Samsung S8500 Wave
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  • 07 Feb 2012

Will, 04 Feb 2012A full reset will return your phone in the state when you b... moreThank you Will. Will try the code. But here are my further question:

1. do I need to use sim during the attempt to enter the code?
2. what happen will happen when I key-in the code?
3. by the way, I bought the phone in july 2010 and since then I haven't upgraded my firmware. what's the lastest firmware today?

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    • AnonD-27987
    • YTZ
    • 06 Feb 2012

    Anonymous, 06 Feb 2012When you try asphalt6 and sims3, you will see things differ... moreok I think I see it now

    SIMS 3 has a freaking graphical problem, textures doesnt load normally...gerrrrrrrr aAAGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

    and asphalt 3 doesnt even launch for me the heck is this Sh*t?


    I think I'll take it back what I said now, but I still have vicki, will try it as soon as I get to a wifi ready spot ^_^(hopefully vicki works)

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      • Anonymous
      • MpZ
      • 06 Feb 2012

      AnonD-27987, 06 Feb 2012people have been laughing at me whenever I tried to swap my... moreWhen you try asphalt6 and sims3, you will see things different... Asphalt6 is laggy and sims3 has problem with texture-everything is white!!!

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        • Errol_Boy
        • QI%
        • 06 Feb 2012

        Is bada 2.0 official update now available in the philippines via kies?
        I'm not understanding why samsung is taking too long to provide updates. I'm now tired of waiting...

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          • AnonD-27987
          • YTZ
          • 06 Feb 2012

          people have been laughing at me whenever I tried to swap my samsung s8500 wave to an xperia arc s, or a galaxy s2

          but now after downloading

          asphalt 6(just downloaded will try later), the sims 3, viki(personal assistant),

          I realized how cool samsung wave is....


          the only downside of wave now isnt the number of apps, but how impractical kies is whenever there is an update

          appstore usually screws up from launching....its sad that wave needs to depend on kies appstore in order to install apps....

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            • expert
            • fwM
            • 06 Feb 2012

            AnonD-41022, 05 Feb 2012One good thing about Bada is simplicity. It's not too simpl... moreiOS and android are the best in the market ,both are simple ,complete and easy to use ,bada is not a complete os it lacks a lot of features
            please do not do my mistake
            please don't buy a bada phone

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              • AnonD-41022
              • v0q
              • 05 Feb 2012

              AnonD-34831, 01 Feb 2012i might be buying this so can this be upgraded to gingerbre... moreOne good thing about Bada is simplicity. It's not too simple like iOS or too complicated like Android. It's in between

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                • AnonD-41022
                • v0q
                • 05 Feb 2012

                Two years of using this phone and now I moved to Android ('cause my wave is missing). TBH, I'm quite satisfied with this phone. It was really simple to use without forgetting on being a smartphone. When I first used Android, I was disappointed with it (maybe because of the UI?). I got so used with Bada that I find Android a bit weird to use (lol). It's too bad Samsung don't take care of this OS like Android. Bada is actually a good OS. Wave is a good quality phone. If Samsung takes care of this OS well, I'm pretty sure it'll reach the top someday. On the side note, Wave is a million times better than Wave 2 & 3. If someone is looking for a Bada phone, Wave 1 is the best choice. ^_^

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                  • Chris
                  • Nv1
                  • 05 Feb 2012

                  Hi wave users, when is bada 2.0 available in SA. Pls confirm. Thx.

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                    • AnonD-5583
                    • uvf
                    • 05 Feb 2012

                    Hey, is audio quality good in any of the beta/official 2.0.1 versions? Jumping from 1.2 to 2 means, just improved looks n a bit of goodies here or there, but overall, quality has rather gone down.

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                      • Bennie
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                      • 05 Feb 2012

                      LEA, 04 Feb 2012HELP ME PLEASE!!! my samsung wave is not lock to any par... moreCheck your settings. go to Settings, Connectivity, Network then select AUTOMATIC to both Select Network and Network Mode. Hope this can help you.

