Samsung B2100 Xplorer
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- ucc99job@yahoo.com
- up1
- 02 Dec 2009
hi
its been a tough decision to exchange my 2 year old sweet nokia 5300 xpress music for samsung marine @ 4560 Rupees
from univercell. I was mainly using 5300 for web browsing and music. When i look the profile at gsm arena for
marine, i thought i can use the same opera mini in marine too. But i was to tally frustrated for not being so after
i bought the marine. and no software cd, no usb cord supplied in the pack. so iwas not able to connect to internet
through mob;le and through laptop (using mobile pc suite).
I downloaded several pc suite for samsung c net and others. But the usb modem driver not detected. This time i was
totaly brokedown. i thought of exchange this with any other nokia. Univercell offered 3000 rupees only that too
after buying from them and that too 2 days old. I felt to trash samsung. In between i had to manually add the
setting for airtel mobile office to use web. the default browser is so pathetic than in my old Nokia n gage QD
which i had exhanged for nokia n 73
(Oh! my god, i really want to forget that mob... its a piece of .... for 6 months i was in nokia service centre
for repairing that one. every time it produced new complaint after every repair, the mobile went to delhi & mumbai
from kochi : nokia care person say so: i waited for 3 to 4 weeeks both time the mobile travelled to mumbai and
delhi. i bought nokia 1200 in between to use as a spare mobile while my nokia n 73 went for all india tour. in my
opinion symbian 60 is a toatal failure , diastrous for people who buy it, extremly lucky if those mobile are
trouble free. NOKIA 5300 express had no complaint. except the broken link of the slide conneccter cost me 650 rs.
Nokia sysbian 40 is the only relaible software they have. THEY SHOULD R&D MORE ON SYMBIAN 40 ONLY. And finally i
get rid of the n 73 @ half price i bought in 7 th month. )
coming back to samsung... and there was a problem as other readers says here (unexpected shutting down issue with
the low batter indicator and on the restart showing full battery). i was not detected it was an issue for somedays.
only when i try to use operamini it was an issue. but the opera mini was not wroing etall : it was showing an error
LIKE SERVER TIME AND MOBILE EQUIPMENT TIME MISMATCH. what the heck. so when i contacted samsung care shop. they
said u can't use opera mini. that was the issue for mobile shuttting down. ok i uninstalled all third party apps.
and used pathetic default web browser for two three days. bUT THE SAME COMPALINT HAPPENED. sO I CONTACTED THEM
AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY TOLD ME TO WAIT FOR 5 MIN.
And unexpectedly they given me the new battery and said if the caomplaint pahhens again we will replace mobile
itself. Remember i was not aware of the samsung and lg service procedure. Only heard of them. Beacuse i was ever
used mobile phones other than nokia,. And the new battery is running great. No issues untill now, it ran for
morethan 4 days with medium usage of 2 to 3 hrs per day on net browsing on the samsung browser , music, call.
Still i was not able to use it as usb modem because of the wrong software. so I tried the software fiven in samsung
site for samsung b 2100 . New pc studio installer , File verion 15.0.0.591, setup_1.1.2.IC7_6.exe around 90 mb.
For some reason it didn't work on my vista lap. I installed it on windows 7. AND HIT THE JACKPOT. MAKESURE AFTER
WINDOWS 7 INSTALLATION (B4 U UPDATE, B4 U INSTALL ANY OTHER APPLICATION U INSTALL NEW SAMSUNG PC SUITE. OTHERWISE
IT MAY NOT WORK. MAY BE IT AWS NOT WORKING BECAUSE I HAD NOKIA PC SUITE INSATLLED IN VISTA. IN WIN 7 I HAD
INSTALLED JAVA SOFTWARE IN LAPTOP PRIOR TO THE SAMSUNG PC SUITE INSTALLATION.
sO NOW I AM ABLE TO USE THE B2100 AS A USB MODEM WITH AIRTEL MOBILE OFFICE. AND THIS MOBILE OFFICE SERVICE PROVIDED
BY AIRTEL IS THE CHEAPEST UNLIMITED INTERNET CONECTION ( @ 1500 PER YEAR) IN INDIA BY ANY SERVICE PROVIDER TO MY
KNOWLEDGE. EVENTHOUGH AT A SLOWER CONNECTIO SPEED ,
GPRS AREA 48 KBPS in downoading u get aroung 5 to 7 kbps.
EDGE AREA 126 kbps in downloading u get around 10 to 17 kbps.
This is only in postpaid.
In prepaid connection it goes to 4500 rs per year for the same thing mobile office. ( u better take postpaid 200
plan and internet so it will come to 2400 + 1500 = 3900 + some taxes will be around may be 500 rs .
