Samsung Galaxy S

Einhard

Hey,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S recently, and as I'm not exactly an expert in technology, but wanted to get the most out of the phone, I said I'd pop in here and have a look at what people are posting. Only thing is, I haven't a clue what you're all talking about!!:o

Does anyone know of any sites which can give me an Idiot's Guide to the Samsung? Bearing in mind that, until I bought the phone, I thought Android was that Data fella from Startrek!!

Thanks.

Raoul

Einhard wrote: »

Hey,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S recently, and as I'm not exactly an expert in technology, but wanted to get the most out of the phone, I said I'd pop in here and have a look at what people are posting. Only thing is, I haven't a clue what you're all talking about!!:o

Does anyone know of any sites which can give me an Idiot's Guide to the Samsung? Bearing in mind that, until I bought the phone, I thought Android was that Data fella from Startrek!!

Thanks.

There isn't much to guide you! You just play about with the phone go into all the settings see what it does. Have a look at all the apps see what they do. Then go into the recommend apps thread, and see what you would like to do.

You can't break the phone by playing with the settings, most likely you cant. So just enjoy it and have a look at all the apps and get ones that seem interesting to you!

lewis

gimmick wrote: »

I cannot register the gmail account. I set up the gmail ac from the computer. Or do you even need to do that?

You do it all from your phone, what are you running?

Einhard wrote: »

Hey,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S recently, and as I'm not exactly an expert in technology, but wanted to get the most out of the phone, I said I'd pop in here and have a look at what people are posting. Only thing is, I haven't a clue what you're all talking about!!:o

Does anyone know of any sites which can give me an Idiot's Guide to the Samsung? Bearing in mind that, until I bought the phone, I thought Android was that Data fella from Startrek!!

Thanks.

LMFAO, deadly.Play around with your phone and get used to it, browse the market and try different things out, when you feel comfortable, this is just a short video talking about ROM`s/flashing, made simple, it should give you an idea what all this who ha is all about...http://www.youtube.com/xdadevelopers#p/a/u/0/JLKhAYajeus

Then find your reading glasses cause there`s plenty of it here, again just have a browse through and get an idea what`s what....http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=656

Einhard

Raoul wrote: »

There isn't much to guide you! You just play about with the phone go into all the settings see what it does. Have a look at all the apps see what they do. Then go into the recommend apps thread, and see what you would like to do.

You can't break the phone by playing with the settings, most likely you cant. So just enjoy it and have a look at all the apps and get ones that seem interesting to you!

lewis wrote: »

LMFAO, deadly.Play around with your phone and get used to it, browse the market and try different things out, when you feel comfortable, this is just a short video talking about ROM`s/flashing, made simple, it should give you an idea what all this who ha is all about...http://www.youtube.com/xdadevelopers#p/a/u/0/JLKhAYajeus

Then find your reading glasses cause there`s plenty of it here, again just have a browse through and get an idea what`s what....http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=656

Thanks for the replies. I'm in the middle of exploring the phone at the moment (sounds kinda kinky!:p), but there are a few things I can't figure out.

Like, what's the best way to transfer songs from i-Tunes to the phone- through Kies, or through an app? I tried it with the Kies, but it crashed, and then when I tried again, the song titles appeared, but none of the band info etc.

Asking such basic questions is probably the equivalent of posting in the English literature section and asking what end one starts reading a book from, but I appreciate any advice!:D

lewis

Einhard wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. I'm in the middle of exploring the phone at the moment (sounds kinda kinky!:p), but there are a few things I can't figure out.

Like, what's the best way to transfer songs from i-Tunes to the phone- through Kies, or through an app? I tried it with the Kies, but it crashed, and then when I tried again, the song titles appeared, but none of the band info etc.

Asking such basic questions is probably the equivalent of posting in the English literature section and asking what end one starts reading a book from, but I appreciate any advice!:D

Warning!!!! Danger!!!! Can not comply, lol

Einhard

lewis wrote: »

Warning!!!! Danger!!!! Can not comply, lol

:mad:

So much for technology making our lives easier!! I wish I had never upgraded from the piece of string between two yoghurt cartons that I used to communicate with!!:pac:

I found a thing called TuneSync which seems to be working. Hopefully it'll all work out...

lewis

Einhard wrote: »

:mad:

So much for technology making our lives easier!! I wish I had never upgraded from the piece of string between two yoghurt cartons that I used to communicate with!!:pac:

I found a thing called TuneSync which seems to be working. Hopefully it'll all work out...

lol, I just slap the songs as they are straight onto my phone..

