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So i have the Vibrant (3g) right now. I have had several problems and am on my second vibrant right now.
anyway, im not under contact and have had tmobile for years. so Im thinking about trying to have them give me another phone.
So ive got a few questions about the Galaxy S 4g compared to the vibrant. I realize the SGS 4g is basically a vibrant with FFC and 4g radio
1. does the Sgs 4g suffer from the GPS problems that most Vibrant users have faced?
2. how is development here for the sgs 4g compared to the vibrant? are our Vibrant roms and kernels compatible with the sgs 4g?
3. if the vibrant roms and kernels are not compatible, how is the development scene? choice of custom roms? OC kernels? ect...?
4. do you guys have Voodoo to try to correct the lag issues with the RFS file system
EDIT: after looking some more, its looks like your development scene is pretty quiet...? so compared to the original vibrant, would you guys say not to switch to this phone?
any other info I should know?
Thanks in advance
1. Haven't encountered any
2. Vibrant Roms not compatible with SGS 4G
3. Not many custom Roms yet but we are making progress
4. There is Voodoo and it does improve performance and battery life, there wasn't really any lag even without it
Its a great phone, hope this helps
rickyc19 said:
4. There is Voodoo and it does improve performance and battery life, there wasn't really any lag even without it
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we have voodoo sound, have not seen the lagfix yet. We recently got the Bali kernel that was released for the vibrant. The bali kernel has been a great improvement for our device. little to no lag, LONGER battery life and no issues thus far.
all the other questions, ricky already touched on.
cool. thanks guys.
kboater said:
So i have the Vibrant (3g) right now. I have had several problems and am on my second vibrant right now.
anyway, im not under contact and have had tmobile for years. so Im thinking about trying to have them give me another phone.
So ive got a few questions about the Galaxy S 4g compared to the vibrant. I realize the SGS 4g is basically a vibrant with FFC and 4g radio
1. does the Sgs 4g suffer from the GPS problems that most Vibrant users have faced?
2. how is development here for the sgs 4g compared to the vibrant? are our Vibrant roms and kernels compatible with the sgs 4g?
3. if the vibrant roms and kernels are not compatible, how is the development scene? choice of custom roms? OC kernels? ect...?
4. do you guys have Voodoo to try to correct the lag issues with the RFS file system
EDIT: after looking some more, its looks like your development scene is pretty quiet...? so compared to the original vibrant, would you guys say not to switch to this phone?
any other info I should know?
Thanks in advance
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-I've encountered GPS Problems, as well as quite a few other members. It's a general Galaxy S problem.
-Development for this phone is VERY limited, but the few devs we do have are pretty dedicated. I'm pretty satisfied, but coming from the vibrant you may be disappointed.
-Vibrant ROMs/kernels are NOT compatible, sadly. Many have tried using them...and well....unless you like carrying around a brick for a phone, they're not compatible.
-There's one OC kernel. I don't know much about it, but looking in the android development section you should find some info.
-Voodoo did in fact come out for GS4G a few days ago i believe.
Good luck.
I currantly have the vibrant and have a broken screen....tmobile says insurance will most likely send me a sgs,so my question is for those that went to the sgs from a vibrant.....how do you like the sgs compared to the vibrant....i for one know ill miss the large 16 gig internal memory....dont care for the ffc video chat that i know i wont use.....but over all whats your take?
Well, the galaxy s 4g has, well 4g. It does not currently have CM7 (Hope that changes soon!). But its Gps is not finicky and we have some great devs here, but not as many as the vibrant, but they work hard man! If you decide to flash roms, the minute you get the phone, you should start reading up on flashing roms correctly! or else you might brick, like I did to my first sgs4g We all love this phone, and are trying to get it even better, you will witness a legendary phone in the making if you read these fourms frequently! All in all, the sgs4g is almost excactly like the vibrant, but it has a bit more undiscovered tricks up its sleeve, i hope you enjoy the phone when you get it!
You know me. I'd pray for the og vibrant man. Development is way ahead there and you've got 15GB's more internal memory.
You can add the 2nd gen ffc to the vibrant. 4G is nice, but not crazy different. May be a moot point where you live too.
