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[Galaxy Tab General] olyloh6696:
Nice! I noticed you have a few other tablets now. Do you still own and use the galaxy tab on a regular basis?

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[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
I installed it as a navigator in my dads car... works good :)
[Galaxy Tab General] cleonardo:
I feel so unsure,when i buy gtab 1000 and 6200. Should i buy 6200 my friends?
[Galaxy Tab General] sos_sifou:
another tablet???? If you have enough money go for it dude! but keep in mind that after a month or two Samsung will lunch a newer one, better, cuter and smoother :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Tab General] FC1032:
Hello!

I'd just like to share my experience about my tab now that there are some really well done ICS ROMs out there!

Good:

* I feel that the ICS ROMs run smoother than my previous install of GB (MIUI). Sure there is some lag between some transitions, but compared to GB, they aren't that bad...

* ICS allows us to use our tab as a TABLET. I've always felt the tab was treated too much as an oversized phone. Now with ICS, the panes and the way the UI is done makes the tab much more usable in other orientations!

* :) Who doesn't like a new version of android to muck around with? I haven't been able to put my tab down for days (even though I own a Gnex and know what ICS is like)

Not so good:

* Extremely picky people will dislike the lag I've mentioned... I seriously think its running fine (as in, we've got so much more out of our tab, with minimum impact to performance compared to GB)

* There are still some things to iron out: Currently besides the nightlies, most ROMs don't have a few things functional (camera comes to mind).
[Galaxy Tab General] PinkDroyed:
I put so many different roms etc on mine, she takes a beating. I got it so hot once I had to put in the freezer no joke lol.. Love it.
[Galaxy Tab General] XenoStrat:
Tried multiple roms too; the only ICS I got working until now is a CDMA one (although I have a GSM). The others reboot all the time... But I'm sure I'll get there! :)

Besides that, Overcome rocks!
[Galaxy Tab General] zeroxia:
I think the boot up procedure is too long, as well as the power off procedure.

And it's weird this device will vibrate shortly when power off, but will not do that when you hold the power button to power up, you never know whether you have been holding the button long enough to wake it up....
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
Of course you know... if it only vibrates in condition x, no vibrations means its in condition y. A common delusion among people with poor spacial mechanical perception.

No offense of course, you will probably be a great philosopher or historian or something :-)
[Galaxy Tab General] katarusiva:
#mile stone 5 pblm ?

Pls help me I just installed aokp milestone 5 rom actually the pblm is while I am playing 1080 p mkv hw accelearted video through dice player it hangs and it just stuck and showing force close pls help me and one more thing my external _SD is not working and it is not showing as esd in sdcard so irristable pls pls help me how to fix it
[Galaxy Tab General] saintsoulja:
With the amount of money i bought this 6 months ago is ridiculous. The thing does not deserve it! Do not like it at all.
[Galaxy Tab General] accxess:
Galaxy Tab Fire Test

So, the jist is this, I purchased my Tab when it first came to Canada on release day(late August early September if memory serves). Please keep in mind that this device was purchased for the sole purpose of learning and expanding into android.

Current: 4.04 AOKP build-40, OC 1200 with lagfree governing, blah blah.

To the fire test: decided one weekend at the cottage with friends that having the Tab at the fire would be a great idea. at some point put the tab into the pocket of the sweater I was wearing(side not: I love the 7" tabs i find few pockets i cant fit them into). Long story short, a few decision altering glasses of coolaid later, went to add wood to the fire and the tab went in as well. Didn't notice at first until my friend pulled it out of the fire and handed it to me(still on fire). Panic struck, blew out the fire and voila:(pics below) As you can see it still takes a charge and i guess youll have to trust me that the speakers still work.

Ubuntu, through vnc, is fairly rough and ocassional FC. Overall no problems running AOKP, again occasional FC, but its a project and thats how it works. The only real problem caused by the fire is that a small 3mm diameter circle is slightly(unnoticeably) less light. The only reason I noticed this at all was when it was on 100% brightness and a blank white screen. Over all I would say its kind of a bragging right or a cool scar. But it hasent affected its use.