AT 4400 rs u will get postpaid connection plus a year internet connection in postpaid.
At 4500 rs uget internet connection only in prepaid ... which is better . u think.
So this is a fraction of my mobile life.
CAN ANY ONE SUGGEST ANY WORKING THIRD PARTY MOBILE WEB BROWSER IN B2100.
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- rian
- fws
- 01 Dec 2009
can you email with the phone and does it realy have no flash for the camera?
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- Anonymous
- up6
- 01 Dec 2009
Awesome phone go for it
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- dan
- S9C
- 30 Nov 2009
I have it for some time. It's a good phone, resistent. the battery last for almost 5 days( and nights). Some times it turns off for no reason. The good thing it's that you can always turn it on again !All on all its the best HAVYDUTY phone sience Motorola R6 (I think that was the best phone ever).
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- Nikhil
- Mfx
- 27 Nov 2009
Anonymous, 19 Nov 2009Is really flash is available along with camera?????? Reply... moreNo flash is different n camera dnt have flash but the mobile rocks...
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- untouchable
- fqx
- 26 Nov 2009
resistant
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- Caru
- j2U
- 25 Nov 2009
The B2100 is an excellent phone and raliable for extreme conditions I has benn used one, for the last four months and the phone looks and works like new. You do not be disapointed with this phone and the price is lower than similar models.
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- Caru
- j2U
- 25 Nov 2009
The B2100 is an excellent phone and raliable for extreme conditions I has benn used one, for the last four months and the phone looks and works like new. You do not be disapointed with this phone.
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- Anonymous
- Mf5
- 25 Nov 2009
aminur rashid, 24 Nov 2009The specification says it has Camera Flash but I could not ... moreThere's a flashlight but not a flash for the camera.
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- aminur rashid
- uNV
- 24 Nov 2009
The specification says it has Camera Flash but I could not locate it. Any body could help ?
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- King
- 2An
- 23 Nov 2009
This phone is so cool for a outdoor trekkie like me. Do anyone knows how to configure Opera Mini for this phone? Any idea for a firmware that will enhance the functionality of this phone? Thanks!
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- Deepak J.
- up6
- 20 Nov 2009
Jus Awesome phone
go for it
sound quality and headphone rocks
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- Slyde
- Mf5
- 20 Nov 2009
Anonymous, 19 Nov 2009Is really flash is available along with camera?????? Reply... moreThere's flashlight located on top but not for the camera use as flash. Go ahead and buy it, it's a good set from samsung.
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- Anonymous
- ut6
- 19 Nov 2009
Is really flash is available along with camera??????
Reply please..............I want to buy it
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- Jaz
- tTf
- 17 Nov 2009
Great news guys if you are a hyderabadi..
univercell is giving away original reebok goggles along with this mobile... they say that the goggles themselves cost you 5000 but they may be around 1500-2000 in market. still it's a good deal for 4450Rs.. aint it..
i was tempted to buy one.. but then decided to wait for the launch of 3g services in india and then go for a 3g mobile.. what say.?
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- karl
- fXY
- 16 Nov 2009
I have had 5 B2100 in since August 2009 , fortunately Samsung has been caring enough to replace them each time under the OBF conditions. The problem I had is exactly the same as many of you have experienced here. The phone suddenly dies while on call or when using the walk n talk headset. The last phone , # 4 or 5, developed amnesia and forgot the words I saved to the dictionary , it also managed to call the wrong numbers while dialling out. This occured on numerous occasions. I returned the phone only to have it OBF'ed again. This time I specifically requested an alernative phone as this would have been the 6th B2100. Well the sales assistant at Vodashop told me they arent willing to do so as samsung refused them permission. She even had the audacity to blame ME for the numerous phone failures. (I ask , why did they OBF the phones then).Judging by your reports it seems it a problem the world over and not my fault!
Karl
South Africa
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- Rajkumar dadotiya
- utt
- 16 Nov 2009
am using this phone for 2 months now. while on call, it suddenly shows battery low and switches off automatically, even though the barry chare is full... this happens frequently.. does anyone else face similar problem.
where to solve it.....
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- jtap
- kZ%
- 13 Nov 2009
have a b21oo explorer cannot send or receive pictures any help
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- Lj
- tRp
- 12 Nov 2009
Anonymous, 12 Nov 2009ya dude v can install java softwares on it i had instald... moreThank you. What about recording phone calls
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- Anonymous
- upe
- 12 Nov 2009
lj, 10 Nov 2009Please someone reply. Can we record phone calls.And can we ... moreya dude v can install java softwares on it
i had instald opera and ucweb