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Hi guys, im coming from a Desire and thinking of switching to the SGS because of the better hardware. Can anyone share what it's like to use it everyday with the 2.2 update already? Is it still that buggy?
I've played around with the SGS 2.1 and it is indeed slow, laggy and somewhat frustrating. Should I expect otherwise?
What about removing touchwiz? Does that bring everything up to speed?
Thanks!
Personally I feel it is slower and even more bug ed than eclair.
Desire should be better in trends of user experience......
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Is it just as slow running bare bones android? I am expecting the Galaxy S to be the first to receive the nexus S port of gingerbread
i find 2.2 way better speed wise, than 2.1
no more lag on multi upgrade from market
I seriously don't know where this lag everyone is talking about coming from, I've had my Galaxy S for 2 months now and so far my phone has been very snappy, ever since the first day I bought it when it was still running 2.1 ... the Samsung Galaxy S is one snappy phone if you ask me! it certainly can stand on it's own against the iPhone 4, which is considered by many to be the smoothest phone out there... I certainly have NO regrets purchasing the Galaxy S
i switched from desire to SGS for the following reasons:
1) music player can play FLAC's
2) divx xvid support and support for many video codecs ( use to use rock player on desire but still it was unable to play some other h264 formats)
3) nice giant super amoled screen
4) light weight and looks are better than desire
The only reason that i miss my desire is :
it was fast ( yeah SGS is a bit laggy even with custom roms and kernels) and it had flash with its camera. ( but camera of SGS is better than desire)
shranav,
How about the capacitive touch buttons? Were they easy to use coming from the Desire? I've tried them with the 2.1 rom and they seemed way unresponsive with the vibrate only registering after 2 -3 secs.
So can I assume that the experience will never be as good as the one in my desire?
oh and does HTC IME work for the SGS?? This is the only keyboard I use because it's easy to add your own dictionary
krunalkamdar said:
Personally I feel it is slower and even more bug ed than eclair.
Desire should be better in trends of user experience......
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Should be? Is this from experience of you're just talking out of your ass? Probably the latter. I've been using Doc rom with ext4 lagfix for the last 10 days and I have nothing but positive things to say about my SGS now. The phone is hella good with 2.2.
mjay9090 said:
I seriously don't know where this lag everyone is talking about coming from, I've had my Galaxy S for 2 months now and so far my phone has been very snappy, ever since the first day I bought it when it was still running 2.1 ... the Samsung Galaxy S is one snappy phone if you ask me! it certainly can stand on it's own against the iPhone 4, which is considered by many to be the smoothest phone out there... I certainly have NO regrets purchasing the Galaxy S
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Same here, fantastic screen, light, good sound for phone...
Of course KIES stink, but there are plenty alternatives...
The only problem I had with 2.1 was that it forgot where the SD cards where too often, and I had to reboot to use access photos or music...
Upgraded to 2.2 and no more "memory" problems...
I bought this mobile a week back with 2.1... Two days back upgraded to froyo... Better than 2.1.. Lot of new options.. Google voice works well... Speed both versions almost same.... Kies sucks in 2.1...but improved with froyo..
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I really don't know what the problem is for some people.
I have 2.1 and upgraded via Keis to 2.2
I was always in the habit of resetting (off and on again) my phone at least once a day. This is something I have done with all phones.
Now with the new Active Applications program in 2.2 I don't do this as much. I just close any programs using this.
I have never suffered lag on the SGS. The only problem I had was the inbuilt email software is really slow. This is not a big problem as I use the gmail software for all my mobile mail.
mjay9090 said:
I seriously don't know where this lag everyone is talking about coming from, I've had my Galaxy S for 2 months now and so far my phone has been very snappy, ever since the first day I bought it when it was still running 2.1 ... the Samsung Galaxy S is one snappy phone if you ask me! it certainly can stand on it's own against the iPhone 4, which is considered by many to be the smoothest phone out there... I certainly have NO regrets purchasing the Galaxy S
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I feel the same. A couple weeks after getting my 9000M (with 2.1 JH2) I decided to try the OCLF (lag fix) and it made some things quicker or snappier, Android Market was noticeably faster. It made some things worse like menu transitions/animations were really choppy after the lag fix and I would get random short hangs every now and again. A couple weeks after applying the lag fix my phone would not boot (stuck on Galaxy S screen then black screen). Luckily the phone wasn't completely dead. I had to do a factory reset and have been running it stock since (probably 10 weeks now). I don't know that I am experience this lag that people talk about. It runs pretty smoothly.
