with the gingerbread keyboard, still can use swype a? damn loving that method! i'll sacrifice if it means getting to use swype

i think it means screen of death. when ur phone turns off and cannot turn on unless u take out the battery first. been having my phone for 2months. no SOD's reported! ^^ maybe just plain luck but I am still using the older factory DXKA9 baseband version. try changing to the old one guys! good luck!

but don't get ur opes too high up okay. too lazy just wan to buy stuff out of box, then depend on luck la. I think any problem can be worked out if u r rajin enuff.

oooooh!! nice man! I want one!!

guys, currently downloading the gingerbread package xxk something. did my homework and stuff and decided, I will upgrade it tonight. I would first test out third party camera app can focus or not (people keep reporting this issue but i don't see anybody saying they tried or third party apps are a solution) pray it all goes well ^^

thank you for the support, guys! ^^ alright! I have already installed the gingerbread (GB) OS. so far, everything is fine, more beautiful is the first impression. first time, the phone will come out in russian I think, so u might wanna have a little practice finding how to change the language without the help and guidance of words. =p.

camera is quite good. blurry a little bit, but to me it doesn't really stick out. I have a few pictures of my table from Froyo, and I will take pictures tommorow the same table, the same position and compare. other than that, it seems fine. I may not be able to test out the data 3G and what not (student, no money) from first day reporting, I'd say it's worth the shot to try it out.

performance wise, a little bit slow when u wake up the phone however, other functions are suprisingly faster for a speed junkie. perhaps not so much fast to other peeps. can't comment on the battery, but I will update more after a few days.

Build: Gingerbread.xxkp9
version: S5830XXKP9


For those who want to try out the beta GB OS, here's a link showing u step by baby steps how to do it
http://androidadvices.com/how-to-update-sa...xxkp9-firmware/

one thing to note, u can find a complete package link there. contained in the link is Odin 4.03. In my case, this didn't work. I had to pull USB, remove battery and reinsert. Thank God my baby didn't turn into stone. now, my Ace has been lucky not to experience SOD's n whatnot, but for other people who may not be lucky, I would STRICTLY ADVICE you to download Odin 4.38 downloadable from samfirmware. The flash guide also requires Odin 4.38. I just don't understand why they call it complete package n put something that could potentially fail the process and possibly brick ur phone. plus, I didn't have a backup, so it was more of a do or die situation. =p goodluck to anyone else who wants to try!

Cheers!

squeezing one more update. the texting is improved, as announced in the GB official GB changelog, however, I found out that swype is a little less user friendly now. =( I miss my old swype. u cannot double tap to select the mispelled text. anybody who found a way to correct this, do tell me. or one of the users above suggested there are xxkpb version, perhaps in that version it has already been fixed? can some one try it out?

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Added on May 5, 2011, 9:35 pma little bit lower

This post has been edited by MerzadNazmi: May 5 2011, 09:35 PM

alright, found out that it is the cursor issue. double tapping a word will not select the whole word, instead just put a cursor in the middle of it. =) going to have to bear it a while until the new update rolls out ^^

yes, i have to agree. it will all be gone. and I was also batak with the GB as if it was a new phone

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Added on May 6, 2011, 1:48 ambut how to select one whole word? guess they didn't figure that one out right? if any of the samsung android testers are reading this, I hope u guys can fix this issue! TQVM!

This post has been edited by MerzadNazmi: May 6 2011, 01:48 AM

no need rooting.. and no need to unroot also if u've already rooted ur froyo. previously, posted a link on step by step guide to upgrade to GB. the page before I think. on the same post there is also some tips I found helpful. it's in the page before. =)

hey all, i've got some great news to share! I think the battery is quite good now.. maybe because my phone is a clean new phone without so many apps. IDK but right now, it's running for a few days straight now. For 2 full days with around 60% left from full charge.. altho, i restate that this may be because i don't have task killer and too many widgets on the screen.. (lazy to instal, waiting for the official asian version of GB) The news about the xxkpe version is a delight but anyone can confirm the swype experience, has it been fixed? kinda liked the GB keyboard. be a shame if I had to DL the froyo keyboard just to swype better

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Added on May 8, 2011, 12:20 amtwo thumbs up bro! nice! can u check whether u can select a whole word by double clicking it when typing a message? I would like to know that please.

This post has been edited by MerzadNazmi: May 8 2011, 12:20 AM

right? I hope Samsung solves this issue. oh how i will miss swyping.. seems to me right now, there is no better way to text other than swyping. hate to go back to the olden days.

from ur MO pic, let's just say ur a geeky nerd, then I'd say cam 360 or vignette. did me good IMO. but if ur really MO, then I'd suggest u use retro cam. quite nice effects with very low technical details to worry. select one type of camera and start clicking!

xizzat, how do u get celcom to just use MMS without internet? tell me tell me! the only workaround that i can find is by rooting ur device and using droidwall. that works very3 well

ran into a problem here. I need to use froyo back. the GB experience is kinda bad for me. i swype a lot n swype on GB is unbearable! okay, here's the low down, i downloaded ddkc1 firmware from samfirmware and all i got is

amss
boot.img
csc.rfs
recovery.img
system.rfs

it says here that I need to use Odin, fine. OPS file also got from samfirmware, but then, for boot, phone, PDA and CSC they only accept .tar or .md5 type files only whereas the ones I have are those above. I tried loading them manually, but Odin said "invalid model binary" should I just run it or can I not revert back to froyo now? help pls

thanks a bunch bugeca! u just made a dude tap dancing for 1 full hour man!

yea2, i got that. It won't reboot. Not from Odin, not from pressing of button, and it won't boot by removing the battery and reinserting it back in and turning on. I had already feared I bricked the phone, but then, it can go to download mode. thank god.

now back to GB also.. hahaha!

This post has been edited by MerzadNazmi: May 14 2011, 06:11 PM

if u ain't got the greens, i suggest this phones. in its price range, this is the beast. but, with an extra 300-500, could get galaxy S or SL.

imma feeling a little brave here, so why don't u explain what do u mean by cancel out the home text? which one?

alrighty peeps, after research, I found out generally u can revert back to froyo, however, there are two ways of doing this
1) get the JPKA7 version which is arabic multi-package file, install using Odin and afterwards re-do it using whatever one-package froyo fw u have.
2) seemingly easier, two time factory reset and then use Odin.

both have pros and cons (1 using Odin to flash which is always, super risky, like crossing-a-rotten-wood-bridge risky) Come Monday, I will go to cybercafe n proceed with the first option. tired already using GB. Too bad, dumped it just because of swype, other stuff was super smooth