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what apps do you use on your SL?

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XploitZ

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i would like to know what apps did you guys install on your galaxy sl?

mine are:
all the apps im using are free on market

go launcher ex -> very nice launcher
juicedefender-> really improved my battery life
1tap cleaner -> cleans cache/history files to free up some space
easy installer -> looks for uploaded apk files and installs them
easy uninstaller -> for easy uninstalling of apps
moboplayer -> for my video files
mortplayer -> for my music files
colornote -> for my todo list or reminder
photoshop express -> portable photoshop
quickpic -> my alternative app for my stock gallery
zedge -> i been using this to download and change my notification
tones/ringtones
fatbooth -> for some really funny pics
gps aids -> they said could improve gps on galaxy phones
unit converter -> Wopnersoft... comes in handy for me.it also has currency
converter
compass -> from developers in catch.com
lookout -> for my antivirus needs
tubemate -> youtube downloader (not in market anymore tubemate.net)
google sky maps -> very nice apps to impress some girls hehehe

for my games

papijump
angrybirds (all 3 games)
fruit slice
tank hero
pinball deluxe
bebbled
bubble blast
speedx


the rest are stock
i tried go sms and handcent but uninstalled them afterwards
 
My apps:

1. ACV (Android Comic Viewer) - lets me view my comic book collection (cbr format). I have quite a large one, consisting of Walking Dead, Sandman, Green Lantern, Batman, etc
2. Adobe Flash Player 10.3 - of course this is an important add-on
3. Alarm Clock Plus - I use this as my alarm clock. The desktop night clock feature is nice, and to dismiss the alarm I have to solve a math equation, so I'm really awake by then. LOL.
4. Almost a Doctor - comes in handy, especially since I'm a med student
5. Android Agenda Widget - displays Calendar Events and Astrid Tasks on screen on a single widget.
6. App 2 SD - for transferring apps to SD (not that I need it though)
7. App Backup Reinstall - Backs up the applications to SD card for in case of need to reset
8. App list backup - because the above app does not backup the Market List. :)
9. App Aware Market
10. AppBrain App Market
11. AppInstaller - Installs apks for out of market apps
12. Amazon AppStore
13. Astrid Tasks - manages my To-Do and Tasks, syncs to Producteev.com(syncs to my Outlook on PC) and Astrid.com(for task sharing with other group members)
14. Audio Guru - for automatic profile managing (work, sleep, loud, normal volume profiles) according to time of day/schedule
15. Battery Solo Widget - cool battery % widget
16. Beautiful Widgets Lite - HTC Sense look alike clock app that shows weather conditions
17. Body Tricks - some trivia about what you can do with your body (med student)
18. Bookmarks to SD - save bookmark backup to SD
19. Brilliant Quotes - Just some quotes from famous people
20. Call Control - Blocks calls/sms
21. Camera Magic - The default camera option doesnt have timer. :)
22. Chess Clock - has "number of moves" counter
23. Chess Timer - for playing chess. It just looks good. :)
24. Class Buddy Pro - allows me to manage my class schedule/projects/assignments/exams/school work in a separate calendar from the default, and still is able to sync with default.
25. ColorNote - my first note app. Its going to be removed soon in favor of SpringPad as soon as I am able to finish transferring all notes.
26. Converter - converts values (kg-g, cm-ft, etc)
27. Currency Converter - up to date conversion of currencies
28. Daily Bible - I'm Catholic, and has some nice inspirational messages sometimes on the widget
29. Dolphin Browser - My first third party browser. Currently unused much as I am trying out Opera
30. Droid Notepad - allows scribbles!
31. Epocrates - medical help app
32. Evernote - I put copies of my school notes on Evernote for PC, so I can access them anywhere via cloud
33. Expense Manager - manage my daily expenses. Helps save money
34. Extensive Notes Lite - just recently downloaded. Ridiculously full featured. Trying it out.
35. Facebook- :)
36. Fast Web Installer - for direct to phone installation of AppBrain Apps
37. First Aid - Medical help app
38. Folder Organizer - helps organize all the apps better by categorizing them and ability to make folders onscreen with custom icons.
39. Fontomizer - changes system fonts
40. Foursquare - social app, for checking-in to places
41. FriendCaster - Alternative app to facebook. Its faster and more reliable
42. Fx Camera - camera with several cool effects
43. Galaxy S Radio Widget - controls FM radio widget
44. GetJar app - access to getjar app market for Android
45. Go Chat - Chat plugin for Go SMS
46. Go Facebook Chat
47. Go Keyboard - nicely sized keyboard (bigger than default with more features (arrow keys, highlight controls, etc)
48. Go Launcher EX - nice launcher
49. Go Launcher EX notification - for notifications on several apps
50. Go SMS Pro
51. Go SMS widget (comes with SMS Pro)
52. Go Weather - my current wallpaper. Changes according to weather. If weather is rainy, it shows picture of rain, cloudy, clouds, etc
53. Go Chat
54. Google+
55. GPS Essentials - for data from GPS
56. GPS test - testing GPS fix status
