yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant General] shreddintyres:
here are some of my favorites in no particular order:

BLN control

Desktop visualizer

zdbox

voodoo control

Titanium backup

shootme

coltage control

root explorer

wolfram alpha

appbrain market

poweramp

pulse

unified remote

3g watchdog
[Vibrant General] mrsbelpit:
Soundhound ftw.

oh, and Megavideo is a close second.
[Vibrant General] lektrix:
I'm guessing all of these require you to "root" the phone or modify it in some way? I modify desktop computers all the time but not really familiar with mobile phones...lots of reading for me to do, hopefully I get myself up to par!

BTW I have no data, just WIFI!
[Vibrant General] Romanbb:
MOST of the ones listed, no.

But trust me, if you read, "rooting" will be the least of your worries :).
[Vibrant General] Vibrantnew-b:
Exactly, once you root look out because no matter how great the rom your running is you'll still want to checkout the latest & greatest. If you do decide to root you'll definitely want these apps.

Root Explorer

Rom Manager

Superuser

Titanium backup

SGS Tools
[Vibrant General] TricH:
Angry birds rio!
[Vibrant General] tKoHaXoR:
My Personal TOP 10+ Apps

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1. AdFree

2. AppBrain

3. Battery Indicator

4. Beautiful Widgets

5. Download All Files

6. MyWeb

7. Pandora

8. TubeMate

9. Root Explorer

10. Quick Boot (One of my fav's! Reboots phone faster than the Power Menu mods)

11. IP Webcam

12. CacheMate

13. Remote Notifier
[Vibrant General] oka1:
These i use quite a bit

Real Calc

Barcode scanner

Task manger

Cam scanner

Ulysse Gizmo

System panel

For fun Pic Say
[Vibrant General] SliderGT:
I use Launcher Pro, System Panel (paid version to monitor what apps are using my battery), Swiftkey (30 day trial is available in the market, I find the prediction better and faster than the gingerbread keyboard), Tapatalk Pro (for viewing message boards), last.fm (music app like pandora)
[Vibrant General] jon_yarbrough:
adfree

barcode scanner

call confirm

ebuddy

kapersky mobile security (they are giving away 6 months free service)

root explorer

miui music player

save mms

xda

key ring rewards

games:

crazy snowboard

zendice

tri-towers

words free

pool break pro

poker square

let's golf

homerun battle 3D

doodle bowling
[Vibrant General] Janis:
Titanium Backup

AutoStarts

Elixir, System Panel, and Androzip all have good task managers and do more than just manage apps

DropBox

FolderOrganizer

SwipePad and/or PowerStrip

GPS Test

Tricorder

Virtual Trackball (but use the dpad)

VLC S&C

gStrings

iMap Weather (spot on, and never runs in the background)

Traffic Widget

Inserty and/or Clipper

*Quick Addroid (get the Pro version) I open this most often, works for anything you have to remember, great for tracking medications, smokes, diet, times your Ex.... whatever, in case you want to keep track....

Business Calendar or Touch Calendar (I hear Gemini is good if you like it, too)

Extensive Notes or NoteEverything

Smart Keyboard or Ultra Keyboard (Smart runs a bit cleaner, but it's not quite as cute/customizeable) - they both allow voice input right from the keyboard, swipe entry, and a recognizable layout

Ringdroid

Car Home from Market, but it needs a clock

Simple Audio Manager - it's so tiny and useful I almost forgot it

Right now I like Seesmic, but you'll likely troll around for the right Social app(s) for you.

I am also heavily dependent on Google Voice and am very happy with Handcent for SMS (so I know who I'm texting by what color their bubble is. Trust me, it's worth it.)

And yes, as a matter of fact, I do spend way too much time checking out apps, and all of these developers have been great with me, and I'm a pest.

Once you get a handle on things, if you want to automate volume/connectivity, I strongly recommend Tasker. I tried Locale, and a bunch of other schedulers, auto-text reply apps, call filters, power managers, but Tasker replaced all of them, and just the way I like it.