Fire aside, the Tab has been great, and a great pain. It's been bricked, unbricked, rooted, unrooted, over clocked, thrown out with the socks and then put in an otterbox. and its been great to learn on. Since I baught it $699.99 im sure they have gone down in price but I dont exactly go price checking once I own something. If you want one get one. A+.
[Galaxy Tab General] danj88:
I still use mine daily. It can be a bit sluggish from time to time but generally good for every day use.
[Galaxy Tab General] mensreaorder:
I have used it for 2 years

After the CM10.1 ANDROID 4.2.2 release We have a nearly flawless system with the tab.:cowboy::highfive::highfive:

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Man that is unbelievable!. Wow! You sure you weren't high?

But anyway GT P1000 is a great thing.
[Galaxy Tab General] Grobins11:
Stuck tab

Okay I feel really crazy getting my tab stuck on the main loader screen seeing as I used to work for T-Mobile. anyways I was trying to change roms( don't remeber which one) any way it didn't work and my tab doesn't go past the samsung screen. had it rooted before just cant contact the guy who did it for me. have had it since it came out.
[Galaxy Tab General] stephane.papin:
Hi search for overcome 4.0 tutorial :) orking fine and clean tab with stock rom before 2.3.3.

Regards

Envoyé depuis ma TF101G-B80 with Revolution HD 4.0 (3.6g release) by Mike _1986
[Galaxy Tab General] accxess:
No...Maybe... a few social drinks with friends were ingested.
[Galaxy Tab General] commonelementary:
Galaxy Tab P1000

Just to check: how many still use the Galaxy Tab P1000 as opposed to newer Tab Plus, Tab2 and Tab3?
[Galaxy Tab General] accxess:
It gets used when it can be. After I toasted it in a camp fire it became decorative for a bit as a desk clock. Primarily now that its been reflashed to basic overcome it grts used as my rugged/camping/i dont care if its ruined tablet. My transformer tf300 is my main tablet but the galaxy will do most of what is needed out of basic android useage. Battery is still good, oldschool usb protocols so its easier to interface with older tech, rather rugged compared to the delicate tablets of today, good speaker. But I digress. Yes I still use it for everything tabket. Watch the roms your using on it tho. While the A.O.K.P. is wonderful and the majority of the jelly or ics are stable and had the fat trimmed off the tablet was simply never built for that kind of usage.
[Galaxy Tab General] stephane.papin:
New live of my old SGT : camping car fixed GPS :) with overcome 4.1

TF101G-B80 : Revolution HD 4.0

i9305 : Xtremes v12.0 no jkay

XT925 : stock
[Galaxy Tab General] Ichijoe:
I was just given One for my Birthday recently...

I have to say I've probably been over the map as far as ROMs go. Most of the newer CM10 stuff breaks the Front Camera.

Although i managed to find a few that didn't. On their own they seem ok. Once you want to start a Game it lags... and lags... and freezes!

Then lags some more. (4.2.1 Jelly Bean ROMs)

I'm gonna guess this is down to the crappy 512Mb RAM it shipped with in 2010. So its perhaps unfair to call it crappy. But, that's the breaks.

On downgrading back to 2.3.6 Gingerbread....

Well first off the version of Touchwiz used on the Tab... SUCKS!

You can NOT properly center any widgets in Portrait Mode, and although you can Browser & Email for say Telephone & a different Browser. THAT'S IT! You can not add anything more to the Dock.

On the plus side though Games seem to work better under Gingerbread then they do on Jelly Bean. Although they STILL LAG! From time to time.

I guess the next stop would be CM7 since I haven't really tried that yet. I have a hunch I'll likely find all my compromises there...
[Galaxy Tab General] icesilver18:
Samsung Drivers for p1000. :)

http://www30.zippyshare.com/v/75203936/file.html
[Galaxy Tab General] strianugraha:
How to reset gyroscope?
[Galaxy Tab General] nmily89:
I used to have the Galaxy Tab and I agree with your opinion totally :D
[Galaxy Tab General] mr.natural:
I'm still using this tab :D. And now with lollipop (although still with bugs) it runs super quick and uses even less power. I even bought a spare in case of loosing my old one. So I use now this spare as a remote for my MINIX X8-H PLUS tv top box. ?
[Galaxy Tab General] mak18:
excelent

excelent reveiw, tanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] AndyCr15:
Well I've sent an e-mail. They certainly do look nice.
[Galaxy Tab General] Justin^Tan:
can they ship worldwide?
[Galaxy Tab General] leoni1980:
A few goods, a few bads

