Samsung S8500 Wave

  • Released 2010, April
    118g, 10.9mm thickness
    Bada, up to 2.0; TouchWiz UI 3
    390MB storage, microSD slot
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  • 3.3"
    480x800 pixels
  • 5MP
    720p
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    Hummingbird
  • 1500mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung S8500 Wave - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
Speed HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps
Launch Announced 2010, February. Released 2010, April
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
 Handwriting recognition
Platform OS Bada, upgradable to 2.0; TouchWiz UI 3
Chipset Hummingbird
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX540
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 390MB
Main Camera Single 5 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video 720p@30fps
Selfie camera Single Yes
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
 TV-Out
MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
MP4/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player
Organizer
Picsel document viewer
Photo editor
Voice memo
Predictive text input (T9 Trace)
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
Music play Up to 35 h
Misc Colors Ebony Gray
SAR EU 0.99 W/kg (head)    
Price About 160 EUR
Tests Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB

Samsung S8500 Wave - User Reviews

  • How to root teavh me

  • Works, slow as a slug. But works

  • The first Super AMOLED! A star was born!

  • WHY !!!?????? Why mobiles phones companies continue fooling us ???? I had Samsung S8500 Wave but I stopped using it because I want to upgrade to android phones , I waste more than 4200 $ USD since 2011 till 2018 buying android phones from Samsung ,Sony, LG , Huawei , iphone , Nokia , and ulefone rugged phone, all of them not functioning now and some not working at all, because of water damage ( although they suppose to be waterproof like ulefone armor 2 and sony xperia Z and Z2 ) , broken screen (most of them samsung galaxies and Ace ) , lagging and not working well , CPU defect (LG G4). And guess what , yasterday I opened my mobile phones grave box and found the Samsung S8500 Wave still working fine and the screen was't scratched at all , like brand new !! so I grab 4 mobile phones from different brands with good screen ( water-damaged, lagging or cpu defect phones ) and I test them all , by scratch them by a knife and metal tools and doping them , hitting them and throwing them at the wall. And Samsung S8500 Wave shock me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! make me think how fool we are because I relies that all companies now making fool of us all ( cars, mobiles, electronics and etc ) they intend to make their product stunning and attractive but with life limit , they make product in away so it won't last with you then you have to buy it again or go for new model with worse quality without you notice that. Yeah, Samsung S8500 Wave pass all the test with miner scratch I can't even see it without focused light , it has the most durable and powerful screen among all mobiles I had till from 2011 till 2018. so Corning Gorilla Glass 2 , 3, 4, 5 , 6 it's just a lie , it goes to the worst not to the greatest. how comes mobile with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 break easily like Samsung S8 with one drop 1.5 M height ?????????????? and how comes waterproof phones get damaged my water , HOW ????! , phones with MIL-STD-810G compliant is a lie too , looks how LG G6 break easily by simple drop !!!!! Samsung S8500 Wave been made with highest standards I ever seen with powerful camera, and it is 8 years old, Samsung could upgrade it with latest tech with same standard but they don't want that for sure .

  • how do you get android running on this?

  • How to setting data in this phone

  • Get a new phone. Even a $20 phone is able to play YouTube.

  • Well It might be a bit late now to write this but still... There is a ton of android ROMs flying around for this phone, you can even get marshmallow. Of course, it's small storage of 2gb and now underpowered specs are nowhere near flashy but it is still usable. The phone's Bada OS has lost it's support long long ago but the phone is still, well...a phone. You can still call, text, use social networks, watch youtube trough the browser, use mail and even play Java games...Java games people! That's pretty much a luxury on nowdays phones since java is not supported on android phones. I bricked my wave when I accidentally deleted the bootloader instead of replacing it (now I can no longer do anything, I can only start a bootloop now, it does not accept new firmware :p)

  • I have this phone,i bought at 2011 january 01,now 6.5years.my current phone is this,no fault,no errors.

  • Why don't you get a phone that's capable of anything lol. You tube isn't working because YouTube's API are no longer supported from this era

  • Suddenly unable to play You Tube videos. Any solutions?

  • Samsung created a brand new OS: Bada. Then Sasmung declared Bada a failure, but Bada it's the only possibile OS for this smartphone. Because of this you can do nothing at all. No whatsapp, no Google apps. Just the stock option. There is no assistance, no help for their own costumers! Samsung is definitely one of the worst company in the world.

  • You cannot install Whatsapp. This phone doesn't run Android, so it isn't possible to install any android app. Samsung Wave series' phones run Bada OS instead of Android OS (different software platform)

  • Samsung apps defective. It asks for update but after updating it does not function but ask for update again and again when I open it after updating. It just keep going on asking for update even after 10 updates have been performed. I cannot download anymore apps due to this.

  • No way to install WhatsApp my friend. The OS of the fone is BADA. Buy an Android or iOS fone then u get whatsapp.

  • can this phone whats app or what i cant seem to download the app.

  • Hey im thinking about buying this phone 2nd hand but the most important thing is that i can get some kind of maps on it. does someone know if this is possible? thanks!

  • Hii, I have a friend who absolutly adores his wave. He has very recently moved on to an Android phone and he cannot move his contacts to the new phone. The contacts are dear to him as they are work related. Any solutions to this? Thank you.

  • I subscribe in everyword you said ...i will never sell this phone...sill using it with android after 5 years wih great videos and fotos..suberb

  • Me too :D with no GAPPS , perfect for not be intrused by google services consuming my life and batery ;) . Don´t have a compatible perfomance with android... ok , but it works fine in my kitkat 4.4.4 version rom .....videos and fotos are excelent . Display quality fantastic in every angle and dimension screen works perfect for me with the elementary aplications i need . Im looking finaly for a new one , but its dificult to find with a funcional rom without scum aplications and anoising GAPPS

  • I love d camera most, its what u can't get in bigger phones.

  • You need to upgrade the Bada OS 2.0v to Tizen OS 2.3v first but i don't know how. Tizen is the new version of Bada. There is no play store as this is not android phone.

  • how did instal play store?

  • great phone great build quality camera screen and no spying like android & iphones do! 4 yrs already and no problems - worth money!!

  • how did you install whatsapp?

  • My Wave is CM 11

  • apple is better than android

  • get a jar file of whatsapp . . I have a whatsapp on my wave phone

  • if. I can use what'sup in this phone

  • pls can i whatsapp with this product ?

  • Great phone. Great design......... Battery life is amazing. sounds are clear, picture/videos are good. Im still using this phone since 2010.

  • unluckly most of them are lost and deleted from servers !

  • Guys, does anyone know how to get BADA APPS back to my phone? I did factory reset and now lost all of them!

  • Guys, does anyone know how to get BADA APPS back to my phone? I did factory reset and now lost all of them!

  • It says on this website it can use 850/1900 mhz 3g...which at&t in the usa has but i keep seeing that people are complaining the 3g doesnt work in usa....is this true?

  • Man, don't do that. This fone with bada 1.2 still has one of the best cristal clear sound players around. System is fluid enough and browsing with Opera works great with no memory problems. Camera apps are great. If that isn't enough, well... bada hasn't security issues, hackers didn't waste time searching for them, so you are safe.

  • still alpha, not stable !

  • How do I install a new os in my phone?

  • Funny thing, I finally replaced Wave with Blackberry (OS 10) to be aligned ergonomicaly with my work phone. Removed the SIM card, put into flight mode. After several days I took a look. Battery is still at 73%! Seems it will last some weeks... anyway, even with Bada (2.0 actually) limited use, it's a great phone. Good battery life, excellent display, metal frame etc. But I didn't expect more buying it four years ago.

  • sound is awesome at this phone

  • just forget about bada , you should install android 4.0.4 or android 4.4.2 on your samsung wave it's so smooth and you can use skype and viber and play hard games like real racing 3 , i have a wave I and i use android always everything works .

  • I have installed on bada 2.0 apps. Samsung apps icon were gone, when I restarted phone. Is factory reset finnaly solution, because i can't get either in the menu of the phone. Which password may I enter in factory reset ? Tnx

  • this phoe has incredible sound quality

  • hey yo. how to install android to my samsung wave bada? tnx

  • yeah its very easy al you have to do is instal android first

  • samsung I hate you so much for leting me alone with this expencive (once) phone, i invested my money in bada that suppsed to be innovative and great and you just abandoned the project i hate you twice for samsung apps - no samsung, no f**cking with me! i dont buy any samsung no more!!

  • hellow... iam using samsung s8500 bada 1.0. iam trying to get watup app into my phone. Could you guide me how can i get watsapp for my phone. Thanks

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  • S8500 is one of the best phones in history. Lack of Android wasn't never problem. Samsung gave us choice by releasing I9000 Galaxy S in the same time, which has almost the same specification. Staying with Bada which has lack of fireworks "forced" us to use this phone as it was intended. The biggest flaw of Android is that it gives impression that your phone can do so much more, that it can be like PC or game console. But it is not and it will never be, because what makes your PC a PC and your console a real gaming device is software developed for specific environment (Windows, iOS, PS, Xbox). Sooner Microsoft or Apple succeed in blending mobile and desktop experience together than Google. But for that we will have to wait a little longer for mobile hardware and desktop software meet in one place. Anyway great phone, great battery life, superb LCD and it has hardware buttons (which I really appreciate, especially in winter). After 3 years of using Wave I can say I made a great choice. And I will be using Wave as secondary phone until its days will pass.

  • i am using android since a long time this phone may not look powerful but believe or not i played asphalt 8 and real racing 3 and a lot of hard games using android on this phone without( a few ) lags and whatsapp and a lot of more apps this phone is simply amazing even the disgine , if only this phone comes with an android os i swear i would by it

  • Using "greenify" app helps a lot.

  • If you want to have a useless laggy phone that will hold the battery for 1 day that install Android on it. Bada is stable platform that is very generous on the battery life.

  • a single core phone which uses a preety old hummingbird chipset may not do well with android, that being said your phone may lag a lot, may misbehaves at times if you use the android OS on it.

  • there you go pal any questions mail me [email protected]

  • I have this phone bought from Australia , Vodafone branded in 2012. It Still Runs on Bada 1.0 platform am unable to upgrade , i want to convert it into Android . Is there any Way doing it . Its Unlocked and can use any Sim.

  • os

  • wave8500

  • I just bought this phone NEW for 1/10th of the price you had to pay 3 years ago. The build quality is excellent, the screen is probably the best screen out there. The video camera is very good. The battery life is excellent, it lasts more than 10 days (without internet). You can watch Youtube videos without any problems, or you can browse the internet sufficiently good, but I don't see this phone as a smart phone, I use it as my second phone, an excellent feature phone.

  • new updates available. ..... enjoy

  • My good old trusty Samsung Wave finally retired. Excellent phone overall. Exceptional build quality. Handled falls and bruises like a pro. Having hard time looking a phone worthy enough as replacement. :)

  • Thumbs down for it dosn't support Whatsapp !!

  • It would have been unbeatable,if it had been launched with Android.Best in its class.

  • Whatsapp oy ne

  • amazing n unbelieveable

  • After 3 years and 6 months, my dear and beloved Samsung Wave's microphone finally gave up on me.

  • after i convert;'can i restore to my wave back if i dont like?

  • nice

  • is it can be converted on android and whatsapp can be doewnloaded in this phone

  • Yes you can convert bada to Android with the ROM available. I have successfully converted using LITE rom (Kitkat 4.4) developed by Hero355. Few things before you do it. You will use all your paid and free apps on Bada. Your Ram will be reduced so you will not be able to use apps which require high RAM. I am unable to play beach buggy which require 300mb ram. Note: I have just read that you can increase your ram using android app from your SD Card will try out today. Now the best part you can actualy use google play and download all the apps you want and yes there is watts app also.

  • If you want android in your wave:

  • how can I convert bada to android ? After converting it has errors?

  • ive had it for 3 years,no issues.im just a basic user.is it tru i can convert it to android ?

  • Android is now available for this device !

  • awfule phone, don't have any application good for use. Skype no have, Viber no have. keyboard no chinese or khmer keyboard. It no meaning.

  • awful phone! bada was promised skype and never came! shame on samsung

  • i had one and is the most stupid phone i ever seen.bada is the worst OS!!!!!

  • tel me does it have whatsapp application

  • i got one and bada suck ! android for live

  • you can buy at olx or quickr

  • were cn i bai ths grt smtphone? ple reply guyz

  • amazing fone absulotetly fantastic

  • Samsung S8500 Wave is the phone am using and it's a perfect and I want to recommend it for everyone, but I see no reason why such a phone is not supporting what'sapp and viber.

  • have you ever listen music with wave it`s sound quality and power is amazing vs sgs4 , iphoneshit5 .... really the sound is perfect

  • is the Samsung wave s8500 compatible with the samsung Electronics 64GB Pro microSDXC Extreme Speed (UHS-1)???

  • how to change font size of samsung wave s8500

  • Apps

  • downgraded from 2.0 to 1.2

  • apps

  • Can we degrade from bada 2 to bada 1

  • I want to do the work in online and maximum for Facebook chatting and mailing for various purpose , so please tell me about the modification of my handset-software for the solve my purpose

  • no other mobiles comparing wave1 on display quality

  • how can i use my wafi .?? how many time i try to open but its not opening

  • dont it support whas up?

  • no

  • Actually it's good. Maybe you should consider buying a new battery. :)

  • does it have whatsapp

  • Battery of samsung wavw is very poor,but feature is excelleence.

  • very poor batterry of samsun wave but mobile feature is excellence.

  • it will support Skype

  • Very simple solution was to change the simcard use another for some time eg 1 day and return the original. works just as fine as before.

  • Very simple solution was to change the simcard use another for some time eg 1 day and return the original. works just as fine as before.

  • Hope this helps Cyanogen Mod 10 You can also get Firefox OS

  • i know it nice phone but androide is need this type of phone then it solve of my problem

  • i have need whats up...

  • how can i convert the samsung wave to have an android operating system

  • I have samsung wave 1 (s8500). Bada 2.0 updated. My phone is Restart in some times.how can solve this problem?

  • i can not use my phone because software does not up date...........plz help me

  • look buddies, this phone was generally built for bada support. You can get android on it, but the features will not be fully ok

  • yes its possible check the xda android development on bada forums.

  • my samsung application dosent work

  • Is it possible to upgrade this BADA phone to ANDROID4.0 ?Plz.somebody reply me!!!

  • i was cleaning the charging area with a pin and i accidently scratched a bit on the charging plate while removing the dirt and since then the colours are all washed out....can any one help me....

  • how do i upgrade my phone?

  • mine too....afta upgrade go to customer care at nation center

  • to change your password you have to go in to the settings (sorry for the stupid language i usually talk romanian) and touch on the security icon. Then you just have to pick a new password for you :-3

  • Where can I buy this Great Phone ?

  • very nice

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  • i have Samsung S8500 Wave then i lost my application in t.mobile and i cant get any more i Don,t now how to get a Gen give me same information thanks good luck 30/4/2013 23:12

  • You are absolutely right .. i love my wave . ıt gives me time for my life. i'm still using it from october 2010 . and i will keep it for my children:)

  • to restore mobile *2767*3855#

  • How do I reset my Samsung S8500 Wave password?

  • my s8500 orange was stop working the touch screen, when i turn it on it says f/w updating and it takes lots of time to turn on, after that still the touch pad i connot use,, plss hel me,,

  • does the phoen now has a an update for android?

  • how to use the touch for camera...?

  • Tried to update the Firmware via Kies, got an error. Now the phone shows me a symbol of a phone and a computer interlinked with a warning sign... Looks like this: (Symbol of phone)----/!\-----(symbol of computer.) I can get it into download mode, but kies no longer recognizes the phone, so I get an error message when attempting to do an emergency recovery... HEEELP!

  • i cant connect in the internet? What should i do? how can i use the touch for camera? 'Coz my camera button did not work anymore... Please, Please... help me about this problem.....

  • Guys My wave can`t be connected to my windows 8 pc and laptop, I installed the latest kies but neither windows nor kies detects it. And I want to take a contacts backup. Any one has Ideas?!

  • vipi, check setting>connectivity>network>network mode select umts

  • My Samsung Wave S 8500 suddenly stopped connecting to the Internet with the error message to review my network settings. I have called the net work provider and they have confirmed no problem from their end. I even re-installed the phone Internet settings and reset the phone to the factory settings Kindly assist to ensure i continue enjoying Internet services on the mobile... There is enough data on the cell and adequate network coverage (3g) the phone is 2 years but has never had any problem- hardware or software. kindly assist -Eric -kenya

  • good phone with low price but the other phone with indroid OS kill you for ever and samsung company STOP os bada

  • how?

  • Yes we can

  • can we bild android in this mobile phone ?please tell me

  • 3 years since i brought it..... Still working good...

  • You can actually, though Android support is not perfect yet. Check out the Badadroid Project (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?­t=1851818)

  • Can we use anroid is on this phone......if yes tell me the process

  • awesome mobile i like it but there enough games and the best games are payed

  • awesome mobile i like it but there enough games and the best games are payed

  • please advise how i can download What's Up format in my phone its samsung wave Bada GT-s8500. Or please download it for me. I miss alot on Whats Up. I love samsung products.loise

  • I have wave 1. I can't open my music player.it is always loading. What is the reason? How I open the music player ?

  • battery lifge very long and good. almost 10 days.

  • battery life very short

  • XDA Devlopers.com, search for custom Firmware for this model, and follow their instructions on hot to install it.

  • my wave 1 update to bada 2.0 .if I do software update it get any wrong to my phone ?

  • my wave 2 on bada 1.2 has YouTube problems again - it plays for 30 seconds or so and freezes and then displays error message 'connection to server has been lost' - I cant watch any video all the way through. anyone else got this problem or is it just me this time?

  • you can use touch to take picture!!!

  • yes

  • which country was made to this type of samsung s8500

  • which country was made to this Samsung S8500 Wave

  • how to download new firmware?

  • its a very good phone....but we whatsapp please.. Other than that, its beautful gadget

  • why kakaotalk? i think ChatOn is more interesting rather than kakaotalk.. ChatOn is cute when sending an Anicon to other

  • >can i download kakaotalk or viber using my samsung wave 1? If possible how pls help me coz i cant download through samsung apps my OS still 1.2

  • does samsung wave has a secondary camera?

  • You can fix it, When the phone has low level of cashe memory it restart its self. The only thing you can do is to download new custom firmware.

  • is samsung wave s8500 compatible with whatsApp

  • my s8500 is restart.how can I fix it ?

  • anyone got a problem getting youtube in hq? i have wave 2 and cant play a youtube video in high quality in wifi or 3g - is this problem widespread?

  • yes

  • whatsapp is not yet compatible with bada operating system so as for now you cant..

  • Exactly. Best phone i had 2 years ago, but now got a GS2 much much better in every aspects. Try it and you will immediately forget your Wave...So many improvements from Samsung in 2 years.

  • Hi Guys !! I bought this phone one year ago and. Until now i had no problems with this phone ! Can you guys advice wheather i can install Whatsapp appilcation on this system (Bada). Thanks

  • instagram is incompatible with samsung wave

  • Hello There, If you install bada.2.0 than you will be able to take photos using the touch screen. Regards

  • An excellent phone with respect to the speed, the camera quality, the features, the touch, and the variety of applications. The only big limitation is it not being an android phone. Second Major problem detected with all the phones of this model is that after few months of use, its Camera button stops working. And unfortunately you cannot click a photograph with any other button or by the touch screen! So it has to be replaced quite often. Else, An Amazing phone from every other respect!! Highly Satisfied!

  • Meant instagram

  • Can d intergram application work on dis phone??????????

  • so how can i upgrade my wave s8500 os from bada to android? or even much higher bada os such as v2.0? bacause it says that u can upgrade it from bada os to v2.0.much better if i can upgrade it into android.could u pls help me with this.thanks.

  • Samsung S8500 Wave error camera

  • it has an excellent built quality(one of the top 5) . but it has the worst operating system called bada. with bada u will live with very few useful applications. my advice go for android phones or iphones.

  • Hi guys! Have u tried Android on this phone?!?! If u don't know how to do it, XDA-Developers has the answer and tutorials.

  • what is wrong with this phone?

  • this phone was a dream but samsung killed it....please if u want a smart phone avoid the wave.........

  • i can't read documents(ppt,pdf, word) using dis phone, pliz help

  • how do i download pictures onto my computer

  • You can't install Skype on this phone, because Bada have no support for apps who will let You speak over GPRS/WIFI(internet). I bought this phone 2 year ago still use it only for calling, haven't found too match usable apps from Samsung Apps Store. Phone look very nice, and be like smart-phone, but its not opponent to Android based smart-phone because of Bada!

  • how to download skype on s8500

  • Hi i own a Samsung S8500 and i love it , yes it does not have android its just the samsung apps based on android , Cheers

  • is the samsung wave has an android market?

  • how can i get pictures messages in this phone? i want some help please and tx

  • Hi can you tell me does the Samsung s8500 have a mobile ap on it so I can connect to Internet for my iPod

  • yes, my thoughts exactly. i have mine for more than 2 years and i love him ever since:)

  • This Phone is still amazing, in my opinion. I sold it and bought a Galaxy SII, but i just couldn't be satisfied with the OS interface, bada is much more smoother, soft and easy to handle. The aluminium body is one of the greatest things in it. Tood bad for him that samsung nearly killed the Bada. And to inform that one of the specs are wrong, it has 2Gb of internal memory, shared between the aplications!

  • After upgrading to BADA 2.0, it is giving me problem of Signing in to Samsung Account, everytime it gives me a black screen of samsung account and asks me that upgrade requird, that has only one buttong OK. After pressing OK it just comes to home screen without Signing it, as a result I am not able to use Samsung Apps i.e. not able to download any application.

  • I have just bought this great phone :) I do not care Bada is almost dead, it has enough applications to me. Its Amoled screen is just great. You will not find a better smartphone for such money. Android is amazingly popular, so hackers may use it for their profit soon ;)

  • No need to keep that old Wave phone...I just sold it and got a GS2. Big screen, fantastic camera and tons of super games...Forget Wave and Bada, that was good 2 years ago

  • Don't downgrade from bada 2.0 to 1.2, because even if bada 2.0 has many flaws, you can use touchscreen to take a picture, and also to focus when video recording and that is Great !!!

  • hie guys am looking for the screen of this phone. pliz help me i cant find it in my country.

  • please i'm havin a problem wit ma handset when u switch it off unless i use a charger before i can switch it on again and when it's on it will be automatically charging please whats wrong with my handset.

  • one of the best phones ever made, OS died as one man said before me, but it still rock like on buyday ;) steel case? iphone5? cmon...

  • Hi friends , i want an urgent help , am using this phone for than an year now . and am still on Bada 1.0 am unable to upgrade its OS even after an year as the Kies Soft always says current and latest version as same and hence does nt allow to upgrade . The phone is Australian Vodafone Co-branded and am using it in India , i asked the call centre guys and samsung service care for the same , They said the phone now can be upgraded only from Australia , i have no source to send the phone back to australia and update it , after trying for so much time and waiting for a solution . am so much fed up that , i hate Bada OS now .. Now My question is that i want to flash this phone to make it an Android one , I request to those who knows the exact procedure to convert it into android . I really apreciate the person's help , my id is [email protected] and i am ready to pay for that as well. So Help wd be severely appreciated . Thanks a lot

  • Using it for more than two years, still love it very much.. Smooth user experience, periodic reminder for unread message, smooth and clear touch screen and vibrant color. Highly customiseable setting and user interface. Overall very good phone.

  • i'm using ics right now n planning to flash jb..after using it for more than 2years it's still at its peak performance..the os died but the phone survive it..hehehe

  • Check out the sammobile forum:

  • Great phone. Great screen. Too bad it stopped working after less than one year of use... Most certainly the last Samsung I'll ever buy!

  • From where you got Jelly bean O_O?

  • Hello Mr. Nathwani. My friend presented me Samsung Wave S8500, it is locked now, how do I unlock it.

  • plz check out awesome bada 2.0 apps

  • How can i downgraded from 2.0 to 1.2 pls help 2.0 sucks

  • How can i downgraded from 2.0 to 1.2 ? pls help 2.0 sucks

  • i updated to bada 2.0. its good in visuality. nothing other

  • 2,5 years later, this is still a top phone. Superb design, autonomy, sound, screen and multimedia features. Just stick with bada 1.2 if you got all the apps you need.

  • Visit samfirware.com for more information on how to upgrade. But be prepared that the only thing you will be happy with on bada 2.0 is that you can download bada 2.0 apps. Some minor improvements are there too. But you will not like that performance decreased and that some stuff was taken away.

  • Hi Anonymous Here is the link for how to upgrade with bada 2.0. Here Mr. Wil has given entire instruction about how to flash your phone with bada 2.0 on dated "2012-01-11 14:48" so do as per his instruction and within 15 minutes your phone will be flashed with BADA 2.0 And you will get Custom Firmware from this site Note - Mr. Wil has provided links for download of Firmware which is old firmware so don't download that as Latest firmware are out in the market so download that from this site You can also google for Video of how to upgrade your Samsung Wave S8500 to BADA 2.0 If you need any help please let me know. Thanks & Regards Kalpit Nathwani

  • try to change back with reset function with your phone password, it might work.

