What is next for me? - Optimus One, P500, V General

hi guys
im in SOUTH AFRICA and i own a OPTIMUS 1, rooted and mik's rom and goldleaf kernel
i had/have so much fun doing new roms ect.
now one of our network providers (MTN) is having a special sale on contract.
now for under R100 (+/- $13) /month i can choose between the following:
motorola defy
htc wildfire S
htc wildfire
Huawei IDEOS S7 Slim Tablet
Samsung Galaxsy Gio (S5660)
the contracts on the deferent devices have there own benefits but I'm just looking to see which of these will benifit my need more...
needs:
i like the modding part(with roms..ect.) so idd like it to have been developed well by the guys here on XDA. cooking roms and all that...
i want it to perform pritty well since I'm upgrading from O1.
so please if you have time and would like to comment plz give me you take on this.
ps. i put it in this thread due to me upgrading from O1
thank you guys
BLESS YOU ALL!!!

Firefly137 said:
hi guys
im in SOUTH AFRICA and i own a OPTIMUS 1, rooted and mik's rom and goldleaf kernel
i had/have so much fun doing new roms ect.
now one of our network providers (MTN) is having a special sale on contract.
now for under R100 (+/- $13) /month i can choose between the following:
motorola defy
htc wildfire S
htc wildfire
Huawei IDEOS S7 Slim Tablet
Samsung Galaxsy Gio (S5660)
the contracts on the deferent devices have there own benefits but I'm just looking to see which of these will benifit my need more...
needs:
i like the modding part(with roms..ect.) so idd like it to have been developed well by the guys here on XDA. cooking roms and all that...
i want it to perform pritty well since I'm upgrading from O1.
so please if you have time and would like to comment plz give me you take on this.
ps. i put it in this thread due to me upgrading from O1
thank you guys
BLESS YOU ALL!!!
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Let your first priority be
Wildfire S and the second one motorola defy.

None of those will give you the feeling of a real improvement. But if you don't want to wait and spend more money on a much better device I suggest you choose the Wildfire S. The Defy is also a nice phone. The first Wildfire and Gio are not an option.
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well defy leads all way in all the option u provided anytime defy
great resolution 16m colors
480 X 854 pixels larger screen
800 mhz cpu
plus cm7 and miui official support for defy !
so in all defy leads all http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3777&idPhone2=3514
just make sure u get the red lens in camera and not the green lens http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116694
confirm before buying on lens issue. and enjoy ur new phone

i would go for the defy, bigger screen, nicer colors, official cm7 support, 720P recording, arg, i want it now

I think we will see dual core in the same price range within 6 months, so it may be worth holding on to the optimus

hecatae said:
I think we will see dual core in the same price range within 6 months, so it may be worth holding on to the optimus
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Not to mention the coming arrival of ics android and the new phones that come with it. Definitely many new things to come around so yes better to be a bit patient

hecatae said:
I think we will see dual core in the same price range within 6 months, so it may be worth holding on to the optimus
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well we already got 1 miui phone m1 in the same price so yes we will defintely see some price slash in many phones if m1 wins the dual core category but still if any1 wants to go ahead than its not at all bad he can enjoy his phone fr the time being and than again change the next year as a lot is expected from defy too as the thread is growing fast- but yes not to match with high end phones obvious

i see what you guys are saying and maybe it is a good idee waiting.
i dont know how it works where you guys stay but here in SA those phones are on contract for 24 months, the defy contact is R89 for R100 airtime + 25 free sms + 10mb data for 24 months.
the wildfire S contact is R99 for R100 airtime + 25 free sms + 10mb data for 24 months.
currency: $1 = +/- R8
so there you have it. what do you think know?
is the wildfire S worth R10 more a month then the defy?
and when i go get it ill look for the red lens... if its green then its a no no...

Firefly137 said:
i see what you guys are saying and maybe it is a good idee waiting.
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It's actually the best ideea. If you really want to upgrade your phone, get at least 1ghz single core, at least 3.7" HVGA etc.
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[Q] Should I buy Optimus One P500