57. SiMi Clock - nice clock widget when combined with Simple Calendar Widget if used on TouchWiz launcher, but doest look very nice on GO Launcher
58. Hacker's Keyboard - currently testing keyboard. I miss the arrow keys from Go Keyboard, but this has same sized keys (adjustable) on less screen space and has more symbols
59. Handcent SMS
60. Handcent SMS Group SMS plugin in 1-5 (up to 10 allowed downloads) - stock SMS app can only sent up to 20 recepients per group SMS, and only at 100sms per hour. Each plugin increases that limit by 200sms per hour (5plugins mean I can send 1100 sms per hour), and with handcents ability to send group sms to more than 20 people, I'm pretty much solved. :)
61. Home Inventory - helps me keep a list/inventory of all my belongings in my apartment :)
62. How to Tie - I seriously am not used to neckties. :)
63. Instant Heart Rate - another med app
64. Jukefox - music player app for easy organizing of large music collection (I have 14gb)
65. Mango - manga reader
66. Mapquest - Uses Navteq Maps, same as Ovi, and has navigation for Philippines (Google maps doesnt have navigation here)
67. Merriam Webster Dictionary
68. MixZing - Nice music player and widget my currently used music player (Jukefox is newly downloaded and currently trying out). This one has offline lyrics support
69. MoboPlayer - best video player app. :)
70. MoonReader+ - lets me read my ebooks in many formats (chm, pdf, ePub, etc)
71. My BMI - another med app
72. NatGeo TV - I like watching NatGeo. :)
73. NetQin Security - AV app.
74. Nimbuzz - for facebook and YM chatting
75. No Lock - disables screen lock. Even if screen light off, pressing home button shows unlocked screen. Useful when in lib/desk, no unlocking hassle
76. Noom - weight and calorie tracker, and exercise calories burned calculator. Great for those trying to lose weight.
77. Classic Notes Lite - another full featured notes app I am testing
78. Opera Mobile - I use chrome and Opera on PC, and this syncs with Opera for bookmarks and speed dial, and much more touch optimized than Dolphon
79. Photaf - Panorama app. Better than stock camera
80. Photoshop express - express editing of photos
81. Picsay - predefined photo effects
82. Pinoy Radio - Philippine Radio stations over the web
83. Pixelpipe - best photouploading app ever. Pipes to almost all online photosharing websites and services (facebook, twitter, tumblr, picasa, etc!) :)
84. Pocket Doctor Lite - again med related app
85. Power Scheduler- for batter saving. Set schedules for automatic brightness adjustment, wifi on off, mobile internet on off, etc.
86. PPT remote - use phone to control powerpoint presentation. Also you can see your notes on the phone, like presenter view on laptop screen.
87. Prognosis - med app again
88. PSX4Droid - playstation one emulator. Harvest Moon/Final Fantasy anyone? :)
89. Push Ups - works like a gym trainer for push ups, counting and resting times. :)
90. QR Droid - for scanning barcodes/QR codes
91. QuickPic - I use the default gallery more, I just use this for the nomedia option to hide folders from the galleries.
92. Remote Desktop - access your PC drives via WiFi :)
93. Retro Clock Widget - cool looking clock widget
94. Screen off and lock - nice lockscreen controller (i dont like using the power button) with nice effects.
95. Simple Calendar Widget
96. Sit Ups - similar to push ups, but for situps. :)
97. SMS Backup and Restore - makes backup of SMS on SD card
98. SMS Backup+ - makes backup of SMS online on GMail
99. Snapbucket - camera app with automatic predefined effects and uploading to photobucket
100. SportsTracker - GPS Tracking app for jogging, but now I use Noom for this. I'm just not uninstalling because I got this free in promo (paid app) LOL.
101. SpringPad - nice note app that syncs to online for viewing and editing on PC. I can store photos, audio, websites, look up, etc. I currently use this as my primary notes/checklist app
102. SugarSync - if I drop a file into my magic briefcase folder in my PC, it automatically appears in the MySugarSync folder in my phone (and vice versa). Its like dropbox, but I like it better than instead of only having one folder syncing on PC (dropbox/magic folder), i can specify what folders to sync to servers. Here's a referral if you want to try
103. Switcher Widget - app switcher widget to swtich between open apps.
104. Tapatalk Pro - Forum client
105. Tumblr - for my blog
106. TuneWiki - nice music player, which also automatically searches and shows lyrics from the internet. The lyrics also follow the song (highlighting the current words being sung) like a karaoke. Nice for impressing people. :)
107. Turbo GPS 2 - for checking GPS fix and has a compass
108. Tweetdeck - twitter+facebook+foursquare client. Post to all social networks at the same time in one go, and read notifications and mentions in a single app.
109. Twitter app. :)
110. US Army Survival Guide - you never know. :)
111. Unified Remote - control your laptop/pc via android (mouse, keyboard, etc)
112. Ustream - Andi9 and Jessica Mendoza has a ustream account for their show so.... :)
113. VidTrim - basic video editing on the phone
114. Wattpad - ebooks
115. WebMD - online medical database
116. Widgetsoid - lots of toggles (brightness, display, 2g/3g, wifi, hotspot, packet data, etc!
117. WisePilot - newly downloaded mapping and navigation app. Will test if it works better than Mapquest
118. YouTube


