Android 2.x on Galaxy

porga · Apr 14, 2010

Comparison:

Samsung I7500 Galaxy vs. HTC Legend - GSMArena.com

apolloFER · Apr 14, 2010

I had the oportunity to work with both HTC Magic and HTC Hero. Both of those phones are miles better than the Galaxy. Responsive interface etc. I'm currentlz on Galaxo 1.6.2 and this is and epic fail. So much lag that appears from thin air, non functional browser whis is extremely slow and stops for no reason, and I'm using SetCPU. Both Magic and Hero have 288MB RAM and are much better hones than this piece of junk. Since the Legend is even better than those two, I can only dream what the experience would be like.

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mrqs · Apr 14, 2010

apolloFER said:
non functional browser whis is extremely slow and stops for no reason

get opera mini 5 beta

benner · Apr 14, 2010

I fooled around with a Hero when I bought the Legend. Hero was certainly smoother than the Galaxy but the Legend is really something else entirely. It may be the OS update but it is smooth and fast and responsive. Not quite iphone standard but so much better that I don't miss my Galaxy for a minute. it has 384MB of ram. I love the Sense UI improvements. Exchange support worked out of the box and I was reading work emails from home right away. Battery was low when I got home from work after moderate use. I am starting to think that all of these smartphones with big screens have crappy battery life compared to what i was used to before (50 dollar sony ericsson). I still can't get google maps working with gprs so i am guessing this is a china mobile/android thing. it works for everyone else outside of china and in china it works for everyone i know that doesn't use android.

apolloFER · Apr 14, 2010

I'm using Opera Mini 5. But it's Javascript has flaws (counter on megaupload doesn't work) and when I return to Home and try to go back to Opera it doesn't save the state but rather starts again and opens the home page. And you can't make Opera your default browser so QR web sites will open in normal browser.
Today I almost had to remove the battery after I started Shazam. It completely stopped and started to give me popups "Messaging has stopped, Force Stop or Wait", "Beautiful Widgets has stopped, ..." "Handcent has stopped, ...". It gives me these popups every time it has to do something more complex, like Market, Browser. I'm switching back to IK5 this weekend. Hate this piece of junk.
I'm considering doing a little project - "Will it blend? Samsung Galaxy.". But I'm still not prepared to destroy my phone. If Samsung completely stops supporting, I may consider giving this idea a go.

DD Something like this:
YouTube - Will It Blend? - iPhone3G

informale · Apr 21, 2010

Meanwhile, Hero update to Eclair is postponed once again till June.
HTC confirms another delay to Hero upgrade | News | TechRadar UK

tisti · Apr 21, 2010

informale said:
Meanwhile, Hero update to Eclair is postponed once again till June.
HTC confirms another delay to Hero upgrade | News | TechRadar UK

Ouch. I though for sure they would get it. But they already have unofficial 2.1 builds for quite some time now.

mrqs · Apr 21, 2010

tisti said:
But they already have unofficial 2.1 builds for quite some time now.

so do we - what we don't have is any word that we're ever getting an official

MichaelW · Apr 22, 2010

1.6 firmware source out http://opensource.samsungmobile.com/download/OpenSource/GT-I7500_OpenSource_Update4.zip

shalafi · Apr 22, 2010

yay \(^_^)/

MichaelW · Apr 22, 2010

...and Drakaz is on the case already

Rastaman-FB · Apr 22, 2010

yep
looking forward to what they can do with this.
samsung aint that slow tbh, its only been a month

Mr.DNA · Apr 22, 2010

Hooray!

tsphere · Apr 22, 2010

Rastaman-FB said:
yep
looking forward to what they can do with this.
samsung aint that slow tbh, its only been a month

Srsly? It looks like a year. Amazing how obsessed I've become with this. I bet I'm not the only one

Rastaman-FB · Apr 22, 2010

tsphere said:
Srsly? It looks like a year. Amazing how obsessed I've become with this. I bet I'm not the only one

1 month since they brought jc6 they have released source code. thats pretty fast tbh.
people go on and on so much about things that they forget that while samsung are crap and comms they actually do give updates depending on carrier and they are quicker than htc for source releases.
we had out 1.5 sources before htc had for the hero and hero was out for like 6months before lol.

anyways this is nothing but a good thing

Andronix · Apr 23, 2010

Rastaman-FB said:
1 month since they brought jc6 they have released source code. thats pretty fast tbh.
people go on and on so much about things that they forget that while samsung are crap and comms they actually do give updates depending on carrier and they are quicker than htc for source releases.
we had out 1.5 sources before htc had for the hero and hero was out for like 6months before lol.

anyways this is nothing but a good thing

To be more precise, JB2 which was also 1.6 leak was 'released' two months ago, I don't think that was pretty fast.

