Hi everyone,
i got my phone 10 days ago, and before that, I already read this entire thread and armed myself with useful tips and files for this phone (THANKS everyone), but in reality - here are my initial thoughts so far:
First of all, it is important to emphasize that my phone is
Freelander i10, but under the battery - it says Newman. Baseband version i10b01, ROM i10V1.0.2
- Battery life - pretty good. Over 20 hours of medium usage (about 45 min. calls, email, 6-8 hours wifi, 1,5h screen, 15-20 minutes of gaming...
- No problems with overheating and draining battery. It looks like processor clock was managing frequencies correctly, even before I installed SetCPU
- No GPS problems. With A-Gps i managed to get first gps fix within just a few seconds
- Internal and phone storage were not inverted. However, I used "NoSD patch", because I have 8 GB SD card, and I needed more internal storage for apps.
- Phone speaker was not loud enough initially, but I fixed that using MobileUncle MTK tools, to the values I'm comfortable with.
- Compatibility with few apps solved by editing build.prop file. I replaced every "i10" with "GT-I9000", and NEWMAN with
SAMSUNG
- I was thinking about applying backlight buttons fix (that was irritating for me for the first two days), but then again, I realized they can be always lit up just by pressing Vol+ or Vol- button, so for me, It would be worse to have them constantly illuminated while playing a game or watching a movie.