Games
-Angry Birds (Classic, Rio, Seasons)
-Ant Smasher
-Army Sniper
-Basketball Scorekeeper
-Bubble Blast
-Contract Killer
-Cut the Rope
-Dismount
-Donkey Jump
-Drag Toilet Paper
-Finger Slayer
-Flight Director
-Fruit Slice (I like this better than fruit ninja)
-Gorilla Jump
-Guns and Glory
-Inotia 3
-iRunner (reminds me of Pepsi man for PSOne.LOL)
-Jewels
-Lane Splitter
-Last Stand
-Ninjump
-Pool Master Pro
-Racing Moto
-Raging Thunder 2
-Scoreboard - for keeping score in other games apart from basketball
-shoot bubble deluxe
-StarBlitz - awesome 3D game from Glu
-Stupid Zombies :)
-Tank Hero
-TapTap 4
-Toss it
- Traffic Control
-Unblock me Free
-World Series Poker: Hold'em
-Zenonia 1,2 and 3


You may wonder how much space I have left after all of these:
Internal phone storage: 1.36gb used out of 1.87gb
Internal SD card: 875mb out of 1.52gb
My music, pictures and videos are on external SD

:)
 
lol nice ... might as well check and try those other apps ;)
as for your 26 and 27 (both converters)...i would suggest unit converter as it does both

as for fontomizer ...i noticed when you install and use some fonts there are some incompatibilities with some apps like the calculator so i use the stock fonts on phone instead

and i have heard of bazaar from bazaarandroid.com wherein they said you can download paid apps for free.i have not tried it yet though
 
OMFG! chanchan05! lol! talking bout lots!
i got mine with less apps as possible cause im too concerned bout my battery life. im out everyday (work) and never bring my charger with me. props to you man! your'e the man!
 
If you read all the descriptions, you'll actually find them all useful at one point or another. I get to use almost all of them depending on the situation, :). I'm not really concerned about battery life because I'm a student, so I'm 6am-9pm at school (with charger), and even if I go out, I do battery saving (turn off data) naman, and the phone lasts 12hrs or more, and I wont be usually out that long, and I also bring a data cable (for charging, just go to netopia, LOL). I'm one of those guys who wants to make the most out of his phone. Besides I wont worry about depleting my battery thru music player because I use my 5800XM primarily for that.