EDIT: Blast those background apps. I recommend SMSBackup+, too. Backs up your call log to your calendar.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
pulse reader - this one is the best!
[Vibrant General] Jinxi:
See most of my favorites already. As a fellow newbie I find these useful:

Quick boot (awesome)

Bloater

SGS	tools

My backup (too cheap for TB pro)

Voodoo Control

Quickpic

Voltage Control

XDA App

Ad free android

Rom manager

Ebuddy

Go SMS

Launcher Pro

Winamp

Tune in radio

Games:

Star Traders RPG Elite

(mostly text based RPG w/fantastic Devs and frequent updates)

Yongzh's GBA Emulator

(just so I can play pokemon lol)

EDT's ZSJPJ Tweaked + Overstock 1.4.2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
I'm running CMYLXGO's HD2 Desire HD ROM since ver. 1.1.4 and I just did a install of 1.1.9 and now my phone locks up and reboots.

I even changed my SD card out and reflashed the ROM and it still does it...

Any suggestions??? Or is this 1.1.9 ROM corrupt?

Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Skellyyy:
You probably have the wrong clockwork partition size. Check the ROM thread for the correct system size then edit the flash.cfg using notepad. The file is in your clockwork folder on your PC. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
I haven't changed a thing since I first started using this ROM... How can this change??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
UPDATE: I went back to 1.1.7 and it seems OK so far... Wish I knew what happened...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
Now it seems 1.1.7 is working, Any suggestions on upgrading to 1.1.9 w/o issues???
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
OK Im pissed!!

First ROM flash 1.1.4 = Perfect

full upgrade to 1.1.5 = Perfect

full upgrade to 1.1.6 = Perfect

full upgrade to 1.1.7 = Perfect

full upgrade to 1.1.9 = Locks up, reboots every couple of min

Replaced microSD card with brand new Patriot card.

Reflash 1.1.9 from a new download = FAIL, same as above.

Flash back to 1.1.7 = Perfect

full upgrade to 1.1.8 = Perfect

Flashed 1.1.8 to 1.1.9 upgrade = FAIL.... again locks up or reboots....

Flashed BACK to 1.1.8 = PERFECT!!

WTF is causing 1.1.9 to kill my phone????
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
Why is it I need 10 posts to ask a question regarding a ROM in the Dev forum??? I PM the creator and he tells me to not PM him or he will ban me???

WTF??? How is anyone supposed to learn something without making up 10 BS posts so they can post in the dev forum???

On my way to 10 I guess.... Hope the mods dont yell at me
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
4 more BS posts to go.... oops 3 now
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] silverwind:
Easy man ;)

It is the RULE..

It is intended to direct people to post the question in the Q&A forum.

Regarding your problem, you are not alone ;)

I once experienced that kind of issue as well.

Then later on it becomes disaster. I found there are some badblocks in the NAND that causing fail to flashing. And now I cant even flash Android :(.

So, my point is, if you can not use that version after many times trial, you better dont push it, try other versions that works perfect in order to avoid any damage to the NAND due to excessive flashing. That is my 2cents

You can ignore it though ;)

Cheers
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
Well the creator of the ROM said to post questions in the thread for that ROM... Well posting 10 post first doesn't make me less of a noob than if I were to just post my question straight up...

Whats dumb having that as a rule is people don't post quality posts, they post crap just to get the post count up.... I just want to flash my phone and not make this a lifestyle or a hobby so I tend not to hang out and read everything on here and post...

Sooo....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Neccros:
Bump... Anyone have an idea what could be wrong? Im stuck on 1.1.8
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
Hi Guys,

I made this thread to see if anyone else had experienced this with their SGS

I was petting my dog while i was holding my phone in my other hand, the dog got excited and knocked the phone in my hand and it dropped from approx 50cm on the grass and the phone was also in a thick leather cover... took the phone in my hand and went inside to make a phone call when i noticed it was off! Hmm, i take out the battery put it back in, phone starts fine, i turn the phone to attac the battery cover, turn the phone around ind it was off again, since then i can't turn on my phone......