Hello friends!
I have to buy a new phone with Android 2.2. I saw this phone and found it to be pretty reasonable. Problem is that none of the dealers here are ready to give a demo of the phone and I dont know how does the display looks,the quality of the touch screen and the speed of the phone.
I had been using Samsung Galaxy 3 before this and got really pissed off with its speed, although the touch screen and the screen colors were very good.
Can anyone tell me how does the phone behave. Moreover, some one told me that the touch screen of this phone doesnt behave like the Samsung phones. Unlike Samsung touch screen in which we just need to give a slight touch for the phone to react, in this phone we have to press slightly. Is it true?
Please help.
go4saket said:
Hello friends!
I have to buy a new phone with Android 2.2. I saw this phone and found it to be pretty reasonable. Problem is that none of the dealers here are ready to give a demo of the phone and I dont know how does the display looks,the quality of the touch screen and the speed of the phone.
I had been using Samsung Galaxy 3 before this and got really pissed off with its speed, although the touch screen and the screen colors were very good.
Can anyone tell me how does the phone behave. Moreover, some one told me that the touch screen of this phone doesnt behave like the Samsung phones. Unlike Samsung touch screen in which we just need to give a slight touch for the phone to react, in this phone we have to press slightly. Is it true?
Please help.
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Yea its a liitle bit true about touch but with me it happned only in apps when i tried to make my fingers fly over the phone.
A little advice buy lg optimus Q becasue its better!
Why don't you watch review videos on YouTube to get an idea of the device? Optimus One is my first Android phone, and I really love it. Have had it for about a month now, but still can't stop showing people what it can do, and playing with it all the time till the battery drains out LOL. For the price, it's a really good device, compared to others like xperia, or htc (from the same price range).
Devil_Dude said:
Yea its a liitle bit true about touch but with me it happned only in apps when i tried to make my fingers fly over the phone.
A little advice buy lg optimus Q becasue its better!
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How much will Optimus Q cost in India???
How about browsing your local stores mate?
There are some slight issues with O1 , some of them being fixed by mik and caveman's work. Also Noejn and Paolo , the authors of the best ROMS , at least in my opinion , hold title to : Void(best overall ) , Prime(stability ) , Megatron( best performance ) and Paolo's LOL rom which is the only one to cook a 2.2.2 version of android .
Also the phone has officially received Android 2.2.2 recently and will receive pretty soon Gingerbread .
So if you're in doubt about the support and popularity that such a budget received then stay assured that you have nothing to worry .
Cost is exactly same as galaxy 3
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Cost is exactly same as galaxy 3
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Yup i had to choose between O1 and galaxy 3..I went for O1..A week later samsung COpies LG and releases three budget android using same chipset as our O1...QUalcomm msm 7227..(Samsung Galaxy mIni, Gio and something like that)
What about Sansung Galaxy Ace against LG Optimus
go4saket said:
How much will Optimus Q cost in India???
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it will cost around 15k or rs 15,ooo in india.
but if u r low on budget then p500 is best choice i have it for a month and cannot let even anyone else touch it!!!!!!!!
