It's HEEERE! Mine was scheduled for delivery tomorrow but went from FedEx to the PO through last night and arrived today. So far, this is a cool device, and FAST! Now, I need to get it to use my phone's Internet connection over Bluetooth, which is in the phone's menu as an option.

gotok wrote:I have tethered with BT using the DUN bluetooth profile. If you hope to do the same with this Samsung, I think you are out of luck. I'm pretty sure the DUN profile is not supported.

This does seem to be part of the problem. I have paired the two devices, but the only "bluetooth profile" available on the phone from the Samsung is Data Transfer. Other devices such as my laptop have several options on their comparable lists on the phone. Is this likely a hardware limitation, or maybe do I just need to find the right program and/or drivers for the Samsung? Thanks.

Finally got it today and enjoying it. Now my question and excuse me for being ignorant in this field. I have a zune and use the program mp3 tag to convert howard stern to podcasts so i can listen and pause and resume. I don't know how to do this with this new device. It will let me drap the files already converted on my computer through mp3 but they do not pause and resume. they always start at the beginning and as some of you know these shows are 4+ hours. I downloaded listen podcast player but can't get the files into that program..i think that is just for podcast feeds..anyway, help would surely be appreciated.

I got mine the other day. The Korean model.
updated no prob.

Got Skype to work but only on the back camera? Weird. Anyone ever try QIK?

As far as the battery goes, it took 9 hrs to charge but I've been using it for like 18 hours with out a charge and it's still at 60%.

For those who already has received their package, I envy you all. I am waiting for mine to be delivered. FedEx finally delivered it to my local postal office this afternoon. My estimated time of delivery is September 28th. I guess the package has to go through sorting before it goes out for delivery. Somebody said sorting takes 1-2 days? Hope they sort it today and out for delivery tomorrow. I am waiting endlessly.

Anybody notice this? I looked up the battery usage statistics, and just like my cell phone, the biggest power user was the cell standby. Except of course this is not a phone, so WHY would that be??????

anyone know a video chat app that actually WORKS?
Skype doesn't work, Fring - the front camera does not show, only the back camera does.

Anyone tried Qik?

foglesre wrote:Just received mine here in Houston.

I'm very impressed. Not nearly as bulky as i was expecting. Lighter than I thought it would be too. Screen could be a bit more crisp with respect to fonts. GrooveIP works beautifully for making calls over IP (it actually has an earpiece speaker for this purpose). Very responsive. Overall I'm very happy with it.

It will compliment my Galaxy Tab nicely.

Can you receive calls on your GrooveIP? Mine seems to only make calls and not receive. Thanks.

momrox1 wrote:Finally got it today and enjoying it. Now my question and excuse me for being ignorant in this field. I have a zune and use the program mp3 tag to convert howard stern to podcasts so i can listen and pause and resume. I don't know how to do this with this new device. It will let me drap the files already converted on my computer through mp3 but they do not pause and resume. they always start at the beginning and as some of you know these shows are 4+ hours. I downloaded listen podcast player but can't get the files into that program..i think that is just for podcast feeds..anyway, help would surely be appreciated.

Most podcasts are already in mp3 format. Are you using a program to record the Stern stream since that might record or snag an odd format.

The Clark Howard show used to have some wonky podcasts but I think I could still pause and resume them. The track length was always screwed up and I discovered they were encoding the podcast mp3 file at a variable bit rate. That was unusual and made trouble for how players calculate the track length. They switched to a specific bit rate and things smoothed out for many listeners.

Hey Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 Users!

You can use a modified Skype app to be able to use the front facing camera..download the .apk here>>>

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16618967&postcount=452

Got mine today in Petaluma, CA. yay!

HBOGO not working. boo!


Is this still the best place for community support? No other forums?

For those who purchase screen protectors and cases, please advise us of the identity of the product and of the merchant if you are a satisfied customer.

Thank you.

punstress wrote:Anybody notice this? I looked up the battery usage statistics, and just like my cell phone, the biggest power user was the cell standby. Except of course this is not a phone, so WHY would that be??????

Turn off the gps or put in airplane mode. Wifi will still work.
The voice to text works very well as well.

I don't know....after playing with this thing for a couple of days, I'm wondering if I should get a 7" one!? Of course, then I would tire of that too and want a 10!