The sgs is great... Gingerbread ROM's are great too, but the kernel is killing things like cm7/miui.. And all those ROM's based off those don't exist here.
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I know, I was just trying to be postive
Thanks Callip i was definately looking for your opinion i am praying to get a vibrant back due to i use my lrg internal for transfering movies and such with my co-workers and friends,i basically use my phone as a computer and i will miss it
Although i really like miui i can live without it lol.....atm im actually running the sgs rom with voodoo lmao i kinda like it but i dont know if ill be happy with the phone
^ better go ahead and pick up a class 6 16GB card man.
Gingerbread roms are great on the sgs4g. Valhalla has been very stable/fast for me. If you like the stock + voodoo, this will not be an issue for you.
I personally miss miui and cm7. But I was a flashaholic. I am not realizing my personal life is better without all the fun my phone provided, haha.
From your last comment, memory can be fixed with the external card. Maybe it won't be so bad for you after all.
Wait how did you manage to break the screen. Mine fell screen first onto the corner of a fireplace from about 3 feet and nothing happened to it.
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Ive dropped mine many times never so much as a scratch on the screen....it only took this once...from waist hieght
Lol Callip im only happy with any 1 rom for a couple days now im back on project v and most likely will play with miui again next friday
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Ive dropped mine many times never so much as a scratch on the screen....it only took this once...from waist hieght
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That sucks
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wtf is this question? really. wtf?! you had a vibrant now you getting a vibrant plus. can't you figure out if its a good deal or not? ugh...
I had a Vibrant until I broke the screen. The 4g is more stable when overclocked and it since mid september it has a semi-official gingerbread 2.3.5 build from Samsung. Last time I checked, Vibrants only had 2.3.5 in CM7 and Miui flavors and they were all ported from someplace else. It's complicated to go from stock to 2.3.5 but it seems that once you've got a 2.3.5 rom installed you can just flash later 2.3.5 roms and they will work. Yesterday I flashed one on top of another without wiping anything and the phone worked fine. At this point wi-fi in gingerbread is feeble but we didn't have the GPS problems Vibrants had. The 4g depends on whether where you are has good 4g service.
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wtf is this question? really. wtf?! you had a vibrant now you getting a vibrant plus. can't you figure out if its a good deal or not? ugh...
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Well, the OP clearly states:
"how do you like the sgs compared to the vibrant"
Perhaps you did not have the og vibrant and then the gs4g. I know, because you wouldn't say Vibrant plus.... this phone has good and bad qualities, esp compared to a later model. I was jumping for joy when I got the 4G.... and then it was followed with "Oh... really... dang.... Oh..... ouch"
Like I said earlier though, based off what he said (minus the flashing a lot), the sgs4G is a great phone, and will be for him too.
There is shortbus riders in every forum lol I expect that
Hey everyone I am possible coming over from the G2x, someone on craigslist offered to even trade me for a perfect condition gs4g, I used to own the vibrant and liked it, seems like there are not as many custom roms as the vibrant, or an ics build, just wondering if this would be a good trade, knowing all the bugs the G2x has.
I own a Vibrant also plus a sgs4g and I really like the 4g alot. You are correct that there aren't as many roms to choose from, but the ones we do have are awesome.
+1 to that. Our few devs are great at what they do.
Go for it. I picked up a g2x a few months back. Used it for a couple months and came back to my sgs4g. The galaxy is a far superior device in every way, except the processor. And the g2x is to much of a headache to make that very slight speed difference worth it.
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If you like to have many options with flashing stuff like kernels and roms, then don't. If you like what you see here, then yes. I would sell that G2X and get some money to get a GS2. Nuff' said. This phone is a pain when it comes to hacking.