Of course the phone has no visibile damage whatsoever.....

I am truly amazed and can't get over it.... phone is brand new, 1w old.... INCREDIBLE.... i have no warranty over the phone.

Please tell me there is a fix to this, i love this phone very much... :(:(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
50 cm drop onto grass in a leather cover? Sorry but smells like BS. Probably no point in asking if it got wet, grass was bone dry no doubt.

Mine took a bounce off pavement from about 4 feet and works like a champ. (also in the 1st week, man I'm holding my next shiny device tight for the first month!)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
of course yes dry,no other factors, what is BS?

p.s. also plugged in charger... nothing happens...

this is sooo frustrating because this was like the best way to drop your phone... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Intratech:
Mine fell out of the gym locker about a meter high unto a concrete like surface and it works just fine, no scratches.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] B3311:
BS=Bull**** - he's calling you a liar....

Not possible that there was a stone or rock in the grass? Does your case cover the whole screen? There's a definite weak point in the design where the glass covers the home/back/menu buttons, but if there's no screen damage...

Good luck. And blame the dog!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] radeon_x:
x2 - I was actually really surprised how well it took a direct pavement hit.

OP - does the battery stay firmly in place in the phone when the cover is off? Sounds like maybe there is bad contact between the battery and the phone. Check that first. No way that a fall like what you described could have damaged the phone. No way.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JJEgan:
One foot drop no external damage return phone to seller and hope .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
why would i bull**** you..... i'm telling you the naked truth as someone else might have had same issue and i really want it working again considering turning it in for service as an unfortunate last resort...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgBUVyocApc
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ataky:
I got hit by a car when i was on my bike, I fell of the car on my left side, the side where my phone was in my jeans. The thing didnt even turn off..

I can tell you it was quite a hit! i was stunned that the phone survived..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
then it's just my god damn luck.............. :mad:

anyway it's good to hear you guys had "good" results with drops and phone is supposed to be strong..

one more thing is puzzling me, why did it turn on (for a few secs) after i turned it on...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] azzledazzle:
I got hit by a car when i was on my bike, I fell of the car on my left side, the side where my phone was in my jeans. The thing didnt even turn off..

I can tell you it was quite a hit! i was stunned that the phone survived..

Im stunned that YOU survived lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] seltaeb:
Tough luck, I guess. Mine has survived several drops (mostly from my shirt pocket) without any apparent damage. I have a CaseMate 'Barely There' case on it though -- maybe it actually works.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
Sorry to hear, but there is zero chance that a phone will break like that.

So it must been bad to start with.

Take of the cover and look at the battery and the contacts so they are okey.

Why don't you have a warranty?

**DamianGTO ultimate kernel v1.2 * 600Hz * 345MB RAM * OC/UV * 1200MHZ**
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mossy1963:
Can't believe the phone its dead under these circumstances. Last week dropped mine onto concrete, approx 3 feet. Bezel is a bit grazed but phone working fine
[Galaxy S I9000 General] azzledazzle:
thats one hell of a signature lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
Send it in for repair.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Elle233:
Mine has dropped countless number of times. The last drop on concrete was so bad that phone had a dent on the upper left edge. I picked it up and the monster continued to work like magic
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Intratech:
If it's new then why doesn't it have warranty? Just say to them it stopped working, no need to say it fell.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jbuk__:
I can vouch for the solidity of (my) SGS -- it's dropped from hip height onto concrete paving slabs, which grazed the back cover a little; and fell, when I was running, onto the pavement, bouncing along a few times and off the kerb, coming to rest under a car.

This scuffed the bezel a bit, but otherwise my phone is still as good as new.

