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Thanks.. That widget..and any widget, requires me to take the phone out of my pocket, unlock, and then activate widget. I need to be able to reach into my pocket and just flip pnone sound off... or confirm off. There are places it is rude to take out the phone...but ruder to have it go off..



radman let me know if we have found a solution. I would like to move this to the iphone users sticky once one is found.

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I had windows phones since the beginning then switched over to an iPhone 3GS a couple of years ago. I liked the simplicity but hated not being able to customize it. I see the iPhone as the "Smartphone for Dummies" ... although I know a lot of smart folks with iPhones, they just done like to tinker and customize, like I do with my phone.

I love the bigger screen, the processing speed / graphics and a myriad of other things. I'm looking forward to ICS next quarter, since that hopefully really make it hum.

I always liked to have the latest and greatest Windows phone (e.g. HTC Advantage was my favorite), when I got my iPhone I felt like I was getting plain vanilla that everyone else had ... like following the lemmings.

Now I have a powerful computer in my hand that I've rooted and even though I've only had it for about a month, it still amazes me. There are some problems/irritations (like I'm currently trying to get my Android Keyboard to hook up and it won't connect), but I'm at least able to try and not just be told iOS doesn't do that so Pound Sand.

I'd give the 3GS a solid 5 out of 10, where the Skyrocket is a 9 and hopefully a 10 when ICS come out.

All the best to everyone !!! :)
 
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Hi again, ex-iPhone user tryna back-customize to a few of the few nice features that my paperweight that sometimes played music had...

I liked that ALL pictures (taken, downloaded, saved, screenshot) went into one folder on my iPhone gallery..

I would like to (in order of optimally, but I won't be picky):

1. change the setting so that every picture (taken, saved from website/email/mms, screenshot, editted and saved as new) goes into one folder called "all pictures"

2. find a gallery app that just displays ALL pictures on the device chronologically..

Just makes seaching easier.. my pet peeve is that I save picture from a website, and it ends up at the very end of a list in a mistery folder sometimes.. making it tough to find

Thanks in advance..
 
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Too messy ..
 
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You can download ES File Explorer (or some other similar app) and they you can move all pictures to one folder on your SD card manually.

Also, some programs (though I don't think all of them do) will allow you to set the folder where other pictures, downloads, etc. will be stored automatically so that you don't have to do it manually all the time.
 
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Hello fellow ex-iphoners.

As an apple user I use iTunes for everything. One of my biggest concerns was the ability to use iTunes purchases on the SG2 LTE. I did find a cool app called iSyncr that allows you to sync your itunes playlist. It even works with music purchased on itunes. However it does not work with Movie purchases. It does work with Movies that was imported into itunes.

As for the SG2 LTE itself, I've only had it for a couple weeks. I'd have to agree about the battery life. I read somewhere that they will be releasing a Mophie type case with an internal battery. This should double the battery life of the phone.

http://power-skin.com/battery-cases/ap1516i72/samsung-galaxy-s-skyrocket.html

Another cool app I was told about is tasker. This is something that would have been cool on the iphone. I'd go into details but it would take too long to type.

Anyway...hope all of you are enjoying the holidays. Merry Christmas!

Cheers,
Leandro
 
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You can download ES File Explorer (or some other similar app) and they you can move all pictures to one folder on your SD card manually.

Also, some programs (though I don't think all of them do) will allow you to set the folder where other pictures, downloads, etc. will be stored automatically so that you don't have to do it manually all the time.

Honestly I can't figure out a way to do this without manually moving them one folder at a time.. hate to ask, but can you give me a step by step? thanks!!!

Fishbowl photo has the options you are looking for

Yes I have this.. it's good not great.. when i text pictures through this program it says "sent using fishbowl www.kdfjadskasdfas.com" as a signature.. and the viewing of pictures in this app is not great.. but I guess beggers can't be choosers! thanks!
 
