arofreak wrote:I mentioned they are a bit thick, which is fine with me to handle little scratches and such - but I cannot vouch for how long they will stay "perfect" - that will come with age.

I bought a couple of cheap screen protectors for my Archos tablet and they each lasted a month, 1 got a nice size scratch from a my keys that were in a pocket with it, the other one got a lot of little scratches. They at least performed their function of protecting the screen. I got a Skinomi screen protector for it and it has had it on for roughly 9 months and still looks as good as the day I put it on. It does have a hair and a couple specks of dust under it but that is what I get for not putting it on in a clean area. My Skinomi on my Samsung Galaxy I took better precautions when putting it on so it looks good, can't even tell there is a screen protector on it unless you look closely. They are more expensive but I think they are worth the price compared to going through multiple cheap protectors.

tim74 wrote:Is it as pictured in the auction with the extra cutouts you don't need?

2 extra cutouts, i personally dont care, it looks well.

I just wanted to thank you all for all the help and tips you have provided.

The gps was driving me crazy, as I could not get the satelites to find the signal. Downloaded the "GPS Status" app and within minutes, 7 satelites had a signal.

I was also unsure of which case to get but after reading thorugh all these posts, I decided on the ebay $4.99 for 2 deal.

This devices more than meets my needs. I wanted something portable, with wifi and decent battery life, that I could quickly use, instead of turning on my netbook and having to wait for it to boot and this is fitting the need perfectly.
Yes, it's an older processor, and only 8gb, but for my primary needs, which is web surfing, this thing is great.

I have given up on the Groove iP app. I couldn't get it so the other person could hear me when I accepted a call. I delete and reinstalled it and then any app that recorded my voice would not work. So I had to do a system restore to get the voice recording apps working again. Too much trouble reinstalling all my apps if it screws things up again, so I'm not going to try installing Groove iP again. I have my cell phone with me all the time, so I really don't need it. Otherwise, the Galaxy WiFi works great. I like it so much that I bought my wife and daughter one off Ebay.

snrblabs wrote:We posted the beta up on our facebook site. Can get it from there. Think this is a direct link to the post: link

Wish I had seen it when these were up on woot, would have bought one.

btw You guys rock! Within minutes of emailing you days ago requesting the update I was testing it.

I do have a problem with GrooVe IP however, the delay makes the app not practical. I've called a few people and although very clear, the delay was unbearable. I've tried on my home wifi as well as a tethered connection from my iPad with the same results. I remember reading on your website there was a compromise between choppiness and delay... maybe you should add some sort of slider into the app and let users choose their optimal setting. Otherwise I'm enjoying testing and can't wait for it to work perfectly

EDIT: OK I unchecked everything in the Troubleshooting section and now this app has no delay (except for that small delay on EVERY cell phone). I'm very happy now.

Now, can someone help me figure out how to make this thing "ring" when I receive a call?

bossusa wrote:2 extra cutouts, i personally dont care, it looks well.

I had ordered the same case and just received mine today. I am also very satisfied with this case. It fits well and has knurling on the left and right sides which makes for a positive grip. From the pictures I expected to get the two extra holes, but it's no big deal for me.

I'm not sure if this has been addressed yet, but pages back I saw a post that someone said that you can't listen to the radio without headphones. Well, you can, but you have to plug the headphones in for the Galaxy to use as an antenna. There is a button to the left of the tuner that will let you listen to the external speaker, but you have to keep the headphones plugged in.

I have tried plugging in a small MP3 speaker, and although it does work, it's choppy. I'm assuming that the cable isn't long enough to serve as an antenna, or the speaker is interferring with the transmitter. Still experimenting, though!

cleveland216 wrote:btw You guys rock! Within minutes of emailing you days ago requesting the update I was testing it.

I do have a problem with GrooVe IP however, the delay makes the app not practical. I've called a few people and although very clear, the delay was unbearable. I've tried on my home wifi as well as a tethered connection from my iPad with the same results. I remember reading on your website there was a compromise between choppiness and delay... maybe you should add some sort of slider into the app and let users choose their optimal setting. Otherwise I'm enjoying testing and can't wait for it to work perfectly

EDIT: OK I unchecked everything in the Troubleshooting section and now this app has no delay (except for that small delay on EVERY cell phone). I'm very happy now.

Now, can someone help me figure out how to make this thing "ring" when I receive a call?

use the volume rocker on the side. mine works fine

cleveland216 wrote:btw You guys rock! Within minutes of emailing you days ago requesting the update I was testing it.

