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Samsung Galaxy S phones have been in the spotlight recently for delayed Android 2.2 updates by carriers, class action lawsuits and hardware standby-death on the Samsung Captivate. Now there is news that the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus S phone with Android 2.3 Gingerbread has “issues.”
The Nexus S received excellent reviews for its “pure Google experience,” with reviewers suggesting that pure Google updates would be faster. Now owners have noticed a few problems, and they are reported to be “furious.” Glitches experienced include forced, unexpected reboots during voice calls, SMS messaging troubles, streaming audio cut-offs, and the accelerometer stops working after using Google Skymap.
There is no clear reason yet for the problems that some forum members contend originated with the latest Over-The-Air (OTA) update to Android 2.3.1/GRH78 for reboots during calls. A Google employee at the Google Mobile Help Forum responded with, “..we are getting close to tracking
down the root cause of the reboots during calls and are currently
testing a fix to resolve the issue.”
The SMS errors include users
reporting messages sent to the wrong contacts, which is believed to be a
problem also with Android 2.2. Google assigned a priority of “medium” to
the random bootup and text messaging bugs. There has been no response
form Google regarding the Google Skymap glitch.
Recently, with the onslaught of very sophisticated smartphones, there have
been glitches reported after releases of the products. With Verizon
offering the iPhone soon, it will be interesting to see if the iPhone
competitors can hold their market share on Verizon.
We received this email message yesterday from a disgruntled Samsung Captivate owner, commenting on our recent Samsung Captivate glitch article:
As a Captivate owner myself, I have had quite the Love/Hate relationship with this phone, now teetering more on the hate side.
I agree 100%, my GPS has not worked right since day one, and they have been promising a fix with an update since last October, all of which have not fixed the GPS.
I went ahead and bought an external Bluetooth GPS just to get it to work for navigation. And the biggest reason I selected the Samsung Captivate is that I was tired of Apple not supporting Flash, and expected this phone to do so.
Well, 6 months later, I am now wishing I would have chosen to go with the iPhone 4 instead, or waited and got the Android Phone by a manufacturer that knows how to do it right, the Motorola line (Atrix).
Samsung Galaxy S smartphones in the U.S.all received excellent reviews, including the Samsung Epic 4G, Samsung Fascinate, Samsung Captivate, Samsung Continuum and Samsung Vibrant.
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