You must take note that Hero is much better performing device (better performance, better GUI, more RAM, more stable, no "no sleep" bugs, ...) so the need for better firmware wasn't that high as on i7500.

NoUse4aNick · Apr 23, 2010

Andronix said:
To be more precise, JB2 which was also 1.6 leak was 'released' two months ago, I don't think that was pretty fast.

You're forgetting the fact that JB2 was an inside leak, not an official release. By that you should consider one month.

Andronix · Apr 23, 2010

NoUse4aNick said:
You're forgetting the fact that JB2 was an inside leak, not an official release. By that you should consider one month.

By that you should consider one week, because JC1 on NPS Italy is out only about a week.

You can also consider 7 months if you look when was Donut officially out and when it was pushed over OTA to G1.

DONUT! Android 1.6 OTA Update Begins! | Android Phone Fans

Rastaman-FB · Apr 23, 2010

Andronix said:
To be more precise, JB2 which was also 1.6 leak was 'released' two months ago, I don't think that was pretty fast.

You must take note that Hero is much better performing device (better performance, better GUI, more RAM, more stable, no "no sleep" bugs, ...) so the need for better firmware wasn't that high as on i7500.

its still on 1.5
it took them nearly 9 months to release their 1.5 sources
we have our 1.6 sources 1 month after official release
as much as i hate samsung i cant see how people can moan about that

Rastaman-FB · Apr 23, 2010

Andronix said:
By that you should consider one week, because JC1 on NPS Italy is out only about a week.

You can also consider 7 months if you look when was Donut officially out and when it was pushed over OTA to G1.

DONUT! Android 1.6 OTA Update Begins! | Android Phone Fans

g1 was the only device

hero could be classed as never as it hasnt even got 1.6. dont tell me they couldnt have done something in the intrim, theyve had plenty of time also.
theyve also pushed back 2.1

when you compare, samsungs failure has been communication and flakey software. not updates and sources

Andronix · Apr 27, 2010

Rastaman-FB said:
its still on 1.5
it took them nearly 9 months to release their 1.5 sources
we have our 1.6 sources 1 month after official release
as much as i hate samsung i cant see how people can moan about that

i can't see how you can congratulate samsung for giving us 1.6 seven months after official release, and 1.6 full of insomnia bugs. yeah, we got sources soon after binaries, but because they must provide sources, not because they like.

Andronix · Apr 27, 2010

Rastaman-FB said:
g1 was the only device

when you compare, samsungs failure has been communication and flakey software. not updates and sources

communication is bad, but slow updates full of bugs is failure as well if you ask me.

MichaelW · Apr 27, 2010

Andronix said:
i can't see how you can congratulate samsung for giving us 1.6 seven months after official release

Has the HTC Hero got 1.6 yet?

Bomberman · Apr 27, 2010

Bear in mind officially we haven't in any comparison of this nature.
I'm the same though - any sort of communication from Samsung could have avoided this will we/won't we/JESUS CHRIST I HATE SAMSUNG situation developing

Rastaman-FB · Apr 27, 2010

Andronix said:
i can't see how you can congratulate samsung for giving us 1.6 seven months after official release, and 1.6 full of insomnia bugs. yeah, we got sources soon after binaries, but because they must provide sources, not because they like.

so do htc, they didnt they took over half a year

software has bugs, samsungs are annoying somewhat but its dependant on how the carrier reports bugs back to samsung also.
later versions of 1.5 had fewer bugs and became quite stable. 1.6 is new to this model and a bug fix will need to be restarted.
how can they start bugfixing it when the releases only came out last month and made official a few weeks ago?

listen, im only being comparative and fair. samsung get on my nerves but im different, i dont cry about stuff when there is nothing set in stone. instead i go with what i see and obtain and that is Samsung are crap at coms but a quite fast at producting firmware updates and sources dependent on carrier acknowledgement of the software

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