I do have a problem with GrooVe IP however, the delay makes the app not practical. I've called a few people and although very clear, the delay was unbearable. I've tried on my home wifi as well as a tethered connection from my iPad with the same results. I remember reading on your website there was a compromise between choppiness and delay... maybe you should add some sort of slider into the app and let users choose their optimal setting. Otherwise I'm enjoying testing and can't wait for it to work perfectly

EDIT: OK I unchecked everything in the Troubleshooting section and now this app has no delay (except for that small delay on EVERY cell phone). I'm very happy now.

Now, can someone help me figure out how to make this thing "ring" when I receive a call?

Glad you figured out the delay issue. To get incoming calls you have to forward calls to google chat in your google voice account. Also, may want to check the ringtone override in the GrooVe IP settings. Since the device isn't really a phone the default ringtone may be silent.

Don't really want to usurp this thread, so if anyone has questions feel free to email us snrb.labs@gmail.com

tim74 wrote:I see the problem now. That's probably more a function of the program being used. If I fire the podcast directly from the file list but pause and then exit, the device treats the pause like a full stop of the player and exits the program when using the back or home button.

BUT if I use the music icon on the bottom of the player, use the search to find the podcast and run it that way, if I pause Stern I can still find the track in pause mode in the that pull down menu at the home screen screen where wifi and such can be turned on. It didn't seem to go away after running other programs.

Actually, sometimes the player wasn't listed in the pull down but if I used the music icon again, the podcast either came directly up or I could click the "now playing" button and the show would be paused where it was.

You might find other players on the android market that may be more flexible.

But as long as you fire up the player and select the track, that seems to work the way you want it though the player may unload it if it needs the memory and I'm sure if you play any other audio file that would close the podcast track.

Best bet prob would be to use a player from the market just to play those Stern files so that player could hold the pause for you while you use the built in player for other things.

Thank you...this did work for me..then i shut down and goodbye pause...but it does work when the unit sleeps. Would it hurt to never shut off completely? Just let it sleep?
My next problem...I have a kindle and I got the app for the galaxy. However, I have several books with an mbp file extension that are on my kindle but not synced with amazon..I manually put them on my kindle. I can put them on the galaxy but they show up in my files..and I can read them but not sync them to hold my last read page..ugh

Same here, so I switched to Skype, which I found to be very stable. There is a good deal on. You get a number for $2.50/month and unlimited $2.99/month to USA and Canada. I have forwarded Google voice number to Skype and it works as expected.
The only issue I am facing is low incoming volume. Though a workaround is to put it in speaker mode to hear clearly but I would like to have more volume in the ear piece. Does anyone knows how to increase the volume of voice calls?
I have a mifi plan so I am trying to replace my cell phone with it. Lets see how it goes.

mdyoung216 wrote:I have given up on the Groove iP app. I couldn't get it so the other person could hear me when I accepted a call. I delete and reinstalled it and then any app that recorded my voice would not work. So I had to do a system restore to get the voice recording apps working again. Too much trouble reinstalling all my apps if it screws things up again, so I'm not going to try installing Groove iP again. I have my cell phone with me all the time, so I really don't need it. Otherwise, the Galaxy WiFi works great. I like it so much that I bought my wife and daughter one off Ebay.

arofreak wrote:I'm not sure if this has been addressed yet, but pages back I saw a post that someone said that you can't listen to the radio without headphones. Well, you can, but you have to plug the headphones in for the Galaxy to use as an antenna. There is a button to the left of the tuner that will let you listen to the external speaker, but you have to keep the headphones plugged in.

I have tried plugging in a small MP3 speaker, and although it does work, it's choppy. I'm assuming that the cable isn't long enough to serve as an antenna, or the speaker is interferring with the transmitter. Still experimenting, though!

I got TuneInRadio free app which works without headphones...good so far.

Batman4oz wrote:I got TuneInRadio free app which works without headphones...good so far.

With the TuneIn Radio and Pandora apps I don't see a need for a real radio.

Not a tablet person, but really liking my 5 so far, until this evening. Wi-Fi is not connecting. Signal is strong, it scans, it says "connecting", then says "disconnected".

Other Wi-Fi connected devices around the house are fine. I tried the obvious (re-boot, reconfigure Wi-Fi, etc., with no luck).

Any advice?

Thanks.

mdyoung216 wrote:With the TuneIn Radio and Pandora apps I don't see a need for a real radio.

