Samsung S8500 Wave
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  • AnonD-27987
  • YTZ
  • 04 Dec 2011

jofa, 02 Dec 2011I just got this message while trying to access Google Maps ... moredear Jofa,

upon observation, I think you might have mistook a "kies 2.01 update" to your actual phone firmware "bada2.01" update


I also encountered this while I was connected to the internet and launched keis on my computer

I was soo excited when a message "an update to 2.01 is available" wasnt really able to read the whole message I just clicked on the "ok" button so as to download the update immediately


but while downloading I was puzzled that the phone wasnt really updating to its usual course, or no message of "please do not disconnect the phone"

and also, the download was fast


after the update installed I was shocked to see my phone is still in 1.2

after a bit of research it seems the update was only for the KIES...and not on the actual phone firmware


and to answer when will bada 2.0 officially be released via kies? No one knows the exact date yet...only Samsung was quoted in saying that its supposed to be released q4 this year

which is no more than this month of december ^_^

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    • wdK
    • 04 Dec 2011

    Anjali, 03 Dec 2011My wave does noy give any speed at all through wifi, can yo... morewhere did you purchase your wave from, bada 1.2 has made my phone from a rabbit to turtle

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      • WaveUser
      • 2SR
      • 04 Dec 2011

      Anjali, 03 Dec 2011HELP REQUIRED? Hello guys nd gals, i connected my wave 4 t... moreIt is very unlikely you have low wi-fi speeds. Why would you want to use OperaMini? Did you try with the inbuilt Dolphin browser, its quite good.

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        • ally
        • Khw
        • 04 Dec 2011

        s8500 is asuperb phone try upgrading the firmware this will solve ur problem for sure- all the best

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          • ut9
          • 04 Dec 2011

          AnonD-24964, 01 Dec 2011DEAR WAVERS,wid lot of expectations m posting dis query of ... morefacing same problem

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            • Wavester
            • NH{
            • 03 Dec 2011

            Anjali, 03 Dec 2011HELP REQUIRED? Hello guys nd gals, i connected my wave 4 t... moreDear anjali try changing the firmware like (CARLOUD) has advised maybe that will help solve your problem ,sometimes certain batches of all devices will experience problems whilst others will operate smoothly.

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              • Anjali
              • utw
              • 03 Dec 2011

              HELP REQUIRED?
              Hello guys nd gals, i connected my wave 4 the 1st time with wifi. It connected to the bsnl wifi broadband seamlessly but when i tried to use it, then i found that there was no speed at all. It takes upto 30 seconds to open the homepage of google in operamini; my gprs works faster than this. My brothers old n86 is able to acheive download speeds upto 200 kbps easily. Is there any setting or something that i am missing? I'm running on BADA 1.2. Please respond. Thanks in advance.

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                • Anjali
                • utw
                • 03 Dec 2011

                lil grumpy, 01 Dec 2011Dear sir carloud yesterday i have opted to purchase the wav... moreMy wave does noy give any speed at all through wifi, can you plz tell me what's the problem. I've wave 1.

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                  • AnonD-27987
                  • YTZ
                  • 02 Dec 2011

                  AnonD-24964, 01 Dec 2011DEAR WAVERS,wid lot of expectations m posting dis query of ... morehmm seems like a part of your rom might have been corrupted... dear sir

                  if it restarts that often and the service center guys themselves have already flashed the phone, perhaps its already a faulty hardware? can you ask if they can flash the phone with a different software region?


                  pleae keep us updated good luck ^^

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                    • AnonD-27987
                    • YTZ
                    • 02 Dec 2011



                    dear sir lil grumpy: err it is unfortunate that your wifi signal has been underperforming as of late

                    wifi signal problems have alot of factors to consider:

                    1. the router that you are connecting to, perhaps it is having some problems? If you can confirm that the router is okay lets confirm if the internet provider is at optimal level or as good as what you were able to access with your wave 1
                    2. Perhaps its in the firmware of the phone? I noticed that the different firmware have different wifi attributes

                    try upgrading or changing your firmware lets see if it works

                    good luck and keep us posted ^_^

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                      • jofa
                      • pr0
                      • 02 Dec 2011

                      I just got this message while trying to access Google Maps on my Wave S8500: "Google Mapas reuires Bada 2.0 or higher firmware version. Please upgrade your firmware via Samsung Kies."
                      Kies updated mi phone to S8500XXKF3/S8500OXFKA1 (CRG), wich is not BADA 2.
                      Location is Croatia. What is going on with BADA 2.0 !?
                      How do i update?

