Don't be stupid as me trying to change the kernel and end up with an black screen.

So how did that story end? Did you get another mobile? Any good apps on there? :>

Well I did send it back to samsung and I received new one. Note: it was anything anymore couldnt even turn on. They said it was some hardware issue in the phone,

Brick. Next time be more carefull when you root your phone.

I certainly wont do it again unless I know someone who knows this stuff lol ;-p

you probably ended up at a point where you needed a button combo to get into download mode or something and that button combo wouldnt work with the version of your phone.

this happened to me (have a galaxy s). theres a way to get it back using a hack on the microusb port. you can either do it urself using some basic stuff (couple of resistors) or you can buy a usb dongle from ebay which is what i did. cost me 5$ or something and its gold.

Aha I have tried those COMBOS. They worked first. Then I changed the kernel or so oh phone hanged. Littery tried everything man ;) . I just did things without reading stuff later stupid lol. It did nothing more. black sccreen

you sound like a moron but at least you have a smart phone.

Explain?

Explanation: don't bother getting into a conversation with tourist.

i only have a few apps there is nothing really special tbh

q3app

APP = unwort of the year

application? so what word do you use when you want to describe programs, games, all software stuff that runs on embedded systems? I think it is the appropriate term, correct me if I'm wrong.

APP = copy/paste functionality?

What phone did you end up getting?

I recommend the following apps for various reasons:

Launcher Pro
Tweetdeck
Yelp
KeyRing
SwiftTech Keyboard
Springpad
Pewpew
Watchdog
Speedtest
Pocketcloud
LogMeIn
Wifi Analyzer
Business Calendar

galaxy w. Thanks for the list I will check all of them out!

I will also post good apps I found myself in the next weeks.

Angry Birds...
Fruit Ninja
Glow Hockey 2

Mobo Task Killer - For some reason many apps never close on their own and just sit in the background until you reopen them.
Facebook / Gmail
Google Sky Map - Shows what part of the sky your phone is pointing at. Coolest thing ever.
Google Music
Google Maps
Google Googles - Takes photos of everything. QR & bar codes, translates text, etc.
Google voice / Skype. When you have wireless it's easier to just use Skype on your phone instead of sitting in front of a computer.
GPS status - Shows where gps satellites are, etc.
Last.fm

A swipe keypad app like slideit or touchpal so you can type way faster.

If you run with your phone then:
Google My Tracks / iMapMyRun will record your route, elevation, speed, etc via gps.
Instant Heart Rate - Measures your heart rate if you put your finger over the camera. Kind of gimmicky but a cool idea. Right now mine is 50bpm.

Fruit ninja is awesome!

I impulse bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at the airport. It's ok I'm just not entirely sure what to use it for. Too big to be properly portable & just not a laptop. The screen is bewt though.

@OP download Tedd Air

I think I saw someone with one of those at the Louvre. It looks pretty awesome actually. Know how it compares to the ipad 2 / kindle?

Nope never used either.

The biggest downside is that you can't multi task, as in stream youtube on one tab and surf on the other. That is really annoying. Beyond that it's great, fast enough, easy to type and responsive.

god you must be filthy rich to buy something priced over 500$ on impulse.

I earn enough... just keep my fixed costs low. That was during a last minute trip to Philly to watch a gig :-)

jukefox
skype
dropbox
shazam
yaaic
whatsapp
seesmic
evernote
atorrent
quickvpn
opera mini
the guardian anywhere
snes9x ex
google stuff :)

DOes that snes9x thing act like an emulator?

Snes9x EX is an SNES/Super Famicom emulator written in C++ for Android, iOS, WebOS. It uses the emulation backend from Snes9x and is built on top of the Imagine engine.
http://www.explusalpha.com/home/snes9x-ex

kinda..

baconreader (reddit),
feedly,
opera mini,
dropbox,
androirc,
connectbot,
facebook messenger,
llama,
pixlr-o-matic,
screen filter,
soundhound,
hackers keyboard,
any.do

I think the best thing you can get for android phones is this

dropbox
dropsync
pulse
bbc news
kaspersky mobile
öffi(if you're german)
swiftkey
whatsapp
winamp
wapedia

If you want a surprisingly addictive/easy way to kill time on the bus/train/plane, try "dragracing"

It's free, and has a surprising level of depth; lots of cool cars, upgrade options, tuning/adjustment etc

Give it a shot :)

Yeah i had this game it's quite good but had to delete it as i spent to much time playing it!

:)

I can't give it up! Have just bought a veryron SS, amd I MUST upgrade it to level ten before I can even think about quitting this game!