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Hello All...
I was an iphone user for 4yrs. I have recently purchased the Skyrocket and love it. I am not sure where my pictures get saved when I receive them through MMS. It says it's saved in my gallery but they're never in there. Also, does anyone know how to organize their apps because it seems like we don't have a choice on where they go once we download them? I'm still confused on how things work on this phone and know that i'm not using it to it's fullest potential because I it didn't come with a manual...hope to keep learning on these forums :)
 
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Hey there. To organize your apps, go to the application page and make sure it's set to customizable grids. Once that is set you can create folders for your apps. I don't think there is a limit of how many apps per folder.

Cheers.


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I was an iphone user for 4yrs. I have recently purchased the Skyrocket and love it. I am not sure where my pictures get saved when I receive them through MMS. It says it's saved in my gallery but they're never in there. Also, does anyone know how to organize their apps because it seems like we don't have a choice on where they go once we download them? I'm still confused on how things work on this phone and know that i'm not using it to it's fullest potential because I it didn't come with a manual...hope to keep learning on these forums :)
 
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Another quick MMS question (sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, I'm pretty new and... dumb): it seems my phone thinks all the photos I receive via text are actually videos - they "play" for a few seconds, and I have to save them to be able to view, zoom, etc. Is this just a bug that needs a fix, or is there something I've screwed up?

Overall, I've come from iOS and am pretty happy with the Skyrocket so far. Had some painful first few days with draining battery life and utter chaos, but I got it figured out and am enjoying tinkering!
 
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Another quick MMS question (sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, I'm pretty new and... dumb): it seems my phone thinks all the photos I receive via text are actually videos - they "play" for a few seconds, and I have to save them to be able to view, zoom, etc. Is this just a bug that needs a fix, or is there something I've screwed up?

Overall, I've come from iOS and am pretty happy with the Skyrocket so far. Had some painful first few days with draining battery life and utter chaos, but I got it figured out and am enjoying tinkering!

all samsung, and a few other phones do this. The issue is actually the carrier. The message is labeled as a multi media message, and is "played" as such with the player.

There are two work arounds
1. just as you stated, save the pic

2. try out some of the messaging apps in the market, I have read some of those work normally.
 
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Honestly I can't figure out a way to do this without manually moving them one folder at a time.. hate to ask, but can you give me a step by step? thanks!!!



Yes I have this.. it's good not great.. when i text pictures through this program it says "sent using fishbowl www.kdfjadskasdfas.com" as a signature.. and the viewing of pictures in this app is not great.. but I guess beggers can't be choosers! thanks!

the text you see is editable..long press that area. select all and delete
 
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Was a Blackberry owner for a few years until iPhone 4 came out with the bigger battery, also had the 4S. A few weeks ago, I was playing with an Android that belonged to a friend of mine and realized how limited I was using the iPhone, even if I were to jailbreak, and I had to wait, because they didn't exist.

So far, I really like Android, takes a little bit getting used to. The skyrocket is great, only downside is that it doesn't charge as fast as the iPhone, and the keyboards aren't all that good.

Rooted it the first day, now I'm just waiting for Cyanogenmod to include the Skyrocket.

All in all, a great phone, just takes a few days to get used to.
 
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Got my white Skyrocket a week ago today at an ATT authorized reseller for $99 which I was very happy with. I am coming from an iPhone 3G and so far am extremely happy that I switched. I have been loving this phone and am going to start playing with the customization a bit more. So far the stock configuration has been awesome. No battery issues and no ugly screen issues which were the two biggest things I was worried about. My plan was to try it until the iPhone 5 comes out and give the SR to my wife then but I think I'm staying with the SR.

I love that when connected to my car via bluetooth I can hear the notification which I couldn't with iPhone. Also the music streaming over bluetooth sounds better than my iPhone did. Surprised and quite happy.

The only plug I've used to charge it so far is the one that came with my Kindle Fire. The one that came with the phone is 1amp and I keep that one in my car.

Everyday I find out something new I can do with it and it's great! It's getting a lot of attention from the people I work with as well.