2.2 and Voodoo and every is A-OK!
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oh and does HTC IME work for the SGS?? This is the only keyboard I use because it's easy to add your own dictionary
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htc_ime works
if you go for it, i suggest a custom rom if you want a snappy phone
stock roms suffer from lag, especially when you install many apps
it is really easy to flash a custom rom (or even just a custom kernel)
sorry if its not right place to ask but
whats a diffrent between GT i9000 and Galaxy s i9000
mine says GT I9000
mjay9090 said:
I seriously don't know where this lag everyone is talking about coming from, I've had my Galaxy S for 2 months now and so far my phone has been very snappy, ever since the first day I bought it when it was still running 2.1 ... the Samsung Galaxy S is one snappy phone if you ask me! it certainly can stand on it's own against the iPhone 4, which is considered by many to be the smoothest phone out there... I certainly have NO regrets purchasing the Galaxy S
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I've had 2 SGS so far.
First, had no 3 button menus, but was very quick, no lag. Was able to root and lag fix to improve speed further no bother
Second, my current one. HAS 3bm, but massive lag. Unable to root by normal methods (also hard to verify if phone was rooted) also unable to lag fix
Seems to correlate with what people are saying. You saying there is no lag, and others having no end of problems.
Personally, on this phone I've missed calls with the screen taking too long to change.
I should note that my first phone was network unlocked but this one is tied to Three ireland with their modifications etc to it :-(
They are one in the same.
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Hey all, I updated to 2.2 last night, and have been impressed since first reboot. I have applied oclf as well and the phone has not lagged once. I suggest you also look at the minfree settings in oclf, as the autokill defaults for the sgs are sub par. I found that minfree adjustment has also had a major impact on the performance of the phone. We need to remember that out of the factory (our fresh from factory firmware upgrade) these phone do not run at their best and they need to be tweaked to see full potential. Cheers. H
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I read somewhere (could of been in xda) that enabling usb debugging helps with the lag issues. Don't know how that works but just throwing out there.
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Hi all, which of the latest and greatest ROMs would you recommend for playing MIDI files with this app (best performance, least lockups, etc)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rardhian.livemidi&hl=en
for the Samsung Galaxy Exhibit?
Thanks!
dax702 said:
Hi all, which of the latest and greatest ROMs would you recommend for playing MIDI files with this app (best performance, least lockups, etc)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rardhian.livemidi&hl=en
for the Samsung Galaxy Exhibit?
Thanks!
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I posted this a couple of days ago, is this the wrong forum for it?
I tried the demo version and it played a basic MIDI file ok when using the recommended settings from the developer's website, but who knows how well it would work with a more complex file plus soundfonts. The Galaxy Exhibit does not meet the recommended specs. (not a dual core CPU, and only 512MiB of RAM) so I wouldn't expect it to perform well. For a stable ROM, give AOIP a try. I've been running v.1.0 since it came out and have had very few issues.
After all my research, I decided on RebelROM 3.1 and it works flawlessly. I installed the live midi app and it seems to run fine too on there. Couldn't be happier with this ROM.
You should try aoip
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dax702 said:
After all my research, I decided on RebelROM 3.1 and it works flawlessly. I installed the live midi app and it seems to run fine too on there. Couldn't be happier with this ROM.
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.whitt is right try aoip all the other ROMs are old and outdated and theres no support for them anymore.
Hi guys,
I have galaxy tab from couple of years and it's great device. I really love, specifically when I'm traveling.
Few months ago, I updated it to CM with ICS, but the performance is very low.
I'm using the tablet mostly for Internet and I want to be faster.
Is there any quick and light rom that I can install?
Or just the device is old according to the current standards?
Thanks for the replies!
For a faster rom, just try different ones to see what you like best. Can't recommend one because it's against the rules. We don't want flame wars. But, you could try an app called clean master. It cleans up the tab to boost performance. I use it, and it does work.
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]Hey guys,
I'm owning the Galaxy Ace S5830 and about two years ago I used to change the ROM and Kernel frequently.
Then I lost my phone and I didn't have a Galaxy Ace for almost two years.
