Samsung Galaxy S... highest spec Android phone released... also with QWERTY!

alex24 · 8 Feb 2012 at 21:57

I've had that problem with CM7 before, but never on CM9.

Hen_Dawg · 9 Feb 2012 at 02:25

Dimple said:
I've told her she is getting a much better phone for £96 (2 year contract) but says she prefers the smaller layout of the SF.
She's got a week to change her mind so help me out OCUK, why should she go for the SGS?

Everything is better in comparison I'd guess. Screen size/quality, speed, camera, HD video, built in storage, RAM, accessory options. etc etc. Plus the fact that you can get Android 2.3 officially and even the incredible 4.0 ICS with a simple ROM flash.

Emlyn_Dewar · 9 Feb 2012 at 08:21

alex24 said:
The onecosmic RC4.1 is great. Close to total AOSP but almost everything works flawlessly. Not as fast as CM9 though.

Put RC4.1 on last night, first impressions are good. It's a little slower than RC3.1 however. Not enough to make me go back to previous roms though!

6thElement · 12 Feb 2012 at 20:46

Finally got an official gingerbread release for my derivative of the Galaxy. So much more stable than the froyo release which always had reception issues.

DAnDan · 12 Feb 2012 at 22:08

Got round to putting ICS on my SGS yesterday. First impressions, it's good! Not had any crashes so far, and only one bug with text corruption on the launcher homescreen with certain widgets active.

Very much a worthwhile step up from GB.

PiKe · 12 Feb 2012 at 22:51

Team ICSSGS RC4.2 + Devil Kernel = whole new level of awesome.

PiKe · 17 Feb 2012 at 14:30

Using Slim ICS + Devil now, even better!

w1lliam · 17 Feb 2012 at 17:19

I sold mine, but glad you finally took the plunge. I bet you lost the itch to upgrade

Balb0wa · 17 Feb 2012 at 17:21

my galaxy s is up for sale, got a s2 from ebay for £265 , cant grumble for that

PiKe · 17 Feb 2012 at 18:26

w1lliam said:
I sold mine, but glad you finally took the plunge. I bet you lost the itch to upgrade

Would still prefer an official build but I'll make do for now.

PiKe · 18 Feb 2012 at 17:50

After saying that I've gone back to stock. Performance in ICS is all over the place and general annoyances due to it not being officially supported. Will wait until I can justify getting another phone now.

DAnDan · 18 Feb 2012 at 22:06

Is anyone having issues with receiving text messages on ICS?

I seem to be receiving most, but not all messages.

Balb0wa · 19 Feb 2012 at 02:29

DAnDan said:
Is anyone having issues with receiving text messages on ICS?

I seem to be receiving most, but not all messages.

Exactly the reason i went back to gingerbread, calls and text werent getting through but odd ones were, caused me a right load of grief, sold the s now and got a s2 for 265! lol

PiKe · 19 Feb 2012 at 11:54

What is the S worth?

Balb0wa · 19 Feb 2012 at 12:06

PiKe said:
What is the S worth?

They tend to go for £120-180 depending on condition

Tinders · 19 Feb 2012 at 13:21

Got £140 for mine, it was a mint white 16gb one. Nice phone, but I fancied a change to the SGS 2.

Jonners · 19 Feb 2012 at 13:29

How much is the 8gb worth?

£200 on eBay is impossible?

Balb0wa · 19 Feb 2012 at 21:56

sold mine which was 7 months old, but immaculate for £170 out of ebay :-)

cash changed hands tonight, quite happy with that

SexyGreyFox · 28 Feb 2012 at 18:22

I've been meaning to ask this for months but which is the best keyboard to use on the OCUK forums?
Both the Gingerbread and Samsung keyboards are awful because as soon as you touch the screen to start typing everything moves up and you have to type blind.
I can't scroll so I can just see the part I'm typing so what do you lot use that may be better?

sarge78 · 28 Feb 2012 at 18:34

Try A.I.type, it's got a resize button on the keyboard.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aitype.android&hl=en