  • hi, mr. nathwani, do you know how can i upgrade (without my phone failing after upgrade) to bada 2.0?

  • you cant officially update the firmware unless kies support it.. and if you do flash your device, no guarantees it will work perfeect as the factory firmware.. best idea to stick with your current version of bada to make it work flawless..and for camera button, you might need to open the screws on your phone and put some packing under the button to make the contact again between button and the push button on the circuit. to me, if you make your phone work on factory firmware and settings its the best!

  • there is no play store.. you just have to use samsung apps. whatever apps they give you for your version of BADA (1.0 or 1.2 or 2.0)

  • Kindly tell me ur location. I am in Qatar and we canot upgrade to 2.0. Kindly help me to upgrade

  • you can buy the display from internet stores for as less as much as 107 $ US from aliexpress or any other website for that matter. some of them come even with the screwdriver to open your phone as well..

  • how play store is install in samsung wave s8500.

  • How to install Android in wave2.please reply meeeeee/

  • I am using Wave I since 2010. Its good phone. Now i am facing a problem with the camera. The camera button is not working. I feel it pressed but doesn't take photos. The OS is 1.2 how can I update to 2.0 Kindly help me with reply Regards

  • hi can u download whtzup on this phone..please help

  • my mobile display damage 2month service center penal is not aloud

  • very very good phone nice design nice led dual boot, bada2 and android jelly bean

  • very very good phone nice design nice led dual boot, bada2 and android jelly bean

  • Nice phone,good screen,sound quality design,and some more. But avoid upgrade to Bada 2.0 if you dont need new software and use it a a base phone. Disadvantages of Bada 2.0 Tiny letters (fonts) for the contacts list so it impossibile to touch a specific letter (you try to touch "P" mostly you manage to touch 2 letters up or down like "N" or "R" )and go to that you have to scroll up or down your list. No messages folders ,inbox,outbox send and drafts.Unfortunately volume is lower now,so you may not hear it when rings.Camera at least for pictures is dissapointing, ok here I rarely use a mobile before for pictures just cameras but for me is unacceptable especially in low light my old U800 samsung has better picture quality.

  • guys i just updated my 1.2 bada to 2.0 bada. my s8500 is now being transformed into brand new phone.i m feelng lik i bought a brand new phone.everything tinyscule thing gt chngd

  • Very good phone,even now,excelent screen,camera and sound,it wont gonna desapoint you,and tha battery is very good to!

  • i love this

  • You cannot change the font size when texting, only when reading the message using the volume keys

  • Can you tell me if you are able to change the font size when texting, if so how to do it. Thanks

  • Really great phone, good for basic function and a few games. Good small size, great screen, light and loud. Great camera and video, especially with bada 2.0 when you can use the key on the screen to take a picture. Old phone now but still love it, cannot find any flaws.

  • After more than 2 years of usage I was able to tranfer files to my 2nd laptop. I dont know why the process of Bluetooth pairing is so complicated. It would just not pair with any guy unless the pairing is stored in its list of devices. very strange process. Anyway the phone is still good , I would say reliable if you need to do basic stuff, Good battery life and yes no Hangs.

  • Hello Wavers, After 25 months of usage I found that that Samsung does not care about its customers other than Galaxy S series, I am running away from this useless BADA os , My phone is still a beautiful piece of Shit without any scratches and a gorgeous S Amoled Display. One more thing guys, dont dare to call a wave as a smartphone, its not and it will never be. I have bought a ZOPO ZP100 ICS phone and i am enjoying it. Bye Bye wavers

  • can samsung S8500 handle Whats up .com

  • Better audio quality than my SGS2 T989(T-mobile). And every thing is good for a 2010 phone especially its hardware. Bada is still good for me but Andriod is much better. Also battery durability is more superior to most of the smartphones. Still I have to use this as my multimedia needs.

  • one thing you can do is go to everdroid.com. Register youself and u can backup contacts and sms. its free and easy to use.

  • Hi, thanks to all of you for your inputs. I dont see any big advantage in upgrading my working phone. if there is no skype and no other big advantage , i can live with my Bada 1.0 OS. its still good for call and music.

  • what is the radiation dosage limit for this model? that is harmless radiation dosage limit?

  • I lost everything in the phone after upgrading to bad 2.0 ... Only good things in bada 2.0 is that you can take picture by touching the screen (no more blurry picture using the hard key) and the touch focus for video... No more folders for messaging, and phone is slower. But still OK to use. I gave it to my lady friend and just got a white GS2 for myself. Android is really good.

  • Hi PBR123 No Skype is not there in upgraded version. you can't use skype in BADA 2.0 Kalpit Nathwani

  • Hi If you want to upgrade your phone to BADA 2.0 then you will lose all your data and app.However you can backup your data like contacts, SMS, Songs etc. but there is no option to backup apps. so you will loose these apps. But at the same time your apps. will be there in your samsung account so you can reinstall all these app. My advise to you is first backup all your data and then login to your samsung account through kies and verify your that your all apps are there in your account or not and then upgrade your phone. For any help you can ask me any question regarding upgrade to BADA 2.0 Kalpit Nathwani

  • Hi Rahul If you find problem in BADA 2.0 ROM then you can use Custom ROM prepared by NEXUS. You will find Custom ROM from below mention link. Here you find ROM prepared by verious developer. I have used Custom ROM of Nexus so i am recommend his ROM but you can use ROM prepared by any other developer as per you choice. For how to flash this Custom ROM you have to search Google for that. For any help you ask me Kalpit Nathwani

  • i used long time of this phone no any problem but now i want change go in tabs so suggest to me . itsp ok nd i upgrate vergen this phone

  • does anybody got the same problem when upgrading samsung wave to bada 2.0 the phone got a little bit slow in texting and playing samsung games that support 2.0?

  • Its Very Gooood Phone.

  • From long time I have been postponing upgrade of my BADA firmware and moving from 1.0 to other higher versions for the fear of losing the stuff of my mobile. I dont want to loose any of my current data, apps (Specially the password storing apps), I dont want to loose my stored SMS and Phone contacts. Can any one please guide me and let me know when I upgrade do I loose all the stuff on my mobile and I need to start from the begining? Second please let me know, does Skype work on any of the upgraded versions on Wave 8500? Thanks in advance..

  • It is possible to upgrade the phone OS to BADA2.0.....Which I've already done.......The appearance of bada2.0 is really nice....but harms the image quality.......Asphalt6 HD make problem to play....Opera mini doesnt support touch function properly.........Doesn't support AVI format..But support MKV >....Can't hide videos from Video Player.

  • Can Anyone Tell Me That... Is It Possible to Upgrade the OS of Wave1 to 2.0...?????? If Yes then Will it Effect the Phone...???

  • thanks for the tip.. it works as before now :)

  • Best phone i ever used, even better than the new ones. Tried many of the new phones, but cannot let this one go. Perfect for me: screen, size, battery, camera, looks, sound...Still haven't find one to replace it. Working as good as day one, amazing after 2 years...

  • good one

  • remove the battery and keep the phone idle for 10 mins and then insert the battery again and push the power button to start. it will work fine as before:)

  • Tough luck. I guess we're stuck with the press-the-lock-button-to-activate-phone setup. The call/end keys provide a better and more convenient solution IMO. Um, hope Samsung will include it in future minor bada updates. LOL.

  • Sadly, the latest available FW for your region is bada 1.2. You don't know what you're missing. :-) Flash it to bada 2.0 manually. It's complicated (a little) and risky but it's worth the risk. For UK FW: Register first to download the FW, and just google the flashing tutorial (instructions). Do some research first and if you're up to it, go flash your phone.

  • Yes, and it still is after more than 2 years of use.

  • hey, how can i install rar games on it?

  • Well it looks like Bada is dead,,see GSMArena homepage on Tizen due early next year.. What a waste of effort and time it takes a lot of engineering time to build a new O/S.I loved the s8500 it was one of the top smartfones 2 years ago with best screen ever built 1GHz proccessor and so on..I still remember vividly charging it for first time and the big green battery icon glowing with colour,,i knew the the screen was something special.

  • go to setting > accounts > facebook and you can sync the accounts you want

  • can anyone help me. i have been using this device for a long time and today the screen display became too dark unexpectedly.. should i change the screen or there is a way to get back the normal contrast ? help me please ??

  • how can i find full screen games and hd games on bada 1.2? 4m bangladesh

  • i am from u.p bareilly and i am using sam wave gt-s8500 how to use video chatting

  • guys can someone tell me how is this smartphone i S.A Vodacom stores?

  • i am using bada 1 uk firmware in pakistan. kies says your "device can not be updated via kies" what should i do? i want to update it atleast to bada 1.2 bcz apps are not working

  • Hello to all Can any one tell me how to change unlock button on Samsung Wave 8500 with Bada 2.0 on it Thanks in advance

  • Bada 1.2 had an option of synchronizing facebook friends with phone contacts. Is there any kind of option like that in bada 2.0? Have been searching for it since bada 2.0 came... But yet to find out... Please help guys..

  • Great phone, but after nearly two years it is time for me to get a GS2...

  • but how ...

  • can it play YouTube videos in hq using 3g? or only in wifi (as I've discovered)? this is my main problem with wave 2. currently still on bada 1.2 but am I right in thinking this limitation remains in bada 2.0? anyone know the answer to this?

  • Don't buy Wave. Samsung has stopped bada project. Go for an Android phone.

  • dont think you can do that. I've been looking around and there've been a few projects to port android on wave, but they all seem to be abandoned. The best I've found is a Gingerbread port from last year (never finished, modem and calls not working) and a more recent ICS port (still unfinished, the last post from the developer was in april 2012). Someone correct me if I'm wrong

  • How to upgrade my samsung wave I to anaroid 4.0

  • I will give you all that I have if you show me a working android port for this phone

  • Cant skype, only video call by 3g

  • u can logout by using operamini which u can download from samsungapps

  • dude how to upgrade my samsung wave I to anaroid 4.0

  • you can also run android 4 on it.

  • anyone plz help when i try to update my firmware via kies it says "your device does not support software upgrading via Kies" what should i do???

  • i will buy this phone Tomorrow, i want just to know if i can install skype and other messanger application on it ? If anyone knows some good website to download those application in my new mobile plz share it with me Thanks alot Mery

  • When i go on facebook it says server not stable, when i try to download any apps from the apps store its says not compatible or it just fails, however i can goon to the internet sometime with the bowser but its limited

  • hi can i make a video call of this phone?

  • how to download whatsapp in samsung wave gt s8500 please help I have tried many times...but I can't download..

  • Hi JhoeBlack There is no option for logout from Facebook in Wave S8500, if you want to logout from that you have to delete Facebook account that you have configured in your Wave S8500. And install JAVA apps of Facebook in which,there is option of logout. Thanks Kalpit

  • how can i log-out my facebook on my wave s8500?

  • How can i sign out my facebook on my s8500?

  • Does anyone know what resolution i should have my camera set on for the best photo?

  • its awesome

  • hi download the latest bada 2.0 firmware and flash wave with it using multiloader ver, 5.65.. byebye

  • i have had this phone for 2 years now and still couldnt upgrade it to the official 2.0 bada os. in kuwait the kies software says the 1.3 is the latest.

  • how to spoof on bada 1.2?

  • How to display Facebook photos in contacts list after we link Facebook & phone accounts? My phone only shows empty photo in the contact list.

  • Still a good 2010 phone in 2012.

  • Just realized that now with Bada 2 the voice recorder uses mp3 format and no more the old amr: quality of recordings is really good now, and loud too...liking bada 2 more and more everyday.

  • Thanx kalpit i solved my sound problem,i went to service centre yesterday and they flashed phone and put new software now phone is working well...

  • Hi Yatin You can try once more to increase your wave's volume by this cade and this time make sure you do all the thing properly if you find difficulty that google for this. And then after also you are not able to increase your wave's volume then you have to do hard reset your wave but before doing hard reset please take backup of your data and then do hard reset this hard reset will take you wave to factory setting. And if you don't know how to do hard reset then please google it and do the same. Thanks Kalpit

  • How can i upload palce apps

  • me too have wave and the speaker sound has gone recently and the service center is in peshawar, and im from mardan. i cant go 100 km for speaker fix. they should have service center every city

  • Hey friends i have used this code *#197328640# to increase volume and iost my music and video sound plz help wt should i do to solve this problem

  • Dude i want to downgrade my wave 2 plz help. i want 1.2 back is it possible plz help

  • Hi If you really want to upgrade to BADA 2.0 then upgrade with Nexus Custom ROM all your problem that you have mention is not there in Custom ROM of Nexus. For details of Nexus custom ROM search this post with word Nexus or Google it. If you need any Help then please feel free to write here to me. Thanks Kalpit

  • Still using this phone even scratches and cracks on it! #vintagelook

  • how to voip calling install

  • DONT UPGRADE TO BADA 2.0 IS STUPID I FEEL REGRET UPDATING IT CUZ 1)Hang Too Much Worst Than 1.2 2)Very Laggy Surfing Web 3)Lock Screen Will Be Laggy Once You Unlock 4)Wifi Signal Very Bad 5)Keyboard Very Small Very Hard To Type 6)Camera Cannot Switch To Front Camara (see which country you are from some got some dont have so mine dont have) 7)Music Speaker Very Low Compare To 1.2 8)Chat on is Completely USELESS 9)Take Too Much Battery Life And Charge Very Slow 10)Samsung App Open Then Will Auto Close Some How When You Search Something 11)GPS Not Working ( Go Download Google Map ) 12)Bluetooth Cannot Change Name 13)Cannot Choose Sound Profile 14)No Fake Call 15)Every Picture Take From Camera Is Bler 16)Once You Update Bada 2.0 Asphalt 5 Is GONE COMPLETELY 17)Video Application Does Not Split Into Folder 18)No More The The Contact To Call Just Slide And Choose 'Call,Message,Video Call,Delete Contact' 19)Cannot Be Downgrade 20)Auto Off Will Start Happen And CASTER IS USELESS That All I Think Just Dont Upgrade To 2.0

  • Yes I tried to adjust the values for the volume loudness and it works. Also I maximise the hearing volume during calls. We can adjust the hearing volume by adjusting the volume racker at the left side. Note: Even you maximise the ringtone volume in the Setting icon in the menu or in the volume racker(@ idle mode), still you need to adjust the volume racker during calls to adjust the hearing volume. Hope it helps to those who are interested.

  • Thanks

  • gud morning samsung problem is no sound so what can i do. tnx'

  • No, full reset won't make you back to bada 1, You need to flash the phone, which is easy after you find the right software on the net. Anyway i did not like bada 2 at the beginning but now think it it quite good...Will keep it. and all the new apps and games need bada 2

  • Forget Bada 2.0. Superior audio quality is gone. No more sound profile to choose. It's hard to increase the maximum volume for the Music, voice call volume etc. Picture quality is not impressive as before. Wonderful music player in landscape mode is gone. Music settings in the Music Player itself is gone also, you have to go to Setting icon in your menu everytime. Bada 2.0 is just pure cosmetics. But you can still upgrade for the sake of having new in your Wave.

  • Forget Bada 2.0. Superior audio quality is gone. No more sound profile to choose. It's hard to increase the maximum volume for the Music, voice call volume etc. Picture quality is not impressive as before. Wonderful music player in landscape mode is gone. Music settings in the Music Player itself is gone also, you have to go to Setting icon in your menu everytime. Bada 2.0 is just pure cosmetics. But you can still upgrade for the sake of having new in your Wave.

  • BADA 2 is still unnavailable for TPH Operator-Free phones in Portugal as well. But anyway, from what I've read around, many users that upgraded are not so happy now cause some useful definitions were not included in BADA 2. Besides, it's lightly slower and increased power and data consuming. Personally, I'll stick with BADA 1.2, it does the job perfectly and for my use, there is no app I'm missing. And it still is a great phone!

  • Thanks...... Can we do reset my Bada 2.0 to restore the factory version/released version Bada 1.0? I did try reset my Wave but still in Bada 2.0

  • The best phone ever I had.. Truly amazing.. Loud speaker n clear!!!! Screen is so bright n clear either.. Compact and handy.. Speedy cpu and fast start up time.. Plus.. Needless to worried about scratch.. Because the screen is gorilla glass n body 100% steel.. Amazed..

  • Yes you can increase volume using the same code in bada 2. I id it. But the changes wont show: the numbers will stay the same but in reality they will be changed. Strange but true, try it...Remember to write somewhere the original values in case you need to change back to original.

  • Just Upgraded to Bada 2.0. Can we still increase the maximum volume(music, voice call & etc) using the *#197328640# code? I can't change the values from 0 to 6. Your opinion and experience using bada 2.0 is highly appreciated. Thanks

  • Bada 2.0 is still awaited in Pakistan. What a pathetic OS and Samsung is also disappointing its customer in Pakistan.

  • Yes, there are so many different mobile phones (nokia e71, black berry) earlier than wave. But it was something of quality and regard. Still compatible for the most part of telephony, light use for reading or video capturing.

  • Major drawbacks after upgrading to BADA v2.0. Here go's the List: Missing, Music ID. Missing, Pause option in video recording. Missing, on fly brightness adjustment during video call. Missing, zoom option in video call. Missing, adding Image and video files, during video call. If u dont want miss these very important featured, do not upgrade for BADA v2.0!!!!!

  • "Even if i want to change my phone, i dont find any proper upgrade, I want android with build quality of Wave." We're on the same boat. Still waiting for that phone to come.

  • I've been using the S8500 wave for two years now and I still impressed with its features and I'm enjoying swipe and it never went in for repairs, I get three days battery with heavy use incl listning to music, I work on da road so I get a lot of calls and music is constantly playing. I'm using bada 1.2 and I'm enjoying it, I'm very sacared to upgrade to 2.0 because of all the bad revievs I'm reading. Please advise if it's advisable to upgrade to 2.0 or stay on 1.2. Thanks.

  • Yes it is a good window phone with dvd writer and with 500 GB memory. Amazing just RS 4999. I AM USSING IT FOR 15 YEARS

  • dude plz tell me is it possible to go back bada1.2 bcoz i dislike bada 2.0

  • I wish Wave had 512 MB of RAM, the RAM mangement in BADA just sucks. after installing 2.0.1 i need to restart phone atleast twice a day to play any hd game. When i bought the wave it was fastest in the market, lot faster than android but today even Galaxy Y feels smooth for test responsiveness. Build quality is superb, audio quality is fantastic but this OS is CRAP Fed up with you BADA Even if i want to change my phone, i dont find any proper upgrade, I want android with build quality of Wave.

  • yes me..

  • I am using Samsung Wave 1 for 2 years now. No problems uptil now, never ever went to service center. Although a lot of knowns reported the phone to be problematic it worked fine for me. Battery backup was great too until I upgraded to bada 2.0. Still battery backup lasts over one day. I think that is good enough considering today's smartphones. No match for Android but still a good phone for not so app savvy people

  • Android 4.0 beta is released !!!!

  • 2 years of usage and phone is still great: battery, camera, speaker,.. Did not like Bada 2 at first but now it is Ok. That is with phones like that, that Samsung has become number 1 in the world. But i will probably get soon a new Samsung with Android and big screen, GS2 i guess. Too little applications with Bada.

  • It always good to me.

  • 2 years of use and still great.....

  • download and instal latest kies. then connect you samsung through usb cabel as you connect phone will ask you which way to use it, just select KIES. and then check for updates through kies. keep in mind that you should back up your files not to losse them,

  • its alway a gud phone 2 me

  • I've had a wave for 2 years and its been in for multiple times for repairs for programming and electrical issues. I'm in Canada so can't upgrade to bada 2.0 so google maps became unavailable. I have the same problem as "don't" with messages on not enough space, too many apps running when closing them or deleting doesn't change it. Newest issue is refusing to open emails with either error messages or will if I turn the program/phone on and off enough times. Don't buy the wave. I've had a wave for 2 years and its been in for multiple times for repairs for programming and electrical issues. I'm in Canada so can't upgrade to bada 2.0 so google maps became unavailable. I have the same problem as "don't" with messages on not enough space, too many apps running when closing them or deleting doesn't change it. Newest issue is refusing to open emails with either error messages or will if I turn the program/phone on and off enough times. Don't buy the wave.

  • u all can update wave os to bada 2 it is aotomaticale do in kise softwere down lod kise and canect the phone get internet and it is update aotomaticale

  • go to sammobile.com in forum section and you will find the answer there:)

  • missing features in bada v2. Music id

  • any body intrsted is selling wave s8500?

  • I've had a wave for 2 years and its been in for multiple times for repairs for programming and electrical issues. I'm in Canada so can't upgrade to bada 2.0 so google maps became unavailable. I have the same problem as "don't" with messages on not enough space, too many apps running when closing them or deleting doesn't change it. Newest issue is refusing to open emails with either error messages or will if I turn the program/phone on and off enough times. Don't buy the wave.

  • how to update bada 2.0 in s8500 please can some one tell me

  • It is exactly what i expect to as cellphone and i am enjoying it.

  • I use the Samsung Wave for almost a year now, and my wave flies with Bada 2.0, also now has some cool apps, and the design and display beauty cant be replaced

  • I have the wave and if i had my time back i wouldn't have bought it.I wanted a android and was sold this phone and it isnt an android.cannot open any aps cause it keeps telling me not enough resources to close some apps and that is the only app open.I wouldn't recommend it

  • How can we use virtual keypad on bada 2.0 version for java software.as there is no option like their old version .plz reply anyone

  • my wave have bada 2.0.1 and it is so solid fast Nice lookin ui live wallpapers camera much better And everything works so nice :-[ but browser is so Shit ......... I have galaxy tab 2 7.0 too with android 4.0.3 And i Wish to flash it bada 2.0 with android browser. Android is like child with poop in socks it has nothing Good but play store.

  • Don't upgrade to BAda 2.0, the power is drain very fast.and sensitivity is drop....

  • please tell whether official Bada 2.0 support these formats like Bada 1.2 did. avi and mkv. I've read people complaining Bada 2.0 don't support these formats .

  • please tell whether official Bada 2.0 support avi and mkv these formats like Bada 1.2 support these formats . because I ve read people complaining Bada 2.0 doesn't support these formats: Bada 2.0 only play mp4. still no Bada 2 in Pakistan stuck at 1.2.

  • I can't open the Facebook from menu?

  • please tell whether official Bada 2.0 supports avi and mkv formats? like Bada 1.2 did support these formats . I ve read people complaining Bada 2 don't support these formats . still no bada 2 in pakistan stuck at 1.2.

  • Don't upgradde to BADA 2.0, you'll make a mistake... Bada 1.2 is more simple, fast and stable. I upgraded to 2.0, but don't want the fuss to flash the phone myself back to Bada 1.2

  • Hi friends, I am using S8500 since long.I used to connect wi fi when I was using BSNL broad band.Recently I changed the service provider and I started using Tikona service.My mobile shows wi fi connectivity but internet asses is not possible.every time I start it says DNS failed.Can any one help me get rid of this problem ashok

  • Hi, You are required to download S8500DDLC2_firefly.rar from internet. Then you are required to download MultiLoader_V5.65. You have to flash it. You can get instructions in net.

  • dear friends,i purchased my wave s8500 in 2010.now i am using bada 1.2 on my phone.but i want to use 2.0 so,please tell me the release date of bada 2.0 in india.not through kies.

  • Samsung wave next version will be android?

  • Samsung wave next version will be android?

  • Samsung wave next version will be android?

  • @ :)))

  • This phone is very light and its pretty good looking, the battery lasts 3-4 days (I don't talk on the phone that much) and the touch screen is very very good. I have bluetooth in my car, but the loundspeaker on this phone is so good that I don't turn on the bluetooth anymore. Overall I�m very happy with this phone; the only downside is the BADA OS.

  • Dear Friends, I purchased Samsung Wave S8500, but getting the error message 3013 while downloading from Samsung Apps. so please advise, how can i solve & remove this msg i.e "This account cannot be used in this country. Exit samsung apps and go to my accounts to sign out (3013)". Im in Kuwait and try to sign with different ID, including gmail account, but problems remains same and give same error sign in. Is there anyway to fix this error.

  • Samsung has slowly and deliberately disabled the home key. It's now totally dead and pretty much useless. Can no longer take screenshots of my phone and run the Task Manager.

  • still no bada 2.0 in pakistan. waiting waiting waiting !please post asap when it is available in Pakistan . btw LG optimus 4x is best mobile in my opinion till now not s3. better screen simple good design . tegra 3 nvidia .

  • I am using official version of BADA 2.0 since 10days, although its interface is a mixture of iOS n android but is slow, is missing some essential features of 1.0/1.2. However is good to use in many ways, but i am having some problems, my phone sometimes automatically comes into silent mode while it is still in the general mode. I dont know why??? Anyways am just waiting for galaxy S3's launch in India to replace it with my wave, though wave is a good phone, its OS is not & thus i wouldn't recommend it to anyone as OS nowadays are more important as they are the brains of smartphones.

  • pls change location of ur sys choose region as india bcoz by default it is us and then restart ur sys

  • Found a way to make a draft message: - Write your message and save it under scheduled (same key as join a picture) - When you want to use it again, long press on it to copy text, write a new message, and paste the text

  • At last Bada 2 coming to Thailand with Kies! But what a disappointment... 1.2 was far better and easier to use. All that time for that ? Not even a draft folder in messages. And everything in the phone was wiped off because of the upgrade. Trust me, stay with Bada 1.2. Of course all new games need bada 2, but they are all crap.

  • yes it will,so do as i did sell ur phone as soon as possible . and live your life with a real smart phone like iphone,xperia ,or the galaxy.

  • ya, i know!! I was talking about the "all" list!! it's showing nothing but a black screen... any suggestion??

  • It seems that Wave I is still the best. Its display is better than Even HTC One S. I feel that a great piece of hardware needs a proper OS to justify its position. The phone rocks in all departments - music, camera, battery life. But Samsung is bound to kill it (and has done so literally in many countries by releasing crappy firmware for 2.0). Whoever designed this phone should've been appointed for Galaxy S3's design.. S3 is a real pain to look at in 2012. Samsung, grow up... You have the potential, but you kill it yourself.

  • Is this true?? Samsung is about to discontinue Bada platform by mid-2013

  • All the few interesting games and apps are for Bada 2, and there is no upgrade to Bada 2 for my Wave 1 from Thailand...Waiting to buy Sony Xperia P as soon as possible. Fed up of Samsung.

  • Thanks for your help. But I went there and found nothing in Arabic. Check it:

  • plz .. i need a link to bada 2.0 ( stable version ) which works well with arabic language ( sure english exist too )

  • Camera is really Good.

  • Any good applications outside BADA Apps? From any other source?

  • By the way, why you people keep on writing opinions? This phone is already quite old.

  • What code @ Hey?

  • Hi BADs, In the logs screen there are two buttons at the bottom " All,Missed" Select all & check if the logs are visible.

  • i want to know the phone code of samsung wave 2

  • hey guys!! I'm using the official bada 2.0 firmware... but recently the problem i am having that my log list is showing nothing.. i can only able to see the missed call list. is this a firmware fault, or i have to enable any option?? plz help me!

  • is virtual keypad option present in games and more in bada 2.0 anyone answer please

  • can the os be change 2 anroid?

  • Go to the page SAMFIRMWARE and read carefully. Flash to BADA 2.0 for arabic already accessible. Lucky flushing!

  • galaxy s3 ... and android........made in India bada n wave......................made in Pakistan

  • can the os be changed to android?

  • Guys! I want to flash. But I don`t know which firmware is the best.

  • is virtual keypad option is seen in games and more in bada 2.0 please anyone reply

  • is virtual keypad option is seen in games and more in bada 2.0 please anyone reply

  • Have you completed the installation of Bada 2.0? If not, is your mobile working properly. Do check the kies website for required softwares like wp11 etc & confirm the same is available in your system. I also faced the same issue of phone not connecting to kies & got solved by installing the softwares

  • The only purchasing point is the price. It is 2/3rd or 1/2 the price of expensive droids. Or 1/3 ther price of Apple iphone in Pakistan.

  • @kalpit & bala.. guys i m frustrated now.. this time everything was smooth as i tried to upgrade from bada 1.2 to 2.0... even installation symbol ( a mobile symbol with an arrow) appeared on my phone.. but then a message popped up saying pc doesn't recognise ur mobile.... plz help.. i m just about to break this idiot phone.. help guys....

  • Bada is dead. Bada 2 is just to keep people hoping for nothing. Just look at the Samsung apps market, most new apps are themes. Don't regret buying it because good phone at launch but now so many better android phone like new Ace2, Xperia Sola, Galaxy W, Galaxy S Advance...etc.

  • Excellent when came out and Samsung had a brilliant idea when announced Bada 2! With that announcement they problably sold all Bada phones in stock. Just marketing false promises! It seems Bada is defenitly dead, so is Wave.

  • BADA was a good OS but is not compatible anymore.

  • It may not have Whatsapp for Bada, we need it now!

  • Many countries still don't have Bada 2 upgrade for Wave, and frankly I begin to think that they never will...Here in Thailand no ugrade...Samsung is not interested in spending time and money in old phones, they want people to buy new phones. My next phone ? Xperia P as soon as it is available !

  • also from Pakistan waiting for 2.0 . they release firmware region wise . last year they released pak firmware 1.2 around 1 st week of May. just few weeks after India.

  • You will have it may be in Q3.

  • why is it so that some people are having 2.0 update officially while others dont have it. on my part in pakistan 1.2 is what is latest.

  • iam using it with version bada 1.0. if i update it to version 2.0 will there be any problem. What about the quality of mobile after updation. Kindly reply

  • Hi, Can you provide information on what you say as true sense multitasking.

  • hi wave users this is small account of how wave is on bada 2.0 a short review *the ui is excellent *it is as smooth as bada 1 & 1.2 except u run a flash based heavy theme *the apps are in no. after updating it rememberss wch apps were previously installed *the music is loud & clear *picsel office smart is available for free for alimited time *true sense multitasking the gallery has been improved *folder mangement in home screen *games hd runs fine without any lags drawback *no management in manually downloading emails *only conversation in msging *internet remains active all the time draining out battery

  • No it has not been released for Singapore yet. You could check the website samfirmware.com for the latest updates & follow them on twitter

  • Does official bada2.0 comes to singapore??

  • i had try another account but yet still having same problem, m using gmail account. Please any1 please help me on this. Now because of this error, i can only download apps via kies. i don't know why samsung want to do this, why don't just don't do what apple do, on apple we can use account in another country. BUt this want we can only use in our own country.

  • Its so coooool...

  • thanks bala for the reply... i will try it nd let u know.....

  • thanks dude for the reply.... i will try what u said and will let u know the result....

  • Hi Gom Just to Hard Reset of your phone and your problem get resolved and you will not get any error and then try to upgrade your phone to Bada 2.0 And also please backup your phone data before hard reset or before upgrade to Bada 2.0 If you need any help let me know. Kalpit

  • After you have cleared your C: drive of about 3000MB, pl go to your phone browser & clear the cache, cookies etc in the same. Hope this will do the needful & enable you to enjoy Bada 2.0

  • can some one tell me where can we change location for call recording files? (in bada 2.0, india) i am unable to see any settings to change location of recorded files..pls...

  • Hi Guys. Please tell me is GPS Free in this mobile. or we need internet connection for GPS.

  • guys i tried upgrading my wave 2 from bada 1.2 to 2.0 through kies(latest 2.3... version). Begining everything was ok but in the end when it was about to install the downloaded upgrade components a message popped up saying insufficient free disk space ... needed atleast 3000MB space.., then somehow I created that much space in my C drive and started all over again . but same problem is arising again and again .... plz help me...

  • Hey same here have a samsung wave 1 wanting to buy a sony xperia p or an htc one s

  • Same here in Egypt. Asphalt 6 is available in bada store but needs bada 2! And there`s no paid apps service from samsung here. plus there`s no working spoofing method. so all you can enjoy with your powerful SGX540 is Solitaire and Snake !!!

  • Hey i tried updating my p phone to official bada 2.0thru kies ....I am able to download d software but I m not able to transfer it to my mobile ... It says phone not detected,take out battery n den restart n try again..I tried like 10 times... Please help me... I have waited too long to be denied d opportunity...please reply

  • its a very nice mobile and very very very very better & greater then wave 2

  • logout frm samsung account and the create a new account using a gmail email account it worked for me i had a yahoo id wch gave me the same error but after logging with gmail id everithing is working jst fine infact u get many other option

  • What a joke, no ugrade to Bada 2 for my Wave in Thailand up to now...Waiting eagerly to buy the Sony Xperia P to get rid of Bada. Still a great success phone in its time, but don't call it a smartphone. Android i'm coming !

  • i buddy i know!! but the thing is, as u said right now i don't have enough to spend...but after may be a couple of month i will shift to android.. thanx anyway :)

  • 22000 opinions 1,50000 votes I think this hype is gonna end now

  • is bada 2.0 official update now available here in the philippines?

  • its a perfect phone,my screen got broken,where can i get replacement

  • can we download whatsapp application in samsung wave with Bada operating system??? its urgent

  • hi guys glad to see bada 2.0 on our wave finally tapan has always helped us by posting videos on youtube for updates, review of new firmware, spoofing, etc so now he has posted a review for the bada 2.0 s8530ddlc2 si guys check this review

  • what u should do is get rid of the phone and buy android smart phone(Like buying the real nexus rather than calling bada os rom... nexus?!!? ,but if u don't have enough money to change ur phone,just keep using the nexus rom because it is better than the official rom,and if u insisting on using the official rom just flash ur phone to the original rom before using the costum nexus room and change csc code to ur region then kies will recognize that ur phone needs upgrade. but beleive me one day when u start using android u will say I wish I had lessened to the advice long ago :-) sent from my phone using opera mobile app which still not available in bada store

  • guys any idea how to spoof on bada 2?:( i lost many HD games after upgrading the phone :(

  • Hi guys, how can i solve this "This account cannot be used in this country. Exit samsung apps and go to my accounts to sign out (3013)". Im in singapore sign in using my singapore account but it prompt out this error message. Is there anyway to fix this. Now i hav to use kies to sync apps into my s8500

  • Hi Friends, I have a WAVE S8500 which i got from the UK last year. I have downloaded the latest Kies version 2.3.0 but when i connect my handset it says that my firmware is the latest one but my phone is still on BADA 1.0. Current fw version S8500NEJE6/S8500H3GJE7 (H3G), latest FW S8500NEJE6/S8500H3GJE7 (H3G). Please help guys i am tired of waiting, any suggestions/ recommendations will help

  • hi friends!! last week i updated my phone with the custom firmware by nexus... but now as the official has been released,i want to upgrade to it, but the problem is that kies showing the device is not upgradable via kies!! but i really want to upgrade to the official firmware.. any idea what should i do?? :( plz help..

  • Hi guys, how can i solve this "This account cannot be used in this country. Exit samsung apps and go to my accounts to sign out (3013)". Im in singapore sign in using my singapore account but it prompt out this error message. Is there anyway to fix this. Now i hav to use kies to sync apps into my s8500

  • go to firmware recovery option in kies. you should get a prompt window about firmware upgrade failure. that menu will have the code...try to run in recovery mode and use the code.

  • Refer this.

  • How did you get the recovery code??

  • most of the first buyers and developers had abandoned bada os after 2 years of samsung lies and the worst support ever ,bada 2.0 is more slower and laggy than bada 1.2 !?!?!??! so take my advice and try a smart phone from one of ur friends and u will through the wave in the garbage

  • bada os does not support video calling over IP,only supports the expensive 3g video calling ;so if u want skype and the likes go for iOS or android and get rid of this disaster bada os

  • hey hiiiiiiii wave users since the final official update has arrived on our dear wave, many of them must have upgraded to the latest version so we other wave user will appreciate a short review of how it is pls do share ur opinion on the official update

  • Hi I am from india. i tried to upgrade my wave to bada 2.0 In the mid it says "unknown error occurred". and stops. i tried many times but could not succeed. Any help is much appriciated

  • Hi Mates I tried to upgrade my firmware to DDLC1 for my Wave S8500. In the middle of the way it says "unknown error occured" and stops. I tried many times but could nt succeed. Any help is much appriciated

  • What app can i use for free video calling on a samsung wave s8500?

  • last year 1.2 update got here in pakistan after 1 week when India got it . so guess have to wait 1 more week . this Tuesday might be that day.

  • I hope we will receive official Bada 2.0 in April.

  • Does Indian version support Urdu language?

  • I spent the entire night on kies today :( my phone got bricked.getting the same error/menus and I am able to access only on kies mode.I made note of the emergency recovery code. I need to backup the data and try that. I think my phone has gone kaput :( .fortunately the download mode still works. so i can still manage to flash using multiloader. Never tried it though :( was patiently waiting for official bada 2.0 only to get screwed.let me know if u get past this and are able to install the firmware thru kies

  • I'm facing the below error when i tried to update my firmware to bada 2.0 "Software update on your phone has been paused. To prevent unexpected errors continue to upgrade your firmware via samsung kies" I'm not able to use my mobile in normal mode & able to use it only in kies mode where the menus are accessible but the phone is not detected by Kies for reflashing. Can some one help me on this error? Thanks in advance. Regards, Balaji

  • Still no update in Pakistan BADA 2.0

  • hey guys Bada 2.0 release in india S8500DDLC1 for S8500

  • Forget kies bcz its don't work...connect internet with wifi nd enjoy.........

  • i just download da new version of samsung kies n i can't find da app store in it.. can any1 help whats wrong with it... plz reply

  • Wave page is without any action for a couple of days. Y??????? People, what happened?

  • is samsung wave is an android?

  • Yes, it is.

  • what is the problem with the release of BADA 2.0 update. Is it really so big a thing to tweek a software.

  • Hey wave 2 owners from India its party time the party should be from sammy India bada 2.0 is launched today but but but I am wave 1 owner so don't invite me and you Samsung India, where is the bada 2.0 for wave 1 huh ??????? do it quickly I can't wait anymore check out www.badahub.com

  • Jeez! He is back again at the rankings table, brushing shoulders with the mighty droids?The Wave was awesome.

  • Perhaps your device is running some rogue application in the background.Just re-start it and close unnecessary widgets and applications like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi if on.Turn brightness to 1 when away from the power socket.Use darker wallpapers.

  • it's a custom firmware.. S8500XXKK7-OXAKL6

  • hi to which firmware have u updated??

  • hey Kalpit.. m from west bengal.. and today i updated my wave following wil's guide... bt after upgrade, m having a serious problem.. my battery is draining in no time... within 4 hrs my it came down to 63 to 5% with minimum usage... any idea?? what should i do??

  • Hi Anonymous Yes i am from Ahmedabad, India. Here is the link for how to upgrade with bada 2.0. Here Mr. Wil has given entire instruction about how to falsh your phone with bada 2.0 on dated "2012-01-11 14:48" so do as per his instruction and within 15 minutes your phone will be flashed with BADA 2.0 Custom ROM prepared by Nexus. If you need any help please let me know. Thanks & Regards Kalpit

  • For me it was the best phone in this price range. yes, software wise not more applications. hardware wise, camera, telephony, internet usage. It was the best phone.

  • Dude, Wait for the Bada 2.0 update and sell it immediately.I dont see Bada releasing any apps for its OS soon.This are all strategies for Samsung to bring in Tizen quietly so that people dont freak out when they hear that Bada is no longer active.This is the same strategy used for Samsung Star,Jet,Star 3G.These phones are no longer being manufactured and there are no apps for these phones. Why will anyone stay on Bada except for those people who just wanna show they have a smartphone in hand but there is absolutely no use of it.

  • One of the best phone by specification which was really neglected by samsung ...i dont know why the f**k they released bada os without giving proper support t its first ever bada phone...lack of apps ,, no official update to bada 2 ...made a very good phone...t a big flop...if samsung is goin t continue the same...Bada is gonna be a big flop...! Already Android dominates the market...Bada is no where now...soon it will disappear

  • congratulations man I hope you enjoy your new phone I did the same mistake as yours I bought the wave on july 2010 after I believed samsung lies about getting 10000 apps by the end of 2010 and bada 2 in early 2011 but till now nothing happen only stupid apps and repeated ugly themes. but my problem now is no one wants to buy the wave because I am an honest man so when the possible buyer asks me about whither the famous iphone apps are available on bada my answer always no so the buyer discovers that the wave is not a smart phone and asks me to sell it cheap :-(

  • This is a fact. There are 9600 apps, out of which 5546+271 are themes and ebooks respectively. How can these be treated as apps? Samsung Apps and Samsung Bada OS have been duping people for the past 2 years.The fact is Bada is a big failed attempt and Tizen is being brought to cover up for this failure. Please dont compare Android and iOS with Bada.Its a shame.There is not even one app that we can be proud of,in Bada OS. I was using Samsung Wave S8500 since July 2010.I sold it yesterday after getting tired of waiting for the Bada 2.0 update. Reasons what made me to sell of this phone:- 1.No software for editing of Docs(Free Apps) 2.Basic apps like Angry Birds are charged(All other OS are giving it free of cost) 3.No Navigation app and everytime you update your OS, you need to inform the Route 66. 4.Latest Google Maps is available free of cost with Voice Guided Navigation and updates on Android.You need to wait for Bada 2.0 to enjoy. 5.GPS takes atleast 10-12 minutes to lock the location on Bada.It takes a minute on Android, iOS, Windows,Symbian or Blackberry.This is an absolute shame. 6.No VOIP till date.This is an insult for any OS.Why is Bada called a smartphone? 7.There are no stable messenger apps(Yahoo,Gtalk,MSN,FB).All of them on Bada either crash or make the phone to restart again. 8.All the games that were initially given free of cost are now either deleted or charged exorbitantly. 9.Developers from companies like Talkatone, Whatsapp,Skype have shown the least interests in creating an app for Bada. 10.The last date for ads on apps given to developers for getting their revenue is May 2012, which means, apps will be out only in Q3 or Q4 of 2012. 11.There were only three minor updates till date of Bada since 2010 namely Bada 1.1 and Bada 1.2. This is not how an OS should be improving itself. 12.Battery of this phone has drained out in 6hrs flat because of using Kint Messenger,watching Youtube for 45minutes and making 1 hr of calls. I have moved on to HTC Sensation.I got these apps instantly and free of cost and I am enjoying it thoroughly. Whatsapp,Talkatone,Google Maps,Skype,Angry Birds,Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Space, Need for Speed Shift,Shazam,Vlingo. I updated my phone from Android 2.3 Gingerbread to Android ICS yesterday.Totally worth it!

  • amazing phone .. super classy display after all (amoled).... surf so fast like laptop... faster download (depends on speed).... a lilbit bad thing is thht bada apps are few in market :( ..... over all .. worth

  • samsung.......wtf??!!! please pay some million to whatsapp company to at lease make them release whatsapp for bada!!!

  • The Wave with 2.0 bada is just great!!!!

  • i had the same bother too..just persevere

  • Bada 2.0 has transformed this phone..it has finally become,,worth a comment on GSM. battery life isnt great..but battery life on iphone etc is shocking too.the screen and interface is amazing, everyone i know comments on the quality of the screen, ive had this phone 18 months now,and the screen looks like new, and its only after bada upgrade that it has came to life..great phone and the only downside is that android software isnt compatible. well done samsung for Bada 2.0 ..oh and about time..!!!!

  • hey hi kalpit u seem to be frm india i have downloaded the FW frm the link tht u have posted ie XXLB1 CUSTOM ROM BY NEXUS but how do i update using this file WILL MULTILOADER 5.65 WORK ? and also do guide me abt the csc file i m frm mumbai thanks in advance d

  • I want to correct somthing I saw it posted here regarding the battery life in bada : it is good but not excellent because if u use the net through wifi u will be lucky if u get 4 hours and for heavy graphic games 3 hours of praying is the maximum.but if u avoid these u can reach 2 days of normal use.

  • there is only alpha android rom for samsung wave which has lots of bugs and does not support calling. samsung wave was a good choice two years back but today it is a bad choice to buy a bad a os phone. so please don't do my mistake and avoid bada os. if u r a sammy fan u go for the galaxy family.

  • bada os supports pdf files but it can not open large files and unlike android bada does not support adobe reader(the best pdf reader) bada uses picsel and polaris to open pdf both are no match for adobe . samsung wave has only 256mb of ram so can not do real multitasking it tends to close your open apps without permission even it closes the widgets. so if u are a professional user do not buy a bada os phone. my advice to every wave user :bada os is dead so stop waiting for the too late updates and carry on your lives by buying a real smart phone (iphone,windows phone,android,or even symbian)

  • Hi all s8500 users, Custom ROM XXLB2 by Nexus is great!!! here's what i notice after: -touch response is a bit faster now -i can now use the navigator -weather widget is now working (as in the same weather outside) -browsing internet is faster -polaris document viewer/editor is finally working!!! im planning to sell my fone.It made me think twice after the upgrade...hehe Thank you Nexus for your work!!! really appreciated... Thanks too Kalpit for posting to this site... ken Philippines

  • yes it can

  • yes

  • Can the phone support the PDF application? because i wanna get this pphone for professional use and wish to kno if it can open PDF docs

  • if costumer care change my replace my damaged chipset,how will i know it is a original chipset or ordinary one,plz reply, thanx in advance.

  • i hv asked 1 question that how we use samsung S8500 as a webcam through wifi or bluetooth ? many softwares i hv try but unsecessfull ! plz guid me about that problem !!!! thanks !!!!!!!!!!!

  • No, it takes up to 10 min

  • Is it normal that it takes a long time to make a backup through KIES ? It still preparing for backup... Its running that for more than 1 hour... :(

  • I have a problem. I'm doing a backup before a upgrade but it takes to long... Its saying preparing for more then 30 min... Help me plz

  • Has Wave (India). I cant wait for Bada 2.0 Anymore. Which is the best 2.0 to Flash to ??

  • No updates in india, its a really punishment from samsung to all wavers.

  • Mr.Suhaan.... i m also waiting for bada 2.0 and today i heard that officials of samsung have no plan to release it.... IF U DONT TRUST ME THEN OPEN::::: www.badahub.com/2012/03/official-mail-from-samsu­ng-india.html

  • Hi everyone! Is 2.0 update available in India?

  • Hi Kalpit, im interested to know to get the new bada from nexus. Please let me know the instructions. Thanks in advance!

  • when you up-lode something from Samsung apps it'show error and samsung care not solve my problem

  • my screen is damaged how can i replace it? am in Liberia, West Africa.

  • Hi, I downgraded from bada 2.0 to bada 1.2 (open asia) as it was complete firmware available for asia. Then I flashed it to Pakistan firmware 1.2 (s8500) because I needed Urdu but after flashing phone was restarting continuoulsy. I downloaded firmwares from sammobile. Any solution as I need some bada 1.2 with Urdu support. OR please share link of any stable bada 2.0 firmware with support for Urdu.

  • Hello Sherry First of all my name is Kalpit.Second thing yes you are right Nexus have deleted all these stuffs because of its consume lots of spaces of phone memory and in this ROM Call Recording is there and you can also use Social Hub and Polaris Office and Configure your mails easily in this ROM, this ROM only lacks Front Camera.And Most Importantly there is no bugs. Every thing runs smoothly.However if you don't like this ROM you can use new ROM prepared by NEXUS which is most stable and fast with Front Camera and also "Visibility of Hidden Storage is activated" Link of the same is here Right now i am using "New bada 2.0 XXLA1 CUSTOM Rom" prepared by Nexus and planning to flash my phone with "New bada 2.0 XXLB2 CUSTOM ROM" prepared by Nexus If you need any help please let me know. Thanks Kalpit

  • Hi i am Ajay, i want to buy samsung s8500, is there any option to change our OS (BADA) to Android..........plz reply me............

  • I have damaged my screen, can it be replaced with a new one and where will i find one in Fiji or New Zealand??

  • I have the phone for more than a year, and i can say it's more than good! The touch UI is just amazing, some of the most recent phones can't reach the feeling that this wave has. Aluminium body, also the best among the options in the market, not light, neither heavy, Just perfect. It is resistent for sure, not a scratch on it untill now. The Battery is fantastic, it manages to last 8 days with balanced use (Brazilian firmware). If you connect to social nets and heavy use, well, it lasts about 3 days, not too shabby. Camera is also great, i can't regret the 5mp and HD video, has great quality on both. About Bada, it is growing, slowly, and the only problem i found out is that samsung is taking too long to bring the 2.0 worldwide update! Worth every cent!

  • Bada is a pretty good system it is like having the I-phone safari system and a little google andriod with lil windows with samsung propreitory it is unique but it needs a lil google market plus I-phone I-tunes.With windows market and just imagine a phone that.uses all.of the OS systems in one phone I know it might be hard to get the others to agree but it is worth the try.it will make a great phone for samsung.OK call it the Toby Wave

  • Your battery must be worn out or faulty i get 4-5 days with light use and under heavy use i have never killed battery in one day..I use screen on full plus 3g as well.

  • Hello anonymous, Have you got a name? well yes, I've tried nexus custom firmware but i don't like it cause they removed lot of stuff like yahoo, hotmail messanger, default ringtone, wallpaper it doesn't look so professional. It is bada so must look like a bada phone. I love elite rom it is fast and it has call record and front camera activated. But still elite rom has bugs i can't use social hub and can't be able to configure my email clients. So at last I revert back to official firmware XXLA1. Tell me what kind of firmware you are using now? Thank for your reply

  • Hey @ samsung why not let Nokia do a bada system phone it would give others a chance to.see.just how good bada is and you could see what ever you might need to change by some body else using that.system Its worth a try.what would you.have to lose from TobyRich

  • Downgrade is not recommanded

  • Forget the phone, bada 2.0 gives no improvement: - hanging touchscreen input, often you open the url-link, when you intended to scroll - little improvement of "page too big error" - google maps so slow that you can't use .... So it looks like android now, but doesn't work like. That's all. A great pretender in beeing a so called smartphone!

  • Yes you can flash with any firmware pakistan is getting bada 2.0 soon

  • any one sold this mobile.

  • iv had wave s8500 from day 1 and ive loved it, the 1.2 update was ok but ive not got the 2.0 update is it in kies. ive been told its released and ive been told its not released, someone tell me the truth.....is the official 2.0 update released in the uk on o2 :)

  • hi it has android or no?

  • hardware and -timewise it is the most brilliant phone of all time! but Samsung ruined it as soon as Android came TRULY out (Galaxy S e.g. Wave with a bigger screen). and they kept F'in up a good phone with a half-ass bada2! as a loyal Samsung fan since 2005 i'm finding Sony Xperia sola a lot more pleasing, than to put up to another Samsung "promise-no-promise-no-"half-ass-POS-t­hat'll never see an upgrade again!"...

  • yesterday i updated my wave 8500 to bada 2.0, it is useless and i plan to revert it back. no deactivation of conversation view poor camera quality no profiles bad sound of camera poor performance of touch complex to use too many home screens i dont see any improvement in gps it may be good when samsung launch it officially in pakistan as they may have fixed these bugs in last 1 yr.

  • awesome phone uper amolded hd diplay with non scratchable gorilla glass. but the week point is that it supports only 720phd and not 1080phd superb head phone quality.batter backup is the worst it rushe out in almost 2hrs of frequent use love you jamshedpur(manish nttf)

  • Dont upgrade to 1.2, its totally useless.

  • I miss Profiles and Equalizer "inside" the Music player. It seems my phone is having ramdom issues though. Which is a bit curious. First it was the lock key, now the home button. The audio quality was bad, then suddenly it became different, then it's back to "bad" again after XLA1 update. I did the update OTA. the file size was only 6mb. What the.... If only I could find a phone that's worthy a replacement and won't burn a hole in my pocket. LoL.

  • Whoa. Hold your horses. LoL. Try updating it again.

  • i was perfectly happy with my wave until i updated it with the latest firmware. usually when I update it makes minor changes. This update has totally changed my phone. Can't get messaging off conversation format, can't find profiles to change to driving, my phone switches off mid conversation if i touch the volume button on the side and now It only has vibrate, no sound. Biggest mistake updating my phone because now i'll need to buy a new one.

  • Can anyone told me the date when official BADA 2.0 will be available in India....??? When i connect my phone to kies it shows S8500ODDKF1 software for updation......Do i need to upgrade to 1.2 then i can upgrade to bada 2.0 only..?? please tell me guys...!!

  • Hi Sherry You can also try the latest Custom ROM prepared by NEXUS. This is the link of that Custom ROM But i have not flashed my phone with this new Custom ROM i will flash with this new ROM after couple of days, this ROM is also prepared by NEXUS and people likes this ROM also try any ROM here you just compare change logs of both ROM and decide with which ROM you want to flash your phone. Please let me know if you need any help Thanks

  • Hi Sherry Hope you have visited that site and downloaded that Custom ROM in that NEXUS the developer has made changes in that ROM and removed bugs of Official ROM and he also has added new features in that ROM and tried to make Official ROM to more smooth and without bugs so goto this link you will find change logs between Official ROM and Custom ROM also you can download this Custom ROM from this link If you need any help please let me know. Thanks

  • it is very good phone.i can use this phone very easyli.

  • how do i download whatsapp on my fone?? :(

  • one of the best smartphone ever. Also the Bada 2.0 is a great platform, with more app will be very very competitive, the relatively poor market is the only valid criticism about this smartphone.

  • yo i have a question for you how did u update your fire wall or what ever i want to download games on my phone but it'z like i have to update it

  • What about Bada OS?Is it stable?Does it make problems?

  • Hi, i lost the compass on ma wave 1 accedently;( how can i reset it on ma phone?? Pls help me plzzz...:)

  • Can someone help me? I have just upgraded to the latest firmware and i hate it (can't get the messages off conversation mode). is there anyway of reverting back to the old firmware?

  • Thanks Anonymous i will try to flush my wave with nexus custom firmware can you tell me how it is better than official firmware!!! waiting your reply ;)

  • yeah but y dont u go fr an android phone which is any day better than BADA

  • HT@ huhhh...300MB error 1)u need atleast 2-3 gb free space in drive "c" 2)SO clear ur pc or lappy memory... 3)close all widget in mob befr update 4)erase all browsing histry from phn's browser

  • Do anyone know when Bada 2.0 will be available in Pakistan officially? Also can I flash with firmware of any other country?

  • Hello, In BADA there is one app called "BADASI" which you have to install and then you get information about your phone in details. This apps gives you all system information of your phone Thanks Rock On

  • good mobile

  • Thanks to Deb. But in android processor shows details like hummingbird chipset, gpu power vr sgx540 and gpu detail in system information. In bada is same to android like?

  • yes u can see these in bada also -- go to settings > general > about phone

  • In bada os can i see the system information? Like processor, ram, display. Which i can in android. Please reply asap. Thanks

  • how to update Bada OS to android?

  • yeah ! finaly updates comes to china......its seems nw very soon 2.0 will be in india... :-)

  • Just follow this link

  • Hello, I've got a problem... I want to upgrade my firmware but its saying that I dont have enough memory on my drive ( 3000 mb or so ) Does someone have solution to solve this problem? please help me !!

  • You need to upgrade your OS to Bada 2.0, you're from Malaysia and not Malaysian because you are referring to the people.

  • I just wanted to know why samsung wave S8500 is not working here in Canada. i bought it in kuwait and is working fine and even use it in phils & india, but why they said it is not unlock phone. pls help

  • Hi If you want to downgrade to bada 1.2 then download BADA 1.2 firmware from www.badadownloads.com and flash you wase as you have flash with BADA 2.0 but my suggestion is try BADA custom firmware prepared by NEXUS from www.badadownloads.com as these firmware is really stable and you can enjoy this firmware as i have flashed my Wave with the same and i am satisfied with this custom firmware.

  • People don´t buy this crap, bada is full of bugs, is useless!!!

  • i flashed my wave to xxla bada 2.0 and im not satisfied with the perfomance can anybody tell me how to downgrade again to bada 1.2 thanks in advance i will be waiting your reply wave famliy:-)

  • just a questi0n..bada 2.0 already available on samsung kies? im from the malaysian..

  • Most of the new and rare good games are now for Bada 2... And no sign of update for my Wave. What a stupidity ! Time to ditch the phone and buy Android. The Sony Xperia P seems wonderful. Cannot wait to get it and buy Sony after being deceived buy Samsung and Bada

  • Rumors suggest bada 2.0 coming to india near march end. So bet on april. If u wish to flash now, try using a diff version of multiloader. Or u can wait for another month. Do remember, except gps improvement, bada 2.0 is only a cosmetic reshuffle. Everything else has worsened. But there r many games/apps available only for 2.0. Many r free now, but sammy might put a price-tag once official upgrade is done.

  • Hi, here in Slovakia is XXLA1 official firmware. Im using this firmware for 2-3 weeks and is really stable but have some cons. Games arent working properly - games have lags and sometimes doesnt load ingame sound (for example in Plants vs Zombies you cant hear the sound of zombies - BRAAAIIINSSS :),or the sound of taken coins), widgets are switching off itslef, Taken photos have gray noise so camera isnt good anymore you cant record video in HD to memory card (recording in HD works only with phone memory) becasue you get message: "Memory card doesnt support this type of resolution"). Themes with live walppaper (Im using ICS theme and tried more themes) are lagging The most annoying thing is if you get message the phone doesnt shows name of sender (it shows only number of sender) so you dont know who send a message. Bada 2.0 can use only 850 MHz of ours 1Ghz procesor. This is everything I know from XXLA1 so I hope I helped you to decide to get this firmware.

  • What's happening here Samsung? For reasons unknown, the center(menu) button just stopped working. A simple click used to bring me to the menu. Can't run Task manager by long-pressing the center key either. The lock button is kind of unresponsive. I have to press several times before the phone reacts to my presses which is very annoying and a waste of time. It would have been better if the call/end keys can be used to activate the lock-screen.

  • hey abhijeet even i m frm india the above is the link for bada 2.0 XXLA1 any one please let me knw how stable is this FW and the overall funtionality. also 1 query i have installed multiloader v5.65 as told by WIL in post sometime ago, but, after opening the programme on my windows xp the buttons overlap each other and further more the download and port search button are only partially visible wch also causes the phone detection button with no icon so therefore i cannot see if my phone has been detected or not plseas do guide with this do i need windows 7 to do this

  • See what i actually was trying to convey, "bada 2 was supposed to come in july last year. If it eventually comes with 7-8 months delay, u gonna believe it will be a decent overhaul." What we actually got, just cosmetic rehash, few inbuilt features gone amiss, audio quality washed down the drain. Yup, gps stands alone a huge improvement. And some basic features eg custom equalizer, rar/zip/etc download support, voip still missing. And abt pic edit, "i said, i dont use it, so not sure if its there in 2.0." There blabla going around that 2.0 will come to my country in march, n it will b xxla1. So awaiting it. Have a nice day, ma'm!!!

  • i cant belive why you r sad for picture editing when same software is free in samsung apps...

  • well u r rite in your way but lets elaborate i m using wave from last 1 n half year litrally never used tht mosaic search in video and so is the color tone zip was never a big problem for me i use uc web for that yess i miss setting in music ... ohhh dont tell that gps got a big upgrade now it takes just 1 min outside i was surprised coz earlier it was taking 10 min so now if im not happy then ok than sad oh god my widgets never dissapeared till now... yes i told i miss skype so is voip.. i wonder ur gps n widgets problm is not due to test firmware

  • Hi I am Suggesting you to Flash your phone with BADA 2.0 Custom ROM prepared by Nexus. This Firmware has only 1 bug and it's really stable version of BADA 2.0 Firmware.You can download from www.badadownloads.com and for how to falsh your phone with BADA 2.0 so search this post you will file method suggested by Mr.Wil

  • This must be the worst smartphone I ever bought, if it can even be classified a "smartphone". Using this now for almost 13 months. I am totally disappointed in this phone. I moved on to Android, which just feels more matured in general. BADA totally sucks. I won't recommend this OS. It misses alot of the basics that other OS's have...

  • Is it already officially available in the Philippines?

  • Even the official firmwares have a lot of bugs. You will always have to be careful using the options in the phone as the results are not always predictable.

  • there is a error 8001 sometime when i download application from samsung application incompatible oss update firmware to download application.... itsmostly when i download 3d games? how can i update firmware..

  • When i m click on navigation, one synchonisation licence query comes. anybody can say why this happen. and if i m click on "yes" is it chargable?????????? I m facing problem since i have purchage this phone on GPS information any remedy to geting this information....pls reply

  • This phone is useless due to its operating system. I've regretted big time buying it. My primary needs were Skype, Windows Excel, good GPS software in India. I've been waiting 1.5 years for a Skype app on Bada, and despite make news that its coming soon, it never came. Recently they made some cheap java app for Skype chatting and cheated the customers. I can't install QuickOffice on this phone - another reason making it useless. I can't install MapMyIndia maps on this phone, unlike any android, windows or symbian phone. You will always feel left out by missing on the great android apps. Samsung has never cared for its bada os customers, never made any good apps for them. Bada os is 5 years behind android marketplace.

  • is anyone gonna provide me with the link to download bada 2.0 xxkl6 ? i m asking for this since last 2 weeks but no response frm any of fellow wave user wht a jelous behaviour u all have the once who have already downloaded can help but dont knw why thet retract helping the is happening with DR WAVE. even his problem is not being considered shame on u wave user

  • why is no1 posting link for flashing the bada 1.0 even after asking for several times? in india a guy said tht he got official update thru kies after flashing it to bada 2.0 xxkl6 thn whts the problem with flashing is anyone going to post the link ?

  • wen samsung goin 2 release bada2 for wave S8500 nd S8530 in india? Or is dere any chance of launching it? Otherwise dere is no reason in usin wave2 with outdated OS. I hav 2 go 4 other options like android nd dat not frm samsung anymore.

  • yesterday i went to service centre, and they reflshed my phone, it cost me Rs.300(indian money).. i've been using bada 1.2 since sept '11 i asked them about the bada 2.. but they said that couldn't give me amy info about bada 2 release as there is no such news...

  • That happened to me as well, i was really very frustrated, so i went to the service center and they reprogrammed my wave and lost all my files from phone memory.. i paid 500 pesos to fix it.. goshed!! no updates for firmware yet here in the philippines?

  • it is just the best phone i ever had

  • dude ur software has corrupted ull hv to flash it all again....for hw much tym have u been using 1.2??n u can see my earlier posts i have gone thru a lot wid same problm.keep us updated wid ur progress :)

  • Those are waiting for TALKING TOM for wave -- can download a exactly similar app "BADA BAR" through KIES from dutch store.

  • And yes, i haven't specified anything that only a phone with monster h/w like gs2 can afford. Most of those things have been in the air even with 300mhz phones having 64mb ram.

  • No offence. Here is another face of the same coin. 1- you still can't download archives (rar/zip) or big mp4 files using the same dolphin browser. 2- color tone adjustment in video player is gone. So is mosaic view. 3- still no custom equalizer in audio player. 4- gps still takes ten-times more amount of time to lock than nokia symbian phones. 5- picture editing is gone (i dont know exactly, as i have never used this feature) 6- u can no more pause a video recording 7- widgets disappear on their own. 8- still no voip . Anyways i m on xxkl6, not keen yet to flash onto xxla1 as most forums suggest that there isn't a gr8 diff.

  • hey senorita it was good to have a review frm u only thing i would ask is for link to this firmware XXLA1 PROVIDE US WITH THE LINK

  • @anonymous If you really did get bada 2 through kies update. What country you live in now? Pls confirm where currently reciding. That's really not hard to say, right buddy.

  • Yah your right xxla1 is very cool in wave s8500. Try nexus rom custom very few bugs and performs very smooth. almost all hd apps and previous bada apps I installed runs on this FW. But remember not to run flash theme you won't be able to run hd games due to its limited internal memory. But all in all excellent FW.

  • hey bro i m from india so said that ur live wallpaper is working well so can u tell me onething where i can download this bloody live wallpaper can u send me link...plzzzzz

  • well well well!!! day before yesterday i flashed ma wave s8500 to xxla1 and believe me its fabulous i read here some ppl complainin about bada 2.0 here is my full review 1).internet just awesome ...that annoying url bar has gone completely and it looks mostly like iphone browser and your url bar also work as google search bar like in chrome so experience is fabulous... 2).gallery superb no complain i dont why some ppl over here complainin about it i have 400+ pics and no lagging at all 3).asphalt 6 just at 1st time after downloading it takes long time after playing 2-3 times its working brilliantly and its an awesome game 4).live wall paper is cool i dont have ny complain till now 5).key board is another welcome thing its been updated nicely full 100 for it 6).my camera is also working properly i must say v nicely some ppl over here also complainin abt it i didnt get single problem yet.... 7).speaker has also become loud i have also heard ppl complainin about it why and from where those complains are i dont know... 8).i have played mr dork 2 its jst treat to play... all togather everything is superb i can say i got the reward of buying this phone you must also try...tc guys and yes dont expect galaxy s2 or iphone 4s from this phone....nly thing i miss is skype else nothing i get many useful apps from samsung apps now...

  • anyone from malaysia get update for bada 2.0

  • @wanna update to 2.0: yes, am frm india and the firmware is stable - no crashes or lagging so far. Just checkd my previous version and it was KL6, not KL2 as mentioned earlier. That version was stable as well but scrolling had improved a lot now. Also I had the memory issue earlier when playing Earth and Legend, which is ok now. Kies indicates tat it is the latest firmware - so I guess its official. I'd got the firmware from badadownload dot com but not sure if u can still get it from there as multiupload seems to be down. Will post details of steps followed bit later as I'd made a note of them on another system.

  • no update availble for me in india.. any body got update?

  • hi anonymous ohhhh than thts a grt news for all of us frm where did u downloaded the custom firmware XXKL2 to wch u had flashed will be very useful if u provide us the link to download over here also pls give wave users a short review of wht is it like is it stable ? so now u r on an official firmware ? right? are u frm india ?

  • samsung wave is wrost phone. its updating process is dead. dont purchage samsung wave series phone

  • I'm serious.. I was on flashed firmware XXKL2 and yday when I connected to Kies there was an update for Kies. Once I updated it, I got a notification that a new firmware was available for the phone as well. So I updated it and my phone now has XXLA1.

  • hey buddy, today it's happened to me!! and i've no idea what to do... plz somebody!! help!!

  • Really great phone. But now the camera key is giving problem and sometimes the phone reboot when surfing the web. The delay with upgrading to Bada 2 is also a hint that Bada is dead. Was the best phone in its time, but now i am looking to get one of those amazing dual core android phones soon to be available after the WMC 2012...

  • hey guys plz help... i m currently using bada 1.2 n today after restart for the 1st time today, it's not booting up again!! what should i do?? plz help me??

  • not joking.. I did get an update in kies..was using flashed firmware xxkl2 n got the notification on kies that version xxla1 was available.my phone now has this version hence my previous msg..

  • hey anonymous are u joking jst 2 hrs ago i attached my phone thru kies it said nothing like tht my phone is still connected on kies for sync DO NOT GIVE FAKE UPDATES HERE

  • Hi please confirm whether bada 2.0 is available official through kies

  • Please confirm is bada 2.0 update available for wave 1 in india??

  • Please confirm is bada 2.0 update available for wave 1 in india??

  • Bada 2.0 is finally available officially via Kies in India. version XXLA1 - just upgraded to it!!

  • Samsung Kies is a piece of cr*p. Samsung Apps' not working. And now it stops responding when I try to update the FW of my phone. Using Samsung Kies always leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

  • yup u hv a good question u can opt the second best contender HTC they hv a good built up quality and are at par with the consumer response nxt u can go fr sony ericsson they have party look fr their phones and are knwn as trendsetter fr their design and concept and finally motorola they have a good rep ovrseas but have gathered a poor response here in india frm htc u can consider: htc sensation line up, desire hd SE: SE arc, arc s, and the entire xperia line up as per ur requirement moto: moto droid 4 bionic, moto luxe, moto razr

  • Search for it in some forums like xda, badaforums, badahub etc. You will get appropriate contents there. Here, on gsmarena, we mainly have light-hearted bla bla n fun. Gud luck :)

  • I bought it for a year now. So at this moment my comment would be more precise. Fristly, it already a year gone by,so this model is no longer " Hot".However,if you intrested in some model of the same type,there are something you may want to consider: 1.It had a very good build and really reliable.Sensitive touch,vivid colour and pretty good sound.Moreover,it combined all vital app for daily needs.The main things i like about it most is the upgrade ver 2.0 of Bada O.S....Just so beautiful and coutious.... However,there are some breakdown here,fisrtly the apps market for Bada obviously would by far to compare with others.That broung the whole good thing down alot if you tend to change app every 2-3 weeks.If you dont,then everything is fine.There are many good apps and also free there. In a nut shell,if you are interesting in a Bada phone,make sure you can upgrade or it is ver 2.0...If not then you may want to consider more ...Have fun

  • hey everyone i bought this phone frm one of my frnd who wanted to sell this phone si bought he was telling me to convert the cp urt mode to ap urt mode can anyone let me knw the code for the same

  • other than samsung, any other nice android phone that can compete with sgs2

  • Thanks for your answer. So for recording videos it is touch focus only, and not auto focus. Too bad... Still better than nothing. Whish the GS2 was smaller, would be perfect

  • Found a flaw: Sent a message around 12:50 pm, and got a reply a minute later. In conversation mode, the reply was timed around 12:45 pm. It should be timed around 12:51 or 52 using the time of my phone so that it would be properly threaded. Which in this case should be at the top of the thread.

  • bada 2. incomplete os they release official beta which is full of bugs they promise to release their wave millions years evolution is not fate of wave they going to forget it and my vote is 1 very disappointing but i really love my wave

  • its not deserving to be in top three because of poor support and they release the incomplete bada 2. or the official beta it sooo sad i love my wave very much but it dont deserve in the top it should not be there when there is no future for it. i lost my hope for it and relly tired of waiting it sooo sad very frustrating.

  • Wave doesn't deserve that.. Poor Customer/OS Support from Samsung.

  • I want to ask that in bada 2.0 the message memory is unlimited or not?

  • To all wave user please vote it to bring back it in top rank thanks murko for your reply i know that wave cant stay in top rank now coz there are much better phones available in market. I am also using gs2 from last seven month and its way better than wave, but i love wave too coz i used it 14 months . When wave disappear from top list i really fell it i just want to bring back it in top 3 phones even just for one day it will show our love and respect to our beloved phone all wave user please vote it this weekend 10 10 10 Thanks

  • -Wave user- Its time to another mobile or even another manufacter now to achieve 10-10-10. My vote isnt going to my wave anymore. After waiting, after upgrading to bada 2.0, my wave doesnt deserve to be on the top of list. ( But still love my Wave )

  • Hi, yes you have autofocus when you recording video but its not as Galaxy s2 have. You have to touch the screen to focus (at begining of recording) and when you go to close object you have to touch the screen again. So you have to touch the screen to focus when you are changing distance of objects...

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

  • 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????

  • 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

  • With Bada 2 do you have autofocus when video recording ? Is the sound better when recording in a loud place like disco ? Thx

  • any idea after europe updates, asia will next in row ???

  • 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.

  • Not to mention the CPU which is underclocked (hope it's the right term) to around 850 MHz in bada 2.0 =(

  • Hi, 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...

  • U didn't mention the amount of RAM. It's 256 mb RAM.

  • thanks 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

  • 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..

  • this mobil notsuppoterd googltalk and internet callbak softwear way you have any idia tel me

  • i cant even sign in to samsung apps. samsung apps didnt show in kies. tired of using this software.

  • 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

  • The 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.

  • Same dilemma here. Guess we can only use one Samsung account. I can't find a way to use a different email.

  • You need to make anew account with anew e-mail ,but make sure this time (when signing up) to choose the country of the firmware.

  • 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..

  • I 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.

  • 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

  • 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.....

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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)

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

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

  • which firmwere u are using?

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

  • 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)?

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

  • please can anyone tell me does Bada 2.0 play mpeg videos.Bada 1.2 does not play this format on my phone . and what about mkv does it play smoothly now on 2.0 .1.2 bada has some lag playing mkv.

  • Same here. Kies is a pathetic piece of shit. Samsung deserves a "noble prize" for creating such a crap. AppStore plugins are updated every 15-20th day, while a bada device takes 2y to do the same. Shame! What a disparity!!

  • You are welcome!

  • Agree with you.

  • samsung bloody kies is the most retarded software ever to have plagued a computer. samsungs user support is nonexistant unless you live in the UK/US and NONE of their software works as it should. the hours of life i have lost trying to make something work add up to a lifetime of yelling, frustration and throwing computer screens through closed windows. I am not buying another sasmung as long as i live

  • samsung apps degreding earlier 22 gameloft games,but now only 6 go to hell! 500 apps removed

  • any idea when bada2.0 cumin in india????

  • Also bought my samsung wave july 2010. From where are you Lea? I am from baguio. I am diligently waiting for the official bada 2.0 at samsung kies.

  • Asphalt 6 HD available for free on Samsung store in my country. But need Bada 2.0, and no upgrade available for my phone at the moment. How stupid is this ???

  • how to install Skype for WAVE s8500..most of software i installed but not support the video call or voice call..plz let me know how to solve my problem.

  • I was mistaken. It was for a different phone. Bada 2.0 for the Philippines is not available yet. :-(

  • Thanks for the heads up. :-)

  • Just saw on Twitter that Bada 2.0 is already available in the Philippines. Now the trouble is, I flashed mine with the beta FW KL6 XEO. A Polish FW. Although it's recognized by Kies as an official and latest FW, I want to upgrade my phone with the proper FW. Any idea how? Just the basics. I'll do the rest. Thanks in advance :-)

  • hey thanks for ur valuable advice but thn wht about the multiloader problem wch i acquired after installing it opens up in fullscreen but the buttons fr full download gets hide and does nt appear on the screen but they r present on the window below the boot button do u have a reliable link for this one? also did u find anykind of bugs in the overall bada 2.0 after upgrading frm bada 1.0 is it laggy and less responsive? thanks in advance

  • For all who didn`t recieve the update. You Can check :twitter.com/samkiesupdates

  • Is bada 2.0 available in south africa yet ????????

  • hmm now I get it....you say you extracted the file and winrar (I suppose) says it encountered errors in extracting the bada 2.0 file? maybe by "shrapp" you actually meant "shpapp"? I guess the file you downloaded was a fluke, go try downloading the link I gave you below

  • whats the error you encountered? common error is fota file not included just click on the fota file from multiloader and if you have downloaded the rar file of the whole bada 2.0 package multiloader should be able to detect it.... good luck if not, I recommend going to badadownload.com and redownload the bada 2.0 package its complete package thats where I downloaded mine...

  • 1- I don`t think so. 2- Becareful it will format the phone without even question. 3- you need to update to Bada 2.0 which is the latest version.

  • hey hi seems u hv updated ur wave 1 wid bada 2.0 with the leaked beta firmware as told by WIL even i want to update my wave 1 frm bada 1.0 to bada 2.0 i have all required files: multiloader 5.65 hjsplit 2 files frm mediafire for bada 2.0 i have extracted those files as said but it shows only 1 error after extracting those file for shrapp the multiloader installed do not show uo as seen in the video so wht shd i do ? i m using windows xp also , do i have to remove the sim & sd card while updating? is the other functions operating as smooth as in wave 1? please do assist for this question

  • on a side note, sheeeet, recently played a music in "FLAC" format using the wave Oh MY goodness it sounds great I cried......huhuhuhuhu I can use the wave for something so special after all......... I still am crying as Im typing this......... manly tears......manly tears.....sheet keyboard getting all wet....huhuhuhu

  • samsung wave could have been as cool as a sony ericsson arc arc has 8mp still images and yet wave rules it with its quality of videos YO! but wat the faq happened with its apps? its like nobody bothered to test the games for bada before posting it on samsung apps, take for example sims 3, wat da faq is happening wid dem graphics? sheet is all wyt.... asphalt 6 could have run smooth as silk on samsung s8500 but guess wat....SHEET lagsss on the phone wat da faq....it has video card 4 times more powerful than iphone 4....where did ol dat power go??? flushed down the toilet I presume...hmmph! 4-5 times more powerful than psp (even 6 times couldnt remember) and yet it couldnt run this burnout copycat decently....

  • wait my friend,because all new games and apps are releasing in bada 2.0 version in samsungapps.

  • already did but the sim still did not recognize :(

  • Thank you Will. Will try the code. But here are my further question: 1. do I need to use sim during the attempt to enter the code? 2. what happen will happen when I key-in the code? 3. by the way, I bought the phone in july 2010 and since then I haven't upgraded my firmware. what's the lastest firmware today?

  • ok I think I see it now SIMS 3 has a freaking graphical problem, textures doesnt load normally...gerrrrrrrr aAAGHHHHHHHHHHH!!! and asphalt 3 doesnt even launch for me the heck is this Sh*t? I think I'll take it back what I said now, but I still have vicki, will try it as soon as I get to a wifi ready spot ^_^(hopefully vicki works)

  • When you try asphalt6 and sims3, you will see things different... Asphalt6 is laggy and sims3 has problem with texture-everything is white!!!

  • Is bada 2.0 official update now available in the philippines via kies? I'm not understanding why samsung is taking too long to provide updates. I'm now tired of waiting...

  • people have been laughing at me whenever I tried to swap my samsung s8500 wave to an xperia arc s, or a galaxy s2 but now after downloading asphalt 6(just downloaded will try later), the sims 3, viki(personal assistant), I realized how cool samsung wave is.... the only downside of wave now isnt the number of apps, but how impractical kies is whenever there is an update appstore usually screws up from launching....its sad that wave needs to depend on kies appstore in order to install apps....

  • iOS and android are the best in the market ,both are simple ,complete and easy to use ,bada is not a complete os it lacks a lot of features please do not do my mistake please don't buy a bada phone

  • One good thing about Bada is simplicity. It's not too simple like iOS or too complicated like Android. It's in between

  • Two years of using this phone and now I moved to Android ('cause my wave is missing). TBH, I'm quite satisfied with this phone. It was really simple to use without forgetting on being a smartphone. When I first used Android, I was disappointed with it (maybe because of the UI?). I got so used with Bada that I find Android a bit weird to use (lol). It's too bad Samsung don't take care of this OS like Android. Bada is actually a good OS. Wave is a good quality phone. If Samsung takes care of this OS well, I'm pretty sure it'll reach the top someday. On the side note, Wave is a million times better than Wave 2 & 3. If someone is looking for a Bada phone, Wave 1 is the best choice. ^_^

  • Hi wave users, when is bada 2.0 available in SA. Pls confirm. Thx.

  • Hey, is audio quality good in any of the beta/official 2.0.1 versions? Jumping from 1.2 to 2 means, just improved looks n a bit of goodies here or there, but overall, quality has rather gone down.

  • Check your settings. go to Settings, Connectivity, Network then select AUTOMATIC to both Select Network and Network Mode. Hope this can help you.

  • A full reset will return your phone in the state when you bought it and therefore take care of the problem Press *#197328640# Careful everything will be erased

  • HELP ME PLEASE!!! my samsung wave is not lock to any particular network. im from phillipines and been using smart to my phone. i tried to use globe on it, when i put back my smart sim the phone no longer recognize it anymore!!! i tried all other sim (smart, globe, tnt) and the phone no longer accept it. the question mark (?) always appear on the upper left corner. what is weird though, the globe it tired the first time is what the phone only recognizes! it tried other globe with different number and phone dont accept it. how can I fix this? help me please....

  • after 1,5 year of using bada and now android i must say don't you ever think about buying a bada phone,samsung wave is a nicely designed phone with tough built quality (i've dropped it about 4 times but still functioning with no scratch ) but bada os didn't improved as samsung promised ,the memory issue is still the music player became worse (the files that were stutter slightly on bada 1.2 now stutter terribly.still no skype?!?!?!no viber??!! nonimbuzz?!!?no whatsapp......etc no video player that supports flv,rmvb, the built in video player has issues with some audio formats. no real multitasking and apps crashes a lot,you can't run multiple widgets ,most of bada apps are useless and repeated .

  • when will be bada 2.0 for s8500 officially launch in india?

  • Advantages of Bada 1.0 to Bada 1.2 on my Wave *Better music player *Call recorder (but I don't care) *Most of the times, the backlight time will take effect within 4 seconds even it was set to 1 minute or more. It needs to restart the phone again and again....

  • Yeah I like my Wave but Kies does not. We always need to download the latest version of it and install again. Updating on already installed Kies takes too long or will be finished indefinitely. Also, the default region is "US" not "UK" which is not good to me even I'm in US coz every time I install the latest Kies, Samsung Apps will not appear. It takes another time to change the default region everytime after installation. How's your Samsung Kies Buddy?

  • Ive had a wave which randomly restarts everytime on official bada 1.2 software, but magically after upgrading to a beta kl6 bada 2.0 firmware the restarts are gone! much more stable! although the widgets are a bit slower in terms of navigating through the widget pages still everything is much more stable it seems than the official bada 1.2 version

  • Kies hates me so I must sell my wave and replace it with another mobile. Defy of neo V? I know wave is better than both but I need a smartphone or even a mobile WITHOUT kies. I can't re-install Windows 7 each time kies is bored and messes with my OS. People working for samsung can't help or don't care. So wave is definitely my LAST samsung no matter what. I wanted a SII but it comes with kies, too. Any ideas? Please, I need help.

  • I didn't use the phone a lot as it was my father's but I did all the setup. Hickups we encountered: - exchange sync that neither me neither the exchange's sysadmin managed to get working. - new sms icon not appearing when the sms's are stored on the sim card. The rest seemed quite ok.

  • hey guys can anybody help me , i am on bada 1.2 , but i want to downgrade to bada 1 , how to go abt it ?

  • How is the Arabic Language in Bada 2.0? Because it was so bad at Bada 1.2 .. It was like saying in English: "I speak London very best"! :)

  • cn i use skypee in this mobile???

  • i might be buying this so can this be upgraded to gingerbread instead of bada 2.0 and what is so good about bada anyway

  • hey guys this quetion is for those who have updated their bada 1.0 to bada 2.0 through the beta version via multiloader did u guys find any bugs in this version ie in msging, camera, multitasking, video recording, playing hd games or application ? also do the samsung apps work easily as before? do the present kies version detects the custom rom that we have installed ? plsease do reply to this post awaiting your reply since the app store has many tempting games and application for bada 2.0 for free

  • i was getting some pictures from memory card and after i put it back in the mobile and when i switch on... something happened with the color contrast and brightness .. its not clear like before.. i switch on and off to fix the problem but its still same. the pictures wasn't that clear and color is fade.. what happened? can anyone help?

  • Is there a call recorder in bada 2 ?

  • Dude I am also waiting for official release but it seems that Samsung is busy with MWC 2012 so I think we will get update around end of the Feb or maybe march ..... sammy India I am watching you .....

  • I upgraded my Wave with Bada 2.01 official today. Seems good but video recording in HD stills dont work and camera isnt good now, in 1.2 camera was better...

  • go to a local shop ask for 3.5 to tv AV pin. got that for 35 rs a long time back.

  • some one tell me how to istall bada games downloding from bitsnoop.com because i can t bouth games in algeria please answer me

  • try the emergency firmware recovery on KIES

  • Please help guys. How to install BADA at home. Software of my WAVE has been erased. Currently I was using 1.2 but even 1.0 will work.

  • BADA 2.0 now available in Macedonia and the rest of the Balkans trough KIES, and I must say it looks great WOW!!!

  • Has bada2.0 official update come to India guys?

  • hey i'm from manila philippines too..im using wave 1..im planning to sell my fone until i read ur post..what do you mean by after upgrade your fone experience is now perfectly new? what are the difference in terms f features? i'm interested to know. i never upgraded the firmware since i bought the fone in july 2010. can you help me please?

  • Thanks man.

  • Samsung start rolling out bada 2.0 for the Samsung Wave! Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXGLA2_XEB Belgium Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXGLA2_PHB Belgium Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXGLA2_PRO Belgium / Luxemburg Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXDLA1_VDC Czech (Vodafone) Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500O2CLA1_O2C Czech Republic (O2C) Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXXLA1_ORC France Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXDLA1_VDC Hungary Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXFLA2_MBM Macedonia Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXFLA2_CMF Macedonia Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXFLA2_MSR Serbia Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXFLA2_SMO Serbia Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXFLA2_TSR Serbia Firmware: S8500XXLA1_S8500OXGLA2_MOZ Switzerland

  • hi there!i'm t-thing from phillipines. i got my wave s8500 from my wife as a gift. she brought this at UAE,DUBAI. now i would just want to know how to make use of the 3G application and the video call. pls need your ideas!!! thanks ahead!

  • hi there!! got my Waves8500 last year and it was brought by my wife at DUBAI,UAE...just want to know how to use the 3G and the Video Call.. please share your knowledge...THANKS AHEAD.

  • Hi guys.. I m on bada 1.0(wave 1) and i wanna update to 1.2 but when i connect my wave with latest version of kies its keep connecting and connecting....nothing forward how can I overcome this problem ? sorry for my English I am learning

  • according to samfirmware samsung has started releasing bada 2.0 update for s8500...from today...congracts guys

  • no limit for messages and no folder view for messages also only conversation view is available

  • Actually the bada 2.0 am using is a custom ROM. I got impatient and flashed my wave. Read previous opinions here and look for the flashing procedure posted by Wil a few weeks ago,that is if you are interested.

  • For the people using Bada 2.0, is the text inbox still limited to 1300 messages?

  • i want to ask that samsung wave s8500 camera have red eye reduction?

  • What is the frequency band used for this mobile.

  • I bought one Bada phone, and there was no detailed users manuel in the box. So how I can get the details to facilitate the full usage of the phone???? Shop owner was also not helpful in this aspect.

  • Itz gudd

  • I had a desaster with my alarm in Bada 1.0 many times. Now it's ok in Bada 1.2.

  • excuse me....where is bada 2.0 actually available? thanks a ton.

  • what region are you from that actually has bada 2.0 released??

  • My alarm works perfectly well in my Wave 1 with bada 1.2 .....

  • Glad bada 2.0 fixed that stupid alarm clock in bada 1.0-1.2. Now I can set it and forget about fears of it not going off.

  • can this phone connect to satelite with palringo software?

  • Please anyone help me i have install latest version of kies but i cannot find samsungapps on it

  • i need bada 2

  • South Africa

  • i had try those cvc number but i got error 5100 credit card error i will contact bank customer care thanks again you are a good guy farm frenzy is not free,i have battle frog 2 where you from i am from gujarat ,india

  • Is BADA 2.0 update available in Chandigarh, India?

  • Also try farm frenzy 2 its a nice game or you can download battle frog from starwind games thats free

  • Thats the last 3 numbers at the back of your card normally found on the strip at the back and is also known as CVC number,all the best with your purchases

  • my gps not working

  • anyone help me i want hd game asphalt5 and many more hd games through credit card but what is security code of credit card and how to get it? please help me using since 8 months but not yet play any hd game on my s8530 monster

  • Oh, thats sad :( I hope u get it fixed soon. Off-topic.....splinter cell is playing well on 2.0. (unlike asphalt5 n real football 2010)

  • DUDE dat doesnt works have tried pulling d battery out and reinserting,d software gets corrupt n reflashing is only option

  • i have faced similar problm since last 6 months n i have got it flashed to bada 1.2 some 6-7 times from service centre and it keeps happening again n again: the problem in detail: I updated it to 1.2 It started to restart at random THEN suddenly one day came to similar state as yours I took it to samsung service centre n dey flashed it,but since den it has happened 6-7 tyms...... I EVEN REQUESTED DEM TO DOWNSTEP it to BADA 1.0 but dey said it was also unavailable,i am frustated too much TO ALL D WAVERS DO GUIDE IF ANYONE CAN HELP,THANX

  • Take out the battery, n place it back. Switch on the phone now. I have faced same problem too. So don't worry. Even more funny, yesterday my s8530 wasn't charging. Thought that charger is dead. Went to a shop to get a new one, n they tried a few chargers n said that the jack is at fault. Eventually, loose battery was found to be the culprit agn. Just give it a try, n hope for the best. Gud luck :)

  • I'm gonna buy new mobile so anyone say whether samsung wave s a best choice r not?

  • My wave is not starting...when i try to start it just shows the wave logo lights on and lights off...it keeps repeating that. What should i do?

  • A few things are unmatched. Design n Built Audio Quality Video Player

  • No, my mistake. It still "screeches".

  • Mass storage mode is still there. In settings--connectivity--usb utilities. Gud review :) Noted one more thing. If i transfer a video by mass storage mode, it plays better with less of "screeching" sound. Not very sure tho. Could be a subjective illusion on my part.

  • You must go in Browser and delete all cache n stuff.. once its all cleared i m sure ull be able to proceed

  • can anybody tell me that after flashing your phones to bada 2.0 can we install tintin and asphalt 6....or it's exclusive to wave 3....

  • LoL. I focused too much on the work-in-progress state of XL6. All I can say is, after flashing my S8500 with the official Polish FW, it's like my phone is given a second lease of life. :-) It's mostly just cosmetic changes but it's a nice change. A few kinks here and there. Hopefully these issues will be addressed in subsequent updates. Good luck on flashing your Wave.

  • It's stable. Few restarts particularly when loading numerous web pages but it's really fast. Bluetooth - can't find a way to delete paired devices. Music player - audio quality is not that good (anymore). I can hear hisses on "f", "sh", "s" "th","z", etc. which was not present on lower bada version. Also the audio quality suffers at lower volume. It has this "hollow/boxed" effect. Something like that. And you have to dig deep in the settings for the Equalizer. Can't find any logic in that. Messaging (sms) - work is still needed particularly when saving drafts. Multiple-recipient message doesn't create separate threads for each recipient. No built-in image editor. It was very handy in lower versions of bada. Color tone option in the video player is gone. The phone opens up through the lock key only, call keys provide a better solution IMO. Logs - you only have ALL or MISSED. Can't view Calls, Messages, etc. separately. USB mode - can't connect my phone in mass storage mode. Am I missing something here? Just my observation after more than two weeks using Bada 2.0 XAKL6 XEO. I understand this FW version is still in beta stage but it's already in Samsung Kies Poland. So that's official as it can get. If you can't wait for a few more months for the official release, just flash your Wave. It's pretty stable. Do at your own risk though. You'll loose your apps/games, those which you have downloaded before without using an account.

  • Get the cable from ebay or try another store... u can get it for around Rs 250-350.

  • anyone please help me i go to customer care to buy tv out put cable for my wave2 ,they show me cable and they priced 550 rs india anyone buy this cable and what about resolution see in tv is it clear? is it worthy to buy?

  • @michael Any feedback about Polish Bada 2.0? I'm from Philippines.

  • The place where samsung kies is installed(most probably your c drive).Free some space there as kies require around 3gb of free space and then try again.

  • by the way xxkl6 is a bada 2.0

  • not yet, i'm from the philippines too so i just flashed my wave1 to the latest xxkl6 custom firmware from the official polish kies update and works just fine!

  • Maybe. But my n95-8gb beats wave2 hands down when it comes to audio. Yeah, but wave2 has decent audio quality despite having just one speaker. (probably coz metals resonate better than plastic ;)

  • Is bada 2.0 update already available here in the philippines via kies? Thanks in advance fellow wavers!

  • Every time i try to update my wave through kies it shows me error as(additional 13MB space is require so delete some system files )..plz guide me how to solve this problem so that i can update my wave.....

  • As always, Wave1 is a top notch handset when it comes to Audio quality.

  • this handset still has the best music performance for me. i have tried htc beats and also samsung galaxy note but nothing compares to the sound performance of this one... so far ...

  • Ken, Am not sure what the FOTA file exactly does but I tend to think it supports Over The Air updates to the firmware. The flashing guide video on YouTube does not include it on Multiloader and so did I for the first time, so my phone flagged an error that FOTA files were missing and I had to flash it for a second time. 1. That has been an issue to me since bada 1.0. You realize that upon opening the phone browser while UCBrowser is running closes UCbrowser, or closes the Facebook App. Guess those applications that close upon opening Dolphin browser in real sense are using it in the background. Just try using Opera Mini for hassle-free faster browsing. Version 6.5 looks good after spoofing it, just open the phone browser only when you actually need it. It�s a memory guzzler! 2. That is a down-side fact for bada 2.0- lighting up the lock screen is just by lock key. Unlike bada 1.2 there is no setting to change. 3. My Polaris is also not working; just use the native file viewer for wave. Restart the phone if you had checked the option setting that documents should be opened by Polaris, and change to Piscel. 4. Yeah the swipe gestures were also changed in 2.0. So upon swiping you tap on the option you want. 5. Touch response may be not as fluid as on 1.2 but the difference is too little to note, and it is a price you have to pay for the eye-popping beauty and animation bada 2.0 has. 6. App not working may be compatibility issues, though am not 100% sure. In my case I downloaded a torch app which I used on 1.2 but it wouldn�t work on 2.0. But another one worked. 7. I do not see the need to reset your phone or format your SD card as long as you can access the content stored on it. Just be kind to your wave, run apps which and when you need them. Restart it say, once a day, to free up cache memory (Not a must). Change the browser settings to clear cache and cookies (if you do not need them that is) NB: The Wave will always kick back badly if you try to make it a work-horse. It doesn�t have lots of RAM to spare. Be gentle to it and it shall never disappoint. Run apps that you need, only when you need them. To S8500 User: If you are using the same ROM (see previous comments) as the rest of us, then yours is a special case because none of us is experiencing that problem. In fact, I find calls clearer on bada 2.0. If you wouldn�t mind re-flashing the phone I would highly recommend it, and do it carefully, so that you are sure it is not a software-related problem. If you do this, and the problem persists, then your phone hardware needs to be checked. Best of luck.

  • Am using the phone for last one year. Quite content with the performance and everything. I dont know why Samsung decided to let go the Bada. Though it is just a name change yet the earlier announcement looks like an immature move.

  • Will, What's the FOTA file for? Here's what i noticed so far after flashing 1. Multi tasking somehow not working properly.In v1.2, I can download using dolphin browser,download on Bada Apps and download emails all at the same time but now it cant. one application will close. 2. Only the key lock bottom can unlock the screen wherein any button worked on 1.2v. 3. Polaris Office Application not working. Fone cant still view certain pdf file. (i need this for viewing my ebills hehe) 4. on the old version, either in contact or message section, you can make call or text by sweeping left to right or right to left. This time, sweeping from left or right doest matter anymore. It will now give you options to touch. 5. Touch response is a bit lagging but bearable. 6. Lastly, I tried reinstall one application that i have purchased from bada store and it didnt work. i was able to download though but its not working. Should i need to do fone factory reset and/or format SD card? Need advise please. Thanks in advance! Ken

  • Very happy with my Wave 1, nearly 2 years already. I knew from the start Bada had no future compared to Android but the phone was exceptional at that time: great built quality, good battery, 5 Mp camera, 720p recording, fast processor, for a very low price, etc... But now time to move on and ditch this dead OS. SE Nyphon seems very great for my next phone.

  • i have samsung wave s8500 and want to use skype on it but have been told phone does not support skype can you help please

  • wow wave actually fared well against n8 in terms of taking quality pictures: a quick summary of comments:

  • Hi, I just changed my wave from Bada 1.0 to Bada 2.0 two days ago. There seems to be a problem. The phone restarts itself everytime after i make a call. Is there anyone else facing this problem? Any ideas on how to fix it? Please help. Thank you very much

  • settings-mobile ap-activate it...

  • Ken you are not alone, even my phone faltered for the first time I clicked on the Download button, it's like the port was lost or something, and my case was even more serious because I had not included the FOTA files which the video does not include. But on a second attempt, I took the phone on download mode again and luckily everything worked perfecly.

  • I have not yet downgraded to bada 1.2 so I cannot give you 100% guarantee that it works, but you can download the ROM for 1.2 for your country from here:http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/..and then follow the instructions shown on the video on the same youtube channel tapan15in and look for the video called DOWNGRADE FROM BADA OS 2.0 TO ANY PREVIOUS BADA OS.mp4..Good luck and tell the rest of us how it goes.

  • I tried Will's step by step guide. My heart is pounding when i'm doing the flashing. I'm expecting my self for the worst to happen. I'm already decided to buy Wave3. worth 21,000php in megamall-Philippines. at the end of this month.I'm already pissed of waiting for the bada 2.0 update. but hey, my surprise it really worked! its a totally new fone now! Just want to add regarding the step after filling all the data needed. On the video, the fone started after connecting to pc - wherein on my case it didnt. Port search didnt work as well. after i connected the fone, the download bottom appeared. (before it was grayed out). just click download and wait. In no more than 15min, my fone became a NEW fone!!! Again, thanks Will for posting the instructions and also to the guy who made the video. Regards, KEN S8500 Owner - Philippines.

  • It was expecting that Sammy will merge its Bada OS with the Linux-based Tizen sooner or later. As they r looking some1 to back them up! & they got Intel. Good to know that Tizen will be the open source OS which Sammy didn't do at Bada. As Tizen will run on intel's chip not in sigle-core probably higher 1s, have no doubt that Wave S8500 won't see the face of Tizen! Maybe Wave 3 will update to new OS. Sammy just kill Bada OS by their own hands! Don't know the future of Tizen but hope it'll be as good as Meego.

  • Can this phone be used as a hotspot browser? If yes, How can I do that.

  • hey hi thanks answering all my queries 1 thing was nt clear in video is tht wht shud be the USB mode ie usb mass storage, kies etc as we found this in cinnectivity option

  • Gsmarena authors seem to be fast asleep n snoring. Still no news abt tizen-bada merger yet! And its no rumor! Alas guys here post more of rumors n predictions than real news. Come on, wave1/2 users, check out the news elsewhr. And do post here your reactions. At least, it gives us some hope that our bada will have some spur in apps/games. But aftr 2011 fake promises, i dont have any faith in samsung. But intel is kind of hope for us. And hd games--- asphalt5 runs on bada2 (xeh). But its too laggy, almost unplayable.

  • is bada 2.0 released in india????

  • Hey thanks Wil for your reply... but could you tell me how can we upgrade to official Bada 2.0(whenever available) coz I don't think Kies will show the notification for upgrade for this custom firmware(custom Bada 2.0 which I'm on now). Also, if possible, could you show me the process of going back to official Bada 1.2. I tried googling but got no result. Thanks in advance. Good day. :)

  • I had that issue once. In my case, battery was loose. Just took it out n placed it back agn. No on/off issue anymore.

  • 1.The wave has never been a heavy multi-tasker regardless of the OS. From bada 1.0 and now 2.0 it has been experiencing memory issues, so as a rule of thumb just open the applications you need and close the ones you do not need. Running heavy widgets, music player is on, the browser has loaded 3 heavy pages, a few games are running.... etc will just swamp your memory. Also it is a good thing to restart your phone may be once a day to clear up memory. 2.About the apps just ensure you have a good internet connection--3G and Wi-Fi are blazing fast in downloading the apps for my case.. All the best!

  • Hi All, i've updated to bada 2.0 but facing few issues: -Cell restarts automatically when many apps r opened simultaneously -app closes itself(may be due to memory issue) -takes time to download apps from the app store. I like 2.0 but these issues r forcing me to go back to my old love 1.2. Any help would be grateful as I don't want to lose my new love. Thnks. :)

  • how to update firmware my current firmware is 1.0 kies doesnt work even nps,,,, pls help

  • my phone when I try to charge is charging but when I switch on it keep switching on and off what is the problem and what can i do.

  • 1. About the games on your SD card am not 100% sure they will work on 2.0. But everything else on you have stored on your SD card will work perfectly. Even recording videos to the card is perfect. 2.Yeah of course, I have already installed several apps from samsung apps via my phone, and there are even new ones like very great facebook and twitter apps for bada.Whats more this ROM has great wallpapers (150) and themes preloaded (even MIUI and ICS. 3.I have never experienced any memory issues but as you know with bada you shouldn't expect to load heavy widgets and web pages and hope things will still be smooth. Sadly the Wave is not SGII. 4.Camera and video are perfect. The camera now can even capture self-potraits using the front camera. Video recording is smooth and the video player is better than ever. All in all, for you to get bada 2.0 and you don't want to wait for the official update which might take some time, you have to make some sacrifices like losing your current paid apps. But honestly you will not regret your decision. Your Wave will suddenly look new.

  • dear sir, as a bada 2.0 user as well it is recommended that you format the sd card, though if you prefer not to, in my case my need for spped game that I have spoofed didnt work after I updated to bada 2 from 1.2 :/ and video recording and picture taking options are great better than ever! though I must note that bada 2.0 is quite delicate on memory cards I have a class 4 transcend micro sd, I am able to take 720p videos in bada 1.2 and now whenver I record a video after 20 secs of recording the video record stops and a message pops up saying "momry card does not support this kind off resolution" then abruptly stops my recording and saves it. I tried using a sandisk (no indication of class whatsoever, extremely old I used this on 6233) and I was able to record in 720p without interruptions...and as a plus the video of bada 2.0 has less noise in low light which is really great ^^ memory issues so far havent encountered any, had quite a few restarts here and there on bada 1.2 but in bada 2.0 never had any restarts whatsoever ^^

  • Thanks for this 1 too... Love u bro!! :)

  • hi wil thanks for the most useful post ever made on this page you said its the most stable FW till date , it was good to hear but i have certain doubts wch u might answer 1. i have games installed on my sd card- will this work on my wave once i have updated to bada 2.0 by the method u told 2. will i be able to continue download apps and games thru samsung apps on my phone as i dont use kies to download apps or convert video so i use the default samsung apps on my phone 3. is there any kind of memory issue 4. do the camera and video recording works fine i knw this r many questions to answer but please do help with this thanks in advance

  • Is that true that we can instal android software in samsung wave now ?

  • I have had this phone for a little over a year. The only issue is the battery life.I don't use the phone very much.The battery that came with the phone had to be replaced. The new batteries, I have tried two only last one day without recharging. Most of the day it's not being used. Anybody know if there is something in the phone that can be change to prevent this battery problem?

  • Mine is 3 to 4 days.

  • They should make an improved version of this often rather than making that galaxy trash series.Very good phone overall.2 days batt life medium use,just lower the screen brightness to 2-3,maximum is 10 for the most beautiful screen ever but last only 1 day.

  • Rohit thanks for the appreciation. In fact my phone has never re-started itself nor crashed while running this ROM, and am a heavy user,especially the bada 2.0 magic will not let you keep your phone down for the next several days. So to spoof java apps: 1. Just download the .jar files.For example, if you want to install opera mini, download the opera jar file using your pc. 2. Download JAM_FOR_WAVE.zip from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.­php?t=1345894 -> just scroll as you read through the page you will find it attached as a file in one of the comments. 3. Extract the .zip file and read the 'help' file--very straight forward, after you are done, transfer the modified jar file to your phone and install.Enjoy! Luckily for my case it is working for all versions of opera mini, nimbuzz, 2go,ebuddy and many other java apps.

  • Upgraded my phone with CAUTION, as suggested by Wil!! :) And man!! Was really very surprised to see - one of the stable version of Bada 2.0. Few things I love most about 2.0 are- small icons,new modified lock screen,touch focus and on-screen click button in camera,new social hub,custom opera mini...(i guess this list will go on and on). :D Was thinking of switching to Android but I might hv to postpone my plan. :) Thanks Wil for ur step-by-step guide!! And very big thank to the developer who made this custom ROM. Others plz NOTE: Several Bada 2.0 custom ROMs r available for download but this one I found cooler than others(atleast till date).

  • if galaxy S and wave "mates" their offspring would probably be called "sam-son" or "S2" :D

  • how is the battery back up and how much i can get it for i am thinking to buy it

  • hw is the battery back up in this

  • Yep...Thanks Rohit...

  • Wil Caution � First and foremost before proceeding backup all your vital data like contacts, files, messages e.t.c because everything, even apps will be wiped out! � Only works for WAVE 1-S8500 NB: Personally I backed up my contacts using kies then restored them after flashing(this ROM is recognized in KIES). Procedure After backing up all your vital information and stopping to worry what might happen to your phone (nothing will happen if you follow the rules, I WAS ALSO VERY AFRAID), do this: 1. Download multiloader version 5.65 from here: �(just scroll down the page and you will see a .rar file attached in one of the comments) 2. Download hjsplit from here: 3. Download the first chunk of firmware files from here: 4. Download the second chunk of firmware files from here: 5. Once you have the two files(do not change their file extensions-let them remain as you downloaded them), you have to combine them so open hjsplit , select �join� and select the input file which is the first firmware file you downloaded, the second one will be detected automatically but ensure the two chunks are in the same folder. Select the output folder where your two combined files will be stored in a .rar format called �ICS Custom FW S8500XXKK7-OXAKL6� 6. After ensuring the .rar files are not corrupt, just extract the contents of the rar file which now contains the firmware for your wave 1. 7. The folder name is also �ICS Custom FW S8500XXKK7-OXAKL6�-same name as .rar file. Save the folder somewhere easily accessible, you shall be accessing its contents later from the multiloader software later as you shall see in the guide video(see 8 below). 8. Now to flash your phone look for the guide video on you tube channel of-tapan15in-just search tapan15in on youtube and look for the video called: UPGARDING ANY VERSION BADA OS TO BADA OS 2.0.1. 9. There are two things the video is not clear on which I�l clarify-to take your phone to download mode, press the down-volume + lock key + power off keys together and also on the video the FOTA files are not included but in this case you will have to include them..just the same way as the others are,as shown on the video, and the file has the word �FOTA� on it so you can�t select the wrong one . 10. After putting that into consideration, now start following the video and after about 20-30 min your wave will be running bada 2.0. 11. NOTE:DON�T PROCEED IF YOU DON�T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!! BUT IF YOU FOLLOW THE VIDEO AND MY GUIDE NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR PHONE. 12. After successfully flashing post on the comments here and I�ll explain how to install java apps so that they hide the virtual keypad and fit to screen, a feature lacking on this ROM, but everything else is excellent(there is even an android ICS theme).See here for more details:

  • Wondering if I upgrade it to Bada 2.0, all my Bada 1.2 themes(approx 400 themes) will get wasted!! Is there any solution to this? Sad, If I didn't get a solution. Spent so much time downloading those!!! :(

  • You mean to say "ur Galaxy S can 'MATE'"!!! Interesting... I wonder what will be the outcome if Galaxy-S mates Wave!! It'll be a creation of whole new Galaxy, and its name will be (say) WAVAXY. So sexy!! Isn't it? :)

  • Tell me the procedure dude. I'm willing to give it a try. Thnks.

  • how did you go about installing the custom bada ,thanks for replying

  • U r welcome!! :) Its Rohit, forgot to mention my name! Enjoy Life!:)

  • I have this phone and is the best phone. assure

  • am anew user plz give some tipos about samsung waves8500

  • I lost hope for bada 2.0 ever coming to Africa long time ago.Am in Kenya and already running custom bada 2.0. One word: It is awesome!

  • When is the south african version of bada 2.0 going to be released

  • i need it .....

  • no galaxy S can,mate and spec sheet is there...could you provide a proof that no single core can render 1080p? Aside from the fact that most companies just opt for trending of using 720p on the single core generation mainly due to marketing strategy And my point stands, whether you like it or not....1080p is only 2 megapixel...google is our friend here. and whatever, it is ironic that you believe in what these companies show you as far a trending is concerned and yet you do not believe on what samsung indicated as the galaxy nexus' specs of 5mp 1080p

  • Finally flashed my Wave I with a custom ROM of bada 2.0 and I do not regret my decision. All of a sudden my aging, boring wave has rejuvenated me..I feel as if I own a totally new Smartphone. The eye-candy and all the features are working perfectly, after also being able to spoof opera mini to hide the virtual key-pad and fit to screen. Those who haven't given it a shot could try it because bada 2.0 might not be coming to you sooner or later, better take a step of faith and go find it...to anyone interested in the process I can post the links and procedure...;)

  • tizen sounds like "teasin" which in turn teases us bada users that bada, not given as much attention as it deserves, now has to share samsung's attention with another O.S. aside from android... yipes....

  • it moves so slow on the internet. why? what.s with this 1ghz procesor? Can i upgrade this phone to a better version?.i'm very dissapointet about this phone

  • Guys here comes the end of BADA. Samsung launching yet another brand new OS ..'Tizen'..developed in collaboration with Intel...pics look its derived frm Bada & Android. Only sammy knows whether it will continue to back Bada up now! Here is the link:

  • In idle mode, press the lower volume key in the left side. That's all.

  • I got my wave s8500 last august 2010,after few days i saw android phone and got jealous with the apps you can installed with it, cant change to a new phone that time so got stocked with the BADA 1.0 for a year! :( but when i saw some vids on youtube about flashing wave / porting a FW got so excited to try 2.0 on my smartphone! and BADAbing BADAboom!! what a smartphone ive got! im lovin this phone still cant wait for the full version to came out!

  • can any1 tell me hw to logout from facebook in this phone.???m nt able to get the logout option

  • thanks anonymous dude...that tapping sound was one of the worst part of ma wave II

  • no

  • Settings -> Sound Profiles -> Normal(or select any profile). Reduce 'System' sound to '0'. Done!!

  • Hi, can anybody tell me how to mute the tapping sound when you type or tap icons? Thanks.

  • No single core phone can record/play 1080p in the whole market including galaxy s. and nexus 1080p (24 fps) is just upscaled 720p. it's bitrate is 9.9 Mbps which is within the 720p range. it's ajoke when comparing it to iphone 4s (24 Mbps) or even sgs2 (17 Mbps). Understand Now? :)

  • hey guys pls tell me tht if i change the region wch is currrently uk in kies to poland/ hungary can i update my wave to bada 2.0 ? i m frm india after update can i change the language setting to english ? pls do reply to this post

  • will we ever have U.I modifications applications such as "barrel" in IOS? played with an iphone 4s of my friend and wow....the way you scroll through the menu is made alot more fun to look at :D one thing that wavers can be proud of is that wave's 720p video record on good lighting isn't really trumped much by the 1080p of the 4s...whew that alone imo is an achievement... quite different in night time videos though...wave simply records its videos darker...compared to the 4s hopefully samsung brings back the contrast slider found in bada 1.2 so at least we can adjust it for the camera to fill in more light

  • -Mainly, In ordre to capture a real 1080 video you need a sufficent processor (dual core) to process the data, and a sufficient sensor ( 8MP) to produce the data you are processing. -About Hummingbird matter; there's no single core Hummingbird processor capable practically to record/play real 1080p in the whole market. In other words: no single core phone in the market can play/record real 1080p. -About galaxy S; It doesn't play 1080p because it's asingle core. Check your info here :www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-­478p5.php -N8 doesn't record 1080p -Although it's capable sensor- because of it's historic 680MHz (Obviously not dual core :)). -And here we come to Nexus: Nexus can't record areal 1080p !. Yes, Nexus video is almost upscaled because of it's insufficient 5MP sensor (not 8MP). Here's what gsmarena said: ''You can grab this 1080p@24fps sample (11.9MB, 0:10s) and this 720p@30fps sample (10.3MB, 0:10s)'. By comparing the result size of the same length 1080p (11.9 Mb) and 720p (10.3 Mb) nexus samples you find that the video is just upsaled. The poor Bitrate of the 1080p of Nexus is under 10 Mbps which is uncomparable to the real 1080p 24 Mbps of iPhone 4S. That's because iPhone 4S has both 8Mp and dual core. If you have aFHD monitor, play the untouched 1080p samples of Nexus and iphone 4s to compare your self. (By the way, even N8 720p is better than nexus 1080p). -So the reminded question: why can't the 5Mp sensors record real 1080p while it can capture more at still pics? *Because the pixels produced at most of the conditions aren't fully saturated with the correct data. Try to capture apicture with your wave then scale/zoom it to 100% on your computer and you will see the noise I am talking about. Or if you have aFHD monitor try to put the pic as abackground and Fit the width to the edges without streching and you will see how exactly your phone would record 1080p, if it were dual core.

  • no it won't. the previous apps will also run in bada 2.0.

  • Now that bada 2.0 has been released here in Poland, will my previous apps on 1.2 get killed if I upgrade? Eg. a lot of my store downloads aren't free anymore

  • thanks for the input....but who said that 1080p must be clockspeed dependent? who says hummingbird is incapable of such? spec sheet shows it is very much capable... 5mp is way bigger than 1080p just so you know dear sir 1080p is actually only 2 megapixel... its like saying nokia's 12 megapixel actually has 12mp video...(which is silly btw) check out the google nexus (latest) it has 5mp sensor but also can do 1080p rather smoothly and no noise... fact is 1 gig in galaxy s is actually capable of playing 1080p... which has the same spec as the wave both are disabled when it comes to recording in 1080p though....(in theory because they need to market the next generation of phones, that being the likes of galaxy s2 to be the ones to feature 1080p_

  • I think that is not correct. You need at least adual core to record 1080p. forexample: 1 GHz dual core can while 1.4 GHz single core can't. Although the higher frequency of the single core! Understand? and even if the processor was dual core, the 5 MP of wave won't be good enough. (Too noisy)

  • yes it can dear sir

  • can my samsung wave gt s8500 can be an android phone ? plz do something that my mobile cn b cnvrted into android phone

  • wave is very much capable of 1080p video playback and even recording(!) wonder if someone could actually unleash this on a custom firmware? hehehe! watched juno and australia and now real steel not having issues so far with audio quality...perhaps it has something to do with kies conversion? excellent audio quality it still indeed has ^^

  • can samsung wave can be an android mobile. can android applications can be runned .

  • New custom firmware Bada 2.0 Dragon Opera web browser included

  • thnx Abhijeet for reply. u r right better wait. Carloud is running "turbo hd" in S8500 after flashing bada 2.0 whereas it only support S8600!! then why not it run that BIG game which also only for S8600, whereas it support bada 1.2 & later versions?

  • In my case I only had an issue with the movie "kingdom of heaven" but in the movie "australia" I didnt have any problem hohoho thinking about it, I think kies' transfer of audio/video has something to do with it more than bada 2.0 itself I suppose ^^ btw....s8500 was supposed to be able to record in 1080p and play 1080p videos but is being held back by the bada O.S. itself...forgot where it was linked to in the samsungwaveforums but the article presented there is similar to this one: wonder if someone could hack the wave, to unleash this potential.....it would be really great hohohoho!

  • ware is the official new firmware for the samsung wave GT-S8500 ? , it was promised for july 2011 and now its januari 2012 !!! Samsung makes many promises but it still not here the upgrade bada 2.01 when they dont delivre the upgrade for my wave i never buy another phone from Samsung thats a fact !!!

  • I don't think audio quality suffers in all Wave having Bada 2.0 OS. Let us hear from other users who upgaded to Bada 2.0. I prefer my wave with Bada 1.2 having superior sound quality than an upgraded one with a lot of bugs and having Audio problem. That is a Beta version and you flash it (not using Kies)maybe that's the main reason.....

  • its a shame that bada 2.0 is having a bit of issues regarding audio quality its actually one of the few handsets that is powered by the wolfson DAC chipset which should offer superior sound compatible with the latest HD sound platform hoho!

  • yeah a bit more sensitive it seems I also encountered the "screeching" noise while watching "kingdom of heaven" but odd hting is they arent present on the movie that I recently uploaded on to the phone "australia" a good thing that bada 2.0 did is that upon pressing the "menu" button while recording no longer cancels the recorded video, it now saves it in bada 1.XXX it was quite impractical that sometimes I press the menu button instead of the camera button in order to end a record, only to find out that the menu button cancels the recorded vid hoho now in bada 2.0 it's improved oh and turbofly HD works on bada 2 of s8500 hehehe works like a charm ^^

  • No point downloading that BIG game, at this stage. I dont think u wud get that running on wave1,....better wait:( And sound quality has really taken a bit of plunge in 2.0. Higher frequency notes are exaggerated. And we never had custom equalizer option :(

  • Hello All, It may be a stupid question but forgive me as I am not an internet expert : Whenever I try to connect phone with Wi-Fi, it says DNS failed. It doesn't matter whether secured network or not. ( I mean that in secured network I give password and Wi-Fi symbol at the top left of the screen is shown as connected and in non-secured network it connects too). I have tried static and dynamic IPs and almost everything as found in google. My firmware is up to date. Any idea guys? what can be the reason? BR, Salman

  • some1 plz tell me the "turbo hd" game only support bada 2.0 to S8600. will this game support S8500 when the firmware update to bada 2.0.1?? & another 1 is the gameloft's game "the adventure of tintin: the secret of unicorn hd" which support bada 1.2 but only for the model of S8600. which is a bit odd! will it support in S8500 if i download?

  • No, official 2.0 for india isn't out. Flashed it with the one available for hungary/poland. Real football 2010 is not working. Will dwnld asphalt5 tonite; other gameloft titles r too big to test. Will try them only after i get positive vibes from others. And video player..,more glitches. There is screeching sound now n then, esp when u touch any key(on screen). Strange, video playback had been the real ace for waves. But samsung has made a mess of it. No color tone adjustment, no brightness adjstmnt (unless u toy with gen settings), no mosaic search, screeching sounds, can't hide a video frm player menu :( Hope, next beta/official vsn, addresses these issues.

  • oh thats kl6 actually my bad hohoho :D sir abijheet...the only hd game I've tried is the free one the turbofly HD...works great so far... it crashed to the menu the first time I launched it....but the on the second try...it worked quite well ^^ cannot comment on the email yet....I tried wifi on several mcdonald's hot spot...odd that I can connect to some mcdo sites and sometimes I can't and the time that I was able to connect I tried out the voice command quite funky that it sometimes it recognizes my commands perfectly...and sometimes it goofs off hohoho and I recently found out that like "siri" of the iphone 4s, you can only use voice command when connected to the internet :/

  • Gps has improved. A lot. Impressed :)

  • Sir carloud, n what about hd games? I tried real football 2010 twice, it reboots my phone. And as read in 2.0b complaints, emails are not being recieved automatically. Have to get them manually everytime. Tho still checking if i m getting somewhr wrong.

  • KP6 or KL6? Link for KP6 if any?

  • please anyone reply me in bada2 can we run two bada app at same time(2 game) in bada1.2 it cannot possible is it ram problem?

  • sir abhijeet, color tone and photo edit options and contrast sliders in video recording arent available in bada 2.01 anymore....(in beta at least) its quite sad for samsung to take out those features I wonder why?....

  • I have flashed with offecial XEH version for s8530. Carloud sir, can u plz help me out? In video player, there isn't an option to change color tone anymore. Or is it buried somewhere in general settings?? Locked screen lags in swiping, thats one irritant. Sound quality is more or less the same. Video settings options are real downside. Its too cloudy in my town this week, so could not try gps response thus far. Overall bada2, looks more of cosmetic workout. Thats it. Voice cmd, works but its too slow (but gud start frm sammy. Waiting for lang/voice, to be made available). Havent tried any hd game yet, so no idea abt memory issues. But multitasking seems okay overall, thus far. And camera,...pfff, i m not into it, so let others judge.

  • hoho not having any slowdown issues with bada 2.01 kp6 "aka official bada 2 in poland/hungary" hohoho though I admit Im currently using the default widgets...havent tried maximizing it yet.... but its quite fast...sometimes faster in navigating the settings menu than on 1.2 hohoho! anyhow just want to share this s8500 is actually the model of super amoled hohohoho! oh and sound quality is still very good, just a bit more sensitive with the sound's bitrate it seems...but overall is great hohoho!

  • Do not update to Bada 2.0 !!!! i did, and i really regrate it. its unstable and slow interface. resist the temptation, becose its not worth the effort. samsung, you better try little harder or I dump you!!!

  • the 2 free so called apps available from the app store not there ,i am FONCUSED

  • hi how to syn contacts in wave

  • If it ain't broke, don't fix it Samsung. The audio quality of S8500 WAS awesome.

  • You welcome

  • how to update the os... kies doesnt work

  • I observed something too, it seems video quality is actually better in bada 2.0 alot better particualarly about the noise in the image in bada 1.2 its a bit "noisy" when there is poor lighting in bada 2.0 videos stay clean free from noise even on poor lighting and the videos contrast is slightly toned up, so when recording in poor lighting there is a bit more detail compared to 1.2 hohoho! what seems to be a "con" in bada 2 beta though is the sound... kinda have lessened a bit in away that some "hissing" can be heard in playing mp3s but there is now lyrics support similar to ipod touch/ios in general and the music player interface is really really good ^_^

  • hohohoho different responses from sir omar and an anonymous poster so I decided to check it out myself hoho and lo and behold...I can play videos from a certain "adult" site hohohohohoo

  • It is better to be an android ph...bada2 is not good and lack apps...no sec cam operation in online apps... can we install android in dis fone...

  • thanks so much i get it )

  • after you have deleted the app where you pressed edit click on done

  • On home screen press "EDIT" at the top left then you will see the apps with a no entry sign ,now the app that you want to delete press on the sign and it will be deleted

  • Flashed my phone with the latest FW available: XXKL6/XAKL6. It seems the audio quality on S8500 is deteriorating after every update.:(

  • He is not kidding. Bada 2 supports flash lite 4

  • same SAMSUNG in Gettin Over You video. it's worthy!

  • Guys do we have any news on when can we update our wave S8500 to bada 2.0 here in the philippines? Cant wait to have bada 2.0 on my wave! Thanks in advance and Happy New Year to all wavers!!!

  • hello all for those who'd like to configure their beta bada 2.0 to official firmware via kies visit this site read the comments there u will find the configuration that makes ur manually flashing 8500 wave to officially recognised by kies as latest firmware update hapi new year =)

  • no flash dude

  • oh my....through chat in badadownload...someone confirmed that in the official kies bada 2.0 firmware it has full flash support....WOW...I really hope he wasnt kidding hohohohohoho! Happy new year to everyone!

  • wow bada 2.0 actually launched today officially hmm ^^

  • what about fring vedio chat..? if it is there i want to buy this phone...

  • Hello wavers, good news, connect your wave to kies and start the update bada 2 rightnow! If you found nothing ,then it didn't reach your area yet so standby this week

  • wow thanks for the heads up....this is a great game with great 3d graphics....reminiscent of wipeout 3d in the playstation....working on bada 2.0! HEHEHEE

  • long time to fix SOME shortcomings of this device, just like the Omnia HD, which was an exception because it at least got a firmware update. Add that to the fact that TouchWiz is awful and this Bada OS looks like Linux with a somehow improved TouchWiz UI it's shaping up to be another disappointment from Samsung. I had the first Omnia, it was a disaster and Samsung never even tried to fix it. Samsung should stick to making feature phones and leave smartphones to those that can do them well, like Nokia, HTC, RIM. Even Apple does better than Samsung by constantly updating the iPhone.

  • Wavers from the Philippines open your KIES now, search TURBOFLY HD it's totally free now Limited time offer only so hurry... Compatible to BADA2.0 beta I've tried & tested

  • what about instal android on samsung wave s8500? it is right?

  • Can't really understand 1 thing! Earlier when we opened samsungapps--featured--new, we could at least see new things, if any. Now for a month or so, we dont really see a chronological order, rather latest item in each category (see it yourself a bit keenly, u will agree) . When thr is a categories list already, why the hell samsung needed make the "new" list messy. Not tough for anyone to miss new items now. Awkward. Maybe to hide the overdose in theme section!

  • ei its all good sir abhijeet...its so nice to have you back dear sir ^^ hmm I was finally able to solve my kies problem I followed these instructions: *some key notes that werent clear with the instructions are: 1.one needs to uninstall the problematic kies program then install it again after reinstallation, launch kies, do not modify the regedit yet...kies will then prompt for an update....click yes so that the update will begin after the update, close kies then modify the regedit by default its on "US" change it to something like "UK" then afterwards launch kies, kies will then ask you once you click on the samsungapps, on what region do you prefer your kies will be. I used to select UK as well, but this just gave me an error, I now then selected "philippines" and VOILA! IT worked HOHOHO I just made an account for the philippine region though hehehe :/

  • hello everybody , can anyone tell me how to delete an application ??

  • Another plugin update in kies or samsungapps icon is missing? Tried changing your region in registry/regedit? :) And sorry mate, i annoyed u with my exaggerated frustrations. Have been using this s8530 for 8 months, n bada's evolution pace tends to irritate at times. Sorry agn. Have a nice day :)

  • Is this will work with Bada 2.0

  • wow recently installed this theme: its so awesome makes flashing really worth it HOHOHOHOHOHOHO this is a video of it in action:

  • According to Samsung of Spain & Italy announced that the bada 2.0 update is being delayed until the 1st quarter of 2012. The company's Italian branch is being a bit more specific on the matter by stating that the software won't be available prior to March of next year. No clue when the asia will get the update sp India & Bangladesh. Very sad to see that sammy didn't give much focus on thier own platform. They just destroying their OS after creating it! They remain totally focus in Galaxy series & upcoming Galaxy S-3. Where they should remain concentrate in their own OS how to develop more! Pathetic Sammy......... :@ :@

  • elo sir, err mine got lost...so I think I need to download my games again. :/ my problem is....my kies(in the computer) is messed up I cant access the appstore anymore :/

  • elo sir, err mine got lost...so I think I need to download my games again. :/ my problem is....my kies(in the computer) is messed up I cant access the appstore anymore :/

  • Hello carloud, if we flash, installed apps/games will be lost or not? And do we need to redownload the whole data? Like i have got some 8-10 hd games worth abt 4gb on card. I have read that it will stay there; but as icons will be lost, on redownloading that very data will b recovered or whole 4gb have to downloaded agn.

  • oh and when someone calls you there's an artwork in the background...similar to the one in the music player in bada 1.2 hohoho it's nice to look at and on the music player side there are now different artworks for playing music without cover art hohoho nice!

  • err sorry for my rather....lengthy post :/

  • well in my case...I never had a problem with fruit ninja spoofed for my s8500 hohoho! well anyhow I couldnt resist the urge to finally try out the bada 2.0 kk7 firmware(so far the latest beta build) coming from 1.2 I really didnt know what to expect, was also very nervous that something might happen to my phone like bricking... just a friendly reminder...flashing from 1.2 to bada 2.0 you also need to include "FOTA" in the multiloader not shut "apps"I didnt know that I also had to include "FOTA" when I flashed my phone the first time for bada 2.0..when suddenly the phone flashed white with a warning "FOTA not installed please install FOTA 2.0" so I exited multiloader from the pc, took out the battery of the phone and immediately entered download mode again....and fortunately it worked after putting fota accordingly (its already included in the firmware just click FOTA on multiloader) SO tada....right now Im having a great time with bada 2.0 seems like most guys in the youtube have covered whats new with bada 2.0 like this one: but there are some points that havent been mentioned like bada 2 kk7 (the latest in badadownload.com) is actually smooth already... compared to bada 1.2 it stutters just a bit I consider wave bada 1.2 and iphone 4 as benchmarks in smoothness of the User interface or when browsing the menu its like bada 2.0 kk7 is at about 95% as smooth as bada 1.2 there are some slight stutter here and there... but those stutters dont really ruin the experience and you'll probably get used to it and not be able to notice it after awhile... speed in browing on the menu is very much the same as the galaxy ace ^^ there's no asphalt 5 this time around....there's a seperate folder for jave games promptly named "java" with its trademark logo hohoho! almost everything that 1.2 has is in bada 2.0 and more but 1 kinda important part missing here I was so used in "waking up" the screen using the end call keys and the call key, in bada 1.2 you can enable this at the settings so you dont really need to use the lock key that much, as for me, it was abit awkward...to use the lock key just to wake the screen from idle mode. but here in bada 2.0...it seems you cannot program the "end call key" nor the "call key" to wake the screen up from idle screen lock....:/ hope they put this feature back in the final official version. one other thing... the camera key and the virtual camera shutter key works flawlessly...yoiu can use the camera key and the virtual shutter key without hassle touch focus while recording a video works like iphone 4, you touch the screen and the camera focuses on where you touched... one big gripe is that it seems they took out the setting of adjusting the "contrast,hue,saturation" this is a big deal for me because as we all know these hd cameras are great when there is alot of light...but on night time the captured detail by the camera are very low/dark that alot of night time videos are unusable without using the led flash n95 beats the iphone 4 and the wave in this regard....it is able to capture more detail than these hd cameras even without using its night mode now I appreciated the fact that in bada 1.2 you can adjust the contrast...it greatly helps its low light performance....adjusting the slider to "-2" but in bada 2.0....this option is gone >_< I wonder why? and another thing, recording a video in 1280x720 HD the phone randomly prompts that "memory card does not support this resolution" then ends the record (its kind enough to save the video though) most of the time this happens at the 28 second mark and it saves the video rather...slowly takes about 8 seconds to save the 28 second hd clip....longer if the "memory card does not support this resolution" shows up.... :/ have no problems recording in 720x480(d1) resolution though video is smooth and is as good as bada 1.2 only with TOUCH FOCUS ala iphone 4!!!! ^_^ another concern that people seem to have btw is the battery life battery life seems to be roughly the same as bada 1.2 in this kk7 release...so its still great hohoho! bada 2 has a battery percentage indicator too so it really helps alot in knowing how much battery life we have left hohoho! all in all....bada 2.0 kk7 is very stable right now aside from the problems that I had recording videos in 1280x720 I found it to be alot more stable and reliable so far than bada 1.0 and 1.1 hohohoho! and the visual eye candy of the menu is really great....feels like android gingerbread ^_^

  • one of the most stylish set and very successful in every field. and also preity color.in last i love it.

  • i've already sold my phone,because samsung thinks of us as if we are slaves and not free people ,it keeps on lying and lying and wants us to keep using the phone that is full of bugs ,as you know bada 1.2 has a big memory problem ,always asking for closing the widgets when ever u try to run 3rd party app,the phone some times restarts by it self,and we still after previously promised by 10000 apps in the end of 2010,we only got about 8000 apps most of them are useless and full of ugly themes,we still do not have opera browser ,no nimbuzz,no skype,no viber,no google maps,no angry birds,fruit ninja filled with issues and no online options,plants vs zombies also has problems,the office app is very bad it can't run large pdf files,and u know what made me sell the phone is that i tried the beta bada 2.0 and the memory issue of bada 1,2 was not fixed,so please do not let other people do our mistake,and stop promoting to this disaster phone and its disaster bada os.

  • "u hate it so much, coz deep inside u actually love it, n cant wait for update" That sums up the truth :) I dont think even the biggest of haters will sale off their wave1/2 that easily.

  • for those who hate ur wave my advise is throw your wave and destroy it or you can sell it. just dont say negative thing on the phone still we are lucky because we can get update even it is a new os. you hate ur wave because deep inside your heart you like it to much and you cannot wait much longer and that because it has many great things and enhancement and has potential to improved and if you are from bada 1.2 and u see bada 2 you'll say woooooow and ouch i cant have it. and that's why you are angry. bada 2 on wave make you angry and destroy your world because its has many things to offer and you are so hungry for it. hohohohohoohohohoho if you really angry throw your wave it will release u from pain but if yo cannot do that then keep ur wave and wait until it come heheheheheh

  • Have u tried going back to default settings in camera? Or maybe check any camera app from store, if thats working fine or affected as well. Or have u flashed your f/w aftr which it all started? Have read on some forums abt wave camera issues. Google for that, u might find people who had faced similar issues n how they got that sorted out. Plus, there r secret dial codes for bada to check hardware functionalities. Use google. U will sort it out. Gud luck :) Hardware bug complaints r on most occasions r exaggerated due to panic, so take your time.

  • Become a developer urself!!

  • i hate bada

  • there is a thin line between venting frustration and just plain trolling we understand that you sir are frustrated just as much as we are over the bada 2.0 delay...but please posting something like that isnt an innocent post of frustation over a relevant issue such as the bada 2.0 delay anymore...your post sir is more like trolling...I hope we do not cross the line in terms of posting our opinion...and mocking a handset on a forum dedicated to its users such as this one. and your posts doesn't really help in alleviating our current condition now does it?

  • I've used my Wave for 1 years, now I have a trouble with the camera that auto-focus can not be exactly. Please help me to correct its fault. Many thanks!

  • Checking samsungapps for any new n decent free theme. Lol, these waves are shame on the name of "smart"phones. Nothing smart in bada crap.

  • Hello All, Samsung OS Bada is really the waste mobile which samsung has given the birth, except its out look nothing is good, google created en number of apps to android world, but samsung Bada has not even created the VIDEO downlaoder or SKYPe, except the useless apps its not carrying ny worthy apps, so guys never even think of going BADA OS, for every now n den firmware updation is asking for this u need to shed 120/- in service center to upgrade firmware, its daylight robbery from samsung developers, switch to android any phones and enjoy the moment for shedding small amount, WAVE S8500 is useless OS...

  • I to had that problem but after a week it came right dont ask how but it did

  • My Wave 1 is really a top phone, still cannot find a better one at the moment considering speed, size, battery, camera, loudness... LEGEND...wait for it ...DARY !!! But if you want absolutely a smartphone, go for Android. Waiting for the coming android Sony phones next year to consider changing my beloved Wave 1.

  • hmm another sad example of samsung being samsung even though galaxy s can clearly handle it: I guess we are kinda a bit better off as we are getting an update...though it has been delayed yet again....

  • Hey Samsung. Better fix this. Kies displayed a message that an update is available for the Samsung Apps to work. I click OK, Yes, and all then got this cr*p: "The internet is not connected...." My internet is working just fine.

  • a friend I know wants to buy my s8500 for about $175 usd... should I sell it? Is it a good price for the phone? anyhow, I think this is a good read about what may be the reason on why bada 2.0 is delayed....it seems patience may actually reap us something better if we wait for a bit longer in the official release of bada 2.0

  • merry xmas to everyone! HOHOHO!

  • :) yes n95/n95-8gb are the best phones of pre-touch era. Merry christmas to all Hopefully we all be on diff OS n not lamenting abt 3.0 update next december;)

  • hai.am from india i am going to bye this phone , now am using nokia 5800 but one main disadvantage is price is too much....wish you happy christmas...

  • sir anonymous-wow congrats on your sgs2 hehe thats a good purchase....although knowing samsung and their mindset in creating phones, imo S.E. does a better job in user support altogether hehehe sir abijeet-though it seems you're really frustrated with whats happening with the wave....Im surprised that we have something in common....you are also an n95 user hehehe I miss the days of the n95...Nokia did a great job in supporting that phone hehehe

  • for the ios5....I believe the volume key now serves as the camera shutter key ^_^

  • whats up with kies? ever since the new update....the app store on my pc displays "a-store cannot run please try again later" darn samsung and their keis....first after their kies update it was a missing appstore...which is remedied by downloading the astore plugin now they totally kinda messed up, I couldnt launch the appstore anymore... anyone else having this issue?

  • Is wave 1 support multitusking? Like symbian, android. Can i use 2 application at same time? Please reply anyone

  • Hardware design is prone to reception issues MicroSIM card support only No Flash support in the web browser No true multitasking for all applications FaceTime video calls work only over Wi-Fi No file transfer over Bluetooth or USB Mass Storage mode No hardware shutter key for the camera . No FM radio . No stereo speakers . No microSD card slot . No smart dialing . Too dependent on iTunes for loading multimedia content . Poor loudspeaker performance

  • Hi! Find it very annoying that the brightness in the browser always defaults to 4. When surfing in evening U might want it to start as the rest of the phone, like 1 in brightness. Maybe it will be fixed in 2.0.

  • samsung disappointed us ,we did not get the bada 2.0 till now and the date pushed to April 2012 or later ,still no useful apps,i only lost my money on this bad os,android i am coming.

  • Merry christmas all you wavers

  • Bada reminds me of Meego. It's a dead operating system with no support. Oh, my mistake, Nokia do role out updates for their dead operating system.

  • Totally agree. That's why I've just got rid of my Wave and bought an SG2.

  • convert samsung wave s8500 in android

  • I own a S8500 and it is a great phone. It will be even greater if they will make the updates to Bada OS available. This phone was designed from start to support Android too. I think they wanted to have a second chance in case that Bada OS affects the sales. It will be nice to offer an update to Android instead of agonizing to release an update to Bada 2.0

  • Hi Abhijeet, it work and thank you very much, Merry X-mas!!!

  • Settings--connectivity--network--connections--cr­eate--access name . Merry christmas :)

  • Agree agn. Dont give us 2.0, give us apps. We will be happy. But if they go other way round, ie 2.0 comes n yet no new/relevant apps, that will disillusion us further. Some apps i wud like to see 1. Opera (not mini) or any browser that support diff file format downloads, plus waiting times simultaneously. 2. Chm book reader 3. Audio player with equaliser editing 4. Video player with colour saturation editing (that normal/cool/hot thing in native player is not that potent) 5. More influx of hd games 6. A bugfix for better gps locking. 7. A bugfix for 2g/3g data connection. In same netwk, my n95 gives me a better speed.

  • Can any one help, how to manually enter APN code into WAVE 1? i can not find the trace... Mery X-mas and Happy New Year!!!

  • the thing that tortures us most I think...is the fact that almost all of the new apps that are available in kies or in websites like badadownload.com are for bada 2.0... its like they are taunting us with bada 2....and we still cant get it (officially) if only they release a bug free beta of bada 2....might jump ship and flash already hehehe

  • hmm main problem for bada as an operating system isnt bada itself granted I think most will agree that bada as a phone with alot of features does well... it seems to be taken down a notch only by the measly number of apps available s8500's problem is samsung itself....with samsung being...samsung too busy creating knockoffs of their galaxy line and fulfilling their own agenda of "high end smartphones for the masses" that they seem to forget an important aspect....and that is user support samsung is too busy creating new phones that they overlook one of the most important stuff that actually made them number 1 (for now) in the first place....that is the updated specs and software of their new line of phones its just sad that s8500 is made by samsung if only it was made by sony ericsson or Nokia...maybe things are very different to what we have now in that regard it seems sony ericsson offer the best user support with them promising to update all their 2k11 android phones with ics this kind of user care and support was also evident on the way they supported the xperia x10....they updated the x10 up to gingerbread coming from a donut(alot of things and features were added since...) it seems this kind of attitude and user support will pull sony to the top.... its kinda sad to be a samsung fan >.

  • Hi, thx for reply, I totally agree with you...

  • Agree. Will jump ship to xperia play in feb, aftr my xams. No more samsung.

  • i am with you,i think my next phone is sony

  • Because just like you we were all dooped into thinking that this flagship phone and new operating system (bada)will be one of its kind and the 1 million users will have in their hands a one of a kind SMARTPHONE , so much for that now people know that samsung as a company does not know how to satisfy their customers and keep them brand loyal i am very sure many a samsung user would have now made up their mind not to purchase any samsung product .I would like to see how many fellow wavers agree with me.

  • Hi guys! I have bought my wave last year, I was so excited to see new OS bada because I switch from "dumb" phone to "smart" phone. But after year of using i can see that Im switched from dumb phone to dumb phone with no free good games+application. So my wave has good camera, screen and hardware but not software. My wave keep freezing at shooting 720p videos, my wave is unlocking itself and I was planning to upgrade to bada 2.0 but what can I see? Many unsatisfied customers with no upgrade, but why? Galaxy series has alredy schedule to take ICS but why bada has not to get update?

  • bada bing bada dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom.bang bang bang all you wave users have been shot down by this korean company

  • u think Wave 3 sales are good now???!!! Not sure if it is available in stores atm., one thing is for sure.. it is going to be a major flop.. no sane person with a single on tech details will ever buy that

  • February, March, or April...

  • I think bada 2.0 will be realesed at Q2; It is the time expected for the sales decrease of wave 3. and time expected to end all app store offers also!.

  • if no bada 2.0 before 31 December ,i will sell my phone and i will go for apple or sony,no more samsung.

  • plz guys i am really sick and tired of bada.. plz make a different petition 1.either make bada opensource so that atleast we can improve bada on our own if samsung cant...:-@ 2. or if you cannot provide timely updates for bada then provide us the updates that you are good at..means scrap bada and port us to android. so that we could also enjoy frequent improvements in the os.

  • i recently encounterd a problem with my wave i tried streaming and its say memory full ,what should i do to rectify the problem PS: i have space availible ,i have deleted apps,pics ,vids,please help

  • When is the Bada 2.0 coming....... Ohhhh, I wount be asking taht question anymore. Am back to android after using 8500 for 11 months, and I love it. Never ever again will I buy any Samsung phone......

  • Samsung Wave S8500 (Wave I) and Wave II owners have been eagerly waiting for the bada 2.0 update. Earlier, Samsung's official twitter account mentioned that the bada 2 update will be released in November 2011. Then the date was postponed to December and now the latest update says that the firmware will be released in the Q1 of 2012. So bada 2 isn't coming to your wave anytime soon. The most likely date for the global release of the next firmware of Samsung's proprietary mobile operating system is expected in February. This surely isn't a great news for the Wave fanboys. The next software update promises lot of new exciting features including the NFC capabilities and much awaited 'Chat On' feature that the company showcased at a press event few weeks ago. The update will be released through Kies software. Make sure that you keep your kies updated to the latest version so that you get the notification as soon as the firmware is leaked. In the mean time, the firmware is available for the rooted wave devices. However, it's informed that if you aren't familiar with rooting your phones, avoid installing the leaked firmware. It might just render your device useless. Why not just wait for the official release through Kies. If someone gets any update from the customer care, please keep us informed.

  • Hi people! Well, the limit for my patience has been reached. My Wave with Bada 1.2 is letting me down. Every second time I take it out of my pocket it has restarted and I need to enter PIN-code. Have been holding out... invane for the 2.0 update that never shows. Tell U this much... wont bee a Samsung this time! Merry Xmas everybody!!

  • [off-topic] Hey mate, plz dont use a legend's name in this world of kiddish brand/OS-warfare. Keep lata ji away from these cheap trolls.

  • It's been months for me. Samsung already have a sched for ICS updates on their Galaxy line. No word on bada. :(

  • Samsung's twisted tongue In april it says, 2.0 rollout will begin in july with s8530 getting it first In june, it retracts. Says no 2.0, but 2.0.1 in q3. Wave1/2 will get it in october. Others in nov/dec. In sept it says, all waves will get the update. Agn 2 months later, in dec, it says two models wont get the full update but a lollypop. I mean value-pack bla bla. Now samsung turkey says, update will come in q1 2012. . Why so much fuss? Tell us straight, we will be getting bada sth 8.06 in 2025 .Aise hai q

  • Samsung's twisted tongue In april it says, 2.0 rollout will begin in july with s8530 getting it first In june, it retracts. Says no 2.0, but 2.0.1 in q3. Wave1/2 will get it in october. Others in nov/dec. In sept it says, all waves will get the update. Agn 2 months later, in dec, it says two models wont get the full update but a lollypop. I mean value-pack bla bla. Now samsung turkey says, update will come in q1 2012. . Why so much fuss? Tell us straight, we will be getting bada sth 8.06 in 2025.

  • For almost one month I am coming every day to gsmarena hoppin to see that baba 2 has been released, and every day big disappoitment. First was sept, than octo, then novem, than decem and now I am reading it will be Q1 of next year. Big shame for Samsung corporation. Samsung Wave is secong phone by rate and they treat as, users of Wave like we are suckers. Tnx for that Samsung. I hope you are reading this post.

  • I will like to see some survey like retention rate amongst bada/wave users. I wud b damn surprised if existing wave users planning to get a newer wave touches even two digit, ie 10%. A gud fraction of the remaining 90 will say, forget bada/mobile, wont buy any samsung product ever, be it tv/etc. Update delays have irritated us to all extremes. ***k samsung . If they say q1, it means 32nd march to be earliest.

  • There you have it all you wave users dont buy samsung period.They do not worry about customer satisfaction i would rather deal with a company that is after sales effiicient .So much for the 1 million wave users ALL LOSERS myself included.NEVER again am i buying a samsung product

  • OK,this is the last Christmas 'gift' we Wavers expected from Samsung.Just when I was sure my wave would enjoy Christmas with bada 2.0 suit,seems Samsung is not in a hurry to delight bada users. Samsung posted on its Turkish Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=329­634520398280&set=a.156478071047260.33340.135­448153150252&type=1 that bada 2.0 is now coming in 2012, no month or day was specified, but Dec 31,2012 is still in 2012! Personally I don't want this bad news to raise my adrenaline levels because Samsung is turning out to be so annoying.Samsung, never ever release bada 2.0, just let it remain in oblivion and shut your gobs about its release or existence. Just focus on the Galaxy phones, after all that's what matters to you!We are tired of your melodrama! PERIOD!

  • 9 December 2011 16 Comments Samsung and update to Bada 2.0 Samsung and update to Bada 2.0 Lots of people complained about updating their Wave and Wave2 devices to Bada 2.0 In general it just takes too long for the official updates to roll out. The convenient question arrises immediately : Why ? For us its relatively simple. Bada 2.0 for Europe has been finished some time ago. As most of you may know we released updates steadily. Unfortunately still there are no �official� updates. Samsung now announced to start the roll out of bada 2.0 updates Q1 of 2012 for wave devices and more. This is almost a year after the announcement of Bada 2.0 ! But what can we actually believe in all this? Is Samsung this slow or are these just good sales tactics? According to one of our �insiders� the roll out of Bada 2.0 shouldve started Q3/Q4 2011. Not bad looking at all the leaked ROMs we offer allready. Unfortunately this also proved to be not reliable information. When we asked Samsung Benelux for clarification they stated it to be planned for November. Now that the year has almost passed its more likely to hit Q1 2012� Samsung will provide Bada 2.0 exclusively 2/3 months for Wave3, WaveM and WaveY. This will be good for Samsung sales, in a store youll probably decide to buy a bada 2.0 device then one running older software. Also Samsung will slowly stop producing the older Wave devices. So the long waiting can be good for commercial reasons but not for the true Bada users. Something which Apple and Google take on from a whole different approach. Unfortunately both companies are legends in software bussiness and Samsung is just not there yet. When will Bada 2.0 arrive in your oppinion? Looking back at all expectation and info leaks we think its safe to say it will arrive Q1 2012. And yes thats almost a full year after the announcement. Samsung states Bada 2.0 will roll out for the following devices: Wave, Wave II, Wave 723 ,Wave 578 and Wave 575. Published by DannyD19 December 201119:01Link 16 comments Share 16 Comments Good review about this problem! Hewell | 19 December 2011 at 19:08 waiting not problem for bada users as you said we waited long time maybe samsung can do us a favor and develop android os to wave series. jackpott | 19 December 2011 at 19:09 Good article, As a �Wave I� user (from the very begining) I waited patiently and tried to understand Samsung, but the honest truth is that they failed. Another sad truth is that more and more users are going to drop their wave�s for android or wp. Samsung seems to fail to understand its users and focuses only on market and selling devices without taking care of them after. I saw a movie yerstarday and one character said that �Without loyalty you�re nothing! Nothing! We appreciate a man over his word rather than his skills, because without the word you cannot trust him in delivering the skills�. Well put that to Samsung, we were loyal for the bada 1.0 software, we helped it expand, but when Samsung didn�t respect its own word than you cannot appreciate them anymore, no more loyalty for Samsung, and by no more loyalty it means Samsung because nothing! Nothing without its customers. Florin | 19 December 2011 at 19:12 Going to sell my Wave2 tomorrow and will get something else fortunately some one is there to buy my Wave2! Afzalzada | 19 December 2011 at 19:15 Oh my God�.. That�s terrible news, Samsung seems really sucky after all. It�s clear by your sayings that they need new software managers, and quickly, before more users realize that and Samsung loses its credibility with Bada. Bada is such a good OS, I really hate it being pushed back by stupid and poorly educated Samsung managers. PS. Business unfortunately always puts �collars� on technology and designers, never leaving them to freely develop the science to its full potential. That�s a fact, and it�s going to be frowned upon by future generations. stathismes | 19 December 2011 at 19:17 I�m afraid Samsung will dump Bada to trash in the near future. They are secretly in the development of Meee-gooo. Search and find. 2012 Q1 can easily be Q4�.I lost my interest in Bada 2�. theconqueror | 19 December 2011 at 19:25 I didnt realize it would go like this.. after the google-motorola incident i thought bada is going to rock . but it looks like samsung still trust google!!!!! shuhailnp | 19 December 2011 at 19:30 thanks a lot . hero355 | 19 December 2011 at 19:44 Ha-ha-ha! Samsung promotes free sales MP7, played a Korean friends. I never buy more bada �., and my friends and acquaintances (I has saved them from this error:)))) lancia | 19 December 2011 at 22:02 I want to sell may wave 2 and I will never buy any samsung product in future. Sumsung is a company that never respect its custumers. Look apple or android and look bada users. If someone read this never buy a bada and samsung. We are wating Bada 2.0 but they are kidding with us syastikcilar | 19 December 2011 at 22:13 Samsung doing bit wrong. They had a chance to learn from Google, Apple and Nokia how they treat with their customers. But pushing people to wait for a year it�s a way to much. I put my Wave on a shelf about two month ago. And you know, I didn�t miss it at all. Symbian Belle does job just excellent. Good luck people. blacis | 19 December 2011 at 22:46 I want to sell may wave 1 and I will never buy any samsung product in future. Sumsung is a company that never respect its custumers. Look apple or android and look bada users. If someone read this never buy a bada and samsung. We are wating Bada 2.0 but they are kidding with us i am with you : syastikcilar samking21 | 19 December 2011 at 23:09 I have been loyal to Samsung products for almost 10 years. But now I�m feeling like someone is betraying me, laughing at me. We are looking for the future and so we must to be sure about our choices. Unfortunatelly i did mine wrong. No more Bada Phones to me. That�s the truth! thiagomaia10 | 19 December 2011 at 23:41 no more bada phones!!! Samsung we hate you u loose many customers. Gl all franek28041989 | 20 December 2011 at 00:32 Hi guys, Lets focus on Android OS for Wave. With android we can put at least some nice apps on the phone. I�m tired of waiting for Bada 2.0. After the Q1/2012 when they come up with Bada 2.0 we have wait another year again before changes will take place. pula123 | 20 December 2011 at 01:37 The BADA2.0 will come after we bought another BRAND of cellphone because of frustration� We�re the true customers here, begging you for a very long time� Too late samsung-bada�.. wffarrel | 20 December 2011 at 01:37

  • You can't compare vivid to this phone because vivid is way too expensive try search Sony Ericson Neo-V, simple, cheap & ready for ICS-4.0

  • Heres A Good Alternative TO this Phone Htc vivid guys see the specs for your`ll self it even has adobe flash something this crappy wave lacks

  • Hi, i am using Wave(S8500) for more than 1year, with the recent 1.2 DDKH1 update, there has been some problems. From the very next day of upgrade, the phone got switched off automatically but that stopped after few days, but since 4-5 days, its again the same, it gets switched off every now & then, when i lock it & then unlock it after some time, it just dont operate, and then it appears that its already switched off. It has happen many times & now i am irritated, also after i switch it on again, the battery either fully discharged or is decreased to one bar, after some time it increases automatically without charging. Guys, is this a software problem or Hardware, please let me know & help me. This is urgent...

  • I still prefer my Laptop to be fully equipped than on my cellphone... and that's only my opinion and preference. There's no reason for me to complain much on my Wave since it is doing good for the last 1 yr & 7 months.

  • It's the Users or the Viewers on this phone who give the ratings mainly. GSMarena is just simply counting on the votes on their website on every phone they have........Careful bro!

  • its a good phone but bada os fails badly on market and the keyboard is actually for kids..i think gs marena over ratted this cell phone

  • :o isn't it quite simple, straight n clear that i was talking abt internet speed? I said wave2, not wave.

  • Love this phone, so compact, simple and powerful. Not really a smartphone like Android, but for me who uses it for calling, sms, camera and video recorder and a few games, it is the best. Loudspeaker is very good too.

  • N95 has 150% of wave's speed in what respect? :D

  • I sold this phone after using more than one year... for me it was a good phone but i must say Bada OS really lacks good features like android ... Infact Bada have no match with Android... Now Im really enjoying Samsung Galaxy S2 in white with Updated Android version 2.3.6 ...

  • I still like it... Most of all you guys are dreaming too much for Bada 2.0.

  • Lol.....sounds like an exception. I have seen bada forums where people are cursing themselves for opting wave. And general sentiment stands as, "oh bada! Never agn!" Rubbish internet speed. On same netwk my n95 gives me 150% wave2's speed. Wave2 has horrible gps locking, making navigation almost unusable. Those HD games are age old, n most of us had completed them off on ios or android much b4 wave2 was launched. Browser cant download even rar or zip. No call management tool. Virtually the waves are overpriced mp4/etc video player. Thats it.

  • gr8 dude.. after using Wave 1, u r still waiting for the next version !!! no offence.. just came as a surprise to me

  • I seem to having wonderful experience with this handset S8500. I have tried most of the apps there are available for bada 1.2 in Kies. 10 home screens of apps and love them all. Waiting for wWve s8600 but will also hang onto my Wave S8500, as no hanging or freezing problems and battery also lasts 4 days, downloading e-mail,listening to music, watching videos and installed apps on 32 Gb MicroSD card. Wave rocks!!!! No other phone has excellent features. Excellent resolution, music is great to listen and HD games are available to play.

  • The New Samsung phone Thats Just Been Released Is Already Getting An Update So all You Wave Users Have Been Suckers For Punishment Never Again Will I Be Buying A Samsung Product So Much For Bada 2.0 What A Waste The Wave Has Died

  • download skype in s8500 wave mobile?how?

  • same here . laterzz

  • is it a smart phone that can handle whatsapp??

  • Bada Bing Bada BOOM no hope for this os HO HO HO

  • Lol....but the truth is, they r the smartphone king at the moment. But but but.....it wud b interesting to see if they sustain the place or go for a slump next year. Screen size has been pushed to the limit. Can't make any1 drool over a 6inch screen now. Core number is proving to b a gimmick. U have dual core when gingerbread supports just 1. And when ics arrives, there comes quad-core. So h/w-s/w asynchrony continues. Maybe the gen-next gs3 geeks will b shouting, let jellybean come, it will support quad core. And as far as sammy's other venture goes, ie bada......already majority of us (bada-users) r cursing ourselves for wasting our bucks over it. So by the time bada goes open-source 3.0, we wud have already turned our back to it. Wp7, the 3rd OS, with the giant called nokia there, it will push other wp7 vendors to the corner sooner or later. 2012 will be slippery for samsung.

  • Bada is OK, very user friendly. But I hope they can port it to Android for better performance. If Samsung can make this phone an Android phone, then it would be more enjoyable to use.

  • The phone has good specs but Bada is a big disappointment! I wish i didnt make this mistake! stick to android or other options where the software is more mainstream

  • Ya i tried it after removing memory card, no success! Nyways exams announced, will stay away 4 a month or 2. See u!

  • Official BADA 1.2 has been released to almost all regions several months back..

  • The much anicipated wait for the bada 2.0 is not going to happen throw the wave away and go for the motorolla razor

  • hmmm bada 2.0 seems to try and catch up with the android phones also in terms of how beautiful the theme can be hohoho

  • Samsung Italy: bada 2.0 come in December Sun Samsung Italy on the Facebook page is a table published in the following section we are interested in probably the most. What we now can see in the table. The Waves I (S8500), II (S8530) and 723 (S7230E) will get their update in December to 2.0 bada. It is interesting that will roll out in Italy almost all providers bada 2.0 for the Wave I in December. Waves for the 533 and 525 there is no known bada 2.0 update, because there will be a "Value Pack" ( we reported ). When exactly is the update in December, is still unknown. However, December is almost over, so it will not be long.

  • I can compare this phone to a Beautiful Girl competing in a pageant w/ no Brain... LOL

  • hmm there is a saying that "do not try to fix what isnt broken" basically, if you are currently not having any problems with your phone like hangups, lag, restarts, or you dont have issues with your phone's performance in general do not attempt to upgrade....because in doing so, you are risking alot of the problems that you dont have for a chance to experience bada 2.0 (partially experience...since it is beta) but if say, you are having problems with your phone's performance....I think it's worth a shot in upgrading to 2.0 since having a problem...you're bound to have it fixed in a service center anyway(unless you know how to fix problems such as bricking the phone, if you know how to fix it...you probably wont have any problems from the start anyway ^_^...) so there you go hehehe and about the bada 2.0's current state, I do agree that bada doesnt seem to be heavily advertised as it should, but that is just samsung being....samsung they are busy making alot of clones to their popular phones such as the galaxy line that they often overlook some of what they should have been also paying attention to, in this case, bada 2.0

  • hmm I myself is on the verge of updating to bada 2.0 but I just recently found a very stable 1.2 (south east asia) no restarts, no hangups nothing bad happens currently... I dont know if it is just the way I flashed the phone or the firmware I just downloaded but Im not about to take any chances for now... granted, I too really want to upgrade to 2.0 using the latest beta firmware (kk7). (mainly due to the added touch focus function of the video record) but beta is still beta....one can argue that anything that is Beta whether it be on phones, software for computers, or games... there will always be bugs...most of the bugs can be found on betas (and they should be,betas serve as testing grounds for finding any bugs so that the final version will be stable) and I just recently purchased an app..via the appstore one thing about updating to 2.0 is that none of the games and apps are supposed to work yet....(I dont know if this is true) most likely most games and apps, if not all, wont work on the new bada 2.0 beta... so yeah its kinda hard to weigh things right now pros in upgrading to a bada 2.0 beta would be: 1.added functionality and cool new interface...it would feel like having a new phone 2.better video recording and camera software in general. 3.better themes and generally better performance cons would be: 1. If you purchased an app...you are risking a chance that the app wont work in bada 2.0 if you are to update now...and some apps are known to not work at all... 2.bugs....alot of bugs...latest firmware kk7 is known to be the most stable, but there are crucial bugs found so far like "laggy camera" I dont know if its the actual performance of the camera or the saved files by the camera, some people say they get restarts every now and then... 3.after updating to beta firmwares....and when the official firmware rolls out via kies...you have to reflash to an official 1.2 firmware or an official 2.0 firmware if it gets to be available....which can be a hassle finding and may result in you getting the official firmware a bit late due to reflashing and waiting for people to upload the official firmware from different websites...compared to others who waited. and upgrade via kies 4. In flashing firmwares....there is always a risk of bricking your phone, although the method of flashing has been tried and tested...we cannot deny that it is still quite risky

  • Hi guys, I bought my wave last year, I have never use any of android/wp7/ios mobile and I have to say bada is user friendly device but it has no good games(for free). I have a problem too, my problem is with lock key, sometimes my wave unlock itself and doesnt want to lock with lock key, it seems to be a software problem because when I switch off and switch on, my problem is gone. I send my wave to service center and my wave was replaced with new firwmare 1.2 but after month of using I have the problem again(maybe the problem will be solved with Bada 2). Now Im still waiting Bada 2.0 official release and Im not satisfied with Samsung, they said: Bada will be released in Q4, its December and nobody has bada 2.0(official). Im unsatisfied customer and I decided to buy Android phone but no Samsung(I hate Kies). I think Motorola Razr will be a good choice and android has got good games which are nice and free. Im bored with bada os and I want to try other os. So, what I loved on my wave? 1. superamoled screen 2. no laggs 3. best camera 4. user friendly interface 5. battery backup and, what I hate? 1. dolphin browser 2. no update from samsung 3. no good games+aplications(free I mean) 4. Kies When I switch to android, it will be totaly different...( I know the battery backup isnt good at all, sometimes laggy but I want something more different). Thx for reading this and cheers from Slovakia.

  • how safe or rather i say stable to upgrade to bada 2.0 by the method u have given by giving me the link for multiloader & the rar file for bada 2.0 ? wht is ur advice ? should i or should i not ? its an open ended question any one can answer also can the games installed on my sd card work after doing this that unofficiallu updating it ? pls do answer ? also i criticise the way other wavers saying nonsense about this phone pls stop tht this wont help anyone as samsung dont have sh*t time to read anyones reviews given here carloud this criticism is not for

  • Dear carloud, no offences. But tell me whats the use of a superphone with super display if we dont have varied apps or games to run on it. Lets count 1- internet browser does not support rar/zip. So u can browse, but to download, just forget it. 2- gps lock. Isnt it pathetic? It has never located me inside 5-10 mins. White my other mobile n95 can do so within blink of the eye. So its gps is unreliable. 3- app store. Oh sorry, i named it wrong. Its THEME STORE. Nothing for gamers. I mean graphic heavy. We are playing modern combat 1, while others are on 3. Nfs shift still, while other have 2 newer editions in hot pursuit n shift2. Sammy could have been more proactive to lure the gameloft/ea/etc create or port more games to bada. List can go on. No answering machine. No call/sms filtering. Wave2 has poor internet speed (compared to n95). Sc lcd is yellow heavy.etc etc etc. . But all is redundant. Just give up constant influx of apps. Everyone will b happy. None will b whining. But instead we have got a theme store. And seems as if sammy means, "Oh! THANKS for buying our product. Now u can go to hell or f*** off. We r only interested in potential new buyers!"

  • Hi there, I've been keeping an eye on bada OS ever since it launched. When Samsung first launched all eyebrows were raised. bada seemed to be a potential player in the OS race then. But look at it now, nobody except few devs know what bada is. The reason? Samsung being too slow and calm about it and their pathetic software support. The original Wave was so powerful that it outperformed almost all devices in its segment then. It was lacking behind on software front. Then Samsung released Wave 2 with similar specifications but with bada 1.2 which Wave 1 didn't receive (please correct me if Wave 1 has got bada 1.2). Then Samsung released handful of Wave devices targetted at different audience. But we never saw bada reaching heights or making records. Even the App Store didn't receive good response. Every time when Samsung holds developer day number of devs is lesser than the last edition. WHY? First of all Samsung never promoted bada OS like their other platforms. If they think holding dev conference or tweeting about how to port apps to bada is going to do some magic then they are totally wrong. The end user is who decides the fate of the product. bada 1.2 is lacking many features and that's why Samsung created bada 2.0 and announced in Feb 2011 and now it's December but still no sign of bada 2.0. Why? Their policy is to first roll out devices with bada 2.0 and then only give it to existing users. I agree. But how long will you keep them waiting. No major OS update for existing devices ever since they are launched. They said they'll be updating existing devices to bada 2.0 by the end of the year but hey it's December, what are you waiting for. If you look at Windows Phone 7 and bada OS together you'll find that both of them started on same graph but look at WP7 today. How they are listening to customers and pushing WP7 in every possible way. Today Windows Marketplace has more useful and quality apps than Samsung Apps. Even though bada OS is SDK is in place why developers are not adopting it. This year Samsung released just three devices running on bada 2.0 and only Wave 3 in India. What does this serves? Samsung isn't shouting loud enough to create awareness about bada OS. Calling devs won't be enough. It's consumer who will be using those apps developed by devs. So if your OS doesn't have end user then what's the use? Even devs have already started walking away from bada OS despite high awards.. Samsung needs to change their behaviour as soon as possible.

  • I Respect your opinion bro,but sad to say mostly wavers are now back pedaling... But still I love my wave because of the hardware features... Bro, go and spread our news to the official Bada Developer site before its too late..

  • hehehe first things first; you say when did we ever use the front camera? errr...whats your point? in bada 2.0 we can now use the camera even without having to call someone via 3g.... and about the useful apps, it has useful apps, actually aside from the one you mentioned about not having a single app about the front camera, most of the basic apps are covered at the samsung appstore and your other point, No we dont need to view the screen from a weird angle to appreciate,its all about the actual quality of the screen which is undeniably good hence all the top tier phones released nowadays have superamoled....please look at the top android phones such as sgs2 ^_^ its just a natural perk found from superamoled screens...Iphone uses led screen and apple even invested time,funds and effort in order for the 4th gen idevices to be viewable in extreme angles like the superamoled.....please look for the "IPS technology from apple" I mean even though one might get by without this kind of tech and yet apple still did this....why is this? case in point-its a feature that some might find unnecessary and yet because the superamoled does this without additional technology, a big name company such as apple decided that is also an important feature...and take note they only included this feature in their most expensive devices.....the ipod touch 4th gen doesnt have this IPS even though it has retina display....which only tells us that this little perk of tech that one may argue that isnt that all important, is a privilege available only to their highest end devices(or most expensive rather).... bada may have been overshadowed by android in the apps department. but it has succeeded in merging the user friendliness of an IOS device, and the "openness" of android in fact, it also has things that are better than android....for example if you are a developer, you have to pay a one time fee of 25 usd in order to get your app registered on the androidmarket....and for applications for the IOS you have to pay 99 usd a year same goes for windows... for bada....it is free at the moment! aside from that, android is the most resource hungry O.S. bar none....compared to bada which is like symbian, needs little resources to be efficient thats why a bada device is comparable in speed to top tier dual core android phones in doing basic tasks on the phone... and bada is actually very gentle on the battery....coupled by the superamoled (which is also very light in using the battery power) I mean it has been proven by gsmarena already...with their s8500 battery review and now the s8600 battery test review

  • Very good phone, very bad OS. Just bought an iPhone 4 and I'm like..in Heaven. Bada sucks so much...few and lousy apps, and now many of them aren't free anymore.

  • freaking fuming samsung is not delivering on their promise to let us have the upgrade (grrr #####).if i dont get the upgrade before xmas i am done buying any samsung products totally.

  • Please give me your best answer, when/where did you use your front camera except for the ever highly cost video call? bullshit mirror thing at apps? even a single video calling apps we can't install is this phone... When we're talking about smartphone it's all about O.S. w/ useful aps.. Why do we need to view in a weird angle just to appreciate this superamoled thing. yes at first I'm really impressed w/ this phone that's why I bought it all I though BADA os will continue inspire us like the others OS do to their customer but they failed, they keep on promising us w/ that long awaited BADA-2 by giving us a quarter period release no exact date.. BADA WISH YOU GO TO HELL.. Rate this phone: Hardware as 9.5, OS your beloved BADA as BIG ZERO.... I'm enjoying my new android CP now take note upgradable to ICS-4 ...

  • go 2 hell

  • is it dual cam? is it a front cam lense and flash im seeing at the front left top of the unit?

  • superamoled is great for viewing media which the wave is excellent in doing you really dont need a good O.S. to have an actual use to superamoled....

  • oh and i almost forgot to speak about your wifi problem . i guess you have to increase your phones priority by adjusting the priority settings of your router through a PC .laterz

  • SUPERAMOLED screen is useless w/o a good OS....

  • Experia NEO-V is really a good alternative to this phone.. Stop voting high points to this phone wavers, enough is enough, let us show samsung that we're not happy...... BADA OS REALLY SUCKS!!!!!!!

  • Any time. i think the camera key not working is purely hardware defect. secondly,just try to use the phone by removing your memory card , if the phone works faster then its the fault of the memory card ,otherwise not.

  • I have this phone for about 18 months, and it was great when launched. But now i am fed up. Video recording sound in loud place is terrible, and most pictures are blurry. Most games are not free, and you have to use Kies to install mostly crappy apps. Time to move to Android. Love Samsung but SE Arc S is cheap and seems great...you can get free super games apk everywhere on the net ! Or maybe Galaxy W. Wave 1 was the best in its time, super phone really.

  • dear sir fiction: to get apps for free in bada, it s very different compared to the likes of android which is .apk, ios which is .ipa and symbian which is .sis to get apps in bada you must learn how to "wave spoof" this is a video by sir neohack latest method of "wave spoofing" basically we dont get any raw file like android ios and symbian we download apps here: what we get is a .rar file and part of wavespoofinjg is extracting that file in your computer then using 7zip to archive those extracted file then using a program on the comp called "appslist" to install via kies hehe the youtube video by neohack is very complete in how to wavespoof good luck "spoofing" ^_^

  • So. Since many apps are free now. Can we expect the 2.0-update shortly or is it time to let struggling Bada go and get Android like the rest of the human rase. I mean, IceCreamSandwitch is bound to be good. And here I have waited for a year for something to happen OS-wise with my Wave. pooh. I´ll give it a couple of weeks then I move forward and wont look back. I need it badly since my Wave often restarts with Bada 1.2. Well... we´ll se.

  • How To Get All nice Game For Free and normally the file for bada is what cuz android is apk then bada is wad

  • Hey carloud, i like ur hohoho better then ur hehehe or hihihi(blush)...

  • good day sir to be honest I've only been using an s8500 phone in about 6 weeks now Im kinda new in using the wave too hihihi ^_^ it seems nowadays, phones released by samsung with a camera key are rare :/

  • elo sir hehehe glad that you've also noticed the difference in speed hehehe! It seems we dont need to use cpuart this time...I mean this mode is like accessing cpuart manually :D

  • Good day carloud. How long have you been using your Wave? We've been complaining about that since time immemorial. LoL. :-)

  • Agree with you. Love S8500's hardware. Excellent audio quality and decent camera. If only S8600's audio quality is as good as S8500's, then I might have considered it.

  • Hi carloud! This is very useful, my wave is faster than before, but now i have to set my wave to cp uart mode or not?

  • hmm this is quite useful in my opinion setting your phone to be always at 1ghz

  • Thanks buddy! BTW i'm never more than 2 meters away 4m my router at a given time. Nd i use m on 2MBps plan. My service provider installed the router. Its working fine on my PC nd my bro's N86. Its just that my fone's nt catching up d speed. :-( I cannot format my fone bcoz most of my older softwares r on fone memory. Nd moreover since BADA is based on LINUX so viruses are a rare possibility into fone memory though MMC can be affected. Nyway i'll think abt it as a last option. What abt the camera prblm? Can u or sum1else facing similar prblm of camera key not working!

  • i strongly recommending wave3 S8600..superrb

  • Overall performance wise, I think wave1 is clearly better than wave3 as per GSMArena reviews.... At least I know I don't need to change my wave1 as of the moment.......

  • Guys which is the best Samsung wave s8500 or Nokia 700??? please reply asap

  • haha cant compare the 3G speed in korea to the rest of the world...most of the users seems dont understand and they push all the blame to the phones. the carriers are the culprit actually. phones that have 14.4 or higher doesnt make sense because your local network cant go even near 2.0 happy waiting for wave I & II users...i think bada 2.0 will only come near 2013, i guess...

  • I think over time, the camera key gets a bit too sensitive mine seems to require a really gentle push to focus then a quick long press after the focus box turns green otherwise my camera tries to focus yet again.... perhaps this is common amongst wave phones camera key... angyhow I hope bada 2.0 lets us use the touch screen to take pictures ala iphone 4 style, and still be able to use the camera key if we wanted to at the same time ^_^

  • oh btw i removed my memory card and got it formatted which made my phone just like before , i guess it was carrying virus or something :S , you can try this aswell

  • its something to protect wifi. i guess WPS is wifi protection system . but i never had to use it . i think you need to first configure your router through your PC . if you dont mind what is the speed of your internet from your internet company? and also try to reduce the number of devices using internet at a time. also try to use internet by being near your router. laterzz

  • plzz samsung!! GIVE US OFFICIAL BADA 2... we have been waiting for so long!! :(

  • In this website: www.samsungwaveforum.com/

  • download very nice iphone 4 theme free for wave1 , i like too much on my wave2 reply me

  • If youre having problems with Internet That means somethings wrong with your Internet service in your country in my country.. Korea its usually HSDPA 3 to 5 MBPS This phone is superb.. it can function 99% like iPhone and has a better Camera than any iPhones Your $320 is worth more than any other $500 crappy phones that boast more mega pixel(myth) or Internet speed Samsung Wave can offer you 2 to 3.6 MBPS if your country's Internet is crap then sorry for you friend.. but thats not the fault of your phone regarding Gmail??.. like woa? there is a solution for that take not Samsung BADA is not like other OS

  • It is very difficult to get an internet connection, to download emails etc. When I finally do dosnload and read emails and write a reply, it NEVER sends them. Also, gmail seems to need a special version which I have downloaded to the phone, but the phone does not recognise that it's there, so no gmail function at all. I've searched the manuel and spent endless hours at the shops of my operator in case it's a network-related problem. Apparently it's a config problem. Any ideas?

  • Thank u Wavester & Ish 4 d reply. My fone is out of warranty now. I purchased it in last october 4m Gurgaon. Nd no update is available via Kies so what to do now? Also i think the 1.2 update has made my camera go crazy. The hardware button no longer works normally, instead it keeps trying focussing and takes the pic automatically nd the image taken is always unfocussed. Do u guys have d same prblm? Someone suggested me to uninstall WAMOCAM to solve this problem. I did it but to my dismay the problem didn't solve nd i lost the application as well nd now i don't hav ny decent camera application as well to take pics nd i've not taken ny pic in a while. Camera recording is working fine though. P.S.-Opera mini worked better 4 me on GPRS than Dolphin so it gives me better surfing nd downloading speeds. If my wifi works then may be i'll try Dolphin. Expecting a reply soon 4m u guys. Can some1 explain what is WPS in wifi nd what is its use? My modem has a button 4 it nd also the fone shows this option. When i try to connect my fone via WIFI WPS, it goes on connecting 4 like 4ever. Expecting a reply soon. Thanks in advance.

  • hi guys please help... how to change user in facebook apps in the phone.

  • Can someone suggest a site where i can rectiify problems i am currently having with my S8500 . Thanks