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Android Hardware Thread - 2010 Edition

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So I've had my Galaxy S: Captivate for 2 weeks now and I am liking it a whole lot. It's my first android phone and is actually the first phone I've had with any sort of internet access. I haven't had any issues yet like shutting on and off, and other hardware issues that have arose in this thread and others yet(crossing fingers).

The one thing that I am most annoyed about though is going from my cheap phone that has 3 days worth of non-stop use, is that I can't get a good charge pattern going for it. Battery usually lasts for a day to a day and a half, but I can't get it on a consistent charge pattern(charging takes forever). I've been trying for 2 weeks to get this shit on a pattern and it refuses lol.
 
Slizz said:
So I've had my Galaxy S: Captivate for 2 weeks now and I am liking it a whole lot. It's my first android phone and is actually the first phone I've had with any sort of internet access. I haven't had any issues yet like shutting on and off, and other hardware issues that have arose in this thread and others yet(crossing fingers).

The one thing that I am most annoyed about though is going from my cheap phone that has 3 days worth of non-stop use, is that I can't get a good charge pattern going for it. Battery usually lasts for a day to a day and a half, but I can't get it on a consistent charge pattern(charging takes forever). I've been trying for 2 weeks to get this shit on a pattern and it refuses lol.
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Hey,I've noticed the same thing about the Captivate too--it takes forever to charge. Meanwhile the Dell Streak charges in 20 min. Crazy
 
Slizz said:
So I've had my Galaxy S: Captivate for 2 weeks now and I am liking it a whole lot. It's my first android phone and is actually the first phone I've had with any sort of internet access. I haven't had any issues yet like shutting on and off, and other hardware issues that have arose in this thread and others yet(crossing fingers).

The one thing that I am most annoyed about though is going from my cheap phone that has 3 days worth of non-stop use, is that I can't get a good charge pattern going for it. Battery usually lasts for a day to a day and a half, but I can't get it on a consistent charge pattern(charging takes forever). I've been trying for 2 weeks to get this shit on a pattern and it refuses lol.
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Charge overnight every night?
 
brotkasten said:
I'm not impressed, especially not with the scrolling in the browser. I'll pass.
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the scrolling didn't look the smoothest, but did you see how many damn animated adverts were on that page? maybe that was why.
 
Husker86 said:
Charge overnight every night?
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With Samsung phones you're not supposed to do that. Once its fully charged you're supposed to take it off the charger. Now it DOES takes forever to charge but not as long as I sleep. Once its fully charged it drains the battery while on the charger.
 
wind_steaker said:
the scrolling didn't look the smoothest, but did you see how many damn animated adverts were on that page? maybe that was why.
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It's not my problem, is it? If they want me to buy this, they should give me a good performing browser.
 
Slizz said:
With Samsung phones you're not supposed to do that. Once its fully charged you're supposed to take it off the charger. Now it DOES takes forever to charge but not as long as I sleep. Once its fully charged it drains the battery while on the charger.
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I don't think you're "supposed" to do that with any phone, but the consequences aren't that bad. So your battery won't last 3 years, not a huge deal in my opinion. I guess it depends on how big of an inconvenience you not being able to find a "charge pattern" is.
 
I remember reading that Samsung uses a different kind of battery tech, LiPo, which states in the manual not to overcharge, because of rupture


still, not a big deal
 
DrFunk said:
I remember reading that Samsung uses a different kind of battery tech, LiPo, which states in the manual not to overcharge, because of rupture


still, not a big deal
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I don't think I will ever understand this battery charging crap. Why can't the device tell when you've charged enough and just make it stop? It sounds pretty simple to me. It shouldn't be possible to overcharge.
 
CrayzeeCarl said:
I don't think I will ever understand this battery charging crap. Why can't the device tell when you've charged enough and just make it stop? It sounds pretty simple to me. It shouldn't be possible to overcharge.
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That's exactly what it does. Not sure why this is still feared so much.
 
Husker86 said:
That's exactly what it does. Not sure why this is still feared so much.
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Actually, a lot of chargers will still overcharge. I remember looking this up like 6 months ago, and they're still unnecessarily wasteful.
 
Where are you guys getting this information on overcharging from? The manual for the Galaxy S and the Vibrant only mention not to charge for over a week and I'm sure the same applies to all Galaxy phones. The FUD over overcharging wouldn't make any sense anyway since Samsung sells a desktop dock that's meant to be used as an overnight charger/alarm clock/radio.
 
Just ordered my Samsung Vibrant today!!! Can't wait to finally have a smartphone and be part of the Android family. Ill need tons of help so expect some dumb questions
 
So the Fascinate is apparently going to release on September 9th. There were some strange specs, on the sheet that I was unsure of. The ram is listed as 336 mb.

Also the Droid X is listed as 256. I thought it had 512?

