Android phone recommendations/discussion?

StephenHero · Jan 18, 2011

I just got a Samsung Transform. I like the design, and it has a keyboard, which I really like. I'm left handed and most touchscreens are designed with a right hand bias in the sensitivity so I push the wrong buttons alot.

Rambo · Jan 19, 2011

Good lord man haven't you been paying attention in this thread to how ****** Samsung is?

Piobaire · Jan 19, 2011

Originally Posted by StephenHero

I just got a Samsung Transform. I like the design, and it has a keyboard, which I really like. I'm left handed and most touchscreens are designed with a right hand bias in the sensitivity so I push the wrong buttons alot.

Congrats. Loving my Galaxy S phone.

Rambo · Jan 19, 2011

http://gizmodo.com/5737002/the-probl...ck-in-the-past

If you own a Samsung Galaxy Android device, there's a good chance you're expecting an update to the second-most-recent release of Android, version 2.2, aka Froyo. It has not arrived! A purported insider explains why. Short version: Money. As commenter The Samsung Secret tells it on XDA developers, there are a few kinds of updates for phones. Namely, critical, maintenance and feature updates. Phonemakers develop and release them, based on a contract they sign with a carrier. Critical updates, resolving a crazy bug are provided to carriers from phonemakers for free; maintenance updates, the routine ones, "have some maintenance fee associated with them"; and finally, according to their account, feature updates, which add new things, "are usually costly." According to him (or her!), Samsung considers major Android updates to be a feature update, and "requires carriers to pay a per device update fee for each incremental Android update." (Unlike other major Android phonemakers, who this person says do not charge for Android updates. And indeed, we verified with a major Android phonemaker that they don't charge carriers for big Android releases, so this is not routine.) Anyway, according to this person, carriers don't want to pay for these updates. Or as they put it, "all U.S. carriers have decided to refuse to pay for the Android 2.2 update, in hopes that the devaluation of the Galaxy S line will cause Samsung to drop their fees and give the update to the carriers." It's worth noting the definite facts at hand: Samsung's international Galaxy phones have been updated to 2.2—it's just the US ones that are stuck on 2.1. And Samsung been resoundingly opaque on when the updates are coming. We've reached out to some carriers, along with Samsung, for some comment on the allegations, but haven't heard anything as of press time. If they have to something to add, we'll update. Whatever the case may be, one thing's certainly true: The update to Android 2.2 hasn't arrived for Samsung phones, even though it has for others, and some vocal portion of Galaxy owners are beginning to get antsy. Updated. Update: Samsung's official response:

"Samsung does not charge carriers for updates to new versions of Android. We are working to make the Android 2.2/Froyo upgrade available to all U.S. Galaxy S owners as soon as possible. Due to the complexity and unique functionality of each Galaxy S device, we are performing additional testing. Samsung feels it is important to make the Android 2.2/Froyo upgrade available only after we feel that we can give the millions of U.S. Galaxy S owners a simple and reliable upgrade experience."

dcg · Jan 19, 2011

Dear Samsung,

No one gives a **** about 2.2 anymore. 2.3 is out.

Sincerely,

Galaxy S users

Trompe le Monde · Jan 20, 2011

""Samsung does not charge carriers for updates to new versions of Android.
We are working to make the Android 2.2/Froyo upgrade available to all U.S. Galaxy S owners as soon as possible."

note: Android 2.2 was released by google in MAY 2010... a life time in the technology world.

i own a galaxy s for sprint. will never buy another samsung phone.

Lexlthr · Jan 20, 2011

I have a Evo and love it. I will never buy a Samsung phone as they seem to always **** on their customers when it comes to Android updates. Check out www.androidcentral.com. They have a great podcast every week. You can subscribe to it through Google Listen.

dcg · Jan 20, 2011

T-Mo's Galaxy S to get Froyo tomorrow: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/20/s...-t-mobile-cmo/ Really! They mean it this time!!! THIS IS FOR SERIOUS!!!!111111

Imhoff · Jan 20, 2011

Ok, I need some help with my Evo....

Are there any other SMS/Texting programs that I can use other than the one it comes with? Deleting text threads takes AGES. Some texts send slowly. And recently, it always seems to lock up. Anyone else having these issues?

Tokyo Slim · Jan 20, 2011

Originally Posted by Imhoff

Ok, I need some help with my Evo....

Are there any other SMS/Texting programs that I can use other than the one it comes with?

About a bazillion. I'm using Handcent at the moment.

Deleting text threads takes AGES. Some texts send slowly.

Can you describe this in more detail? Like you push send and nothing happens? Or it appears to send, but you find out later that the recipient didn't get it until hours later?

And recently, it always seems to lock up. Anyone else having these issues?

is it rooted? Sounds like you are running into some sort of bug.

Imhoff · Jan 20, 2011

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

About a bazillion. I'm using Handcent at the moment.

Will have to check that one out.

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Can you describe this in more detail? Like you push send and nothing happens? Or it appears to send, but you find out later that the recipient didn't get it until hours later?

I hit the send key and then the circle pops up (like it is loading) and it spins... spins.... sometimes my screen dims and fades (timer) before the text actually sends. I am stuck waiting for this process to complete before going to Home screen and such. And deleting threads... well that locks up my SMS program and then have to Force Close the stupid thing without any texts actually being deleted.

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

is it rooted? Sounds like you are running into some sort of bug.

Not familiar with "rooted"... :/ I am still new to the smart phone game. Went from an LG ENv2 to the Evo. Hahah.

Tokyo Slim · Jan 20, 2011

Originally Posted by Imhoff

I hit the send key and then the circle pops up (like it is loading) and it spins... spins.... sometimes my screen dims and fades (timer) before the text actually sends. I am stuck waiting for this process to complete before going to Home screen and such. And deleting threads... well that locks up my SMS program and then have to Force Close the stupid thing without any texts actually being deleted.

Not familiar with "rooted"... :/ I am still new to the smart phone game. Went from an LG ENv2 to the Evo. Hahah.

You may want to take it back to wherever you got it from and see if there's something wrong with the phone itself. There's no way a brand new phone running stock should be doing that.

Imhoff · Jan 20, 2011

Awesome, will visit local Sprint store tomorrow to see what's up. BTW, currently deleting texts. One thread has about 1,000 in it, still deleting.... think it has been at least 15 mins since I started.

Tokyo Slim · Jan 20, 2011

Originally Posted by Imhoff

Awesome, will visit local Sprint store tomorrow to see what's up. BTW, currently deleting texts. One thread has about 1,000 in it, still deleting.... think it has been at least 15 mins since I started.

You can't delete the whole thread?

Imhoff · Jan 20, 2011

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

You can't delete the whole thread?

Chose the delete whole thread option... and it is moving at a snails pace. Hahaha. Didn't know texts took so much memory??

It's acting like I am trying to defrag a computer.... *sigh*

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