Samsung Europa/i5550/Galaxy 5

delta36

I got this phone for Christmas, on 3 pre-pay, and I must say so far I am pretty happy with it! Admittedly, I had trouble receiving texts the first two days, but that seems to have stopped now, and Im assuming was a problem with the 3 network as opposed to the phone itself.

@adrieanne__x : Bear in mind the so called "unlimited" 5 euro internet add-on has a fair use limit of 500mb, which in my opinion is certainly far from being unlimited. (That terminology always annoyed me)

@kline64: I've found to turn off the internet you can go to Settings:Wireless & Networks:Mobile Networks:Access Point Names:*Phone Service Provider Name*:Then scroll down to APN type and set it to mms only, that way your phone won't connect to the internet at all, but you'll have to change that back when you want to surf.

@evolutionqy7: If you download Advance Task Killer, and use it to close running apps, you may save a bit on your battery life.

January

delta36 wrote: »

@adrieanne__x : Bear in mind the so called "unlimited" 5 euro internet add-on has a fair use limit of 500mb, which in my opinion is certainly far from being unlimited. (That terminology always annoyed me)

When I bought the add on the last time it had the 500MB add on but then when I went into my account it had a different data package beneath that that lasted the 30 days and had 1000+mb of data? I dunno... I don't use it that much anyway...

Fly High

If anyone has this phone on meteor and is sending/receiving mms would you PM me the settings? Cheers!

PinkLadyApples

Hey everyone,
I have the samsung europa since about November. It's a great phone but unfortunately I've been late for work about 4 times as the battery dies over night without any warning and hence the alarm doesn't go off. I've killed all apps and nothing else is running in background but it still happens, even if it looks like the battery is almost full. on these occasions it doesn't even beeb to warn of low battery, it just shuts off, almost like it's frozen.

Just wondering is this happening to anyone else or should I bring it back to store??

Cheers

evolutionqy7

LOL Charge it overnight?

delta36

PinkLadyApples wrote: »

Hey everyone,
I have the samsung europa since about November. It's a great phone but unfortunately I've been late for work about 4 times as the battery dies over night without any warning and hence the alarm doesn't go off. I've killed all apps and nothing else is running in background but it still happens, even if it looks like the battery is almost full. on these occasions it doesn't even beeb to warn of low battery, it just shuts off, almost like it's frozen.

Just wondering is this happening to anyone else or should I bring it back to store??

Cheers

Well charging it overnight is always an option, but it is kinda weird that you're not even getting a low battery alert from your phone. How long since you've had your phone has this been happening? Do you keep Wifi or Bluetooth on constantly?

andalon

I got a samsung galaxy europa, quite happy with it so far, but GPS seems very slow, currently it is not finding my position at all - is there a fix for this?

I remember someone asking this question before on boards.ie, but could not find it - maybe it was on general android rahter than this specific thread.

Thanks for useful hints

andalon

andalon wrote: »

I got a samsung galaxy europa, quite happy with it so far, but GPS seems very slow, currently it is not finding my position at all - is there a fix for this?

I remember someone asking this question before on boards.ie, but could not find it - maybe it was on general android rahter than this specific thread.

Thanks for useful hints

Found a solution: GPS booster lite - worked for me. I just wonder, if GPS can be improved by an app, why is this not included as part of the phone/GPS system itself?

Notorious97

I have Samsung Galaxy Europa Model GT-I5500 since christmas, it is running on 2.1 update-1 at the moment, is there a release on this officialy for 2.2 yet? Also What is Kies, the software for syncing (like Itunes for apple?)?

New to the whole Android thing, seems good so far but would like to know how to upgrade. Would prefer not to have to Root the phone though.

Thanks for any help

Troxck

When will Android 2.2 or even 2.3 be on it. How do I put music on it? I got a USB but I got no disc Overall it's very good. Mostly use Twitter and Facebook on it.

delta36

Troxck wrote: »

When will Android 2.2 or even 2.3 be on it. How do I put music on it? I got a USB but I got no disc Overall it's very good. Mostly use Twitter and Facebook on it.

As long as you have a Micro SD card in the phone, just plug it in and you can essentially use it as a removable disk. No special software required. And the software Kies does not seem to support this phone yet.

Cots1

Getting one of these tomorrow any killer apps to be had

woop

Troxck wrote: »

When will Android 2.2 or even 2.3 be on it. How do I put music on it? I got a USB but I got no disc Overall it's very good. Mostly use Twitter and Facebook on it.

for people who have problems with too much data use, there are apps which allow you to toggle it on or off. It is a smart phone though, part of its charm is this

if it never gets 2.2. I would still be happy. What exactly are you looking for from 2.2? Fantastic phone though I dont use the gps and battery life is a bit short, for the price like. You couldnt get something like this with these features for less than 100 euro a few months ago. I remember debating a HTC tatoo back in the day and it way twice the price and still a compromised handset so it is very good value, but it is a smart phone and just be aware of this when youre buying it. Its not an iterative advance. If you dont need/enjoy all the features of a smartphone dont get one. The disadvantages will drive you mad, now that they have entered this kind of price range it explains why there are so many people complaining in this thread.

