!!:mad:

To clarify I tried official and non official FW, Eclar and Froyo OS too. Just some changes, some better soem worst.

I was said: if you wish a navigator, by a navigator not a phone.

This is wrong with Google/Android smartphone! An Androind phone with no reliable positioning (since THIS is the case: GPS may lock sooner or later I don't care, but is actually UNreliable while moving) becomes a nice toy with nice features, screen, sound, games etc.

That is NOT an Androind phone. Google itself should kick Samsung much more that users, since Galaxy's buyers cannot use GPS eventually and will give up of Google maps, earth, sky etc. So?

I strongly hope Samsung will fix GPS if possible (I wrote a letter to Them) before I drop this eccelent and great phone into the bin!

Ciao. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alferret:
TBH I always thought it was a developers forum not a whingers & whiners soapbox.

There are plenty of forums around that allow the freedom to slate & berate products & as far a I can see XDA was put in place for those that have a genuine interest in the DEVELOPMENT of the product.

Whilst I don't post often here I do read a lot and seeing all of this actually detracts from XDA's real purpose.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
And this forum is no different. Don't mistake the development channels for the rest of this forum. I'm guessing at least 75% of the threads on XDA are not purely development related.
[Wildfire General] tanagritm:
anyone can help :confused: i'm poor english :confused:

I have tried downgrade to RUU_Buzz_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.15.707.1_Radio_13.45.55.24_3.35.15.31_release_131306_signed.exe

I got this error > " TOUCH PANEL-fail "
[Wildfire General] vadella:
Hi,

Do you managed to launch RECOVERY MODE on you device?
[Wildfire General] MeiTeS:
same issue...RUU update to 2.29.405.02..and nothing...

only HBOOT\FASTBOOT working....recovery and standart boot stuck on htc logo...

atempting to push recovery via fastboot fail in all methods i could find on net...

?????????????

please
[G2 and Desire Z General] QwertyAccess:
My Windows 7 is doing a Scandisk and Repair

when I first mounted the G2, anyone run into that?

I'm running the scan/repair anyway, but the only times i've ever seen

that when mounting my phone was back when my G1's microsd card was going bad.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Naimand:
Yeah happened to me also. I just checked the first box and started it. Took like 3 seconds and then everything was fine after that.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Jorsher:
Same here.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
It's normal. Happens to all my SD cards. No worries.
[G2 and Desire Z General] daijizai:
Ditto. Happened first time and never again. I suspect that HTC imaged the card after failing to remove it properly... possiblly a disk write was still occuring.

Never happens for me on any of my other microsd or flash devices.

@ericc191, if this happens all the time for you then you might want to consider using the safe removal feature in Windows... Sounds like you I/O is not quite finished when you yank the card.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lbcoder:
Right... I wouldn't let a windoze within 1000 feet of anything I own.

Don't trust it!
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidtoy09:
Steve Ballmer’s secret agenda: make life harder for Android.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Jorsher:
Windows has nothing to do with this other than informing you that it may have errors since the write wasn't properly finished. I fail to see how this is bad. No, I'm not a Windows fanboy. I use Windows and Linux at home, and operate a Linux web-server and Linux media server.

Anyway, whatever bulk-flashing equipment they used most likely didn't "eject" the memory cards "properly." I highly doubt there's anything wrong with the data, but I fixed it anyway because the warning is annoying.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
Roger, I'll try that
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kageneko:
I'm looking for a music app that does the following:

plays music from a folder, without having to create a playlist.

resumes playback from the track position on restarts.

supports shuffle all/repeat all tracks from a folder.

I used to use Just Playlists, but after upgrading to the latest OTA and rooting with unrevoked3, it no longer resumes at the track position the app exited from.

Astro beta player spikes CPU usage to over 80% (according to watchdog lite).

Mort player does not resume track position reliably.

Most of the other ones I've tested from the market fail at the resume track position function.

Any other app suggestions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flomexico:
Mixzing. I love it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typeadam:
+1 Though what you describe sounds like some old-school pTunes from the PalmOS days! :D MixZing is probably the closest you'll get that I know of.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kageneko:
mixzing does not do play from folder (must use playlists), and does not do resume track position on restart.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4rk0358:
Guess I'm not sure what you're saying here. I use mixzing and don't use playlists.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kageneko:
i have several folders of music that I play, and do not want them intermixed on playback. Mixzing can play your entire library, by album, by artist, or by playlist. If I only want to play... say... a folder of trance mixes, I must create a playlist to just play that folder.

Mixzing also does not restart the track from the last played position when exiting and then restarting.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxBenJamminxx:
Unsure about the resuming of the track, but I use one called Lithium Player. It has some options to allow you to change the color scheme of the widget and allows you to set which folder you want it to play from along with all the other features your looking for I believe. Check it out, might do what your looking for.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MSmith1:
The newest mortplayer. Thank me later.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kageneko:
uhm.... reread my first post.

"Mort player does not resume track position reliably."