I have to disagree about the speakers: I think they are very clear and resonant considering the size of the device. On the other hand I agree that the browser is unacceptably jerky and slow....I just can't understand why a device more powerful than the iPad can be so poor in comparison with regards to its web performance. Another gripe is that the browser defaults to mobile sites on any browser that uses the built in webkit. Whilst it might be true that a flash of an updated ROM will fix this, I still think it is ridiculous that I should have to void my warranty to get FULL web sites on the phone - it is after all a TABLET with more than enough power to view full sites. Mobile sites look downright ugly on such a high resolution, large screen anyway.

Another annoyance is that YouTube videos look pretty poor compared to the same ones on the iPad's built in YouTube app. It seems that Samsung were not allowed to tweak Google's app to allow HD streaming. The result is acceptable but certainly not stunning.

On the flip side, I do really enjoy using the device on the whole: I love the build quality, the gorgeous screen, the tactile quality which really makes using apps a dream. Most apps seem to scale excellently and the device fits nicely into a jacket pocket. I even like popping my SIM in and texting on the SGT - handcent is fantastic with such a large screen.

I just hope that Samsung treat this device as their baby and don't fob us off. I think there is developer interest in this device and I hope my enjoyment of the device increases month-by-month....
[Galaxy Tab General] ConceptVBS:
^ There is a new Youtube App from Google. You should download it.

Also, use a different browser like Opera, Dolphin HD or Firefox Beta 2 for improved performance. Not only that it also has better features than the stock browser. Who wants STOCK anyway? :D

The mobile version does suck however. Hopefully there is a fix for that.
[Galaxy Tab General] leoni1980:
the firefox browser has an add on to enable full web browsing. Shame it doesnt support flash though.

Ive got the latest YouTube app but it still doesnt support HD streaming and now has the annoyance of completely restarting any video you might be watching if you exit the app. I swear the old one used to let you carry on where you left off!
[Galaxy Tab General] pjcltd:
i have

PDA P10000XWJJ3

PHONE: P1000XXJID

CSC: P1000CPWJJ3

hope that helps you out

Mine is unlocked to all networks
[Galaxy Tab General] ConceptVBS:
Your one tough cookie to please! :D
[Galaxy Tab General] leoni1980:
The YouTube thing IS annoying though - it definitely used to remember your position when you exited the app. Even the iPhone YouTube app remembers where you were when you exit to answer a text, iM, email etc.
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
Mine definitely vibrate when i watch things loud. And of course having them on one of the short sides is pointless since you will spend the majority of your time watching in landscape. They should be on the long end/ ends... though this would make them quieter.

Another thing ive found really annoying is the wrong number/ order of soft keys...

And i agree sammy has to come out with clear statements regarding their intent vis a vis future updates. Im going to start a thread about it ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] techdaring:
You mean you paid $1,200 for this tablet ? I think the price for the unlock version sim free is from $600 to $700 ? Why is it so high ?
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
lol - its over $1000 in a number of eu countries... so you can consider yourself lucky

in any case, the one i got was one of three that were in moscow at the time (it was early october, just after the very first release in italy)

it can now be got for $900-1000 here, but i was glad to pay a premium to be 1st in town :P
[Galaxy Tab General] brendand:
I purchased mine in Dubai Airport for 888 USD.

PDA JJ2

PHONE JJ1

CSC JJ3

Kernal version 2.6.32.9 root@mea04 #1

Be aware the middle east version does not include Android Market!