I only use poweramp for music. oh and juicedefender (?) for longer battery usage

Audiogalaxy is pretty sweet, streams your music library on your desktop to your phone over 3G/Wifi, I don't need my iPod anymore :>

Still need your iphone though ;p

but now you don't need both :D

I usually use an ipod shuffle because it's compact. Would be cool if it could stream of course.

if android has it, clock m

Apps:
chrome to phone
IP Cam viewer (allows combining your favorite web cams in 1 screen)
Lapseit (time lapse videos from your phone)
My Tracks (gps corrdinates path recording)
Astrid (todo lists with gmail synch)
go weather
google rss reader
flashlight

Games (i'm a fan of brain and puzzle)
cut the rope (easy)
mr. block (medium)
amtalee (medium-hard)
spaghetti marshmallows (easy-hard)
x construct (medium - hard)
speed anatomy (memory)

"Der Gerät"-App

Tiny tower!

Turning your android phone into a retro gaming powerhouse

nice

After 4 month a little resumee.
Galaxy W was not the best choice it seems. the battery does not last more then a day if I use it. That's acceptable in comparison, but at the same time android it is often sluggish, unresponsive, slow. It's a phone, it should just work without delays with his fast 1.4 GHZ cpu...for me it's almost like samsung made it deliberately slow to differentiate the more expensive models.
I mean it sucks ass if even the phone functionality lags, input lags/won't register, actions just freeze for 5 seconds etc.

About android smartphone use I am hugely disappointed as well. I use mine for browsing a little, but it is a pain. it is too slow and too complicated to use quickly on the go.

I used

opera
bus plan app
quick settings
chat apps

and that was it sadly. I think I wasted my money on the phone.

so the main purpose became playing games. but there are not many good games compared to handheld consoles

I liked so far

Drag Racing
angry birds

that's it.

please recommend some other games you enjoyed that I could get for free

oh yeah, I hate the 2.3 keyboard, I can only use it half decent horizontally but it's still a lame experience.
I don't want to invest any time 'learning' how to type on a phone like gesture input or whatever. I gues a phone with hardware keys would be much better for me.

I don't play emulators because I am a handheld gamer/collector so I play the originals, but I guess that can be nice if the emulators and input is good.

Comment update #2:

Thanks for all the input! I tried or at least googled a lot of it.

I uninstalled the "virus protection" bs and some other stuff running in the backround, so I take my rambling about bad performance back! the phone performance is good now. Faith in samsung restored.

I got used to tilting the phone for typing to get the keys stretched and got a little more used to it. Only with simple adress book functionality it is still awkward and slow as fuck. It's like samsung did not think a smartphone still needed a decent phone functionality lol!

Recently I like most app-wise:

ebay app
TV program, translation, bank, calculation apps (non-english, that's why paraphrasing)
traffic monitor
quick settings
fish preditor
robotek
defender 2 (action-tower defense game)
ceramic destroyer

If you wanted to play games you should have bought an apple, dummy.

I'm not your dummy, doll.

neh I dislike apple. which games exclusively for iphone do you mean?

words with friends?

get pewpew2

There are too many to list. It seems that any serious developer produces content solely for Apple. The simple reason being the higher level of exposure granted by your content being available on the App Store.

For example I'm not to up to date with the Android Market but the only game I found worth a shot was Zenoia or whatever it's called, some old school top-down RPG. That was 4 months ago.

It's widely accepted amongst my friends and I that Apple cater to a more entertainment focused market than Android does, which I would say caters to a more enthusiast market.

Most android users I know don't have any games on their devices, one reason being there aren't many good titles available but more often than not because they aren't interested in them.

Compare that to your average Apple user who has probably 4 sitting in a 'games' folder on the homescreen.

My rather long-winded point is the same as before. If you want good games on your mobile device - buy an iPhone/iPad.

Out of curiosity I just had a look at the Market then and the only games I found, that are generally considered good where:

Bejeweled
Fieldrunners
Peggle
Angry Birds
Fruitninja

And a few others I forget. Still those have been established titles for well over a year, yet there is hardly any good new content. Just a lot of terrible, shitty knock-offs.

I remember Chillingo being a pretty solid developer on the App Store. A lot of their games were based on very similar templates but they were always presented well. Games on the Android Market don't possess the same level of veneer as opposed to those produced by the Apple-focused developers.

get PewPew or PewPew2 (PewPew is for free) as suggested in this thread.

its DEFINATELY the best game. super fluid, awesome gameplay, many modes.

i got pewpew2, and its basically the only game i ever play on the phone, aside from world of goo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gIEJuRYdw

What about GTA? Only a few dollars. Just downloaded it and have to say it looks good on my Samsung galaxy SII.

everyone looking for a good game, should just get this:
http://tinyurl.com/6nplv4k

its 2€ and theres lots of differents modes and its really hard.
also, opposed to all the awesome grafics games you can get on mobile phones these days(why would you tho?), it has really high fps

fxcamera (nice camera)
pixlr-o-matic (nice photo app)
blitzer.de (warns you about radars on street)
adaffix (telephone register for incoming calls)
blacklist
speed 3d (nice game)

TowerDefense
AndChat
Whatsapp
Mega Jump
Temple Run
Shredder Chess
Chess.com

http://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/air-horn-free!/id348184873?mt=8