The difference between Galaxy S and Galaxy S II was truly amazing for me. Gone the RAM problems and GPS problems. Gone the filesystem problems (although supercruio fixed that many many moons ago). It was like a revelation for me, and after I sold my Galaxy S, it cost me only ~£100:)
Well, their update system uses their shitty kies software instead of OTAs. Just root it, stick a custom recovery on, back up your data and flash a gingerbread ROM with ext4 filesystem. There's night and day difference between froyo and gb on it, and the process shouldn't take more than an hour.
Dunno, but the European Galaxy S (i9000) was the first non-nexus device to get official gingerbread. Captivate isn't much different from i9000, and there were fully functional (bar GPS) ports of it a few days after release
There were 3 problems with Galaxy S, imho. 1) Shitty rfs file system. 2) Shitty GPS. 3) Relatively low RAM. Even the initial builds for Galaxy S were close to maxing out the/system partition space.
Galaxy S II made some good changes to the device. 1GB of RAM, 512MB for the/system partition, and decent GPS. Galaxy S II is everything Galaxy S should have been.
It's actually very hard to win a case like this in the UK. I was looking for the stat, but couldn't find it. Anyway, AFAIR, a high percentage of defendants win in the UK
SO: If Samsung had phones that were larger than the iPhone, OR they had capacitive buttons on the side of the home button, OR a camera module that wasn't in the top left corner, OR power button that wasn't on the top of the phone, OR speakers that aren't on the bottom of the device, OR a logo on the front of the device, they wouldn't be infringing?
Apple gives Samsung advice on non-patent infringing designs
In order to disprove Samsung’s claim, Apple needed to provide alternate design options to prove that Samsung did, in fact, blatantly copy Apple’s design. Some samples from these suggestions include:
Smartphones: * Front surface that isn't black. * Overall shape that isn't rectangular, or doesn't have rounded corners. * Display screens that aren't centered on the front face and have substantial lateral borders. * Non-horizontal speaker slots. * Front surfaces with substantial adornment. * No front bezel at all.
Tablets: * Overall shape that isn't rectangular, or doesn't have rounded corners. * Thick frames rather than a thin rim around the front surface. * Front surface that isn't entirely flat. * Profiles that aren't thin. * Cluttered appearance.
As an America, it angers me to see some from a country not their own get arrest for a bullshit law that serves no legitimate purpose.
Wait...are we talking about defamation of monarchy or copyrights?
What phone is it, and what version of software? Not all phones are created equally. Get a decent phone from a decent manufacturer, and you can expect updates.
This is ridiculous. Your phone got two full software updates (froyo and gingerbread). What more do you expect?
I expect a mobile to last around 3 years of normal use; perhaps I'm being too optimistic in the current age of accelerated obsoleteness.
Just because it's not running the latest and greatest doesn't mean you can't use it any more. Gingerbread runs just fine on the phone. And if you want ICS, you can root the phone (a few clicks due to unlocked bootloader) and flash CyanogenMod 9 or one of the many other ICS roms n1 will have.
most devices I can think of (proper ones, not your crappy tmobile comet that launched with android 1.5 or w/e) have had 2 upgrades. eg. Evo 4G. 2.1 > 2.2 > 2.3, Galaxy S 2.1 > 2.2 > 2.3, motorola droid X 2.1 > 2.2 > 2.3
There is even still that hideous "flash" when reaching the end of a scrollview. I have run cyanogenmod and changed the yellow to a more blueish flash and I can assure you, the color change doesn't improve things.
With CM7, you can disable the overscroll glow, and use the bounce effect. Oh, and the bounce effect isn't included by Google (or Samsung any more (as of latest Galaxy S II builds) because it's patented.
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The difference between Galaxy S and Galaxy S II was truly amazing for me. Gone the RAM problems and GPS problems. Gone the filesystem problems (although supercruio fixed that many many moons ago). It was like a revelation for me, and after I sold my Galaxy S, it cost me only ~£100 :)
Well, their update system uses their shitty kies software instead of OTAs. Just root it, stick a custom recovery on, back up your data and flash a gingerbread ROM with ext4 filesystem. There's night and day difference between froyo and gb on it, and the process shouldn't take more than an hour.
