LG GM200 Brio
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 16 Nov 2009
Hey guys, just made a battery endurance test yesterday. I was able to get 1 1/2 hours of continuous radio playback at full volume through the speakerphone, about six hours of music playback, about 10-15 texting and about 1 1/2 hours of bluetooth usage for transfer of files between the PC. And the battery came down only today afternoon. Got it fully charged in less than 2 hours.
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 13 Nov 2009
Stranger , 13 Nov 2009Old Headset was not good for your ears.Becos u can feel pai... moreThank God it supports 3.5mm jack. i hate these proprietary ports. It's just another way for companies to sell us their junk. I have three earphones which I use for different occassions. I use my OEM headset to listen to music while i'm in bed. It fits nicely and won't give you a headache. I do own a Philips SHH9700 in ear earphones which I bought for 1500rs. I don't use it often as inear earphones tend to give me a headache after a while. But it comes in very handy when I'm on long trips. Gives me excellent noise isolation and it is very easy to carry around. My real winner is the Sony MDR-ED12LP earphone. Been using it for almost a year. The sound appears as natural to my ears and no other earphones provides that much audio quality and wearing comfort as this one. It provides the perfect sound with the trademark sony bass for any kind of music. So in a way, 3.5mm jack is a real blessing and all my earphones are put to the best usage depending on the scenario.
I'd suggest you all to get a pair of Sony earphones and feel the difference.
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 13 Nov 2009
Nevin Joseph, 13 Nov 2009I have dbpoweramp installed and i can view the full details... moreI see that everyone is complaining about the display colour and size. But for me, the display is quite ok. The colours are all sharp and appears much more saturated. Visibility under the sunlight is also satisfactory for a non reflective TFT dispaly. The display brightness is superb when compared to even phones with 16M colour displays. The 262k colour feels a bit more colourful thanks to the brighter display. If the display just had a bit more resolution, then it would definitely beat all others in this segment.
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 13 Nov 2009
Anonymous, 13 Nov 2009The best feature from gm200 is the fm rec. With rate 128kbp... moreI have dbpoweramp installed and i can view the full details of the mp3 recorded from Fm. I have found out that GM200 records FM using FHG (Guess) encoder @ 128kbps CBR. So naturally, the decoder must also be using Fraunhofer mp3 codec. I always thought that LAME mp3 encoder is superior to FHG and as it is open source, the most popular too. But after doing a bit of research on the net, I found out that the newest lineup of FHG codecs are superior to the LAME mp3 codec. It was confirmed by many audiophiles in individual blind listening tests. Fraunhofer is also the first to develop the mp3 surround and mp3HD. But I don't actually know if that would make any difference as most of my mp3 collection is encoded using LAME encoder.
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- Jinu
- 2A4
- 13 Nov 2009
Nevin Joseph, 12 Nov 2009I think i have the newer headset. my brother has the old on... moreYeah .. I also tried couple of codes found on the internet and all of them were not working however I have seen the service center guy using some code and he showed me some version which ends with J which is my mobiles current firmware.the guys is not telling me the code as it some confidential matter ti seems
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- Anonymous
- Pxi
- 13 Nov 2009
The best feature from gm200 is the fm rec. With rate 128kbps.. Then sound n camera,multitasking nice,but it think worst thing is memory..only 2gg,not good for music phone. Oh..but totaly i still love this phone
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- Stranger
- vwv
- 13 Nov 2009
Nevin Joseph, 12 Nov 2009I think i have the newer headset. my brother has the old on... moreOld Headset was not good for your ears.Becos u can feel pain after using that headset for half an hour.
Thats why i change my headset.
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- Stranger
- vwv
- 13 Nov 2009
Nevin Joseph, 11 Nov 2009Hi Staranger, I wanna thank you for backing me up and provi... moreHey
There are lot of blind people who was making comments with out using this GM 200 phone properly . So you plz dnt get dissapointed with that comments.
