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 ♠ Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 ♠ Official Thread V1, Decent mid range phone at RM9xx

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post Mar 10 2011, 11:20 PM

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QUOTE(xDragonZ @ Mar 10 2011, 11:13 PM)
I will add more info and help and guides for the SGA later...

come all SGA tell me your :

Colour of your SGA and date you bought so I can add you to SGA user lists ^^
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Congratz to TS.. anyway, shall we PM you the details or just post in the thread?
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post Mar 10 2011, 11:32 PM

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QUOTE(tehoice @ Mar 10 2011, 11:23 PM)
i couldnt get my phone!  cry.gif  no stock! everywhere also like no stock =.=!
there is 1 seller juz now selling at 1050 at lowyat, i told her shouldnt it be 999 for the retail price? and she say "then dont buy lor"
what really BEH TAHAN that fella!  rclxub.gif
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Are the sellers from Garage Sale section are out of stock also?
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post Mar 11 2011, 03:55 PM

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QUOTE(Miracles @ Mar 11 2011, 12:43 PM)
Black and White have different skin material?
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Apart from the surface texture and color. The surrounding metal is in different color. White is chrome and black have gunmetal color.
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post Mar 11 2011, 04:10 PM

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QUOTE(xDragonZ @ Mar 11 2011, 03:57 PM)
i got this review from gsmarena , anyone here having the same problem ?


Added on March 11, 2011, 3:58 pmad this phone for about 3 weeks, then I sold it and bought Samsung Galaxy i9003 a few days ago. Here are the reasons why -

1. Battery Life - Very very very very poor.. i had to recharge twice a day!! (With Galaxy i9003 and same usage, I charge once in 2 days!)

- depends on usage, my wife using it and she is facebook, skype and email hantu. She did not complain on the battery.

2. RAM - In the beginning, when the Ace has no apps.. it is nice and smooth. Once you start loading apps, the phone becomes laggy... and my phone started to HANG often! (Galaxy i9003 has 512mb RAM... never lags)

- That is totally a different class and spec. Cannot comment more.

3. Games - LAGGY!! Any game that requires a little more GPU than Angry Birds, will lag!! The Adreno 200 GPU is not enough to deal with good games. (Galaxy i9003 never lags in any game I have played so far)

- Even HTC Desire or any Andreno 200 equipped phone cannot handle certain games. Moreover, SGA is only 800MHz

4. WiFi - Random errors occur during the WiFi connection, and the phone must be restarted. My friends also have had the same experience with their Ace.

- Cannot comment at the moment... not actively using wi-fi.

5. Video Recording - You can buy a 500 Rs. pen camera that takes better video!! Quality is very poor. (Galaxy i9003 has 720p HD Video recording)

- Again different class and spec. Should read the device capability first.

6. 800Mhz.. but ARM processor!! - This is a very old processor that was used 2-3 years ago. That's why it takes long to open some apps. (Galaxy i9003 has a newer 1Ghz Cortex A8 processor)

- Again different class and spec. What he should expect from mid range phone. I did not find any 1GHz mid range phone at the moment.

7. LCD Display Quality - Not so great on Ace. Low resolution, and very pixelated when you look carefully (Galaxy i9003 has a higher resolution 4" screen which is even better than HTC Desire HD screen)

- Aiyaa... do I have to repeat again...

8. Network connection - People who use Ace find that sometimes they are not able to receive calls even though they have a full network signal. Strange.

- Very subjective...

9. Front facing camera - Not present in Ace sad.gif Can't do video calls. (Galaxy i9003 has a front facing cam)

- Penat laaa nak ulang skali lagi....

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More on comparison between two class and two different price range. If he is having problem only 4 & 8 might considered an issue....

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post Mar 12 2011, 11:39 PM

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QUOTE(dreamwar @ Mar 12 2011, 07:23 PM)
Did anyone had experience very low notification sound even the volume bar is set to max... only notification soundsound has this problem..
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Have you check in the settings? Notification volume?
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post Mar 15 2011, 03:35 PM

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QUOTE(mindinvestment @ Mar 15 2011, 01:36 AM)
guys, I'm looking something for hotmail notification app and MSN app for SGA. What have u can recommend for me. thanks?

