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[Captivate General] 10tonhammr:
I agree ATT will remain clueless about a lot of things, but for Android users that are stuck on AT&T indefinitely (not just through contract, but also as a result of other factors and switching carriers is not a practical option), I think the demise of their iphone exclusivity agreement is going to be a positive change. It's no secret that they have been protecting the iphone from big, bad, Android. When their baby gets adopted by big red, their gonna need to be able to compete with VZW with android phones as well. If we can trust CES 2011 as an indicator of things to come (and I believe we can), I think AT&T is going to start taking Android much more seriously (at least from a harware perspective.) Whether or not they will adjust their attitude towards true open source remains to be seen- however, regardless of your opinion about the Captivate, no one can deny that this phone is incredibly friendly towards the dev/root community and AT&T still optioned it.
[Captivate General] nkd:
same here. My last samsung phone. Going to get the Atrix 4g and sell this off for like 200 bucks.

I too think taht ati is taking android seriously. Just look at the atrix 4g, it probably has one of the best specs for a smartphone. I say once the iphone hits verizon, ati wont be taking sides with the iphone. I cant wait for that to happen.
[Captivate General] goob1284:
Im not gonna lie, I love samsung. Is this not one of there first android phones? Leave them be. Motorola and htc have been in the game for some time so they know what they are doing. My last sanding phone was an eternity. God was it an awesome phone. It didn't break until o literally had to smash it against a marble countertop (I was raging). Who knows. But I do wish they would put updates out faster soon. Or phones are more than capable to run these updates.
[Captivate General] nuwayman:
This is my first android and samsung phone. Honestly I don't see to many issues with it. Great screen and the hardware in it is awesome. Of the people not liking samsung. is it the service that your not happy with? Keep reading about the gps issue from some. Is that the only complaint about the phone? I can understand complaints about them not having fixes yet and any kind of upgrade. but didn't this phone just come out in the middle of last year for att? Verizon came out even later then that. Are there people in the fascinate forums complaining about the same thing? I just switched from htc and having windows. There were complaints going on in those forums too before any fixes became available. Like there crappy text messaging in sence 2.5. Look how long that took before update or a fix came out. I'm not saying samsung is great by any means but it seems that all phone manufacture have there fair share of stuff wrong with there phones out of the box.
[Captivate General] itsjustaphone:
Who cares about an "official"

Just out of curiosity, is there really anyone on this forum who doesn't have a froyo rom on their phone? Would you use "official" froyo if it was pushed out by ATT? I haven't seen anything froyo related that my phone wont do already with a custom rom. Just sayin.... If AT&T really wanted to keep my business, they would work on better coverage everywhere. I haven't had a problem with any of my Samsung products(and I own quite a few) As for updates, they sure seem to send them almost monthly on my blu-ray player! As a company, they make a TON of products, and for the most part, they all work very well for me..... YMMV
[Captivate General] opcow:
Probably not, but once the kernel source is released and custom kernels are available I might use a ROM based on it.
[Captivate General] mwilhelm:
That's pretty harsh. And I don't think he was saying that.

On the other hand to your point, if some people DO care about the GPS EVERYBODY should? Seems like the shoe is on the other foot.

Just a thought...
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Start? They just got the world's most powerful Android phone.

Sent from a Samsung Focus.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Well, I read his post several times before responding and each time it sure read to me like he was saying that because HE doesn't use GPS that it isn't a big deal. As you noted, for many of us that DO use it and expect it to work, it IS a big deal. If a feature is included in a product, it should work. Not half ass or some of the time, but to a degree that is satisfactory to all. Otherwise, the inclusion of such a feature and the promotion of it as a sales point is deceptive, unfair and questionably legal.
[Captivate General] psai:
I think our devs are doing a much better job than Samsung could ever imagine doing, so I'm still going to stick with custom ROMs :)

Samsung hasn't even released a Froyo update and our devs have already come up with an almost fully-functional Gingerbread ROM!
[Captivate General] jsfLip:
I'm not as angry as some of you about Froyo and GPS, and I wouldn't mind rooting/flashing my phone to get some improvements.

But my problem isn't as common - my damn speaker will periodically not work. It wasn't working at all for two weeks and I constantly had to push on the speaker. It was very frustrating as I missed phone calls, texts, and alarms. I've set it to vibrate for all three now and it has been ok for a while, but once in a while the speaker still craps out. For this reason, this will be my last Samsung phone. It's 2011 and my "Smartphone" can't even ring.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate
[Captivate General] jokersax11:
That's like saying hey for a couple weeks we have the fastest phone.
[Captivate General] fatttire:
What's the point of saying this? That doesn't promote a friendly environment. All the guy said was he likes samsung hardware. I expected more out of one that frequents here often...
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
They just landed two monster Android handsets (and some crap thing from Samsung).

