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post May 14 2011, 06:24 PM

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QUOTE(jakuraz @ May 14 2011, 06:11 PM)
okay  thumbup.gif

for web browser, u guys use wat? i currently just use the google search at main page..
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I tried Dolphine and didn't like it. The gesture is not really friendly to use.

Then I try Opera and I think it's the best browser experience for mobile! Set the text to large if you don't want to stress your eyes too much and this is the most readable browser for mobile. I can actuall read the web page in portrait format with large text and I don't have to scroll left and right. All the text are format to fit the portrait layout and it just make browsing on the phone so much friendlier. It's loaded with tons of features too. Try it out!
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post May 20 2011, 11:16 AM

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I'm on Darky's Extreme v9.5 and can someone tell me how to screen capture? Sometimes I accidentally screen capture but I don't how to actually do it manually.


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post May 20 2011, 12:34 PM

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QUOTE(isaaclimhw @ May 20 2011, 11:17 AM)
press the back arrow and the middle button
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Thank you. But I notice a problem with this 2 button configurations to take screen shots. When i press the back arrow button the app will throw me back to the previous page and therefore resulting in the screen capturing the wrong page.

Is there a way to configure the buttons?
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post May 27 2011, 08:25 PM

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QUOTE(VinceLee @ May 27 2011, 10:02 AM)
guys, my phone can't call this morning!
i go checked my bill, it came out last night, total amount due RM360++
for the internet section:
24/04/11-23/05/11 GPRS/EDGE/3G                 1,567,880KB        7,839.40
Rebate for GPRS/EDGE/3G Usage (1.5GB/month)                      -7,121.20
SubTotal for GPRS/EDGE/3G                                                     718.20
1567880Kb is equal to 1.49GB, not more than 1.5GB...
maxis charge for monthly passes is 5 sen/10kb
7121.20 is equal only 1.35GB, so we can only use 1.35GB instead of 1.5GB???
this is very overcharge for me, how can i get back what i deserve?
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Its really very hard to talk to them. They will just tell you that is how they charge. I got slap with a Rm160 for 4MB of 3G internet usage for testing out my wifi teethering when I don't subscribe to any 3G package. I call them up and scream about the outrageous charges and all they say is that is it the rate for per per use. I terminate my line after that. So if you plan to use mobile internet, do get a plan and don't exceed the quota or get Digi internet.

I am on Celcom mBasic which I pay Rm38 for 1 GB but i got a shock too a few days ago. My bill cycles start from 13 of the month and on the 24th of May, i got an sms reminding me that i am reaching my 1GB limit. I track my 3G Watchdog usage and it shows 280mb since I bought my SGS more than 3 weeks ago. So I call 1111 to find out why is my usage so much different from theirs. I only use my mobile for light surfing and no youtube or download at all so I believe my 3GWatchdog reading is correct. On the other hand I always switch to 2G edge when I am not surfing.

But Celcom customer service kept saying my usage has reach 790MB since my last bill cycle. Then I request for a breakdown and discover that on the 20th May their system shows I used 131MB and on the 21st May it shows I used 530MB!!! Wtf...my 3GWatchdog shows I use only 8MB for these 2 days. How the hell did celcom manage to charge me so much which I never use!!! I argue with them for an hour on the phone and they say they cannot do anything. FUUUCK YOU CELCOM.

I am still not happy so I went to the Celcom branch and have them investigate on the breakdown of my usage on these 2 days. They still haven't get back to me.

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post May 28 2011, 11:19 AM

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QUOTE(ic3joker @ May 27 2011, 10:52 PM)
quite good. yes, bln control available.
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I prefer using No LED app which is more function than bln.


Added on May 28, 2011, 11:23 am
QUOTE(weileong @ May 28 2011, 12:27 AM)
hi , i'm new to Android and Using Samsung Galaxy S , just flash to 2.3.3
baseband:i9000xxjvo, kernel :2.6.35.7  build:gingerbread

I miss the chinese input and display sms...Mind to enlighten me ?

or anything i can do  ?
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Gingerbread no Chinese support?

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post May 30 2011, 03:35 PM

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Anyone try out Darky's Extreme Edition v10.1 ★ JVH ★ Fast. Sleek. Beautiful?

I am on Darky 9.5 Extreme for almost a month now and feels the froyo is ok only. Some lag here and there. GPS really sucks on SGS.

Very tempted to try Darky's Extreme Edition v10.1 ★ JVH ★ Fast. Sleek. Beautiful but not sure it will improve upon the froyo, especially the gps.

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I am kind of tired with my SGS after a month. For me Samsung phones is pretty shitty.

I was having dinner with a few friends just now and was trying to open map to show a friend some location but then the the phone crash. Just hang for no reason. Then I reboot only to have the Launcherpro Plus crashing and I have to reboot again.

The other day I was with my wife and 2 friends having lunch at Kinky Fat Chef Kitchen and there was an offer that if four friends were to check in with Foursquare, we would get free french fries. 2 of my friends are using iphone 4 and my wife is using iPad. They all manage to login to foursquare and check-in while my SGS were having shit load of problems with gps and cannot find the location. I have to go outside under the hot sun to get a gps lock just to check in with foursquare.

