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This review is from: Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant GSM Phone - Unlocked (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I have had this phone since December 2010. It is now October 26th, 2011. This phone is a time consuming, problematic, challenge to your ability to manage your time effectively. The first week I had this phone the music player would start on it's own while sitting peacefully on the coffee table. It came loaded with Android 2.1 but with a promise to upgrade very quickly to 2.2. 2.2 would allow you to play videos on the internet. Without 2.2 the only thing you could watch was Youtube. 2.2 came out months after promised. Here are my thoughts:
Pros:
+Decent Sound
+Customizable home screen and number of pages (7 pages is default)
+Large storage built in
+Ease of Dis-assembly
+Beautiful screen
+Doesn't physically break after being thrown out of frustration at least 12 times (with the rubberized cover)
Cons:
-Can't stop the SUPER LOUD turn off sound regardless of apps you install and regardless of the settings
-Randomly doesn't allow you to answer a call.
-Text messages constantly FAIL. It takes like 20 seconds then buzzes telling you the message FAILED.
-The 2.2 update made all text messages with attachments fail. T-Mobil said any number with a 1 in front of it is the problem. They were aware of it but unaware of when a fix would be available. You have to erase the "1s" in front of every phone number in your contact list.
-Randomly deletes your contact list, including your entire GMAIL contact list. I went back to my G1 so I could stop being frustrated by this Samsung Vibrant. I gained root access on the G1 and deleted the Google Partner app. That not only broke the phone but when I re-installed my SIM card back into the Vibrant the Vibrant proceeded to delete my entire contact list and my GMAIL linked account Contact list.
-The contact management software will combine like names all into the first like name into the list. I am in the ARMY and created a bunch of contacts with Sergeant as the first name. When I received calls from different sergeants only one name would show up. Turns out, the Vibrant's contact management combines like names into one contact and just lists all the numbers. Some Android phones have a way to fix that, but NOT the Vibrant.
-Screen "on" and "off" button on right upper side and is hit on accident constantly
-texting with on screen keyboard is horribly laggy and inaccurate
-Lots and Lots of LAG
-Samsung Kies software required to connect the Vibrant to your computer (HUGE Download)
-Samsung Kies sees phone intermittently
-I have wasted at least 20 hours trying to connect the phone to the computer successfully after it worked fine the day before (windows 7 64 bit, i5 processor computer with the latest drivers and all appropriate software downloaded and installed)
-Market application randomly works, then doesn't work. You have to go deep into the menu system and stop the application and erase all the user data...it's such a hassle and time consuming.
-Music player randomly paused, switched songs, came on, turned off all on it's own. It was as if the phone was possessed.
-The phone is EXTREMELY slippery without the purchased separately rubberized cover
-Battery randomly drains super fast, and other times works perfectly.
-Lately my data connection is completely gone. Tmobil customer care has reset my connection, and I have removed the battery and SIM card, restarted, but the data connection is still missing in action. The Wifi still works and connects just fine at home, but the data connection to their network is completely gone.
-Samsung refuses to support their own product. They keep releasing new versions of the Vibrant, and will not upgrade any of the older models software. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't plan on having to buy a new phone every single year if I don't have to. Imagine if car dealers sold you a car they wouldn't offer parts or repairs on. Supporting Samsungs Vibrant is supporting poor customer support. T-mobil on the other hand has been AWESOME. I have been with them since like 2005. Despite my phone not working at all since I arrived at my duty station in El Paso, because of a lack of service on the part of the base where I am, I still think T-Mobil has been great.
I hope this helps anyone else considering this phone. Please do your diligence. Spend some time reading about this phone's pros and cons. I have read there are ways to improve this phone if you want to void your warranty (I don't). Decide if you want to install a file management system from the market, download a root access program, install a new ROM and hope you don't make a mistake and brick your phone. It appears the only people that enjoy this phone are people who like to completely wipe the existing software and install their own customized version because they have endless time to work through all the bugs and issues. Good luck!
Update 18 November, 2011
Good news: Resetting the phone brought back my data connection.
Bad News: The phone still cannot be found by my computer using Samsung Kies software or as a mass storage device. I have adjusted all the settings, spent hours reading forums, had expert friends help me, all to no avail. I pulled the micro SD card out and put it in a card reader to see if my 400 pictures I took at the zoo were on the sd card and they weren't. One forum suggested reformatting the SD card and it might help with connecting to the computer. I erased the sd card but it still doesn't work with my computer. Even worse then that, even though my pictures weren't on the sd card, reformatting the card erased all 12 gb of pictures, home movies, and AVI files I had in the phone's internal memory even though the reformat sd card doesn't say anything about erasing the entire phones memory. This phone is just a giant pile of time waster. If you have endless time to spend trying to use your phone like a normal person would, this phone is definitely for you. If, however, you just want a phone that works and enhances your life, DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER THIS PHONE.
More Bad News: I had to drive my wife to the emergency room at 10pm at night because she couldn't breath and her throat was closing. I had my step daughter trying to call the hospital to make sure the ER was open and to ask questions about what to do if my wife stops breathing. The call kept dropping and the phone would go back to the Password LOCK screen. As soon as the call would drop my step daughter would have to hand the phone back to me while I am driving so I could enter my phone Password. After 11 dropped calls on the 50 minute drive, I ended up just giving her the password. This phone's software needs some serious re-working. Every time a call is dropped or ended the screen should not instantly go back to the password lock screen.
SOLUTION?:T-Mobil solution to changing out my phone: I went into the one of their stores last weekend. I spoke with a sales person who really knew his stuff and was very helpful. He said T-Mobil stopped carrying the Samsung Vibrant pretty quickly after it was launched because it had so many problems. Unfortunately for me, if I want to change phones, I either stay with the current plan and get a minor discount on purchasing a new phone which extends my contract two more years, or change plans to a better plan and pay a $150 migration fee and buy a new phone outright. They ask you to pay a percentage of the phone upfront then let you make payments on the rest of the price of the phone. T-Mobil does offer a cool new plan though. $100 a month for two phones with unlimited everything but no discount on the phone and it is locking in another two year contract on both phones. If I want to upgrade to a new phone with a full size keyboard like the MyTouch 4G Slide I have to pay $480 ($240 each phone) + $150 migration fee all upfront and agree to a two year contract.
Hope all this updated info helps.
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