I already have the latest version of mortplayer, mortplayer for ebooks, and the mortplayer widget installed. While I loved the winmo version of it, the android version lacks features that were present in the winmo version, such as

"resumes playback from the track position on restarts."

you can test this out if you want. Play a track on mortplayer. Then pause it. Reboot your phone or kill the mortplayer process/task. Open mortplayer. It will open to the track you were playing, but will have moved the slider back to 0:00.

Just Playlists did this fine, but now I have lost that functionality after going to froyo and rooting with unrevoked3. I have already emailed the developer, but he could not isolate the issue, so I'm looking for alternatives.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NonCorp:
I'd like to see some suggestions too. I was using Mortplayer, but if you leave it paused for too long it forgets your track position and starts it over. Besides this, it also seems to be bugging out my alarm clock periodically.

Stock player does not support BT fwd and rwd buttons? Lame.

Can anyone suggest a music player that supports BT controls, remembers track position, and is just generally a good music player?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4rk0358:
I play music by genre when using mixzing. All of my music is properly tagged by genre so if I select the hip hop folder in 'genre' all I have to do is long press hip hop and a menu pops up with 'play' as an option. I select play and it will play all of that particular genre. The paid version of mixzing also lets you edit tags and comes with a 10 band EQ.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adtjones:
I've been looking for the exact same thing. Player Pro is the best I've found so far. The resume is not 100% reliable, but it tends to keep the position after reboots (though I don't really reboot often enough in the middle of podcasts, etc to say this with any authority). Adding a bookmark feature would help. It's very good, folder-wise, I think, though the auto-detecting of folders (there's no manual refresh) can be frustrating when trying to listen to something just downloaded. Also, it's pretty good looking. Definitely shows a lot of promise.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typeadam:
Incorrect. I use MixZing everyday when I walk to work and it certainly does pick up where you left off in the track. I just even check it now - literally holding the phone, clicking the widget, it opened the last song I was listening to and there it is - it's still paused at 3:34 - and I've even rebooted my phone several times today b/c I've been flashing themes.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4rk0358:
I'll vouch for that as well.

Also, the developers are quick to respond to questions.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SITH16:
Cubed is the best one I've ever seen. Its free on the market.

HTC	Evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatmanxxl:
Meridian supports bt controls.

Cubed looks nice but I have trouble navigating around, its confusing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cornell:
Music Player Pro Haaaaannnndddss down the BEST!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahnile:
You def.ly should try out Player Pro AKA Music Player pro. This is one of the best music App available... It got all the option you listed plus you can choose 4 different skin for the player including a WMP...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiffaniw:
Mixzinger

I just tried several times on Mixzinger and it does not resume playback from where it was left off. I just can't believe that there isn't a music player out there that can pull off this most basic function.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_black03:
MusicMod is a pretty legit app, its froyo only though

http://www.andyappaday.com/2010/08/17/andy-app-music-mod-froyo-only-by-eliot-stocker/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4rk0358:
I don't understand why this doesn't work for you. Maybe it's because I have the paid version? Try emailing the developer. He has been very quick to respond to my questions.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahnile:
I agree, def.ly hands down....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahnile:
Y

You should def.ly give player pro a shot. Also double twist can do all what you are requesting...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
I want a music player that doesn't scan the entire SD card for media and consider it as part of the library. I want to be able to specify the root media directory and it scan only that directory and its sub-directories.

Suggestions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewwy420:
Mixing can scan only folders you want. They also recently added the option to "group folder as album". And it does resume where u left off. Even after reboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacrossev:
Lithium also does that
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tregrad:
Yeah, this stock pile of steaming crap player scans the whole sd card and puts EVERYTHING in your list.

this is exactly what i need, I have seminars etc on my card that i dont want to listen to after jammin some Red Hot Chilli Peppers LOL.

couldnt find lithium on the market?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottspa74:
There's a beta vlc player here on xda. It will do exactly that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeWjF:
Poweramp.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IceCreamHoney:
MIUI Music is gonna be included in the next version of my rom. Does almost everything you said.
[Desire General] Ultrazauberer:
Hello anyone! I have a strange issue with the battery of my HTC Desire. It is an original AMOLED type. I'm using Leedroid v2.0a and also wiped my battery stats.

The phone lasts 48h if I use it normally.

But I have an issue: when I unplug my phone in the morning it shows ~90% battery juice. Somedays I also had 88%. It differs from day to day. So also 95% is possible. I plugged in the phone at night, so the whole night the phone can power up till the morning.

Can anyone say why this happen?
[Desire General] Danifamous:
It is a known bug, and you should use the search feature ;) I believe you have to charge it fully, wipe battery stats, and charge it from that. Could be wrong, but check Q&A or the Roms thread
[Desire General] misiokicio:
Just a have a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755903
[Desire General] iLHaNroID:
+1

mine is original froyo & untouched Desire and it is same here. If I turn 3G data off (also wifi and bt are kept off as well) then i can see 100%, otherwise it is abt 90 as in your case.
[Desire General] fingers6:
Hi, looking for a nice and clean task widget, preferably one what will sync with google tasks,

anyone have any recommendations?
[Desire General] madd0g:
Dato Gtasks
[Desire General] fingers6:
thanks for the help!