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i wouldn't recommend it, i currently am using this and looking to get rid of it, it crashes on me and has to restarted once in 3 days, also i see no signs of android 4.0 coming to this. I'm trying to get the mytouch4g as there is hope for ICS on it (and it has more memory)
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i wouldn't recommend it, i currently am using this and looking to get rid of it, it crashes on me and has to restarted once in 3 days, also i see no signs of android 4.0 coming to this. I'm trying to get the mytouch4g as there is hope for ICS on it (and it has more memory)
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That's strange - my SGS 4G doesn't crash on me and reboots have been dealt with... and I see better ROM's coming than ICS. I wonder if it is user error
I have both and can honestly say that g2x is wayyy better... the best roms for the galaxy like ravers are not even close to stability or performance of eaglesblood or Hellfire roms for the g2x. And its also officially supported by cyanogen which is nice to have an actual cm7 and cm9 rom . so if your having issues with the g2x I'd look closer at the forums those old stability issues with the lg software are long gone and you can have a phone that kills the sgs2 in all benchmarks. I'm getting a 5200 in quadrant and can get about a day and a half of decent use.
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SGS4G
Hey Guys, this is my first post. I own a SGS4G and I think its a pretty cool phone. I have flashed to a bunch of different ROMS and I have had very little problems with any of them. The biggest problem I have ever ran into was finding the right modem that would switch from Wifi to the Tmobile network properly but the KI3 seems to have taken care of that (running on day 2).
I almost went with the G2 and I probably would have if Tmobile didnt have a really good deal for the SGS4G... but I am very happy with my choice.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S 4G
Firmware: 2.3.7
Base: T959VUVKJ6
Kernal: 2.6.35.7-sms-kj6-v01.1.1-rc1+
Build: Gingerbread.VUVKJ6
Mod: Valhalla-BlackEdition-Stock/CyanogenMod-7.1
+Valhalla-Black-Booster
Modem: KI3
I've had a fascinate (galaxy s) for a while now and I use my phone as a camera very often, so want to upgrade from 5mp to 8mp..im bouncing between the htc incredible lte and the galaxy 3...
first off, can anyone tell me how the camera is on the s3 compared to the original galaxy s (although my fascinates has aokp m6 w/ ics camera, but i'm assuming the extra mp should make a difference)
and second, i like my rom, as stated above, which i see is out for the s3 as well, but as far as this bootloader and verizon spy stuff and ota updates, how difficult is it really to get a rom such as aokp running stable on this? ive read droidstyles guide and it all seems so much more complicated then it was on my fascinate (although i've flashed i don't know how many things on that) but at the least i want root and no bloat, but not a 200 dollar paperweight...what would happen if a ota update came through while i was on a custom rom?
if anyone has had both the galaxy3 and the htc incredible 4glte and could give me some insight between the two it would be greatly appreciated too...i already ruled out the razr and droid 4 being i like to carry extra batteries when camping etc and apparently you cant (not supposed to) take the battery out in them which i dont like... thanks for any input!
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I've had a fascinate (galaxy s) for a while now and I use my phone as a camera very often, so want to upgrade from 5mp to 8mp..im bouncing between the htc incredible lte and the galaxy 3...
first off, can anyone tell me how the camera is on the s3 compared to the original galaxy s (although my fascinates has aokp m6 w/ ics camera, but i'm assuming the extra mp should make a difference)
and second, i like my rom, as stated above, which i see is out for the s3 as well, but as far as this bootloader and verizon spy stuff and ota updates, how difficult is it really to get a rom such as aokp running stable on this? ive read droidstyles guide and it all seems so much more complicated then it was on my fascinate (although i've flashed i don't know how many things on that) but at the least i want root and no bloat, but not a 200 dollar paperweight...what would happen if a ota update came through while i was on a custom rom?
if anyone has had both the galaxy3 and the htc incredible 4glte and could give me some insight between the two it would be greatly appreciated too...i already ruled out the razr and droid 4 being i like to carry extra batteries when camping etc and apparently you cant (not supposed to) take the battery out in them which i dont like... thanks for any input!
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Get the s3... its basically a new and improved fascinate...flashing methods are the same really...not sure what seems complicated. Oh and yea the camera is amazing!
droidstyle said:
Get the s3... its basically a new and improved fascinate...flashing methods are the same really...not sure what seems complicated. Oh and yea the camera is amazing!