Einhard

lewis wrote: »

lol, I just slap the songs as they are straight onto my phone..

I don't even know how to do that.

lewis

Einhard wrote: »

I don't even know how to do that.

Once phone is hooked up to pc, just drag them onto your external sd card, or I have all my "sounds" some songs in my internal sd/svox/notifications..
that way I can use them for text/ring tones and such..

You have to create that Notifications folder.

crazygeryy

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Telling someone thats as they put it, not too tech savy to install a custom rom is Insanity. There is very little wrong with the Galaxy S with 2.2.1 and updating to official 2.3 is a much better and safer option.

The official Samsung firmware was released and pulled again, not sure what state its in. There have also been a few leaked non official beta's. When it does get released officially again it'll be up to your provider to filter it to you their customer, they add their own branding.

id say the majority of people just want to mess around with the phone though right?and see what they can change etc dont think there was anything wrong with my galaxy.i just wanted to see if i could install a rom.lol

donjuandejohn

Hi,
Has anyone come across this before? I was getting easily 2 full (or nearly full days) out of my SGS (froyo) up until today. I charged it last night, unplugged it at about midnight at 100% and set it to flight mode (so the alarm would still work). I turned off flight mode at about 7am.

I had maps open for 2-3mins with GPS on before 8am, then turned both off. Next time I used it was at 11am, for a quick unanwered call (so ~30seconds) and I noticed it was 46% charged. I didn't use it again and at 1:30 this afternoon i heard it turn off in my pocket (fully discharged).

I've charged it to 54% while off (over about 35 mins), then when I turned it on it didn't charge any more than 1-2% over the course of 20mins (like it was barely charging faster than it was discharging).

I've killed all apps (task manager and advanced task killer), and checked the ram usage (was about 220 of 310MB used). I cleared the cache (L1 & L2) which killed up to 13 apps/activities in the background (to which I have no visibility). Immeditaely cleared the L1 & L2 cache again and 6 (more) killed off. The RAM goes to as low as 130 of 310 but I I leave it for 10 mins then clear them again there are up to 12/13 items open in the background. I've stared uninstalling any apps I've downloaded in the last few weeks, but still no joy. I have to turn the phone off to get any decent charge now by the looks of it, but I doubt a 100% charge will last me the night in the oub tonight.

Any suggestions? A new update is availble on Kies - could this help? Or a full system reset (if even possible),, and probably loose my setup and apps.

Cheers - sory for the long post - still new to boards

lewis

donjuandejohn wrote: »

Hi,
Has anyone come across this before? I was getting easily 2 full (or nearly full days) out of my SGS (froyo) up until today. I charged it last night, unplugged it at about midnight at 100% and set it to flight mode (so the alarm would still work). I turned off flight mode at about 7am.

I had maps open for 2-3mins with GPS on before 8am, then turned both off. Next time I used it was at 11am, for a quick unanwered call (so ~30seconds) and I noticed it was 46% charged. I didn't use it again and at 1:30 this afternoon i heard it turn off in my pocket (fully discharged).

I've charged it to 54% while off (over about 35 mins), then when I turned it on it didn't charge any more than 1-2% over the course of 20mins (like it was barely charging faster than it was discharging).

I've killed all apps (task manager and advanced task killer), and checked the ram usage (was about 220 of 310MB used). I cleared the cache (L1 & L2) which killed up to 13 apps/activities in the background (to which I have no visibility). Immeditaely cleared the L1 & L2 cache again and 6 (more) killed off. The RAM goes to as low as 130 of 310 but I I leave it for 10 mins then clear them again there are up to 12/13 items open in the background. I've stared uninstalling any apps I've downloaded in the last few weeks, but still no joy. I have to turn the phone off to get any decent charge now by the looks of it, but I doubt a 100% charge will last me the night in the oub tonight.

Any suggestions? A new update is availble on Kies - could this help? Or a full system reset (if even possible),, and probably loose my setup and apps.

Cheers - sory for the long post - still new to boards

From what you`ve said I take it your not on a custom ROM.

First off you should get rid of any and all task killers, the phone can handle what things it needs and does not need to run by itself.
Have a look in running services and see what`s running, if you don`t know what it is get rid of it, some apps are sneaky and will run in the backround.

Unregistered.

Offcial Gingerbread is Rolling out through Kies again.

lewis

Unregistered. wrote: »

Offcial Gingerbread is Rolling out through Kies again.

