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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ybyb:
S2 will surely be priced more than original Galaxy S.

I believe it will easily be more than 700$
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ybyb:
@shadez08 : Can you also tell me hows the loudspeaker on this. i.e. ringtone volume and on call volume.

as I'm a lil hard of hearing..lol
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shadez08:
The loudspeaker in Galaxy S LCD appears to be of same quality as that in Galaxy S. Of course you can check out the VOODOO roms for sound tweaking et al. I rooted my phone yesterday and now looking for custom kernels.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
That's great !

Would you mind how exactly did you root ?

Do you think I9000 custom ROMs can be run on this ? Plz share your experiences. I am learning from them.

Thanks !
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
In my testing this is very smooth it locks within 1-2 mins with 5-15 meters accuracy, you have to switch on the option to use mobile towers to assist your geo location.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ask77:
GPS also depends on which network provider you are using, I find that using older operators like airtel vodafone you get the gps lock faster because in agps the physical location of the towers nearest to you is sent to the servers to first determine your initial position. If the database of the tower is not upto date on the server then A-GPS will not work. The A- Gps servers seem to have better location data on the older operators
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
I was surprised with the GPS performance of LG P500, which locks GPS within 5-10secs, and without the assistance of AGPS, I mean data connection off. Then why Samsuck cant improvise on this flaw? I was planning to buy I9003, but now in dilemma. The previous device Spica that I used to own had again similar issues and GPS was taking a long time to fix.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shadez08:
I tried that quick LbsTestMode Setting changes and now my GPS locks faster with Assistance from Mobile Networks turned on. Works like a charm now :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shadez08:
5-15 Meters Accuracy? O_o At the most I get 100 Meters Accuracy when I am in office. =/
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Gps accuracy works when you are outdoor under clear sky, yes I can lock within 20-30 sec 9-12 satellites (using Gps test apps from the market) & the accuracy is 15 meters. I was at palika bazar main gain & it located precisely.

Indoors in office with no clear sky it will use mobile tower to locate you which can be way off. To my knowledge gps only works outdoors not indoors.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shadez08:
Oh heck yeh. Never tried GPS in open field and clear sky. Should try that this weekend :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] gianpa:
There should be a dedicated i9003 forum section or at least a sticky post on how to root/custom-recovery/flash-rooms ecc post. It's just confusing atm... :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
As the user base of I9003 increases we may have separate section in the forums.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
We may also request the Admins for the same.

Anyone has e-mail id ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
at my end it plays 720p files but certain codec can have incompatibility for that install rock player lite, it will play almost all files I have thrown at it.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Well I have tried rockplayer, actually I tried that first before even playing with the default video player, still no luck... Most or even all music videos downloaded off the net in HD are mp4 or mkv and the phone can't play them, my x10 used to play these same files perfectly fine even in the default player... I hope they fix this in the next update...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Strange at my end I can play mp4 & mkv files without any issues with rock player lite
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Are these files 720p HD or regular resolution?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jit_devil2:
720p hd plays fine.......video playbacks very good in the sgsl.....get your phone checked
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
I have tested paying full hd content & works perfectly fine I suggest you get your handset checked. What fw are you having?

Its better if all the users of i9003 can put their firmware details in signature so we can track the issues related to fw.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Video Playback Test

Hey man I'm on KB1...

Well I did some testing with various different file formats and this is what I observed...

HD video (720p) plays fine if the video is encoded in MPEG-4 codec. (Container doesn't matter, but in my case it was .avi)

Now to the other part, HD (720p) or even regular resolution videos (doesn't matter what resolution) encoded in AVC (x264) on the other hand are not supported by the native video player, it throws up a message saying 'Sorry,this video cannot be played'. However the lower res videos can be played in Rockplayer but there is a slight (noticeable) lag between audio and video. The HD Videos on the other hand play in rockplayer but is un-watchable as the audio goes on but video lags far behind!

I looked around but could not find any mkv files encoded with mpeg-4 codec or any avi files encoded in AVC (x264) just to test them out.

Thus I have come to the conclusion atleast for now, that the I9003 does not play AVC/h264 out of the box in the native player and also is not powerful enough to do software decoding of HD files in Rockplayer. Its a damn shame to not be able to do this as even the x10 can do it quite easily, this is a ripoff by Samsung all the while they claiming that almost everything is identical between the I9000 and I9003 but clearly performance wise there seems to be a vast difference.

720p AVC/H264 playback working for anyone on the I9003 or even the I9000? If it works fine on the I9000 and not on ours then we have been conned!

@sgsI9003 Could you download this software and post the results of the HD files which you can successfully play? I won't be surprised if they were encoded in MPEG-4! :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
Try Vital player.

