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![][1] This mobile phone has very interesting specification, especially
regarding it's IP67 protection agains water and dust. Beside all the good
thing (and this is a good phone), here I'll collect my complains. In my
opition most of them, may be fixed with firmware update, if Samsung cares.
[1]: http://www.lowlevel.cz/log/files/Samsung_GT-B2710_s.jpg ()
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26.6.2011 - Up to now Samsung have not released any FW update for this
phone. All complains are still valid.
## Pedometr
It's function in km is somewhat invalid. It counts 1 step as cca 0.75-1m,
it does not mater what you set in the setup as your height and weight - in
only calculates BMI. Deleting "All values" in pedometer, does not delete
anything. There is no way to delete your history ATM. This function seems
half baked to me, as there has to be a way to setup your step and some
setup menus are accessible only if there is at least one step counted. It
also often happens there are some steps counted even thought you did not
start the counter.
## GPS
GPS functionality is OK. There is however no software to use this
functionality. Using TrekBuddy is some kind of compensation, however
TrekBuddy has severl problem ATM. It is not displaying correct number of
satellites, it has problems with signature verification for this
application and you have to confirm three times you want to start this
application and allow it to use GPS. Also TrekBuddy has very thin marker,
which is almost invisible on the Xcover screen. By default Java
applications may only run in foreground and when phone enters sleep mode
they are suspended. This can be "fixed" in the service menu. Type
_#7092463_# and look for a Hide only function under JVM settings.
## Radio
You can not set the radio to phone speaker without headset connected. This
is really annoying as removing the sealing cover for the headset breaks the
waterproof-ness.
## 3G/GPRS/EDGE
There is no obvious way to disable 3G. The "correct" way is to select
different phone band (Settings/Network/Network Mode = Menu#92), however
this does not disable GPRS/EDGE. My phone is still indicating that it is
connected to the Edge. I did not found a way to disable it.
## Localization and menus
Localizatin to Czech is really terrible. The translations are ill-logical,
sometimes misleading or completely wrong (e.g. English "To:" in SMS/mail is
translated as "Do:" which is a nonsense). The same applies for menu system.
Event thou it is not that bad, some settings are hidden in menus you can
hardly thing of. E.g. GPS (while this is the best case to remember, from
all of them). While there is nice first level menu with icons, the rest is
just a text list, no icons or signs. If you are using often some
applications I did not find a way to make some kind of favorites. Every
time I want to run trekbuddy I have to go thru the complete list of apps.
When you wanna enable bluetooth think of finding it under Applications?
## LED light
The LED light key should be locked with the keyboard. Even though some says
it is turned off after 1h automatically, I do not see this as a best
solution.
## Battery life and charger
I was not able to reach the battery life specified by Samsung. With 3G
disabled, I've got 3 day with cca 12h GPS on, and cca 7days with GPS off
and rare phone calls/sms. This is not bad, but is far from 3weeks declared
in specs. I was expecting at least 2 weeks with night profile set to off
mode (this is not the same as switching of the phone). In a daytoday usage
the phone really is lasting from one to two weeks, but the battery
indicators is pretty bad. Almost all the time it shows full battery, then
when it suddenly drops to 3/4 it means it is almost depleted. Never really
saw 2/4 of battery showing for longer time. Also I have to complain to the
indication of phone beeing in need of charge - it can not be switched off
and the phone is periodicaly vibrating, while it auto-disables some
functions and you can not re-enable them, until charger plugged. Even
thought the battery charger is rated to 5V/700mA, it is charging the phone
for 3.5h. This is pretty long charge time, even for 1300mA battery.
## Other
If your keyboard is locked and the alarm occures, the phone unlocks the
keyboard. This is not good as you may miss the alarm, keyboard unlocks and
with the unlocked keybaord you may surf for hours just from your pocket.
It happened to me several times that the phone freezed, mainly when typing
SMS. The phone is stuck and after some tome it self resets.
After shutdown, phone sets every time default storage to internal memory,
even thou you set in menu to use the storage card. On every boot phone
scans the internal storage card and is very sluggish. With 16GB it is
unusable for several minutes.
The only legal way I know about to update firmware is thru Samsung Keys
from internet. I do not like this way, as you never know what is going from
your phone to Samsung and it is Windows only application.
Refs:
[Czech user review][2]
[One of the youtube discussions][3]
[TrekBuddy discussion][4] + [Czech one][5]
[2]: http://www.mobilmania.cz/uzivatelske-recenze/detail-
recenze/sc-190/default.aspx?reviewdetail=1&id_review=2118
[3]: http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments=1&v=rP3Z8G2haLs
[4]: http://trekbuddy.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5289&highlight=b2710
[5]: http://trekbuddy.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5445&highlight=b2710
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