Database Develop

Samsung Galaxy S true picture

Hi guys,
I have an HTC Desire, i like it and i love it, but i think it lacks on many features as compared to Galaxy S. So here i am guys i want to buy a Galaxy S for my brother, who actually wants a blackberry, i have convinced him that its way better.
So anyone who is using it can tell me how is it as far for contacts and messaging, and other features??
Thanks

to be honest.. Its pretty sh*t.. sorry but 3 days I had it.. Desire is sooo much better!
Galaxy S- buggy OS
laggy
bad battery (very!!)
screen too big to operate with one hand
etc etc thats my experiance with SGS..

I have to disagree with the above poster, I have had the Vibrant (t-mo galaxy s), for a little over a month now, works great. Sure the stock load sucks, but most do ..
Would not be posting on XDA if you did not know about custom roms.
Battery life, depends on what you leave running, I get at least a full day if I don't leave a Shload of things running, mine is rooted and use setcpu to throttle back when not needed ...
GPS issues, some have them some don't, mine, locks in about 30 seconds, and is down to under 10m accuracy.
Voice quality is great, much cleaner than the HD2 I had.
Compared to the Desire which is a good phone, the Screen makes the Galaxy S , a winner, not to mention the touch is super accurate.
Coming from the HD2 I could not say the screen is too big to use one handed ..
It is a very fast phone, it runs smooth with a lot of apps loaded, (on non stock firmware), and although FroYo is not out for it yet, should be coming soon.
Considering I can stand out in almost direct sunlight, and use the phone without squinting at the screen that is a big bonus.
The only thing I could say about the Vibrant variant, is it does feel almost cheap, since the battery cover is plastic, the phone is tough, but just feels too light to be that tough.
As far as contacts and messaging go, it works well, not sure I am thrilled with the TouchWiz, interface that is on top of them, but it works.

thanks for the response, i wont mind more of it.
Thanks

samy.3660 said:
Hi guys,
I have an HTC Desire, i like it and i love it, but i think it lacks on many features as compared to Galaxy S. So here i am guys i want to buy a Galaxy S for my brother, who actually wants a blackberry, i have convinced him that its way better.
So anyone who is using it can tell me how is it as far for contacts and messaging, and other features??
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
love it! My fascinate rocks!

bUT THE GALAXY S HAS BLUETOOTH 3.0 AND DESIRE DOESNt

Fascinate (vzw galaxy) rocks. A quick root and titanium pro to double and triple battery life. I would type everything watcher64 did above, but he already did and I'm lazy. !PANDA must have small hands for being 16 to complain. But this is a man's phone.
good day.

chopper the dog said:
Fascinate (vzw galaxy) rocks. A quick root and titanium pro to double and triple battery life. I would type everything watcher64 did above, but he already did and I'm lazy. !PANDA must have small hands for being 16 to complain. But this is a man's phone.
good day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
that phone has a huge forehead

souljaboy said:
that phone has a huge forehead
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My brothers wife. YES
The device. NO
good day.
cool post count

!PANDA said:
to be honest.. Its pretty sh*t.. sorry but 3 days I had it.. Desire is sooo much better!
Galaxy S- buggy OS
laggy
bad battery (very!!)
screen too big to operate with one hand
etc etc thats my experiance with SGS..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Apparently you didn't have enough time with iT.
Buggy os? You kept it stock huh? Mines running a leaked 2.2 and its fast as sh*t
Laggy? Really? Did you really say that? You kept it stock for sure.
Screen to big? How small are your hands? Oompa lumpa sized? Mine are tiny and I can write just fine with one.
Bad battery? Hell no. This easily lasts me 2 days on one charge before it dies. You just have to train it.
Apparently you didn't spend enough time with it. Mines a beast!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Alex530 said:
Apparently you didn't have enough time with iT.
Buggy os? You kept it stock huh? Mines running a leaked 2.2 and its fast as sh*t
Laggy? Really? Did you really say that? You kept it stock for sure.
Screen to big? How small are your hands? Oompa lumpa sized? Mine are tiny and I can write just fine with one.
Bad battery? Hell no. This easily lasts me 2 days on one charge before it dies. You just have to train it.
Apparently you didn't spend enough time with it. Mines a beast!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can't agree more.

so wait, let me get this straight. What y'all android lovers are saying is that you traded one buggy, laggy OS that requires an unlock and custom ROM to fix, for another???
I tried to help a coworker with his and it is very laggy and had several force closes over about an hour of me playing with it. Several times I had to wait 10-15 seconds for the screen to become responsive again.

