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This is my first android, and was wondering what apps are a must like memory cleaners and task killers to just great apps
Thanks!
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Hi this is my first android as well (got mine yesterday)
I must admit i havn't really installed that many apps yet.. but i can recommend the "google goggles" and "asphalt 5"
-TB-
I would also like to know.
Performance increasing apps?
Useful (swiss army knife) apps?
Amazing recreational must haves?
Thanks.
AutoKiller - memory managment
Barcode Sanner - for getting links to apps from the internet
If using mytracks:
Linda file manager - to import tracks
My track editor
A nice widget is smooth calendar if you have a lot of appointments.
Greetings from Austria
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Shazam is awsome
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I love the SMS popup program
Australian phone - Found some of the best ones were ES Task Manager, Handcent for SMS/MMS and the ability to change tones via, Camera 360 for an app which enhances everything you can do with the camera, SMS backup to backup to Gmail account and Wheres my Droid which allows you to send a message to the phone when it is on silent which takes the silencer off and triggers the ringtone, enabling you to find it if you have misplaced it. Also another handy one is 3G watchdog which keeps an eye on your data usage.
I like:
AutoKiller (needs root)
Launcherpro
Homeswitcher
Appremover
Appsinstaller
MyBackup Pro
Fancywidget
Extended Controls
LeshaK's update.zip found here
I'm going to have to second launcherpro, really great app.
I can't find fancywidget in the market, is it under a new name maybe?
Also, while shazam is really nice and very accurate for commercial radio, is there another app that's aimed at more obscure/australian music music (I listen to Triple J if that helps)?
Finally can someone recommend a good news widget for australia.
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I have also noticed this, although some songs arent registered in the shazam database
ZaneZane said:
I'm going to have to second launcherpro, really great app.
I can't find fancywidget in the market, is it under a new name maybe?
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HTC complaned and it got pulled off the market i think. You will have to find an alternate source.
Since its installed on my phone can i extract the apk? I would be happy to upload somewhere.
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"Got To Do" is my must have app. Was the reason to go for Android instead of the iPhone. "Note Everything Pro" is also great.
AppBrain!
See what I would recommend here:
http://www.appbrain.com/user/britmic/apps-on-the-gt-i9000
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AppBrain!
See what I would recommend here:
http://www.appbrain.com/user/britmic/apps-on-the-gt-i9000
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I will second that and add tasker as well, beats locale hands down!!
dakine said:
HTC complaned and it got pulled off the market i think. You will have to find an alternate source. [for fancy widget]
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It's weird, I checked everywhere for the APK file, and couldn't find it. I managed to get a QR code from their site, and that led me to the android market place, where i could download the file
this other topic has it linked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7221914&posted=1#post7221914
Does anyone know of a image/picture/photo viewer that displays jpg, gif, png, and bmp? I found a couple, but they are garbage.
Dimmer is useful if you like to keep display brightness down (more than you can adjust in system settings) and save battery.
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Dimmer is useful if you like to keep display brightness down (more than you can adjust in system settings) and save battery.
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hey fua, which dimmer exactly are you recommending?
is it this one: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.Dimmer
Trapster
if u dont want to get caught by a stupid camera!
YOU SHOULDNT BE SPEEDING!
Hey
I am an android noob. I am comng over from a bb 9800 torch. So my question is what should i do first with the phone. I am planning on rooting eventually, probably by next week. Are there any must install apps to install first?
A few things i am not a fan of so far are the lock screen and the keyboard.
Thanks everyone for your help.
Look up SwiftKey X or ICS Keyboard on the market. Both are excellent keyboards if you are not feelin' Swype.
I wasn't a Swype person when I first started, but just give it some time! Its worth it
The lock screen you can change by using an app called "widget locker." But if your going to root you should look into flashing a custom ROM, most of then have options to change the lock screen. Much simpler then having to do it through a constantly running app.
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The biggest thing I found is that it doesn't support advanced sound profiles out of the box. Also you have to configure notification options from within each app instead of being able to manipulate them all at the same time. If this is at all possible without installing an app then I haven't found it yet. I used to use a 9630 tour. There's a lot more that you'll find different, I'm sure.
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The biggest thing I found is that it doesn't support advanced sound profiles out of the box. Also you have to configure notification options from within each app instead of being able to manipulate them all at the same time. If this is at all possible without installing an app then I haven't found it yet. I used to use a 9630 tour. There's a lot more that you'll find different, I'm sure.
