Android : All this talk of iPhones, so i think i'm going to buy myself a Samsung Galaxy S... - Page 2

LeperousDust · 23-07-2010, 02:19

Totally agree

Could use a flash though, not for pictures but just for general use a flash is nice to have...

Currently faffing and updating and using a modded rom to squeeze every last bit of power out of this thing. Also waiting patiently for the 2.2 update so i can rock flash 10.1 properly

The screen has to be seen to be believed, the iphone4's is without a doubt nice, but this is something special. Everyone who's seen it its the first thing they've commented on...

LeperousDust · 23-07-2010, 16:10

Ok so i couldn't be more impressed with this phone right now, Leon i don't know how much you've looked into it, but i massively suggest you first update to samsung latest firmware, then install the modaco r3 ROM and buy a years worth of wavesecure. This phone flies faster than before (new firmware and rom) and is totally trackable and remotely lockable/recoverable in SO many ways its untrue, all baked into the rom and essentially unremovable... I'd never used android properly, but the more i play the more i'm impressed at the polish of this product.

Del Lardo · 23-07-2010, 16:31

Pah! You should have bought an iPhone then complained about it on Twitter

LeperousDust · 23-07-2010, 17:12

Wow, that seems a pretty good deal, but buying an iPhone4 for a samsung is still quite an expensive way of going about things, although i would have an iP4 left over i guess it would shift

I will say (although having no experience of how bad the iP4 can be) i wouldn't rate the reception too high on this device, but i'm still much more inclined to blame o2 right now than the phone since most people i know who actually use their phone for more than texting/phoning stuggle without wifi around these parts of Edinburgh... At work i manage a moderately strong GPRS signal, but i work right in the middle of the west end in the city centre, where is my 3G dammit? I don't want to be leeching off the poor wifi from the hostel across the road!

Time will tell as this 12 month contract runs out in october and i'm trying vodafone next

Daz · 23-07-2010, 20:15

Heh, you moved from a keyboard to a touchscreen, I'm looking to move away

Keeping an eye on the Droid 2 myself. Played with one of these this week though and was pretty impressed with it

LeperousDust · 23-07-2010, 20:38

Yeah i said i never would! I loved my keypads and was always very hapy on having them, but swype changes that totally with android! Its still got its disadvantages i can't agree more but playing with a big touchscreen when im bored makes up for them! Theres a galaxy S Pro thats the same but slightly thicker with a full slide out qwerty i must say i was tempted to wait!

Lopez · 24-07-2010, 12:50

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Originally Posted by LeperousDust

Ok so i couldn't be more impressed with this phone right now, Leon i don't know how much you've looked into it, but i massively suggest you first update to samsung latest firmware, then install the modaco r3 ROM and buy a years worth of wavesecure. This phone flies faster than before (new firmware and rom) and is totally trackable and remotely lockable/recoverable in SO many ways its untrue, all baked into the rom and essentially unremovable... I'd never used android properly, but the more i play the more i'm impressed at the polish of this product.

This Android stuff is all pretty new to me, but I flashed the latest leaked firmware last night and the lag is cut right down. I'll look at some custom ROMs later.

LeperousDust · 24-07-2010, 13:44

Latest leak i havent tried but if you get the JG5 you can use modacos R3 custom rom which is pretty special i think

I'm still waiting for a fully baked modaco rom, and more importantly samsung to just release froyo

divine · 26-07-2010, 19:19

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Originally Posted by Del Lardo

Pah! You should have bought an iPhone then complained about it on Twitter

That looks great until you realise all the people who 'happened' to get one seem to have fairly high up jobs in marketing firms

LeperousDust · 14-01-2011, 01:59

Well months down the line and i'm still more impressed with what this phone has to offer than any other phone i've ever used. Even moreso now i've properly updated the firmware with googles latest offerings but baked by a homebrewer into something truly special. Anyone with this phone, Leon mainly (!

) grab Darky's V8 Mod from xda Devs. Little bit of trouble with the first flash over previous ROM's etc... but once you're using his updating is as easy as it gets

The phone absolutely FLIES and personally i really do think totally outclasses all its competition. Which would be why google have chose the Galaxy S for the next Nexus

23-07-2010, 02:19	#11
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Totally agree Could use a flash though, not for pictures but just for general use a flash is nice to have... Currently faffing and updating and using a modded rom to squeeze every last bit of power out of this thing. Also waiting patiently for the 2.2 update so i can rock flash 10.1 properly The screen has to be seen to be believed, the iphone4's is without a doubt nice, but this is something special. Everyone who's seen it its the first thing they've commented on... __________________

23-07-2010, 16:10	#12
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Ok so i couldn't be more impressed with this phone right now, Leon i don't know how much you've looked into it, but i massively suggest you first update to samsung latest firmware, then install the modaco r3 ROM and buy a years worth of wavesecure. This phone flies faster than before (new firmware and rom) and is totally trackable and remotely lockable/recoverable in SO many ways its untrue, all baked into the rom and essentially unremovable... I'd never used android properly, but the more i play the more i'm impressed at the polish of this product. __________________

23-07-2010, 17:12	#14
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Wow, that seems a pretty good deal, but buying an iPhone4 for a samsung is still quite an expensive way of going about things, although i would have an iP4 left over i guess it would shift I will say (although having no experience of how bad the iP4 can be) i wouldn't rate the reception too high on this device, but i'm still much more inclined to blame o2 right now than the phone since most people i know who actually use their phone for more than texting/phoning stuggle without wifi around these parts of Edinburgh... At work i manage a moderately strong GPRS signal, but i work right in the middle of the west end in the city centre, where is my 3G dammit? I don't want to be leeching off the poor wifi from the hostel across the road! Time will tell as this 12 month contract runs out in october and i'm trying vodafone next __________________

23-07-2010, 20:15	#15
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Heh, you moved from a keyboard to a touchscreen, I'm looking to move away Keeping an eye on the Droid 2 myself. Played with one of these this week though and was pretty impressed with it __________________ apt-get moo

23-07-2010, 20:38	#16
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Yeah i said i never would! I loved my keypads and was always very hapy on having them, but swype changes that totally with android! Its still got its disadvantages i can't agree more but playing with a big touchscreen when im bored makes up for them! Theres a galaxy S Pro thats the same but slightly thicker with a full slide out qwerty i must say i was tempted to wait! __________________

23-07-2010, 16:31	#13
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Pah! You should have bought an iPhone then complained about it on Twitter

24-07-2010, 13:44	#18
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Latest leak i havent tried but if you get the JG5 you can use modacos R3 custom rom which is pretty special i think I'm still waiting for a fully baked modaco rom, and more importantly samsung to just release froyo __________________

14-01-2011, 01:59	#20
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Well months down the line and i'm still more impressed with what this phone has to offer than any other phone i've ever used. Even moreso now i've properly updated the firmware with googles latest offerings but baked by a homebrewer into something truly special. Anyone with this phone, Leon mainly (!) grab Darky's V8 Mod from xda Devs. Little bit of trouble with the first flash over previous ROM's etc... but once you're using his updating is as easy as it gets The phone absolutely FLIES and personally i really do think totally outclasses all its competition. Which would be why google have chose the Galaxy S for the next Nexus __________________