I think I have learn my lesson for not sticking with iphone. I thought it would be great to be able to customise my phones to my hearts content, but all those customisation is only to make the phone look prettier. But when it comes to actual usage, the iphone is simply better. No lag, no unnecessary battery drain by OS, no gps problem, no crash, and most important of all its got tons great apps.

I hope i am no affending a lot of SGS fans here. For me SGS is just too problematic and what I want is a phone that works well when you need it, stable and again it must have great apps which android is still very far behind.




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post May 30 2011, 11:18 PM

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QUOTE(ic3joker @ May 30 2011, 11:13 PM)
which rom are you using now?mine no problem when i open aura gps lock within 5 second. hmm.gif
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I am using Darky v9.5 Extreme. When I first install this rom with faster fix I did get pretty fast gps lock, but then most of the time it just won't work. When a read sgs forum post, i notice this is a very widespread problem. My friend have Samsung Wave and he is facing the same problem too.

Its not just the gps, there are many other annoying problem with this phone like crashes etc.

Also most custom roms have their fair share of bugs and stock roms are just laggy and I do not plan to to upgrading rom every now and then.

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QUOTE(ic3joker @ May 30 2011, 11:22 PM)
o. froyo. i think you have to try gingerbread. gps problem solve on gingerbread. no need faster fix any more. i would recommend you juwe rom. it is the most stable rom for gingerbread among all i had tried. smile.gif
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What are the known bugs for Juwe rom?
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QUOTE(kmrdeva @ May 30 2011, 11:29 PM)
quite an old custom rom u have there, I think. I never have any issues with GPS lock and foursquare lock with my sgs running cm7.

anyway, I do agree that for out of the box smooth and excellent functionality, the iphone4 is one of the best if not the best smartphone for users. however for a techie like me, ios for all its wide app collection and great functionality is too limiting for me. different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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Not really an old rom. Gingerbread is still very new for SGS and I am still waiting for custom GB too be more stable before I flash again. I am thinking of flashing to Darky's Extreme Edition v10.1 ★ JVH ★ Fast. Sleek. Beautiful. How is Darky compare to Juwe?


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post May 31 2011, 10:53 AM

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QUOTE(gmhafiz @ May 31 2011, 02:47 AM)
did you use odin to flash to stock gingerbread before ramad's deodexed xxjvo? because you need to have gingerbread bootloader,
for south east asia, DXJPE (2.2). If you don't need to send in for warranty, just flash the latest one, either europe of asia. They are way much better.
I doubt the iphone and the ipas uses gps inside a building. I'm pretty sure they were using cell tower for location.

AFAIK, apple uses "Skyhook" that has much better algorithm for detecting phone's location by cell tower triangulation. They tried to use that tech for motorola phones but google stepped in and block it. For now, all android phones uses google's poorer cell tower triangulation algorithm. There's an ongoing legal battle between google and skyhook.
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Actually we are in a shade and not indoor when that happen but i have to go out from the shade into the open and wait like a minute to get a lock on the gps while the apple thing can do it happily in the shade.

Anyway, i will try other rom and hopefully things will improve. But one thing for sure is that my next phone for my wife will be iphone 5. She has always wanted an iphone4 but i thought i give android a try. And if its good, i might be able to convince her to use the SGS, but looks like android is a no no for me as I am also very disappointed with the applications as compare to my ipad. No point having a great hardware without fancy apps. That is just my opinion.

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QUOTE(kmrdeva @ May 31 2011, 10:59 AM)
I empathize with you, buddy. It does look like iOS platform suits your needs very well. As for me, I don't need so many apps on my phone, so far I have everything I need on my SGS and being able to be almost totally free of the PC (ala iTunes) is one of the main reasons I am sticking with Android. My SGS is like a portable PC for me, no longer just a smartphone.
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Iphone 5 will be for my wife as almost all her friends is having iphones. Its simple and works like a charm. I will stick with my SGS. Cheers
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QUOTE(kmrdeva @ May 31 2011, 11:27 AM)
You're quite resilient then smile.gif

A close buddy of mine is using a HTC Legend and is about to move to SGS2. His wife carrying an iPhone4 always asks him, 'Aiya, why you always troubleshooting your phone one, see my Apple always working fine'..  rclxub.gif
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All my close friends are using iphones and that is exactly what they say. I just bought my SGS so cannot keep changing. I hope iPhone 5 will have 4" screen and then I will get it.


Added on June 1, 2011, 10:31 am
QUOTE(noobie1 @ May 31 2011, 11:37 AM)
did ur frend ask back his wife "can u bluetooth that song to my phone?"
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Most people are not very technical and don't do a lot of customisation. what my wife and most of my friends in the iphone group never have any problem with not being able to transfer file with usb or bluetooth. All they use is facebook, internet browsing, taking photos(iphone 4 camera is amazing), chatting etc and iphone works like a charm for them.