nrfitchett4 said:
so wait, let me get this straight. What y'all android lovers are saying is that you traded one buggy, laggy OS that requires an unlock and custom ROM to fix, for another???
I tried to help a coworker with his and it is very laggy and had several force closes over about an hour of me playing with it. Several times I had to wait 10-15 seconds for the screen to become responsive again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lies! Windows mobile is the laggiesT. Android don't lagging it much unless you try to run froyo on a g1. And do you really keep your WM phones stock? If you do this forum isn't for you buddy
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Alex530 said:
Lies! Windows mobile is the laggiesT. Android don't lagging it much unless you try to run froyo on a g1. And do you really keep your WM phones stock? If you do this forum isn't for you buddy
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
agree, i have a Touch pro2 and stock was buggy so went to custom roms and it works but in a day or two, buggy again, captivate atleast mine was fast with, just use the task manager more often and it runs smooth

nrfitchett4 said:
so wait, let me get this straight. What y'all android lovers are saying is that you traded one buggy, laggy OS that requires an unlock and custom ROM to fix, for another???
I tried to help a coworker with his and it is very laggy and had several force closes over about an hour of me playing with it. Several times I had to wait 10-15 seconds for the screen to become responsive again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I never had one FC on stock ROM, Your "Buddy" must of fu**** with something.

Accidently Deep Fried my Galaxy S at 454° for 4 min :(

So I went to look check my phone, and it slipped from my hand, tried grabbing it, Felt like slow-mo, and just missed it, and watched it fall into the deep fat fryer, So I then had to watch it cook for 4 mins at 240°C.
Obviously turn of the fryer, and tried to dig out with tongs.
The interesting thing is it still works! Tad greasy, absolutly EVERYTHING work, Apart from the speak, So its now useless as a phone :/
Is the speaker user replaceable?
Pictures of a surprisingly undamaged phone considering what it went through.
* http://i.imgur.com/VNTle.jpg
* http://i.imgur.com/Xir7Y.jpg
* http://i.imgur.com/sJqCT.jpg
* http://i.imgur.com/wDZHd.jpg

Bouncer5 said:
So I went to look check my phone, and it slipped from my hand, tried grabbing it, Felt like slow-mo, and just missed it, and watched it fall into the deep fat fryer, So I then had to watch it cook for 4 mins at 240°C.
Obviously turn of the fryer, and tried to dig out with tongs.
The interesting thing is it still works! Tad greasy, absolutly EVERYTHING work, Apart from the speak, So its now useless as a phone :/
Is the speaker user replaceable?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well, that's a pretty interesting story, man.
do you mean the speaker is broken or the microphone? you'll probably be able to get it repaired by samsung assuming you have a warranty on it.

With respect, would you really trust a phone, even repaired that you DEEP FRIED for 4 minutes? Be lucky you can get your data off it and buy a new phone!

harriisnotinabox said:
you'll probably be able to get it repaired by samsung assuming you have a warranty on it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you really think so They'll see you coming from miles away. You caused the damage yourself, it's not like it's a design fault.

i mean what were u thinkin man..........just cant beleive it u actually fried ur phone..............4 mins in fryer , u might as well eat it like a gingerbread dessert or something

samiulislam16 said:
i mean what were u thinkin man..........just cant beleive it u actually fried ur phone..............4 mins in fryer , u might as well eat it like a gingerbread dessert or something
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmmm deep fried Gingerbread...lol
In all honesty, funkyblue is right. Get what data/contacts you can (if not backed up to google) and get yourself a new phone. If your headset port isn't caked up with grease then maybe you can use it as a glorified MP3/music player.
How on earth did the battery not die?

Forget the speaker, I think the main thing we are all curious about is...do you eat a deep fried SGS with ketchup, or malt vinegar?

Post the pics

BAHAHAHAHA (sorry!), this is the funniest title since someone deep froze their sgs (iirc).
But as to your question, I wouldn't be surprised if the speaker is replacable, iirc its a modular component!
EDIT: wait, was it 454 or 240 degrees? Big difference

or you can keep it and use phone with bluetooth headset???

Pictures have now been added, Sorry for the delay!
The speaker is now working albeit very quietly, There is this greasy ring inside the camera when taking a picture, Guessing oil is trapped in there.
oswade said:
EDIT: wait, was it 454 or 240 degrees? Big difference
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It was 240 C. Or 454 F.

