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57 posts

Master Geek

Reply # 393554 19-Oct-2010 12:17
Purchase a Galaxy S i9000 through eking.co.nz, supposedly an asia pacific model from Korea via Hong Kong. Had terrible reception on Vodafone, lost signal constantly and only when near a cell site did we get any decent reception. Returned the unit, guy though it was an antennae problem and replaced it with a T-Mobile Vibrant, which had great reception, but lacked the front facing camera. Have returned that to and am waiting for either the unit to be repaired or a replacement unit sent out. Just curious though, the stock Galaxy S had options to disable GSM or WCDMA, but the Vibrant had options to use 2G only. The frequencies/protocols on the Galaxy supposedly match Vodafone fine. Is there a potential compatibility issue with the version I'm getting? Anyone else get a similar unit and have great reception? Cheers.

n4

644 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 393555 19-Oct-2010 12:22
KracsNZ: Just curious though, the stock Galaxy S had options to disable GSM or WCDMA, but the Vibrant had options to use 2G only. The frequencies/protocols on the Galaxy supposedly match Vodafone fine. Froyo on the Galaxy S allows you to choose Auto, GSM (2G) only or WCDMA (UMTS/3G) only. Don't think this was the case with the stock Eclair FW the unit came with for me. HTC One X (AOKP Jelly Bean), on 2degrees

fahrenheit

591 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 393560 19-Oct-2010 12:34
KracsNZ: Returned the unit, guy though it was an antennae problem and replaced it with a T-Mobile Vibrant, which had great reception, but lacked the front facing camera. Have returned that to and am waiting for either the unit to be repaired or a replacement unit sent out. Be wary of the Vibrant (T-Mobile) as it uses 1700 UMTS instead of 900MHz.

Fizz

29 posts

Geek

Reply # 393564 19-Oct-2010 12:45
KracsNZ: Purchase a Galaxy S i9000 through eking.co.nz, supposedly an asia pacific model from Korea via Hong Kong. Had terrible reception on Vodafone, lost signal constantly and only when near a cell site did we get any decent reception. Returned the unit, guy though it was an antennae problem and replaced it with a T-Mobile Vibrant, which had great reception, but lacked the front facing camera. Have returned that to and am waiting for either the unit to be repaired or a replacement unit sent out. Just curious though, the stock Galaxy S had options to disable GSM or WCDMA, but the Vibrant had options to use 2G only. The frequencies/protocols on the Galaxy supposedly match Vodafone fine. Is there a potential compatibility issue with the version I'm getting? Anyone else get a similar unit and have great reception? Cheers. i had a vibrant, great reception, though the i9000 is great as well on occassion i do get the odd text msg that fails to send even though I have reception and have 2 delete it and recreate the msg and send 4 it to work.

KracsNZ

57 posts

Master Geek

Reply # 393626 19-Oct-2010 15:01
Thanks for the info folks, and that's very good to hear n4. Will wait for my replacement and hope for the best :).

caldazar

385 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 393636 19-Oct-2010 15:22
i had a vibrant, great reception, though the i9000 is great as well on occassion i do get the odd text msg that fails to send even though I have reception and have 2 delete it and recreate the msg and send 4 it to work. Instead of recreating the txt message, just hold your finger down on the message and a menu will prompt you to resend.

Fizz

29 posts

Geek

Reply # 393637 19-Oct-2010 15:29
caldazar: i had a vibrant, great reception, though the i9000 is great as well on occassion i do get the odd text msg that fails to send even though I have reception and have 2 delete it and recreate the msg and send 4 it to work. Instead of recreating the txt message, just hold your finger down on the message and a menu will prompt you to resend. Yeah nah that doesn't work just keeps failing, hence the reason I have to delete it and recreate the msg then it goes through fine.

caldazar

385 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 393642 19-Oct-2010 15:36
Weird, must be a bug on that version of the firmware.

NSRfreak

14 posts

Geek

Reply # 393674 19-Oct-2010 16:48
I have found that sometimes the phone refuses to send text messages when I'm connected to 3G. Then as soon as I switch to 2G only it sends messages fine. Weird huh?

lokhor

2128 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Reply # 393704 19-Oct-2010 17:41
I have quite a high rate of failed messages, I thought it was just because I'm on 2Degrees though. Current Devices: Samsung Galaxy S3 Old Devices: SGS I9000, HTC Sensation, SGSII I9100, Asus Transformer Associate Editor-in-Chief for AndroidNZ.net TelecomTech is a sponsored blog reviewing the latest in communications technology. All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

n4

644 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 393707 19-Oct-2010 17:52
lokhor: I have quite a high rate of failed messages, I thought it was just because I'm on 2Degrees though. ? What sort of failure? Sending or receiving? 2G or 3G? HTC One X (AOKP Jelly Bean), on 2degrees

caldazar

385 posts

Ultimate Geek

Reply # 393709 19-Oct-2010 17:56
I've only had it fail to send a couple of times... no worse than my old iphone.

lokhor

2128 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Reply # 393728 19-Oct-2010 18:51
Failure sending. I just resend and it's ok. 3g I guess. Current Devices: Samsung Galaxy S3 Old Devices: SGS I9000, HTC Sensation, SGSII I9100, Asus Transformer Associate Editor-in-Chief for AndroidNZ.net TelecomTech is a sponsored blog reviewing the latest in communications technology. All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

Fizz

29 posts

Geek

Reply # 393760 19-Oct-2010 20:05
good 2 see i'm not the only one with this issue. Though it doesn't occur often it is annoying none the less.

Fizz

29 posts

Geek

Reply # 393763 19-Oct-2010 20:09
Hey has anyone worked out how to set Slide screen 4 on the home screen 2 be the default screen so that its quicker and easier scrolling a few screens left or right rather than scrolling right a good few screens b4 getting 2 the screen u want :p I've worked out how 2 re-arrange the screens but screen 1 is still the default. Also with screen 4 as the default its bang smack in the middle of my new wallpapers which is good as not much happening on the ends of these ones lol

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