Besides, I see my phone as my link to my PC and my cloud data, and its supposed to make my life easier and more organized, so I use it as much potential I can get from it. Looking at a Nokia WP7 or Win8 tablet with SIM capabilities next (to retire my 5800). I dont believe in using same manufacturers (ala iPhone+iPad) simply because you'll be stuck with the same limitations. I use different manufacturers, then the limitations of one can be overcome by the other, you just have to find complementing devices.
 
Apps r very useful in our daily lives krospyke. U just need to find the right ones you need. I opened this thread so it would give me more ideas on what to test especially those used by kababayans. My phone mory is limited since i dont have that much money to burn. So im more picky wid my apps but it doesnt stop me from installing more if i find it useful. As chanchan said...we should make use of our phones capabilities.
 
I'm actually regretting not getting a Galaxy S (or waited for S2). Using either of those, I would have had more than enough space for my DropBox(3gb) and SugarSync(7gb) accounts to sync to my phone, plus whatever media files I wanted using a card. Currently I'm only syncing selected folders to my phone via sugarsync. Anyway, I'll be getting a tablet next and it would be better to sync my documents/spreadsheets and OneNote to a tablet anyway instead of a phone, so in the end my phone does what I need it to.

I also recently just installed UberMusic. Awesome music app. Very nice and pretty UI. Basically its a copy of the Windows Phone 7 music app UI.
 
bilib ako sa inyong dalawa. sadly, limited talaga ang kaalaman ko pagdating sa mobile phones. i just used it mainly for communications and some common apps. sa laptop lang kasi ako nagdedepend pagdating sa mga programs/apps. pero na inspire ako sa inyo. keep it up bros!
by the way, rooted na ba units nyo? and are you using custom roms?

p.s. > nanghihinayang din ako at di galaxy s ang nabili ko. in my case, naubusan ako dito. na phase out. wala na kong makita kahit saang stores. ayoko nman ng 2nd hand. pero im sure kung nagtyaga, baka nakakuha pa ko. kaso, atat e. lol! anyway, satisfied na rin nman ako dito sa sl, being new to android. (and smartphones in general)
 
i have not rooted my phone nor did i try
you might lose your warranty if something wrong happens, sayang naman yung 1 year warranty hehehe
i also wanted a galaxy s pero short sa pera so i had no choice but i didnt regret getting it
dami pa brandnew galaxy s phones dito sa mindanao 19-21k range while i got the sl last june for 16.7k

this is my first taste of android since my old phones were (nokia 3230 for 3 years then samsung s7330 for 2 years)

ano mga apps mo krospyke?
line of work or lifestyle? maybe me and chanchan can suggest some apps you could use and find interesting

i would recommend you to install an antivirus though just to be safe
just pick one from lookout OR antivirus by AVG .... (i use lookout)
a few malwares on android have been discovered lately (the last one i heard was one posing as google+ which records your calls and send copies of your calls/sms to a website)
 
Galaxy S sells for 25k sa official Samsung Stores dito sa Manila. May mga freebies saka official ang warranty support plus phone replacement pag may factory defect ang phone (hindi lang basta repair warranty, bibigyan ka bago), kaya ayun. :)

I bought SL kasi first Android, not sure if I'd like it so I didnt want to splurge. Ever since I got my first smartphone 3 years ago (5800), I went ahead and learned everthing about smartphone capabilities and is now using my phones now as an extension of my PC. For the record, Mobile Guru ako sa Nokia Support Discussions (Official Nokia Forum).

For example, I forgot my hard copy of my Biochemistry notes that I printed. I have a soft copy on OneNote on my laptop, (whose notebooks I import regularly to Evernote). So I open Evernote on my phone, I can read my notes din because my notes are on a cloud server. Or if a friend recommends a movie for me to see, I open SpringPad, click on "Look It Up" and type in the movie title. The app will look at the NetFlix database and I will get a plot summary and cast/director/producer and poster info. I pin this to my "Movies to See" Notebook. When I get home, I open Chrome, click on my SpringPad extension, look up my Notebook and then search for the movie if its available online. :) Or maybe I need access to a certain Ebook, tapos nasa field ako or far from a library, but I have a copy of my Ebook on a folder synced to either my DropBox or SugarSync account. I open either app, download the Ebook, then read it using PDF reader or MoonReader+ (depende sa format).