That's a hell of a lot better than a selection of lowly phones like the Captivate and Aria.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate General] sremick:
Yes, as there are still too many ongoing issues with the custom ROMs. Most of it stems from trying to get the I9000 code to play nice in the Captivate, which has different hardware. Lack of proper 2.2 binaries or source from Samsung contributes to that.

For example, not a single custom ROM supports the Captivate's "Audience" voice-processing chip. Maybe I'm the only one on here who uses their Captivate as a "phone" and actually talks on it, but such things matter to me. Why do I have to sacrifice sound quality just for 2.2 bragging rights?

Nor do I feel like I should have to play modem-roulette every week just to see which one provides the best-working 3 features I care about while breaking 2 others I care about. GPS, voice quality, reception, battery life, performance, stability... it's like, "pick 3".

I appreciate all the hard work done by the incredibly-skilled devs on here... they're doing the best they can with what they're given. But the existence of these hacked ROMs does not give Samsung a pass on their treatment of the Captivate.
[Captivate General] jpinks:
So they will be replacing our Galaxy S phones next month..... Why do I hear a well the hardware wont work excuse coming about Froyo and any further updates in about 30 days time. :mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
You have a broken phone. Call Samsung Service and get a replacement. My wife's has the same problem.
[Captivate General] SkitchBeatz:
I had this problem too. The solution is RMA
[Captivate General] Mac11700:
WTF are you pissing and moaning about...Sound quality...you apparently haven't tried

all of the I9000 roms available

to see just how good that sound quality is...otherwise you wouldn't be talking out of your ass on this.The sound quality is 100% better than any stock Captivate..wither this chipset is activated or not...Both on Blue Tooth..and on the speaker..I use my phone primarily for the phone..for watching full length movies..both on my phone...and on outside tv's and monitors ...listening to music..both with..and without external speakers...sending text messages..and get this...GPS...How about that...Everything on my phone including the above..and battery life is fantastic..Stability...it is rock solid..and will flat blow the doors off of anything I have ever had...on top of that...my camera is better than anything stock has to offer..So what if you have to pick and choose what works best for your individual phone...Thank God for this place because the people here actually care about us and our phones...How in God's name do you expect Samsung or AT&T to ever come out with any official release that will do this..on all of these phones that are totally different...They CAN"T...and further never will...and if it wasn't for those here who spend countless hours bringing out all of the different modems..kernels..gps tricks...many here would be stuck with the POS stock phone..that only lags and few things work properly on...If you bothered to try something different...you would know this already..

No...you are dead wrong on what you are saying...actually...you are much further than dead wrong...you are completely out of the park on this..with the exception of saying Samsung should not be given a pass on this...AT&T...well...they got their heads so far up Steve Jobs butt they can't see daylight...Hopefully with their new models coming out they can break free of him...but it's doubtful guessing with how much stock he owns in the company.

Mac
[Captivate General] leecox:
There seems to be a lot of hatred towards Samsung. I'm not convinced they are the issue. I'll give you the issues with TVs and BluRay players, but reprimanding the brand is short sighted. Samsung is a conglomerate with many divisions. Different people have different motives, but they all want us to have a good expierence with their product. So that we will buy more.

The big issue at play here is ATT. I can almost guarentee you that ATT has worked their contract for this phone to only allow them to release/approve firmware for the device. Hence the lack of Kies support. That is why Rogers has 2.2 and we are still waiting. Why are we still waiting? Did anyone see the phone announcements for CES? ATT wants more contracts and new phones allow them to get them. Updating the Captivate is counter productive to that goal. We need to be more pissed at ATT than Samsung. We know the firmware exists and is likely finished. The other half of North America already have a version of it.
[Captivate General] cdwhit:
ATT responsible?

I agree that ATT should be taking part of the heat, if only because they are in a position to pressure Samsung to keep customers happy, but then ATT has a history of not being too concerned about that either.

As far as contractual issues with updates, My old Tilt 1 got several updates from HTC that were not offered by ATT. If ATT forced that kind of contract on Samsung, then Samsung needs to renegotiate if they want to maintain their consumer reputation.

Computers that need drivers - I doubt Samsung will deliver, so I won't buy. Same with Cameras. A fridge or dishwasher that doesn't need any support once it's set up, I'll think twice about (will the repairmen get service bulletins better than we got 2.2 or shutdown or GPS fix info?).