And there is this:
BlackBerry PlayBook 16GB Tablet With 7" Multi-Touch Screen, Dual Cameras, Bluetooth 2.1 and Wi-Fi! $299.99

http://1saleaday.com/


^^X^^

darknight34 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_aBR3K1-cM&feature=colike

Do you think that someone, at some point, could extract the Gingerbread Rom out of the Galaxy Player to flash our Galaxy S 5.0s?

I would like to have Skype work correctly.

Spectre7 wrote:Just got mine in the mail today too, and the origins of the device actually seem a bit more mysterious than that. Earlier this year, the Galaxy S Wifi 4.0 was released in Russia, and the 5.0 in Switzerland. This would seem to be neither, however.

The packaging is in Spanish, and the included cable fits North American and some South American plugs; Russia, Switzerland and South Korea all use a different plug (Europlug) with round connectors. The only references I can find to product code (YP-G70CW/TTT) online are Portuguese sites, and they seem to be referring to a product available in Paraguay... though curiously, no Paraguayan sites, which would be in Spanish. To add another odd wrinkle, Paraguay also uses the round-pronged Europlug.

And this all adds up to... I still don't know where these were originally destined for. Probably either Mexico, or one of the countries along the northern coast of South America.

My head hurts a little.

Did you do your search in google? They are filtering the hell out of the results. Google's algorithms, seems to me, omit many results it deems irrelevant to you, due to your browsing history and location.

omh1009 wrote:Do you think that someone, at some point, could extract the Gingerbread Rom out of the Galaxy Player to flash our Galaxy S 5.0s?

I would like to have Skype work correctly.

You can use a modified Skype app to be able to use the front facing camera..download the .apk here>>>

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16618967&postcount=452

karlangel0 wrote:Hey Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 Users!

You can use a modified Skype app to be able to use the front facing camera..download the .apk here>>>

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16618967&postcount=452

WHO ARE YOU?
What is that dodgy forum?
I'm not going to be the 1st lab rat who will install this.

You have 0 woots, so you didn't buy this. How do you know it works?
How do I know it is not malware?
I'll hold for official support. Thank you, but no thank you.

cehaut wrote:Got mine today in Petaluma, CA. yay!

HBOGO not working. boo!


Is this still the best place for community support? No other forums?

We are the Earliest Adopters.

ejeansonne wrote:Can anyone confirm a flashlight app that uses the camera flash. Can get the app to work but the Camera led is not coming on. the camera flash works with the camera function.

Same question for a led flashlight. TeslaLED Flashlight had a preference setting for Galaxy 7, which triggered the LED briefly, then the app crashed. Any success?

tim74 wrote:Most podcasts are already in mp3 format. Are you using a program to record the Stern stream since that might record or snag an odd format.

The Clark Howard show used to have some wonky podcasts but I think I could still pause and resume them. The track length was always screwed up and I discovered they were encoding the podcast mp3 file at a variable bit rate. That was unusual and made trouble for how players calculate the track length. They switched to a specific bit rate and things smoothed out for many listeners.

I generally download the show from pirate bay then use mp3tag to change the tags so when it plays on my zune it can pause and resume. Now I don't know what to do...

Got mine yesterday afternoon. This is my first dance with Android, and I'm liking it. It's a lot more like running an actual computer than is iOS, which suits me just fine.

Everything runs fine, wifi worked right outta the box. Haven't tested gps yet. The only complaints I have are that the earbuds aren't for me (though they sound reasonably okay--I just have GIANT earholes, apparently, so they don't fit very well) and the usb cable is about 9-12" too short.

Mine was delivered a couple of days ago. So far I like it much more than I do my ipod touch. I had a Nook Color rooted with CM7 but it was too big and heavy. This is perfect. One problem, I can't find an ap to view my Yahoo calendar. Anyone know of one. Also I have a silicon case and screen protector ordered from ebay.

loudheart wrote:For those who already has received their package, I envy you all. I am waiting for mine to be delivered. FedEx finally delivered it to my local postal office this afternoon. My estimated time of delivery is September 28th. I guess the package has to go through sorting before it goes out for delivery. Somebody said sorting takes 1-2 days? Hope they sort it today and out for delivery tomorrow. I am waiting endlessly.

