Negative Reviews?

[Ballymoss]

I have a Galaxy Note 2 but I recently bought a used Galaxy Ace to use for a PC Modding idea I have had. I was somewhat concerned reading the reviews of it since they seemed to be quite negative. Bearing in mind I have only had it a few hours I moved a video (Suzi Quatro "Can The Can" if you are interested ) to the Ace and, allowing for the smaller screen, the playback is superb with great colour , sound and no lag.
What is the deal with the negative reviews and what do these people want?

 

[qashqool]

I have a Galaxy Note 2 but I recently bought a used Galaxy Ace to use for a PC Modding idea I have had. I was somewhat concerned reading the reviews of it since they seemed to be quite negative. Bearing in mind I have only had it a few hours I moved a video (Suzi Quatro "Can The Can" if you are interested ) to the Ace and, allowing for the smaller screen, the playback is superb with great colour , sound and no lag.
What is the deal with the negative reviews and what do these people want?

The criticisms are not negative, except for those who want to find this mid-range phone the specs of a top of the range. In my country the consumer association as considered it a right choice.
Has the advantage of having a very interesting community to develop software which will make it in the future a reference in phone culture

 

[ayush29k]

Who's giving negative reviews? Its a great phone! At the time of its release, there was no phone with better specs with this price tag. Sure there are problems but every phone has one, no phone is perfect, and there are solutions if people are willing. I have been using this phone for past 2 years, i overcame the wifi problems and the low memory problems long back, i'm running the latest android 4.2.2 jellybean software on a 2 year old phone!! Most of the latest phones in the market don't have this yet!!
Its a mid range device, if you expect anything more than this thwn you should have a bigger budget, its not gonna get better than this.

 

[Ballymoss]

Who's giving negative reviews? Its a great phone! At the time of its release, there was no phone with better specs with this price tag. Sure there are problems but every phone has one, no phone is perfect, and there are solutions if people are willing. I have been using this phone for past 2 years, i overcame the wifi problems and the low memory problems long back, i'm running the latest android 4.2.2 jellybean software on a 2 year old phone!! Most of the latest phones in the market don't have this yet!!
Its a mid range device, if you expect anything more than this thwn you should have a bigger budget, its not gonna get better than this.

Here's the kind of thing I mean Samsung Galaxy Ace review | Phone Reviews | TechRadar
Its awash with negativity and on this page he makes the absurd point
"Although helping smooth out the handset's design and remove unsightly docks, the micro USB slider is stiff and fiddly, making it awkward to gain access to the port with one hand."
Apart from the fact that I can't see why you need to "access it with one hand" he has that comment under a picture of the Micro SD Card port!
He also compares it to the Iphone 4 which is still a

 

[ayush29k]

Here's the kind of thing I mean Samsung Galaxy Ace review | Phone Reviews | TechRadar
Its awash with negativity and on this page he makes the absurd point
"Although helping smooth out the handset's design and remove unsightly docks, the micro USB slider is stiff and fiddly, making it awkward to gain access to the port with one hand."
Apart from the fact that I can't see why you need to "access it with one hand" he has that comment under a picture of the Micro SD Card port!
He also compares it to the Iphone 4 which is still a

 

[minimal909]

It's my first smartphone.
My only negative view of this phone is the internal storage, that's it's biggest downfall unless the user wants to root it. Which I haven't.
I use it for twitter, facebook messenger, LiveLeak and Whatsapp.

 

[wigfield]

I think its a great first phone,Got one for my daughter she loves it and quite like it,so much so that im looking for one but at the moment im not sure which is better the Ace or the Fame thats replacing the Ace?

 

[pgramsey]

... I recently bought a used Galaxy Ace to use for a PC Modding idea I have had. ...
What is the deal with the negative reviews and what do these people want?

I think I understand the negative reviews. A lot of the negative reviews concern battery life. Generally it's a good device. That's why some people love it. Others have run into its bizarre battery life problem. Not all of them do it, and even the ones that do don't do it all the time. Unless you're paying attention you might not notice the strange things it does.

