A repository for all your favorite Android Apps
Here are mine:
The NY Times
LauncherPro Plus
Handcent SMS
Bettercut
Angry Birds
Flood It
Beautiful Widgets
BattStatt
TweetDeck
Audio Manager Pro
ShootMe
Root Manager
Set CPU
Quick Boot
Power Control Plus
Album Art Grabber
some of my standards
Animated Widget (as soon as they have exchange support)
Antennas
Droid VNC Server (control the phone via vnc)
Life Browser (stock browser overlay)
Dropbox
Easy Phone Tunes (itunes sync)
Folder Organizer (my fav folder organizer)
Key Ring (rewards card organizer w/ barcodes)
OpenSignal
pocket BLU (ps3 remote)
QR Droid (Make/Read QR's)
Root Explorer
Samba Filesharing (wireless SD card access)
Speed Test
SwipePad (additional gesture launcher)
Twonky (DLNA Server)
WiFi Manager
ADW Launcher EX
ESPN ScoreCenter
SMS PopUp
Beautiful Widgets
Dolphin Mini
Set CPU
AppBrain
Barcode Scanner
Gameboid + ROM Gripper
Angry Birds
Google Voice
Azilink
Bank of America
Set CPU
Spare Parts
Astro
Documents to go
Pandora
Barcode Scanner + Google Shopper
Reddit is fun
Tank Hero
Quadrant
I really wish we had an urbanspoon and chipotle app boooo
edit: we DO have urbanspoon!
Lots of good apps here. Some I like but don't see listed:
Subsonic - Streams your music from your computer
Miren Browser - Favorite browser
Instafetch - For Instapaper users
URL Shortner - Shorten links and add to Bit.ly account
Share More - Share links w/page title
Custom Font Switcher - Change phone's font
Default App Reset - Much easier than going into Manage Apps
Disk Usage - Visual guide to what's taking up your space
Extended Controls - Customizable toggle widget
Karl's Mortgage Calculator
Paypal
Retweet - For us old fogies that prefer old school RTs
Todo.txt Touch - Simple to do list that syncs with Dropbox
Sound Manger - No frills audio control. Set schedules.
EDIT: Also not listed but maybe because it's assumed everyone already has it: Titanium Backup
^ Shift Faced
Fastest,Cleanest, good looking Gallery ...
Quick Pic
I'm making this thread both to share what I feel are good apps and to discover other apps for myself. I have not installed Dexters 2.2 or rooted yet (though I intend to) so I'm not going to list anything that requires it, but feel free to do so yourself.
So:
Lockscreen: GOTO Lockscreen. I saw this a while back but never actually checked it out. It was featured on DroidLife today so I decided to check it out now and it's great. Great, elegant look to it, great functionality as well. I've been using WidgetLocker for ages and it doesn't compare. There were some issues at first but after rebooting everything seems to work perfectly for the most part(I saw someone mention this as well in the comments so I did it). It's also on sale right now. Might be a bit of a drain on battery.
HomeLauncher: LauncherPro (Plus). I love the look and functionality of this and most of all, the widgets (which are greatly enhanced by Signal's themes -that can be found in Android Themes section). Truth be told, ADW (/ADW EX) probably has more options and functionality at this time (and you can use Colorize Widgets app to replace LP widgets for free). For now ADW might be better, though I'm just waiting for LauncherPro rewrite to happen (going so slowly). GoLauncher as well is fantastic. As is Zeam. There are many great options right now (and so many more on the horizon).
Whatever the case, something that is crucial when using one of these (at least for me) is to select the option to "Keep in memory." I think all of the above have that option (not sure about Zeam). My biggest issue with launchers is that my screen always redraws itself so much (this is a problem with XT720 stock launcher as well), so I have to wait forever for my icons and widgets to load itself, which is really annoying. I've tried things to reduce it, but the only thing that ever got rid of it was to select that option. Now using LP with that option and no lags at all.
I also recommend getting home switcher for easy switching between launchers.
EDIT: SPB Shell 3D
Keyboard:
Stock XT720 keyboard isn't bad (for me). I tend to alternate between that and Swype. I prefer stock keyboard for use in landscape mode. Once I'm rooted I plan to install that app that lets you choose a keyboard for portrait mode (i.e that would be Swype for me) and another in landscape (stock).
