its being worked on as we speak... but its christmas... so look forward for more news after the holidays...

that version of snake873 ROM still has some issues. several people had trouble booting after flashing the ROM.

it is based on EU version 2.3.6 ROM and it does not have much features at the moment.

for now the best option would be to just root it first and wait for a better custom ROM, preferably based off ICS.

press power button like 5 seconds > menu will appear > choose data mode

your MMS will come in unless it has expired...

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Added on December 25, 2011, 2:53 pm1. Phone charge till 99% only - the last few percent takes longer, it will charge up to 100% if you stop playing with it while its charging.

2. Phone calls cannot hear the other side - software bug - just decrease volume and increase it again while in call - but i dont have this bug on my W

3. Receive SMS vibrate non-stop - i have never encountered this, neither have some of my friends who are using W



This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 25 2011, 02:53 PM

its just battery calibration issue.

after you use it sometime it will get more accurate, esp if you do full discharge and full recharge few times.

make sure you dont go play with it when its charging.

seriously, my keyboard never crashed.... not even once....

did you install any 3rd party programs that conflicts ?

did you root and delete/change something ?

does it crash randomly / all the time ?

try disabling all animations, install 'spare parts' and disable 'fancy input animations'

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Added on December 26, 2011, 2:18 pmmany widgets eat up memory. even widgets that are only shortcuts to apps use memory. widgets are full/partial apps that run in the background.

use shortcuts instead, shortcuts do not consume memory as it is only a link to the app.

another culprit is live wallpaper - use only static wallpaper.

don't run any apps that create background services that run unnecessarily all the time.

i am not using TwLauncher (Samsung TouchWiz), using 3rd party lightweight launcher.

install a lightweight 3rd party task manager that allows you to list all apps and services (including hidden) and sort apps according to memory usage.

make sure your task manager is not the type that stays in memory, get one that has a quit/exit button.

on fresh boot i always have like 200-220MB free - but of course i have done more tweaks as well and removed loads of rubbish.


This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 26 2011, 02:24 PM

if the screenshot software is not running, i have about 230MB free RAM on boot.

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Added on December 26, 2011, 2:52 pmonce we get our hands on a custom ROM that is fully deodexed i am sure we can squeeze more RAM out of it...

This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 26 2011, 02:52 PM


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time to get a better task manager...

for its price its an amazing piece of HW.

no regrets...

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Added on December 28, 2011, 10:36 amno problems with my usb... works 100% perfectly all the time...

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Added on December 28, 2011, 10:37 amyou can't compare your SGW to Galaxy Tab... these are 2 different devices altogether...

This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 28 2011, 10:37 AM

try looking at a friend's Galaxy S2 video file size at 1080p, then you'll appreciate your 'smaller' files from SGW@720p

why videos recorded from camera is larger in size than encoded movies ? because when recording there is not enough processing power to compress the files optimally.

if you recompress the videos recorded from your camera on your PC again using other 3rd party sw you will get smaller sized files, similar in size to (legal) movies that you download.

yeah, i thought debit card no need charge one... its your own money dude...

any cigarette lighter socket charger that has usb port will do. just use your samsung microUSB cable or any other standard microUSB cable to charge.

one model that i particularly like is the Belkin 1A (1000mA) charger. it should charge your phone a tad bit faster than your Samsung original charger that charges at a slow 700mA. don't worry it wont damage your phone or your battery.

http://www.lelong.com.my/sales-belkin-micr...7-01-Sale-I.htm

(this is only a sample thread, the seller is not me or affliated to me) i have seen other places sell even cheaper.

but i have a feeling there are a lot of fake ones in the market. do use caution when you purchase super cheap ones.

or you guys could get this baby that charges at 2.1A (2100mA) 5V. it could probably charge a flat battery on a Samsung Galaxy W / S2 / S-Plus to 100% in less than 45 minutes.

it does come with cables for charging iPad. you could probably give the cables away to your iDevices toting friends.



http://www.lelong.com.my/belkin-auto-charg...7-01-Sale-I.htm

again, this seller is not affliated to me.

the current original Samsung charger charges painfully slow...

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Added on December 28, 2011, 11:20 ammost phones can't utilize class 10 memory cards. class 10 cards has fast continous reading/writing speed.

most of read/writes from phones are random read/writes.

only can feel the speed of the class 10 when connecting your memory card to PC and using as mass storage.

This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 28 2011, 11:20 AM

the popular and free Handbrake

http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

and my name is not Cow...

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Added on December 28, 2011, 12:15 pmgood-looking MP4 =/= smaller size

try using lower bitrate for video and audio and VBR settings to bring down the file size when re-encoding

the resultant file size also depends on the amount of noise in the video, motion in the video and changing scenes. even amount of variations in color can cause a lot of difference in result file size.

also check if there is 2 audio tracks in the video, no point having 2 redundant tracks since our SGW only records in mono using 1 mic.

you cant have the best of both worlds... unless they develop a new super codec that can further improve current compression techniques.

This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 28 2011, 12:15 PM

continuous auto focus results in sharper frames being encoded into the video.

sharper frames do require more space to store the extra details it is capturing, hence the answer to your question is yes. continuous autofocus will produce slightly larger files than out of focus videos.

but the main impact on filesize is from the bitrate of the video and audio is being recorded.

you can have a high bitrate 720p video that is much larger in size compared to a low bitrate 1080p video file.

so at the end of the day, bitrate is the key in adjusting quality / file size for video files.

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Added on December 28, 2011, 12:55 pmICS still WIP.

you guys need to be patient.

in the meantime you can see the kernel being worked here by arco68 who is porting CM9 for us.
(ancora is the codename for SGW)

https://github.com/arco/samsung-kernel-ancora/tree/ics

you can see some updates last pushed on the 21st December, its still Christmas / NY 2012 mood people.


This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 28 2011, 12:55 PM

continous autofocus is entirely software. any camera that has focusing capability can implement continuous autofocus as well.

but you wont be able to stand the noise that gets recorded in the video when the autofocus moves continuously. unless its a digicam/SLR with one of those ultrasonic motors.

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Added on December 28, 2011, 1:54 pmhmmm... but then the SGW camera is not fixed focus. fixed focus as in Nokia's EDOF cameras have a deeper DOF and create larger files when recording videos.

with Samsung SGW and S2, the camera just focuses on a certain distance when the video recording begins and stays that way and the DOF is not that great to begin with.

This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 28 2011, 01:54 PM

SGS is first generation.

SGW and SGPlus are newer generation, faster and cheaper choices.

if you have the money, SGS2 is the best choice.

Samsung was generous with Galaxy W, they included a lot of codecs.

if i am not mistaken, even FLAC support is there in the default music player

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Added on December 28, 2011, 3:55 pmi think you need to change the build.prop of your phone temporaily so these games think you have HTC phone ?

i am not a gamer so i am not an expert on these things anyway...

This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 28 2011, 03:55 PM

the answer is.... not yet... work in progress...

good news, already rootable...

and custom kernel is being developed as we speak, so custom scheduler, OC and maybe undervolting is on its way too..

This post has been edited by jananan: Dec 28 2011, 04:26 PM

my hands are itchy for Samsung S2 Skyrocket ~~

the curves its got are sexier than the regular S2...