Samsung doesn't give more than 256 MB ram on its non flagship phones. P500 has 512. Only this feature is enough for you to make a choice.
Samsung is playing a very dirty game by restricting the ram of all its newly launched non-luxury phones. I7500 died only due to ram. Spica is taking its last breaths.
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www.newtechnology.co.in/olive-smart-price/
Olive smart is a very good option.
Killer features.
Gingerbread
1 ghz and adreno
2 gb rom / 512 MB ram
DLNA support
4.1 inch screen
Flash support
HD Video recording
Secondary Camera
HDMI PORT
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sarfaraz1989 said:
A week later samsung COpies LG and releases three budget android using same chipset as our O1...QUalcomm msm 7227..(Samsung Galaxy mIni, Gio and something like that)
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are you sure they uses Qualcomm processor? i think they use Samsung's inhouse SOCs. but i think that can be tested by overclocking the chips to 760-800Mhz.
go4saket said:
What about Sansung Galaxy Ace against LG Optimus
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not really worth the extra 3.5k INR. you are getting just a bigger screen, better & usable camera. what you loose are: better screen (cause both uses same resolution), ram, battery life, weight.
if you use the camera lot & ok with less battery life, go for Ace. but Optimus One still has lot of life left. also i doubt Ace will ever taste official Gingerbread.
lekhwani said:
Olive smart is a very good option.
Killer features.
Gingerbread
1 ghz and adreno
2 gb rom / 512 MB ram
DLNA support
4.1 inch screen
Flash support
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relabelled Huawei IDEOS X6. compare the specs & pics.
relabelled Huawei IDEOS X6. compare the specs & pics.
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You are right but its a good phone.
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Buy the optimus one! its to good and u will become addicted to it.
Belive me dude its real!
one of my friend took it for only 5 mins he couldn't leave it!!
I personally will never buy another Samsung phone again. Maybe Android, but even then I'd be very careful... From my experience their software is buggy, and they don't update it either. It makes no difference if the model is 200 euros or 400 euros, you'll get one or two updates until your model is old already.
lekhwani said:
Samsung doesn't give more than 256 MB ram on its non flagship phones. P500 has 512. Only this feature is enough for you to make a choice.
Samsung is playing a very dirty game by restricting the ram of all its newly launched non-luxury phones. I7500 died only due to ram. Spica is taking its last breaths.
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Are you sure that Optimus has 512 MB RAM because if it has, thats some thing to go for. Moreover, can some one please tell me the colour quality and touch screen quality of LG. As per the specks of the phone, Optimus has only 256K colour while all other phones these days has 16M colours. As for the touchscreen, do we really have to press a little for the screen to react. Moreover, does a Optimus have a QVGA or a HVGA screen type??
It has 512 MB RAM and HVGA res. Why do you call 256k ONLY ? It's enough, 16M is crap, you cannot see the difference between them. (don't get me wrong, but I would not pay more for the same image/clarity/brightness on a TFT/LCD panel; AMOLED is something else)
Any idea as to when will any of the below mentioned models be launched in India and whats going to be an approx price:
LG Optimus 2X SU660
LG Optimus 3D P920
LG P990 Optimus Speed
LG Optimus Black
LG Optimus Mach LU3000
hey wait a little bit and buy a samsung galaxy gio!