EDIT: Stock Gingerbread keyboard
Music Player:
Stock is decent, but nothing special really. I do like the album cover flow in landscape mode though. I alternate between that and Connected music player, which is the ripped music player from the atrix and droid bionic I believe (I'm not sure where to get it since that thread has since been locked). Winamp is also pretty good. PowerAmp has a lot of features, but you get annoying popups after two weeks unless you buy the full version ($5). I'd love to know what others use.
Some apps specifically use stock music player so that's another reason I use stock. i.e. when using GoTo lockscreen, the lockscreen changes when you're playing music to give you music player controls, but only seems to do when using stock music player.
EDIT: Google Music/ PowerAmp
Browser:
Stock is not that great. Has that nice bookmark cover flow in landscape mode, but in terms of functionality there are better ones. I use Dolphin Browser HD now (blue theme). Best UI for browser out there currently imo. A lot of people seem to love Miren and Dolphin Browser mini, for reasons I can't understand (everyone says they are super fast but I never notice any difference on my already fast browser).
EDIT: Opera Mobile
Games:
Really loving Stupid Zombies right now, it's a lot of fun (though has slow loading times). Ninjump is great for quick little fun. Angry birds also remains fun, though repetitive. Would love to see what else runs great on XT720.
Customization/Widgets/:
Beautiful Widgets is great and has a huge range of themed clocks and toggles. The recently introduced "Super Clock" was a great improvement. So much customization with this. Colorize Widget is great if you're using something other than LauncherPro, Signals has themes for it also. Widgetsoid and MySettings, are great for quick access to settings.
Task Switching:
SwipePad is just phenomenal and has a great UI, I recommend you check it out if you don't have it already. Together with long press on home button, I have amazing task switching going on.
File Explorer:
File Explorer is a must for me on my XT720. It's how you can install APKs and browse your sdcard and everything and change things easily. ES File Explorer is great for that and has a nice UI.
There's more that I wanted to add I'm sure, but here's this for now. Feel free to share what apps you use on your XT720.
I really like Zeam mainly for the small footprint & speed, I've used LPP & the widgets are very cool. My preferred keyboard is SwiftKey, once you use it for a while the predictive text feature is really nice. I'm still using the stock browser, that along with ChromeMarks gives me access to all my desktop bookmarks. For music I've got MusicMod (Froyo) for the widgets & the MIUI music app. I'd also recommend SIMI Clock (Time, weather & battery level in 1 1x4 widget & a built in launcher) & SIMI folder widget. I also find SwiFTP very usefull, just fire up the FTP on the phone & copy files between the phone & my pc without a USB cable.
Lockscreen: default--dexter froyo
HomeLauncher: GoLauncherEX---no lags n a lot of options.....nice interface
Keyboard: swype---easy n handy
Music Player:winamp---no equalizer but fast n flexible
i ll recommend mixzing also.
Games:angry birds, world`s hardest game, fruit ninja, ninjump, soccerball, drop,pinball deluxe, brick breaker---all f em addictive
File Explorer:andrpzip, astro
Tools-- android assistant, set cpu---both help a lot in makin ure phone fast n unlaggy
Great post. I loved some of the suggestions.
Customization/Widgets/:
I use Sense Analog Clock. It gives me SD Storage, Internal Storage, Internal Memory, Battery Level and Temperature in one place. Edit: it gives me weather, time, lunar phase (even tough I don't use that info) and quick access to my alarms as well.
Music Player:
Because of the media scan bug, I've tested loads of music players. Most of the players based on folder navigation did not impress me. So I chose the simplest one for now: Gtunes. Once the media scan is back to business, I intend to come back to stock or winamp.
BTW, where do I get Connected music player?
Games:
Andoku is a must have for Sudoku lovers.
I'm starting to play Pocket Legends, but I don't see it getting very amusing in the near future...
Memory Trainer is nice if you wanna test yourself.