Just in the last couple months my family has bought 3 additional phones. Because of our contract we were stuck with ATT (that will probably change in 2 years) but there is no way I could suggest the Captivate to anyone in my family. They ended up with windows 7 and iphones.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Mac, I almost agree with you. If better peformance, enhancements or additional features are what we want, then by all means we should be the ones to make the decision to mod or not. That's what's great about open source platforms. The info is out there and it is up to you to decide how far you want to take it. What I don't agree with is the idea that we HAVE to mod our phones to get the basic functionality of things like the GPS to work. That is the kind of thing that Samsung/AT$T should be forced to correct and that I shouldn't have to go scouring internet forums and risking damage to my phone to fix. As you pointed out, there appears to be a real issue with quality control and date of manufacture with these phones and if that is the case the manufacturer bears the full responsibility for any problems and they need to address them.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Sremick works for Samsung. He's been in Android Forums bad mouthing all the custom roms for a while. Don't worry about him.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate General] nkrick:
I have to disagree, "hacked" is not entirely wrong. I think the reason that you do not like the term is that you have a negative mental image for the work hacking. No one is calling the Dev's malicious black hat hackers.

If all that was being done was taking the open source Google Android files and open source Samsung Captivate files and developing new 2.1 & 2.2 ROMs from the open sources, then you could make an argument that it is not "hacking." But since the developers are taking unofficial releases (with no 2.2 source code), non-Captivate releases, and modifying those releases and combing code from open source and non-open source, the term "hacking" easily applies. The Captivate ROMs on xda are not "clean" ROMs developed from source, they are hacked i9000 ROMs and leaked Captivates ROMs (not compiled from source code). If the term "hacked" offends you too much, "reverse engineered" could also apply in this case.

I am another one of the rare xda Captivate owners who is running stock 2.1 still (rooted, etc). Once the Captivate 2.2 source code becomes available, I am much more likely to run a custom ROM, but until then every ROM has reports of things that do not work properly. A large bug that was keeping me away (and may be fixed now, though I have not read it) is that bluetooth calling has very bad voice quality on i9000 modems (which are needed for i9000 kernels). Since I make more calls using bluetooth than using the handset, that is a bug that I am not willing to accept.
[Captivate General] opcow:
You're right about that. I came to the conclusion some time ago that the reason there haven't been any more official firmware releases is any change they make degrade as many phones as it improves. I hope they'll figure it out, but I'm not optimistic.
[Captivate General] nkrick:
I'd be happy if they would just release the sources, working or not...at least that way the devs would have some Captivate specific Froyo sources to work on, then there would be no need for i9000 modems or reoriented kernels.
[Captivate General] EVOIXGSR:
There was a freaking "class action" butt-hurt petition for the TP2 because some people were so mad that HTC didn't provide proper drivers for the hardware the Tilt2 had. Every brand is out to make money, and if you think that HTC or Moto or Sony is any diff, I don't know what to tell you.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Did AT&T make the GPS? Did AT&T make RFS? Did AT&T make iWiz?

No, they didn't. Are they responsible for delaying Froyo? Probably, but it's still a horrible mucked up Froyo that they're delaying.
[Captivate General] rye&ginger:
AT&T messing with the update might be the reason GPS etc. all dont work well.

WTF is iWiz? TouchWizz? It works fine, its just ugly.
[Captivate General] JamieD81:
i only read the first page of this and for those jumping ship from samsung to motorola...

HAVE FUN WITH THE LOCKED BOOTLOADER.

nuff said.

and why complain about no froyo this no froyo that, your on XDA we have froyo. stop crying :P
[Captivate General] boomerod:
Don't know much about Motorola, but I will say this: It is true, all the big companies operate in similar fashion. That's why it is incumbent on the consumer to MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE for their actions or lack thereof.

Once again, yes, we have a Froyo from I9000; the leaked Cappy Froyo didn't even have voice dialing over Bluetooth, neither of them. We stand to have a much better sound/voice quality and better battery life when the custom ROMs we may plan to run on our phones are based on Captivate source code. The custom ROMs we are relegated to now are a stop-gap, IMO; they are NOT the solution.
[Captivate General] leetpriest:
Fo sho I has froyo

I think the resounding consensus here is that Samsung F'd up by releasing a phone with hardware problems. Most Notably:

- GPS

- Random Shutdown

They're making progress on the random shutdown issue by reissuing phones. Yes, they're refurbs, Yes, you have to force them to resend a phone 4 or 5 times because they send you one in the bad range, but I'll give credit where it's due. I'm pissed about GPS. They've done nothing but coach AT&T to tell us that it's software related, when we all know it's not. If it were software related, the problem would have been put to rest when DesignGears put out his first 2.2 Cog beta. Samsung has shown no progress in this area, and the blame lies solely on Samsung for this issue.

I'm equally pissed at AT&T. They've held up the process on the release of stock 2.2. Would this firmware suck ass? Of course it would. Nobody is arguing that point. Some would be satisfied with bloaty gimp-assed firmware, it is what it is and nobody is going to change it. But the point is that the mere release of this would allow the community of users to place more pressure on AT&T to pressure Samsung to release Gingerbread. Instead, most of us (to include those of us currently running Phoenix/Cog/Perception/etc.) settle on complaining to AT&T about not having 2.2. If we complain about not having 2.3, their automatic answer is to tell us to pound sand because they're still working on 2.2. Thus, no pressure on Samsung to develop and release a source for 2.3.

Likewise, the uninformed user sees a T-mo customer with a shiny new Nexus S, likes the features of 2.3 and calls AT&T to wonder why he/she doesn't have these features. AT&T's answer? "We're coming out with the latest and greatest next month". Latest and greatest being a firmware version that's been out for a year and some change. Said uninformed user walks away satisfied with their own unintentional ignorance.

So let's all get our priorities straight. Let's lay blame on Samsung for the hardware problems, but let's also lay blame on AT&T for delaying a minor version release with a source code publish date of November, which we all know stems from failing to pull iCock out of their mouth.
[Captivate General] leetpriest:
It occurred to me that some people may not understand where I'm coming from in that last point I was trying to make. I'm a former T-mobile customer. I didn't leave T-mobile for any reason other than the fact that my employer required me to have a work phone, and was in contract with AT&T. I never once had this sort of problem with T-mobile and the release of new android versions. Granted I ran a G1 and a Nexus One for a long period of time during my tenure with T-mobile. But I also had a MT3G, which, if I recall correctly, received updates within a month of release.

I've never had a hardware issue like this with other manufacturers (I didn't have the 3g drop like some did on the Nexus), and I've never had a problem with either the manufacturer releasing the source or providing a quick update, nor have I had a problem with the Carrier releasing the update OTA quickly.
[Captivate General] marvin02:
I had to laugh at this. Just go over to the Motorola owners forum and see how happy moto owners are with the updates there.

When a user has the phone in hand they want updates RIGHT NOW and are usually unhappy with what they have.

In addition, what I see is that any phone on AT&T is the last to get an update regardless of manufacturer.
[Captivate General] nappent:
I agree. Talk to any Motorola Backflip or Cliq owner and ask them how long they had to wait to upgrade from 1.5 to 2.1. Yes

1.5

! It took almost a year for the upgrade.

I know AT&T destroys the final end product but at the start Moto release a phone with 1.5. That is a completely joke. I will never use Motorola again because of that.

Yes I want the latest and greatest but really what major changes are coming with 2.2? I had GPS problem but flashed the Darky 7.7 rom and GPS locks within 10-30 seconds... even when moving. I could care less about "Official Release". Android is meant to be open source system. What is going on in the Dev section is exact how Google wanted this to happen. People working together as a community to enhance the OS per device. I don't blame the Samsung as they made a great device for us to build from. As for any device it is outdated the first day it is sold... oh well! I still think it's great! It won't compare to something like this (http://www.blogthisphone.com/misc/s...-5-inch-super-amoled-plus-display-crazy-thin/) but still we should be happy with what we have.
[Captivate General] brandonb81:
Samsungs OS upgrade team for the Galaxy S phones:
[Captivate General] zelendel:
Ok guys. This is just turning into a huge blame game. I have had a phone from every maker that I can think of and they all have their issues. I am closing this up now.
[Galaxy Tab General] natious:
Reason is id rather one page thats as wide as 5 separate pages
[Galaxy Tab General] GANJDROID:
You mean more rows so you can have like, 25 icons?

Not with the Samsung Home app, and no others (afaik) go that high, but download ADW and you can get 10 I think.

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Galaxy Tab General] Rogue9:
If you're wanting more icons then take a look @ multicon in the market... It will give you 4 icons in the same area that 1 usually occupies...
[Galaxy Tab General] natious:
hey guys, thanks for the replys, but im not looking to squeeze more onto one page, but actaully wanting it so there is only 1 super wide wide page that i can scroll through instead of there being deviders, so widgets can cut off screen onto the next, if that makes better sense.
[Desire Themes and Apps] bugmenever:
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[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nibbel:
Hi xda folks,

I have a little problem with my bluetooth in my new car hifi (Pioneer AVH3200BT).

I have set BT on in my X1. It is invisible. I have installed a WinMo 6.5.

Now i have set the AVH3200BT visible and a keycode.

After searching other devices over my X1 and connecting the AVH3200BT I give it the keycode and the devices are connected.

Thats easy :)

But now.. I will call a friend over the car hifi.

On touch display I go to the phone book and it shows me .. nothing, no numbers, no names, definitely nothing :(

In the calling lists also..

I have no idea.. no settings in AVH3200BT for a WinMo phone and no setting found for sharing calling lists and phone book...

Is here anyone who can help me?

regards

nibbel
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinr63:
Hi,

I had the same problem. Empty Phonebooks and no Textmessages. I installed JETware Hands-Free Extension for Windows Mobile and everithing is working.

There are two versions:

Opensource is working with Xkan's ROM V7.0 on my xperia.

bthfx.codeplex.com/releases/view/26480

With the original ROM only the older Shareware Version was working

regards Martin