Now THAT is what I call a review

Looks like you got your phone at just the right moment, too, because kam187 and chaoscentral have found a way to repeatedly get a "Persistent Root" on the Behold II. It shouldn't be too much longer before we have custom roms. Buh-bye TouchWiz!

Murf

 

You should be able to use exchange, I do.. Just go to the next field after you have filled the one you are on out by hitting the back button to take your keyboard away. Use the touch screen to progress forward.

 

I bought the behold 2 prepared to send it back after I got it becuase the reviews sucked on this phone. I honestly don't know what they expected from this phone. I think they are being more critical of the cube ui, than the device itself. I still have the G1 and MyTouch, both are rooted and modded, this phone is smoother and all around a better device than my other Google phones put together. I don't use the cube, because honestly that does suck, the cube ui is slow and laggy, NOT ANDROID!!! It is rumored that we will get an update pretty quick on this device, but I expect to have mine rooted and modded by the time they have that ready for an OTA update. The phone price is High, so what...I am a techie and I wanted it. Plain and simple, when you are complaining about this phone, it doesn't add up to actually owning it. I will put my phone against your (performance wise) and you will be complaining about yours afterwards. Quit reading the reviews..... NOTE: Camera is the best of any Google device; however it itself like ALL other Google devices gets sluggish between task. Nuf said...............

 

i too prefer the behold, and was very very scared when i traded in the myTouch cause all the review bashing i read, i liked android a lot but didnt want to stay with the myToy and amlost went Blackberry. i am glad i went with the behold but will admit that with these google devices i havent liked the battery performance.
I DO use the cube, for the only reason i dont want to waste the button.

i cannot understand the bad reviews, the behold got bashed so hard on the intertubez, were they expecting a droid or iPhone and got dissapointed? i dont get it? the behold is a darn good phone with a SUPER PIMPTACULAR SCREEN and a dang good camera. why all the hate/

 

Hi, I have a Question that I tried to look up but couldn't find. I got the G1 and the My-touch both on the days they came out. So I was playing with the cliq and the behold 2 at the t mobile store. I liked the behold 2 much better so I came home called and ordered one. I'll have it Tues. or Wed. of this coming week. When I asked the rep. I ordered the phone from said the Behold 2 was running android 2.0, but then when I watched an unboxing video on you tube, (I don't know how old this video was) it said it was running on 1.5 still? Can somebody tell me what android OS it's running on now please?
Thanks a lot,

Knot

BTW is this phone rootable yet?

 

Yea I'm with you on that one man. After I ordered it I was looking up a bunch of reviews and it got bashed HARD. I was almost thinking about returning it before it arrived, lol. It's really refreshing to see that a lot of people really do love it, when I had a chance to play with a demo I loved it. So we'll see. I don't why it got so many bad reviews. People bitch just to bitch it seems like. Well whatever, come tues. or wed. I'll be the proud owner of a Samsung Behold 2.
P.S. If anyone is interested, I'm selling my white Mytouch 3G to try and recoup on some of the cash I'm shelling out for the behold. It's only 3 months old without a scratch on it. My email is Pmcglynn72@gmail.com.

 

I'm with you guys all the way!! The reviews are continually bad for this sweet little piece of technology, but imho I'm finding it to be far superior to the others out there. I started out with the G1 - early adopter, had it in my hot little hands the week it was released. Went along for the ride, and while it had its bumps along the way it was a learning experience. Skipped the MyTouch - HTC. That single proprietary jack for everything is just a huge deal-breaker for me. Tried the Cliq, thinking I really couldn't do without the keyboard and talk about HATING interfaces - that Motoblur junk? I don't use the social networking sites and even without registering it was still a pain in the butt and the keyboard sucked wind. (Ok - I will say the G1 keyboard was a decent keyboard.) The phone didn't feel good in hand, no flash, just didn't like it. Then the Behold II. Ahhh. When I got it and had it in my hand, I knew it was well worth it. I get frustrated because its Android - all of those things that people want to bash in the reviews will eventually change. The cube? We'll be able to assign apps before long I'm sure. The TouchWiz? it's not that bad. There's already solutions out there to that! On the other hand we're the proud owners of a great phone and we know it!!!!!!

