Guest hobochangba Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) Hi, So far I've had a Dell Streak, Sony X10 Mini Pro and a HTC Desire I really like the Desire but have discovered a few big problems that I simply cant live with Namely terrible multi touch support that cant even handle two fingers and a bluetooth stack that wont let me connect a wii remote to compensate for the crap multi touch. So I'm now looking at the Galaxy S as a possible next phone. I see its rootable, and flashable. I've seen a vid on youtube showing off five point multi touch :lol: Are there any annoyances that a potential buyer might want to know about before getting one? Also does anyone want to swap their unlocked/o2 Galaxy S for an unlocked HTC Desire? Cheers! EDIT: oh yeah...whats the lag issue? Edited September 24, 2010 by hobochangba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wiseon3 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 (edited) Hi, Are there any annoyances that a potential buyer might want to know about before getting one? EDIT: oh yeah...whats the lag issue? I got my Galaxy a week ago and am still on stock ROM (JM1). The problem you might encounter on Galaxy (let's say 50/50 chance) is to get a phone that doesn't support the 3br (3 button press to Recovery/Download Mode), but again easy fixable following the instructions here (you can even fix e-fused models following instructions here). Regarding lag I barely noticed it when doin some heavy multitasking, but it can be easily fixed as there are multiple solutions out there (best one AFAIK is Voodoo lag fix, which is at Beta 4, final version being worked on). Edited September 25, 2010 by Wiseon3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hobochangba Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I got my Galaxy a week ago and am still on stock ROM (JM1). The problem you might encounter on Galaxy (let's say 50/50 chance) is to get a phone that doesn't support the 3br (3 button press to Recovery/Download Mode), but again easy fixable following the instructions here (you can even fix e-fused models following instructions here). Regarding lag I barely noticed it when doin some heavy multitasking, but it can be easily fixed as there are multiple solutions out there (best one AFAIK is Voodoo lag fix, which is at Beta 4, final version being worked on). Cheers I'm pretty sure its the phone for me. Whats the build quality like? I've heard some bad things. The Desire is a quality piece of kit so I'm not expecting anything of that standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jodue Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Cheers I'm pretty sure its the phone for me. Whats the build quality like? I've heard some bad things. The Desire is a quality piece of kit so I'm not expecting anything of that standard the back-cover is a little cheap (plastic). the front (glass) is gorilla glass and has yet to get a single scratch on my 2.5 month old sgs so thats very nice. the aquard thing about the front is that while the glass is scratch-prove the home-button is not :lol: ... it's not as solid built as the desire but i'm satisfied with the quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wiseon3 Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 Cheers I'm pretty sure its the phone for me. Whats the build quality like? I've heard some bad things. The Desire is a quality piece of kit so I'm not expecting anything of that standard Altough the back cover feels like cheap plastic, I believe it is pretty resistant. You can check the gorilla glass durability/scratch/drop test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xASJobjD68. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Speckles Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 I dropped mine on a concrete floor a few times (by accident) but the back has never come off yet, despite how flimsy it seemed the first time I put it on. The screen (nor back) doesn't have a single scratch on it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hobochangba Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Pleased to report I'll have my Galaxy S soon Sold the Desire for £280 bought a Galaxy for £289 sweet! So that will have been Iphone 3g, Dell Streak, sony x10 mini pro, HTC Desire and finally Samsung Galaxy S Using a Sony Erricson crud phone inbetween I really hope I like it :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Compuse Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 I dropped mine on a concrete floor a few times (by accident) but the back has never come off yet, despite how flimsy it seemed the first time I put it on. The screen (nor back) doesn't have a single scratch on it yet. Proof it with a video or it never happened :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Speckles Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Proof it with a video or it never happened :lol:Even if I did that, how would you know the video included my phone and not someone elses ? B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hobochangba Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Got my SGS now and I really like it. rooted it installed lag fix and quadrant comes back faster than Ive ever seen it. whats the best ROM to use atm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Compuse Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Even if I did that, how would you know the video included my phone and not someone elses ? :lol: Doesn't matter, i believe you when it hit the concrete, yours or not! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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