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Page Revision: 2009-07-21 05:30
I recently purchased a Samsung I7500 "Galaxy" (Android) phone to replace my Samsung i600 "European BlackJack" (Windows mobile) one - now the excitement of just pawing the thing is starting to wear off, so I thought I'd record a log of all the silly things I need to do to get it working as I want:
- Essential Apps that should come pre-loaded:
- Barcode Scanner (plays up a bit with the Galaxy flash and autofocus, but OK when the product to be scanned is placed on a flat matt surface)
- FTP Application (so far trying AndFTP)
- VNC Application (so far working well with androidVNC)
- File Browser
- ES File Explorer - Samba / Windows network client
- Astro - root folder visibility
- Silent Time - silence on schedule or for limited time
- Apps On Trial
- APNdroid - disable/enable mobile internet access (cost control)
- Check Redirect
- RegEx Matcher
- LapStop
- GeoPicker
- Compass (works ok I guess, but I would think there is better)
- ConnectBot
- FlashLight (so trivial I feel like making my own :))
- G-Force (good idea, bad implementation)
- Object Browser (I thought it was some sort of reflection tool allowing analysis of existing programs, not sure now)
- Text Edit (looking for a better one but this is quite good)
- Telnet
- Smart Vibrator - vibration patterns?
- Snake (just not v good...)
- ViewSource (MUST be able to get something integrated with browser...?)
- Xtremelabs Speedtest (just something to run I guess)
- Labyrinth Lite
- Random Cool apps:
- Sky Map
- Battery Status Free - look at the Battery usage history etc (but need to place the widget somewhere on your home screen)
- UberColorPickerDemo - get color codes in a very cool interface
- Weird issues:
- Moving media files via ES file explorer can to cause issues with files "locked" by the media player...? Or just ES File Explorer crashing when you do several things at once?
- O2 balance view does not work
- Large-scale Needs:
- How to gain root access?
- How to back everything up should there be a catastrophic failure?
- How to get Outlook contacts and old phone SMS histoiry into new phone?
- How to best manage music etc? Current autoscan sounds like a recipe for disaster when I have 30 GB of stuff on there...
- Is there a DRM-free content vendor, like itunes with fully portable formats?
- Remote Wipe?
- Understand device security / data model - does the "lock" really do anything useful?
- Any way to get a VPN Client going?
- Minor annoyances:
- Can't seem to reorder icons in a home page folder?
- Can't organize application list (need to have separate structure on home screen)