Quadrant Score: 1031
[Galaxy Tab General] rsawoseyin:
I am surprised you said the email client is excellent. I find it obnoxious that Outlook emails open with different font sizes and I often have to manually enlarge the fonts to be able to read even what I sent out. If there is a way to make it not change display font sizes I would appreciate know how. Still on emails, I have 2 other gripes: (a) If I do not copy myself in an email I send, I do not have a copy anywhere - I would have expected a copy in my Sent folder, but none. (b) Yesterday I was appalled to see a copy of an email I sent displayed as one infinite line with no word wrap!
[Galaxy Tab General] adambowersva:
Mine does shoe copies of sent mail in the sent folder so I don't know why yours doesn't...but the feature is definitely there.
[Galaxy Tab General] Croak:
He's probably not using Exchange, just regular POP or IMAP mail.
[Galaxy Tab General] WorldIRC:
Copy and Paste from Email client (not gmail client) anyone?
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
Please... this is a flaming red herring. In an android environment you will find just the right app for all your email needs. I said it how i saw it... you arent bound to use it if it doesnt work for you - that is the beauty of choice.
[Galaxy Tab General] essahar:
Congratulation for the tablet, I know the feeling to be the first to own a device and that's worth the extra that you paid, however I have a question did you own an ipad? can you make a comparison, actually I have and ipad and reading on it's screen very good, I used to read news on my 3.8" mobile phone but after getting used to the ipad I cannot do that anymore and I hold a galaxy tab in a store and the screen look small, can you compare this point is there some good rss reader for the galaxy?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
I dont own an ipad - not much into idevices. I have used one however, and reading magazines and newspapers is certainly better by virtue of the aspect ratio. But on a tab i generally read things online, which is just fine. And of course its the perfect ereader too.

In any case, the tab is a much more mobile device than the ipad. Its the kind of thing that ill happily take on trips with me, and because i always bring a laptop anyway, i dont need another device of approximate size. Its a question of how you use it really - for me the tab has more than enough pixels in a mobile package.

That said i will be getting a larger (10-12 inch) win 7 based tablet for using at home when good ones start to arrive.
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
The Tab may excel at many things, but IMO it's nowhere near the perfect ereader.

Any e-ink device quite frankly defecates from a great height on any device with an LCD for purely reading purposes.

If I want to read a magazine, the Tab would be fine, but for reading books it just cannot compare to my Kindle!

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
why do you say that? just because of battery? i see no other benefits for a device that is many things besides an excellent ereader...
[Galaxy Tab General] Croak:
I have a Kindle 3. I have a Tab. I read a LOT of books (two novels a week, give or take). I will probably never use the Kindle again outside of taking it on a back-country camping trip.

Problems with the Kindle is that it required an external light source in my dim domicile (I have the Amazon folio with Kindle-powered slide out light, makes it bulkier and heavier than my naked Tab). It's slow as molasses to browse through my extensive library of purloined publications, it doesn't handle anything but .mobi and .pdf (and .pdf rather poorly), and the interface in general is clunky as hell, and the rather limited MP3 functionality, while better than none at all, sucks.

It does have an excellent battery though....I charged it last in early September, and finally stuck it on a charger last week prior to storing it, and it still had half a charge left, with many many hours of use.

I'm one of those guys that doesn't get eyestrain from LCD backlighting, prior to my Kindle I was reading on my Galaxy S, and my Milestone, and my Blackberry Bold, and my HTC Touch, and my Compaq IPaq 3870, and so on... I generally use night mode/inverse color and can read just fine for hours on end.

Long story short, after more than a week of use, I can categorically state that my Tab is the best eReader I've ever owned, because the reading experience is SOLID, and it offers up so much more than a dedicated reader...which it should, at 4x the price. :)
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
So does an actual physical book, which is what the Kindle is designed to replace! :)

I did consider buying the folio with the light, but when I thought about it I decided that if I was reading a real physical book I'd have a light on, so why treat the Kindle any differently.

IMO, e-ink suits reading far better than an LCD. When I was on the beach, or out by the pool, in Spain this year there is no way that I could've used my Tab as an e-reader, because LCDs and direct sunlight don't mix too cleverly.

If I want to read a PDF, yes I'd use my Tab (especially if it's colour or graphics heavy). Ditto if I want to listen to music, or watch a movie, or do any of the multitude of other things that the Tab does so well.

However, if I want to read a book - I'll reach for my Kindle. I'm not saying that the Tab doesn't make an acceptable e-reader (and I may use it as that for short periods), just that a dedicated e-ink one is superior. YMMV of course.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
By god man, why ever would you want a strap?
[Galaxy Tab General] flodi_77:
very good device and very usfull for me

one problem is battry short while using wifi
[Galaxy Tab General] Rapax:
My coat has two inside pockets.

Left: Tab

Right: nook

While the Tab is awesome, it's nowhere near as pleasant for reading as a decent e-ink reader.
[Galaxy Tab General] Suleeto:
Ok but here is the thing about e-ink readers.