Bouncer5 said:
Pictures have now been added,
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Love the simcard

May I respectfully suggest that coating the phone in batter next time will offer a degree of protection, and add immeasurably to the taste and texture!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

@slaphead some marinade would do the work as well

spamtrash said:
@slaphead some marinade would do the work as well
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Marinade then deep fry?!......me thinks you won't ever win masterchef!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

Try it, it will change the awful taste of polymer case into festival of CDS :]

friend, get the data off the phone and then give it to :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236273

let's wait for icecream sandwhich, and then someone should try it again, and then let's check, which one tastes better...

[Q] My phone just died?

Last night I was just browsing and the phone froze up and I had to pull the battery. This usually happens 3 times a day and it's just fine. But last night it just died. It still won't charge or turn on. Can anybody help? At this point i'm thinking about just getting a Nexus.

cmason37 said:
Last night I was just browsing and the phone froze up and I had to pull the battery. This usually happens 3 times a day and it's just fine. But last night it just died. It still won't charge or turn on. Can anybody help? At this point i'm thinking about just getting a Nexus.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh I hate to hear this as you are a regular around here lately. Sounds to me like you OCd too much and fried your phone. I say that because of the many battery pulls you had to do all the time which is a symptom of OCing too high. Am I right on this or were you using a stock kernel?

ArtfulDodger said:
Oh I hate to hear this as you are a regular around here lately. Sounds to me like you OCd too much and fried your phone. I say that because of the many battery pulls you had to do all the time which is a symptom of OCing too high. Am I right on this or were you using a stock kernel?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wasn't using an OC kernel. I was using CM10.1 stock.

cmason37 said:
I wasn't using an OC kernel. I was using CM10.1 stock.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow sounds like you had a bad phone then. Any chance you are still under warranty? If not well then if you can move on to something like the Nexus I would.

Ok, If you plug your phone into your PC you will probably see it recognized as a strange device, basically you have hard-bricked your phone and unless you have access to JTAG for your exhibit II and the ability to use it you are probably boned, It's rare for this to happen but it is the same kind of issue that occurs when pulling a battery during an OTA update.
Congrats, you won the Lotto.
Call T-mobile, tell them the phone won't turn on, don't resist and they will ask for your IMEI and all the related account info, you will be asked to ship your phone to them for a free replacement If you qualified under warranty still.

cmason37 said:
Last night I was just browsing and the phone froze up and I had to pull the battery. This usually happens 3 times a day and it's just fine. But last night it just died. It still won't charge or turn on. Can anybody help? At this point i'm thinking about just getting a Nexus.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just get the n4 I'm getting one soon great price, this phone was good for a while but just too danng slow
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

IRX120 said:
Just get the n4 I'm getting one soon great price, this phone was good for a while but just too danng slow
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I feel your pain. It has been a one year war to get this thing to perform without freezing, rebooting and so on. It's fine if you use a GB ROM like RR or CM7 but I've gotten to rely on Google Now and don't want to give it up. Trying CM10.1 with PBE kernel for a few days. It froze up a bit today but I think much of the problem lies with Superuser which seems to be slow as Christmas at granting super permissions after booting. After switching to SuperSu, OCing to 1612 max (ondemand) with SIO things are running nice. SO FAR!!! Use to think SuperSu sucked but I'm starting to find out the truth.
This is kind of a last ditch effort. I have someone who's willing to buy it and if they decide to, that's all the excuse I need to get another phone. I don't think I'll get the Nexus though due to the fact it does not have expandable memory from what I can tell and even 16gb is not enough for me as I have a lot of music stored on my card.

ArtfulDodger said:
I don't think I'll get the Nexus though due to the fact it does not have expandable memory from what I can tell and even 16gb is not enough for me as I have a lot of music stored on my card.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually the Nexus 4 is perfect for me. I uploaded my music, picture, and video collection to Google. I keep like 1-2 high end games on my phone (most are on my Nexus 7). I'll be ordering the 8GB soon.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD

This phone was designed to work on gb, period.With all due respect to all the devs work how bout improving on GB ?

Why try to improve an outdated os? Just because a phone was shipped with or never updated past gb doesn't mean it was only meant to run that os
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda premium

smartguy044 said:
Why try to improve an outdated os? Just because a phone was shipped with or never updated past gb doesn't mean it was only meant to run that os
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why not? It was shiped with this os. Why not improve on it?
---------- Post added at 10:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:02 PM ----------
Is it to much for the smartguy? :laugh:
---------- Post added at 10:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:09 PM ----------
Im just sayn, lets break bread
---------- Post added at 10:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:12 PM ----------
BTW nobody has done this
Besides RR ofcourse which is also a nice ROM. An do believe Exquizit (sp) but recall there was a security problem? Not counting Peach in this simply cause as i believe Jocala put it "debloated stock".
Any how just wondering how fast and smooth GB could be with the right dev on the job.

