Galaxy S Setup & Apps
So I’ve had the Galaxy S for a while now so I thought I’d share my current setup and what I have installed.
I’m still running Android 2.1. The official Samsung release of 2.2 (for africa) is supposed to be here before the end of the year so i’m holding out for that before I start playing around with other 2.2 ROMs.
I have however rooted the phone in order to install certain apps. If you’re not sure what that is, rooting your phone basically gives you greater access to all areas of the OS that you don’t have by default. For a full explanation on rooting your device, read this blog post. Note this does void your warranty, but you can easily unroot your phone.
These are just few of the apps I have installed that generally improve the overall performance/experience of the device:
One Click Lag Fix (requires rooting)
- In a nutshell, this app will speed up your phone. Although it is a lot more complicated.
Market Enabler (requires rooting)
I live in South Africa which is one of countries that don’t yet have access to paid apps on the Android Market. This handy little app will fake your country allowing you to see and purchase paid apps. It’s not permanent and goes back to normal after a reset. It’s available to download via the Android Market.
Samsung Home Screen Changer (requires rooting)
- This will change the default home screen to whatever you select. By default its always the first home screen.
Rom Manager Free Version (requires rooting, available in the Market)
- This tool allows you to manage your roms. Backup, Restore and do OTA updates. I just use it to keep backups of my stock samsung rom.
TypoClock
- This is a very nice clock widget. Way better than any Samsung or Androd clock widget.
ConnectBot
- SSH client. Handy for when you are no where near a pc.
Beautiful Widgets (paid – about $2.05)
- Beautiful Widgets comes with some very nice clock & weather widgets. Its very customizable and there are plenty of user-submitted skins to be downloaded for the clocks & widgets.
Zedge
– While I would normally avoid any website that even mentioned the words “Free ringtones & wallpapers” like the plague, Zedge is not like those. It has thousands of user submitted wallpapers and ringtones. If you register on their site for an account (optional), you can mark your favourites which allows you to easily get the items back if you lose them for whatever reason.
Angry Birds
- No list of apps would be complete with out this game. No explanation needed, just go download it and clear your schedule the next 3 or 4 hours.
I take no responsibility if you break your phone 
