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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmross13:
well yeah i understand i need to go through the app market to find things i like, im looking here more for things i NEED
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
Many users have switched to, use, and are very happy with the following mods/ changes.

ADW or Launcher Pro Plus to replace the default launcher - Both great but I now prefer LPP

Handscent SMS (possible problem with battery drain if SMS's left unread, but really great app)

K-9 Mail (I used it for ages but have recently switched back to googlemail)

Root your phone to allow you to delete any standard apps you don't need (saves internal memory and if you get rid of some of the biggies like timescape, then it helps to speed up the phone too).. also means that you can enable JIT which will speed up your phone.

Vignette is a good camera app which will take better pics than the standard one, but is a bit slow in saving the images because the file compression is lighter and therefore the files are larger..

There's loads more, but these are a good start I think.

That should give you enough to be getting on with!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svtfmook:
once rooted, get root explorer, remove timescape and all that goes with it. frees up tons of memory and huge performance boost.

enable JIT

remove the other bloatware (moxier, sync, pc companion, etc)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmross13:
thanks for all the suggestions gang. if/when i do root it and remove the bloatware or install a custom ROM, i will still have the option of reverting back to the SE 2.1 update, correct?

just read the "what is rooting" and "what is JIT" threads i could find, im REALLY trying NOT to get flamed with "use the search bar n00b" comments lol
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themoog:
have a look at this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859571

i would reccommend to do this first, make a full backup then remove anything you want via titanium backup.if you dont fancy doing this then you can always use seus to get back to stock rom.

As for apps i would reccommend:

z4root

titanium backup

adfree android

poweramp

launcher pro plus/ADW

root explorer

terminal emulator
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmross13:
update:

installed global 2.1 ROM

installed ES File Explorer

installed Z4 root

installed Titanium Backup

..work in progress...

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linpack - 17.505
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
Two days ago operator made me an offer of any smartphone for free, I narrowed it down to the most expensive hehe: Iphone 4, Desire HD or a sgs and don't know which to buy. This is a once time deal I can't wait for dual cores and whatever else comes out next year I need to reach a decision this week.

What should I buy? I have seen and used all OSs . The only thing I like about the ios is the app store, I generally dislike Apple and Idrones.

I'm relatively tech savvy (in the non-douchy kinda way xD

Except some minor annoyances here and there I love android. Can any one give some advice? Thx and ho ho ho
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Videonut:
iPhones kinda nice but not as much for the geek in you.

HD Desire ??

SGS awesome phone. Too bad they're blowing up left right and center.

Android app store is choke full of goodies and I've found cool stuff my bro can't get on his iphone4
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mitty1990:
Imo the SGS, the screen is just beautiful and the processor is a monster compared to the Desire HD and iPhone 4 is just not my cup of tea.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
SGS will most likely be more optimised after Nexus S is release, I realy think it's already fast and powerfull, and it will only get better!

Camera is amazing and Night mode is franckly pretty amazing, you'd get more than what you can see!

HD Videos is pretty good also!

Sync is all with your GMail account, so pretty simple and straight forward. You can sync your outlook with GMail if needed.

And if you need to access the files on the device, the USB can be mounted so it's pretty fast to transfer things.

Only down I can see on the SGS is the "sometime" flawing GPS, not all the time but can be anoying sometimes :|
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
Say whaat?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ed10000:
I think you should go for the Desire HD. It's got 768 MB of RAM vs. the 340 MB available (out of a claimed 512 MB) on the SGS. And it's got a bigger screen, almost an equally powerful processor, very snappy, and it's already got 2.3 Gingerbread.

If you need a powerhouse for games, SGS is the way to go though. Nothing matches it's GPU at the moment.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
but i hear the battery wont hold me the entire day thats kinda important for me

and how does it have gingerbread ? the nexus s isnt even out yet i assume its just ripped from the emulator
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Videonut:
The internal SDCards are crapping out...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
hmmm isnt that becouse of the ****ty samsung filesystem and/or bad kernel

and should i be concerned about only 339 ram?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Product F(RED):
Buy the iPhone 4, sell it for $600-$800 off contract, buy whatever phone you want. Personally I'd says Desire HD simply because Sense is much better than Touchwiz and it has the Sense.com features (free remote wipe, GPS tracking, text through phone through website, etc). However, the battery is kind of weak so I'd recommend a bigger one if you can find one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ed10000:
They ported it from Nexus One to Evo, and Desire HD is basically a variant of Evo :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
Damm I'm more confused now than when I started...

Iphone: don't really like how it feels in my hand, really small screen, absolutely no customization whatsoever.

good things: apps, no major bugs and better shades of blue lol.

