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Top 10 must have Apps

Every device on XDA has one so why not us, so i thought i might as well bring it over to our side
I'm going to share some useful applications I have on my GS2.
1.Rotation Locker - It locks your screen to either Portrait or Landscape. Awesome app to have when playing temple run in landscape.
2. Rom ToolBox Pro - ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager, front changer, and etc. Basically your swiss army knife for a root user.
3. AdFree for Android - I hate annoying ads this app removes most ads in the browser and other apps.
4. MXPlayer - one of the best apps for viewing movies and online content if you dont want to use gallery.
5. ProPlayer Music Player - Awesome music player that support all music formats, built in EQ, allows you to change songs when phone in standby mode by just the volume button
6.Tweetcaster - Great App to use if you tried of twitter. other than that its a social networking app that needs no explanation
7. Amazon App Store - They offer a Free Paid App Of The Day (snag rom toolbox pro off of there this is a must have app) did i mention FREE PAID APP A DAY!!!!!
8. XDA App - No Explanation at all
9. Dolphin browser HD - To me Best web browser on the android market (Plz remember this is an opinion lol)
10. Audio Manager / hide it pro - If you have one of those girlfriends/wife that love going threw your phone (call log, sms, pictures.) This app is perfect for you. lets u hide pictures, videos, applications, messages, and calls in your phone in plain sight.
This is a community and we all have the same device so lets help each other out. If you want to know what's a good app is regarding your needs, ask in this thread and I, or others, will be able to help you out.
*NOTE* If you know any unique or useful applications dont be selfish and keep it to yourself, please add them in this thread so I and others on this thread can check them out. Hey you never know who you may help or surprise on this thread

andro daft

Apps I get the most mileage from:
ROM Toolbox Pro
Poweramp
Simi Folder
Advanced Task Manager
Flipboard
Friendcaster
Beautiful Widgets
UCCW
SMS Popup
Simple Calendar Widget
Tasker

This is my list of must have apps.
-AdFree
-AK Notepad
-App2Zip
-CacheCleaner NG
-gPod (gTunes)
-GScript
-MyBackup Root (before I used App2Zip)
-RemoteDroid
-Root Explorer
-Yahoo Sportacular
-System Tuner
-TuneIn Radio Pro
-WiFi Kill

RomTool Box
Power Amp
Android Pro Widgets
Tunein Radio Pro
Pandora
Dropbox
Desktop Visualizer
Netflix
Root Explorer
Tapatalk
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The amazon appstore usually gives out crappy paid apps, once in a while a badass app comes out. I remember I got SwiftKey x for free there once, but when it was on sale for $.10 on the market i bought it from there. I used to check everyday but not anymore. Damn I cant believe i missed rom toolbox.
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To the op, ROM toolbox has an ad blocker no? Rotation control it's usually built in too.
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Edit: nvm about the rotation, i think you want to lock it to landscape which isn't in tw. My mistake carry on

elflip88 said:
The amazon appstore usually gives out crappy paid apps, once in a while a badass app comes out. I remember I got SwiftKey x for free there once, but when it was on sale for $.10 on the market i bought it from there. I used to check everyday but not anymore. Damn I cant believe i missed rom toolbox.
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I also often buy in the Amazon.

DigitalJedi said:
Apps I get the most mileage from:
ROM Toolbox Pro
Poweramp
Simi Folder
Advanced Task Manager
Flipboard
Friendcaster
Beautiful Widgets
UCCW
SMS Popup
Simple Calendar Widget
Tasker
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Y do u people still use task killers? They are worthless, android has a built in task manager that does great. Ur some times killing an app that will just hope Right back up.

mulletcutter said:
Y do u people still use task killers? They are worthless, android has a built in task manager that does great. Ur some times killing an app that will just hope Right back up.
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I've been back and forth on task killers. The one I'm using now has a quick 1-click widget. I excluded all of the apps that should stay running for stability and other reasons and only have it setup to kill games and other apps that I don't want notifications from and don't need to keep running. It's quick and easy for me to just kill all the junk apps all at once. I have noticed a performance difference with it too.
I also use Autostarts to keep crap from starting up when I don't need it.

elflip88 said:
The amazon appstore usually gives out crappy paid apps, once in a while a badass app comes out. I remember I got SwiftKey x for free there once, but when it was on sale for $.10 on the market i bought it from there. I used to check everyday but not anymore. Damn I cant believe i missed rom toolbox.
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i felt the same way once but i made it an effort to check it everyday since im on my phone everyday

i love the dsp sound controller.