1st time using smart phone...
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For messaging, can use fring, nimbuzz etc. For email, can configure hotmail exchange in the email app.

QUOTE(kazumasashi2000 @ Mar 15 2011, 11:39 AM)
eh guy, I need your help.. how to insert picture into contact phone number? =O I tried insert picture into contact info but transferred into gmail contact. How ah??
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QUOTE(cheehing @ Mar 15 2011, 01:53 PM)
need help...how to sync my hp contact to gmail ???
i tried in the account n sync but in my gmail contact is nth....
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Android have 3 contact type. Sim, Phone and Google. Setup Goole account first in the phone and make sure the contacts are stored as google contacts (small google logo will appear next to contact name list).
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post Mar 16 2011, 11:56 PM

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QUOTE(mynewuser @ Mar 16 2011, 10:02 PM)
Anyone can confirm what their touchwiz version.
How to upgrade to touchwiz 3?
Goto setting . Manage application. All.
Samsung home 2.2.1


Added on March 16, 2011, 10:03 pm

I read before. It possible. But need to google around.
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The TouchWiz is already version 3. It is well hidden from the applications and system processes. The Samsung Home act as an integration between other apps and twl and it will carry current Froyo version which is 2.2.1 TWL apk showed as below pic.

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post Mar 19 2011, 07:28 PM

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QUOTE(Daniel89 @ Mar 19 2011, 07:19 PM)
Wait I started to get confused xD Ace have how many speakers ? I dont have a Ace yet but thinking to get it but gsm show no flash for web browser which is kinda sad and poor video codec  cry.gif
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Two... one for loud speaker and the other for earpiece. Phone does not need a stereo loudspeaker coz how much details can it goes with those puny little thing? As long as it has headphone jack, it's good already. If I need a good audio output, just plug in the headphone. Mono and downmix is two different kind of thing and phone loudspeaker is downmix.

And how many phone out there comes with two speakers for stereo output?

Did you know that most HD recordable phone out there is still record mono sound coz of one mic biggrin.gif

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post Mar 19 2011, 07:41 PM

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So far for Android phone, only Motorola has noise cancelling, Sony might have with Arc... I think.
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post Mar 20 2011, 07:48 PM

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QUOTE(dinraxxx @ Mar 20 2011, 06:51 PM)
Well all I can answer is that.hehe.But now I dunno which to get.All I can get is either galaxy vibrant or this. sad.gif
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Get Vibrant if you wanted to fight with Iphone, get Ace if you wanted to use your phone like BB users.
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post Mar 21 2011, 03:41 PM

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QUOTE(ch84 @ Mar 21 2011, 03:30 PM)
if disable the packet data, can we send n receive mms?
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Nope, but you can enable it temporarily to download or sending out mms and switch it off after that. You should get notification first.
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post Mar 21 2011, 11:53 PM

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QUOTE(lim_kobe2005 @ Mar 21 2011, 11:44 PM)
wanna ask...how to do screenshot? i try home button + back button..but still cannot.... icon_question.gif
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The other way around... press + hold back button then home button. Not all app can be captured.
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post Mar 23 2011, 07:43 PM

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QUOTE(Miracles @ Mar 23 2011, 10:06 AM)
Still no custom ROMs? smile.gif It's almost been  a month.
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If you like to be the tester, here is the link.
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post Mar 24 2011, 07:45 PM

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QUOTE(MerzadNazmi @ Mar 24 2011, 07:09 PM)
mine is good. ^^ although if i compare head on with IP4, fruit ninja is a bit laggy. but very3 small. non-hardcore speed junkie won't notice one.


Added on March 24, 2011, 7:25 pm

I am using  Radio Opt Traffic Monitor. To me, it is fairly accurate. tested when downloading a 32kb MMS.

