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juzz86

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Hi Guys,

I figured we need to have a place where we can talk about regular, everyday stuff amongst ourselves, without having to venture all the way across to Off-Topic. So, this is my little present to you; feel free to discuss anything and everything (within the XDA rules, of course) :good:

Things which will get this thread locked:

- Discussion of warez (illegal software such as paid .apks, cracked .apks, illegal serials etc.)
- Discussion of sales (if you'd like to sell your phone, please list in the XDA Marketplace)
- Profanity, racism or any other inflammatory/trolling behaviour.

Keep it clean and civil, and enjoy yourselves!

Justin
 
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selva.simple

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Feb 1, 2012
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Thanks Justin for this thread.

Just a qwik story of my luck with os upgrades and my journey to Galaxy R. Its last year i decided to buy a smartphone and my first was Wave 2 (Bada OS). I liked it very much and the only limitation is lack of apps. It was in bada 1.2. I waited so so long for bada 2.0 but it didnt came. Its time when we got leaked version of some other country. I flashed and its awesome. Just 3 days later, some one stolen my mobile (infact snatched). :( Then after another 2 months i got this SGR. During those time with Wave 2, i used to think only for bada i have to wait so long for an upgrade to 2.0 where as in Android, upgrades will happen more frequently. And here now im counting my days for ICS. Whereever i go, my bad i have to wait for the upgrade :laugh:
 
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juzz86

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Thanks Justin for this thread.

Just a qwik story of my luck with os upgrades and my journey to Galaxy R. Its last year i decided to buy a smartphone and my first was Wave 2 (Bada OS). I liked it very much and the only limitation is lack of apps. It was in bada 1.2. I waited so so long for bada 2.0 but it didnt came. Its time when we got leaked version of some other country. I flashed and its awesome. Just 3 days later, some one stolen my mobile (infact snatched). :( Then after another 2 months i got this SGR. During those time with Wave 2, i used to think only for bada i have to wait so long for an upgrade to 2.0 where as in Android, upgrades will happen more frequently. And here now im counting my days for ICS. Whereever i go, my bad i have to wait for the upgrade :laugh:

Thanks for the opening post and a good story my friend, although I am sorry for your loss! I had a Wave (1) at release, and enjoyed Bada a lot at the time. Unfortunately I now rely far too much on Google services every day, and so have to stick with Android. Not that I mind of course, it has been a lot of fun watching Android start off as a promising yet lacking alternative to Windows Mobile, and go on to become the juggernaut it is today.

I make a habit out of 'collecting' all the devices I moderate on XDA. I am very much looking forward to sourcing myself a Galaxy R. I have always been fond of the design :good:
 

selva.simple

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Unfortunately I now rely far too much on Google services every day, and so have to stick with Android. Not that I mind of course, it has been a lot of fun watching Android start off as a promising yet lacking alternative to Windows Mobile, and go on to become the juggernaut it is today.

I make a habit out of 'collecting' all the devices I moderate on XDA. I am very much looking forward to sourcing myself a Galaxy R. I have always been fond of the design :good:

Yes. Ofcourse the dependency on Google services makes Android more vulnerable. Its great that u wanna add Galaxy R to your collection list, But with the Production being stopped for SGR, you may find it bit tough though to get one.:cowboy:
 

ZeXzr

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I decided to buy a Samsung Galaxy R I could take s2, so far I have no problems, but my country has no official samsung service and unfortunately if I had a problem with the phone I think it will be a problem because production was stoped, and no one here does not know that there is Samsung Galaxy R :/ But I'm glad to have this phone and to share experiences with people on xda, few of us, but we are very united and organized :)
 

mj.vikram

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Nice to have thread for Off-Topic's thank yo Justin :), we are happy to have you on board welcome to Galaxy R family...

Still Galaxy R is available in Market, you can get it from here they will ship it from Hongkong :cool:...
 

vrj

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my journey to the android world and the smartphone world started on 19 jan... when i bought my 1st smartphone which is Glaxy R... i am glad to have this phone and to great extent satisfied with its performance..... only black mark with this phone i think is very poor promotions by the samsung team, due which it is not famous consequently having poor development compared to other....... but this does not bother me a much because i m very delighted to be a member of small but great group of XDA Galaxy R.......through which i am able to know a lot about everything related to a smartphone....
GLAD TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO HAVE SUCH GEAT DEV's FOR GALAXY R
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chandrus1983

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this is my story :p
my dad gave me 1Lakh INR, and i got a new Apache RTR 180 and in the remaining money i got my SGR, in January :D :D
although i am not a heavy mobile user, i like my phone very much no matter what people say about this, n TBF, i really dont care about ICS :D
my bro has Galaxy Note, sis has Galaxy S2, i have SGR n Nokia N8 ;)
i am thinking to sell my SGR n get Note 2, once ICS will be released for SGR, so that phone value goes high :D
Cheers !
 

vipul12389mehta

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Its good to have an off-topic thread..
Well previously i was using Nokia e-71. i had previously never used touch phone..
while buying SGR, i had pretty 5-6 options..
I-phone 4s, SGS2, SGR, Moto Atrix, Nexus..
Ruled out 4s coz sim unlock wasnt out..
Ruled out S2 coz of price, Moto Atrix coz of brand..

I preferred SGR nly coz of Nvidea..and this Nvidea is really f***ing us...
but the experience is good, really njoing the phone..

i just bought an accessory OTG cable and is working nice..
 

juzz86

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Yeah, I think the announcement is due late August, I'm looking forward to seeing the design. Samsung getting better at keeping their designs hidden until release.

Tell me, do you guys have the notorious 'eMMC' issue that plagues the Note/S2 where it can hard brick if you wipe data/factory reset from CWM?
 

juzz86

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No until know we don't have these kind of issues :), But we are afraid it may happen with ICS update which is scheduled by end of this month :confused:.

Of course, my apologies :) I would hope the command was removed by the time official ICS hits for the R. It can be removed from re-packed ODIN firmwares, so I'm sure one of our talented Devs will be able to cook up a 'safe' one :good:
 

vipul12389mehta

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I really like new mod juzz86..
Atleast he takes time from the busy shedule n communicates with the community members..keep up the work....

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I really like new mod juzz86..
Atleast he takes time from the busy shedule n communicates with the community members..keep up the work....

Sent from my GT-I9103 using xda app-developers app

Kind words mate, thank-you. I am always available to help you guys, so please feel free to contact me anytime if you need something! :)
 

juzz86

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i must say, your DP is awesome :p
lol so funny XD

Thanks! I used to open every post with 'Good news, everyone!' but it got a little repetitive, haha :good:

It's the good Professor from Futurama. I came across this awesome rander of him, and decided to crop it and use. Here it is in its entirety:

Futurama-Professor-Hubert-J-Farnsworth-3D-Bust-by-TranzorZ3D.jpg


:good:
 

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