Samsung Galaxy S I9000 - Product Discussion & Initial Purchase Experience

[anuj kathuria]

I agree anuj. I am checking availability of 2.2.1 every week. Looks like Samsung is not interested in solving issues related to Galaxy.


"There is no ETA on 2.2.1 update for SGS" as per samsung twitter account
samsung has crossed the limit on poor software support..i will never buy samsung android mobile again...

 

[anuj kathuria]

okay... 2 days with airtel 3G... the GPS always locates me somewhere 2 kms away from my actual location.. both indoors and outdoors.. earlier it used to be 30-40 meter ... and i thought it is because of slow edge networks.. this Galaxy s GPS chip is out of the world faulty...

 

[Jesse]

My friend bought samsung Galaxy I9003 runing froyo 2.2.1 & I was surprised to see that gps was able to locate within 30 sec & accuracy of 15mt distance where we were standing. He is on Vodafone. I am wondering whats the use of this gps locating & isn't that going to be a privacy issue in the time to come?

 

[Sushubh]

gps is used for apps like: navigationlocation based servicesyou can disable it. but it still would not disable the ability of the mobile service providers to locate you on the basis of the tower your mobile phone is connecting to.

 

[mhsabir]

Yes... In some mobiles (especially in my older Nokia one) ... The Tower/Area name used to keep flashing... And the same information would be easily available to the operators....

 

[Sushubh]

exactly. in any case, if you are on mobile, it is very easy to track you. if you are cynical about your privacy, there are a lot of stuff you would have to avoid.

 

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[mhsabir]

Himalayas/Jungle.... Maybe the only choices....

 

[dhananjayk]

Samsung I9000 with Super AMOLED screen fresh stock with Android 2.2 is available for Rs 25K. You can buy online by clicking on following link Samsung Galaxy S I9000: Full Phone Specifications, Price, Reviews

Looks like Samsung has started manufacturing I9000 again with Super AMOLED screen. They cannot sell I9000 in good numbers this time if they do not bring 2.3 update with in a short time.

 

[rajadeep]

Another thing that bugs me about Android... Companies take their own sweet time to update their OS even after months or even years of release of the latest OS 🙁 (I can still see some phones on the market with 2.1😱 )... This is the reason I always advice ppl with a 20K+ budget to buy only the current flagship phone from google... One of the reasons I chose the N1 even though there were other phones available at that time with better specs 🙂 ...

 

[anuj kathuria]

samsung twitter accountgalaxy s will not get 2.2.1 in india.. it will straight away get 2.3.2 but no timeframe

 

[dhananjayk]

I read some where that Samsung will release 2.3 for Galaxy S in the month of march. Still they have not released raises question on their commitment.

 

[soodgautam]

2.3 has been released for I9000 (Beta Version) ...just log on to XDA forum and get the stock or Custom ROM for your phone.

 

[dsneih]

u need to root it to try out beta one ????

 

[soodgautam]

u need to root it to try out beta one ????

yup

 

[dsneih]

rooting so early ... its almost one month old ..