Mine was at my local sorting facility early Saturday morning, and I still don't have it! Hopefully it will arrive today.

any one else getting a crashes and reboots coming out of sleep? If I leave mine alone for 5 minutes it crashes and reboots as it turns the screen back on.

omh1009 wrote:WHO ARE YOU?
What is that dodgy forum?
I'm not going to be the 1st lab rat who will install this.

You have 0 woots, so you didn't buy this. How do you know it works?
How do I know it is not malware?
I'll hold for official support. Thank you, but no thank you.

you have never heard of xda???? The guy only linked the post with the info to help you out. If you look in the post linked, at the top right had corner it will take you to the thread on xda. Its about 52pgs long currently

cidreflux wrote:any one else getting a crashes and reboots coming out of sleep? If I leave mine alone for 5 minutes it crashes and reboots as it turns the screen back on.

nope..Mine works great. It might be an app you just installed that doesn't work properly on this device. Try back tracking and uninstall an app at a time until you figure out which might be the culprit. At least thats what I would do.

Can someone help me? I received my Samsung Galaxy S GB 5" Wi-Fi yesterday, and well lets just say I am a little upset. Called for tech support through Samsung they have no idea about this product. The issue I am having right out of the gate is I need to change the language setting to english, so I will be able to understand what to do. Not sure where to go what to do, and lets just say the owner's manual ain't much help either. Product looks great but if I can't use it whats the point.

jazzqueen66@yahoo.com

nawaf88 wrote:nope..Mine works great. It might be an app you just installed that doesn't work properly on this device. Try back tracking and uninstall an app at a time until you figure out which might be the culprit. At least thats what I would do.

did that but only apps on here left is drop box and the other two have it on with no problems

shelz2 wrote:Can someone help me? I received my Samsung Galaxy S GB 5" Wi-Fi yesterday, and well lets just say I am a little upset. Called for tech support through Samsung they have no idea about this product. The issue I am having right out of the gate is I need to change the language setting to english, so I will be able to understand what to do. Not sure where to go what to do, and lets just say the owner's manual ain't much help either. Product looks great but if I can't use it whats the point.

jazzqueen66@yahoo.com

at the home screen press the menu button go to the line with the fence on it then click the bottom menu button that's factory reset

stususs wrote:For those who purchase screen protectors and cases, please advise us of the identity of the product and of the merchant if you are a satisfied customer.

Thank you.

I got my screen protector from Skinomi. I have Skinomi screen protectors on my other tablet and love it. Fingerprints don't show as much and seems very scratch resistant. Compared to a cheap screen protector that I tried before, it feels much nicer to the touch. They also have skins you can get but I like the looks of the device so just got the screen protector. The one I have for this does not seem to be the correct size, holding in portrait, it covers side to side perfectly, but aligning it to the bottom, it does not reach the top, but it is very close.
http://www.skinomi.com/sagaswi50tap.html
Also you can usually get a 25% off coupon if you search online. I found two different ones you can try. "get25" or "skinomi25"

Some people complain about them, just make sure you follow the directions and they work nice. Right now it does not look great on my device, but it was like that on my other tablet as well. After 24 hours (maybe more) it cleared up and looked clear. Also, my other tablet had a very reflective screen and it cut down on that after I installed this screen protector.

cosens84 wrote:I got my screen protector from Skinomi. I have Skinomi screen protectors on my other tablet and love it. Fingerprints don't show as much and seems very scratch resistant. Compared to a cheap screen protector that I tried before, it feels much nicer to the touch. They also have skins you can get but I like the looks of the device so just got the screen protector. The one I have for this does not seem to be the correct size, holding in portrait, it covers side to side perfectly, but aligning it to the bottom, it does not reach the top, but it is very close.
http://www.skinomi.com/sagaswi50tap.html
Also you can usually get a 25% off coupon if you search online. I found two different ones you can try. "get25" or "skinomi25"

Some people complain about them, just make sure you follow the directions and they work nice. Right now it does not look great on my device, but it was like that on my other tablet as well. After 24 hours (maybe more) it cleared up and looked clear. Also, my other tablet had a very reflective screen and it cut down on that after I installed this screen protector.

+1

terry0198 wrote:Can you receive calls on your GrooveIP? Mine seems to only make calls and not receive. Thanks.

