The Galaxy S thread!

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
Found a solution for Kies...

It got installed in Vista but not in XP SP3...

Then, do I need to install Vista only for Kies?
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
Hmmm...
Win7....

Skeptical about gaming on Win7

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This phone is gr8...
transferring of files was very easy and very fast...
 

gagan007

Uhu, Not Gonna Happen!
no no duuuude...games work fine on Win7, in a way they appear much better in Win7. I am not a hard core gamer just a casual one...but I have tried NFS Shift, Rise of Nations, Commander and Conquer plus few others on Win7 with my NVidia 8600GT (which is a below average card)...and they all perform wonderfully....it is just that a couple of capacitors on the card have swollen a bit :(
 

Faun

Wahahaha~!
Staff member
Games works a lot better in Win 7, the best since XP. Ditch that sh!te dude, know as VISTA.

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btw congrats for new purchase
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth

btw congrats for new purchase
Thanks!

@others. Well I'm missing something in Galaxy S which was in my w810i :-D

Profile management.

Like, I used to have 3 profiles in my previous mobile
Office: Ringtone at medium level but not silent+vibration
Outdoor: Silent+Vibration
Home: Ringtone @ full volume, no vibration

In Galaxy S: there are two option, silent or Vibration. Can I create other custom profiles? If yes, I'll require to have shortcuts for them too...

Experts help me...
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
@Kalpik...
Thanks mate, will try out when I'm in home...

So this profile management is not given by Samsung by default...
 
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kalpik

kalpik

In Pursuit of "Happyness"
Official Froyo firmware leaked for Galaxy S Froyo leaked for the Samsung Galaxy S | Android Central *www.androidforums.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
This mobile acts very slow sometimes...seriously

Even to open contacts it takes 3-4 seconds, similar for dialpad.

And Samsung bundled a worst quality headphone with it. It cracks in full volume.
Thinking about ep630. Any other good headset within that budget?
 
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kalpik

kalpik

In Pursuit of "Happyness"
For lags, yes there are lags on the stock firmware. For earphone, EP-630 is good, you can also look at Soundmagic PL-30.
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
This phone is damn slow...
Takes ages to open some windows. If I want to press the contacts button it takes 30-40 sec to open the window only then browsing in it takes very long time...

Really scared to do anything else in this mobile.... (&)&%$*@#$%^

I'm really frustrated....

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@kalpik, found few solutions... need help here to undestand them.

First: xda says about a leaked firmware for GalaxyS (I9000XXJP3)
[FW] I9000XXJP3 Froyo Firmware Released! - xda-developers

Then on installing update, the next thread says "You need to have I9000XXJP2 flashed before apply my update." What does this mean?

[ROM FroYo XXJP2] SamSet 2.0 |ROOTED| |THEMED| |FULLY OPTIMIZED| [28/07/10] - xda-developers
What exactly will the update.zip do as mentioned in the thread?

And how to install (what do u call this procedure? Install or root or flash) this firmware?

Here is a thread for rooting Galaxy S..
[REF] Howto root your SGS I9000 the easy way (keep all your data) (all firmwares) - xda-developers

but it doesn't say (or does it) what actually it does? the update.zip as mentioned in this thread....

please help me understand all these......
 
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kalpik

kalpik

In Pursuit of "Happyness"
This phone is damn slow...
Takes ages to open some windows. If I want to press the contacts button it takes 30-40 sec to open the window only then browsing in it takes very long time...

Really scared to do anything else in this mobile.... (&)&%$*@#$%^

I'm really frustrated....

---------- Post added at 11:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:13 PM ----------

@kalpik, found few solutions... need help here to undestand them.

First: xda says about a leaked firmware for GalaxyS (I9000XXJP3)
[FW] I9000XXJP3 Froyo Firmware Released! - xda-developers

Then on installing update, the next thread says "You need to have I9000XXJP2 flashed before apply my update." What does this mean?

[ROM FroYo XXJP2] SamSet 2.0 |ROOTED| |THEMED| |FULLY OPTIMIZED| [28/07/10] - xda-developers
What exactly will the update.zip do as mentioned in the thread?

And how to install (what do u call this procedure? Install or root or flash) this firmware?