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I second that. I had a fascinate running AOKP. The gs3 is better in every way. Now that the bootloader is unlocked, flashing custom roms (including AOKP) will be literally the same process as on the fascinate... actually a little easier as you don't have to flash teamhacksung build 2 first (lolz for all the fassy owners).
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Thanks guys...most of the things I've been reading must be from the bootloader still being locked...i read droidstyles guide to rooting and it just seemed foreign compared to the guide for the fascinate and the s3 would only be my second smartphone but i love the idea of having a great camera camcorder and phone in one package
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Thanks guys...most of the things I've been reading must be from the bootloader still being locked...i read droidstyles guide to rooting and it just seemed foreign compared to the guide for the fascinate and the s3 would only be my second smartphone but i love the idea of having a great camera camcorder and phone in one package
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FWIW my root was a simple windows app that i used.
Click, and the phone reboots three times, and root...
Took 2 minutes.
ice.candi said:
I've had a fascinate (galaxy s) for a while now and I use my phone as a camera very often, so want to upgrade from 5mp to 8mp..im bouncing between the htc incredible lte and the galaxy 3...
first off, can anyone tell me how the camera is on the s3 compared to the original galaxy s (although my fascinates has aokp m6 w/ ics camera, but i'm assuming the extra mp should make a difference)
and second, i like my rom, as stated above, which i see is out for the s3 as well, but as far as this bootloader and verizon spy stuff and ota updates, how difficult is it really to get a rom such as aokp running stable on this? ive read droidstyles guide and it all seems so much more complicated then it was on my fascinate (although i've flashed i don't know how many things on that) but at the least i want root and no bloat, but not a 200 dollar paperweight...what would happen if a ota update came through while i was on a custom rom?
if anyone has had both the galaxy3 and the htc incredible 4glte and could give me some insight between the two it would be greatly appreciated too...i already ruled out the razr and droid 4 being i like to carry extra batteries when camping etc and apparently you cant (not supposed to) take the battery out in them which i dont like... thanks for any input!
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ice.candi said:
Thanks guys...most of the things I've been reading must be from the bootloader still being locked...i read droidstyles guide to rooting and it just seemed foreign compared to the guide for the fascinate and the s3 would only be my second smartphone but i love the idea of having a great camera camcorder and phone in one package
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I also have a fascinate, and was deciding on either the droid incredible 4g and the galaxy s3. In my opinion, any phone right now trumps the 5mp shooter on the fascinate in image quality. I was concerned with the locked bootloader on the s3 but luckily it was unlocked last week since this week is my upgrade date. So I assume we should be seeing a more active development without worrying about kexec and three reboots. I also had a droid incredible, in the end, after samsung and verizon stop making updates for this phone, I can see development will continue longer with the galaxy s3 since it so widespread. With that reason alone, makes me want to choose the s3 over the incredible 4g.
Hi folks,
I'm coming from a Droid -> Epic -> Captivate Glide -> Relay S 4G.
I was curious what the best ROM is for stability and being fully featured? I've seen the CM10.2 nightlies, but not sure if those were completely functional. I know we have issues on the Captivate Glide with bluetooth, but otherwise, the ROMs worked fine. Was considering even just getting a debloated stock ROM, if one exists...
Also, it looks like the method for root is VERY complicated... Looks like it tries to flash its own recovery back unless you reflash and do everything in a specific order... I'm assuming there are no one-click root + recovery's?
Thanks all!
The person who wrote that guide was on acid. Just flash recovery with heimdall/odin, wipe system and data, and load up cyanogenmod. or flash supersu. whatever.
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rooting is quite straightforward:
flash clockworkmod recovery via odin
copu supersu to sdcard
reboot to recovery
flash supersu
then you can install titanium backup and debloat stock or install cyanogenmod (via clockworkmod)
if you have not unlocked it yet - do it as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255892
this method works only on stock ics (4.04), if you are on stock jb (4.1.2) and not unlocked you must flash ics, unlock and then go back to stock jb or anything else you like.
i personally prefer debloated stock jb over cm nightlies for now (only my subjective opinion, it may change in future)
My own path is N900 -> Xperia Pro -> Captivate Glide and I'm seriously thinking about trading up to the Relay 4G.