It could be useful when you don't have wifi access.

gotok wrote:It could be useful when you don't have wifi access.

Also, TunedIn doesn't carry all the stations. A couple of my local favorites don't participate and I noticed others on the list don't, either. I have to listen to the FM radio tuner if I want to hear them.

vincentvega wrote:Not a tablet person, but really liking my 5 so far, until this evening. Wi-Fi is not connecting. Signal is strong, it scans, it says "connecting", then says "disconnected".

Other Wi-Fi connected devices around the house are fine. I tried the obvious (re-boot, reconfigure Wi-Fi, etc., with no luck).

Any advice?

Thanks.

Go somewhere outside your house that has WiFi, like a neighbor's house or Starbucks or wherever and see if it will work. Otherwise, you may have a warranty claim. It sounds like you did everything possible such as rebooting and if your other Internet appliances work with your router, that's the next thing to check. If it does work outside of your house, then there might be either a router problem or interference.

snrblabs wrote:Glad you figured out the delay issue. To get incoming calls you have to forward calls to google chat in your google voice account. Also, may want to check the ringtone override in the GrooVe IP settings. Since the device isn't really a phone the default ringtone may be silent.

Don't really want to usurp this thread, so if anyone has questions feel free to email us snrb.labs@gmail.com

like i said: YOU GUYS ROCK!!!

The FM radio is not in stereo on my player. Have any of you got yours to receive stations in stereo?

vincentvega wrote:Not a tablet person, but really liking my 5 so far, until this evening. Wi-Fi is not connecting. Signal is strong, it scans, it says "connecting", then says "disconnected".

Other Wi-Fi connected devices around the house are fine. I tried the obvious (re-boot, reconfigure Wi-Fi, etc., with no luck).

Any advice?

Thanks.

Sounds like either a password problem if you are using one or the router is booting it off right away. I had trouble and received similar messages when I was putting in the wrong pass. Otherwise weak signals were my only other trouble.

Check your router log to see whats happening or go to Subway/Starbucks or wherever and see how it connects.

The gel case fits very well, makes it much easier to hold...here is a link to 4 pages of accessories...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Cell-Phone-PDA-Accessories-/9394/i.html?_nkw=Samsung%20Galaxy%20S%20WiFi%205.0&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A5216&rt=nc&_catref=1&_dmpt=PDA_Accessories&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1513&_pgn=1

Just know that if you get a Red gel case/cover ( I did) it will look kind of Pink on the White back of our little Samsung!!

^^X^^

vincentvega wrote:Not a tablet person, but really liking my 5 so far, until this evening. Wi-Fi is not connecting... Any advice?

As a final alternative, consider doing a "Factory data reset". Perhaps an app changed something critical. Starting over may clear the issue.

gotok wrote:I had ordered the same case and just received mine today. I am also very satisfied with this case. It fits well and has knurling on the left and right sides which makes for a positive grip. From the pictures I expected to get the two extra holes, but it's no big deal for me.

I went hunting locally for a sock like cover like one I had from Nintendo that I used on a smaller MP3 player. Best Buy had the only two I found in the camera area but they weren't long enough and bit too snug. I don't need a drop case, just something to protect it from scuffs while hauling it around and setting it down or in my pocket.

There are lots of sock like things online but when I checked around at home I found a smaller slip case that came with a sleep mask. It works well since it has a small rope cinch at the opening with a bead to keep it closed. Fits well. I found another that also fits even better since it's not as wide but it doesn't have a bead to keep closed. But I can fix that.

So far I've backed off the live wallpaper since that seemed to burn up a lot of battery time in the statistics in Android Assistant.

The FM radio can get by without much trouble to work. You HAVE to have something plugged in for it to work at all (the app with turn off the power on the fake radio face with nothing plugged in) but all I did was plug a stereo to mono adapter in that I found in a drawer and it scanned in 12 clear channels that I listened to on the external speaker settings. Using a length of stereo wire 6 foot long got me a few extra stations and the 20 footer length got me 19 stations detected though I found more by manual tuning. But even with a teensie adapter in the hole, it picked up all the local strong stations just fine. Perhaps someone makes a radio app that ignores the status of whether something is plugged in. Might be possible to pick up stations without anything as the adapter I plugged in couldn't have added much of anything to just the regular FM waves hitting the player. There are a couple of rare apps for FM but I guess there isn't much as Google supposedly doesn't support FM. One app does some tricky stuff to actually get FM receiving from undocumented features on devices that don't even claim to get FM. Needs root access and some other ROM but seems to work for some. Too much work for me to see if the FM waves come through without my little adapter.