Here is a thread for rooting Galaxy S..
[REF] Howto root your SGS I9000 the easy way (keep all your data) (all firmwares) - xda-developers

but it doesn't say (or does it) what actually it does? the update.zip as mentioned in this thread....

please help me understand all these......
Dude.. RELAX! You're getting confused!

If you wanna flash firmware, flash JG8 ( [FW] I9000JPJG8 (AFRICA) Firmware Released! - xda-developers )

This is the best 2.1 firmware so far!
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
Oh yea...I'm sure confused...

But answer my questions...

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Closed the weather update screen on second homepage...as adviced by numerous people on net

the device seems relatively fast now...

another thing...multitasking???

my music player closed as soon as I opened the gallery or messages...why?
 
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kalpik

kalpik

In Pursuit of "Happyness"
Read this: [REF] BIG FAQ Thread! {Flash/Root HOWTO} {ADB&Tutorials} {T&T} [READ BEFORE POSTING!] - xda-developers
 

a2mn2002

keen to learn..
guys what is the best gprs plan (from speed point of view) :
1. Docomo
2. Airtel


3. Vodafone (already have)
4. any other
I wana buy a new sim just for accessing internet on my nokia n79.
 
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kalpik

kalpik

In Pursuit of "Happyness"
Vodafone has the best GPRS network, but its really expensive!

On another note, this is a nice read: Samsung I9000 Galaxy S vs. Apple iPhone 4: Collision course - GSMArena.com :)
 

Champ

.NET Guru
Bought SGS Yesterday @ 28 K from Samsung Experience zone South Ex.

Was a bit anxious as many user have reported one or other issue with device

Initial Expression
Build Quality - Top Notch(far better then my old N81) Although plastic, but gives a firm feeling in hand

Performance - Phone works like a breeze, It easily handled anything I threw at it.

Graphics - A Super AMOLED screen with a dedicated GPU is a great combo.

Interface - Personally didn't like TW that much, Replaced with LauncherPro, few touches here and there, and I really like the UI now.

WiFi - Although it will not be justified to compare my Lappy with it, but WiFi reception is not as strong as my lappy. with my lappy I can get acceptable signals placed one floor above. With SGS cant, but 2-3 rooms away is Just fine.

GPS - Takes Some time to lock satellites while indoors, but out side works like a charm.
It was serious fun driving with Voice navigation (Thanks BRUT). But whole experiment costed 25 Rs, have not activated data plans yet.

About Kies - Many User have reported problems with s/w, but I have not faced any, connected very well with my lappy, Win 7(32 bit).


TV Out Function - Does the Job, Quality is just acceptable as we are using lowest std (RCA) to transfer content HDMI would have been boon. Although it was real fun to play Asphalt5 on big screen. amazing...

Here I would like to say something not about SGS or Desire or Nexus one but Android as a whole
I agree that Google is doing a remarkable job, but still there are few gaps in the OS, some really annoying.
Some are due to ignorance on the google's part and some coz of loose control over app.
market

I love to listen to local Radio Stations while driving my bike. During Ads I pushed accept call button on Headphone and expected radio to jump next station(Like Symbian, even Nokia 1650) but nothing happened, pushed again, same reasult, Pused longer and it started my Music player. I was like..... nevermind.

Again Radio Bug, I was happily listening radio and driving, a call came, I replied can ended, I expected radio to resume, but Guss what it didnt. again I was like ..... Nevermind

There is a app called Advanced Lock. It is supposed to replace our lock screen with slide to open (kind of iPhone) screen. The developer simply coded a logic that if display goes blank lock the screen. but he forgot to think that it may occur due to some other reasons like proximity sensor during call.
I simply dared to call to a IVRS with this app installed. every time I had to unlock screen to be able to dial a number.

Beside these small niggles I am really loving my phone.

I am very hopeful that with time Android will get better and better and we all will also feel proud that we also played a part in it....... ;-)
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
^Congrats on ur new buy..........its a gr8 phone and b4 u revisit this thread crying it lags like hell, here are some tips for u,

Close all those extra home screens, haptic feedback etc
If the phone starts lagging too much, just switch off and switch on again.
 
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