Desire HD: seems to have the worst hardware out of the three (cpu and gpu) piece if crap battery, seems if it falls once is over, ****ty battery and sim cover and imo the camera that sticks out like the evo is really effing ugly

Good things: most ram out of the three, htcsense.com, biggest screen (preferences but I think 4" is perfect)

SGS: plagued by software bugs apparently, random data corruption, no flash, needs most tweaking out of the box

Good things: best screen cpu & gpu, the nexus s is almost the same phone which means better development porting the works(here's hoping) and best battery life

By comparison seems that the sgs wins overall categories
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
Its easy. If you want the best smartphone the its sgs.

Iphone is not as good many say.

I did have one and i did sell it.

Iphone has more good games. That's the only good with it.

The rest is much better with sgs.

HD phone is not better either.

It has more serious flaw then both sgs and iphone together.

Sgs is a powerhouse and it got the best screen of all phones.

Sure sgs can be laggy out of the box, but that is easy to fix.

So right now there is not a phone that's has anything to compete with.

The sgs will win it all the time.

**Using my own JPU kernel, z4mod, 339MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
My father has an iphone3g and my uncle has the iphone 4 I jailbreaked it for him honestly I wasn't that impressed with the phone. The only thing I like about it is the apps mainly the games are much more refined than on android phones

Also why has the sgs only have 340ram ? On every page I looked it says 512. Will that bite us on the ass later I mean the dhd almost has 800 and phones are moving on 1gb .are you telling me the sgs has as much ram as my old ass hero?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ed10000:
It does use a 512MB chip, but only ~340MB of it is visible after you're booted up. Out of the other ~172MB, there's around 40MB that's unaccounted for (we don't know where its being used) and the rest of it is "reserved" (even when the functions it's reserved for are not in use) for stuff like video playback, 3G calling etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kil43:
I'd have to say i agree with Product F(RED)

Desire HD is the best phone on the list IMHO. But getting the ipoop and selling on will mean you can get the HD desire and still have some cash in your pocket :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nagrom78:
sgs is the best (imho!) it's a pain out of the box but that's why we love it so much, let's face it, most of us like tweaking and playing with our phones, it's half the fun. Flashing new roms, installing different lagfixes, uninstalling new roms, uninstalling new lagfixes, whoops I've broken it, nope, it's going again. The sgs is a geeks wet dream and in my experience it is very difficult to fully brick.

So if you want a phone that you are going to have to fiddle with, get the sgs. Jpu seems to have ironed out a lot of problems, I get perfect gps now, although it was pretty good before. I'm actually a little disapointed that jpu works so well, it kinda takes the fun out of it all :(

If this doesn't appeal to you then get the hd, it's a good phone, screen is not as good and it doesn't feel as fast as my tweaked sgs, but overall it's definitely a winner and you won't be disapointed

The iphone is also a good phone and not to be sniffed at, if you don't mind being spoon fed by apple.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cHarOn99:
i have to say SGS, because of the most powerful hardware, software is not important, because we can fix that easy :), as surprise Samsung also tries there best, i think with JPU Firmware they show that they are willing todo everything, Hardware we can't fix, SGS has currently the fastest CPU + GPU specially the GPU!!!!! is amazing, why do you think Google went with Nexus S :P, because of Hardware, Speed, Quality, Availability.......

Nexus S and Android 2.3 Gingerbread was made to give game developers the best available Hardware and with Gingerbread many things which will make Game development easier and because of the CPU + GPU, which is almost the same as Iphone 4 has (SGS a little bit better), it will also make porting games from iphone to android pretty easy now.

About HTC Sense i agree it is a nice homescreen, but on the other hand it is a memory, cpu and battery monster! why do you think they have 768MB Memory and if we look at different homescreen replacements (ADW, Laucher Pro, Zeam,.......), then i really don't see the big advantage at all, but thats a taste decission :)

So for me i have to say i am very happy that i went with the SGS, i really can't understand users who say that the SGS is built cheap, i have the SGS now since the beginning, i don't use a screenprotector, the plastic is thin but it still looks like new also after falling on the floor (shame on me), compared to my previous HTC Units which where loosing color on there great metal casing :rolleyes: and not by falling on the floor but because i used a leather case, the signal was often a issue for me (metal), dust was behind the screen after a short time,........

I have to say that the Samsung Hardware is such an improvement compared to HTC that i won't anytime soon look back to any HTC unit even if it would have a killler hardware.

But that are just my 2 cents on it :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Toss3:
Go for the iPhone 4 unless you really need flash. It has the best screen of the three(the pentile matrix of the SGS is just horrible) and works correctly out of the box.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nagrom78:
Care to elaborate on this? The iphone does have a gorgeous screen, but to call the sgs screen horrible is a bit like saying that Angelina Jolie is a dog. Sure there are better looking girls out there than her, but would you kick her out of bed? Most definitely not, unless you bat for the other team of coursee, in such a case swap angelina for brad or whom ever floats your boat.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
hahaha I agree I think erica durance is hotter but I wouldn't kick her outta bed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Maddmatt:
HTC seems to use low quality sound chips, so if you like your music I'd say avoid. And the battery life is pretty crappy, I'd draw the line at the SGS battery life where you can actually take full advantage of it and still make it through the day. Anything less is not good enough in my opinion.