Dunno, but the European Galaxy S (i9000) was the first non-nexus device to get official gingerbread. Captivate isn't much different from i9000, and there were fully functional (bar GPS) ports of it a few days after release
Run a search for i9000 in there >_
There were 3 problems with Galaxy S, imho. 1) Shitty rfs file system. 2) Shitty GPS. 3) Relatively low RAM. Even the initial builds for Galaxy S were close to maxing out the /system partition space.
Galaxy S II made some good changes to the device. 1GB of RAM, 512MB for the /system partition, and decent GPS. Galaxy S II is everything Galaxy S should have been.
From Éclair to Froyo to Gingerbread, and went through a total of 7 relatively major update
That's all I expected from the phone when I got it, tbh.
It's actually very hard to win a case like this in the UK. I was looking for the stat, but couldn't find it. Anyway, AFAIR, a high percentage of defendants win in the UK
Because they would have got their asses handed to them here in the UK.
Your Motorola Xoom isn't a phone.
SO: If Samsung had phones that were larger than the iPhone, OR they had capacitive buttons on the side of the home button, OR a camera module that wasn't in the top left corner, OR power button that wasn't on the top of the phone, OR speakers that aren't on the bottom of the device, OR a logo on the front of the device, they wouldn't be infringing?
These were actually some of the design options Apple said Samsung had to make their products more differentiated, and not infringe on their design products. While some of them are just crazy, others aren't too bad. Here's the original article: http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/2/2596527/apple-samsung-design-patent-iphone-ipad-work-around
Phone Arena:
Apple gives Samsung advice on non-patent infringing designs
In order to disprove Samsung’s claim, Apple needed to provide alternate design options to prove that Samsung did, in fact, blatantly copy Apple’s design. Some samples from these suggestions include:
Smartphones:
* Front surface that isn't black.
* Overall shape that isn't rectangular, or doesn't have rounded corners.
* Display screens that aren't centered on the front face and have substantial lateral borders.
* Non-horizontal speaker slots.
* Front surfaces with substantial adornment.
* No front bezel at all.
Tablets:
* Overall shape that isn't rectangular, or doesn't have rounded corners.
* Thick frames rather than a thin rim around the front surface.
* Front surface that isn't entirely flat.
* Profiles that aren't thin.
* Cluttered appearance.
They also have a great depiction of what such a tablet may look like
hunh, I just noticed that I should have highlighted "to see some from a country" too..
As an America, it angers me to see some from a country not their own get arrest for a bullshit law that serves no legitimate purpose. Wait...are we talking about defamation of monarchy or copyrights?
Are you sure you're an America?
What phone is it, and what version of software? Not all phones are created equally. Get a decent phone from a decent manufacturer, and you can expect updates.
Bingo. And after 18 months, and most likely 2 major software updates, it's not like the phone suddenly becomes crap, sluggish or unusable
Hmm, lets see: Galaxy S. Eclair > froyo > gingerbread. Same with Droid X, same with HTC desire (kind of), Evo 4g etc. 2 updates is decent.
I expect a mobile to last around 3 years of normal use; perhaps I'm being too optimistic in the current age of accelerated obsoleteness.
Just because it's not running the latest and greatest doesn't mean you can't use it any more. Gingerbread runs just fine on the phone. And if you want ICS, you can root the phone (a few clicks due to unlocked bootloader) and flash CyanogenMod 9 or one of the many other ICS roms n1 will have.
CyanogenMod Team
I thought that I'd forgot one of the parenthesis, but then half checked, saw one opening and one closing parenthesis, and ran with it.
most devices I can think of (proper ones, not your crappy tmobile comet that launched with android 1.5 or w/e) have had 2 upgrades. eg. Evo 4G. 2.1 > 2.2 > 2.3, Galaxy S 2.1 > 2.2 > 2.3, motorola droid X 2.1 > 2.2 > 2.3
There is even still that hideous "flash" when reaching the end of a scrollview. I have run cyanogenmod and changed the yellow to a more blueish flash and I can assure you, the color change doesn't improve things.
With CM7, you can disable the overscroll glow, and use the bounce effect. Oh, and the bounce effect isn't included by Google (or Samsung any more (as of latest Galaxy S II builds) because it's patented.
If you have a pin/pattern/password enabled, they wouldn't be able to get to the camera, just like they can't unlock it.
The slightly off touch buttons are/were a manufacturing problem with the Nexus One. Or, if it were an iDevice, it would be known as a feature
But 4.65" just seems too big. They should be able go get a 720p Super AMOLED screen around 4.3ish inches next year (Galaxy S III)