Galaxy S reported to have new software bug

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, bug, crash, file, galaxy, galaxys, Samsung, software

The Galaxy S, one of Samsung’s most popular current devices and possible plot to take over the universe, is not without issues. You may have read before about the GPS bug that has been plaguing Galaxy S users (as well as the fix for it), but now there seems to be another problem cropping up.

It seems that, if you have a file with 16 or more characters in the file extension (For example, file1.abcdefghijklmnop), the phone may crash, resulting in it becoming unable to connect back to Kies software. Example video of the issue below:

http://www.dailymotion.com/videoxe3dj3

In an official (translated) statement from Samsung France, they say:

We discovered that in very limited circumstances does connect the Samsung S Galaxy to a PC via the utility Kies may cause an auto-reset of the product. This happens in cases where the product contains files whose extension includes more than 16 characters. Deleting these files remedy the problem.

Any of our readers out there experience this problem? While we definitely don’t rec commend you try the bug to see if it happens, be sure to let us know if it already has in the comments below!

[via samsunghub]

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Comments

http://beafraid.com hellfire

Another in a long string of disappointments for the Galaxy S line. As a “business user” the Captivate is functionally useless.

I’m not sure if it’s a Samsung fail or AT&T fail, but someone seriously dropped the ball on the software. I just plain couldn’t wait for a vanilla 2.1/2.2 ROM, which would probably make it the single greatest Android phone out there. The hardware and physical design are wonderful.
VeryHappyUser

I have had the Vibrant (Galaxy S) since the day it launched and have been incredibly happy. I am a software developer by trade (though not in the mobile market) and I believe this is the best phone that is available. Perfect – no. Near Perfect – Yes! I have tried out a ton of apps and there are a lot of choices on the market/appbrain. Minor issues aside – you will not be sorry if you go with a Galaxy S variant
yzfr1

I think my Captivate has is problems but there are ways to get around them. If we can get the 2.2 update and the GPS fix and of course, Vanilla, I would only be missing the hardware components of the LED flash and the front facing camera. Other than that, this phone runs much better then my friends’ iphone 4 and Droid X. Samsung needs to ditch their UI, but they did awesome with the hardware!
MOUSEY

I wonder what kind of app would dish out a file with 16 characters extension. Its not like an everyday Joe is going to hit this kind of bug… But its interesting though, a sign somebody is trying something really weird with it.
curse

Looks like someone really have tried hard to find the bug. It’s not really “normal” to have a file extension of more then 16 characters, the normal is 3 or max 4 in the case of .jpeg or .mpeg instead of .jpg or .mpg.