What is this flying animation? Is it the same with insanity rom? Like sidekick animation in compiz

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Added on January 25, 2011, 3:25 amThank you very much for your personal guide I'll try it someday - not now,.very sleepy already.

This post has been edited by gmhafiz: Jan 25 2011, 03:25 AM

It is always available at xda developers forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756

I'll be testing SO kernel 4.6.5 one last time before switching back to hardcore's. Apparently I did not turn on all tweaks. no wonder so laggy.

I use tunewiki. I like the line-by-line lyric display.

Galaxy S.
Hardware:
- Has super-amoled display. It is very bright and vibrant. Makes iphone4 display, although sharper due to higher resolution, looks pale/pucat.
- 4" screen, slightly larger than iphone4
- Gorilla glass: Scratch resistant screen from Corning, which I believe is better than iphone4.
- Has front-facing camera too for video chat

Software:
- It comes with Android 2.2 (Froyo) with touchwiz skin.. Nice, but not as polished as ios
- Android market: In terms of apps, you can find pretty much everything. Number of apps in the appstore/market doesn't matter much
- It has unobtrusive notification system. Unlike iphone that hinders from what you are working due to streams of notifications.
- Unlimited customization: Steve jobs dictates how your phone looks like. If you want to be different, either jailbreak or put on a casing. With galaxy s, you can customize a lot of things: Home launcher, background, icons, etc
- Widgets: No need to open each app like facebook and twitter separately to see updates. In galaxy s, you can see updates straightaway from your homescreen.
- If you are user of google, you'll find galaxy s more appealing as their software is more up-to-date than iphone counterpart. Example:
- Gmail app is excellent
- Google maps: can see 3d buildings of new york/washington dc etc. Google maps in iphone is outdated.

Usage:
If you are more on productivity, like multi-tasking, choose android based smartphone like galaxy s
iOS has the advantage of more 3d games and more polished user interface.

Galaxy S: No need itunes and usb cable to sync with your computers
iphone: needs cable and must use itunes. but itunes give access to a lot of multimedia contents.

Philosophy:
apple: makes everything easy for you by limiting your options and choices
android from google: gives unlimited options for you.


Feel free to clarify

This post has been edited by gmhafiz: Jan 25 2011, 08:43 PM

take quadrant score with a pinch of salt. I believe it is optimized for snapdragon chip, not ours (hummingbird). I don't care what quadrant says as long as operation is smooth. As a matter of fact, OCLF in eclair gave me 2200+ score but it is not smooth as mine now. - I think around 1300.

That is because he wanted us to convince him to buy galaxy s.

As for your points:

GPS: It is greatly improved already. Unlike us early adopters. Moreover, there are various software fix that again further improve it.

lag: Again, RFS has greatly improved. I was one of the early adopters -The lag was unbearable after one week of usage. But the latest update from samsung has a better implementation of RFS.

I can put out one more point. The build quality: galaxy s has a cheap plastic feeling when you hold it in your hand. I didn't mind this at all. I like it because it contributes to the lightness. galaxy s is lighter than iphone4.

custom rom: Is another example of freedom gained from galaxy s. Unlike other android devices, modifying galaxy s is really easy. Samsung seems to be friendly to the modding community.

Both galaxy s and iphone4 are great phones. They have their own strengths and limitations. Try and test both phones first before you make your decision. Be wary of salesman (and salesgirls!) because their main aim to to sell, not to inform. That's why you should make your own research and seek user reviews.

Cheers!

I don't see many people complains about gps too.

I'd like to clarify. I don't think having 200+ apps slow down your phone. Android is not windows where they have legacy codes and windows registry. Android is based on linux. Unless an app starts as a service or starts at boots, it can consume a bit of RAM and slightly affect the boot time correspondingly. Meaning you can have a smooth phone with 200++ apps as long as you don't install any offending app.

If you open 10++ apps, yes it'll lag. Phone has limited RAM only

Seems like you know a bit about custom rom already. that's good . No matter latest froyo or not, you can still flash darkyy's.

.I remembered on stock rom with no data connection, I can easily get more than 48hrs of usage. Of course a smartphone with no internet connection is useless right? might as well buy a dumbphone

On custom ROM, I can get on in the morning at 100% and it lasts till night. Depending on your usage. If light usage, surely can get through the next morning. If moderate use like me (lots of browsing, few msgs and calls), can get through till evening or night. If heavy usage, need other forumers' input

Some people say custom rom may use more battery because higher performance=higher battery consumption. But now I can get 1%/hour drain too. That's excellent I'd say.

I thought, can video chat with ym already? If not, there's always fring app, and others. Don't know much about video calling.

- without jailbreak, the only customization you can do is buying fancy case for iphone!
- If you jailbreak, you'll get some, but not all of galaxy s functionality

I helped my newbie friend to jailbreak over ym only - and she's a girl (not to belittle her. I was impressed that she can do it on her own). No need rm250, that's really expensive.

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Added on January 25, 2011, 9:47 pmWhich batch of iphone4? I thought the antennagate fiasco is limited in us only.

This post has been edited by gmhafiz: Jan 25 2011, 09:47 PM

That's right iphone4 may boast about its thinness. Yet, it needs casing/bumper which then increases its thickness. I happily use my galaxy s naked

Thanks, forgot to add about galaxy s high quality driver thanks to wolfsson! http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/

all latest kernels have included supercurio's modifications: speedmod/voodoo/super-optimized.

Thanks for your inputs. Now I got one more point to argue with my iphone4 friends

For odin installation route, guide here: http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2010...to-install.html

something you almost infinitely not needed since it is extremely hard to brick your phone

I know this thread is moving at a blazing pace. But please make an effort to read to your question replies. It has been answered.

1. You should already be rooted. No action needed
2. This is to enable lagfix. Do this if needed.
4. Backlight Notification. If you noticed, galaxy s has no led notification. If you enable this, any incoming notifications will light up the backlight at menu and back button. Alternative: Install Noled from Market.
5. No need to do this.

Not in Msia so cannot. Cannot hunt for lenglui also, taken.

I don't have a spare battery because it can last all day long. Galaxy S has in fact a bigger battery capacity: 1500mAh vs 1420mAh in iphone4. Source: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-4-Teardown/3130/1

Of course software optimizations comes into play too. But we are happily using our phone all day long.

I also got random jerkiness even on super-optimized kernel. Probably it is because of samsung's poorly coded touchwiz. I don't really know.

This post has been edited by gmhafiz: Jan 25 2011, 11:07 PM

I've posted step-by-step instructions on how to unroot in this thread. Can use search button. You also can google this.

That is really cool!

Like nasrulbond says, try changing the modem. Can download from these links and flash through clockworkmod recovery.
Modem guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...postcount=11945
Modem download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...postcount=14434


Cheated? Maybe mislead people. The rom isn't gingerbread 2.3.1 also.

Use samsung's task manager. Can be opened when you hold home button. Please remember that frequent killing apps is bad for your phone. The android system already have its internal memory management which should take care of phone's RAM. Meaning, the RAM will be automatically free up itself when needed. So don't be scared when the phone is low on memeory. This process, however is more efficient if you install custom kernel.

If you use oclf to root, you can use the same app to unroot. To leave no trace of hitrory of rooting (completely unroot), delete supersuser.apk etc, please refer to my post in this thread. Can use search button.

This post has been edited by gmhafiz: Jan 26 2011, 12:59 PM