JVH, I`m reading good reviews about it so far, hope its not all hype.

KennyLegend

lewis wrote: »

JVH, I`m reading good reviews about it so far, hope its not all hype.

And a new modem jvo.

Maybe this will be a bit more stable cause jvb is as buggy as hell. Themes and kerrnels etc are all iffy with jvb at the moment. While jvb is a lot better than jvk was, lets hope jvh will be better. Might flash it today if i get time.

Theres even a battery, pulldown bar, lockscreen mod by JKay out for jvh already. :D:D

lewis

KennyLegend wrote: »

And a new modem jvo.

Maybe this will be a bit more stable cause jvb is as buggy as hell. Themes and kerrnels etc are all iffy with jvb at the moment. While jvb is a lot better than jvk was, lets hope jvh will be better. Might flash it today if i get time.

Theres even a battery, pulldown bar, lockscreen mod by JKay out for jvh already. :D:D

Well let us know how it is,

Squeeonline

lewis wrote: »

Well let us know how it is,

KennyLegend wrote: »

And a new modem jvo.

Maybe this will be a bit more stable cause jvb is as buggy as hell. Themes and kerrnels etc are all iffy with jvb at the moment. While jvb is a lot better than jvk was, lets hope jvh will be better. Might flash it today if i get time.

Theres even a battery, pulldown bar, lockscreen mod by JKay out for jvh already. :D:D

With screenshots!

G1032

How many of you have a screeb protector for your SGS?
For those of you that don't is there any scratches on your screen?
A few people have told me that manufacturers don't recommend them. Is this true and if it is why are they not recommended?

spiderhombre

G1032 wrote: »

How many of you have a screeb protector for your SGS?
For those of you that don't is there any scratches on your screen?
A few people have told me that manufacturers don't recommend them. Is this true and if it is why are they not recommended?

galaxy s has a gorilla glass display

which essentially means, as a samsung rep told us: "it is completely scratch resistant! though go at it with a nail or chisel and i withdraw that!"
ive had mine for 9 months no screen protector and no problems!

lewis

G1032 wrote: »

How many of you have a screeb protector for your SGS?
For those of you that don't is there any scratches on your screen?
A few people have told me that manufacturers don't recommend them. Is this true and if it is why are they not recommended?

I got one the day I bought it and no matter what the shop/manufactures say about the screen I still got a protector for it, even if they said it was bullet proof.
What harm will it do, it does`nt effect anything on it.

Squeeonline

I've had a couple of screen protectors in the 8 months I've had the phone, didnt like one of them. One reduced the sensitivity of the screen, and the other increased glare and was also really visible, not blending in to the rest of the phone.

Phone has been dropped drunkenly a couple of times, been in the same pocket as keys (accidently!) not a single scratch, anywhere.

Unregistered.

Squeeonline wrote: »

One reduced the sensitivity of the screen

Most of them should not do this - it would have to be very thick for this to happen. I have a screen prtector on and touch screen will still work even if there's a layer of cloth arounf my finger. I'd imagine most screen protectors have no impact on sensitivity at all.

x in the city

here is my S with a screen protector and a pro tec back cover, cant take any chances scratching the screen.

few bubbles on the screen protector but its working as normal, no probs

Raoul

x in the city wrote: »

here is my S with a screen protector and a pro tec back cover, cant take any chances scratching the screen.

few bubbles on the screen protector but its working as normal, no probs

Whats that you are playing?

Any use?

x in the city

Raoul wrote: »

Whats that you are playing?

Any use?

speccy emulator running manic miner

lewis

Here lads, what modems do you find best for GPS on data connection?

I`m thinking of trying JQ1, but I`m not 100% sure...

Ghandee

Raoul wrote: »

Whats that you are playing?

Any use?

You have loverly hands!

crazygeryy

i hate the way when i unplug the charger it goes to 99% straight away.

and can someone tell me what the folder lost.dir is please?

its on the phone and the external sd as well.

G1032

crazygeryy wrote: »

i hate the way when i unplug the charger it goes to 99% straight away.

and can someone tell me what the folder lost.dir is please?

its on the phone and the external sd as well.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=713831

lewis

crazygeryy wrote: »

i hate the way when i unplug the charger it goes to 99% straight away.

and can someone tell me what the folder lost.dir is please?

its on the phone and the external sd as well.

Its normal for your battery to do that, but what I do it leave it in for 20 or so minutes after it tells you it full, works for me.