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but that is easily fixed with 3rd party Sound Ringtones/Alert apps from Market, they are all free
gives you much much better control than stock
I am not really planning on installing a new rom yet, so i am going to have to look for a lockscreen app. I'll give widget locker a try and see how it goes.
A few things that i am noticing is that you cant customize alerts and and ringtones easily or at all. I spent 30 mins tryin to find it but couldnt. I guess i'll have to go 3rd party.
Apparently there is no battery indicator for battery level. I was try to find out how much vharge i have left but couldn't. I am assuming i am going to need a 3rd party app for that as well? Any recommendations?
I have read about juice defender. Is it worth the price for the ultimate edition? Juice defender is the app that automatically toggle my wifi, gps, 4g settings for me right?
And lastly i know people sais you can monitor your data usage but i cant find it on the phone. Some help navigating to it would be helpful.
Thanks to everyone for their opinions. Xda is probably one of the better forums for information and help i have been to.
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I am not really planning on installing a new rom yet, so i am going to have to look for a lockscreen app. I'll give widget locker a try and see how it goes.
A few things that i am noticing is that you cant customize alerts and and ringtones easily or at all. I spent 30 mins tryin to find it but couldnt. I guess i'll have to go 3rd party.
Apparently there is no battery indicator for battery level. I was try to find out how much vharge i have left but couldn't. I am assuming i am going to need a 3rd party app for that as well? Any recommendations?
I have read about juice defender. Is it worth the price for the ultimate edition? Juice defender is the app that automatically toggle my wifi, gps, 4g settings for me right?
And lastly i know people sais you can monitor your data usage but i cant find it on the phone. Some help navigating to it would be helpful.
Thanks to everyone for their opinions. Xda is probably one of the better forums for information and help i have been to.
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You can easily change custom ringtones when you click on each contact name and scroll down to ringtone and select a file.
Definitely get go launcher and go locker. It's the best homescreen and locker app Imo.
To monitor data usage, use an app like Watchdog dats monitor. Your provider should also have the usage on their website...
I bought juice defender ultimate and i dont regret spending a single cent. I want to squeeze as much juice out of my battery as possible. You could probably try out basic and judge it yourself.
Do you just mean battery charge %? Go to settings, about phone, status. Alternatively you can flash a battery mod so that you have the percentage on the battery icon on the status bar.
You will definitely enjoy android. I came froma blackberry too.
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Zedge from the market works good for ringtones and such.
I would install go locker and go SMS for a much nicer lock screen and SMS client.
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Does anyone get random app notifications that seem like spam. Apps like "badoo" and other crap.
Also, I get random pictures in my gallery that are apparently downloaded into my phone without me knowing. I delete them, but every few days I notice 1 or a few have shown up again.
I'm trying to add screenshots, but I keep getting errors. Ill edit on computer.
edit: Here are the screenshots.
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I get those notifications every once in a while. I believe they come from certain apps like yahoo messenger used to do that. Same thing with the pictures there like cached images for apps or ads. Try using an add blocking host file if your not already it helps a lot.
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I've always used yahoo messenger and have never got those. I would double check any obscure apps you have added to your phone. Some probably have bad intentions.
I can't really see any of my apps being questionable. Of course I wouldn't really know for sure I guess. I was just hoping somebody would be able to pinpoint the problem, but it probably is something that happens quite often and is hard to pinpoint.
It is definitely caused by an app you installed. Your best bet would be to get your apps sorted by date of install and start deleting your most recent apps until this goes away.
When this happened to me, it was from some live wallpaper I had installed.
Ya I guess that makes perfect sense. I just wondered how many other people have seen it. I plan to clear everything and do a hard reset anyway. Starting from scratch cause I'm tired of ridiculous lag.
Allstar...
look for an app that removes " airpush " notifcations
AirPush Detector - Dan Bjorge
Addons Detector - Denper
Lookout Ad Network Detector - lookout labs
I get them, I think they are Go Locker ics theme.
I had that go locker ics theme...and I never had an ad like that...but meh...I got rid of all the go software save for go launcher...though I think I might be going back to the launcher pro that I had on my garminefone
This app will tell you the culprit.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector
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This app will tell you the culprit.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector
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Big thanks!! It showed me the one app that was causing the spam. Mp3 Music Download was the culprit. I haven't used it in awhile so I deleted it. Thanks for the tip.
Found a nice app for those of you that might have experienced the annoying "plus" sign or some other weird symbol in your notification bar that takes you to some website when you click on it, it is caused from rouge app's couldn't figure it out for the life of me...However if you go the market and download the app called "airpush detector" it will tell you what app is the culprit and it's free! Found out mine was coming from Music Paradise...enjoy.