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- Idris
- N9@
- 13 Nov 2009
Nevin Joseph, 09 Nov 2009Good New all GM200 bro's... Just updated to the latest f... moreDo u know if one can upgrade online
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- Idris
- N9@
- 13 Nov 2009
Can we upgrade the firmware on net now. Pls when its available let me know. Thanx
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- Leobillas
- LXL
- 12 Nov 2009
and there is some better , you can record from any station of radio fm and save in your microSd and the record is very good , this model`s sound is like the sony ericsson w600 , do you remember it ? good for LG
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- Anonymous
- u1K
- 12 Nov 2009
Jinu Jose, 12 Nov 2009Hi Nevin
I guess i did the firmware update 4th nov(i don... moreplease let me know the link for the firmware
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 12 Nov 2009
Jinu Jose, 12 Nov 2009Also they are providing or replacing the headsets which hap... moreI think i have the newer headset. my brother has the old one though. But when I compared the old one with mine, think the old one has got better audio quality.
And about the firmware, i've got a bunch of codes for LG but nothing seems to work on this phone. maybe it's got a new line up of codes.
my last firmware update was on 9th nov.
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- Jinu Jose
- 2A4
- 12 Nov 2009
Nevin Joseph, 07 Nov 2009Hi Jinu... we are all aware of this phone's shortcomings bu... moreAlso they are providing or replacing the headsets which happened to be a old version , so u can change the headset for free.. old headset was little heavy .. new one is okay .. if u happened to have new headset then its okay
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- Jinu Jose
- 2A4
- 12 Nov 2009
Nevin Joseph, 07 Nov 2009Hi Jinu... we are all aware of this phone's shortcomings bu... moreHi Nevin
I guess i did the firmware update 4th nov(i don't remeber exact date) its a relief that they are releasing fix every week.changes made on the new fix are mp3 player resume option only when u get any call but stops if u access java apps or games , they have pre-installed opera mini 4 as thrd party browser were not working .. rest all the same
Nevin let me know the code to find the firmware version.So when did u updtate the firmware .. any changes
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- Jinu
- 2A4
- 12 Nov 2009
What is the code used to know the current firmware version used in my LG GM 200 mobile .. plz let me know the details
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 11 Nov 2009
Oops Staranger = Stranger... my bad..
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 11 Nov 2009
Stranger, 11 Nov 2009Me found almost more than 15 games which is woking properly... moreHi Staranger, I wanna thank you for backing me up and providing all GM200 users with valueable suggestions and info.
I just hated the way this forum was flooded by negative comments about this phone before I came here. There was even a comment saying that only beggars would buy this phone. Whoever said that must be regretting now. For this price tag, I still think this is a good music phone with all the essentials and nothing fancy. it is the perfect phone for an average joe like me and the practicality of this phone surpasses anything in this price range.
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 11 Nov 2009
Anonymous, 11 Nov 2009So we cant access java app like opera mini while plyng mp3 ... moreYep... shouldn't have taken away that feature. It was a very useful feature. who knows, maybe we can expect it to come back in the next update.
you see i'm an optimist and even when everyone wrote trash about this phone, i was quite sure that this phone has got the muscle. All it needed was a good update. So far so good for me. As this phone is a relatively new lineup, development is still going on and we can expect a lot of things with each update. This update has definitely brought this phone closer to 5130 in terms of audio quality. the hardware part is quite ok as it has been jointly developed by LG and Dolby under the specs prescribed by the world leader in acoustic engineering. If only I could find a way to contact the developers and tell them what all features I want. That would have been great.
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- Nevin Joseph
- PB7
- 11 Nov 2009
Anonymous, 11 Nov 2009you mean you will have to pay for updates even if you updat... moreNo way... under warranty, all updates are free and you can demand them at you will. After warrenty, since firmware updates are chargeable, it does'n matter at all if you do it in a service center or by yourself.