To each his own. But knowing that your phone has so much potential under the hood is just to tempting! As long as you've read enough and you understand what you are doing and changing, it's really no big deal. It's only risky when people blindly follow step by step tutorials without an inkling of what they're doing. All said, the SGS is pretty darn unbrickable.

I LOL'ed hard.

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Added on September 21, 2010, 6:03 pmLet's not knock the iphone too hard. It's a good phone for first-time smartphone users. But if you've gone through the various flavours (and pain) of Symbian, Windows Mobile (when it was called PocketPC!) and even PalmOS 5, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything remotely revolutionary about the iphone.

This post has been edited by guppy: Sep 21 2010, 06:03 PM

I believe this was answered a few pages back.

apparently you didn't research beyond the feature list. SGS has a couple of major problems, namely lagginess due to sub-optimal FS and screwed up GPS implementation. So yeah, until Samsung fixes this officially in Froyo or some other update, even the current Desire offers a better out of the box experience.

I'd recommend Sandisk (or if you really have the money, Panasonic). Forget about Kingston, Apacer, Transcend and those other brands (no offense to people using those brands - I've just had *many* bad experiences with non-sandisk SD cards)

Camera shops tend to hike their prices a fair bit. I think he'd have better luck at a regular computer store.

Yep, Sandisk is the brand. www.sandisk.com SDHC cards are rated by class (class 2, 4, 6) which gives you an idea of the performance (write-speed to be precise). Faster write speeds cut down disk I/O which is generally a good thing - but whether you can feel the difference on a mobile device is another matter.

Yeah mang. Computer shop prices more competitive than camera or phone shop prices ...

Maxis only sells the 16GB version. You can ask them before you purchase to be extra extra sure, right?

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Added on September 22, 2010, 11:14 amFroyo is secondary for me. I just want them to fix the darn filesystem lags and GPS.

This post has been edited by guppy: Sep 22 2010, 11:14 AM

(1) It's Android! If you can stomach the maxis plan, it's pretty good bang for your buck. But at it's MSRP, it's a little steep for me personally.
(2) Aside from the plasticky feel which can be fixed with a nice case, the thing hasn't fallen apart on me yet. No creaks or squeeks despite having removed the battery cover numerous times.
(3) Depends on how you use it. If you've got live wallpapers enabled, widgets updating every 5 mins, heavy surfing and constant game-playing - sure your battery life is gonna suck. If you use it prudently and only enable essential services that you'd use it can last a pretty long time. Case in point, this morning i had 48 percent battery left; uptime 1 day, 45 minutes.

ok. and your point is...?

Yes, 3G with or without an active data connection still needs more power from the radio just to hook on to a 3G signal. Frankly speaking, all my previous 3G phones had terrible battery life. Just gotta lower your expectations.

Chill bro, if it happens it happens. Not holding much hope for it though.

In denial. Kesian.

+1 for your positive outlook. I hope so too, but not holding my breath.

Usually there's a number printed in a circle on the card itself denoting the class (2, 4 or 6).

The speed class of your SD card does not determine how fast you access photos or data off your card. Speed class defines the sustained WRITE speed, not READ.
FYI: http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/speed_class/

If you're facing lags when accessing the Gallery (how slow is slow? 2-3secs) you may want to look into one of the lag fixes on XDA, if you're not already using any.

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Added on September 24, 2010, 12:09 amI agree! Sandisk seems to adhere to the class ratings better than the other crappy Taiwanese brands ::cough:: Kingston :: cough:: In fact, I wouldn't touch Kingston even if it was rated Class 6.

This post has been edited by guppy: Sep 24 2010, 12:09 AM

ebay is a good source. I wanted a case similar to those Case Mate Barely There cases but wasn't prepared to fork up the USD20 or so. I got one off ebay for USD3.00 inclusive of screen protector. Arrived within a week, free shipping somemore.

Hey, don't knock the Desire. It's a good phone. Much much better out of the box experience than SGS. GPS is solid. Speed is great. Don't need to try multiple lagfix solutions and chase firmware leaks hoping for better performance. Plus, they got Froyo a few weeks ago. Despite the SGS being a royal pain in the butt, I still like it. But definitely my next Android would not be from Samsung.

Haha! We are all naturally defensive of our choices.

Is appbucket legit? Looks like a scam site to me. What are they charging for? Just to access the site or to download all the apps you want? Either way, it doesn't make sense. And it doesn't help that their Forum link is broken. Apparently, they spam the app comments in the Market too. Better stick to more renowned sites like appbrain or androidzoom.