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Samsung S8500 Wave - user opinions and reviews

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Samsung S8500 Wave
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  • Released 2010, April
    118g, 10.9mm thickness
    Bada, up to 2.0
    390MB storage, microSD card slot
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  • rathnakaran
  • 15 Feb 2012

jj, 14 Feb 2012hi guys, i need help here. m now in singapore connect to wifi sign in using singapore account ... morethis mobil notsuppoterd googltalk and internet callbak softwear way you have any idia tel me

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  • u4k7
  • 15 Feb 2012

Anonymous, 15 Feb 2012Same dilemma here. Guess we can only use one Samsung account. I can't find a way to use a diff... morei cant even sign in to samsung apps. samsung apps didnt show in kies. tired of using this software.

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  • E0mP
  • 15 Feb 2012

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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  • UD}D
  • 15 Feb 2012

brynn, 14 Feb 2012This was a superb breakthrough smartfone with best quality audio,,best quality screen superb c... moreThe 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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  • UD}D
  • 15 Feb 2012

jj, 14 Feb 2012hi guys, i need help here. m now in singapore connect to wifi sign in using singapore account ... moreSame 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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  • Nq4T
  • 15 Feb 2012

jj, 14 Feb 2012hi guys, i need help here. m now in singapore connect to wifi sign in using singapore account ... moreYou 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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  • nEKc
  • 14 Feb 2012

Anonymous, 13 Feb 2012Dropped out of ranking charts for a moment. Must keep voting. Cracks me up how its still in there.This 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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  • uv77
  • 14 Feb 2012

drwave, 14 Feb 2012dear wavers have been contionously posting about my problem but untill today havent got rid of... moreI 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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  • tjFW
  • 14 Feb 2012

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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  • Mfxb
  • 14 Feb 2012

dear wavers have been contionously posting about my problem but untill today havent got rid of it n m frustated by it now

i had this wave 1 since 1.5 years n it was workin awsum wen 6 mths bck i updated it to bada1.2 thru kies ddkh1 firmware n then it started restarting randomly,i took it to service centre where they flashed it but the problm remained n d software corrupted afta 15 days,i again took it to service centre n dey again flashed it n it again corrupted n it continued for some 6-7 tyms wen they said its MOTHERBOARD needs to b changed,i invested 5000 rs. so dat i can keep using this phone but after changing motherboard too within 7 days again d software has corrupted n d phone is again at service centre.....

guys please guide me what shud i do,i am frustated goin to service centre again n again.....thnx.....

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  • Murko
  • MpZZ
  • 14 Feb 2012

karan 1, 13 Feb 2012which firmwere u are using? Hi, Im using official BADA 2.0 firmware:
2.01201051942 LISS8500XXLA1
I expected that bada 2.0 would be improved by .swf and .gif formats because even .gif formats in Bada 1.2 are lagging (set as wallpaper) and in 2.0 .gif formats are lagging too.

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  • tjFw
  • 14 Feb 2012

hi guys, i need help here. m now in singapore connect to wifi sign in using singapore account but it shows "This account cannot be used in this country. Exit Samsung apps and go to My Accounts to sign out". any idea on this error.

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  • tjFw
  • 14 Feb 2012

any1 here know how to make apps shows in latest version of samsung kies? Samsung really making me lose faith on it. kies is just a d*** software i ever had.
Alrd so many update still cant do right.Disapointment. now all my apps that i downloaded before are in my pc but i cannot install them. What a joke.

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  • Mohamed Emad
  • fsbD
  • 14 Feb 2012

Just a Comment ,
-This Wave better than Iphone in its specs as a phone
But
-I will sell it and will get Iphone as this Bada OSis Boring (Poor Apps)

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  • nxnV
  • 13 Feb 2012

Dropped out of ranking charts for a moment. Must keep voting. Cracks me up how its still in there.

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  • nxnV
  • 13 Feb 2012

Dropped out of ranking charts for a moment. Must keep voting. Cracks me up how its still in there.

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  • ttdd
  • 13 Feb 2012

Murko, 13 Feb 2012Did somebody try to install bada 2.0 themes? My wave is laggy when i have theme with live wall... morewhich firmwere u are using?

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  • Kirihara
  • t7xY
  • 13 Feb 2012

this phone is great but I gonna sell this phone because the kies is not working anymore

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  • Murko
  • MpZZ
  • 13 Feb 2012

Did somebody try to install bada 2.0 themes? My wave is laggy when i have theme with live wallpaper. Im using theme ICS 4.0 and live wallpaper is really laggy (like 10 fps) and menu is also laggy... Im not using any of preinstalled widgets, i have nothing minimalised so my Wave isnt overloaded, so is there any solution for this lags or we have to wait to another firmware(bada 2.0xxxx)?

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  • thft
  • 12 Feb 2012

jist a question here, is it already available on samsung kies? im from the philippines..

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