[General Questions and Answers] enigma575:
Hello XDA community. about 2 weeks ago i bought a samsung galaxy S. the store i bought the mobile from had a weird version of the samsung galaxy S , it had an android logo on the back instead of the google one. after telling the "store" that am not gonna buy this version and i want the European version , they asked me to come in an hour and the european version of the galaxy s will be here, so i did what they asked for and i came by after an hour and i found that they got me the European version with google logo on the back. i was happy , i doubled check that it's made by samsung in Korea, and i found it right under the battery. here is what i found out when i went home and starting exploring

1-Arabic user manual with the mobile and on the back of the mobile package ( box )

2- no android market ( Slide me application manger instead of the market "SAM")

3-Defult language is arabic ( found that out after doing a factory reset )

Conclusion: they just replaced the back cover of my mobile and put a European one... lol !

i suspected they would do that anyways and i actually knew they would do that , but as long as the mobile is made by samsung in Korea, the quality should be equal to that of the European version , also i don't have any kind of lags, the mobile is fine. i live in Egypt

i would like someone to help me flash an european frimware , ROM ,

or install apps that are not included on this version of my mobile. i feel very horrible after feeling that i can't get any app directly from the market , i did searches for days on google and after fighting with search results i finally installed the market on my mobile but i have only one problem , whenever i click install i get ( starting download ) and it gets stuck forever , i can't cancel as i get a crash error ( android.vending.apk stoped responding, ) and i force close it

here is the list of STOCk apps that came with the mobile , i hope someone could compare it to their version and tell me what am i missing

1-Aldiko Ebook

2-allshare

3-daily briefin

4-Gmail

5-Layar

6-Maps 7-layar , 8-SAM3.4 , Samsung apps , social hub, google talk , thinkfree office, youtube, calender,navigation, calculator,clock,voice dailler, memo, email , FM radio, write and go , taskmanger, mini diary ,voice recorder,Musicplayer, video player , sim toolkit

these are the apps i got with the mobile ( stock ) phone specs are

Roaming: Not roamed

Model Number: GT-I9000

frimware version: 2.1Update-1

Basband version : I9000JXJG2

kernal version: I9000 2.6.29

Build number: ECLAIR.JPjG8

i hope someone could help me Pimp my mobile as it is very boring , and i will be using this mobile for YEARS and i want it to be the best. btw i don't think i have 3 Botton recover enabled.Pressing Vol. Up + home+ power seems to do nothing but keep showing the ( galaxy S I9000 ) logo and it boots normally as soon as i let go.

the reason of me not installing frimwares or rooting / installing froyo Or doing ANY thing related to boot , as being afraid of Bricking mobile as the mobile hasn't been released YET officially here. so samsung technical support wouldn't do anything if i brick my phone and i don't own a Rjfbox to reflash it after bricking. :S

Thanks to every one who put time in reading this threat. iam really looking forward for someone with experience to reply or guide me.

Thanks every one , waiting for responses