[Q] What will be your next Android phone?

It's not a secret that the Optimus One is getting long in the tooth and several hacks and workarounds are undertaken just to make it as usable as most new phones in the market. That said, what is your planned upgrade path?
If I get enough money, I like the HTC Evo 3D.
Though I think of switching to desire z or defy or galaxy s or dell steak(bigger screen fascinates me) , I have second thoughts again and again.
I feel we already have gingerbread, good 3d, good internal memory via 1gb ext partitions, 512 mb ram. Sound is great now with gb too.
So what will we get after upgrading. I believe a bigger screen, flash support, dlna, 720p video recording. But then I think how frequently will I use them. After thinking this I just become satisfied with my present o1.
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I am considering the nexus s but I am a little disappointed in the fact there its no external sd slot so if not I will wait for tmobile to get a duo core 4g phone
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Same here.. I would get any phone with 1ghz processor or even Samsung galaxy S.
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i wish to get my htc sensation soon in my hand
the evo 3d
QWERTY droids are starting to look good to me. I'm getting pretty tired of touchscreen typing so if I will stick with Android (for now I'm not really sure I want Android anymore) it will be either a QWERTY one or a 4-4.3" one for precise typing (thin chances because I'm tired of poor battery life).
All i can say is it will not be any LG, just coz they made us w8 for Android 2.3.
hellcry30 said:
All i can say is it will not be any LG, just coz they made us w8 for Android 2.3.
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Please, consider that this is a low end phone and that there are 5+ different versions of this phone. Many high end phones don't even have 2.3 officially announced. We have an estimated time with videos of the official gingerbread. No reason to hate LG. I would much rather have a finished bug free update then bug full one. It's annoying that people are putting LG/this phone down because of the 2.3 update. This phone is zippy for what it has and LG has done a great job.
This phone pretty much satisfies my needs, I'll probably buy another in a year or so, so whatever looks good then I'll buy it
I am very pleased with my Optimus. I like the Nexus S but can't justify the cost. If I were to break my Optimus T I'd buy another one now that it's $50 cheaper than when I bought mine back in November ;(.
hellcry30 said:
All i can say is it will not be any LG, just coz they made us w8 for Android 2.3.
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It is gr8 that atleast I will going to c gb on ur o1
Mahesh
Colleague has an Galaxy S2 and the screen is captivating. Wow. With a mod or two that phone will pwn.
I'm not planning buying a new phone anytime soon. I'll propably keep my O1 at least until xmass.
It was my first android (ex symbian fanboy) and I didn't want to spend much money in case i didn't like it (but I fell in love with it) but my next android will definetly be a high-end phone.
Dual core, wvga, hdmi capabilities etc. If I was to buy a new phone now I'd choose optimus x2. A friend of mine got it few days ago and I like it very much
mprou said:
I'm not planning buying a new phone anytime soon. I'll propably keep my O1 at least until xmass.
It was my first android (ex symbian fanboy) and I didn't want to spend much money in case i didn't like it (but I fell in love with it) but my next android will definetly be a high-end phone.
Dual core, wvga, hdmi capabilities etc. If I was to buy a new phone now I'd choose optimus x2. A friend of mine got it few days ago and I like it very much
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The O1 really is a potent Android gateway drug. Knowing the power of this OS, I wouldn't settle on less than high-end for my next Android phone.
I like my O1 Thankfully it was a right choice, It does everything i want too, And now that its overclocked its performing without any lags, Add to that Gingerbread.... its Got Juice for another year or so...
My next Phone will not be android, I'll keep my O1 as my secondary phone and Get that Awsome Nokia N9 with meego they are going to release this year
CtrlU said:
I like my O1 Thankfully it was a right choice, It does everything i want too, And now that its overclocked its performing without any lags, Add to that Gingerbread.... its Got Juice for another year or so...
My next Phone will not be android, I'll keep my O1 as my secondary phone and Get that Awsome Nokia N9 with meego they are going to release this year
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Meego is fail. This will be their first and last phone on meego. Nokia has announced. They focusing more on windows 7.
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for at least 2 years i'll stay with O1, as long as i have subscription.
lekhwani said:
Meego is fail. This will be their first and last phone on meego. Nokia has announced. They focusing more on windows 7.
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Oh!! I see you are The GOD who can predict the future,
The phones not even released yet, and we don't know how its going todo... If it were to be a huge success, Its no doubt that nokia will reconsider bringing Meego into main stream, plus there are millions out there who are rooting for the phone due to its limitless capabilities... thanks to the people over here at XDA..
"Meego = Fail!!!"
Sorry
You will have to take that word back when you'll see android applications working efficiently on a Meego... prepare to be amazed

