the Samsung Galaxy R discussion/troubleshooting thread

PurusH

PurusH

The LeO
REQUEST TO POST QUERIES ON GALAXY R IN THIS THREAD.....
POST YOUR QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS ON GALAXY R.........

Specifications of Galaxy R:
Display: SC-LCD capacitive touch with 16 million colours, 4.2 inchies 480X800 pixels, 222 ppi density. TouchWiz UI , Scratch Resistant Glass. No Gorilla Display.
OS: Android, v2.3.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU: Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, GPU- ULP GeForce, Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset
Memory: 8GB internal Storage, 1GB RAM, 2GB ROM
Data: GPRS, Edge, HSDPA, HSUPA, Internet Browser-HTML, Adobe Flash
GPS: A-GPS support
Connectivity: Wi-fi, Wifi Hotspot, DLNA, Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP EDR, Micro USB v2.0 on the go.
Multimedia: Video - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV Audio - MP3/WAV/eAAC/FLAC, Stereo FM radio with RDS
Camera: 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Video-calling, secondary camera, 720p video recording
Dimension: 125 x 66 x 9.5 mm, 135gm
Others: 2G, 3G Network, Image/video/ Document editor, Accelerometer, gyro, proximity sesor, Loudspeaker, 3.5mm Jack, , Li-Ion 1650 mAh Battery
Price: Approx Rs.21K
 
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MANOfJosh

QA Professional
I have a doubt,

When i choose the option to share, There is an option as NFC Tapping, On clicking it, i get an error message stating application crashed. Does this mean, Samsung didn't remove the NFC option for GS R I9103 and that it would work with a battery that supports NFC (say SGS2 battery) ?

:) :) :) Awaiting replies...
 
red dragon

red dragon

Master troll
Can you find any NFC related code in Samsung kernel source(check xda)?
What about libnfc file in system/lib?
Can you post a system dump?

It may come with ICS,you never know!!
 
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PurusH

PurusH

The LeO
Yesterday, I pulled out USB pendrive out from the phone without doing 'safe remove' and the phone blackened, the display went off, I was not able to operate return button, on/off button and had to remove the battery to restart.

So careful about doing 'Safe remove' before you pull the pendrive out of the phone.

Also, I read about deep sleep by SGR for 2-3 guys in GSM Arena. Are you guys having SGR faced any deep sleep problem?
 
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MANOfJosh

QA Professional
red dragon said:
Can you find any NFC related code in Samsung kernel source(check xda)?
What about libnfc file in system/lib?
Can you post a system dump?

It may come with ICS,you never know!!
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I checked xda, there seems no NFC related code and libnfc file in SGR kernel. But, i also read from xda that certain variants of I9103 have NFC support (Not clear on variants though). And yes, Awaiting ICS. :)

PurusH said:
Yesterday, I pulled out USB pendrive out from the phone without doing 'safe remove' and the phone blackened, the display went off, I was not able to operate return button, on/off button and had to remove the battery to restart.

So careful about doing 'Safe remove' before you pull the pendrive out of the phone.

Also, I read about deep sleep by SGR for 2-3 guys in GSM Arena. Are you guys having SGR faced any deep sleep problem?
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I'm using my SGR for about a week, I didn't face Deep Sleep problem so far. :smile:
 
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PurusH

PurusH

The LeO
red dragon said:
Can you post a link?
Atlast something interesting.
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Actually, I read this in xda dev......
[Q] Galaxy R I9103 Deep sleep problem!!! - xda-developers

Also, please see...
Mixed responses on blackout:
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R - User opinions and reviews
 
red dragon

red dragon

Master troll
PurusH said:
Actually, I read this in xda dev......
[Q] Galaxy R I9103 Deep sleep problem!!! - xda-developers

Also, please see...
Mixed responses on blackout:
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R - User opinions and reviews
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Thank you mate!

umeshtangnu said:
Battery Problem :(
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Nope!Does not look like it.
Probably something to do with
1.proximity sensor as mentioned in Xda.
2.my guess would be something kernel related.Deep sleep
thing usually occured with excessive underfunding.
But people are having with stock voltage too!
Serious issue!!