Misc:
Pulse - for news
Evernote - for note taking and journal
Gtasks - to synchronize my gmail tasks
AppMonster - to save my apps
Looking for:
A good personal finance app with online support. Unfortunately, Mint doesn't work down here.
just a reminder guys, before some one gets in trouble
no reference to WAREZ related apps here on XDA
it's the XDA Forum rules
aCCleaner
clear the cache nicely. worth a try.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.aCCleaner.free
hello, from argentina ,for radio app ?
very good. thx u
What about a boot animation changer? I tried BAC lite and it disabled my touch screen and I had to do a recovery to get it back. I am using the CBW update and universal androot on my 720. Thanks for any suggestions
Browser
Opera mobile
Why I download from many sites and no fail on downloading.
Launcher
Go launcher 2.31 beta great 3d and many launcher.
Filemanager
Efile work good for me.
Radio
Tunein radio best radio around.
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By far the best app for me is Absolute system, it's paid but has so many goodies and is super well supported!
Just about the first app I install after Titanium Backup is Quick Settings and set it to have a status bar shortcut with hidden icon.
I have 186 apps installed on my phone, but those are my favorite:
Top 50:
aCalendar - cool looking
Adobe Reader
Alarm Clock Xtreame - ascending alarm
ALYac Adnroid Antivirus - best looking antivirus with awesome preformance also
AppBrain App Market - find it useful
Angry Birds - fun game
Battery Doctor - overcharging battery before calibration
BattStatt -Widget
BobClockD3 - Widget
Broken Screen - To [email protected]#$ your friends
CacheMate - easy to use cache cleaner
Call Faker - for annoying people
Catch Notes - Never used it, but I still find it useful
Compass
Desktop VisualizeR
Digitally Imported Radio - DI.fm app
ES File Explorer
Fancy Widget
Flash Player
Font Changer
Glow Hockey 2 - Game
Labyrinth - Game
LauncherPro Plus
Lyrics App
MissedIt! - widget
MoboPlayer - video player
Notepad
Optimize ToolBox - awesome app
QR Droid - barcode scanner
Quadrant Standart Edition
Robotek - Game
Root Explorer
SetCPU
ShakyTower - Game
Shazam - music finder
ShootMe - I like ShootIt! Trail more, but don't know why it seem to capture only black screen now
SiMi Clock Pro - widget
SoundHound - music finder
Skype
Stop Skype
SwithPro Widget
System Info Widget
SystemApp Remover
TeamViewer - Manage your PC from phone
The Worlds Most Pointless App
Titanium Backup
TuneIn Radio
Unit Converter
XDA-Developers app
Zedge
P.S.: Almost forgot - Battery Calibration... awesome app after flashing new ROM. (Thanks Mioze for letting me know it.)
P.S.P.S: Lockscreen Widget pro too...
OriginalLucy said:
What about a boot animation changer? I tried BAC lite and it disabled my touch screen and I had to do a recovery to get it back. I am using the CBW update and universal androot on my 720. Thanks for any suggestions
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Absolute system has many excellent tool, boot animation downloader included.
It's a paid app, but totally worth it Sherry, euh i mean Lucy .
I really like the functionality of "BusyMe (Lite)" which automatically set your ringer to vibrate (or: to quiet) during meetings on your Google Calendar and then return to normal afterwards.
No more hassle due to phone calls during meetings ;-))
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fernandodunn.android.busyme.lite
Taken quite a while for this thread to get any attention.
Some more apps:
Pulse
Speed X 3D
Afroid (XT720 light)
Apparatus
Cover Art Downloader
Androidify
Google+
SPB Time (I love this alarm clock though it's $6 as opposed to $2 when I bought it)
PowerAmp (really looking forward to the massive V2 update)
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What about a boot animation changer? I tried BAC lite and it disabled my touch screen and I had to do a recovery to get it back. I am using the CBW update and universal androot on my 720. Thanks for any suggestions
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I had this problem too. Really annoying. The home screen would come up and the touch screen did nothing. I was finally able to get a different bootup screen, but I had to work through a couple before I found one that wouldn't have that problem. I'm currently using the one where the apple logo is displayed and then pulled off the screen by our favorite android sporting a red and white stripped suit.
