Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5
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- zoom2_ash
- NK9
- 10 Nov 2010
I am using this mobile from more then 2 months now and i haven't faced any issues so far mentioned by other users in this forum.
I found this handset best in the market under Rs 10000. This is a great android phone available at such a great price. I have used GPS, WIfi, GPRS and each one of these works perfectly fine.
I read some users complaining about not able to login to their google accounts, I managed to do that in the 1st attempt itself. no issues faced. Please note that you must have a google account or need to create one to login and use android market and you need to have internet active on your SIM.
I have downloaded many applications from the market and each one of them is working without any issues. I have now left with just 25 MB free memory on the mobile but the response and performance of the mobile is still top notch, no lags, no issues...
Regarding Battery life as well, under normal usage when my 3g, wifi and GPS are off, i am easily getting 3 days backup. with normal internet usage on wifi or 3g or gprs, its still giving me about 2 days. One need to manage their applications well to get best out of the battery. If you don't do that then your battery life will definitely suffer.
I hope, this will help lot of perspective buyers..go ahead and buy it if your budget in about 8000-10000 Rs., I had done fair bit of research before finalising this mobile and I am pretty satisfied with this so far.
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- RAKHI
- s8c
- 10 Nov 2010
Kenny, 10 Nov 2010Yes, tested...........just put in the 3g sim card will dothanks. and howz browsing when connected to pc? did everything went smooth?
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- MA
- Mtf
- 10 Nov 2010
Suman, 10 Nov 2010Hi guys... i am using this phone for about 20 days... jut t... moreHi Suman,
Can you please give me the link from where you downloaded call recorder and voice recorder applications?
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- Kenny
- tVX
- 10 Nov 2010
RAKHI, 10 Nov 2010anyone using this handset please tell me whether we can use... moreYes, tested...........just put in the 3g sim card will do
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- RAKHI
- s8c
- 10 Nov 2010
anyone using this handset please tell me whether we can use this device as a 3g modem ?
anyone plzzz. . .
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- Anonymous
- 2SI
- 10 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 09 Nov 2010Download Adw.launcher from android market.after that u can ... moreis it free application.... i could not find it...
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- Suman
- 2SI
- 10 Nov 2010
Hi guys... i am using this phone for about 20 days... jut to give some of the queries,
1. Battery is just average....
2. for Office file i am using Think free Office(Lite). which is pretty good.
3. Using Rockplayer for video.. this player can play wmv type also avi type file... have a try.
Record my call is another application for call recording.
4. Voice recorder is another good application. all application are free. just download from market.
5. RAM : 186 MB ; Internal Memory : 186 MB
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- Anonymous
- wdQ
- 10 Nov 2010
Kiran, 10 Nov 2010In the review posted in gsmarena it states that there are l... moreThousands of apps avaliable on android market. Screen is good enough. Gps doesnt work always.
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- Kiran
- t}g
- 10 Nov 2010
In the review posted in gsmarena it states that there are limited number of apps in the android market supporting this phone.
1) Are there sufficient apps or is it very less due to the resolution problem? I want to have an Android phone mainly because of the apps. So please tell me
2) How is the screen clarity?
3) How is the GPS?
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- Anonymous
- wdQ
- 10 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 10 Nov 2010Samsung Galaxy 5 is the best handset I've ever had. Don't h... moreAfter rooting, can we install applications on memory card?
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- Anonymous
- KFM
- 10 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 10 Nov 2010Samsung Galaxy 5 is the best handset I've ever had. Don't h... moreGoogle map works without internet means using gps? because mine is just saying "data connection lost, retrying".plz anyone help
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- jacob
- 3Y9
- 10 Nov 2010
I have samsung i 5503. Its a great phone, works fine, But can anybody tell me how to go to android market.. There is no icon which will take me to android markt. When i try to go thru search then i get an error msge or web page not available msge.. can somebody help me,,thanx...
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- Anonymous
- wr0
- 10 Nov 2010
Samsung Galaxy 5 is the best handset I've ever had. Don't hesitate to root your phone as it is very easy to do (requires just one click) using Universal Androot (v1.6.1 tested). The pros are plenty while none the cons. I was hesitating to flash to the newer firmware on my stock i5503 because it was very stable and trouble free. Everything was working fine, wifi, gps, you name it. It was a mistake as I found out later, when installing one app, namely LauncherPro from the market, had brought my phone down, stuck at Android logo at startup and endless self restart at that screen. Reflashing with the latest european i5500 firmware, I5500XWJJ6, using unofficial flashing app (Odin) had fixed it. But the apps and data had all gone, contact, sms, setttings, etc. Had I already rooted my phone, I would already had backuped my phone using Titanium Backup (root only app), and saved me the trouble, as it can restore apps and data in one click flawlessly from the previously backuped data in the microSD card.
Another benefit rooting the phone is the ability to install Barnacle, a root only wifi tethering app that can make your galaxy 5 as a wifi hotspot (adhoc mode only, WEP 128). I can connect my five desktops and laptops to it simultaneously, sharing my unlimited and cheap 3g data plan (USD 0.55 per day, up to 512 Kbps HSDPA). I understand that froyo will have this feature, and it might come out next month, but if you need to know about tethering now, rooting the phone is the only way. Anyway, when froyo is released, restoring apps and data from titanium backup will save a lot of hassle.
Hope it helps you my fellow G5 users.
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- mjhames
- wHr
- 10 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 09 Nov 2010Download Adw.launcher from android market.after that u can ... morethanks for that.. i will look for that launcher. hehe.. anyway can i have your contact? facebook? so that whenever i have questions, it'll be easy to contact you. thanks.
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- Anonymous
- YTJ
- 10 Nov 2010
which application i have to download to get my location from satellite without internet connection.plz anyone tel.
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- MA
- Mtf
- 10 Nov 2010
Thanks..
I downloaded voice recorder, call recorder and office pro software from Android market for free. But call recorder didn't work. Voice recorder and office pro (trial version) works fine.
Is there a full version of office documents editor for free ?
Does galaxy 5 support wmv format video..?
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- Anonymous
- wdQ
- 09 Nov 2010
mjhames, 09 Nov 2010till december? tsktsk.. how sure? lol. i can't wait til nex... morelol even costlier handsets are running on 2.1.
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- Anonymous
- wdQ
- 09 Nov 2010
sanjay, 09 Nov 2010hey can anybody tell me... how is the battery backup of thi... moreBattery is average.
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- Anonymous
- wdQ
- 09 Nov 2010
mjhames, 09 Nov 2010till december? tsktsk.. how sure? lol. i can't wait til nex... moreDownload Adw.launcher from android market.after that u can download many adw themes from market.
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- sanjay
- utn
- 09 Nov 2010
hey can anybody tell me... how is the battery backup of this phone...????