Has anyone found a desktop dock for this device. Noticed a good deal on a Samsung Galaxy Fascinate i500 Charging Desktop Cradle over on meritline, but, it looks like the "plug" to the dock isn't in the right place for our larger device. So far it looks like all of the Samsung phone docks will not fit our device. Nothing on Samsung site about accessories for the player.

Anyone else having problem with flickering screen? Seems like it's okay for a few minutes, but then the screen/apps start flickering? Battery is charged.

tim74 wrote:
The FM radio can get by without much to work. You HAVE to have something plugged in for it to work at all (the app with turn off the power on the fake radio face with nothing plugged in) but all I did was plug a stereo to mono adapter in that I found in a drawer and it scanned in 12 clear channels that I listened to on the external speaker settings. Using a length of stereo wire 6 foot long got me a few extra stations and the 20 footer length got me 19 stations detected though I found more by manual tuning. But even with a teensie adapter in the hole, it picked up all the local strong stations just fine. Perhaps someone makes a radio app that ignores the status of whether something is plugged in. Might me possible to pick up stations without anything as the adapter I plugged in couldn't have added much of anything to just the regular FM waves hitting the player. There are a couple of rare apps for FM but I guess there isn't much as Google supposedly doesn't support FM. One app does some tricky stuff to actually get FM receiving from undocumented features on devices that don't even claim to get FM. Needs root access and some other ROM but seems to work for some. Too much work for me to see if the FM waves come through without my little adapter.

I don't want to be the ungrateful on, and poopoo on their attempt to give us FM. But what do you about stereo bluetooh?
Anyone with a set, could you run that experiment with the FM?

After awhile of searching, I finally found where our version is from, it's 1 of 2 released versions for Central America/Caribbean. (see http://www.samsung.com/latin_en/support/detail/supportPrdDetail.do?menu=SP00&prd_ia_cd=&prd_mdl_cd=YP-G70CW/TTT&prd_mdl_name=YP-G70CW&srchword=YP-G70CW%20%7C%20YP-G70CW/TTT ).

I'm completely fine with that honestly, and I much prefer the hard home button that this version has compared to the virtual home button the US release has. My only concern is that this release won't get upgraded to Gingerbread, since the front camera pretty much relies on that for many apps.

I'll keep you guys updated with what I find, about to email support now to ask about Gingerbread.

editorkid wrote:Maps lets you cache maps for offline use. Enable it in the Labs menu; then just tap whatever area you want to cache.

When I go into the LABS menu on Maps I do not have an option for Caching.

The only options I have are:

Scale Bar, Traffic with Labels, Bubble Buttons, and measure.

Is there another place I should look ?

vincentvega wrote:Not a tablet person, but really liking my 5 so far, until this evening. Wi-Fi is not connecting. Signal is strong, it scans, it says "connecting", then says "disconnected".

Other Wi-Fi connected devices around the house are fine. I tried the obvious (re-boot, reconfigure Wi-Fi, etc., with no luck).

Any advice?

Thanks.

I had some trouble with my Galaxy Tab after trying to connect to Clear (it didn't work) and then had issues with my regular wifi. I think I reset the router and then it worked great again. Like the Android didn't like the IP address anymore or something.

So if none of the other solutions worked, try that.

jpereira wrote:When I go into the LABS menu on Maps I do not have an option for Caching.

The only options I have are:

Scale Bar, Traffic with Labels, Bubble Buttons, and measure.

Is there another place I should look ?

Make sure you're running the very latest version of Maps -- go into the Market and check for an update there. Beyond that, I'm sorry to say I don't know -- it sounds like others in this thread have found that feature.

jpereira wrote:When I go into the LABS menu on Maps I do not have an option for Caching.

The only options I have are:

Scale Bar, Traffic with Labels, Bubble Buttons, and measure.

Is there another place I should look ?

How could you miss it?