They aren't for everyone!

I just bought a Galaxy tab and so far i really like it(although it does take a bit of getting used to it), but I have also been shopping around for a more dedicated reader for my mother, who lacks any brand or "bells and whistlez" biases that we might have here. I was planning to get her a Nook 3G (which is indeed an e-ink device), because she doesn't have decent internet access where she lives. It turns out that she PREFERS the color Nook because she finds the flickering while "turning" pages in the LCD version to be uncomfortable on her eyes, and generally dislikes the e-ink experience. As it stands I will be buying her a color Nook, but the point here is that there will NEVER be one perfect reading environment for even 80% of people. BUT, at least most people are more familiar and accustomed to a backlit color LCD.
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
personally, i almost always buy paperbacks

the only reason i would ever go electronic is if i cant immediately find a foreign book in one of moscows many english language bookshops
[Galaxy Tab General] Suleeto:
That is besides the point.
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
as the op, i think the point is commenting on the review... but i digress
[Galaxy Tab General] Suleeto:
Since e-reading is a large part of any review of any tablet style device, comparing e-readers is very relevant. Whereas debating e-reading (in general) vs paper book is definitely off-topic. But then as you said, you digress ;) Even the OP can go OT lol
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
see what i done there ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] wrath0x:
i honestly didnt know what to expect from the galaxy tab.

however i was pleasantly surprised. its pretty fast, stable. the only real gripe i have with it is android 2.2 doesnt seem to like the screen res at times. i have a few apps run basically in phone screen size, with black all around them. anyone else had this happen?
[Galaxy Tab General] xenomage:
No Cisco VPN support

Overall, the Tab is a good tablet but i find it strange that it does not support Cisco VPN.

But i guess this is not a problem on the Tab but Android in general (check out issue 3902 on Google Code). A real deal breaker. Had i known that i can't connect Cisco VPN, i wouldn't have bought this device. Apple on the other hand has full support and my iPhone is working nicely.

There's another problem i found on the Tab is that i can't connect to my office MS Exchange. i can't connect to my office exchange. My colleague using HTC desire has no such issues. Send an inquiry to Samsung but have not gotten any reply. Only way for me now is to use TouchDown :(
[Galaxy Tab General] Symphony:
You can make the display full screen by installing a free app called Spare Parts and then check "Compatibility Mode" then soft reset
[Galaxy Tab General] xenomage:
i did the same thing, downloaded the 'Spare Parts'.. changed the settings (actually the Compatibility Mode' is already checked.. and did the reset...

Still having some apps running in small windows :(
[Galaxy Tab General] Symphony:
Sorry about this. It should work. I am using this on my Samsung Galaxy Tab also.

Full steps:

Download Spare Parts from the market.

Install and then open the app.

Go to Compatibility mode and uncheck and re-check. Then re-boot.

Go back to Compatibility View and uncheck. Then re-boot.

when it comes back up, you can open spare parts again and you will notice that it is running full screen

Source of tip:

http://www.mobinauts.com/topic/112806-official-thread-for-samsung-galaxy-tab/page__st__70
[Galaxy Tab General] xenomage:
Thanks :) it works!
[Galaxy Tab General] ddavtian:
I don't think it's a tab problem. I've been using Exchange on the tab from first day without any problems. Actually, it works very well. My coworker also doesn't have a problem.
[Galaxy Tab General] mario23:
My understanding is that this is an issue only with the latest exchange server...2010. This is the same problem seen in many AOSP roms. I suspect 2.3 will resolve it as it is more wide spread than just the tab.

For some people, changing the first part of the server address from mail.xxxx.xxx to legacy.xxxx.xxx fixes the problem but not for all.
[Galaxy Tab General] jkhouw1:
If you don't mind rooting your device, I got mine (and all my Droid I) connected to our cisco vpns using VPN Connections.
[Galaxy Tab General] Hanson68:
I haven't had any issues watching 720p mkv movie files, ripped from both bluray and hdtv sources. Playback with the native player is smooth and the image is flawless. I usually download the re-encoded m-hd rips that run 2-3 gb for movies. For tv shows, it's 500 mb for every half hour of programming (actually 22 minutes of runtime). I have a Sprint Tab purchased a month ago.