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When will I get to see whats app on my Wave? even nokia's basic phones has got whats app

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  • 2012-02-18 07:18
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  • wanna update to 2.0
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hey wave user
this post is for those who knows whereabouts about updating the firmware
yesterday night i was jst going thru wave series where i encontered wave m

so my confusion us:
cant we port bada 2.0 wch is on wave m
since its processor is slightly underclocked and the only difference is picxel density
so is there any leaked rom of wave m so tht we can update our wave 1 to bada 2.0 of wave m????

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  • 2012-02-18 07:14
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Hey wave users
what happens to you
why r you not voting to this beauty
wave lost its first position even out from top 10

Vote it more and more this Sunday
To bring back to its actual position
So start voting from now 10 10 10
To achieve our target this sunday bring back its top rank
thanks

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  • 2012-02-18 06:23
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With Bada 2 do you have autofocus when video recording ?

Is the sound better when recording in a loud place like disco ?

Thx

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  • 2012-02-17 19:16
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any idea after europe updates, asia will next in row ???

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  • 2012-02-17 10:49
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Hello everyone - I LOVE MY WAVE!! I particularly love playing in samsung apps! My dilemma however, is that I have bada 1.0 on my wave, & they've added heaps of new apps/themes etc that are only compatible with bada 2.0. It is driving me nuts that I keep finding apps I like, only to learn that they're bada 2.0 apps!! and let's be honest, even if I could get a hold of bada 2.0, it sounds very unstable! If anyone knows how to refine the search in SamsungApps.com to include only bada 1.0 apps/themes, please help me. Thanks in advance.

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  • 2012-02-17 09:04
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> In reply to Qre @ 2012-02-16 16:02 from Mvg8 - click to readNot to mention the CPU which is underclocked (hope it's the right term) to around 850 MHz in bada 2.0 =(

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  • 2012-02-17 01:39
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2012-02-16 05:47 from YTJJ - click to readHi, Im the one who eagerly wanted bada 2.0 but now after a week of using I can tell you that upgrading was a big mistake!!!

In bada 1.2 I have really great camera, fast reactions, games has no lags etc.
Now in bada 2.0 I have bad camera, photos taken in bada 2.0 has a grey noise, video recording isnt working properly (still geting message in 720p or 480p recording: Memory card doesnt support this type of resolution), reactions has sometimes lags and games are really laggy (asphalt 6) and thats not all. Incame message has no information from sender only his phone number (this problem can be solved by deleting +421 in contact), widgets are switching off itself, themes with live wallpaper slow down my wave, gallery has lags and the most annoying thing is unlocking only with unlock key.

On the other side Bada 2.0 looks like android now, camera has now touch focus function, this works in video recording too. One more thing I like is that I can choose backround wallpaper and lock wallpaper.

So what else can I tell you? In the beginning I was so excited but now I only want to downgrade to my beloved bada 1.2...

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  • 2012-02-16 19:29
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U didn't mention the amount of RAM. It's 256 mb RAM.

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  • 2012-02-16 16:02
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2012-02-15 10:40 from E0mP - click to readthanks for the review dude fr the bada 2.0 & also the new unlocking system
but please can u brief me abt the overall experience after updating it to bada 2.0?
like the apps, speed, camera functions?
is it laggy as others said before?
i m a bada 1.0 user
please do reply
anybody can help me

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  • 2012-02-16 05:47
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2012-02-13 19:41 from nxnV - click to readThis was a superb breakthrough smartfone with best quality audio,,best quality screen superb cam and video with flash and superb battery life..When i first got this fone i was blown away and still am but bada is not as up to date with its apps as other O/S..It also has legendary real button send/end keys which is still a needed spec for me..

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  • 2012-02-15 20:06
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> In reply to jj @ 2012-02-14 17:26 from tjFw - click to readthis mobil notsuppoterd googltalk and internet callbak softwear way you have any idia tel me

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  • 2012-02-15 18:43
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2012-02-15 01:59 from UD}D - click to readi cant even sign in to samsung apps. samsung apps didnt show in kies. tired of using this software.

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  • 2012-02-15 16:33
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downloaded bada 2.0 and let me just say DONT DO IT..it deletes everything that's not stored on your memory card; your phone contacts, your messages/emails and their settings, your t9 dictionary, EVERYTHING. There offcourse is a backup process during the instalation, but this being Samsung, the backup in Kies doesn't work. Kies actually doesn't work at all, it just freezes the computer when you go into the app store, but that's a story for another time.

And what do you get in the 2.0?..Well, everything looks alot better, and somehow nicer, but that's about it. Imo, samsung tried to make bada look like android so hard that they totally remade it and forgot to put in the things that actually made bada great.

So now, the middle diamond button doesn't get you into the menu; it does nothing at all, you can't call/msg contact by swiping left/right on their names, you cant set the screen brightness from the movie player, if you want to connect in usb-stick mode, you have to specify it by going through 10 menus (no more "ask when connected") and what bothers me the most, unlocking it; Bada 1.2 had an option where you could turn on the screen with any button and then just swipe across it to unlock. This was ofc great, but now the only button that turns on the screen is the unlock button which is pretty much a pain in the ass to press. So if you want to unlock it, you have to

1. press the unlock button
2. swipe across screen or hold down unlock button

OR (you're gonna love this) you can use the "intelligent" new way to unlock it

1. press the unlock button
2. put your finger on the screen
3. shake the phone violently 3 times while holding your finger on the screen

it takes about 10 seconds to unlock it this way, and why would anybody do it is beyond me, but that's what's new in bada 2.0

Anyway, bada 1.2 was great, but if this is what Wave III has, than I really don't see why anyone in their right mind would chose a new bada phone over some android or iphone

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  • 2012-02-15 10:40
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> In reply to brynn @ 2012-02-14 23:12 from nEKc - click to readThe audio quality was good in bada 1.0, but in Bada 2.0 the audio quality got washed down the drain. :-(
Bass is too boosted and I can hear hisses. Maybe it's just me.


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  • 2012-02-15 02:07
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> In reply to jj @ 2012-02-14 17:26 from tjFw - click to readSame dilemma here. Guess we can only use one Samsung account. I can't find a way to use a different email.

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  • 2012-02-15 01:59
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> In reply to jj @ 2012-02-14 17:26 from tjFw - click to readYou need to make anew account with anew e-mail ,but make sure this time (when signing up) to choose the country of the firmware.

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  • 2012-02-15 01:35
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2012-02-13 19:41 from nxnV - click to readThis was a superb breakthrough smartfone with best quality audio,,best quality screen superb cam and video with flash and superb battery life..When i first got this fone i was blown away and still am but bada is not as up to date with its apps as other O/S..It also has legendary real button send/end keys which is still a needed spec for me..

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  • 2012-02-14 23:12
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> In reply to drwave @ 2012-02-14 19:23 from Mfxb - click to readI m not a techie but i would have perhaps tried
Hard reset
Full format of the memory card
Flashing with any diff version which is reportedly less buggy
And if still the problem persisted, then i dont know. Sth has gone wrong.

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  • 2012-02-14 20:09
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Hi, guys my samsung kies 2.2.012014_18 doesnt shows samsung apps.

so i try to put "AStorePlugin.dll" with "1.0.0.20" version into it, now my kies shows samsung apps but mayb d version of AStorePlugin.dll too old, it prompt this error "Samsung apps cannot be run. please try again later".

so does any1 of u here tat ur latest kies shows samsung apps. i need ur latest AStorePlugin.dll

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  • 2012-02-14 20:00
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