[Q] What phone will you buy next?...

Hy guys
1.What's the next phone that you want to buy?
2.Thinking about a nokia with WP7 or an iPhone ???
Please motivate your posts...i just want to see what you guys think around here
Haha, you made a new thread, I saw your post in that other thread
On-topic: 1:What I know is that next spring/ summer I will probably buy *something*. Either a tab or a phone, it depends on how cheap the tabs have gotten. It will either have dual-core or quad-core, we'll see if phones really need more in the future, it all depends on the software development. I don't know if HTC or Samsung and I don't even know if I'm buying Android. It will of course be something Linux, but there are some other nice projects like WebOS and MeeGo as well out there I'm not that found of HTC Sense and I prefer Go Launcher, but as I'm very fond of my HTC phone and Samsung is a bit plastic... Last, if I buy a phone, I want it to have a 3.7 or 4 inch screen. I think 4.3 is too big, but I still want that awesome hardware of the 4.3 phones
2: iPhone: NO WAY!!! Many iPhone guys say that Android is for those who cannot afford iPhone, I say iPhone is for those who are too stupid for Android
Nokia: ... Probably not, as they're going for Windows which is not as open as these other awesome OS
thanks for the post...as i wrote, i just want to see how hero users will go with the next generation of phones or tablets...seems that i'm not the only one that thinks about a tablet instead a phone...
Well i have to wait 2 years to renew my contract xD but i think i will buy one that let me modifie as my vibrant does, you know flashing, themed it
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i was asking this q to my self 5 days ago , till i bought desire hd
what a wunderfull device , and i gave my hero to my girl-f and she is so happy with it
evaworld said:
i was asking this q to my self 5 days ago , till i bought desire hd
what a wunderfull device , and i gave my hero to my girl-f and she is so happy with it
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Nice phone...it's big and fast I think of a sensation, because it has a nice offer on vodafone [140 euros] and it's worth a shot..but in the same time...i think on a tablet...an eeepad with tegra 3
Thanks for the answer
The HTC Holiday, when it comes out of course
bobbylouman said:
The HTC Holiday, when it comes out of course
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Nice phone:d. Seems that will be a big competition when google will release the new nexus and lots of other phones :-"...since they have motorola now
Thanks for the answer, Stefan
Although I absolutely love my hero, I feel, that in the not too distant future (in a months time), I will be getting a new handset, It will be a Android handset, as I love the way it can be customised etc lol, well, I would like to get a SGS2/Sensation, but thats out of my price range....So it will probably be a Desire or a Sony Ericsson handset, Possibly a motorola defy
biggary said:
Although I absolutely love my hero, I feel, that in the not too distant future (in a months time), I will be getting a new handset, It will be a Android handset, as I love the way it can be customised etc lol, well, I would like to get a SGS2/Sensation, but thats out of my price range....So it will probably be a Desire or a Sony Ericsson handset, Possibly a motorola defy
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The desire is OK, even the motorola defy is OK, not into Sony Ericsson to much but like their phones... Did you ever think about a tablet? I mean in buying one
biggary said:
Although I absolutely love my hero, I feel, that in the not too distant future (in a months time), I will be getting a new handset, It will be a Android handset, as I love the way it can be customised etc lol, well, I would like to get a SGS2/Sensation, but thats out of my price range....So it will probably be a Desire or a Sony Ericsson handset, Possibly a motorola defy
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Motorola will soon release and upgraded version og the Defy with 1ghz prosessor, so wait for that because: 1: The original Defy will be way cheaper 2: the upgraded one will be worth about as much as the old one
stefpaul said:
The desire is OK, even the motorola defy is OK, not into Sony Ericsson to much but like their phones... Did you ever think about a tablet? I mean in buying one
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Not intersted in tablets, but may wait for the improved Defy though
Habarug said:
Motorola will soon release and upgraded version og the Defy with 1ghz prosessor, so wait for that because: 1: The original Defy will be way cheaper 2: the upgraded one will be worth about as much as the old one
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Seems that the next phone from htc, the Vigor is quite a super machine...specs include a 1.5 GHz processor and a HD display...but i think it will cost a lot...Wonder what the next iphone will have on board
As for the defy it will be @ 1GHz single core but will be cheap i think.
After reading about the new Sense 3.5 running on the 800 MHz bliss wonder if the hero can run it also...
stefpaul said:
After reading about the new Sense 3.5 running on the 800 MHz bliss wonder if the hero can run it also...
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Well we can always take a look at a leak if we get one
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Still love my hero : ) Do want to upgrade though too. Not sure about a much bigger phone though, galaxy looks huge and I like it in my pocket : ) no room for much more ; ) . Probably stick with htc so desire s on contract I can afford, that would feel like an upgrade as I'm still impressed by hero
stefpaul said:
Nice phone:d. Seems that will be a big competition when google will release the new nexus and lots of other phones :-"...since they have motorola now
Thanks for the answer, Stefan
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Haha, its pretty big xD I still gotta wait for 2 more years for my contract to finish
I still have my Hero
Moved on to HTC HD7 - windows phone loved it but NODO didnt help me much
Updated to MANGO recently and really love what Mircosoft is doing so will definately be going for a NOKIA WP7 next Year
Currently enjoying my SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 - Android Phone and love they way I can flash all the latest firmwares without the need to root
So for you I would suggest Either wait for Nokia to come out with windows phone (SEARAY is their first phone to come out )
or
Wait of NEXUS PRIME / MIUI PHONE / or IPHONE 5 which ever takes your fancy
I'm going for the HTC HD2.
Advantage? I can have whatever I want. WP7, Android, WM (even Ubuntu).
It still has good hardware for the time being, and I simply love the design.
bobbylouman said:
Haha, its pretty big xD I still gotta wait for 2 more years for my contract to finish
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2 more years?))) Now that's a lot of time...eh...you can buy a 3 GHz phone by then)))
RCOO said:
I'm going for the HTC HD2.
Advantage? I can have whatever I want. WP7, Android, WM (even Ubuntu).
It still has good hardware for the time being, and I simply love the design.
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nice handset...and as you said you have the advantage to flash other os than wm
thanks for the answer, stefan