 

What's up to everyone. My 1st post here but down with Android since day 1.

I agree. The reviews are unfair. As they always have been for any Android device. I remember how they slammed the G1. I don't like touchwiz or anything else skinned on top of Android. Sense, Blur etc. all make the phone work harder for less function.

The first time I checked to see what was running on my Behold 2, touchwiz had 20+ apps and processes running. Not 1 review speaks on whats really running in the background. I Got rid of touchwiz UI and the phone is fast. With all the things that I choose to have running, all the time, im left with around 140mb of RAM.

Now it does need a software update. Just to smooth it out more. But so far, best. Combination of multimeadia, screen, RAM, and camera you will find on an Android device at the moment. All key factors missed by the reviews.

And I like the media cube. It serves a purpose for me. It looks great and everyone that's seen it so far was amazed. Overall im happy with my choice.

 

damn i'm suprised no one made cutom roms yet. whats going on? you would think xda would have some

 

rdillz- How did you get rid of touchwiz?

 

I mean I use a home replacement. Then I use Advanced task manager to monitor what's running. Im confident I can have my phone running perfect with another day of use. Still exploring what or what not tasks to kill without problems

 

We might have to give it some time. Its coming.

 

derrickps3

Also, XDA is an HTC-only site; since this is a Samsung phone, we'll have to wait for a different community to crack the code.

Murf

 

I think what put people off to the behold 2 was the price, several of the reviews mention that. Had tmobile released this at a 99$ price point im almost sure that the reviews would have been more favorable. Personally i think the i think the moto cliq is junk but the reviews for it were decent go figure.

 

Yes true, but I never mined the price. You know, Tmo definitely should have handled this better. We should have 2.0 or at least a date on when we'll get it. Hell I'd take 1.6! I'm too familiar with the batt problem because I got my G1 when Android was barely at 1.0 and its the same batt problem from 1.5. Its not the battery or the phone. Its the outdated cupcake OS telling the phone and battery its charged. A well known bug in 1.5 plain and simple. Someone needs to get fired! This B2 hardware is killer, just like we demanded from Tmo. But along the way someone had a bright idea! "You know what, It would be Epic to release our next generation Android with year old software! Our faithful Android customers will love it!"

This will all go sour if the update doesn't come soon. Only because its just ridiculous and terrible mismanagement by Tmo. We must let them know! After the G1, and My touch I was ready for a nice camera. And got it, but im watching my batt level fall in front of my eyes right now!

 

Thanks for the info rubi. I was surprised to get a bang on my door at about 9 PM last night. It was UPS with my phone! I think it took me until about midnight to make the phone the way I want it. Apps, Music, backgrounds, ect..... so I didn't have too much play time with it but a couple hours. So far so good. I like it a lot. More so that my G1 or my, mytouch. I think it's just a little rough around the edges like all android phones are when they are released but when 2.0 hits this phone should be really great!!! But everything works well, no FC's. Fast, responsive, it works very well, I'm quite happy with it. The camera is just amazing. Lots to play with today, good thing it's Saturday, lol.

 

oh i thought because they have android section on there also thats why

 

I know what your saying and I agree with you %100, but the only android phone running 2.0 right now it the Verizon Droid, and with about %80 of the really really good apps. I get I always read the comments, and most of the time there's a few comments saying the app won't work on the droid. I'm wondering if that's because the alot of the apps aren't ready to run on 2.0. Before I got my SB2, I had a MT3G and I used a cooked 2.0 rom that worked great but when I went to get my apps on it half of them wouldn't work, so I'm wondering, (just wondering) if Tmo is waiting on the apps to be compatible with 2.0 or tweak 2.0 to be compatible with the apps. Just a thought man. I'm not trying to step on any toes here. I'd LOVE 2.0 and I was kinda pissed it didn't come with it as well. I don't know if this is the case or not, just a thought.