SGS is great, Samsung's software side lets it down but if the leaked 2.2.1 firmware is anything to go by, they're sorting it out.

GPS navigation isn't the best though. Pretty bad with Google Navigation but with 3rd party programs like CoPilot it's fine. Might be better in 2.2.1 firmware, other people say it is but I haven't confirmed that for myself.

HTC has better software though, at least it seems to. Haven't used it myself.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Qazz~:
Nah, the Pentile matrix isn't crap.

Super Amoled screens have hardware sharpness filters that eliminates the "blurness" brought about by the pentile matrix configuration.

Pentile Matrix has even been proven to save battery and with the Super-Amoled technology, you get just about the best battery performace for such a beast.

I love my Super-amoled and definitely wont go back to tft-lcd's anymore.

I used to own a HD2 and the white-wash effect on it is horrible because of the massive screen size. The Desire HD uses a normal lcd, not even sony's Super-lcd and ive seen it irl and the whitewash effect is just as bad...

Sgs ftw!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
Well I'd think for a touch screen the screen is kinda important
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nagrom78:
The screen is really important and like I said the iphone screen is gorgeous, but so is the screen on the galaxy, to call it horrible is an outrage! Sure the retina display may have more pixels, but how many of us walk around with a microscope strapped to our heads counting pixels? From normal viewing distance the galaxy screen is great
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NorcoFox:
When my friend got his Desire HD I thought I would be jealous, but his loud speaker is awful, his battery doesn't last a day and although the screen is nice and big the quality of it is awful compared to the SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
I have access the the iphone 4 24/7 I can tell you from normal distance can't really tell it apart from my hero . I mean the iphone screen is superior to any lcd tft screen but is not something as mind-blowing as when I saw the samsung wave screen for the first time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nagrom78:
I think the other thing that would rule the iphone out for me is the lack of flash player. I really think the iphone is a nice piece of kit and kicks the galaxy to the kerb in terms of aesthetics and build quality (well percieved build quality anyway), but no flash is a big no. It's not necesarily the fact that it hasn't got flash, it's more the fact that someone, somewhere has told you that you can't have flash, which severely limits the pornability of the iphone, android on the other hand, well lets just say there is more than enough choice for you to shake your stick at.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
Hmmmm ....I see your point. Well played sir, well played...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 17mayis:
SGS for ever with everything even feture's phone use SGS hardware is that mean something to u :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Another thing to consider for Android, you get synch right out of the cloud, so no need for any software unless you have to upgrade firmware. For file transfer, you just have to put the device in mass storage mode and walla!! You can now put your Mp3s and Divx and they will play right out of the box! Even Mkv plays fine on the SGS.

Worst case, you'll have to install Kies to upgrade but once your done, you close the thing and youre pretty much done with it.

On iPhone, on the other hand, you'll have to install iTunes, wich works pretty good if you're on a Mac, but under Windows, you have to install iTunes, QuickTime, apple devices services, bonjour services (along with many more services) so you pretty much load your computer with apple crap you don't need besides syncing the darn thing...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Toss3:
Honestly I prefer resolution over anything else when it comes to displays and the pentile matrix of the SAMOLED is pretty off-putting when you put it next to an iphone 4. The colors are also off when it comes to producing grays. Definitely the second best display out there right now though.

I should also clarify that I never called the screen horrible, I meant the pentile submatrix as it ruins what would be the best display on the market.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
I can't believe some prefer iphones screen over sgs screen. They must be blind.

**Using my own JPU kernel, z4mod, 339MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Toss3:
It's pretty ironic that you should say that as those are my exact concerns for those who claim the opposite - the samoled has visible pixels, horrible sharpness filter and weird grays(all of which stem from the use of a pentile submatrix). The retina screen of the iphone is A LOT better period.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
I did sell my iphone 4 just because it was junk. The argument you come with is always same from iphone people. Im so glad sgs don't have retina screen. Then it would be as bad as iphone. I would gladly buy a nexus s instead.

**Using my own JPU kernel, z4mod, 339MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
I'll give you that the iphone has greater resolution but having seen the sgs at the store today out blew me away considerably farther than the iphone.

Also I didn't have a chance to look at the desire hd their hiding it got some reason
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
*smile*

I did compare them. Side by side.

