nardoblue

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Well after getting a 3GS and most of the time it's an iPod as the signal strength is pathetic to say the least. So I've got a galaxy s turning up.
Please help me with suggesting apps, widgets and upgrades as in firmware, flash and loads of forums that can give me info.
Cheers nardoblur

Bean1984

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Probably just made a mistake mate. Tbh i dont really rate the galaxy s battery life is crap camera is ok but no flash freezes up quite a bit. Losses reception while talking etc. Sorry mate

Aaron1978

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I know you put galaxy s, but did you mean s2?

Ant

Cool story bro!

I bought hp brown sauce instead of Tesco value

nardoblue

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thanks for the help lads, no i did mean galaxy s, whats the point fo having a iphone if its not a phone in my house...bless you all

TonyBurns

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The S2 would have been a better choice, the S is ok, better batt life than the 3GS (thats not hard ) but as an all round handset, its not a big leap, the S2 is though.
As for apps, hit the samsung app store first, see what is free to download.

Tony

JackClark

Interested to know how you get on. From all reports the Galaxy has worse reception and battery life than the iPhone 3GS and is of course trounced by the 4 or 4s. Simple Google search will confirm that.

Still, a change is as good as a break.... so they say.

LostUser

I need to get rid of my 3Gs. The IOS 5 update absolutely killed it and it seems alot of people are having the same problem. The phone is so unresponsive now it's ridiculous. If I open Messages, for example, the application opens blank, and then about 5 seconds later the last message I was viewing appears. Every application is the same.

Unfortunately the phone is actually frustrating to use now. I can't believe I've put up with it so far. One day it'll drive me over the edge and I'll have to bin it and get a new phone.

If Apple can release an update which has this negative affect with no fix and not even admit the problem then I can't see me upgrading to another iphone.

JackClark

Your 3GS will run IOS5 perfectly. Do a clean restore to fix your issues. The 3G is another matter, that I'd downgrade.

pauld37

......or confirm otherwise

http://www.compare-cellphones.org/Sa...ple-iPhone-3GS

LostUser

I'l give it a go but I don't see why I should have to.

Is that just using the restore option in iTunes? I'll follow these instructions http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

JackClark

Your link isn't working for me but yes, just use the restore button in iTunes, but don't restore from a back-up, you can sync your apps and music again once it's complete.

If you have one near you go into an Apple store, they still sell the 3GS and you'll see how it should work. Show the staff that yours is laggy and they'll restore it for you.

nardoblue

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Well got the galaxy s up and running, 75% reception in the house where my 3GS gave no service. Took a little while to sort out the contacts, data roaming from tesco and the bookmarks. Battery life will be checked now I've stopped messing around with wifi,gps and downloading stuff. All good at the moment.

JackClark

I call bull****.

Saint AAI

XDA Developers is a good site for all things custom ROMs and hacks. Is the Galaxy on a different network to your old 3GS or the same?

Hanley

Restored my 3GS as Jack mentioned above and now it's flying!!!!

This will keep my happy until the 5 comes out later this year.

Iain Young

I get much better reception with my Galaxy S2 than I ever did with my 3GS (same network, same sim card). Places where I had no signal with the iPhone, I get at least a 50% signal with the Samsung.

As far a battery goes, I can get around 60 hours out of a single charge with normal use. Drops down to around 20 if I'm playing games/web browsing on it. Still much better than I got from the 3GS

scoobyverysoon

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I have a Galaxy S1 and the battery isnt great but if you only turn your internet data on when you want to use it. it uses nothing.

over night turn Wifi and data off and it uses 2% in 9 hours

Reception on vodafone - never had an issue in the year ive had it never let me down

Great phone until I use my mums Galaxy S2 so much snappier

Galifrey

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Get an app called quickprofiles, you can set up lots of profiles to use the battery according to your needs, for example, data and sound off at night with alarm on.

It has really helped my battery life on my HTC Desire-Z

brendy76

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Galaxy Note for the win Im afraid chaps, Ive had mine over a week and still cant put the bloody thing down. Some of the free apps blow the old iphone 4 out of the water. The screen size is fantastic too.

nardoblue

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Galaxy is on tesco (02 network) the 3GS was on the same network.

eagle

love my galaxy s2, thought the camera was way better than the 3gs.
gotta have the lightsabre app lol, and if you feel the need to be depressed good mpg calc thats free..

scoobyverysoon

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got the pro version only issue is it doesnt let you disable data so when it switches your wifi off your data plan kicks in - if it could turn that off rather then me keeping my finger on the power button and doing it that way it would be a great app

brendy76

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The 3gs camera is poor, the 4 camera is ok, the samsung cameras seem far better. Certainly more pixels but images are crisper (not just sharpened via software on the phone).

Hanley

Thanks Jack.

I've now done this on mine and my wife's 3GS and it's unbelievable the difference it makes.

ScoobySteve69

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LostUser

I'm still not sure how much of a difference it's made. I think it's definitely quicker than it was before but not necessarily as fast as it was pre IOS 5.