I'm a very low volume user. Very few calls. No data plan, just wifi. An occasional email check is all. When I had my first I827 I asked, "What are these idiots talking about, battery life is great, 1% an hour on idle." That one got stolen. I bought another. Then the trouble began.

The second one was great, except when it would drop into zombie battery sucking mode. Battery usage would jump to 17% per hour for no particular reason, and it would continue that way even if you turned it off. Yes, off. Completely off. In the process the thing would get steaming hot, so it wasn't just a battery meter calibration issue.

I did a lot of controlled experiments on it. It has nothing to do with wifi, gps, background applications, syncing, or screen brightness. Putting it into airplane mode keeps it from going into zombie battery suck, but it doesn't stop it once it's there. The only way to stop it is to open the case and pop the battery out. It seems to be related to low phone signal level. The most reliable way to drop it into battery suck was to take it into my office, which takes me through a reception black hole. It would also tend to do it when I went into rural areas.

The last straw was when I got on an airplane, and when I got to my destination a couple of hours later the battery was down 40% and the thing was hot.

I sent it back to the carrier and got another one. For the first few days I owned it it behaved nicely. Maybe that was just a fluke. I could even take it through the black hole at the office. Then it started again. Over the four weeks since I got the replacement It's gotten where it does it more and more often. Yesterday it did it twice while I was at home, where the signal is generally weak but usable.

It has to be some sort of combined hardware/software issue. It does something in response to low signal level, trips the hardware into some unrecoverable condition that it can't un-do it when the signal level comes back.

So that's why some people love this thing and some hate it. The ones that love it haven't seen its dark side, or haven't noticed it. I'm still not to the hate it stage because I have some hope that there's a fix out there. I think I've read everything on the web that says "I827 battery drain" but most of those answers are from semi-noobs telling saying turn off background applications.

 

[qashqool]

hello I agree with the theory of the dark side, the battery is really a problem, although very common in android. But without excessive use lasts one day, if we use a deep sleep app can last a little longer, but use of GPS, and 3G greatly reduce this time. Poor antenna?
But you must agree, its a great phone with a great community

 

[Ballymoss]

@pgramsey a google search "Galaxy Ace gets hot" revealed just 3 results. If this is a serious and widespread problem why isn't it more widely reported?

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[qashqool]

@pgramsey a google search "Galaxy Ace gets hot" revealed just 3 results. If this is a serious and widespread problem why isn't it more widely reported?

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I cant agree with you Ballymoss, put the ace in the oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees and when removed it was hot as hell. :smokingsomb:
I think that still no one complained on the net because they are still trying to take off the components
[sorry for the off topic]

 

[Dan wall]

It's my first smartphone.
My only negative view of this phone is the internal storage, that's it's biggest downfall unless the user wants to root it. Which I haven't.
I use it for twitter, facebook messenger, LiveLeak and Whatsapp.

The added problem is there is no facility to change Apps from internal memory to SD card, or to delete pre-installed Apps, which leaves the small memory almost full. Why should we have to root a new phone?

 

[pgramsey]

@pgramsey a google search "Galaxy Ace gets hot" revealed just 3 results. If this is a serious and widespread problem why isn't it more widely reported?

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There are a lot of posts about poor battery life. I know for sure that when it's working right the battery life is great. I can get an entire weekend on 50% battery usage, with the wi-fi active and occasionally looking at email. When it goes crazy it will completely discharge the battery in six hours, even if turned off.

I think a lot of people blame it on themselves. "Gee, I'm such a chatterbox." I'm not a chatterbox, and I've done controlled experiments on two different units with similar results. There is a design flaw with this device. I can't figure out what it is, but I can prove that it's there.

I'd be happy to trade phones with anyone who has never seen this problem.

 

[Dan wall]

Blocking out a method of transferring memory, which was originally there, is not going to cost anymore money, especially as it has a small internal memory.