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

Columbo · 18 Jul 2010 at 07:50

Well mine is on its way back from repair with 'no fault found' being quoted..meh. :mad:

Anybody else having trouble with the Wi-Fi? Have any newer firmwares improved it any?

Got both a HD2 and a Milestone here and I can comfortably get a full signal at the bottom of my garden with them, however with the Galaxy I was sometimes on 1 bar stood next to my router..hence why I sent it back.

If its no better when it comes back it'll be going, shame really cos otherwise I love it.

makamiso · 18 Jul 2010 at 12:47

Really? my wi-fi seems to be fine... I guess its a hit and miss thing. Maybe a future firmware update might fix it?

Old Wino · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:18

Jabbs · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:43

Wi-fi is fine for me also

Jimbeam3678 · 18 Jul 2010 at 16:12

Jabbs said:
Wi-fi is fine for me also

Clairvoyant · 18 Jul 2010 at 18:03

Is rooting different from updating the firmware.

I have watched the youtube vid using odin. But not clue about rooting.

broona · 18 Jul 2010 at 18:22

Clairvoyant said:
Is rooting different from updating the firmware.

I have watched the youtube vid using odin. But not clue about rooting.

Yes, different to updating the firmware, unless you install pre-rooted firmware, how to root - http://forum.samdroid.net/f49/superuser-su-busybox-i9000-v-2-01-07-2010-a-1355/

Jimbeam3678 · 18 Jul 2010 at 18:52

broona said:
Yes, different to updating the firmware, unless you install pre-rooted firmware, how to root - http://forum.samdroid.net/f49/superuser-su-busybox-i9000-v-2-01-07-2010-a-1355/

So fresh from yesterdays firmware upgrade you just put the update.zip (647k) in csc part of odin3 and flash with no pit file or anything correct ?

After that your rooted with the same firmware as before correct?

Thanks again for your help

sunny007 · 18 Jul 2010 at 19:35

will the phone be updated to froyo 2.2 ?

Jimbeam3678 · 18 Jul 2010 at 19:42

sometime near August I think someone said

sunny007 · 18 Jul 2010 at 19:44

Cool, can you root it to 2.2 ?

arc@css · 18 Jul 2010 at 21:00

I'm just trying to get an idea of what are the current higher quality phones to consider when making a purchase. It hasn't taken me long to get the the impression that most seem to point towards either an iphone4, Samsung Galaxy S or the HTC Desire. The Samsung looks amazing, I'm almost sold already. Must take my time over this...

lmfy2k · 18 Jul 2010 at 22:35

i got dlna running on my home server and i can stream 720p mkv tv files on the SGS perfectly over wifi, quality is mint!

Fallen god · 19 Jul 2010 at 05:01

I just did the stall fix and it is such a great improvment, the phone is just so much faster, however I read some poeple get it even faster on ex4 which i might give a try and some poeple always complained about how quickly the battery drained but it could be just that certain person.

Jimbeam3678 · 19 Jul 2010 at 08:49

Fallen god said:
I just did the stall fix and it is such a great improvment, the phone is just so much faster, however I read some poeple get it even faster on ex4 which i might give a try and some poeple always complained about how quickly the battery drained but it could be just that certain person.

what the hell is the stall FiX?
:confused:

lmfy2k · 19 Jul 2010 at 09:45

divaboy said:
what the hell is the stall FiX?

fixes the lag by moving data onto the sd card, supposed to work very well too!

lmfy2k · 19 Jul 2010 at 09:46

maybe a daft question here, ive updated to JG5 and all is well.

is the navigation app that is already installed the all singing dancing google sat nav ive seen in vids? or is this something different? ive tried to search for it in the market and cant find it.

any thoughts?

carrot1401 · 19 Jul 2010 at 11:04

Right then, for somone with a Nokia 6301 looking to upgrade and no intention of playing around with rooting or whatever you mad lot do

)) what's it like? My first touch screen phone and looking at the media side as I wanna get rid of my iPod and have an all in 1 job

macster · 19 Jul 2010 at 12:23

I wont be rooting mine unless samsung take their time on the 2.2 release. It runs perfectly fine out the box. The mp3 player has really good sound quality, much better than an IPOD.

Columbo · 19 Jul 2010 at 14:25

Well its seems I've got a bummer of a phone because the Wi-Fi reception on my handset is still hockingly bad :mad:

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Its going to ebay which I'm none too happy about but the ruddy thing just wont hold any network for very long..

On the plus side, I rooted my Milestone last night as I was past caring about it and I've overclocked the CPU to 1ghz and its made a massive difference to it.

Seems fine at the minute so I'll just drop back to that while I decide which handset I'm having next..