1-Start "maps"
2-Once is running, press the menu virtual button the one on the left of the Home real button in the lower center.
3-A drawer will slide from the bottom, with 6 squares choose the 6th one. The one that says:
More.
4-5 more options will appear, from the bottom they are:

From top to bottom

-Labs
-Cache settings
-Help
-Terms, Privacy & Notices
-About

Choose cache settings. And a black screen will come up. This one has 3 options:

-Automatic caching
-Clear map tile cache
-Pre-cache map areas


It is there,I just checked.

hack6500 wrote:BEST WOOT WEEK EVER, first this android diamond, and i still got two HP 25" LED screens shipping!!

wanted to share some news... woot!

root, takes less than 10min...

a) settings -> applications -> development -> usb debugging
b) login to the appstore and pre-download: apkatcher,root explorer,adfree and more...
c) on my win7 pc browse to http://www.junefabrics.com/android/download.php and download a GREAT copy of PDANet which will properly install the drivers for THIS PHONE! (these were the only found working, and i tried them all...) No need to actually run this app, just install it, follow the warnings and disregard any scarry messages, these are fine believe it or not!
d) go to http://shortfuse.org and locate, download and extract SuperOneClick
e) connect your phone to the usb, run superoneclick, click root, wait
f) power cycle phone
g) run superuser, root explorer, and adblock, and update su etc.. it all works.
h) enjoy!

this device really makes a difference, wifi is ALL I NEED, and I will actually embrace MORE of what android has to offer BECAUSE this device is NOT A PHONE. great product, keep the good stuff goin!

p.s. some AV programs will remove/damage the superonclick payload file, so take due notice and disable your AV!

Don't know what you are using Hack, but PDAnet from Android Market says: "This application is NOT compatable with your device."

Also ... Superoneclick chokes when device times out.

omh1009 wrote:How could you miss it?

1-Start "maps"
2-Once is running, press the menu virtual button the one on the left of the Home real button in the lower center.
3-A drawer will slide from the bottom, with 6 squares choose the 6th one. The one that says:
More.
4-5 more options will appear, from the bottom they are:

From top to bottom

-Labs
-Cache settings
-Help
-Terms, Privacy & Notices
-About

Choose cache settings. And a black screen will come up. This one has 3 options:

-Automatic caching
-Clear map tile cache
-Pre-cache map areas


It is there,I just checked.

Third setting only appears after you select "LABS" and enable caching

pcwolf wrote:

{snip}

Also ... Superoneclick chokes when device times out.

I successfully rooted using SuperOneClick 2.1.1 using info from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

I was then able to replace the wpa_supplicant file with one that has been modified to support ad hoc wifi networks. Seems to be working. I successfully tethered to my Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 via ad hoc wifi.

banai wrote:I had some trouble with my Galaxy Tab after trying to connect to Clear (it didn't work) and then had issues with my regular wifi. I think I reset the router and then it worked great again. Like the Android didn't like the IP address anymore or something.

So if none of the other solutions worked, try that.

Thanks - resetting the router was the ticket. Much appreciated.

gotok wrote:I successfully rooted using SuperOneClick 2.1.1 using info from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

Well that is frustrating. Working my way through 503 pages of that thread now. Most of the common solutions I have tried already.

thanks for the confirmation it is possible ... somehow

pcwolf wrote:Well that is frustrating. Working my way through 503 pages of that thread now. Most of the common solutions I have tried already.

thanks for the confirmation it is possible ... somehow

Did you watch the video? I just followed that and didn't have any problem.

But I can assure you that the PDAnet part is bogus.

omh1009 wrote:How could you miss it?

1-Start "maps"
2-Once is running, press the menu virtual button the one on the left of the Home real button in the lower center.
3-A drawer will slide from the bottom, with 6 squares choose the 6th one. The one that says:
More.
4-5 more options will appear, from the bottom they are:

From top to bottom

-Labs
-Cache settings
-Help
-Terms, Privacy & Notices
-About

Choose cache settings. And a black screen will come up. This one has 3 options:

-Automatic caching
-Clear map tile cache
-Pre-cache map areas


It is there,I just checked.

I had to update Google Maps and I now have the cache option.

Thank you.

My Samsung WEP450 bluetooth headset will not pair with this device. I am finding some posts with respect to bluetooth compatibility issues with the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Bluetooth pairing issues with Galaxy Tab

This merchant claims the listed (and only the listed?) bluetooth devices are compatible with the Galaxy Tab.

Bluetooth devices compatible with Galaxy Tab

1. Is the Galaxy Tab the equivalent device for comparing with our Galaxy S WiFi? Is there a better benchmark device?

2. Is there a pairing problem with our device and various bluetooth headsets? If so, why?

3. Which brands of bluetooth headsets have been successfully paired by posters on this forum?