[Vibrant General] 12paq:
Caution; possible moderate RANT coming....:rolleyes:

I am happy for you, that you only have a couple of issues. I was that way too... but kinda hit a frustration wall here and what complicates it, I really like the device, its awesome. I use it daily as it was meant to be used, but now I struggle with the cumulative affects of bugs and issues and lack of quick response from the manufacturer. Like the Gallery Hog/crash issue of this topic, this one really added up to the frustration point for me that you see in my posts.

I am very happy you personally verified the modem issues, now I feel safe and cozy.

My Vibrant has a original stock Kernel, JI6 via ODIN, with the Mobile AP Mod, and a Battery Mod, Rooted with OCLF, lag fix applied, nothing else.

I can pick up a crappy iPhone and all this works and just stays working. I can't use an iPhone because I want and need to tweek and want a device to do far more. Jailbreaking was fun but was bug city. I also dislike Apples business model. I love my Vibrant. Shouldn't these primary and secondary functions work out of the box? It does work well as a phone, and in many, many ways, I must say.

Should I have had to wait way to long for fixes or fix it myself? I actually really enjoy tinkering with Google phones. Even a big problem like the GPS I could wait for and be understanding, and had fun flashing mods to try to fix it, XDA rocks, the JI4 leak GPS fix Mod worked, kinda, but even after JI6 it is still crap. I have an old Pocket PC with a CF/GPS card stuck into it that works way better side by side. Geez a common snap to road feature would be great, its been in GPS software for years. (I have to check Google Navigator to see if it has this feature)...

Lag? It simply should not be a problem. They blew it with the file structure limitations of their choice of storage memory. It is better in JI6. With OCLF 2.0 it rocks. But why is it a problem in the first place? Granted it was fun to fix, and Ryan did an outstanding job putting the fix together. But better not get a rare OTA with it on... Just disable it first, I know.

Some Vibrant compasses work some never did some are fixed now. Mine worked out of the box, then JI6 broke it. If I do another figure eight pattern standing in my front yard again my neighbors are going to haul me to the looney bin. ;)

One asked me why I need a compass, "ya dumbass? we live on the plains at the base of the rocky mountains, that gigantic strip of mountains over there is west, they go north and south, you can see them on a cloudy day, what are going to Africa again?" point taken.:rolleyes:

Maps; I used extensively on many handhelds, with the many outdoor activities in my region (I was a Pocket PC, now windows Mobile and Tom Tom GPS beta tester, for whatever the hell thats worth)both topographical and street. The Vibrant bad and/or crappy GPS tosses it all out the window. GPS should have worked the day I got it. Like I said one or two things I can deal with its a powerful complex device. But roll out a timely fix, like most other smart phone companies. ...oh and one that really corrects the problem so it performs to comparable devices of its time. At least on my device its not there yet.

Links on Email are broken if they contain a "&" or "=" sign. To elaborate as asked; you click the link, you do not go there, it fails.

Copy and paste is terrible, (yes I know promised better in Froyo, the 'froever delayed' Froyo). No copy or paste in email. Fail. Web copy and paste is only practical at a rudimentary level like URLs and Photos maybe. Selecting text, rough at best or impossible. I could do this easily on a Pocket PC 8 years ago.

Your post highlighted my point exactly with the deleting Media Hub issue. Should the general public have to root their phone to get super user permission, risking there warranty to remove a program via another program just to not go through 2-3 battery charges in a day? If Media Hub was that dysfunctional it should not be there in that function, on a $600 device? come on. The fix? I'm fine with it, but should a smart phone be released with all these issues?

No device global spell check. (Personal thing here, yes its and Android OS issue) and I'm dreaming.

My market downloads hang, not a Vibrant problem? Fine. Thats cool. But its a function on my phone that does not work., (cleared cashes, tried many fixes)

It simply does not work. Edit I can get it to work on 3G sometimes if I take it on and off of WiFi, other times it justs hangs and I need a reboot. Grrrr...

No sync. Sure syncs with gmail, Freakbook, Twiter, but Google calenders is even off. No outlook sync. Yes this is Google, I get it. But I have had many devices over the years all very different and all with different OS's all synced with my Windows machines easily. The Vibrant does not. By itself I was ok to deal with it. No biggie the device made up for it in other ways easily.

I can live with one or two of theses things, the cumulative affect of not getting solutions and fixes in a timely manor with several of theses issues bothers me. Mostly because I love this phone! I still use it I will not give it up and I want it to just work. Gallery, Media hub, Market, GPS, compass.....some of my small issues,... should just work, shouldn't they?

I share the frustration with the thread OP, except I am not at the never again Samsung point yet, call me a fool maybe, but not yet. However, their slow or none response to multiple issues, like this galley problem just stinks. My frustration is enhanced with this technological tease of an amazing device that even after all this crap it is still great. I like my Vibrant.

Now if I could just view the pictures on it...I am a photographer after all ....:rolleyes:

Don

Ps. The tmoble store manager promised me a froyo update, nor did I mention prior. Store management should know but they do not.