Agree. Be aware of free music apps and specially mp3 download apps.
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Found a nice app for those of you that might have experienced the annoying "plus" sign or some other weird symbol in your notification bar that takes you to some website when you click on it, it is caused from rouge app's couldn't figure it out for the life of me...However if you go the market and download the app called "airpush detector" it will tell you what app is the culprit and it's free! Found out mine was coming from Music Paradise...enjoy.
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I'm downloading 'airpush detector' along with 'addons detector'. We will see how it works. Usually my biggest concern about this type of apps is how much it consumes the cpu/memory and battery.
I have always wondered why companies push ads, do people actually click them? I think the whole ad supported internet is a bubble that is about to pop, and pull down companies like google with it.
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kobridge said:
Agree. Be aware of free music apps and specially mp3 download apps.
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I'm downloading 'airpush detector' along with 'addons detector'. We will see how it works. Usually my biggest concern about this type of apps is how much it consumes the cpu/memory and battery.
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Airpush detector - simple and one click refresh. Light weight apk.
Addons detector - heavier than Airpush. Create 'Addons detector' option at Settings > Accessbility. Provide options to turn on or off.
I'm not going to provide the product review in here but personally Airpush detector seems like better fit to me. Kept Airpush but removed Addons.
+1 to jb8301
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I have always wondered why companies push ads, do people actually click them? I think the whole ad supported internet is a bubble that is about to pop, and pull down companies like google with it.
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Unfortunately there are those that do push them. My wife came running up to me just the other day and said, "Honey look! I just won an iPad3!" Before I could look at the push notification she clicked it.
Fortunately I stopped her before she started entering all of her personal information!
EDIT: Needless to say I used Airpush and found the offending app and helped her to remove it.
The airpush phenomenon is becoming more and more virus like. My customers devices get infected with this crap, and constantly get an internal memory full error, consistant lag and power cycling. It not until I either hard reset or remove the culprit app do these things stop. I've escalated this to my S&R manager, and was told he was pushing to get eTicket its own complaint type devoted to the airpush virus.
There is also a airpush blocker on the market. It works great for me. Blocks the notification add from several sources. "Notification add Killer" or "NAK" is also a good detector/uninstaller.
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"Airblocker"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInBsLmJ5cS5haXJibG9ja2VyIl0.
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rwilco12 said:
Unfortunately there are those that do push them. My wife came running up to me just the other day and said, "Honey look! I just won an iPad3!" Before I could look at the push notification she clicked it.
Fortunately I stopped her before she started entering all of her personal information!
EDIT: Needless to say I used Airpush and found the offending app and helped her to remove it.
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Promise people free stuff, no matter how scam-like, and they will bite...
People even fall for the Nigeria 409 scams still... Blows my mind.
And as long as gullible people like that exist, others will prey upon them.
rwilco12 said:
Unfortunately there are those that do push them. My wife came running up to me just the other day and said, "Honey look! I just won an iPad3!" Before I could look at the push notification she clicked it.
Fortunately I stopped her before she started entering all of her personal information!
EDIT: Needless to say I used Airpush and found the offending app and helped her to remove it.
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I hope you tapped her on her nose and said "no".
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orb360 said:
Promise people free stuff, no matter how scam-like, and they will bite...
People even fall for the Nigeria 409 scams still... Blows my mind.
And as long as gullible people like that exist, others will prey upon them.
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Lol yeah we had a nice long talk about scams and how nothing is ever "free“.
It just blows my mind, people can be so smart but they see the words "FREE IPAD" then they throw the smarts out the window.
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I hope you tapped her on her nose and said "no".
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The next one good looking and promising app by Hamster Beat
Meet new Coloring Screen and Coloring Weather Screen designed for everyone who do not usually use live wallpapers.
Brand new way for customization and fascinating look for your home screen.
More than 20 stylish, cool and professional color effects and photo filters for your screen. Manual control of hues, colors, brightness, saturation and more and more.
Make your screen look completely personal and interactive. Automatic premium time of the day, seasons, weather and colors animations. Sun, rain, snow, lighning, frost, clouds and more!
Auto-pan feature to force wallpaper scrolling that is off by default on SGS3.
Do not miss a chance and give it a try now!
Hey, how is the app? Do you like it?