Link
 
I'm interested in picking up the Toshiba AC100 which is running Android 2.1. It's not touch pad based, the hardware seems solid and the price is on the high-end but reasonable. Is this a good buy though? Seems like most android apps will be touch screen oriented and I might not be able to put another OS on the device?
 
hermit7 said:
So the Fascinate is apparently going to release on September 9th. There were some strange specs, on the sheet that I was unsure of. The ram is listed as 336 mb.

Also the Droid X is listed as 256. I thought it had 512?

Link
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Incorrect specs are incorrect, The Droid X does have 512 so I'm sure the Fascinate has 512 as well just like all the other Galaxy S phones, whenever there's a spec sheet there's always something incorrect on them from Verizon.
 
brotkasten said:
It's not my problem, is it? If they want me to buy this, they should give me a good performing browser.
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I didn't watch the video but if there was a lot of flash on then there's a setting "On Demand" that no flash will load (ads or anything) and you touch the flash content you want to load which would fix it. So it's actually no one's problem.

Samsung has one of, if not the, fastest phones on the market with the Galaxy line. If this is a hummingbird processor there's nothing to worry about.
 
Just wanted to say that after my Nexus One fiasco, I'm throwing my support back to Android as it just is a better OS than iOS (even a jailbroke one).

Having moved from Tmo to AT&T, coverage is a lot better and having a GSM phone is killer for all of the international travel I do so popping sims in and out is handy.

Looking forward to the Dual-Core phones coming out later this fall and anything on Gingerbread forthcoming and ditching my 3GS for something a bit more customizable. :D
 
Paznos said:
Incorrect specs are incorrect, The Droid X does have 512 so I'm sure the Fascinate has 512 as well just like all the other Galaxy S phones, whenever there's a spec sheet there's always something incorrect on them from Verizon.
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In the link the final slide compares all of the Galaxy S phones, and it states specifically that the Fascinate has less than the others.
 
mysteryhtcaug2010.jpg


Hey -- what's this? Well, from the looks of it, it's a new, as-yet-unnamed HTC device. There is perilously little info available about the mystery mobile, but it appears to boast an 8 megapixel camera with a flash plus a front-facing camera, a 4.3-inch screen, a headphone jack and a kickstand. It also appears that it's going to boast HTC's own Sense UI. This falls in line with what we've heard about Verizon's Android-heavy fall launch this year, so we would not be surprised to see this device make an appearance. Furthermore, we could go out on a limb and guess that it's possible this is the Merge mentioned in that lineup, which supposedly boasts a 1GHz processor. That's all there is to the story right now but we're going to stay up late tonight to be on the lookout for further information on this one. One more photo below and hit up the source for the rest.
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hawt

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Hot shit yo say the least. It's amazing that the hardware is literally outdated in about a month though. N1 did do it's job it seems.
 
Ephemeris said:
The sexiest part of that phone is the "with HTC Sense" part.

mmm hmmmm
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Sense UI is kinda bloated, to use the term loosely. Nowadays, stock Android is more streamlined, intuitive, and enjoyable to use than Sense. But I believe you can deacticate it on some devices? So as long as the user gets a choice, it's all good.
 
Battersea Power Station said:
Sense UI is kinda bloated, to use the term loosely. Nowadays, stock Android is more streamlined, intuitive, and enjoyable to use than Sense. But I believe you can deacticate it on some devices? So as long as the user gets a choice, it's all good.
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60 Millions years later.... and you are just now finding out you can turn off Sense UI? :lol
 
Pctx said:
Just wanted to say that after my Nexus One fiasco, I'm throwing my support back to Android as it just is a better OS than iOS (even a jailbroke one).

Having moved from Tmo to AT&T, coverage is a lot better and having a GSM phone is killer for all of the international travel I do so popping sims in and out is handy.

Looking forward to the Dual-Core phones coming out later this fall and anything on Gingerbread forthcoming and ditching my 3GS for something a bit more customizable. :D
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One of us! One of us!
Good to hear. I still feel bad about your Nexus crapping out on you.

But in any case welcome back.
 
Pctx said:
60 Millions years later.... and you are just now finding out you can turn off Sense UI? :lol
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You can't turn it off on all HTC phones. I can't get rid of it on my Incredible unless I specifically load a ROM without it.

I like Sense, though.
 
Slizz said:
I feel like its the baby ass charger.
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That's what I figured too, but I brought home my nexus one charger, and the results are the same....unbelievably slow charging. I set it up at 7%, and two hours later (the phone not being used mind you) its at 79%. Inexcusable that a phone takes two hours of uninterrupted wall charging and is still more than 20% away from fully charging.
 
I'd say that the front facing camera makes mr wonder what Google has up it's sleeves for 3.0 and if all carriers will be able equal or not with face time like calls.
 
http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=10549

Samsung ships 1 million Galaxy S smartphones in the U.S.

Newsbrief by Todd Haselton on Sunday August 29, 2010.

