How, What & Where

Hi all,

After searching around, I can't find a "Tip and Tricks" in this Forum.
So, I thought I'll start this page for all Galaxy S users to browse through quickly.
All are welcome to contribute/suggest/feedback.

Note: The following is based on SGH-T959, it might or might not work for other models.

For ECLAIR

1 ) How to Factory Data Reset (Hard-Reset) the Samsung Vibrant
2 ) Quick Soft-Reset
3 ) Root your Vibrant - Thanks to Samsung Vibrant
4 ) Scientific Calculator
5 ) Lock Touch Screen During Camera Mode
6 ) Swipe to Call
7 ) Swipe to Send Message
8 ) Change Screen Brightness by Swiping Notification Bar
9 ) Change Text Input Method
10 ) How to let personal/custom Ring, Notification and Alarm tone appears on the selection list (add: working on external memory, \sdcard\sd also) - Thanks to robert_s
11 ) How to Backspace Without Deleting (using Swype) - Thanks to pupoy11
12 ) Move Cursor in any direct to correct typo + "Select", "Copy", "Cut" & "Paste" text (default Samsung Keyboard)
13 ) Customize TouchWiz shortcut bar & rearrange Icons in application menu
14 ) Quick (Global) Search - Thanks to QwertyManiac
15 ) How to REMOVE Startup, Shutdown animation and sounds (need Root)
16 ) How to REPLACE branded Startup, Shutdown animation and sounds (need Root)
17 ) How to access your Galaxy S Internal and External Memory Cards, with your PC, without using Kies
18 ) How to Zoom In and Out with Camera
19 ) How to change SMS ringtone
20 ) How to backup Contacts (without using Kies)
21 ) Add your own Words to default Samsung Keyboard's XT9 dictionary
22 ) How to backup installed applications with ASTRO (need Root)
23 ) How to improve GPS performance - Thanks to Bade, for finding this in xda-developers
24 ) How to assign different ringtones for different contacts
25 ) What's happening when device/MTP keeps "flashing" while trying to connect to PC? and to solve it using a Little Utility - Thanks to Reciprox, for finding it
26 ) How to correct a misspelled word with Swype - Thanks to Casz
27 ) How to Take Screenshots from Samsung Galaxy S without Rooting - Thanks to testest, for finding it
28 ) How to capture/record your device's screen as video format
29 ) How to access your device wirelessly, with your PC's File Explorer
30 ) Possible fix for Samsung Kies connection problem - Thanks to CareAce.net
31 ) How to save your Photos and Videos, taken with camera, to your external storage card
32 ) How to assign Ringtones to Google contacts - Thanks to starloop
33 ) How to change the Order of Display Names in Contact list
34 ) How to recover from too many pattern tries - Thanks to mcmotorsport. Note this will factory reset your device.
35 ) How to setup Hotmail account - Thanks to FcCk
36 ) Another Way to Access Market - Thanks to lorsban
37 ) Tweak your device's Volume
38 ) APN settings for Fido network in Canada - Thanks to newToGalaxyS
39 ) How to delete remembered words from Swype Dictionary
40 ) How to type in Chinese Pinyin
41 ) What to do after an upgrade - Thanks to IronSingh
42 ) How to setup Yahoo mail account on default email client

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For FROYO

1 ) How to Take Screenshots
2 ) How to turn off (3G) Data Connection

GREAT list!

The how to take a picture with the front camera tip is misleading as there is no front camera on the Samsung Vibrant, which is the phone everyone in this forum can be presumed to have.

Another tip might be brightness adjustment which can be done by swiping left to right the top notification tab instead of going into any menu. Nice for quick changing outside or in bright light.

Great job!  The swipe across the notification bar for brightness, the swipe info key for cut, paste, and the volume bar for camera zoom are amazing.  These just made my awesome phone 10 times better.

Cheat?

You've played too much games, bro. 

These are not cheats. They're the actual functions that Samsung somehow decided not to print it in the manual.

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It's okay. No problem. Just having fun with you.

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