Hey, anybody playing angry birds rio notice that when using the app, ur RAM suddenly drop to 70? finding that a bit worrying since with other games, I always get 110Mb memory. =p perhaps i am worrying too much.  tongue.gif
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Do not worry about the RAM. Android has the capability to purge and recover RAM when it reach certain threshold. smile.gif
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post Mar 25 2011, 11:41 AM

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QUOTE(ukoo @ Mar 25 2011, 11:02 AM)
900 ? wahh who selling at that price ?

yesterday i found 1 who sell 950 .. in garage .. but when i asked him to install papago for me .. he said wan charged rm150
*** 9 him la
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QUOTE(fuzore @ Mar 25 2011, 11:27 AM)
papago is a paid apps what are u complaining bout...
download droidwall and configure the apps u want and dont want to have 3g connection...
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Just becareful when they said the Papago is RM+++ and they will install it for you. Some conman actually install the pirated version and the RM+++ goes into their pocket.

Happened to me a long time ago when purchased Garmin Mobile XT. Lesson learned.

Best bet, buy it directly from the distributor or ask the seller for the license cert.

Just do a comparison on what you will get (package) if you buy directly from distributor with other seller. You can see the difference although price is almost the same.

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QUOTE(anti@ @ Mar 25 2011, 01:32 PM)
wat is the rrp for this phone?
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We can't confirm now... but the RRP is RM999. It is either - RM150 or + RM300 from that. smile.gif Nowadays, it requires your bargaining skill and some leg work to get the best price.

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QUOTE(anti@ @ Mar 25 2011, 01:37 PM)
thanks mate. i almost get conned by ah beng seller. he said rrp is rm1099. trololol.
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Not sure if my figure is still valid but that was advertised by SME.
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QUOTE(Lone46 @ Mar 25 2011, 11:48 PM)
after i signed in my gmail account, it show a lot of email address in my contact...how can i delete it all? around 500++...
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Three options to do the house keeping.

1. Login to your Google Account using PC and delete from there. The phone will sync later.
2. In phone contacts, Menu -> More -> Display Options. Check "Only contacts with phone numbers".
3. Using PC, create a new group in google contact page. Move the unneeded into this new group. In the phone contact, Menu -> More -> Display Options, select Google under "Select contacts to display" and uncheck the new group.

Choose which one you like to do smile.gif

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QUOTE(notroxcity @ Mar 26 2011, 04:45 PM)
is at ampang point rite now.thinking about buying ace.but in da 1000 price range i cud get a galaxy ace, a bb curve 9300 n an htc aria ap.cudnt decide! Hardware wise, ace beat da living crap of other alternatives.but when it comes 2 tradein value,brand n UI..i mean, samsung touchwiz isnt dat appealing compared 2 htc sense,curve 9300 has support for BB OS6 but 2meg camera (lousy).when hold ace,its kinda felt cheap.can u guys psycho me into buying ace.help smile.gif
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Let me assist you... although this an Ace thread, so I can't help it If I'm bias towards it. tongue.gif

For build quality, yes, Aria is much better. BB and Samsung might having the same quality. Actually BB has the worst build quality IMHO looking from a few owners whose own it (my office mate). Ace has much better build quality compare with old model of Samsung and it feel so solid compare with Galaxy S.

Let me compare with Aria because it is in the same category (I'm not owning an Aria but Wildfire so generally, HTC devices work about the same on the software side).

1. Out of box, it is 2.1 whereas Ace is 2.2.1. Not sure FOTA version of Aria.
2. Processor, same model but different clock speed. Ace has extra 200MHz.
3. Screen size 3.2 vs 3.5, some sites (like gsmarena) claimed that Aria only capable of producing 256k color only (not sure).
4. Ace has Gorilla Glass
5. Ace got camera with flash
6. Aria has ambient light sensor whereas Ace does not have it. It control the screen brightness automatically.
7. Ace has DLNA and ThinkOffice.

That is all about the hardware differences, the rest is about the same.

About the HTC Sense, it love and hate relationship. If you like Sense widgets then it is ok. For me, Launcher Pro Plus has better implementation than Sense. Furthermore, I did not like Sense dialer tab, SMS/MMS and contacts apps, looks dull to me compare with touchwiz. Sense has better manageability of the idle/home screen.
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QUOTE(karim_effendy @ Mar 26 2011, 05:35 PM)
u better buy aria. ace not good. trust me. i plan to buy but still not bought because of the price keep fluctuate and  hard to find in penang. so, don't buy ace. aria is cooler. the back cover got screw and yellow inside.
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