The recessed glass certainly helps prevent the screen taking any of the hit.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
the phone was a gift, it came from France, in the box there isn't any paperwork, i just have 2 large stickers on it (see bellow) is that the warranty?

is samsung warranty worldwide? i'm thinking not.... so Samsung Romania will tell me to send the phone to France and that will not happen.... (if those stickers represent a warranty that is)

Can i turn it in for service to Samsung if i pay for the repair? .....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] j.go:
I've had that happen to an old phone before. It fell out of my pocket as I exited my car. The phone bounced of the ground, the battery popped out and the phone landed on a puddle. I turned it on after an hour or so thinking it was enough time to dry up. I guess not. Screen turned on, distorted a bit and died.

I'm assuming since you don't have a warranty, you got it second hand. Maybe you were duped by the seller.

And yeah, I've dropped my SGS a few times. Aside from a few scratches, it still runs as good as new.

EDIT: whoops, I guess it isn't second hand. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
brand new, soft drop, no puddles ..... trust me i would have understand if there were serious circumstances and didn't start the thread in the first place.... the way this phone stopped working is purely ridiculous and dissapointing (for me only) considering you guys didn't have problems after dropping.... i just thought the phone is poorly built, i won't sell it if i manage to get it fixed i love it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i had my share of drops with this phone and they all survived

the most scary one was when i was trying to put a silicon case on but accidentally slingshot the phone across the room to land face down (SAMOLED) onto the concrete floor

i was like "****! the screen is gonna die!" but when i picked it up it survived the whole smash and crash without any noticeable scratches
[Galaxy S I9000 General] galnet:
Have you tried taking the battery out and leaving it sit for about an hour next to something warm? Or maybe checked the connections between the battery and phone for dirt?

I'd give this a try and see what happens. As the internal build of the phone is strong I doubt the phone is damaged inside due to a soft fall.

I've dropped my phone a couple of times from 6ft onto my floor and the phone is like new!

Really surprised how this has happened unless there was dew (wetness) on the grass and you never noticed!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] torres76:
I have dropped mine three times the worst was from 5ft on to rough concrete. The phone bounced three or four times got a nice dent on the bottom metal surround and side where it laid to rest. But still works fine wasn't in a case and had no screen protection
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thedesolatesoul:
sounds like some contact has gone loose...no idea what

might be worth shaking it or droping it on a soft surface to hope things spring into place

im not sure how much it will cost but may be worth sending it for repairs at a cost to the samsung service center
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
exactly my thoughts! i'm 90% sure it's the battery contacts that went loose... tried pressing, shaking (not dropping again :) ) but no luck

a bud is coming to my place right now so that i can use his battery (hey who knows) and see if it's booting.

if fail, i'll ship it to a Samsung center (via cost of course)

I'll keep you guys posted..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jodroidbcn:
My SGS fell out of my pocket when I was walking on the street and landed on the pavement glass side down.

The screen is completely smashed with broken pieces of glass all over the surface; the only thing it shows is is a bluish indistinguishable image when turned on, the touchscreen is not responsive either.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xero2002:
Your warranty should be with Samsung, not where you got it from.

Should be no problem contacting Samsung and getting it fixed. Gift or no gift.

Just don't mention the drop.

It looks brand new, so just say it stopped working.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
Got it, hope you're right.

P.S. Switching my bud's battery failed to boot the phone :o
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zoran89:
I had few scares with my sgs :-)... Biggest one was one time when I was coming home from lunch and was holding phone in one hand and car keys in other... Phone was in soft lerher pouch... I was going to trow my car keys on the table but I started to trow my phone... I realized on time and stoped my hand but phone rocketed outh of the lether pouch across the room, bounced of the window, while falling bounced of the radiator and fell on the flor... I was so scared I didn't want to even look at the phone... But my mighty sgs was harder than the fall :-)... Keep in mind that it rocketed acros the room for about 2 meters, impacted the window fell half a meter bounced of a radiator and fell another half a meter... So your phone must be defective in some way ...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DsMobile:
I am sure you have already tried booting with the SD and SIM card removed, that you have tried to charge it with charger and USB, that you left it off battery for some time, hell i am sure you already have tried to turn it on with your head upside down (i know i would)

Try as if you were "booting" in download mode (home+power+volDown) and then open Odin and connect USB check if it's recognized in some COM, if so .... try flashing.