As far as case I'm probably going to go with Ghost Armor for now even though I would like a bit more protection. I just love the look of the phone the way it is and don't want to cover it up. It is simply a fantastic device. If anybody has any questions I'm always happy to help even though I'm new to Android.
 
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Got my white Skyrocket a week ago today at an ATT authorized reseller for $99 which I was very happy with. I am coming from an iPhone 3G and so far am extremely happy that I switched. I have been loving this phone and am going to start playing with the customization a bit more. So far the stock configuration has been awesome. No battery issues and no ugly screen issues which were the two biggest things I was worried about. My plan was to try it until the iPhone 5 comes out and give the SR to my wife then but I think I'm staying with the SR.

I love that when connected to my car via bluetooth I can hear the notification which I couldn't with iPhone. Also the music streaming over bluetooth sounds better than my iPhone did. Surprised and quite happy.

The only plug I've used to charge it so far is the one that came with my Kindle Fire. The one that came with the phone is 1amp and I keep that one in my car.

Everyday I find out something new I can do with it and it's great! It's getting a lot of attention from the people I work with as well.

As far as case I'm probably going to go with Ghost Armor for now even though I would like a bit more protection. I just love the look of the phone the way it is and don't want to cover it up. It is simply a fantastic device. If anybody has any questions I'm always happy to help even though I'm new to Android.
How did you get it for $99?
 
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I had a 129 Walmart price match. Initially he said he couldn't go lower than the 149 it was listed for without losing money. Got into a good conversation with him. Had to come back and he was out of white ones. Said he'd have them the next day. Went back to get it and with my data plan and unlimited messaging he said he could do 99. I went to a bunch of places looking for the right deal. You have to find the right person to get it done.
 
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Ex iPhone user here too. Came from a 3GS to the Skyrocket (with a short fling with an LG Thrill between) and I'm loving this phone. I don't know what everyone is talking about with the battery issue, but with as much as this phone does, you should expect it to use some power. With that said, I used it more than I usually would yesterday, internet, walking on the phone, text, camera, word with friends, even playing music on it for about an hour and a half, I was all over the place yesterday. I took it off the charger at 8:30am and didn't plug it in till 11:30 last night and I was around 40%, which I thought was pretty good. I don't have a bunch of widgets running, and I have 1 weather app that runs on the top menu. I use the 2X battery app, so that may help a bit, and I was on my home wireless internet most of the day.

The OS took a little bit to get used to, but I'm still learning and I'm definitely loving how easy it is to customize it. I probably won't be rooting the phone anytime soon, need to read up more on it so I don't jack up my phone. I also love how big the screen is, I look at my friends that have the iPhone 4 or 4S and I giggle a little to myself at how small their screen is, and I can't believe I had an iPhone for so long, and thought that thing had a nice screen.

Anyways, I'm loving the phone, and hope to keep it for a while and continue to learn about the phone and what it's capable of.
 
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Been an iPhone user since the 2g days here. Just switched from the 4S to the Skyrocket. My feelings are a little mixed about the Skyrocket. First of which, the screen is too damn big. I can't use 1 thumb to do anything. The rom the phone came with was a little sluggy (I can only assume that all android devices are) but I rooted and flashed my phone to the Skyrocket ICS rom. I suggest you do to if you have a skyrocket. Since then my UI experience has been pretty dainty.

If you feel iOS homesick, you should install ChompSMS if you came for a Jailbroken iPhone. Your transition, texting-wise, will be easier than ever! ChompSMS and BiteSMS are one in the same and if you loved bitesms then you'll love this.

That's one tip I can give as of 3 days of owning the Skyrocket.
 
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i have a iphone 4s and just bought a s2 skyrocket.must say that the phone is bad ass but lacks quality pretty bad! very laggy and choppy,the smoothness is nothing compared to the 4s! but after that i do like it alot and plan on keeping it.i go back and forth between phones every other day. i want to know how i can get diff icons on my screen. and also how can i move my music that i downloaded from mp3 downloader into my sd card that i just purchased. thanks and am glad i am on the forum.
 
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