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                        • Pipoy
                        • RKn
                        • 02 Dec 2011

                        sbr, 02 Dec 2011Hi wave fan, i use WAVE 1, BADA 1.2 for a year ago, i can n... moreBADA 2.0 will answer your question.. cheers!

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                          • uM%
                          • 02 Dec 2011

                          Hi wave fan, i use WAVE 1, BADA 1.2 for a year ago, i can not record voice when calling, anyone can share how to record voice when calling? or is thee any application for it?

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                            • Luckraj Maharaj
                            • NH{
                            • 01 Dec 2011

                            Wow Fellow wavers the BADA OS will be turning TWO (2) shortly wonder what sammy will provide for the loyal wavesters :-p Hope its something good hehe

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                              • santaslilhelper
                              • NH{
                              • 01 Dec 2011

                              try using the following code *#8740# this is for power saving ,if you have mutiple applications opened your battery life also gets depleted very quick if you are indoors adjust your screen brightness your touch sensivity your vibration ,make sure also you dont have your bluetooth on and avoid charging phone and use it especially usb charge then you are bound to kill the battery.

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                                • AnonD-24964
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                                • 01 Dec 2011

                                DEAR WAVERS,wid lot of expectations m posting dis query of mine and will b thankful frm my heart if u ppl will help:
                                it goes like dis,i own dis phone since 14 months,and no doubt its a part of mah necessities.....i loved it but it has been givin me nightmares since last 2 mnths....
                                I updated it to 1.2 version ddkh1 frm kies and was very happy....but suddenly hell broke on it battery started to crash in 3-4 hrs N phone wud keep restarting.....so i took it to d service center n dey flashed it n put 1.2 ddkf1 but d problems were same n one day d phone didnt start,again took it to service center n again reflashing.....den got d battery replaced but restart problm persisted n again one day it became dead finally again got it flashed n right nw its 1.2 ddkh1 battery workz fine but phone restarts suddenly anytym n i m always in a fear dat it may become dead.....

                                KINDLY help dear frnds ill b very obliged n thankful......

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                                  • lil grumpy
                                  • NH{
                                  • 01 Dec 2011

                                  Dear sir carloud yesterday i have opted to purchase the wave II from a friend and i noticed the wi-fi strength on this phone is not as good as my S8500 , the downloading from internet there seems to be lagging and takes longer to download is there any way that i can increase the strength for the wi-fi and better the downloading from the internet.

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                                    • AnonD-27987
                                    • YTZ
                                    • 01 Dec 2011

                                    Sri, 30 Nov 2011I m planning to buy Samsung wave II,Can anybody tell me the... moreif s8530 or wave II is anything like the s8500 wave 1


                                    battery life should be like this:

                                    http://blog.gsmarena.com/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king-samsung-s8500-wave-is-the-new-battery-life-champion/

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                                      • utG
                                      • 30 Nov 2011

                                      I m planning to buy Samsung wave II,Can anybody tell me the battery back up and the performance of the phone

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                                        • AnonD-27987
                                        • YTZ
                                        • 30 Nov 2011

                                        Anonymous, 30 Nov 2011" and this is while I am at "cp uart" mode w... moredear anonymous please read here:

                                        http://www.itechmag.com/increase-battery-life-of-samsung-wave/


                                        ap uart- reduces the cpu performance
                                        better battery life

                                        cp uart increases cpu performance=lower battery life


                                        I can attest to these as loading videos in ap uart is noticeably slower (divx files) compared to cp uart (which upon flashing my asian firmware seemingly defaulted to)


                                        which theoretically why some seem to notice an increase in performance on bada 2.0 seems like in bada 2.0 cp uart is the default setting (also the default setting in bada 1.2 in some other firmwares like in euro)