The future of the ace

I wanted to share with you all a devs view of the ace's future and get your feed back.
Heres the post on my blog http://jusada.tumblr.com/post/14410947588/the-future-of-the-galaxy-ace
Please feel free to comment here or leave a post at my blog.
jusada said:
I wanted to share with you all a devs view of the ace's future and get your feed back.
Heres the post on my blog http://jusada.tumblr.com/post/14410947588/the-future-of-the-galaxy-ace
Please feel free to comment here or leave a post at my blog.
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I'm glad there will still be some dev activity for this device. It is one that slipped under the radar a bit. I am mainly using mine as a PMP now as I have several other phones and it performs pretty well as a basic phone and music player. I have my Ice Cream Sandwich needs met with my ZTE Skate and soon enough on the ZTE Blade. The Ace is reliable as a phone/email/music machine and that alone is enough for me to keep it for work purposes.
This morning I bought a HTC HD2 because of the amazing capabilities this thing has. Can't decide if I want MiUi, AOSP, or Windows Phone7 on it now. Its an awesome phone and was cheap - my Xmas present to myself.
The Dev work you and others do for users to get the most out this device is much appreciated by me. I still own this phone because of the CM7 variant you provided us. As far as legacy and whatnot I can't see that it matters where the forum is. If there is an active community that's all that matters. We cannot compete with the "cool kids" and their flashy devices like the GN and such but we have a forum with active members. That is what matters. Its up to us users to keep devs motivated.
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Brilliant. I really liked it.
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Dead? Not yet..
I brought this phone as a Bday gift to myself. It was the only phone in that price range with a flash. I rooted it after i dropped it & smashed the screen which voided my warranty. I thank the rat that made me drop my phone,coz that was when i started flashing custom roms.
I remember when the FIrst UA rom came out,i was thrilled to see custom roms being finally built 4 the ace. Also a lot of ppl here in India find this phone to be the best in the mid range price pocket. So definitely lot of users from India. Hopefully that would correlate to more devs & ultimately more activity to push it back into the main forums from the legacy section.
I read that an HTC HD 2 which has a 528Mhz processor has got ICS. So i am hoping that our ace might hang around so long as to taste maybe, Android 5.0 ? Wishful thinking or optimism,i am sure that the Ace is not kicking the bucket anytime soon & has a long journey yet..
snowfire88 said:
I read that an HTC HD 2 which has a 528Mhz processor has got ICS. So i am hoping that our ace might hang around so long as to taste maybe, Android 5.0 ? Wishful thinking or optimism,i am sure that the Ace is not kicking the bucket anytime soon & has a long journey yet..
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The HD2 has a Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon processor clocked at 1GHZ and 448 MB of RAM.
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well said by the dev. As I see it ACE has some potential yet unexplored and maybe it will get better when devs will port ICS on this device and discover new things about phone's capabilities.
But I mostly see it as follow:
Let's say you have bought a brand new PC some years ago when windows 98 where released. No matter what improvements you'll make on it, it will reach its limits and be better but never run as a new PC when windows 7 appeared.
Bottom line:
This phone can still be improved but let's not expect much. It will run for sure better than when we got it with stock rom but that's it. Afterall mobile market evolves so rapidly that even if you like this phone you'll definately find someday a new love. We are expecting more that's for sure and we pay our respects to devs for busting their asses for all of us.
To end this, CM7 for ACE still has issues and to my eyes it's not yet complete, so how come we expect more from CM9? If I were a developer I would try to make CM7 perfect first... but I am not!
very well said Jusada..
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Brilliant. I really liked it.
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i like the ace and your blog is got i have nothing to say against it ive also use al half handy shop x1 eten glofish galaxy 3 x10 mini pro galaxy mini galaxy ace galaxy s2 but the ace is my baby ^^ im not a big dev working on wm6.1 6.5 androidbut im working on job in a handy shop and private to get the best out of my devices also the ace i like my ace as long it is booting
Postmortem:
Ace Pro:
3.5-3.7" display is a sweet spot for most people. 4" and over doesn't fit well in my hands.
Gorilla glass, always a selling point
Froyo 2.2 with guaranteed path to Gingerbread when a lot of phones were still coming with Eclair
Hotswappable SD slot
Ace Con:
Bad reputation for Wifi SOD
HVGA
Somewhat overpriced
CPU/Memory barely in the midrange market segment