Just be aware before you are buying, I wouldnt get one and just turn the 3g off for example if you do that there are no good sides of a phone like this over any of the older style phones

jayteecork

My gmail app won't sync.
Tried everything, no new messages have appeared since Jan 2nd.

I can check them on my regular comp and if I log into gmail via the browser on android but the gmail app itself is useless now.

I googled and it seems a lot of people have this problem and only solution is a factory hard reset which deletes everything.

As I don't want to lose my angry birds progession this isn't an option.

Oh well.

delta36

jayteecork wrote: »

My gmail app won't sync.
Tried everything, no new messages have appeared since Jan 2nd.

I can check them on my regular comp and if I log into gmail via the browser on android but the gmail app itself is useless now.

I googled and it seems a lot of people have this problem and only solution is a factory hard reset which deletes everything.

As I don't want to lose my angry birds progession this isn't an option.

Oh well.

Probably obvious suggestions here, but have you tried uninstalling the gmail app? Or have you tried deleting the gmail account from your phone and then setting it up again? Worth a shot before doing a full reset if u haven't already tried it.

jayteecork

delta36 wrote: »

Probably obvious suggestions here, but have you tried uninstalling the gmail app? Or have you tried deleting the gmail account from your phone and then setting it up again? Worth a shot before doing a full reset if u haven't already tried it.

Searched for the gmail "app" but it doesn't come up on the lists of apps?

It's seemingly built into the android.
I can't even delete my account or log off. I tried adding another gmail account and that didn't sync either.

I don't mind that much if I need to check gmail on my phone I'll use the browser.

youngblood

How can you change your ringtone/message alert to one on your sd card??
Its driving me nuts!!!

delta36

youngblood wrote: »

How can you change your ringtone/message alert to one on your sd card??
Its driving me nuts!!!

Open the song in your music player and then press the option key, you'll see the option to set as ring tone there. Took me a while to find that out.

youngblood

Cheers- but when I long press it the options I get are Share/Delete/move/copy/rename/details

and thats it!!

Do I need to activate some setting somewhere?

delta36

youngblood wrote: »

Cheers- but when I long press it the options I get are Share/Delete/move/copy/rename/details

and thats it!!

Do I need to activate some setting somewhere?

Really? I should have said use the in built music player that came with the phone, then with the song displayed, i.e. album art, artist, album name, song title, press the option key once, and you should get the options: Library, Party Shuffle, Add to Playlist, Settings, Use as Ringtone and Delete.

Edit: Open the music player first, then select the song from within the music player.

youngblood

your a genius!!

Thanks again!!!

Just got one myself for testing purposes. Are the search, menu, back, home keys supposed to light up? Mine don't

Surprised at how nice the phone is. It won't beat my other droid phones but it is a welcome addition to the family of four!

edit: google told me that the buttons are not backlit, can't really complain at the price I got it for.

jayteecork

guys this phone is now telling me that my "text message memory is full" even though I was deleted every one off the thing.

I can't recieve any messages.

This phone has caused me nothing but grief to be honest.

youngblood

I've tried to download an app to move apps to sd card

I search on market-no results

I find ones on line with a Quick Response Code-I scan it, it finds it, then says it does not exist.

Is there a reason why my phone wont/cant access this app??

Any one else with a Europa find an app that can be downloaded to move Apps to SD Card

delta36

youngblood wrote: »

I've tried to download an app to move apps to sd card

I search on market-no results

I find ones on line with a Quick Response Code-I scan it, it finds it, then says it does not exist.

Is there a reason why my phone wont/cant access this app??

Any one else with a Europa find an app that can be downloaded to move Apps to SD Card

The Samsung Europa comes with the 2.1 operating system. This isn't capable of running applications from the SD card. You're going to have to wait for the 2.2 update to become available for the phone.

youngblood

Cheers Delta36--Any idea when 2.2 is comin?

delta36

youngblood wrote: »

Cheers Delta36--Any idea when 2.2 is comin?

2.2 has already been released, but not by Three for the Samsung Europa, I think you have to wait for them to release it. I've heard there are ways you can install it on the phone yourself, but you're going to have to google that information, I don't know anything more about it.

jayteecork

Awesome, got the snes emulator running on the Europa.

Looks great too, got Super Mario All Stars and Street Fighter so far.

jayteecork

youngblood wrote: »

I've tried to download an app to move apps to sd card

I search on market-no results

I find ones on line with a Quick Response Code-I scan it, it finds it, then says it does not exist.

Is there a reason why my phone wont/cant access this app??

Any one else with a Europa find an app that can be downloaded to move Apps to SD Card

Really like if someone found something like that.