I am assuming it could be screen and leds dead, although i really don't belive it is...anyway that's one option i would try if i were as desperate as in your situation (knocking on wood...)

Sad to hear that happened to you mate
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hansonator:
That sucks dude. I dropped mine several months ago from about the height of the inside door handle of my car, no case. Thankfully the only damage was a small chip out of the silver bezel.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
yep, all of the above... :)

the screen is fine, i would have boot sound :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shaddix2:
This is the funniest post I have ever read on xda. "****! the screen is gonna die!" Hahahahaha
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ataky:
Im visiting the hospital on regular bases because im suffering brain damage after the accident. Atleast the phone gave me something to do in the hospital.

So in my opinion its a very tough phone and i cant imagine it to die beceause a drop from a foot high.

Maybe you can call the samsung romania service line and ask them for some ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aayyaanna:
i saw a video where they test the phone for it's toughness and that guy in the video was really harsh(I mean it)..He dropped the phone from 3 feet 3times and nothing happens and when then again he drops from 6ft and the superamoled cracks(Not the gorilla Glass though :D).So i guess nothing can happen just send it back and get a replacement ;)

I use a spring key Chain in the key hook of my phone and lock it to my pants :P so that it should not touch the floor even by accident !!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bilboa1:
must add my "dropped it several times and some were hard enough that i though 'omg its the end'" but mine never failed, even scratches are barely visible.

anyhow, you said it turned on quickly and turned off, so that's probably not bad contact in the way you see it. probably something tripped (a small metallic part, maybe this phone was opened/closed by a non-professional or just bad luck with assembly). anyway that would have made a shortcut somewhere and when you turn it on, bang ;-)

bring it to some repair shop or samsung or if nothing is possible you can always try to open it, see if anything looks burnt or if anything goes lose and try to turn it on that way. of course if you have no experience with tinkering with electronics.. you'd better get a friend who does

eventually if something bad happened (like a component burnt), especially if its some kind of chip - well, its dead then (this stuff is too small to repair manually)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dave2312:
Think I seem to have a dodgy one like the OP.

My SGS has a silicone case around the edge,

I was walking down the stairs with phone in hand, went to put it in pocket and put it through my work keys strap that hooks onto my belt and it flew past the next 3 steps then hit the second to last step (the stairs are wooden), I think it landed on a corner of the phone but the phone had no cosmetic damage to the glass or anything and bottom two soft key lights were still on, I pressed center button and tapped screen but nothing happened :\ .

Took battery out and put back in and it booted up but with nice different coloured lines across just the top right corner, you couldn't read anything and the lower of the screen was just black and unresponsive. I found the screen and back of phone overheated loads whenever I pressed a button that made the screen come on, especially the top of the screen around the speaker area.

One problem was I have a PIN number and a lock pattern but screen wasnt responding below the top third of the screen so I could attempt to guess what I was pressing. Now this phone was rooted and running Darky Rom So I knew I best play safe and reinstall a stock ROM and backup eveything f im going to send it in for a claim.

Plus side is it worked still so was able to boot into recovery, so I googled voodoo recovery screen on google pictures so I could see how many presses of the volume down key I needed to do to get onto the mounts menu then onto connect to usb menu so I could backup my internal SD card for my Titanium backups.

All was successful, the only thing is when you are connected via usb in recovery mode the screen doesnt go on standby, so it was constantly on and had increased in heat drastically, by the time I had copied my entire internal SD the phone had burn't a gold mark into the top left of the screen :|

If I now boot the phone, it starts up fine and plays the boot sound but the screen is just pure black, no lines anymore and no blur top corner showing neither now, Just that gold mark, which is constantly there, seems to have burnt itself into the screen even when battery is out.

I am currently claiming on insurance, Hopefully get a nice new phone.

As for the Op, do you not live near any Samsung Repair shops? Just take it in and say it stopped responding, They'll Probably just swap it, best way is to play thick :) good luck :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mossy1963:
Lol it's out of date too. I'm on latest doc rom with a speedmod kernel now