So if you could share some of your experiences it would be very nice.
I'm mainly tired of the Glide because of the GPS, modem deep sleep and skype issues.
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My own path is N900 -> Xperia Pro -> Captivate Glide and I'm seriously thinking about trading up to the Relay 4G.
So if you could share some of your experiences it would be very nice.
I'm mainly tired of the Glide because of the GPS, modem deep sleep and skype issues.
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Well I don't want this to go to thread drift, but...what ROM are you on? Or are you using stock? The only reason I ask is because I've been considering buying BOTH the Glide and the Relay 4G. Both are pretty cheap on eBay, and brand new in the box. Plus, you never know when you'll need a spare phone...
If its that bad, well, I'll just stick with the Relay 4G. Everything I read about the phone seems awesome.
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Well I don't want this to go to thread drift, but...what ROM are you on? Or are you using stock? The only reason I ask is because I've been considering buying BOTH the Glide and the Relay 4G. Both are pretty cheap on eBay, and brand new in the box. Plus, you never know when you'll need a spare phone...
If its that bad, well, I'll just stick with the Relay 4G. Everything I read about the phone seems awesome.
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Relay has better support and is faster overall. I should've gone to it, instead of the Captivate Glide.
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Relay has better support and is faster overall. I should've gone to it, instead of the Captivate Glide.
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Oh I know, I just thought the Glide would make a great secondary/emergency phone. But the Relay 4G is between $200-250 on eBay, so maybe I'll just get two instead. :angel:
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Well I don't want this to go to thread drift, but...what ROM are you on? Or are you using stock? The only reason I ask is because I've been considering buying BOTH the Glide and the Relay 4G. Both are pretty cheap on eBay, and brand new in the box. Plus, you never know when you'll need a spare phone...
If its that bad, well, I'll just stick with the Relay 4G. Everything I read about the phone seems awesome.
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Stock is just awful on the Glide. I'm not a fan of the customizations that Samsung normally does on their roms, and ICS for the Captivate Glide is pretty awful. If you are used to stock android / CM its a huge step down. Plus, it's noticeably slower than the Gingerbread rom that shipped originally. The first time I booted the phone it was buttery smooth and it really wow'ed me. Then I immediately upgraded to ICS and the smoothness was gone.
As for ROM, I've been using spyke555's CM10.1.0 RC2 rom ever since I got the phone. I could try a newer one, but most of them seem to have the same issues as this one, just with a newer Android. I don't think this will ever get fixed. On the flipside, it is very very stable, and performs quite nicely.
How is your experience so far with the Relay?
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Stock is just awful on the Glide. I'm not a fan of the customizations that Samsung normally does on their roms, and ICS for the Captivate Glide is pretty awful. If you are used to stock android / CM its a huge step down. Plus, it's noticeably slower than the Gingerbread rom that shipped originally. The first time I booted the phone it was buttery smooth and it really wow'ed me. Then I immediately upgraded to ICS and the smoothness was gone.
As for ROM, I've been using spyke555's CM10.1.0 RC2 rom ever since I got the phone. I could try a newer one, but most of them seem to have the same issues as this one, just with a newer Android. I don't think this will ever get fixed. On the flipside, it is very very stable, and performs quite nicely.
How is your experience so far with the Relay?
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Oh I don't have one yet, I'm trying to time my purchasing the Relay 4G with my return trip to Mexico. Mexico only uses GSM phones (in the USA I have a CDMA phone, the Epic 4G), and I have an unlocked Gravity 2 phone, so I figure I'll go back with an Android this time. That brought me first to the Captivate Glide forums, and then here.
I remain impressed with the Relay 4G to the point I am constantly scratching my head as to why its not more popular than it is. The Captivate Glide...well you can buy them in abundance on eBay, brand new too, but they are officially discontinued. The Relay 4G isn't. I guess that should tell me something. lol
My biggest concern is bluetooth. While I love CM (even with the hit on battery life), I miss bluetooth. So I've already decided when I get the Relay 4G, I'm using stock all the way. I think/hope it'll get Kit Kat, so I should be fine. I'll just root it and keep moving.