Samsung SGH-i450 User Reviews

INCREASE music player volume?? Just do this:Hack ur i450 [Just install Drakkarious Hack 2.02(BETA) (remember to change the date to 15/05/2007 before installing). You can get it here..After installing please follow this procedure:1. -Run X-plore and press “0″, tick the 4 boxes (dont un-tick if ticked already)2. -Without closing X-plore switch to the menu and run hellocarbide3. -Inside hellocarbide press options and chose Menu1 and answer “yes”(probably 80 times!! but its worth it!).4. -Now open x-plore(forget c:\hack.rar as it didnt for for my i450)5. -Transfer the two files installserver.exe and CProfDriver_SISX.ldd from hack.zip on C: and move it to c:\sis\bin [Extract to..]6. -Restart your phone.7. -Install whatever you want on your phone, even if it is unsigned!! URL for apps http://www.megashare.com/529487password is hackedall the steps are genuine ]There are 4 text files which define volume levels. These are located in the directory C:/System/GAIN, and the interesting one is the file "music_vol.txt", which contains the values for the music player. Simply open the file in a text editor, manipulate the 10 numbers, save and restart the phone. Each number represents the volume for one of the 10 levels.You need a file browser like X-plore to edit that txt file.After some experiments I chose the following values that I guess are optimal. With these, there are fewer low volume levels, and a finer gradation in the louder area. I also have raised the maximum volume cautiously.Here the codes:72713892653445882301162617396231972757032767 

I've had this phone for 1 year and I didn't have any problems with it.
sasmung i450 is a very nice music phone.
it runs on s60v3.1 platform much like nokia n81.
has a very large ram.
it's sound quality is great.
the touch navi wheel is very easy to use.
battery life is average.
the camera is also great.
the web browser supports flash. it has HSDPA connection for downloading.
 
overall, I rate this phone '10'.
I sugest that you buy this phone.
much better than nokia n81

When I first looking at upgrading my phone, my criteria was pretty standard. A phone that works and that I won't have any problems with.
It was within the first month after I had purchased this phone that I realised I had made a grave error. The first thing that I noticed was that dust was getting in under the screen. Ok, no big deal I thought, but more started to accumulate. Now in one corner of the phone there is a rather large area of dust, and as the cover does not come off, it is impossible to remove it.
The next thing I found was that it switched off occasionally for no reason. I took it back to the place of purchase and they reloaded the software which they believed was at fault. Not a good start.
Also when scrolling through the music player screen the phone began to lag to an unusable speed. This on;y happens when a memory card is in the phone.
After this I also noticed that the sliding mechanism actually wears away the plastic revealing the underlying metal. This may not be an altogether bad thing as the plastic is very tacky.
The speaker in the phone is loud enough although as it is supposed to be a 'high quality' speaker it is nothing special.
The keys on the slider has a nice feel to them, however the positioning of them being so close to the main body of the phone, hinders the pressing of the top row.