Cheers


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QUOTE(noobie1 @ May 31 2011, 02:17 PM)
lol..he is brilliant..haha..steve jobs fans?
yah..and iphone/ipad have just too little customization, not used to it..
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I guess most people bought the iphones/ipads not to customise it but to use it. Only a minority like us actually interested and know how to do it.

I have an ipad and i'm fine with it not able to do much customisation. But what i love about the ipad is the amount of quality apps available and it hardly crash when I am using it. My 2 girls, one 4 years old and the other 6 years old both love the ipad and my wife love it too. I don't think they need all the cusomisation on the ipad at all. What makes the iphone/ipad so successful is that it is simple and that is why my 2 kids know exactly how to operate it. Just tab on the apps icon to launch it and home button to close it....it just work!

I will skip the ipad 2 and get the ipad 3, but one thing i know is that I will not get a andriod tablet.
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QUOTE(nasrulbond @ Jun 1 2011, 01:01 AM)
can't wait to play the PvZ though! tongue.gif

edit : OMG PvZ rocksss! like it so much when playing on the phone! hehehe
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Then you should try it on the ipad.
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QUOTE(janov @ Jun 1 2011, 10:54 AM)
the question you should ask is, who supplies LCD to Iphone. the reason iphone price are high is because they source most of their parts from competitors. there is a reason SGS II is priced lower than SGS last year and there is a reason IP5 launch is delayed. they obviously have a tough time deciding the price of the IP5. i admit the iphone OS is smooth and very user friendly, that is the reason their phone is selling well, also they have superior marketing strategy, where iphone now becomes a household name. but i believe android OS will continue to improve and we can see the improvement from Eclair to Froyo and now GB. plus android users have the option to customise and flash new firmware version when available. for me, i like this flexibilty. i can use a usb cable from any android phone or even BB to charge my phone but cant say the same for IP4.

but i guess, end of the say, as have been mentioned here numerous times by some of the members here, its all up to individual what is their needs to decide which phone is best for you. SGS do have a lot of problems in the beginning but i notice improvements after almost a year of using it and i believe it can still continue to improve whereas IP4 perfromance will be constant, though to be fair, to start off with they have a good OS.

im also quite curious about the specs of IP5, the 3.5" on the IP4 is quite disappointing to me cos screen requirement is my biggest factor in choosing a phone (i might even switch to SGS II when my current contract expires in July).

to sum it up, i believe IP5 screen will be larger than the current 3.5" on the IP4 but the way i look at it, cost is the biggest factor as Samsung and LG are one of the worlds largest manufacturer of LCD.

P/S: did u know IP4 camera module is manufactured in our own backyard......in Klang?? hehe
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Iphones price is high is not because they source their parts from its competitors. Its is high because apple is able to create a big demand for its product and differentiate it from its competitors. You see long ques everywhere in the world when apple launches their iphones/ipad but you don't see the same thing for other phones including SGS. Apple can maintain the prices of its product thru its life cycle yet the demand will not drop. SGS is RM2500 8 months ago but only Rm1290 when i bought it last month because the demand is just not there.

I own both android and iOS devices and I think both are great, but at the end of the day, I still prefer iOS because it do what its suppose to do and do it well.


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QUOTE(lOrDjAbU @ Jun 2 2011, 09:56 AM)
have some faith.
Google is cleaning Android Market. many emulators are now pulled. Pokedroid, my favourite companion for playing Pokemon games, is also pulled.
soon, Market will be clean. but at the cost of apps number.
but for now, let's install Lookout or AVG or any AntiMalwares.

hey, Apple fans. you win this time. enjoy it while it lasts.
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Andriod need to install Anitvirus AntiMalwares? This is starting to look like Windows!
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Hi

I want to try out Juwe rom as its recommended by many. I am using Darky Extreme V9.5 froyo and here is the instructions to install Juwe...

1) Download v4.3.1 and put it to intSD card
2) Backup efs folder and take out your SIM card and SD card
3) Flash Stock firmware XWJVH (it must contain bootloaders) with Odin
4) Flash kernel CF-Root v3.2 JVH with Odin (repartition is UNTICK)
5) Go to CWM and flash v4.3.1
6) After reboot go to CWM and make wipe cache and wipe dalvik-cache

When I try entering recovery mode, i see I got Darky recovery . Can I use Darky recovery or should I get CWM recovery?
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QUOTE(c010 @ Jun 2 2011, 04:36 PM)
if you flashed stock rom and CF kernel, why is Darky CWM there?
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Actually i am still in Darky V9.5 and I am only checking my 3 buttons recovery and download works or not.

Sorry it not Darky recovery...its actually Dark_Core Recovery which came from the Dark_Core_1.4.tar kernel?


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I am thinking of going this route to flash Juwe's rom.

Gingerbread Starter

Is it safe? Or should I just go to stock gingerbread and then to juwe?

Btw, is all recovery mode like Dark Core or CWM the same?

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