Not being able to install apps on the sd card is a bit of a joke really.

shadowninty

2.2 has been available for Galaxy 5/Europa for quite a while

Google = your friend


why are people so lazy when its so easy?

seriously why are ye giving out about Android 2.1 when official 2.2 is out

youngblood

Would that be a hack of some sort??

jayteecork

shadowninty wrote: »

2.2 has been available for Galaxy 5/Europa for quite a while

Google = your friend


why are people so lazy when its so easy?

seriously why are ye giving out about Android 2.1 when official 2.2 is out

Man quit that "google is your friend" horsehíte and post a link ffs.

So how does upgrading to 2.2 actually work offically?

I'm on meteor. So the network decides to upgrade then what? They send you a text or a link or does it happen automatically?

shadowninty

jayteecork wrote: »

Man quit that "google is your friend" horsehíte and post a link ffs.

So how does upgrading to 2.2 actually work offically?

I'm on meteor. So the network decides to upgrade then what? They send you a text or a link or does it happen automatically?

Sorry lads, was probably bit harsh, I'm forgetting most of ye have upgraded from feature phones

an update should be OTA but Meteor will never release it probably for a phone like the Europa

www.google.com/m/url?channel=new&client=ms-opera-mobile-android&ei=17BATeCvOci5jAeG3O-PAw&q=http://cellphoneforums.net/samsung/t319497-flash-guide-froyo-galaxy-5-a.html&ved=0CCEQFjAG&usg=AFQjCNHnoz-rhFgl5Y0QY5mYFQhVEs4z0A

jimi_t2

jayteecork wrote: »

Awesome, got the snes emulator running on the Europa.

Looks great too, got Super Mario All Stars and Street Fighter so far.

Unfortunately the Europa ain't multitouch so you can't press two buttons at the same time... Was gutted when I found this out. I hear tell though that you could possibly use a controller or other HID device over bluetooth/usb?

jayteecork

jimi_t2 wrote: »

Unfortunately the Europa ain't multitouch so you can't press two buttons at the same time... Was gutted when I found this out. I hear tell though that you could possibly use a controller or other HID device over bluetooth/usb?

Yeah I played a few games and it's impossible to control.

It's a shame because the emulation is spot on - they look great on the small screen.

jayteecork

shadowninty wrote: »

Sorry lads, was probably bit harsh, I'm forgetting most of ye have upgraded from feature phones

an update should be OTA but Meteor will never release it probably for a phone like the Europa

www.google.com/m/url?channel=new&client=ms-opera-mobile-android&ei=17BATeCvOci5jAeG3O-PAw&q=http://cellphoneforums.net/samsung/t319497-flash-guide-froyo-galaxy-5-a.html&ved=0CCEQFjAG&usg=AFQjCNHnoz-rhFgl5Y0QY5mYFQhVEs4z0A

I presume that wipes all your current apps off the phone?

I think I'll leave it to be honest.

death1234567

shadowninty wrote: »

Sorry lads, was probably bit harsh, I'm forgetting most of ye have upgraded from feature phones

an update should be OTA but Meteor will never release it probably for a phone like the Europa

www.google.com/m/url?channel=new&client=ms-opera-mobile-android&ei=17BATeCvOci5jAeG3O-PAw&q=http://cellphoneforums.net/samsung/t319497-flash-guide-froyo-galaxy-5-a.html&ved=0CCEQFjAG&usg=AFQjCNHnoz-rhFgl5Y0QY5mYFQhVEs4z0A

It is worth the hassle of doing this? Are there any consequences, like would I lose all my preinstalled apps that came with the phone?

shadowninty

I did this on two Europas without wiping and all was well
no need to hard reset (wipe)

jayteecork

don't suppose anyone has come across an app that lets you install apps on the microsd card yet?

I've found a few but they don't seem to work.

shadowninty

jayteecork wrote: »

don't suppose anyone has come across an app that lets you install apps on the microsd card yet?

I've found a few but they don't seem to work.

Froyo is the only way as there are no custom ROMs for the Europa

sam27

Installed Froyo today using this. All my apps were still there after.

Trevor451

Anybody know if they sorted out the gps problems with the 2.2 update?. I just ordered this phone and it should be here by Tuesday

shadowninty

Trevor451 wrote: »

Anybody know if they sorted out the gps problems with the 2.2 update?. I just ordered this phone and it should be here by Tuesday

seem fine to me

zom

bad news - Europa is no longer €90 in Meteor - it's €115 now
And online purchase is now €5 cheaper than in the shop (was €10):(

sam27

After updating, i dont think this solved the GPS problem. I tried it out once but seemed to be same as before. However, am happy with update.

Mimikyu

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sam27

No where for free. However, it will cost u around nineteen euro to unlock the phone from the following site. I used it and would highly recommend it. Had code for within the day.
Just tell them who you are with. I was with Meteor.
http://mobileunlocked.co.uk

death1234567

Can anyone tell me if using the GPS functionality on this phone costs you money?

sam27

Don t know. But wish it would work!!!

jayteecork

death1234567 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if using the GPS functionality on this phone costs you money?

nope, not for me anyway.

It works for me grand, gives my location on google maps very accurately.