I might as well introduce myself and let the games begin.

I am no ordinary greenhorn, in fact, to be completely honest this is the first smart phone I have ever owned. Before this love affair began with my thrill 3D, I was partial to the cheap flip phones. So without further ado; I rooted her bricked her first by checkin out system tuner and seeing what would happen if I turned up a thing or two. When i woke in the morning jungle font stopped unexpectedly, so i pressed force close, it came back faster than i could pull my thumb away, after about a dozen or so times w/ the same result, I did what any sensible idiot comparable to uneducated stone would do and pulled the battery. She rebooted with no font. Factory reset, root again recover my beloved apps and data and then (again what any sensible idiot would and opened system tuner. in my defense, however i was only moving system files to sd not uninstalling them. 'ol thrill did not like that one bit and with a sudden burst of rage-full, maniacal, protest force closed files of all types, one super quickly right after another. it was a domino effect sort of thing. anyway, i tried the lg flash package steps several times to no avail, now it seems overwhelming. tomorrow i am dive right in to xda university deal i heard about, but in the mean time any help in getting my deeply missed thrill back on line would be appreciated so much more than most of you could imagine. i have a lot on plate and this couldn't have been a worse time for me kill my life line. Thank you guys in advance. sorry 'bout the long post, verbose is my middle name.

FRAT
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

frat?
LeighR said:
FRAT
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually my friend, I'm in my late thirties with two little boys. I'm a single dad, with zero presence from their biological co-founder. I'm a carpenter by trade, hence the cheap flip phones in the past. In addition to work and kids, I did start going to college full time (I'm in my second semester) for child psychology in order to better understand the difference between my youngest (4) who is developing typically and my oldest (7) who is autistic. In the middle of wrestling an already obese schedule, I am smack dab in the middle of fighting with the school district because they are (in my opinion based on my careful observation) stuck in the process of teaching autistic kids how to be more autistic rather than how to be "human" like most of the rest of us. To recover my boy from his public-school-bootloop seems to be as equally perplexing as my phone. A seventh grade education over twenty years ago only goes so far. So there it is, while I love to write, I am far from a frat boy, where they get laid in bed, I only lay in bed Embarrassing really, but my sacrifice is/will be the root of all of my boys smiles. I don't have the money nor the desire to buy a new phone. I love my thrill! It is imperative that I get it back online ASAP. Unfortunately often times a picture in crayon is what I need when it comes to some things. If you guys can't or won't help me get it going I figure it out, I always do. But no matter what, I will have my thrill. P.S. Mad props for all you guy that have put the effort into XDA University and the slang terms thread, I admire people who give up their time and energy just for the sake of sharing what they know, for us "noobs" that kind of generosity is the only way learn about such alien concepts and processes as these. Like I said "I'm no ordinary greenhorn" Thanks again in advance, time is ticking and I'm not using a pay phone and refuse to get a flipper! Gotta run, good day all!!!!!!

FRAT x2
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

come on, I'm not gonna beg!
But I will ask nicely; please will one of you guys help me? I got a really nice one of a kind end grain cutting board i just finished up in shop i also just finished two Tangram puzzle sets hand made out of some beautifull exotic hardwood for any one interested in helping me make sense of this proccess of recovering from a bootloop. I'm not gonna go away, even if I have to figure out some other means.

pollutedmuse said:
I am no ordinary greenhorn, in fact, to be completely honest this is the first smart phone I have ever owned. Before this love affair began with my thrill 3D, I was partial to the cheap flip phones. So without further ado; I rooted her bricked her first by checkin out system tuner and seeing what would happen if I turned up a thing or two. When i woke in the morning jungle font stopped unexpectedly, so i pressed force close, it came back faster than i could pull my thumb away, after about a dozen or so times w/ the same result, I did what any sensible idiot comparable to uneducated stone would do and pulled the battery. She rebooted with no font. Factory reset, root again recover my beloved apps and data and then (again what any sensible idiot would and opened system tuner. in my defense, however i was only moving system files to sd not uninstalling them. 'ol thrill did not like that one bit and with a sudden burst of rage-full, maniacal, protest force closed files of all types, one super quickly right after another. it was a domino effect sort of thing. anyway, i tried the lg flash package steps several times to no avail, now it seems overwhelming. tomorrow i am dive right in to xda university deal i heard about, but in the mean time any help in getting my deeply missed thrill back on line would be appreciated so much more than most of you could imagine. i have a lot on plate and this couldn't have been a worse time for me kill my life line. Thank you guys in advance. sorry 'bout the long post, verbose is my middle name.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Everything you need is in the optimus 3d thread there the same phone theres even an ics official rom im running it now