Yeah I'm having a similar problem. I can make calls without a problem, but for incoming calls I get the message to press 1 to accept the call even though in settings the box is checked for this to not happen. It wouldn't be that big of a deal, but when I select 1 to connect the call the other person can't hear me, but I can hear them. Is your speak volume very low? I have to use headphones to hear the other person even though the speak volume is all the way up. I e-mail to ask if these problems can be corrected, still waiting for response.

mdyoung216 wrote:Yeah I'm having a similar problem. I can make calls without a problem, but for incoming calls I get the message to press 1 to accept the call even though in settings the box is checked for this to not happen. It wouldn't be that big of a deal, but when I select 1 to connect the call the other person can't hear me, but I can hear them. Is your speak volume very low? I have to use headphones to hear the other person even though the speak volume is all the way up. I e-mail to ask if these problems can be corrected, still waiting for response.

Hi mdyoung216, Mine doesn't even ring for incoming calls. Only strange thing I noticed with my Samsung is that when I received it, it was configured for another language, Danish or Swedish I believe.

shelz2 wrote:Can someone help me? I received my Samsung Galaxy S GB 5" Wi-Fi yesterday, and well lets just say I am a little upset. Called for tech support through Samsung they have no idea about this product. The issue I am having right out of the gate is I need to change the language setting to english, so I will be able to understand what to do. Not sure where to go what to do, and lets just say the owner's manual ain't much help either. Product looks great but if I can't use it whats the point.

jazzqueen66@yahoo.com

Mine came with a foregin language, too - Scandinavian or Polish. I will try to describe what I did -
1. From bottom icons - choose the rightmost icon which looks like a square window with 4 panes (that would be "Applications" in English)
2. Next, look for an icon that looks like a gear ("Settings" in English)
3. A list of icons with descriptions will appear. Scroll down to an icon that looks like a piece of white paper with letter "A" on the middle. ("Locale and text")
4. Choose first option ("Select locale") and click on "English (United States)" or another language you need.
Hope this helps.

karlangel0 wrote:You can use a modified Skype app to be able to use the front facing camera..download the .apk here>>>

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16618967&postcount=452

How do you load it onto the Samsung unit?

terry0198 wrote:Hi mdyoung216, Mine doesn't even ring for incoming calls.

Do you have Google Voice to forward calls ( can't remember is it says to or from )Google Chat? That box needs to be checked in the Google Voice settings.

mdyoung216 wrote:Yeah I'm having a similar problem. I can make calls without a problem, but for incoming calls I get the message to press 1 to accept the call even though in settings the box is checked for this to not happen. It wouldn't be that big of a deal, but when I select 1 to connect the call the other person can't hear me, but I can hear them. Is your speak volume very low? I have to use headphones to hear the other person even though the speak volume is all the way up. I e-mail to ask if these problems can be corrected, still waiting for response.

This is a setting in Google Voice (Call Screening, under the calls tab in the settings), not in GrooveIP, right? It still gives you the prompt even though you've disabled it in your settings for Google Voice?

edit: this is odd because that's all server side stuff. do you have a cell phone/home phone set up to receive your GV forwards as well? Does it still ask for you to press 1 on those as well?

well I got news for everyone Samsung just told me my item is out of warranty and that the boot loop issue need service at my expense. I was just wondering does anyone have contact info for some one at Woot.

cidreflux wrote:well I got news for everyone Samsung just told me my item is out of warranty and that the boot loop issue need service at my expense. I was just wondering does anyone have contact info for some one at Woot.

rma@woot.com

nawaf88 wrote:you have never heard of xda???? The guy only linked the post with the info to help you out. If you look in the post linked, at the top right had corner it will take you to the thread on xda. Its about 52pgs long currently

No, never heard of xda. I just distrust posts by people with no woots.

Must times they post links to other sites with competing products just to direct traffic to them. I report them every time I see them and a while later they are gone.

This time I didn't report, because he wasn't pushing a link for a product. Now, do you vouch for him as being legit?

I wont say it is impossible, but is less than likely that someone takes the time to join woot and not buy anything. Instead join a discussion of a product he doesn't have.

I don't know, maybe I'm being paranoid and a prick, but I kept getting burned when I used to be a nice guy.