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                        • Will
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                        • 04 Feb 2012

                        LEA, 04 Feb 2012HELP ME PLEASE!!! my samsung wave is not lock to any par... moreA full reset will return your phone in the state when you bought it and therefore take care of the problem
                        Press *#197328640#
                        Careful everything will be erased

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                          • LEA
                          • Kg%
                          • 04 Feb 2012

                          HELP ME PLEASE!!!

                          my samsung wave is not lock to any particular network. im from phillipines and been using smart to my phone. i tried to use globe on it, when i put back my smart sim the phone no longer recognize it anymore!!! i tried all other sim (smart, globe, tnt) and the phone no longer accept it. the question mark (?) always appear on the upper left corner.

                          what is weird though, the globe it tired the first time is what the phone only recognizes! it tried other globe with different number and phone dont accept it.

                          how can I fix this? help me please....

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                            • fwM
                            • 04 Feb 2012

                            after 1,5 year of using bada and now android i must say don't you ever think about buying a bada phone,samsung wave is a nicely designed phone with tough built quality (i've dropped it about 4 times but still functioning with no scratch ) but bada os didn't improved as samsung promised ,the memory issue is still the music player became worse (the files that were stutter slightly on bada 1.2 now stutter terribly.still no skype?!?!?!no viber??!! nonimbuzz?!!?no whatsapp......etc
                            no video player that supports flv,rmvb,
                            the built in video player has issues with some audio formats.
                            no real multitasking and apps crashes a lot,you can't run multiple widgets ,most of bada apps are useless and repeated .

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                              • Manish Sharma
                              • U@m
                              • 04 Feb 2012

                              when will be bada 2.0 for s8500 officially launch in india?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • kgc
                                • 03 Feb 2012

                                Advantages of Bada 1.0 to Bada 1.2 on my Wave

                                *Better music player
                                *Call recorder (but I don't care)
                                *Most of the times, the backlight time will take effect within 4 seconds even it was set to 1 minute or more.

                                It needs to restart the phone again and again....

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • kgc
                                  • 03 Feb 2012

                                  Yeah I like my Wave but Kies does not. We always need to download the latest version of it and install again.
                                  Updating on already installed Kies takes too long or will be finished indefinitely.
                                  Also, the default region is "US" not "UK" which is not good to me even I'm in US coz every time I install the latest Kies, Samsung Apps will not appear.
                                  It takes another time to change the default region everytime after installation.

                                  How's your Samsung Kies Buddy?

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                                    • AnonD-27987
                                    • YTZ
                                    • 03 Feb 2012

                                    Ive had a wave which randomly restarts everytime on official bada 1.2 software, but magically after upgrading to a beta kl6 bada 2.0 firmware

                                    the restarts are gone!


                                    much more stable!


                                    although the widgets are a bit slower in terms of navigating through the widget pages

                                    still everything is much more stable it seems than the official bada 1.2 version

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                                      • migotka21
                                      • mNG
                                      • 03 Feb 2012

                                      Kies hates me so I must sell my wave and replace it with another mobile. Defy of neo V? I know wave is better than both but I need a smartphone or even a mobile WITHOUT kies. I can't re-install Windows 7 each time kies is bored and messes with my OS. People working for samsung can't help or don't care. So wave is definitely my LAST samsung no matter what. I wanted a SII but it comes with kies, too. Any ideas? Please, I need help.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 0V0
                                        • 02 Feb 2012

                                        AnonD-22025, 01 Feb 2012hey guys this quetion is for those who have updated their ... moreI didn't use the phone a lot as it was my father's but I did all the setup.
                                        Hickups we encountered:
                                        - exchange sync that neither me neither the exchange's sysadmin managed to get working.
                                        - new sms icon not appearing when the sms's are stored on the sim card.
                                        The rest seemed quite ok.