Surprised to not have seem this. But NoLED is hands down one of top 10. Better than BLN IMO.
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Whatsapp
Viber
Running Fred
Highway Rider
ColorNote
Quick Profiles
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Thanks
Good one ,with hide it pro.
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alf11211 said:
Thanks
Good one ,with hide it pro.
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lol ur welcome

peeturr said:
Surprised to not have seem this. But NoLED is hands down one of top 10. Better than BLN IMO.
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aww ur right i should of added that one but the apps i put were the ones that stood out but that is a awesome app

DigitalJedi said:
Apps I get the most mileage from:
ROM Toolbox Pro
Poweramp
Simi Folder
Advanced Task Manager
Flipboard
Friendcaster
Beautiful Widgets
UCCW
SMS Popup
Simple Calendar Widget
Tasker
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flipboard is a awesome app, and give android pro widgets a chance its a awesome app

Teo032 said:
To the op, ROM toolbox has an ad blocker no? Rotation control it's usually built in too.
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Edit: nvm about the rotation, i think you want to lock it to landscape which isn't in tw. My mistake carry on
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rom toolbox does but its not that affective

had to add this to top roms i take no credit for this im just re-posting this. dont 4get to give teo032 credit for finding this and Trev186 for originally posting this. now if u excuse me imma go play some final fantasy VII
I came across this thread that hasn't been updated for over half a year but still applies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...light=emulator
It includes all those awesome Emulators that were removed from the market that can be found on SlideME now
a couple updates
I use DroidEmuROMGet to search and dl the roms
for CPS2 all those CAPCOM arcade games go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ghlight=cpsemu
for NeoGeo go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ghlight=cpsemu
for psx use fpse
if anyone else would like to recommend other apps, I'm all ears.
I seriously spent hours playing a bunch of games @[email protected]

[Q] Better YouTube app?

Was wondering if anyone has had any experience with any of the unofficial YouTube apps on the Play Store. The official YouTube app I use is terrible. Always buffering. Even on a strong wifi connection. YouTube through the browser works alright, but is less convenient. Anybody have any recommendations?
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Jersey846 said:
Was wondering if anyone has had any experience with any of the unofficial YouTube apps on the Play Store. The official YouTube app I use is terrible. Always buffering. Even on a strong wifi connection. YouTube through the browser works alright, but is less convenient. Anybody have any recommendations?
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I use YouTube everyday and it's actually been working great for me, and better with every update
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is there an app that just downloads the audio track and plays it? i swear i found one a couple years ago on my wfs but i forgot what it was. i dont care much about the videos, as i only use you tube to find and play specific tracks, but its such a data hog with the vids

Jersey846 said:
Was wondering if anyone has had any experience with any of the unofficial YouTube apps on the Play Store. The official YouTube app I use is terrible. Always buffering. Even on a strong wifi connection. YouTube through the browser works alright, but is less convenient. Anybody have any recommendations?
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Ima register my interest here - since getting a tablet I've found i cannot watch HD vids due to buffering issues that don't exist in browser or on other devices using the same connection.

I never play strictly audio from YouTube as there are plenty of OTHER audio options I use on the M. When I'm on YouTube it's for videos. Heck the website works from my phone better than the app.
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Tubemate works great not on playstore download at tubemate.net
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Pstar+ is a nice app to check out
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I know it's been a few months from the last response, but I feel like I should still reply in case you/someone else is still interested in a better Youtube app.
Viral HD Youtube Popup Player is the best Youtube app I've found for Android, far better than the official app. You can actually choose what quality video you want instead of HQ/HD and not HQ/HD, which is something about the official app that really annoys me. Also it doesn't shove recommended videos in your face when you start it, it instantly shows your subscriptions. The player interface also has much more usability (eg. changing the brightness/volume and being able to lock it) and it also has a neat feature to play the video in a popup window while you do other stuff (which isn't very useful in most situations really and you can disable it in the settings if you don't use it) or you can just have the video play in the background (which is really useful in case it's a podcast/music video).
It does have some bugs and missing features, which I'm sure will get fixed eventually, but in general the app looks really good and polished unlike most other unofficial Youtube apps.
(I was going to put a link to it in the Play store, but since I can't just search for Viral HD Youtube Popup Player and you'll find it)
PS. I've no idea if it fixes the buffering issue, I just had to share it since it's fairly difficult to stumble upon it in the Play store and it's just so good that it deserves far more than 100k downloads

irnehhenri said:
I know it's been a few months from the last response, but I feel like I should still reply in case you/someone else is still interested in a better Youtube app.
Viral HD Youtube Popup Player is the best Youtube app I've found for Android, far better than the official app. You can actually choose what quality video you want instead of HQ/HD and not HQ/HD, which is something about the official app that really annoys me. Also it doesn't shove recommended videos in your face when you start it, it instantly shows your subscriptions. The player interface also has much more usability (eg. changing the brightness/volume and being able to lock it) and it also has a neat feature to play the video in a popup window while you do other stuff (which isn't very useful in most situations really and you can disable it in the settings if you don't use it) or you can just have the video play in the background (which is really useful in case it's a podcast/music video).
It does have some bugs and missing features, which I'm sure will get fixed eventually, but in general the app looks really good and polished unlike most other unofficial Youtube apps.
(I was going to put a link to it in the Play store, but since I can't just search for Viral HD Youtube Popup Player and you'll find it)
PS. I've no idea if it fixes the buffering issue, I just had to share it since it's fairly difficult to stumble upon it in the Play store and it's just so good that it deserves far more than 100k downloads
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Giving it a shot now! Thanks for the recommendation!
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acordill said:
Tubemate works great not on playstore download at tubemate.net
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the best :good:

Youtube app
google youtube hd app, its what i use, you can get hd on data plan

acordill said:
Tubemate works great not on playstore download at tubemate.net
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TubeMate also has the option built-in to download videos as video or audio files.

uthkuknwme said:
is there an app that just downloads the audio track and plays it? i swear i found one a couple years ago on my wfs but i forgot what it was. i dont care much about the videos, as i only use you tube to find and play specific tracks, but its such a data hog with the vids
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yes there is one its called videoder but u cant download it from the app store simply google it

Incompatible games

Hello.
I've had my g3 for a couple of days now and some of the games i used to play such as bubble witch saga 2 are incompatible with the g3. They don't even appear on the play store, i have to click on the google links.
Is it basically just a case of waiting until they get updated or is there anything i can do?
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Email the devs for any app you find that doesn't work, the app itself will be fine they just need to update their play store listing to allow the new resolution.
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Same thing with the ESPN SportsCenter app. You'd probably have luck contacting the devs with smaller apps, but with some of the bigger ones, it's probably just a waiting game.

Gallery app for pixel

Has anyone found a really good gallery app that works well with the Pixel?
I don't like Google Photos and I tried using Piktures but it causes issues when i try deleting images.
Is anyone able to get the new Samsung Gallery from the S7 working on the Pixel?
Thanks

I use QuickPic, have for years.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8cp6uk2EIfnd3ZNdl9hYzJob2c/view?usp=drivesdk
This is the AOSP gallery app. Works well on my Pixel XL

Play store just search gallery and its the first one 4.3 stars it's amazing! Try it you'll thank me later

APP name: Gallery, from Fayvr Media Ltd.
Called MyRoll Gallery before, and the only disadvantage is the ad. Sometime it's annoying.

I use HTC Gallery

Another vote for QuickPic. I've been using it for years and it works great. Even on folders with thousands and thousands of pictures in it.

Sh0X31 said:
I use HTC Gallery
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I was actually looking for that.
Used to have it on my HTC 10 and was pretty happy with it.
Thanks everyone!

Samsung gallery is the best but sadly not installable in other brand phones

I use camera roll. I think it's good.

QuickPic is from Cheetah Mobile which is a untrustworthy company isn't it?

I don't have an issue with google pictures personally. what are people's problems with it?

Simple Gallery!
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I personally use Sony Album which support facebook

Prosis said:
QuickPic is from Cheetah Mobile which is a untrustworthy company isn't it?
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It wasn't always the case. There's a resigned version of the app in the XDA forums which will block the updates to when CM acquired Quicpic.

Modded Apps Question

So I'm coming from a jailbroken iPhone and am finding little on how to get modded Apps on android. I'm looking mainly for a YouTube app where I can download vids and play them with the screen turned off. Also maybe an Instagram with mods would be great. I used both instagram++ and youtube++ and loved them on iOS.
Any help pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!

vicmora5 said:
So I'm coming from a jailbroken iPhone and am finding little on how to get modded Apps on android. I'm looking mainly for a YouTube app where I can download vids and play them with the screen turned off. Also maybe an Instagram with mods would be great. I used both instagram++ and youtube++ and loved them on iOS.
Any help pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
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Not sure about Instagram since I don't use it, but YouTube vanced (download xda labs app (Google it) and find it in their app section) does the majority of what you want. Not sure if it lets you download, but I imagine it can?

xxBrun0xx said:
Not sure about Instagram since I don't use it, but YouTube vanced (download xda labs app (Google it) and find it in their app section) does the majority of what you want. Not sure if it lets you download, but I imagine it can?
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Sweet! Is there any reason to use the regular xda app vs this xda labs app? Also it says to install MicroG to be able to sign into YouTube Vanced. Any help with that?
Edit: jk about the microG I figured it out! Thanks!

vicmora5 said:
Sweet! Is there any reason to use the regular xda app vs this xda labs app? Also it says to install MicroG to be able to sign into YouTube Vanced. Any help with that?
Edit: jk about the microG I figured it out! Thanks!
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The regular xda app doesn't have their app store built in because Google doesn't allow other app stores in the play store. But xda labs does. Otherwise they're the same app, so o just use xda labs. Enjoy!