Of course these services are applicable only if you are connected to the internet, but they're very handy. You just need to know what you want from your phone, and just set it up the way you want to.
 
mga apps ko, purely for lifestyle only. mga common lng. some are widgets lng for aesthetic purposes. yun lng...hehehehe

1.widgetlocker - lockscreen
2.battery solo widget - battery info sa lockscreen (full screen mode kasi ako sa lockscreen, hidden ang status bar)(just installed recently)
3.battery indicator - battery info sa status bar (on my homescreens)
4.bobclock - clock on lockscreen
5.txmissed - on lockscreen
6.minimalistic txt - date/weather/time

7.mortplayer - i prefer folder based playlist/library. and mainly because it has no equalizer.

8.yahoo mail
9.yahoo messenger
10.dolphin browser - internet browser. i like tabs, and mas mabilis ng konti sa stock.

11.juicedefender
12.data counter
13.launcher pro

14.need for speed shift
15.gt racing academy
16.angry birds
17.air attack hd
18.heavy gunner

19.tunewiki
20.facebook
21.soundhound
22.fatbooth
23.xpiano
24.solo - android guitar

ayan... talagang mostly for fun lang....heheheh.
 
im curious on how to really install a widget on my lockscreen
do i need another app for that?
i dont have widgetlocker since its paid and i dont have a card
theme i use is windows 7 by SAF but i changed my lockscreen wallpaper with one from gallery
how do i install widgets on lockscreen?
 
widgetlocker ay parang homescreen din. long press ka lang sa screen (tool mode), lalabas yung option to put widgets. sa stock lockscreen di talaga pede.
 
You need a lockscreen that enabled widgets, or an app that can show widgets over lock screen (MixZing can put a music player widget over the lockscreen). I dont put widgets on lockscreen because I put a pattern lock on it.
 
tnx for the answer guys. im on stock lockscreen sadly
i was hoping to put a clock and battery widget on the lockscreen as i would find them useful since i wont have to unlock to check.

many pinoys like me prefer to check time on phone rather than the watches we wear. kinda weird to develop such a habit :p
 
nope. i use a photo from my gallery for my full lockscreen wallpaper from my display settings
thats why widgets for lockscreens would have been useful
 
i dont get it. like what chanchan05 said, i do see time and notification bar in my stock lockscreen. i did put a wallpaper taken from my gallery.



screenshot nung stock lockscreen with image from my gallery:
 

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it appears black and i do remember that before so i might have messed up something since a developer friend of mine has been experimenting with some things. it also happened to his ace. i might do a factory reset if problems still persists after removing his test apps.

another thing. i installed battery solo widget and i noticed thst my battery drains a bit faster now compared to before app intallation. app on market says it doesnt drain but i noticed differently as it was the only app i installed recently. hmmmm. did it happen to any of u?
 
havent notice any difference on battery use at all. but i did notice that the stock battery indicator ( the one in the notification bar) is not very accurate. a battery widget (any) will show 60 or 70% left while the stock still shows almost full bar.
 
Stock battery will show full if the charge of the battery is between 80-100%, then it will indicate drops every 20-25%. Basically a 50% battery will show a battery bar that's 3/4 full. This is also the reason why Nokia's have 7 bars, once you go below 70%, that's when it starts detecting. It's the same for most phones because its practically impossible to accurately depict battery percentage on Li-ion batteries above 80% due to the very small amperage difference. additional widgets compute percentage either through discharge rate compared to battery capacity or through extended usage calculations (averaging lifespan).
 
Hi! Anyone knows how to improve the signal of SL? i've been using SL for a month already, during this long weekend i went home to Batangas. i noticed i cannot send/received incoming and outgoing sms/calls in my galaxy SL. and it flashes i can only have emergency calls only. im a suncellular user. it doesn't happen to my previous phone (samsung star wifi). i checked the mobile network under settings, i searched for networks, it can only detect Globe. It's also weird because the signal bar on the screen has 2 bars how come i cant use my sun number. i ended up using my old phone (samsung star) during this long weekend so as not to miss important txts and calls.
 
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