I really wanted to like the Ace, and I still do in some aspects. The form factor is nearly perfect for me, Samsung knew that the iphone's industrial design was the thing to blatantly copy.
HVGA is a downer. Nothing except the lowest of the low comes with anything less than WVGA any more.
I was actively warning people off of this handset until the SOD issues were fixed, and they never really were in Samsung roms. As soon as the successor Galaxy W model was announced I immediately steered people looking for a midrange phone that direction.
All this being said, I'm still using my Ace as a second handset (its got my text-roaming sim from Philippines in it) at the moment. I'll probably continue to use it for that until a new shiny thing makes me replace my main phone (currently an SC-02C Galaxy S II).
Obviously no one can truthfully say that they will stick with their phone for 5+ years to come (though they may be some exceptions). You will certainly have to get a new one sooner or later. But I just want to say thanks to all the developers who spend their precious time for average joes like me. The Ace might not have impressive hardware or the manufacturer's support it deserves, but the community behind this device is what removed all the regret from buying it after the countless times I wanted to smash my phone to the ground in the 1 month I used it unrooted and with stock rom.
Im really happy with ace
im mostly using it for call sms emails and heavy 3g usage and also songs
not any other things
so hvga not much affect me as not playing games on it as pc games much better than mobile games
And only like to make ace looks awesome with theming
so only thing make me sad in past was miui only for beautifull looks
but now we have its statusbar due to jusada
launcher(look like)
its themes though have to make manually for launcher
and specially miui realese milocker so i not even miss miui rom
hope miui release some more apps specially launcher that supports themes so will reduce work
to make theme for tencent launcher
So im happy with it and after cm9 not want any thing else
The Galaxy Ace was my first Android phone and the one thay made me step into Android Development .
Back then at the SingTel Shop , I was given only two choices , the Samsung Galaxy Ace and the HTC Desire HD .
I did a little research and founf that a reboot problem was notorious on the Desire , so I decided to get the Galaxy Ace .
At first I was quite satisfied , since it was faster than my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic .
But then , I realised the lags with this phone , and it was then I wasn't really satisfied with this lag......that's when my Android quest began -- to search for the best custom ROM like on my 5800
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Well, the fact that the admins have shifted the Ace to the legacy/low activity devices forum is a tad telling to be frank. I had a poignant moment when i noticed that for the first time.
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The HD2 has a Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon processor clocked at 1GHZ and 448 MB of RAM.
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I meant the older one. The one which had windows mobile 6.5 on it originally..
Chk it out here:
goo.gl/MmE0b
awesome ! we got great developers . don't break my heart.
Love the article and the devs here
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I really love my phone. It's the first phone in years which I don't regret buying after a few days.. even now, 10 months later.
The only disadvantage I'd mention is the low internal memory, but that's it.
The Ace was my second android and second smartphone. I had s zte blade before. I had a choice between the HTC wildfire s or Sammy ace. And chose the Ace. But I can tell you my zte blade was amazing 600mhz and 512mb was very fast had plenty of devs cm7 etc. But the only thing holding the ace back is the ram. 384mb is horrible for multitasking and single tasking in general.
I was given the feeling that I had been ripped off. Samsung had cut a lot of corners with the Ace. Like no amibent light sensor. HVGA screen and at the time this cost £230. And the Zte blade was £99 and had a WVGA screen and light sensor. But all in all I am very happy with the Ace and am very grateful for to the devs and I decided to port aosp gingerbread which is an on going operation with emoboiix3 and Fla.sh and consegregate. But we are not dead. There is still active development.
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I love my ace! It cover all the things i need to do! And is very fast
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I meant the older one. The one which had windows mobile 6.5 on it originally..
Chk it out here:
goo.gl/MmE0b
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Your link wasn't very clickable, but I'm assuming you mean the HTC Leo released 2009? That is the phone I bought 2nd hand. I have an ICS ROM on it now. I got ICS before the Nexus S. On a WinMo device. I also have MiUi to boot into if I want or can swap to WinMo 6.5.x/WP7. It definitely has a 1GHZ processor, 448MB RAM. Can't beat that for £175 really.
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Galaxy Ace worth a purchase?

