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

dmpoole said:
Right - GPS and the SGS.

Last night me and my mate did a rigorous test of the GPS using Google Navigation, Maps and Co-Pilot by driving to Macclesfield (we were gigging there).
The distance there & back was around 58 miles of City roads and lots of winding country roads.
I had him switching every 2 mins between the 3 maps and especially when we came to crossroads or junctions.
Switching to Google would often put us in a field or 50 yards either side of a designated marker (crossroads/junction).
Switching to Co-Pilot was bang on every time just like TomTom.
The Co-Pilot GPS marker NEVER left the road unlike the Google products that had a mind of their own.
I am now 100% convinced the GPS is down to software being used (but there could still be an issue between Google & SGS because other phones work OK!!).
I have now installed Sygic Mobile Maps 10 and as soon as I turned that on the GPS marker was bang on in my house where Google has to think about it for a while and then put me in the next road.
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Update on Sygic Mobile Maps 10.
I went out 15 miles tonight and Sygic was bang on, so on the way back I had the wife alternating between Google Navigation and Sygic and once again Google was all over the place.
Even the wife who is obviously crap at map reading could see the marker was in another street.

So my conclusion is:
If you have an SGS get Sygic or Co-Pilot.
 
DIABLO said:
Probably the battery poorly calibrated, when it gets to a low percentage does it take an age to actually run out?
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it can get half way (blue) and then 20min later die or i do a full charge use it for 2 hours during the day (facebook,ocuk forums etc) and by the time i go home 7pm - 9pm latest its dead.

brummie said:
in your locker you may have a poor signal thays causing the phone to search a lot. this will zap your battery.
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O-o thats annoying!

Soo i guess the only way is turn off the phone?

will flashing it or using a diffrent rom change the battery at all?
 
Ive got a galaxy s and i must say im well pleased with it. I had a choice between a i phone 3 and this. And a few hour with them both and this is well better
 
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Mp4 said:
it can get half way (blue) and then 20min later die or i do a full charge use it for 2 hours during the day (facebook,ocuk forums etc) and by the time i go home 7pm - 9pm latest its dead.



O-o thats annoying!

Soo i guess the only way is turn off the phone?

will flashing it or using a diffrent rom change the battery at all?
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Different ROMs use the battery differently yes.
Dont turn off you phone in your locker just switch it to GSM only
 
My mate has had his SGS for a year now and it was one of the reasons I had one after I tried it.
Last night he saw me messing with mine while I was on the internet and he asked "Why are you using 2 fingers on the screen" :eek:
My work colleague has never used it for anything else other than phoning & texting.
What a waste.
 
dmpoole said:
My mate has had his SGS for a year now and it was one of the reasons I had one after I tried it.
Last night he saw me messing with mine while I was on the internet and he asked "Why are you using 2 fingers on the screen" :eek:
My work colleague has never used it for anything else other than phoning & texting.
What a waste.
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It's only been out for about 8 months in the :confused:
 
Mp4 said:
it can get half way (blue) and then 20min later die or i do a full charge use it for 2 hours during the day (facebook,ocuk forums etc) and by the time i go home 7pm - 9pm latest its dead.



O-o thats annoying!

Soo i guess the only way is turn off the phone?

will flashing it or using a different rom change the battery at all?
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It will probably have an 'airplane' or 'offline' mode so it doesn't search for a network. My Nokia n86 has this.


Coming to the end of my contract with VM and can get one of these for nothing for about £20 a month with 2k textx and about 200 minutes (which is plenty). Worth it or should i be thinking about the Galaxy S2 which will no doubt be £40 a month for 18/24 months?
 
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MissChief said:
It will probably have an 'airplane' or 'offline' mode so it doesn't search for a network. My Nokia n86 has this.


Coming to the end of my contract with VM and can get one of these for nothing for about £20 a month with 2k textx and about 200 minutes (which is plenty). Worth it or should i be thinking about the Galaxy S2 which will no doubt be £40 a month for 18/24 months?
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Depends if you need it.

If youre a gamer geek who likes the latest games then a dual core beast might be for you. Otherwise a galaxy s is a beast.
 
TheCrow said:
dmpoole for gmaps vs tomtom/Co-pilot are they capable of marking your off the road like google maps is? or if they are they might just have higher fault allowance for locking you to the nearest road?
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I would say you are correct with the fault allowance.
Sygic and Co-Pilot are spot on with routing and in exactly the right place but I've walked into several off road places (only 25 yards or so) and the marker stays in the road (just once it got it right).
I suppose I need to go 100 yards or so into a field.
 
Sat Nav software will normally lock to the nearest road, Google Maps will project the dot where it thinks you are. If I use TomTom on my mobile while travelling on the train it snaps all over the place trying to stick to a road.
 
Copilot doesnt just stick to the roads. By us it is open country and copilot doesnt recognise the area but shows us in a field.
Google maps is pretty accurate for me and gets me within 10 metres. It can get me within 30 metres without GPS.
 
I used Docs Kitchen to create a WIPE custom rom based on XWJS8, using BUJP5 modem and XEU CSC and Speedmod K13c 500hz kernal....

Phone is running sweeter than ever, got to love the guys on XDA :)
 
I have cooked a rom in the romkitchen now whats the best way of getting it on the phone? - Im currently running stock JPY and 3 button mode working.
 
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