The LOST.DIR is like the recycle bin from windows. Android is a linux derivate so if you delete a file via Windows PC, and forgot to unmount the device, where such files get deleeted, the LOST.DIR keeps em for recovery.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Plugged the phone in just now and it's offering me JVH (NEE) alright. Suprised it offered it to me, as I updated through Odin last time.

Downloading and installing JVH now. Had to update KIES to the latest version.

Unregistered.

BearNecessities wrote: »

Plugged the phone in just now and it's offering me JVH (NEE) alright. Suprised it offered it to me, as I updated through Odin last time.

Downloading and installing JVH now. Had to update KIES to the latest version.

Did you buy your phone sim free?

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Nope. It was from 3Ireland.

Unbranded it when I first got it. Have been changing the product code as I need it or using Odin to flash from samfirmware.com
Currently have it as NEE (previously XEU, XEN and 3IE at some point).

Unregistered. wrote: »

Did you buy your phone sim free?

lewis

BearNecessities wrote: »

Nope. It was from 3Ireland.

Unbranded it when I first got it. Have been changing the product code as I need it or using Odin to flash from samfirmware.com
Currently have it as NEE (previously XEU, XEN and 3IE at some point).

I know I`ve asked this before but it just wrecks my head that I can`t get it to work.
Its the bloody MMS, it just seems to have a mind of its own, not matter what settings I slap into it 98% of the time it won`t work.
I saw your APN settings in your sig. and I thought I`d give it another go, I see activity but the MMS either stays downloading or does nothing.

Does anyone have there`s going?
I`m on O2.
I know your probably thinking why the hoe don`t you just send an e-mail, but I say I don`t want to, I want to send an MMS!!! lol

Unregistered.

BearNecessities wrote: »

Nope. It was from 3Ireland.

Unbranded it when I first got it. Have been changing the product code as I need it or using Odin to flash from samfirmware.com
Currently have it as NEE (previously XEU, XEN and 3IE at some point).

I'm on Meteor and i think I'll unbrand mine soon. i dunno what takes them so long, there is no difference between their Rom and the unbranded one - as far as i can see.

am i right in saying if i unbrand that the warranty won't be voided?

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

I think you do void your warranty, but someone else might correct me.
I was also fed up waiting on updates, so I just went ahead anyway.

Unregistered. wrote: »

I'm on Meteor and i think I'll unbrand mine soon. i dunno what takes them so long, there is no difference between their Rom and the unbranded one - as far as i can see.

am i right in saying if i unbrand that the warranty won't be voided?

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

I only generally use MMS for people you don't have email access on their phones. It's just handy sometimes as well. Although it takes hours if not days for some people to get an MMS.

I can't remember if you said you had a single APN for both wap and mms?

I could never get a single apn to work on 3Ireland, so I always have two. I know the WAP apn needs tweaking to get it to work (if using the samsung configs), but the MMS works as is.

I think a couple times i had to restart the phone as well actually.

I've an O2 sim somewhere. I'll throw that in the phone and see if I have any problems getting MMS to work.

lewis wrote: »

I know I`ve asked this before but it just wrecks my head that I can`t get it to work.
Its the bloody MMS, it just seems to have a mind of its own, not matter what settings I slap into it 98% of the time it won`t work.
I saw your APN settings in your sig. and I thought I`d give it another go, I see activity but the MMS either stays downloading or does nothing.

Does anyone have there`s going?
I`m on O2.
I know your probably thinking why the hoe don`t you just send an e-mail, but I say I don`t want to, I want to send an MMS!!! lol

Unregistered.

BearNecessities wrote: »

I think you do void your warranty, but someone else might correct me.
I was also fed up waiting on updates, so I just went ahead anyway.

I've heard that only rooting voids the warranty. I think it's possible to unbrand without rooting. Would like clarification.

Ben D Bus

I've just upgraded via Kies. But I'm still on Froyo

firmware 2.2.1
Baseband version I9000XXJPY
Build Number FROYO.XWJS8

I lost all my widgets (no big deal) but I can't connect to the internet over the mobile network???

WiFi works fine.

What have I done?

I'm on O2 by the way.

And all my internet favourites gone too :mad:

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Might need the APN settings? try this link

Ben D Bus wrote: »

... I can't connect to the internet over the mobile network???
...

JPY is probably the latest firmware available if it's an O2 branded phone.