Thank you
Bigtech313 said:
Everything you need is in the optimus 3d thread there the same phone theres even an ics official rom im running it now
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I followed the instructions from an optimums thread by dark lestat, i tried four times. but absolutely nothing happened. Norton was a problem, fixed that. then found out what a com port was, let me ask anyway, that refers to the USB port right, and not communication port like maybe through a my firewall? i haven't tried a different USB cable yet cause i just found out about it tonite while i was looking for some answers. do i do anything with the kidz file? i would rather have a different ROM, what is the recovery manager for? and one more clarification, how do I know that it is working at the last step when i put the bat back in and connect the USB to my lap top? will it vibrate or screen flash or something. I am going to try again tomorrow. i learned a lot i didn't know today from xda u, so I don't feel so lost. I can build a house ,but droid recovery is a whole ball game! Thanks again Bigtech.

another Q
Does it matter which kdz file I choose, if so Which one should I use? I ended up with the official gingerbread cause it was the only link that worked.

use either v30b kdz of v28b kdz. they're both ics, which is, i believe much better than gingerbread

Any word if they got rid of the ghost call problem? And I am very surprised that ATT still cares about this phone considering they discontinued it like 5 months after they started to sell it
Sent from my ICS Touchpad using xda app-developers app

I finally got my phone to boot up
then today it crashed when I was restoing apps from system tuner, any idea why?

Stop FRATing and people will help more. Post precisely and specifically what your problem is. No one wants to read your wall of text.
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

question
why b2cappsetup pop up tellin me to connect with the internet when i already am? tryin to flash v30b recovering from a bootloop. thanks!

sorry bro
Hate the game Dog, not the playa:laugh: the xda new-membe- intro video made me do it! It said that you old pros are "lawn geezers" and we are the kids runnin across your front yard. I was simply getting into charector:} nah just kiddin, i did over do it a bit though huh won't happen again either cause you all are much more helpful when your not pissed.

OK I have not read your other posts. Install Smartflash instead and install the 2 drivers. Then flash XBSA's pretty rooted ROM with Smartflash.
Download XBSA's V7.2 ROM and flash it from recovery.
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

I also tried this guide from scratch today it worked perfectly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191698
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

i'm on it!
I'm gonna try the second one again first though, something isn't right with the b2cappsetup, maybe its my anti virus or firewall

oh crap i can so believe i missed that!
pollutedmuse said:
I'm gonna try the second one again first though, something isn't right with the b2cappsetup, maybe its my anti virus or firewall
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ooooohhhh! set and run everything as admin, missed that the first 8 times:laugh:laugh:

urgh!
my laptop won't let me run the b2capp says i have to connect to the net then press continue, i am already connected so i press and it just comes right back. any ideas why?

Same prob here. Had to disable anti virus.
Sent from my LG-P925 using xda app-developers app

[Q] LED no longer works for notifications

Just ran the ruu for 4.3 posted by OMJ. Took some effort but finally got it to work.
LED works for the charging light, but will not blink for notifications, no matter what options are checked, or unchecked, or re-checked. Still bone stock 4.3.
Any ideas?

Check out post #7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474035&highlight=no+led+notification
It will fix it!

What the fish...it worked! You just saved my marriage lol, thanks!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice!! Gotta keep the lady happy! Enjoy your Sunday...GoHawks

Learn a hard lesson, brother. I stopped hooking my wife up with custom ROMs and features two phones ago. I got REAL tired of going from 'hey phoneguru, get me this and that cool feature' to ' hey guru a**hole, fix my jacked up device that YOU somehow made screw up and blahblahblah'.........was happy as hell when she went to the iPhone, but then she came back to the GSIII..... :angel:

I gave her the iphone (which was second hand from my dad, to be used solely as an ipod by me) when her gs3 died and she couldnt stand it for even ten minutes! So like a bozo i said take my One until your upgrade. Stuck with iphone for six months now...ugh.
She so far hates the missing option of contact-specific text notifications. ::sigh:: I thought it was possible on sense, but i guess not?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk