Hi all,
I have a few bucks to spend and I need your suggestions on what are the best apps you can buy out there? Hopefully apps that can improve performance, battery, eyecandy, etc.
I have a rooted Note (system level only).
I already bought Titanium Backup Pro ($6) which I prefer because of the dropbox capability. I was also thinking of buying the Tapatalk forum app.
I'm contemplating to buy Juice Defender Ultimate as I think there is also a good free alternative. Or is Juice Defender worth every penny?
Aside from those, what else can you suggest?
Thanks!
BTW: I've already donated to some devs
Root Explorer
Beautiful Widgets
Widgetlocker
In my opinion Root Explorer is an amazing app.
Also if your looking for battery life i wouldnt suggest a "battery saver app" as most tend to just kill more battery than they save. IMO a must have is autostarts. Its pretty amazing to see some of the times your apps are autostarting and your able to disable them. For example if my storage is low IMDB autostarts or if media is mounted flashlight starts. obviously these apps dont need to be running.
Also if you have 15 bucks your not need of you could try spbshell 3d for eye candy. had it on my sgs. would probably look AMAZING on the not
Root explorer
Titanium backup pro or Ultimate Backup
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Transparent Screen Pro
So you can walk around and not fall over stuff when typing on the go.
I have it set to activate when I hold down (long press) the search button
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keplenk said:
Hi all,
I have a few bucks to spend and I need your suggestions on what are the best apps you can buy out there? Hopefully apps that can improve performance, battery, eyecandy, etc.
I have a rooted Note (system level only).
I already bought Titanium Backup Pro ($6) which I prefer because of the dropbox capability. I was also thinking of buying the Tapatalk forum app.
I'm contemplating to buy Juice Defender Ultimate as I think there is also a good free alternative. Or is Juice Defender worth every penny?
Aside from those, what else can you suggest?
Thanks!
BTW: I've already donated to some devs
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Whats the free alternative to Juice Defender your talking about?
What is best screen dimmer for the Note. Like to use my phone in the dark but screen is still too bright on lowest setting.
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borijess said:
What is best screen dimmer for the Note. Like to use my phone in the dark but screen is still too bright on lowest setting.
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Screen Filter
Thanks for all your suggestions.
I already bought
Titanium Backup Pro
Root Explorer
Beautiful Widget
I still have few bucks to burn ... anything else? Performance, Eyecandy, battery improvement, system tools .. etc - I rarely do games so .. games are out of the question.
keplenk said:
Thanks for all your suggestions.
I already bought
Titanium Backup Pro
Root Explorer
Beautiful Widget
I still have few bucks to burn ... anything else? Performance, Eyecandy, battery improvement, system tools .. etc - I rarely do games so .. games are out of the question.
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Juice defender ultimate
Big Dogg Infuse I997 ZeusB5 ICS!
Circle Launcher
ADWEx
Minimilistic Text Donate (for custom fonts)
ROM Toolbox
Simi Clock Donate (for custom fonts)
Fancy Widgets (better than Beautiful Widgets 100 fold)
HD widgets
Root Explorer
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I also have an app that gets them free! :-o
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Barbarian said:
Screen Filter
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Just got screen dimmer and it actually goes lower than screen filter.
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bignate78 said:
Juice defender ultimate
Big Dogg Infuse I997 ZeusB5 ICS!
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i have yet to be able to get my emails in a timely (push) manner with this...
bkeaver said:
i have yet to be able to get my emails in a timely (push) manner with this...
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maybe it's time to reach out to the app developer, we are just users here and not experts. Seems the logical thing to do.
http://latedroid.com/
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bignate78 said:
I also have an app that gets them free! :-o
Big Dogg Infuse I997 ZeusB5 ICS!
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Yeah, I'm sure a lot of us have seen how to get paid apps for free. But I made my choice to support app developers by PAYING for their efforts because it's the right thing to do. Expecting everything for free is seriously messed up.
I know I would be pissed if I saw an app I made being pirated. Especially if my livelihood depended on my development efforts. It would be like taking food out of my 4 kids mouths.
I say support your devs and themers......a lot of hard work is put into these things you use.
Mortem Tuam said:
maybe it's time to reach out to the app developer, we are just users here and not experts. Seems the logical thing to do.
http://latedroid.com/
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Yeah, I'm sure a lot of us have seen how to get paid apps for free. But I made my choice to support app developers by PAYING for their efforts because it's the right thing to do. Expecting everything for free is seriously messed up.
I know I would be pissed if I saw an app I made being pirated. Especially if my livelihood depended on my development efforts. It would be like taking food out of my 4 kids mouths.
I say support your devs and themers......a lot of hard work is put into these things you use.
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Yus! This with two thumbs up. if everyone got it free, the quality would disapeer bc there would be no money to be made.
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QuickDesk Pro - creates an alternative screen that can be invoked anytime where you can add shortcuts and even widgets. I can't live without it (CLWI).
Titanium Backup (root) - CLWI
Agenda Widget Plus - Pulls from both Touchdown and Google Cals and have them all listed in one place.
Touchdown - Better corporate exchange email client
AutoStarts (root) - Prevents annoying games/programs from running
CPU Master Pro - For setting overclocking and power profiles
Tasker - Just amazingly awesome once you get a hang of how it works. Very powerful and customizable. You can create your own progrmas, widgets, notification ETC. CLWI
GrooVe IP - FREE Wifi/3G calling. I used this while traveling to central america and all my wifi calls were free when they were to US numbers.
Gtasks - Syncs with Google Tasks plus you can set recurring tasks like bill reminders (although you could also do the same thing with Tasker)
PdaNet - For those time syou need to tether. It also has some masking tools.
Remote Web Desktop - Lots of cool tools and options
ROM Manager
Root Explorer
ES File Explorer - This is my goto File Explorer. It has root access and do some stuff like Root Exporer although Root Explorer is easier to set permissions and other things. ES File Explorer can access your Dropbox/Box/SugarSync accounts. since it can do that I have removed the dropbox and box apps. CLWI
Splashtop Remote - Control your computers with nice interface/controls.
Wordfeud - Play this game a ton so I support the dev
TapaTalk
Screen Filter - A must for using the phone at night in bed and not annoy your significant other. I've also used it to stretch battery life when the min brightness is still too bright.CLWI
Tasker is an absolute can't-live-without once you get the hang of it. Amazing automation of your phone.
dastars said:
Tasker is an absolute can't-live-without once you get the hang of it. Amazing automation of your phone.
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Starting to get much better at it. This is what I have it do when I connect to my Car Bluetooth:
1) Disable PIN Security so I don't need to unlock my phone while in the car (one less distraction)
2) Set Media Volume to 15
3) Turn Wifi off
4) Change Display timeout to 30 minutes (nice for google maps and viewing the album art of the streaming music)
5) Turn on GPS IF power is connected to phone
6) Start recording video with DailyRoads Voyager ( A car DVR program in case of an accident so you then have Objective evidence)
7) Play the THX sound after a couple seconds to make sure the Bluetooth audio streaming is working right
Still trying to get a better understanding on how to create a pop-up menu with the new Scenes element. Wish the old Menu element was there as that fit my needs perfectly fine.
Related
How well does Beautiful Widgets work on the MyTouch4G? I'm trying to get away from the whole mySense crap, but I really love the weather/clock widgets from mySense. So... I'm debating about purchasing Beautiful Widgets from the Market, but not 100% sure if I want to spend the $2 on it or not. I've heard some say that it makes people's phones laggy, others have said the time doesn't update well, etc etc.
Thoughts?
been having issues with it after the latest update. My weather would not update correctly and im stuck 1 day late (instead of Sunday as today. IT shows yesterday weather).
zero issues. works perfectly.
Works flawlessly for me.
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Works good for me, and they are alwAys updating it. Keeps getting better and better
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Works great for me- I have the forecast effect set on, theres a small delay with that (which i expected), but everything else is perfect
Can anyone here that owns the MT4G and BW post some screenshots please? I'd love to see it in action before making the purchase.
Thanks!
The BW works awsome on my phone. I decided to buy it after I installed Launcher Pro and lost the clock widget. Only thing is that I sometimes see the location not updating, I just press update and within a minute it updates the right location im at. Is there a app for a screenshot that I can install w/o being rooted? Ill take one for you but I'm fairly new to the android scene and scared to do a root on this phone at the moment LOL!
Lakeshow423 said:
Is there a app for a screenshot that I can install w/o being rooted? Ill take one for you but I'm fairly new to the android scene and scared to do a root on this phone at the moment LOL!
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ShootMe works best but your phone does have to be rooted. Thanks for offering though.
Killer app and works perfect... no issues!
works perfect for me on ADW... definitely worth 2 bucks IMO
I love it and if you use adw you can customize the size of the widget
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Is this 2 dollar version different then the free .apk that is floating around out there??
I really like the widget also, and also prefer launcher pro. My version i have saved on my laptop i wasnt sure if it would update locations like the stock version does. I really like how the myt4g s version updates location so seamlessly. Its accurate to weather bug which the .apk file i have never was a match to weatherbug. It was always a couple degrees off.
Does the paid version allow you to choose the app that opens when you tap the widget?? I like to get detailed data from weatherbug.
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And what do they do?
What apps can you absolutely not live without on your phone?
1.) Twitter - Social networking that needs no explination
2.) Facebook - Social networking that needs no explination
3.) Titanium Back Up - Backs up all my apps
4.) Chrome 2 Phone - Streams PC chrome pages to phone's browser
5.) Shazam - Music Tagging app
6.) Polaris Office - Best office client I've found for a mobile device
7.) Set-CPU - Allows overclocking of your device if your kernel supports it.
8.) SystemAppRemover - Removes bloatware embedded into the phone
9.) Word With Friends - Fun crossword puzzler with friends
10.) Google Music - All your music with none of the space.... *To the cloud!*
I hope this thread will unearth some hidden gem apps and make users more aware of how they can take advantage of their hardware and get more use out of their phones.
Thanks
*BTW... sorry to the mods if threads like this exist already for this phone.*
•Facebook + Messenger - socialize from my couch
•Paper Camera - Takes awesome sketchbook style photos
•Tapatalk - keep track of forums
•Amazon App Store - Free Paid App Of The Day
•Stock Video App - Plays my movies
•Stock Music App - 5.1 Dolby sounds amazing with nice Skullcandy headphones, otherwise pretty basic.
•Cover Art Downloader - gets album art pretty effectively.
• Audio Tagger - let's me edit mp3 files. I'm really ocd about my music being organized.
•Plants vs Zombies - really fun tower defense style game
•News/Weather widget - gives you weather and news topics of your choice, nice 4x1 layout.
That's basically it for me. Really need to invest in Ti Backup still.
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Ones that I can't imagine not having.
XDA APP- I'd have nothing to do if I didn't
Pure breeze launcher - this above all, seriously
Miren browser
Glympse
Lcd resolution
Astro file manager
Titanium backup
Swipepad
Swipeswitcher
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A few I haven't seen mentioned yet :
Zedge- great app for ringtones, wallpapers, and notifications, complete with a search bar!
Xbox Live statistics- pretty solid app for Xbox live friends. Notifications and messages work and has a dev support.
Vlingo- beats the Google voice search.
PicSayPro- awesome photo editor ...awesome!
Google+ - circles are better ;-)
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Root Explorer pro
Titanium Backup pro
Astro file explorer
XDA app
Email
AutoCad WS
PayPal app
Wells Fargo app
Documents To Go pro
SwiftKey
Juice Defender Ultimate
Angry Birds (all of them)
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get friendcaster to replace facebook app
it's so much better
somehow my facebook app is really buggy and slow
Plus 1 on Ti Backup. Its a lifesaver when it comes to apps with a lot of data.
honghsien5 said:
get friendcaster to replace facebook app
it's so much better
somehow my facebook app is really buggy and slow
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yeah, i hate the facebook app for andoid. the next version will be a lot better. facebook gives the new stuff to ios first and then android. the new version is a lot better. ill prolly try that app out till the next app comes out
@og post
im not a big person on tons of apps, so dont mind the small list
facebook (once updated, till then ^^what he said^^)
netflix
shazam
pandora
dropbox (great for backing up your sd card backups... just encase your phone is lost or stolen)
kjv bible
skype
whatsapp (best app ever)
chrome2phone
speedtest
myatt (best way to pay a bill when you forgot to at home)
music online lite
xda app
the list got longer when i looked at my sexy phone im still missing an rss reader and a reddit app though. hoping someone here mentions a good one
Most of my installed apps are must have . Here's a link to the extensive list I provided someone else with.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19278748&postcount=2
I wish people would just post 1 or 2 apps, as huge lists with no explanations are kind of pointless.
With that said, I just got a GS2 and have been trying out some new apps I never bothered with on my Droid 1.
I'm using Plume for Twitter. It seems like the highest rated twitter client, and I can see why. It's really smooth and slick and has a pretty intuitive interface. I'm liking it a lot and see no reason to ever try another Twitter app.
Llama- Ever wanted to try tasker or Locale, or jealous of the Razr's 'smart actions' app, but didn't want to spend money on any of them? This is a free automatic settings manager and so far it seems really powerful. I'm just getting it set up today, so I don't know how well it works in practice, but it seems to be able to do anything the paid apps do if not more. I always wanted to see how one of these apps really worked but didn't want to pay 6 bucks for one like Tasker so I'd say this is worth trying out if you're looking for something like this.
Russellmania said:
I wish people would just post 1 or 2 apps, as huge lists with no explanations are kind of pointless.
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At some point, people just have to give it a closer look and try it themselves. Anything in my list without a brief explanation is self explanatory.
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Some of my favorite, less know apps:
MobiReader Pro: a picture OCR, done completely on your phone. Turns the text in the picture to a text document, where I then use...
CopyPaste Pro: to copy that text and move it to QuickOffice, and use Evernote, and bam! Document for my computer.
FourTracks Pro: for the mobile musician - it allows you to record four tracks much in the same way GarageBand allows you to, and using a couple other programs, I can mix, edit, and produce all on my phone.
ROMToolbox: amazing program. It combines many programs into one. Just look it up on Market. It's worth every penny.
WifiKill: a fun, trolling, but useful program. Kills any other devices connected to your wiring. So say your wife or children are using the internet, downloading movies and whatnot, you can use this app to cut them off, and get all that bandwidth back for yourself.
Finally, N64oid: a great N64 emulator. Nuff said.
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honghsien5 said:
get friendcaster to replace facebook app
it's so much better
somehow my facebook app is really buggy and slow
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Will look into that. ;-)
autonomous-inc said:
Some of my favorite, less
WifiKill: a fun, trolling, but useful program. Kills any other devices connected to your wiring. So say your wife or children are using the internet, downloading movies and whatnot, you can use this app to cut them off, and get all that bandwidth back for yourself.
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Couldn't find wifikill
Its not wifi killer is it?
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hussarfilms said:
Couldn't find wifikill
Its not wifi killer is it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282900
i think he's referring to that app.
Tasker - Control everything
Minimalistic Text - Great widget tool
Ti Backup - Who on this forum does not use this?
g+ - Love it
ES File Manager
World of Goo - Fantastic game
honghsien5 said:
get friendcaster to replace facebook app
it's so much better
somehow my facebook app is really buggy and slow
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can you remove the 'take photo' icon/app from friendcaster that installed automatically?
polobreaka said:
can you remove the 'take photo' icon/app from friendcaster that installed automatically?
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i don't think so.
i have no idea why friendcaster has that app but i usually just ignore it.
btw, facebook is going to update today so i'm gonna check it out and see if it's better now or not.
honghsien5 said:
i don't think so.
i have no idea why friendcaster has that app but i usually just ignore it.
btw, facebook is going to update today so i'm gonna check it out and see if it's better now or not.
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the new update of fb looks the same as ios version.
http://lifehacker.com/5866050/faceb...-boost-plus-notification-and-interface-tweaks
edit: i dont see the updated fb in market.
polobreaka said:
the new update of fb looks the same as ios version.
http://lifehacker.com/5866050/faceb...-boost-plus-notification-and-interface-tweaks
edit: i dont see the updated fb in market.
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Should be out soon.
Maybe there are fixes for my issues. As I am new to android I'm not sure how to get them corrected. Here's a list. Maybe someone can land a hand.
How to keep screen on while on a charger.
How to make the GPS turn on and off when app starts and finishes.
How to set so it can detect a known wifi source, then activate wifi.
How to get the long lasting battery results everyone seems to be getting.
How to set the email app to open to the emails versus the screen to select which account to view as I have multiple accounts set up.
How to keep the lockscreen front turning off 3 seconds after I hit the wake button but not swiping to unlock.
That's about it for now. I come from an iphone ecosystem and am used to a few features my JB iphone provides. I'm sure ill have more "how to" questions.
Thank you all for the responses!
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How to resize the widgets.
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dakleenupman said:
Maybe there are fixes for my issues. As I am new to android I'm not sure how to get them corrected. Here's a list. Maybe someone can land a hand.
How to keep screen on while on a charger.
Screen setting to never off. And honestly, why the hell do you want the screen always on while charging? I charge mine when I'm not using it.
How to make the GPS turn on and off when app starts and finishes.
It already does by default
How to set so it can detect a known wifi source, then activate wifi.
It already does by default
How to get the long lasting battery results everyone seems to be getting.
Stop doing stupid **** on your phone. Your battery wont last 20 hours if you use if heavily. Don't tell me your icrap did either. My wife says battery is ridiculous on her Skyrocket compared to her icrap 4
How to set the email app to open to the emails versus the screen to select which account to view as I have multiple accounts set up.
Depends on what email app you are using. Also, click the little icon in your notification dropdown. Brings you to the mail just received
How to keep the lockscreen front turning off 3 seconds after I hit the wake button but not swiping to unlock.
dunno... doesn't bother me. It takes me less than 3 seconds to come to a decision on what the hell I want to do
How to resize the widgets
What launcher are you using? Touchwiz only lets you resize certain Samsung widgets.
That's about it for now. I come from an iphone ecosystem and am used to a few features my JB iphone provides. I'm sure ill have more "how to" questions.
Thank you all for the responses!
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See the bold above
Sounds like you are very new to Android, so you have normal questions. First thing it to figure out what the settings for your phone do. Theres always the Samsung forums for asking about your specific device also. I'm not sorry if that all sounds harsh. It was meant to. icrappers turning Android annoy me. The escape from the walled garden is like a kid with ADHD in a candy/toy shop.
How to get the homescreens to rotate into horizontal.
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dakleenupman said:
How to get the homescreens to rotate into horizontal.
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Stop using Touchwiz
dakleenupman said:
How to keep screen on while on a charger.
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Don't do that. You will get screen burn-in in pretty short time.
How to make the GPS turn on and off when app starts and finishes.
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It is already done for you by OS and apps. Just leave the GPS enabled.
How to set so it can detect a known wifi source, then activate wifi.
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Just leave wifi on. It uses slightly more battery but not enough to cause concerns.
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There's an amazing app called Tasker that will do a lot of your wish list. It's all about contexts - e.g. "on external power" "App {x} is in the foreground." It's the best ~$6 you'll ever spend, and never want to have another phone with out it. Almost all of it's awesome functions work without root, too.
htt p://tasker.dinglisch.net/ - dev/app site.
htt p://tasker.wikidot.com/ profile-index - some examples of Profiles
Enjoy! Sorry about the spaces in the links - n00b limit.
Thanks for the support. If I came from a walled garden, then why would I expect these functions that should be so easy to do. I have gone through the settings and came to the conclusion I needed help. Hence this post. If you can't help, I understand. Not everyone has that type of intelligence.
Uncle Irish said:
See the bold above
Sounds like you are very new to Android, so you have normal questions. First thing it to figure out what the settings for your phone do. Theres always the Samsung forums for asking about your specific device also. I'm not sorry if that all sounds harsh. It was meant to. icrappers turning Android annoy me. The escape from the walled garden is like a kid with ADHD in a candy/toy shop.
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Thanks for the info on the GPS and wifi. I guess I'm concerned so much about my battery.
foxbat121 said:
Don't do that. You will get screen burn-in in pretty short time.
It is already done for you by OS and apps. Just leave the GPS enabled.
Just leave wifi on. It uses slightly more battery but not enough to cause concerns.
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That sounds like something ill need to look into and spend sonera money on. Thank you very much for the help. That's why I like XDA. Most folds are here for the common good. MOST folks.... ;-)
dastars said:
There's an amazing app called Tasker that will do a lot of your wish list. It's all about contexts - e.g. "on external power" "App {x} is in the foreground." It's the best ~$6 you'll ever spend, and never want to have another phone with out it. Almost all of it's awesome functions work without root, too.
htt p://tasker.dinglisch.net/ - dev/app site.
htt p://tasker.wikidot.com/ profile-index - some examples of Profiles
Enjoy! Sorry about the spaces in the links - n00b limit.
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dakleenupman said:
Maybe there are fixes for my issues. As I am new to android I'm not sure how to get them corrected. Here's a list. Maybe someone can land a hand.
How to keep screen on while on a charger.
How to make the GPS turn on and off when app starts and finishes.
How to set so it can detect a known wifi source, then activate wifi.
How to get the long lasting battery results everyone seems to be getting.
How to set the email app to open to the emails versus the screen to select which account to view as I have multiple accounts set up.
How to keep the lockscreen front turning off 3 seconds after I hit the wake button but not swiping to unlock.
That's about it for now. I come from an iphone ecosystem and am used to a few features my JB iphone provides. I'm sure ill have more "how to" questions.
Thank you all for the responses!
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u dont wanna keep the screen on all the time while on charge.these screen is not like lcd.oled screen have shorter life.
How to keep the lockscreen front turning off 3 seconds after I hit the wake button but not swiping to unlock
to save battery power from being wasted
@dakleenupman
Sorry about my assish post last night. I blame it in the alcohol. That's so not me normally. I'd been listening to a client ***** all day about why their 8 year old server keeps having problems and you were my outlet. Sry bout that ...
That's cool. I appreciate the apology. Nothing personal. I'm just trying to maximize my experience with this new device. Unlike other iphone users I'm willing to try new and better things.
Uncle Irish said:
@dakleenupman
Sorry about my assish post last night. I blame it in the alcohol. That's so not me normally. I'd been listening to a client ***** all day about why their 8 year old server keeps having problems and you were my outlet. Sry bout that ...
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dakleenupman said:
That's cool. I appreciate the apology. Nothing personal. I'm just trying to maximize my experience with this new device. Unlike other iphone users I'm willing to try new and better things.
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cool
keep the questions rolling
How to keep screen on while on a charger.
>It can be done, there are apps to do it, depending on what you want your screen to display. For instance, on my old phone I used "Gentle Alarm" to display a digital clock image while in a hotel or something. However the screen on this phone is apparently prone to having images burn in...
How to make the GPS turn on and off when app starts and finishes.
>Android only turns it on when something is using it, so if you see that little icon on a lot of the time there may be something running in the background that you might not intend. This may also be the cause of your battery drain. Press and hold the home button (you will see your recently launched tasks) and hit task manager. You can then clear many unnecessary tasks that may be running in the background. If you don't see the obvious culprit there, you may have to dig deeper...
How to set so it can detect a known wifi source, then activate wifi.
>This is a funny question if you think about it, because how could it detect a known wifi source without wifi on? I use Tasker, too. You can easily make a profile while connected to your wifi check for "state: wifi near (toggle wifi), turn wifi on. You can set it to run when you unlock your screen, for instance. You can also set it up to turn on your screen based on location, but remember that if you use GPS too much...
Tasker is fun to play with anyway.
How to get the long lasting battery results everyone seems to be getting.
>You can try an app called Juice Defender, or similar. It has many battery saving features, including the ability to turn on wifi only when available. Its another fun app to play with, but most people here would agree that you should stay away from task killers.
How to set the email app to open to the emails versus the screen to select which account to view as I have multiple accounts set up.
>I have never had multiple emails with the same app, but I always assumed that that is how it worked...
How to keep the lockscreen front turning off 3 seconds after I hit the wake button but not swiping to unlock.
>No idea, but there are apps to disable the lockscreen if you want. I'm sure you can change the setting somehow, but probably at the root level. Search XDA...
That's about it for now. I come from an iphone ecosystem and am used to a few features my JB iphone provides. I'm sure ill have more "how to" questions.
>Easiest way to do stuff is just to keep searching the Market to see if somebody has made an app to do it (Android Market is your friend). Once you get more advanced you can try to do it yourself (then XDA is your friend). I have played with my wife's iPhone, and you will appreciate that the Market has apps that can do MUCH more cool stuff, and the vast majority are free because they were made by enthusiasts. The rest are usually reasonably priced. Once you root your phone there are many more options.
These phones quickly become a full time hobby. I hardly ever play games anymore, I just spend my free time tinkering...
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How to lock the volume keys so they don't get bumped?
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Juice defender is a placebo...
I bought it when I was on eclair... it made a difference there... though not much
However froyo up... android does a better job on its own...
Think about it... running a program that is on all the time to "save" battery?
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As to you wanting the lockscreen to stay on longer, there are several lockscreen replacements you could use. I'm not sure which ones have the option besides widgetlocker though. With widgetlocker, you can set the lockscreen timeout to various durations. I know it worked on my infuse, not sure about the note though.
The downside is that it costs a couple bucks and it will drain your battery a bit if I remember correctly because it keeps the device in a wakelock and does not allow deep sleep. Its not a huge battery drain, but it does some. However, if the timeout is more important than a tiny amount of battery drain, I suggest doing that.
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I have noticed an improvement using JD and that's actual not placebo. I get your point though on an app that runs to save battery. But whatever its doing, its working better than whatever I'm doing without it.
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Juice defender is a placebo...
I bought it when I was on eclair... it made a difference there... though not much
However froyo up... android does a better job on its own...
Think about it... running a program that is on all the time to "save" battery?
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Hey, thanks for the reply. I'm trying some of these things you suggested. The general consensus is USB that ill just bought need to find things which is fine as I'm all about adventure.
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How to keep screen on while on a charger.
>It can be done, there are apps to do it, depending on what you want your screen to display. For instance, on my old phone I used "Gentle Alarm" to display a digital clock image while in a hotel or something. However the screen on this phone is apparently prone to having images burn in...
How to make the GPS turn on and off when app starts and finishes.
>Android only turns it on when something is using it, so if you see that little icon on a lot of the time there may be something running in the background that you might not intend. This may also be the cause of your battery drain. Press and hold the home button (you will see your recently launched tasks) and hit task manager. You can then clear many unnecessary tasks that may be running in the background. If you don't see the obvious culprit there, you may have to dig deeper...
How to set so it can detect a known wifi source, then activate wifi.
>This is a funny question if you think about it, because how could it detect a known wifi source without wifi on? I use Tasker, too. You can easily make a profile while connected to your wifi check for "state: wifi near (toggle wifi), turn wifi on. You can set it to run when you unlock your screen, for instance. You can also set it up to turn on your screen based on location, but remember that if you use GPS too much...
Tasker is fun to play with anyway.
How to get the long lasting battery results everyone seems to be getting.
>You can try an app called Juice Defender, or similar. It has many battery saving features, including the ability to turn on wifi only when available. Its another fun app to play with, but most people here would agree that you should stay away from task killers.
How to set the email app to open to the emails versus the screen to select which account to view as I have multiple accounts set up.
>I have never had multiple emails with the same app, but I always assumed that that is how it worked...
How to keep the lockscreen front turning off 3 seconds after I hit the wake button but not swiping to unlock.
>No idea, but there are apps to disable the lockscreen if you want. I'm sure you can change the setting somehow, but probably at the root level. Search XDA...
That's about it for now. I come from an iphone ecosystem and am used to a few features my JB iphone provides. I'm sure ill have more "how to" questions.
>Easiest way to do stuff is just to keep searching the Market to see if somebody has made an app to do it (Android Market is your friend). Once you get more advanced you can try to do it yourself (then XDA is your friend). I have played with my wife's iPhone, and you will appreciate that the Market has apps that can do MUCH more cool stuff, and the vast majority are free because they were made by enthusiasts. The rest are usually reasonably priced. Once you root your phone there are many more options.
These phones quickly become a full time hobby. I hardly ever play games anymore, I just spend my free time tinkering...
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They are more tablet (Asus), but they still work on most phones anyway with ICS. Add if you have any!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnAJoa0-ynONdGJiVDRSQ0p4VGtCaklESmtEbkJzNUE
Thanks, looking at it now
Nice neat drawing app....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDMsIm9yZy5kc2FuZGxlci5hcHBzLm1hcmtlcnMiXQ..
Nice, it was surprisingly thorough and well organized.
Also your google doc is completely open to anybody editing? Not sure you want that. Change the share settings to read only.
@David
My guess is he wanted it open. He invited others to share.
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So is this only for Apps in the Market (Google play) or can we add apps that we have saved on our comp? i have Better Keyboard 8.xx and Lock key, but not sure if I'm allowed to post. Can someone verify before I get myself in trouble?
Aleks
acuzerfdw said:
So is this only for Apps in the Market (Google play) or can we add apps that we have saved on our comp? i have Better Keyboard 8.xx and Lock key, but not sure if I'm allowed to post. Can someone verify before I get myself in trouble?
Aleks
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Why aren't they on the market? I suppose you could, as long as you don't post paid apps. Just have to be weary I suppose, the list isn't forcing you to download anything.
Thanks for the list. That was me that you were "cell chatting" with.
~co~
closeone said:
Thanks for the list. That was me that you were "cell chatting" with.
~co~
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Anytime, that was good teamwork :highfive:
Added aCar and Kairosoft games
I'd add BeWeather & Widgets Pro to the list of weather widgets.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDYsImNvbS5iZWxsc2hhcmUuYmV3ZWF0aGVyIl0.
You can add them...or at least the name and I'll find the links for them if you'd like.
WiFi Kill - loads up and works but has minor issues when trying to shut off...I sometimes have to reboot
http://forum.ponury.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10/
masseyboy1990 said:
Added aCar and Kairosoft games
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Hell yeah, kairosoft games are the ****. I actually played the pocket clothier for 7 straight hours. Killed my battery so I had to charge while playing
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List is getting pretty good now ^_^
Nice!!!
Has anyone tried this, and if so what is your opinion of it?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jaGFtZWxlb25sYXVuY2hlciJd
Yeah I made the mistake of spending that $10 and have to say I'm thoroughly disappointed at the moment with how slow they're adding features and widgets... if it had only been a couple of dollars then it'd be OK but come on.... its $10.... give me my money's worth now:banghead:
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cdzo72 said:
Yeah I made the mistake of spending that $10 and have to say I'm thoroughly disappointed at the moment with how slow they're adding features and widgets... if it had only been a couple of dollars then it'd be OK but come on.... its $10.... give me my money's worth now:banghead:
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Are you using it still, or did you go back to a different launcher?
I still have it installed and keep it updated .... waiting for it to be worth what I paid for it... but my default launcher is Nova (i like the folders) and sometimes Apex (I like Apex because of all the available themes)
Like TSF Shell also... just starting to use it
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cdzo72 said:
I still have it installed and keep it updated .... waiting for it to be worth what I paid for it... but my default launcher is Nova (i like the folders) and sometimes Apex (I like Apex because of all the available themes)
Like TSF Shell also... just starting to use it
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Thanks for reply, I might wait and see what happens. I paid $15.00 for spb shell and haven't used it lately. I have two touchpads (one for my son to use) plus one that I got for my sister,which has my Google set as a second account. So if I installed it on all three it might be worth it. Went to Chameleon's website and looked around, there are some Widgets that users have made and instructions to make your own. It looks like simple ones are just copy and paste, but I am not a coder by any means.
By the way we have the same devices. Started with the streak, got as far as unbranding it to get the gb update from dell.
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Thanks for reply, I might wait and see what happens. I paid $15.00 for spb shell and haven't used it lately. I have two touchpads (one for my son to use) plus one that I got for my sister,which has my Google set as a second account. So if I installed it on all three it might be worth it. Went to Chameleon's website and looked around, there are some Widgets that users have made and instructions to make your own. It looks like simple ones are just copy and paste, but I am not a coder by any means.
By the way we have the same devices. Started with the streak, got as far as unbranding it to get the gb update from dell.
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Yeah I also made the mistake of paying for SPB Shell and don't like the inability to add what I want on some screens.... also trying TSF Shell
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My plan is to just wake it out hopefully this becomes big enough so that devs out there make these Widgets
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My plan is to just wake it out hopefully this becomes big enough so that devs out there make these Widgets
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There is a thread started for this.Hopefully some development starts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893850
From what I can tell from the forums on Chameleons site is, the widget is a web page in a window. If I am correct then it would be about useless unless you are connected to internet.
Yeah Chamelon is rather craptastic. I had such high hopes for it, all the widgets are essentially web pages and the ones that come with it are less than stellar nor configuratble.(all widgets have a grotesque bored of some sort) And the g+ and gmail widgets are basically them getting and delivering instead of just allowing native.(meaning you have to auth them to access your stuff to display) all the widgets that you can make dont run local unless you setup your own webserver. The location changes can easy be accomplished via Tasker. AND to top that off you cant even use normal system widgets or generic app widgets that ALL android launchers support.
BasicallyI'm having buyers/donaters remorse of 10$ for such a **** launcher and i'll just stick with zeam.
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Yeah Chamelon is rather craptastic. I had such high hopes for it, all the widgets are essentially web pages and the ones that come with it are less than stellar nor configuratble.(all widgets have a grotesque bored of some sort) And the g+ and gmail widgets are basically them getting and delivering instead of just allowing native.(meaning you have to auth them to access your stuff to display) all the widgets that you can make dont run local unless you setup your own webserver. The location changes can easy be accomplished via Tasker. AND to top that off you cant even use normal system widgets or generic app widgets that ALL android launchers support.
BasicallyI'm having buyers/donaters remorse of 10$ for such a **** launcher and i'll just stick with zeam.
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The next update ver. 1.1 supports regular widgets