Ben D Bus wrote: »

I've just upgraded via Kies. But I'm still on Froyo
...
firmware 2.2.1
Baseband version I9000XXJPY
Build Number FROYO.XWJS8
...
I'm on O2 by the way.

lewis

I`ve put in those O2 settings and weather the picture is actually sending I don`t know, there seems to be activity, but its always the same for any picture big or small.
I had a look on 02`s site and in my area. Kildare the 3G seems to be crap, maybe its just O2 themselves?

Ghandee

lewis wrote: »

I`ve put in those O2 settings and weather the picture is actually sending I don`t know, there seems to be activity, but its always the same for any picture big or small.
I had a look on 02`s site and in my area. Kildare the 3G seems to be crap, maybe its just O2 themselves?

I think i may have asked this before, but on an type have you selected internet+mms?
that was a problem for me using mms before, but after changing to mms+ internet I've had no problems.

Ste-

Ben D Bus wrote: »

I've just upgraded via Kies. But I'm still on Froyo

firmware 2.2.1
Baseband version I9000XXJPY
Build Number FROYO.XWJS8

I lost all my widgets (no big deal) but I can't connect to the internet over the mobile network???

WiFi works fine.

What have I done?

I'm on O2 by the way.

And all my internet favourites gone too :mad:

I think there was a problem with O2 mobile network last night as mine went down aslo, I changed kernel, modem, settings everything, gave up and went to bed then this morning back working normal.

lewis

I think i may have asked this before, but on an type have you selected internet+mms?
that was a problem for me using mms before, but after changing to mms+ internet I've had no problems.

Yeah, tried the all.

Ste- wrote: »

I think there was a problem with O2 mobile network last night as mine went down aslo, I changed kernel, modem, settings everything, gave up and went to bed then this morning back working normal.

So are your APN settings the same as above?

Ste-

Name > O2.ie Mobile Internet
APN > interapndroid
Proxy > 062.040.032.040
Port > 8080
User name > Not Set
Password > Not Set
Server > Not Set
MMSC > http://mmsc.mms.o2.ie:8002/
MMS Port > 8080
MCC > 272
MNC > 02
Authentication Type > Not Set
APN Type > internet + mms

Also make sure if you use APN droid that the setting MMS option is ticked.
I always have my net turned off and tasker turns it back on when required, but with MMS I have to have the connection set up first way before tasker can do it. So it must be manually turned on by me to send/recieve MMS. Took me months to get it to work! Longer than sending an email anyway.
Hope this helps.

lewis

Ste- wrote: »

Name > O2.ie Mobile Internet
APN > interapndroid
Proxy > 062.040.032.040
Port > 8080
User name > Not Set
Password > Not Set
Server > Not Set
MMSC > http://mmsc.mms.o2.ie:8002/
MMS Port > 8080
MCC > 272
MNC > 02
Authentication Type > Not Set
APN Type > internet + mms

Also make sure if you use APN droid that the setting MMS option is ticked.
I always have my net turned off and tasker turns it back on when required, but with MMS I have to have the connection set up first way before tasker can do it. So it must be manually turned on by me to send/recieve MMS. Took me months to get it to work! Longer than sending an email anyway.
Hope this helps.

Never heard of APN droid, what`s it about?

In Nitrality/service mode/band selection, what do you have selected, 1,2,3,4?

Ste-

lewis wrote: »

Never heard of APN droid, what`s it about?

In Nitrality/service mode/band selection, what do you have selected, 1,2,3,4?

It seems 1 automatic is selected.
Never changed that before.

Also this is APNdroid.

lewis

Ste- wrote: »

It seems 1 automatic is selected.
Never changed that before.

Also this is APNdroid.

Ah yeah I remember that, I had used it in the past but it never seemed to work for me, but I`ll give it another go, at this stage I`ll try anything to get it working...

Ben D Bus

Ste- wrote: »

I think there was a problem with O2 mobile network last night as mine went down aslo, I changed kernel, modem, settings everything, gave up and went to bed then this morning back working normal.

First chance to post since last night.

Yes it was working again this morning, so it must have been an unfortunate coincidence that O2 went down while I was upgrading.

Overall the phone seems to be running much faster since upgrade. So maybe it was worth the stress

Ste-

lewis wrote: »

Ah yeah I remember that, I had used it in the past but it never seemed to work for me, but I`ll give it another go, at this stage I`ll try anything to get it working...

The way I do it.
Go to app drawer and select apndroid. ensure mms settign is ticked.
go back to home screen and select apndroid to enable teh connection.
Then use handcent to write the mms.
and it sends.