For Bell I9000M users - Samsung Canada Facebook Page To Comment On 3 Button Issue

[brunes]

I encourage anyone concerned about the availability of the 3 button download mode, or other issues, to comment on the Samsung Facebook page. I already posted a comment and got a response I find somewhat disturbing... maybe there is strength in numbers.

http://www.facebook.com/samsungmobi...omment#!/samsungmobilecanada?v=wall&ref=notif

 

[DarthV]

Make sure he doesn't duck the question. 3 button means that experienced end users can actually fix a bad flash (lol @ Kies) without having to lose their phone for a month (Allgamer is at the 3 week mark now after sending his phone in).

 

[n0th1ng]

Hopefully they will provide an answer. I have since returned mine back to Future Shop. I've tried 4 other phones hoping to be able to do an exchange, but all of them had 3 button recovery disabled. If they release a fix for this I will buy the phone in an instant.

 

[xtoad]

I saw your post over there...

Exactly what I figured their response would be... I for one am not holding my breath for an update through Samsung to enable 3 button recovery.

They messed though by inexplicably letting some through with it enabled...Makes it hard to justify why some have it and some don't... If anything, expect an update to disable it on the ones that have it enabled!

I hope otherwise, but in all seriousness, the majority of users will likely never have to use recovery and the average user out there is not an xda-developpers member. Yes, Samsung will have to deal with bricks but probably in their mind, they are making it slightly harder to do 'unauthorized' stuff.

 

[Jordiharrison]

Added a comment
I am also not holding my breath...

 

[DarthV]

Hopefully they will provide an answer. I have since returned mine back to Future Shop. I've tried 4 other phones hoping to be able to do an exchange, but all of them had 3 button recovery disabled. If they release a fix for this I will buy the phone in an instant.

I'm pretty much in the same boat. No recovery mode, no sale.

 

[brunes]

I saw your post over there...

Exactly what I figured their response would be... I for one am not holding my breath for an update through Samsung to enable 3 button recovery.

Please add a comment, the more the better!

I'm pretty much in the same boat. No recovery mode, no sale.

Meh, I am not going that far. Recovery mode is a nice to have but it is not going to deprive me of the best phone on the market by miles (there is not a phone that is going to be better than the 3GS for at least 6 months or more, nothing is in the pipeline that comes close)

 

[DarthV]

Please add a comment, the more the better!



Meh, I am not going that far. Recovery mode is a nice to have but it is not going to deprive me of the best phone on the market by miles (there is not a phone that is going to be better than the 3GS for at least 6 months or more, nothing is in the pipeline that comes close)

Until you accidentally brick it, then you are paying $60 a month while it goes off to get fixed. Yes, it's awesome hardware, but without 3 button, it's not worth it to me. I'm also stubborn enough to demand a resolution to this issue before forking out the money a 2nd time

 

[n0th1ng]

I've left a comment of the Facebook page. Let's hope someone hears something. Going back to using my iPhone has killed me.

 

[Bobler420]

wow samsung come on your slacking


Samsung Mobile Canada Hi Jason. 3 button download mode is for internal firmware functions and is not recommended to end-users. It’s typically used by technicians to service malfunctioning phones. Modifying the internal firmware on a mobile phone device may void the warranty. What function you are trying to do? Maybe we can help find another way. Feel free to reach out to us at 1-800-SAMSUNG and we'll see how we can help. Thank


sounds like they could fix it but might not if your dumb enough to flash your bell sgs and have the 3 button combo disabled best of luck to you

 

[Bobler420]

haha sumsung cant ignore facebook
ive taken back 6 phones 600x6 is 3600 worth of phones lol and they all didnt have recovery so i took them back best buys 100% satisfaction guarantee gotta love it

 

[MomijiTMO]

Smash them boys!

 

[astralmind]

I strongly recommend that you start new fresh posts each time instead of replying into a long one. Multiple posts on the wall are much more visible and potentially effective.

Come one guys, hit them hard (while staying polite obviously)

 

[cryolithic]

Posted on the wall.

 

[Bobler420]

Good idea will post to wall

Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA App

 

[AllGamer]

done my part

they will hate it, i hope they don't remove it

 

[AllGamer]

just for reference the correct link to the wall is
http://www.facebook.com/samsungmobilecanada#!/samsungmobilecanada

 

[brunes]

Until you accidentally brick it, then you are paying $60 a month while it goes off to get fixed. Yes, it's awesome hardware, but without 3 button, it's not worth it to me. I'm also stubborn enough to demand a resolution to this issue before forking out the money a 2nd time

If I am unlucky enough to brick it (which, despite my rants, is pretty hard to actually do in practice.... as long as you are flashing with a stable laptop it is not going to brick), then I'll get it replaced under warranty. The odds of me flashing it again after Froyo is out are near zero.

See, unlike WinMo, you don't have to re-flash Android to customize it, nearly everything on the phone can be customized in-line. All the stuff Cyogen etc. are doing can be done without flashing the phone, so you don't have to worry about bricking it

I learned from my years with my HTC dev. that re-flashing every few weeks is a huge pain in the butt, and I don't plan on doing that again with this phone.

 

[brunes]

I strongly recommend that you start new fresh posts each time instead of replying into a long one. Multiple posts on the wall are much more visible and potentially effective.

Come one guys, hit them hard (while staying polite obviously)

Be careful, if you post too many things on the wall, they will just get frustrated and get Facebook to remove all the posts. You can do that with paid Facebook pages like this.

 

[AllGamer]

they removed one of my messages