Hate the UI. To much focus on social media sites and to get ppl to buy your premium version and links to your other apps.it's probably an OK app,but u should redo the UI. Imho
Anyway good luck with it
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Hate the UI. To much focus on social media sites and to get ppl to buy your premium version and links to your other apps.it's probably an OK app,but u should redo the UI. Imho
Anyway good luck with it
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Yeah, i was thinking about it too. It's the fiest our app we add adv layers. It's still there are no ads or aur pushes. May be we have to reduce more apps visibility. Thanks!
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Yeah, i was thinking about it too. It's the fiest our app we add adv layers. It's still there are no ads or aur pushes. May be we have to reduce more apps visibility. Thanks!
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Yeah love that no adds is present.sorry i didn't mentioned that before.
Maybe move the social links to option menu and decrease purchase link and place it on top.shouldn't be to difficult to do and will add a more "clean" look to the app..
Edittherwise its a rather cool concept for those who want to personalize their look of the background/wallpaper
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Yeah love that no adds is present.sorry i didn't mentioned that before.
Maybe move the social links to option menu and decrease purchase link and place it on top.shouldn't be to difficult to do and will add a more "clean" look to the app..
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This "ads" appers only in free version in preview of premuim features...And this is not actually 'ads', clicking on it follows to buy all premium features pacj, nothing more
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Edittherwise its a rather cool concept for those who want to personalize their look of the background/wallpaper
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Hope so
You misunderstood me or your translator did.
There are NO adds in your app and i love that.
The link for your other apps is OK, but put them in settings menu.
I did not criticize your app in any way in my second post.on contrary
Exisapps something is wrong with the application.
First of all i bought the whole package and still shows me the premium content with the basket on the right side,something is wrong with the license?I l also sent you a crash report.The crash happens when you untick from location the "use wireless networks"
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Exisapps something is wrong with the application.
First of all i bought the whole package and still shows me the premium content with the basket on the right side,something is wrong with the license?I l also sent you a crash report.The crash happens when you untick from location the "use wireless networks"
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Do you still have premium content reminder and baskets? Actually, it works thru Google Play market application. I just ask Google Play for all user payments. Usually if you get connected to internet at least once a day it works fine.
Errors you reported already fixed. Update will be available soon. Thank you!
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Do you still have premium content reminder and baskets? Actually, it works thru Google Play market application. I just ask Google Play for all user payments. Usually if you get connected to internet at least once a day it works fine.
Errors you reported already fixed. Update will be available soon. Thank you!
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Ok just cleared data and cache.Now there is no premium content reminder and baskets.Waiting for the fix
Thank you
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The link for your other apps is OK, but put them in settings menu.
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I wish i can but i care much more about usability. There is no a lof of screen space to do this. And actually 'more apps' icon already placed on icons bar under preview (4th icon).
Thank you for an advice.
And battery life after one day is fine.Memory hovering around 200mb without killing applications.
Good job
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Nice, battery usage should be less. Remember it includes both battery usage of actual background lwp and settings activity. Same about memory usage )) Its because their names are the same.
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The following issues just resolved:
#1 Fixed constant crashes of settings in android wallpaper picker in Coloring Screen
#2 Fixed error with 'purchase all' resulting in -50% adv. layer appear again and premium features settings dissapear
#3 Fixed an important error leading to constant crashes on some devices (including Galaxy S, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Infuse 4g and more)
Update will be available in several hours.
Guys, after update and if all problems are gone i would really appreciate your ratings/comments on Google Play.
Thank you!
I'm in the UK but I can't use my £15 Google Play credit from buying the Nexus 7 to buy this App because it's listed in US Dollars? It says £1.23, but when I click to buy it says $1.99...?
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I'm in the UK but I can't use my £15 Google Play credit from buying the Nexus 7 to buy this App because it's listed in US Dollars? It says £1.23, but when I click to buy it says $1.99...?
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Sorry for that, but we do not actually process payments. Is Google Play's job. I think its not a problem, did you try to buy it? Dollars should be converted automatically to euros.
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Finaly i bought Coloring Weather Screen. It's very good LWP. Battery consumption is really really low, and the effects are really cool.
What i would like to see in a future version if you please :
setting for the delay between weather update.
shortcuts on the desktop to switch between mode.
maybe some more default wallpapers (if this don't impact too much size of the apk)
Wow
Firstly I'd like to thank you for such a great app.
Secondly I'd like to see more Background pictures in this app.
Fix this and the app will be a killer!
WhiteSnake93 said:
Firstly I'd like to thank you for such a great app.
Secondly I'd like to see more Background pictures in this app.
Fix this and the app will be a killer!
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Thanks. I cant add a lot of pictures because of apk size. Live wallpapers can not be moved on sd ((
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