#19 The famous one click fix !! (quadrant score 2254 :)

Just do it !!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=760571
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.rc.QuickFixLagFix

The one click lagfix effect (booting) !!

The one click lagfix effect (quadrant results) !! 

 

#18 GPS is not working on the Sygic navigation program !!

It happened to many people that GPS was ok on all programs except Sygic.

The solution is the following :

1. Go in /sdcard/Drive/Android/settings.ini

2. And change HardwareChange from "false" into "true"

3. Start Sygic select GPS and then autodetect Hardware by clicking on the device option

4. The GPS should start looking for signal again.

Enjoy.

#17 Some Galaxy S must accessories !!

In order to protect the phone case, since its not made from the best material, the below are a good choice at the early beginning.

- ZAGG invisibleSHIELD Full Body Coverage Protector Samsung GT-i9000 Galaxy S

- NortonLine Leather Case for Ericsson XPERIA X10

#16 A quick n' dirty demo video of some apps, games on Galaxy S !!

Do not forget to set the quality to max HD.

Enjoy.

#15 Root system and then what ?

Some people say that you don't need to root the phone if you don't want to remove any apps from the phone's memory, but the truth is that that's only one of the many reasons.

First of all check below how you can take root privileges.

The complete guide can be found here.

Briefly you have to :

1. Download the update.zip file and copy it to the phone memory, the 8gb area which is located on /sdcard/, you can just connect the phone to the computer and via usb kies mode, then copy the files within the explorer path MyComputer - GT-i9000 - Phone.

2. Then switch off the phone

3. Press volume up + home button + power (tip: release the power button for half a second when you see the samsung logo)

4. Phone will reboot into recovery mode, wait until you see the Recovery Screen and then release the buttons

5. With the volume down key go to the option: "apply: /sdcard/update.zip"

6. Press the home button and phone will start updating

7. Phone reboots and phone is rooted

Now there are many things you would like to install such as :

- Titanium Backup

- Adfree

- CacheCleaner

- RebootWidget

- SetCPU

and many more useful programs that require root privileges :)

#14 Firmware upgrade/downgrade !!

Use this link in order to upgrade/downgrade your phone.

I used this to go from the default rom to v2.2 jp3 and then back again to v2.1 g5.

Kies need to be installed on computer so that proper samsung drivers are installed.

More firmwares can be found on http://android.modaco.com/category/434/samsung-galaxy-s-s-modaco-com/

New site available for firmwares, registration is free.

http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm

#13 Calendar sync with Outlook without going via Gmail account !!

This one took me a while to figure out, but it finally works smoothly.

In version 2.2 (jp3) the phone can sync with outlook calendar easily via the Kies, like the contacts do in the previous post.

But in version 2.1 (g5) the phone does not sync with outlook calendar via the Kies program.
Therefore the CompanionLink tool is needed for this job. So the follow steps are needed for this sync to happen.

1. Install CompanionLink on computer

2. Install dejaoffice on phone via the market

3. Go to Settings -> Accounts and Sync -> disable the second tick and disable the gmail automatic sync

4. Configure on the default google calendar  and the dejaoffice calendar the use of xxx@gmail.com calendar and remove the tick from the "My Calendar".

5. Now you have to execute the CompanioLink on computer and go to the settings menu and set it up according to your needs. Some common options you might need to use
- Enable alarms, so that reminders can work afterwords, no need to install any notifier tool
- Select the outlook folders where calendar is stored
- Select only calendar to sync, remove all the others
- Past days to sync = 0
and many more options, like keep primary Outlook database or use 2way sync etc..

6. Then press sync from the phone and let is run for sometime, first the phone calculates something, then the computer collects all calendar data, when it finishes it asks to remove the usb and let the phone update its calendar.

7. Then you may add a shortcut of deja calendar directly to the home screen,  and you are ready to go.

#12 Contact List sync with Outlook !!

Still a simple task on the android systems.

1. Install Kies on the computer

2. Connect phone to computer via the usb cable, ensure that phone is on Kies mode
  (via Settings -> About -> USB settings.)

3. Wait 10 seconds and open Kies on computer
  (remove Kies from computer startup, cause it reserves a lot of ram,
  keeps outlook opened on the background and make pc slower)

4. Open Kies, of the top right corner select your phone and select Contacts - Sync and wait a few seconds for the sync to be finished.


