Hi, Im new here and new to the Android phone (captivate).
I am coming from the iPhone camp and got the Captivate to replace my old iPhone 3g. So i am used to, and spoiled by the mindless simplicity of using it.
I have spent all most all day, every day since monday, when I got this thing trying to get it to work how I want it to work.
The phone came with a HORRIBLE "user guide" that was 5 pages long and show you really only how to put the battery in, and make a simple call. The 140pg PDF one i found on line was still of little help, and samsung support is just rediculous.
It seems pretty crappy to me to expect the user to have to do so much second hand research to use their product.
1. Kies is garbage, I havent been able to get it to work. When it finally did detect the phone, it said it need a new driver and it has been at "installing driver 0%" for 3 days,
I tried double twist, which is really quirky, but finally got music on my phone, but had to create playlists via the phone as it ignored the ones I made in doubletwist... During the syncing, the phone would randomly connect/disconnect over and over and over, finally it went thru.. Is there any better way to get music on the phone.
The GPS is worthless. I tried the reconfiguring thing I found on this forum, and still doesnt work.
Even using app killer to keep apps closed the phone is running SLOW, slower than my old 3g, this thing is supposed to be screaming fast... I must be doing something wrong.
The reception is poor, but no dropped calls yet.
Is there a way to make this thing voice dial? that is a huge let down.
I really wanted to like this phone and be able to use it the way I did my old iP 3g, but so far this thing has been a huge hassle and a BIG dissapointment. I am || this close to taking it back.
Everything was so simple and seemless with the iPhone, just plug it in and go.
Any other android noobs out there gone thru this same thing? If so I would really like some advice on getting this thing to work propperly.
I know I may get some crap from the android $up3r133ts, so feel free, But I am a reasonably smart person with a college education, a degree in electrical engineering, and build computers as a hobby, so I am no bumb***, (dispite my bad spelling) just new and very frustrated with this silly hunk of plastic. Any advice would be great!
Thanks.
I am coming from the iPhone camp and got the Captivate to replace my old iPhone 3g. So i am used to, and spoiled by the mindless simplicity of using it.
I have spent all most all day, every day since monday, when I got this thing trying to get it to work how I want it to work.
The phone came with a HORRIBLE "user guide" that was 5 pages long and show you really only how to put the battery in, and make a simple call. The 140pg PDF one i found on line was still of little help, and samsung support is just rediculous.
It seems pretty crappy to me to expect the user to have to do so much second hand research to use their product.
1. Kies is garbage, I havent been able to get it to work. When it finally did detect the phone, it said it need a new driver and it has been at "installing driver 0%" for 3 days,
I tried double twist, which is really quirky, but finally got music on my phone, but had to create playlists via the phone as it ignored the ones I made in doubletwist... During the syncing, the phone would randomly connect/disconnect over and over and over, finally it went thru.. Is there any better way to get music on the phone.
The GPS is worthless. I tried the reconfiguring thing I found on this forum, and still doesnt work.
Even using app killer to keep apps closed the phone is running SLOW, slower than my old 3g, this thing is supposed to be screaming fast... I must be doing something wrong.
The reception is poor, but no dropped calls yet.
Is there a way to make this thing voice dial? that is a huge let down.
I really wanted to like this phone and be able to use it the way I did my old iP 3g, but so far this thing has been a huge hassle and a BIG dissapointment. I am || this close to taking it back.
Everything was so simple and seemless with the iPhone, just plug it in and go.
Any other android noobs out there gone thru this same thing? If so I would really like some advice on getting this thing to work propperly.
I know I may get some crap from the android $up3r133ts, so feel free, But I am a reasonably smart person with a college education, a degree in electrical engineering, and build computers as a hobby, so I am no bumb***, (dispite my bad spelling) just new and very frustrated with this silly hunk of plastic. Any advice would be great!
Thanks.