I sure in those 2 years there changed a lot here, so my question is, if you could recommend a suitable ROM and Kernel for me. That would safe lots of time for me.
Right now I'm using Android 2.3.6. rooted and LinktoSD with an ext2-partition.
All I want is a stable ROM that is faster than the current one and better in battery lifetime. I do not play any video games on my phone. I just use it to get information about the next train/bus/tube connections in my city, to organize me, to take photos on parties and to watch videos on YouTube sometimes.
I would be very nice if you could help me!
Kind regards
whitelampe
whitelampe said:
]Hey guys,
I'm owning the Galaxy Ace S5830 and about two years ago I used to change the ROM and Kernel frequently.
Then I lost my phone and I didn't have a Galaxy Ace for almost two years.
I sure in those 2 years there changed a lot here, so my question is, if you could recommend a suitable ROM and Kernel for me. That would safe lots of time for me.
Right now I'm using Android 2.3.6. rooted and LinktoSD with an ext2-partition.
All I want is a stable ROM that is faster than the current one and better in battery lifetime. I do not play any video games on my phone. I just use it to get information about the next train/bus/tube connections in my city, to organize me, to take photos on parties and to watch videos on YouTube sometimes.
I would be very nice if you could help me!
Kind regards
whitelampe
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Now i'm using CM11 RC14 by androidarmv6, with patched services.jar and MA6 Kernel 3.x by mardon
In the CM11 i have also eliminated various bloatware
Link patched services.jar: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2431856
Link MA6 Kernel 3.x: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-ace/orig-development/kernel-ma6-kernel-3-x-t2985841
Link CM11 by androidarmv6: http://download.androidarmv6.org/_builds/cooper/stable/cm-11.0.0-RC14-GT-S5830-cooper.zip
whitelampe said:
]Hey guys,
I'm owning the Galaxy Ace S5830 and about two years ago I used to change the ROM and Kernel frequently.
Then I lost my phone and I didn't have a Galaxy Ace for almost two years.
I sure in those 2 years there changed a lot here, so my question is, if you could recommend a suitable ROM and Kernel for me. That would safe lots of time for me.
Right now I'm using Android 2.3.6. rooted and LinktoSD with an ext2-partition.
All I want is a stable ROM that is faster than the current one and better in battery lifetime. I do not play any video games on my phone. I just use it to get information about the next train/bus/tube connections in my city, to organize me, to take photos on parties and to watch videos on YouTube sometimes.
I would be very nice if you could help me!
Kind regards
whitelampe
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For performance reason, I recommend Gingerbread ROMs. CM7 official + FireKernel for fast performance, stock ROM for best compatibility.
Currently, I just installed stock ROM with FireKernel. However, it's a bit tricky to get FireKernel working with stock ROM.
Hi All,
My mom (age 66) wants to give smartphones a go. Instead of buying her a new one, I want her to try out the SIII Mini my wife has retired last week (she's the happy new owner of a Mlais MX Base).
Back when she first got the SIII Mini, I installed a near stock rom, which had most of the Samsung apps removed. Now that the phone might get a new lease of life, a new rom is in order.
What would you guys recommend for a 66-year old smartphone noob(mainly calls/sms/whatsapp, taking pictures, maybe check email and a little surfing)?
It doesn't have to be the latest our greatest. Something close to stock android and as bug free as possible.
Thanks in advance,
Marc
tminus3 said:
Hi All,
My mom (age 66) wants to give smartphones a go. Instead of buying her a new one, I want her to try out the SIII Mini my wife has retired last week (she's the happy new owner of a Mlais MX Base).
Back when she first got the SIII Mini, I installed a near stock rom, which had most of the Samsung apps removed. Now that the phone might get a new lease of life, a new rom is in order.
What would you guys recommend for a 66-year old smartphone noob(mainly calls/sms/whatsapp, taking pictures, maybe check email and a little surfing)?
It doesn't have to be the latest our greatest. Something close to stock android and as bug free as possible.
Thanks in advance,
Marc
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I tried more roms & this rom is best
VIRGINITY V14 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550392
Sureshtuty said:
I tried more roms & this rom is best
VIRGINITY V14 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550392
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I was looking for more of a stock android experience, something without a heavy our cluttered skin.
I went ahead and gave Omnirom 4.4.4 a go. looks like it might do the trick.