Just in case not to lose everything make a pst backup before the sync :)

#11 Video samples !!

Some galaxy S video samples.

Do not forget to set the quality to max HD.

#10 Photo samples

Some photo samples from the galaxy S.

#9 Bluetooth file transfer !

"Bluetooth file transfer" was never so easy, a must tool you should not miss.

More info can be found on http://www.androlib.com/android.application.it-medieval-blueftp-qAFE.aspx

#8 Control GPRS connection !!

After a few days with this phone/operating system you will find out that it was designed to be online 24/7. Therefore you will notice that GPRS is always ON, when the Wireless is OFF.

So you need to go to the market and quickly install the apndroid program to save your battery and your pocket :)

#7 Installing a new microSD 16Gb on the phone !

I got a new 16Gb microSD Kingston memory card.
At the beginning the card was not readable by the phone, there was a message the that external SD is damaged.
Therefore a proper format took place for this to work. There might be different ways to do it, and different partitions someone can create, but below is what I did with mine.


By using a Suse machine and a USB adaptor for the micro SD card, via the Partitioner on Yast2, a new primary partition was created with the full capacity and with FAT32 format.

After that card was inserted on the phone, and card was identified.

#6 Sync mobile with Windows !

In order to sync mobile with windows you might want to use the Samsung Kies program.

Available for download on http://in.samsungmobile.com/support/softwaremanuals/kies.do
First select the device you have and then the link will appear for downloading the program.

You might need to install the program first, then connect the (switched off) phone to the pc, and then open the phone, after 1 or 2 tries it will work :)

#5 Internet Settings for Greek Providers !!

The below settings can be used for the Internet access on the Greek mobile providers.
Vodafone settings have been verified.


Operator = Vodafone GR
GPRS APN = internet.vodafone.gr (or webonly.vodafone.gr)
Username = {blank}
Password = {blank}
MCC = 202
MNC = 05
APN type = internet
(Server or)DNS = 213.249.17.10, 213.249.17.11

Operator = Wind
GPRS APN = gnet.b-online.gr (or gint.b-online.gr)
Username = {blank}
Password = {blank}
MCC = 202
MNC = 10
APN type = default
(Server or)DNS = 212.152.79.19, 212.152.79.20

Operator = Cosmote
GPRS APN = internet
Username = {blank}
Password = {blank}
MCC = 202
MNC = 01
APN type = default
(Server or)DNS = 195.167.065.194

#4 Vodafone Greece MMS settings !!

It looks that MMS settings cannot be configured automatically as in my previous WM device, so manually work is needed here.

The below settings need to be added on the Settings area of the phone regarding the APN for Vodafone MMS to work.


Name = GR-Vodafone MMS
APN = mms.vodafone.net
Proxy = (nothing)
Port = (nothing)
Username = user
Password = pass
Server = (nothing)
MMSC = http://mms.vodafone.gr
MMS Proxy = 213.249.19.49
MMS Port = 5080
MCC = 202
MNC = 05
APN type = mms

#3 Day one and the market is not working properly !

I read also on some forums that in some cases the android market does not work. Well I had the same problem the first day, it might be the case that I wrote the password many times in the fields, and after sometime I find out that the password I was typing was wrong. So I tried both an old and a new google account of mine and nothing happened.

So I followed the basic rule "boot is good". After a reset to factory default settings I went straight to the WiFi settings, and then I used the account I had created the same day, and I managed to get connected quite easily.

So now it works fine.

#2 Technical details n useful forums !

Some words about the tech specs:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-3115.php

Useful forums:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s/
http://android.modaco.com/category/434/samsung-galaxy-s-s-modaco-com/
http://omniacs.net/forumdisplay.php?61-Samsung-I9000-Galaxy-S  (greek only)
http://androidgreece.gr/forum/index.php  (greek only)

Official Site (UK)
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-phones/mobile-phones/touch-screen/GT-I9000HKDXEU/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail

#1 Post !

First thing someone needs to do is to go and buy this thing.
Then you have to spend sometime reading the various posts.
Enjoy.

PS. videos will follow on http://www.youtube.com/user/septlc