On a side note, post small part of the file which is not getting played and we could test better. Btw, Phone has capability and codecs for x264 and 720p mp4 ;)

Good luck :)

- Rex

Swyped from my un-decorated rooted I9003 SGSL
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Hey guys I started a new Thread regarding the Video Playback Issue I'm having. Check it out there...

I9003 Video Playback
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kchdeepak:
guys small question:

how to move apps from phone to sd card... i used app2sd free but it send to internal sd card and for 19003 it is only 1.5 gb, for me it out of space

i want to transfer my files to external sd is it possible ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
@deepak

I don't think its possible :(

May be you have to symlink.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kchdeepak:
Hmmm ok thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crackerjack1:
My i9003 has 12 GB internal SD card + 2 gb phone memory :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bayernfan94:
Yeees :D - Today I'm getting my phone :D

I hope I have 12 gb internal too :P

My first Android now - Before I had Nokia 5800 :rolleyes: .- Win ! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
Good luck :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kkrraazzyy:
Hmmm good luck brother
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Hey guys has anyone tried the TV out function yet? Wanna know if someone has actually tried it out to see if it works or not...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
How can we try when there is no such option on i9003?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Is there like a dedicated option for it in the i9000? I haven't really tried one to know better. If so then our i9003 doesn't have any option. Does it not like detect automatically when plugged in?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
I haven't even tried that & I guess we need some kind of dedicated micro usb to RF signal cord to do so.

Edited

its a 3.5mm audio pin to RF cable which is used for tv output.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_nkw=Rca cable tv out&rvr_id=226091446163

here is a demo of tv out look cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcICE4K0Uw&feature=related
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Its 3.5mm to 3 RCA on the other end. It works great on the i9000 so just wanna know if it works on th i9003 too or is this also one of the things they got rid of inorder to make it cheaper. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
Well, our phones are capable of TV-OUT :) Only Samsung has not put drivers in the kernel and required option is hidden in the settings through framework.jar :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
What's wrong with Samsung? They seem to have done like a half baked job with the firmware on this, some required things are missing, I really do hope they intend to fix this in 2.3 atleast, if not then somebody over here will have to do it! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bayernfan94:
Hey guys - i finally got my i9003 :D

I started to install games/apps on it - Yes, i know, i can move them to the internal sd .- But I don't have so much space anymore, but I want to install more of them..

how can i move the games and so on, on the external memory card ?

I bought an 8gb sd card just for this phone because i wanted to install many games - but now ? - What can i do ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
I bought 32gb for the same & get to know that it can only move to internal sd. :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bayernfan94:
Omg :mad::mad:

Can we mod this phone to do this ?

I mean, 1,52 gb will never suit me ..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
You guys can try symlinking. Google it.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
not sure but It seems its android limitation which does not allow you to have apps on external sd cards but as new user I just assumed that it will allow me to do that.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
found these

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=292710

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

Is there any app which can do this since i am not a linux user, will this work o windows?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bayernfan94:
I dont have any knowledge in modding anything,

but we can mod the phone right ? - Can anyone mod the phone so the system uses the extern sd card for apps/games ?

There is a file that controls it for sure ..

Sorry for my bad english :o:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] yerfdes:
@bayern i agree.. Cloud someone mod so that we can move apps in exterbal sd.. More power and thanks...

Sent from my baby treated Galaxy SL GT-I9003
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] braveBuddy:
I am on XXKB3 and sometimes if i connect the phone to usb and then turn on my PC then the phones refuses to response phone is on but no response comes screen remain turned off no touch buttons respond and i have to push power button for 2-3 mins for 2-3 times and then it reboots. does anyone else suffer similar problem. Also i found that phone gets really hot on the back if i play games for an hour or so.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Just wondering why would you connect the phone to an off pc then expect it to work?

My guess is that it cant establish the usb connection & it hangs bcoz the pc was off. USB has certain protocol which devices need to follow.

Phone does get hot when you use gps/play games/watch movie/use sound navigation.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] braveBuddy:
Because my PC provides power to usb devices even though its turned off, and i use that to charge my cell instead of the given charger, now i dont do this but still this didnt use to happen with my Galaxy 3 neither with my HTC desire HD why with this phone.

And again as you said phone should not get hotter by playing games etc. thats exactly is my point that why is my phone doing so.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bala_gamer:
My 9003 too gets hot when using gps and internet, but it becomes normal once they are turned off
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] EnterYourName:
My i9003 couldn't connect to my home wifi.

It was ok with my HTC Magic and Iphone 3GS previously.

My wifi using WEP encryption, is that the problem?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ybyb:
Mine too, it gets too hot while i'm charging and fiddling with it
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iridium84:
The sound quality on my Galasy SL I9003 is just beyond horrible and i'm on KB2. I've almost given up using headphones or as an aux input. I"ve compared this with a Galaxy S and the difference is vast enough that I wish I ponied up the extra cash.

But I do have another problem that maybe someone can help me out with.

My car's audio unit has a USB input that can read anything mounted via USB. Now since this phone has two storage units - Internal SD and External SD, they both get mounted and as a result the Head Unit cannot find the External Storage with the music on it. I believe the built in Music player has the same issue as it will not see any music on the external SD. Now how do i go about disabling the Internal SD card completely so i can use my 8GB external ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
The worst case of getting hot was when I was using sound navigation of route 66 along with gps within 15 min it was so hot that touching the samsung logo was unbearable which i guess the temp to be roughly 80-90°C, unbelievable but that's happening on xxkb3, it was not happening that much on ddkb1 but then there was no sound navigation in kb1 to test.

Mine works perfectly & all my music is on external sd & built in Music player reads the albums from there so it seems you are doing something wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iridium84:
Hmm. Well its been that way since I got the phone. I formatted the SD card via the phone itself but it didnt seem to make a difference. Poweramp reads the music just fine..so i've been using that. Can you think of a setting somewhere or something that may be causing this ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bala_gamer:
The top part of the mobile (both front and back) is where it gets very hot, that would be the location of the cpu it seems.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
No, if I am not mistaken than CPU would be in the centre.

I connect my SGSL with my N8 over USB-OTG and transfer images and videos to-and-fro and I never had any problem. N8 does report it as 3 partitions mounted but data transfer works fine. I also connect it with my Home Theatre and it works just fine as USB device.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] adii1921:
@sgsl wat sound navigation u r using..m on xxkb3 too bt there is not any sound navigation xcept route66 bt i thnk it is paid ...r u using any other app??? or cracked google navigation?? plzz guide me i also want to use a full sound navigation..w8ng fr ur rply soon buddy..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Yes its route 66 which has sound navigation,

On 1st use it worked after than it report that it need to download a license i clicked OK but it always fails to download it giving error cant establish data connection which is not true.

I think its a paid app which samsung is pushing but I don't find any option to buy it either.

Sound navigation works for pre telling you the route from 1 point to another, so it means for actual driving in real time sound navigation need a license, not sure if its free or not.

Visual navigation of route 66 without sound is perfectly usable & I tested it for 800kms of trip.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] needachange:
Does it connect to HTS via USB? I mean it gets charged as well or is it just that all the files appear on the LCD and we get the option to choose and play?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
I dont think i9003 has tv out option, its i9000 which has that option. No it connects via 3.5 audio jack but lately some usb cables have been developed to do the same.

Display shows on lcd & its good for games/movies other multimedia content, for general purpose you wont want it to connect & browse your files on another screen.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] adii1921:
@rex hey rex..can u modify this touchwiz 4 for our phone's rom..plzzz check this...i hv attached the file..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kkrraazzyy:
Touch wiz 4 will work just replace the twlauncher30.apk with this one by using root explorer
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
what is new in touchwiz 4?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bala_gamer:
This link tells some features of touchwiz 4.0 ui

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/29/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-shows-off-gyro-zoom-option-in-touchwiz-4-0/

One more

http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-touchwiz-4-0-special-features-demo-exclusive-20110325/

Seems Interesting ...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ask77:
How to go about it ? Can you pls give step by step instructions ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ybyb:
anyone got the touchwiz 4 working ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bala_gamer:
Dude i dont think it will work by just replacing the original apk.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kkrraazzyy:
Oops my mistake i havnt seen the whole package there is a lib n frameworkres
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Paul Sensay:
I9003 does not have TV output.. Do we have any options to connect the Phone to Tv and watch movies on it???
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Only on i9000 not on i9003.

Hardware might support but may have been disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Paul Sensay:
Ur right the chipset does support TV out.. i9003 uses OMAP 3630. but sad that it has been disabled.. any other options to connect the phone to TV and have the TV out feature through any application when connected via USB to TV??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
@Paul

Kernel will be needed to be recompiled with USB host feature enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] adii1921:
@rex hey dude i hv used ur tweak n wat shud i say..yaar its mind blowing..after applying this tweak..

1: fone becomes smoother just lyk my wave

2: longer battery lyf..its giving atleast 2 days

3: better resolution or higher resolution

4: better edge/gprs cnnectivity

atlast...A BIGGG thanks to u rex for this awsum tweak... :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Just wondering why did you not post your experience in the original thread about lag fix as it will help other users who want to apply this tweak. What fw are you having I am having XXKB3 will it work on this too?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12978086#post12978086
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] falex007:
What tweak do you mean?

Sent from my GT-I9003
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] falex007:
Thanks a lot for your link :) I'll try this tweak now.

Sent from my GT-I9003
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] adii1921:
@sgsl sry i jst frgot to post there...n yes it wrks on xxkb3 coz m having dis too.. :)

n i think everyone shud try dis tweak its awsum.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bala_gamer:
@ rex4u

IT seems you have added this line for gprs tweak

"ro.ril.gprsclass=10"

What does it do actually?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
Why is GPRS class 10 instead of 12?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] zubin111:
Well Hello every one here...

I have been using the sgsl from over a month now and the forum has been of real help in solving some of the basic issues with the device.

First thing that got me annoyed was the gps issue which got fixed changing accuracy settings. I am able to comfortably run MapMyIndia with it and locks within 20-30 sec on a cold start.

Well to say the least audio quality is just not good, i expected quite a lot from this device being touted on a i9000 lineage, but very disappointed. some mkv's also dont play out of the box and even with v player, which my wave is flawlessly chugging around.

I am not sure if others are experiencing this but sometimes it gets a tad laggy while scrolling the app pages, it responds pretty slow sometimes. Not as quick and zippy as i expected.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
@zubin111

The early firmware version of i9003 were having this lag issue (randomly) Once i updated to XXKB3 (European fw) it fixed most of the bugs & is more stable doesn't lag at all but may be bcoz I had applied the lagfix V1+

mkvs coded with certain codec dont play & its more of crappy driver issue, not hardware related, sound quality is definitely not top of the world but with headphones its good & you can use the equalizer too.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] needachange:
@zubin111 sound quality is very good when connected to some good headphones or HTS or car amp. Also try using Poweramp. It is the best quality media player I ve found on the market.

Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iridium84:
[QUOTE Also try using Poweramp. It is the best quality media player I ve found on the market.

[/QUOTE]

Have you tried using the equalizer within poweramp. i notice that it drops the volume levels by quite a bit on the preamp before it runs the equalizer..and turning that up tends to cause distortion
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] zubin111:
@sgsl9003, although i wont say that the lag makes things unusable but i guess it has enough muscle to not let it happen. Is it recommended for a complete noob like me to go ahead with rooting and flashing or should wait for the official upgrade. I know its always a personal choice, still needed some moral support to go ahead.... ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] zubin111:
@needachange, @iridium84 I use a head-direct re-0 and fischer audio dba-02 with my other audio gear so i guess the problem is definately with the source, i think there is a low pass cut off for the bass which makes it not so good to use it as a standalone audio source. Software enhancement makes it to distort. I mean being an earlier Nokia user, i still feel Nokia had the most neutral sound reproduction imho!!

Not playing out of the box mkv is something i cant get over, come on this is a 4+ incher phone intended for media use and no software support!! I hope and pray we find some solutions for these niggles...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
what does stagefreight and GPRS hack do?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
And Guys,Ive DDKB2...and my GPS works perfectly..I love the Gps in my phone..But sometimes my phone just switches off automatically?? whats the problem??..:((.It switchess off when i keep it idle or even when i'm operating somthing..It switchess off in the middle..Bought this phone 15 days back..any solutions guys..

And REX..I've been reading and following..You are doing a Exceptional job..thumbs up mate..Looking forward for your ROM :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
Guys do we need Lagfix for our phones..??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
Guys To flash REx's Rom...Do i need to update my firmware to XXKB3 or will it work on my DDKB2? And what is the difference between(improvements) DDKB2 and the european version XXKB3?? Any speed tweaks?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
And Guys Is there any tutorial available on how to flash the firmware??

And also,where I can get working cracked HD games for our cell?

Plz provide links

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12978086&postcount=29

Guys this tweaks work???

I guess Rex has incorporated this tweaks in his ROm as well..Really cant wait to flash that ROM.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
Guys FlashinG XXKB3 firmware would Void my Warranty????
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
Guys the battery Seems to be draining VEry Fast...On heavy use..It just drains out in 5-6hours..!!Any battery mod or Tweak or any tips to improve the battery Life..!! Has XXKb3 firmware managed to improve on the battery life??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Have you by any chance updated your google maps to the latest version 5.3.1? And are you using latitude? If so then similar restarting freezing issue happens with me too and I guess I've narrowed it down to maps,i disabled latitude so lets see if that solves the problem. Some droid x users are having similar issues, any one else here having problems with the latest google maps update?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
Yea..I've the 5.3.1 Gmaps..:|..but you sure those frequent shut downs are due to the Gmaps??..Because even if I'm not using Those maps..Phone tends to switch off automatically...I'm fed up with this prob..!! :confused: :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
And I've never USed latitude..but i do use the navigation
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] tanu_invincible:
So bro,whats the solution now???

IT switches off like 7-8 times a day..Damn this is so infuriating..Cant imagine a smartphone like Galaxy SL to face such a problem..:((..:mad: :(