Hello there.
I currently own a ZTE Crescent (Same specs as Galaxy Ace as far as I'm aware with the exception of a front camera) and my parents have offered to get me a sim only contract, after looking online I've discovered I can pay an extra 10p and get a new phone as well as the deal I was getting for my sim only.
I've found the Galaxy Ace for £13 from Three with unlimited texts, 100 minutes and all-you-can-eat data so I'm wondering whether or not to get it or not.
Is it easy to root/flash CWM and are the custom roms any good?
Is there a fully working CM9/CM10 here yet? If not, is there any almost-working cm9/cm10 if so, what problems do they have?
Does A2SDGui and the Darktremor scripts work on this device? A2SD is essential for me.
Is it worth me going on a two year contract or should I just get a sim-only and carry on with my Crescent?
Thanks for reading and hopefully helping me out!
You might want to look on some other phones, outdated armv6 processor, so you can't play some of the popular apps like temple run.
But if that doesn't matter to you it's a decent phone with a lot of support and CM9/CM10 usable as a daily driver.
And I advice you not to take this phone with a 2 year contract.
It's already very old hardware already and in 2 years it won't be even able to keep up with the lowest- end smartphones.
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Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately, I haven't got much choice, trying to find a half decent phone for under £15 on Pay Monthly is a pain and this is the best I could find! If you have any ideas then feel free to let me know, I saw the new HTC Desire C for the same price (Only a 600 mhz processor but it runs ICS by default).
My Crescent (Which also has a armv6 processor) can run the ported versions of games such as Real Racing, Temple Run and GTA- It's not perfect but they're playable so I don't think that would be a problem for me.
The contract doesn't really bother me, I'll be flashing ROM's on it so as long as it runs smoothly I'd be happy for the 2 years, I also have my Crescent which I can run back to if I get bored of the Ace. At the end of the day, a phone is a phone, I'm not bothered on having the latest best and expensive technology.
I wanted to get Huawei Ascend G300 but can't find it on a decent contract in the UK, quite disappointing.
Thank you for your reply.
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Would you recommend either the HTC Desire C or the Sony Xperia Tipo over this?
the phone is not worth the money,you can look for xperia neo v which is better at all things and i think the same price
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately, I haven't got much choice, trying to find a half decent phone for under £15 on Pay Monthly is a pain and this is the best I could find! If you have any ideas then feel free to let me know, I saw the new HTC Desire C for the same price (Only a 600 mhz processor but it runs ICS by default).
My Crescent (Which also has a armv6 processor) can run the ported versions of games such as Real Racing, Temple Run and GTA- It's not perfect but they're playable so I don't think that would be a problem for me.
The contract doesn't really bother me, I'll be flashing ROM's on it so as long as it runs smoothly I'd be happy for the 2 years, I also have my Crescent which I can run back to if I get bored of the Ace. At the end of the day, a phone is a phone, I'm not bothered on having the latest best and expensive technology.
I wanted to get Huawei Ascend G300 but can't find it on a decent contract in the UK, quite disappointing.
Thank you for your reply.
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Would you recommend either the HTC Desire C or the Sony Xperia Tipo over this?
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The Tipo, has much better hardware.
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The Tipo, has much better hardware.
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Ace was worth a purchase. BEFORE!
But now, Ace with that processor? nope. Not going anywhere.
Xperia Tipo is the best in that range. Has everything Ace has, but just scooped up some stuff and upgraded them.
Like the processor and stuff.
Buy the Tipo. Official ICS On it. Yep. tipo is the best option.
Tipo is available for only £7.50 a month from Talkmobile.
24 month contract
250 minutes
unlimited texts
500mb
Should I just go for it?
The only thing putting me off is the 3.2mp camera and lack of development.
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Tipo is available for only £7.50 a month from Talkmobile.
24 month contract
250 minutes
unlimited texts
500mb
Should I just go for it?
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Well.
That's a good offer.
Are there any other phones in your price range???
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It Comes With ICS.
You might want to look at this:
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-tipo/
The only phones in the same budget are the Galaxy Ace, HTC Desire C and the Nokia Lumia 610.
No root access for the Tipo yet, if I got it and root never happens then it'd be a waste of time.
If you want root access you should wait to buy a phone and look at these later.
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If you want root access you should wait to buy a phone and look at these later.
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Only silly people buy phones without intention to root and flash custom roms! If I purchase an Android device I want to unleash its full capability!
If I wait and the offer ends then I'd be devastated aha. Might have to grit my teeth and go for it.
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Only silly people buy phones without intention to root and flash custom roms! If I purchase an Android device I want to unleash its full capability!
If I wait and the offer ends then I'd be devastated aha. Might have to grit my teeth and go for it.
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Oh.
No root for it yet?!
That would totally suck.
Not even Super One Click Root workss?
or universal root?
Google doesn't bring anything up unfortunately. I'd expect SuperOneClick to work but I'm not sure if it's worth the risk!
I don't want to be stuck with an unrootable device!
if you wanna buy a new phone dont buy from samsung cuz no updates
or a used one hmmmmm there is htc " may be one v"
I'm trying to find a phone on a sub £15 contract. Can't afford anything else right now. Hence why my options are low-budget devices hehe.
Given the specs of your current phone, I'd say stick it out as long as you're not desperately due for a replacement.
CM9 and 10 are indeed usable as a daily driver, but not nearly as smooth as with higher spec'ed devices. CM9 takes *all* of the space available in /system, which is an issue IMO.
Also, although this might have been a buggy application or a bug in CM9, my girlfriend's Ace battery life was good for about half a day, with no cellular data, wi-fi and UMTS (no GSM fallback).
Save yourself some money and get a better device down the road.
Ace was good enough 1 year ago.
Now its just pure shyt!
But some things are decent, like camera, call quality, vid rec, gps,etc.
In terms of gpu and cpu, its not good at all for the price!
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Don't buy it now dude. Buy a phone with atleast armv7 processor. Try to save money for it
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is not worth it.... take something else
Thanks guys, I'll stick it out with my Crescent and I'll see what I can get a few month down the line.
I appreciate all your answers, it's nice to see a bunch of friendly forum members!

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