Today Samsung announced that it has shipped over one million of its Android powered Galaxy S smartphones in the United States. The Galaxy S has launched on AT&T as the Captivate, on T-Mobile USA as the Vibrant, and on Sprint as the Epic 4G. It is launching as the Fascinate on Verizon Wireless this fall. U.S. Cellular and Cellular South will also offer the Galaxy S.
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holy shit
 
Kinitari said:
It's popular here in Canada too.

Too bad the one I got my girlfriend is defective :(. Hopefully the manufacturer exchange is clean and easy.
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<---- Calgary :D

How long did she have it? Should pretty much be over the counter no? Got mine on that deal from Best Buy. $99 on contract and because I was new to Bell a $75 gift card. A buddy at work got one too after he saw mine.. swayed him from the iPhone 4.
 
zedge said:
<---- Calgary :D

How long did she have it? Should pretty much be over the counter no? Got mine on that deal from Best Buy. $99 on contract and because I was new to Bell a $75 gift card. A buddy at work got one too after he saw mine.. swayed him from the iPhone 4.
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It's been 18 days, past the '14' days return policy. I work at BB so I can probably pull a string or two, we don't even have it in stock right now. Seriously, it's selling out REALLY fast. They sent out a 'buzz' stating that we are not allowed to sell it (or the Desire) out of contract, that supply isn't meeting demand of contract purchases and those have priority.

My options are go to the bell store, or pull some strings at work, either or, we're covered so it's not a biggie, and her phone still 'works' until then, it's just acting a foo'.

Edit: In my house hold it's me, my girlfriend and my roommate with the phone, and I 'convinced' 2 people at work to buy, another to wait for the rogers offering, and a few of my friends are considering. All I had to do to convince them was let them play with it for a bit.

It's a LITTLE annoying though, the phone is getting hyped so hard at work, immediately people are pitting it against the iPhone 4, saying 'it's so much better, hands down, iphone killer" etc - makes me feel a bit uncomfortable because they always want my input ^^.
 
If it's defective, shouldn't the 1 year warranty apply? At least in the US, I think all electronics come with at least 1 year warranty.
 
Kinitari said:
It's been 18 days, past the '14' days return policy. I work at BB so I can probably pull a string or two, we don't even have it in stock right now. Seriously, it's selling out REALLY fast. They sent out a 'buzz' stating that we are not allowed to sell it (or the Desire) out of contract, that supply isn't meeting demand of contract purchases and those have priority.

My options are go to the bell store, or pull some strings at work, either or, we're covered so it's not a biggie, and her phone still 'works' until then, it's just acting a foo'.

Edit: In my house hold it's me, my girlfriend and my roommate with the phone, and I 'convinced' 2 people at work to buy, another to wait for the rogers offering, and a few of my friends are considering. All I had to do to convince them was let them play with it for a bit.

It's a LITTLE annoying though, the phone is getting hyped so hard at work, immediately people are pitting it against the iPhone 4, saying 'it's so much better, hands down, iphone killer" etc - makes me feel a bit uncomfortable because they always want my input ^^.
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Yea, I'm past my 14 days. My phone has the download mode disabled too I found out. I don't plan on rooting or anything so I am not too worried. There are a few people at my work waiting on the Rogers version too as they don't want to lose thier plans. Only thing they are disappointed in is the lack of a front facing cam on the Captivate.
 
zoku88 said:
If it's defective, shouldn't the 1 year warranty apply? At least in the US, I think all electronics come with at least 1 year warranty.
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Yeah, it does - there's no problems really, I just need to go through the motions, if I am lucky I can avoid a lot of the hassle and just get a straight exchange at work.


zedge said:
Yea, I'm past my 14 days. My phone has the download mode disabled too I found out. I don't plan on rooting or anything so I am not too worried. There are a few people at my work waiting on the Rogers version too as they don't want to lose thier plans. Only thing they are disappointed in is the lack of a front facing cam on the Captivate.
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They get LED flash though, fair trade.
 
Kinitari said:
Yeah, it does - there's no problems really, I just need to go through the motions, if I am lucky I can avoid a lot of the hassle and just get a straight exchange at work.




They get LED flash though, fair trade.
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Really? I didn't see a flash on the captivate.
 
Seems I have spoke to soon....

Went to unlock (swipe to unlock) my Bell Galaxy S to check a text message, and it just went to a black screen. If I restart it only goes to the galaxy s boot up animation then nothing. The back and home buttons light up but the phone is dead. I cannot get into recovery mode as no combination of buttons will work...

FUCK@#!!
 
Well my biggest complaint is mine doesn't fucking work any more... and I am finding more and more posts of peoples Galaxy S phones randomly bricking..

Awesome

*edit

Got the typical response from Best Buy who threw it in my face that I did not pay thier $9.95 per month replacement fee... was basically told to f my self.

Lets see what Bell does...

Bell says I have 30 days to exchange it, its a DOA.

Looks like theres going to be a fight with Best Buy. :lol
 
Love my Vibrant, but the default audio volume for calls is WAY too low. Is there any way to set it to be on its highest level all the time?
 
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