A very unlikely possibility Samsung has screwed up the init'd script
themselves probably trying too hard to save battery.
Extremely unlikely for Sammy or Motorola as they make real solid kernels.
Would have been a possibility with htc.

The undervolting may affect a few phones as every individual processor(identical phone models) behaves
differently with different voltage settings.
Sounds strange but it does happen.
 
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umeshtangnu

NULL_PTR
red dragon said:
Thank you mate!



Nope!Does not look like it.
Probably something to do with
1.proximity sensor as mentioned in Xda.
2.my guess would be something kernel related.Deep sleep
thing usually occured with excessive underfunding.
But people are having with stock voltage too!
Serious issue!!

A very unlikely possibility Samsung has screwed up the init'd script
themselves probably trying too hard to save battery.
Extremely unlikely for Sammy or Motorola as they make real solid kernels.
Would have been a possibility with htc.

The undervolting may affect a few phones as every individual processor(identical phone models) behaves
differently with different voltage settings.
Sounds strange but it does happen.
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You got it wrong
i was talking bout issues in my phone
1)Charger dead within a week.
2)battery drains like hell no more than 3 hrs without charge
3)Random Shutdowns
and this bugger is not even a month old :cry:
 
red dragon

red dragon

Master troll
Rregardung the battery drain it is the very common Android o.s bug.
Sorry!I thought you were having deep sleep issue.
 
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PurusH

PurusH

The LeO
umeshtangnu said:
You got it wrong
i was talking bout issues in my phone
1)Charger dead within a week.
2)battery drains like hell no more than 3 hrs without charge
3)Random Shutdowns
and this bugger is not even a month old :cry:
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Even my phone had shutdown and restarted 3-4 times (happened only when I had put in pouch inside my trouser pocket)

Regarding Battery, I get min 10-12hrs with very heavy usage. So it is better you need to check with Samsung Service.

If you visit them, please let us know what Service Guys says about this.
 
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umeshtangnu

NULL_PTR
PurusH said:
Even my phone had shutdown and restarted 3-4 times (happened only when I had put in pouch inside my trouser pocket)

Regarding Battery, I get min 10-12hrs with very heavy usage. So it is better you need to check with Samsung Service.

If you visit them, please let us know what Service Guys says about this.
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ya for a week or so my phone used to give similar battery performance but for last 5-6 days its worse than my 2 year jet
 
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PurusH

PurusH

The LeO
red dragon said:
2.3.7 is out for GalaxyR?
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Not yet..... stock is 2.3.5

for 2.3.6, use following link: Guide :- ClockWorkMod 4.0.0.2 for Galaxy R i9103 - xda-developers

(may voids warranty) 2.3.6 version fixed a voice search bug. 2.3.7 has google wallet
 
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red dragon

red dragon

Master troll
noob said:
it was only with initial release of 2.3 version..in 2.3.4/5/7 there is no such issue.
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As a matter of fact it was present even in 2.3.5.
2. 3.6 probably has reduced the drain.
But there is no way to confirm it.
Some people are still having major drains at xda.

It is not difficult to hide the major o. s drain through some kernel tweaks, but it won't serve any purpose, only fool unsuspecting users.

Sent from Galaxy S2
 
ashintomson

ashintomson

Journeyman
(offtopic?) Do you want CyanogenMod for galaxy R? then please vote...
Please port CyanogenMod to Galaxy R i9103 - CyanogenMod Forum
 
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ganesh puttu

Right off the assembly line
hi all! can anyone tell me how to access the messaging (Text message) )options on my new Galaxy R? specifically how to see the Drafts folder and where to find it? i am newly shifted from java based phones- nokia and i am unfamiliar with android and samsung..... i have acccidentally saved something in drafts i think because a messge thread shows as "Draft" in red...even though i did not intentionally save anything, how to rectify this?
Thanks for the help people
 
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