After that i put the iphone in the drawer:-P

**Using my own JPU kernel, z4mod, 339MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ravi31naik:
What are you going to use it for mostly? Talk, Social, Web, Gaming.......
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
well I mostly communicate with mail and facebook nowadays : p

Il probably talk 10-20 min a day tops, 5-6 messages, I mostly use wifi (although I will have a data plan) 1-2 hours of gaming, lots of web browsing, facebook and google reader

And I'll probably won't resist watching some hd movies/tv shows.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Product F(RED):
That sounds more like Android. iOS is more for if you want to play with apps all day. I would know because I've owned an iPhone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Stech1987:
Take the iPhone4, the most expensive one, then sell it and buy a true smartphone (SGS or NexusS, coming out tomorrow...), and earn some money too! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
I supposed I could just get the iphone use it till a new dual core or at least a better htc one with bigger battery comes out....

Is it reasonable to expect better support for the sgs when the nexus s comes out?

also the dhd seems to be getting better benchmark scores in most cases 2x

another question would be if the 384 ram will cut it on the long run (the dhd is probably better at browsing right?)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
I think you will make a mistake if you don't go for a sgs.

Iphone is not as good as sgs.

With iphone you also get itunes and all apple junk.

The biggest problem you will get is how they handles file. You don't controlling that and you can't just put a file on it and use it like you want.

You also need to jailbreak it just to make it work.

I will never get a iphone again.

Its like choosing freedom(sgs) or prison(iphone)

Some complain on Samsung support but i guess they never used apple support.

For me this is a easy pick.

I did choosing to buy a sgs even when i did have a iphone. I never regret that. Even my girlfriend did buy a sgs. She did not want the iphone after she tried my sgs.

**Using my own JPU kernel, z4mod, 339MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nagrom78:
Obviously there is a lot of bias in this thread, after all you have posted it in the Galaxy section, if you posted this in the desire hd section opinions would be weighted in the hd's favour. Having said that I do believe the galaxy is the best phone out of the bunch, the fact that the hardware is virtually identical to the nexus s basically means that if the phone is good enough for google it's good enough for me.

Don't get stressed about quadrant scores, trust me, they don't mean a great deal.

I'm not going to bash any of the phones that you mentioned, they're all good phones, but you alone can decide which one suits your needs. Get the iphone, sell it and then get the galaxy 2nd hand, if you don't like it then sell it and get the desire. Or wait for a dual core phone, spend a load of money and be disapointed. Nuff said
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
ok the next shipment of phones come next week I reserved all 3 phones got till then to decide which one to buy

I remember the htc hero reviews saying the battery life could be better I myself had no problem the phone lasted almost 3 days used it normally lots of music, xda, google reader, and general web browsing

but for me the screen is to big to operate with one hand(the build is awesome though tried it today feels way better than the iphone but the bastard is huge almost feels like the galaxy tab) plus I don't wanna take my chances with the battery (some people claim 3 days of use while others just 6 hours)

The sgs seems a better choice cuz off the recently released nexus s wich is basically the same phone but I'm concerned about the dual cores coming next month ( as I said I'm stuck 18 months with the phone I chose now not sure if the sgs will age well even with our wonderfully sexy devs from xda...

The iphone on the other hand is guaranteed to last that long (also I'm not really diggin the sell thing haven't had much luck in the past ....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
Ok I've decided to get the sgs il probably get it on Monday I've been looking into the prices and the sgs is only 40 euros cheaper than the iphone so I said screw it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Phil_UK:
Good choice. Best screen of all mentioned, that will remain the best as other hardware becomes dated.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
Games like infinity blade will come to android sooner or later right? thats the only thing missing from android (but now with the sgs the psx emulator should work hehe)

Anyways guys thanks for everything you rock/rule/own and whatever other variation I left out

Merry Christmas
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Adevem:
if i'm you, i'll get the iPhone4. SELL IT. then buy something cheaper with a contract ;) - only because the SGS is like 98$ here and the iPhone4 is probably 600$.

the maniacs that will buy an iPhone4 off-contract...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Product F(RED):
That's what I've been saying too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
The sgs here off contract is 559 euros and the iphone is 599 not that much of a difference and I'm already signing a new contract. Also my bro is getting an iphone so il just rob him whenever I feel the need to play haha
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Adevem:
ah yea i know the europe has some expensive phones. damned nokia lol.

glad to see you make up your mind, see you around the forums ;p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
From what I understood, that's part of the reason Google went for the Nexus S, it provides a better 3D chips wich can be pushed to devloppers and get games on Android. So I assume it's only a question of time before we get more games on Android.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Adevem:
Infinity Blade baby! i've been loading my girlfriend's iPhone with Infinity Blade, Hero of Sparta 2, Dungeon Hunter 2. lmao :D

whatever my android can't fulfil game-wise, i'll go to my girlfriend's device.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] calexus1182:
hahaha that's precisely the idea