I noticed a couple things while messing around with it:
1- the boot animation sounds never worked for me
2- If I tried copying over larger boot anims, I would run out of space, but the CLI never told me that, so only part would be copied. (I think this has to do with the memhack/cache tweak)
3- When the touch screen went out I would just use ADB to recopy the original bootanim, then restart and then touchscreen would work again. (Save you a recovery).
In the end, I had to put a smaller file size on there but it's better than that eyeball bootanim, that was freaking me out lol.
With Dexter's Froyo installed and Gingerbread theme upgrade
So:
Lockscreen:
See Music Player
HomeLauncher:
LauncherPro (Plus), Launcher7(I simply enjoy it for being slick, and its status bar, but with a black status bar from gingerbread I've no need for it anymore.)
Slidescreen, this is a beautiful launcher that can also be ran as an app overlaying your current launcher.
If you simply want information, details stats, this is the one for you
Slide screen is slick and its advertisement for the free version, is an add to get the paid version.
sidenote--Home Switcher for Froyo
Keyboard:
Better Keyboard 8
Music Player:
Cloud Skipper
Serves as both a very accessible player and has its own lock screen with full access to the player itself upon hitting the unlock key.
Browser:
Opera Mini
xScope
Games:
Fruit Slice (not my slice of pie but some may like it, ran well)
Glow Hockey (Great game, if it supports vs over wifi, then wow)
Hex Defense (Plays like defense Grid)
Ninja Dash
Ninjump
Pew Pew (was interesting, but a little awkward for me)
Return Zero (interesting racer, and not too taxing on the system either)
Speedx 3D
YooNinja
Customization:
Metamorph is what i use for themes at the moment. May change to something else later on.
File Explorer:
OI File manager
I love saving space, and OI looks simple and efficient and runs extremely smooth.
Media Player:
Mobo Player
Management:
1-Click Clear
Appkik
As for games and excess apps, the ones that can't be ran from SD i backup with Appkik for later use to free up memory and space on the phone.
@ OriginalLucy
I used the following two videos for switching the boot animation
Search youtube for:
ANDROID Boot Animation (How-To Change It)
CyanogenMod Boot Animation
Got it running to replace that really bad boot animation from Dexter's Froyo
Great rom but the Boot animation was driving me bonkers.
Hope this helps out.
An easy way to change your boot animations is set up a folder on your SD card named Boot Animations and put the zip in there. Then go into /system/media and copy the original and put it on your SD card in case something ever happens and you can replace it with the original. Take your new boot animation and just replace the one that is in /system/media and reboot.
Obviously make a back up before you do this b/c not all work well.
Also watch your size. While they do look cool, some take up a ton of space.
wondering why no one mentioned some of these:
- "LBE privacy guard" --> control & take away the rights of your apps, e.g. don't allow facebook to access your contacts or send SMS , in my opinion one of the best apps so far. only for rooted devices!
- "history eraser"
- for users in Germany: "Öffi" -> great app for public transport, in germany we call it "öffentliche Nahverkehrsmittel"
- SMS Backup & Restore
- Titanium Backup
- WhatsApp -> like SMS , but works via internet connection and sends messages via internet -> no costs for sms
Share Your Best free Apps For optimums one !!!
1. App 2 SD.
2. AVG Antivirus free.
3. CamScanner.
4. Call Announcer.
5. Daily Money.
6. GO Weather.
7. GO SMS Pro.
8. Memoires.
9. SMS Speak.
10. Zenga TV(Indian Channels)
LBE Privacy Guard
One of the best free app I have on this phone.
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Free useful widgets and apps. All works extremely well on the Optimus One.
Software Data Cable - for data transfer to/from PC to SD card
Screen Off and Lock by Katecca - no more pressing the power button
StopWatch & Timer
Forever Alone SMS Widget
Car Mode
AndroZip File Manager
World Clock & Widget
Explorer
Adao File Manager
SMS Scheduler
Battery Widget
GPS Test
SwipePad
Zeam Launcher
QuickMark QR Code
ClockSync by Sergey Baranov
Compass
OI File Manager
MySettings
Barcode Scanner by Zxing team
LiveProfile
Forever Alone SMS Widget
World Clock Widget
WhatsApp
QR Droid
Android Market!!!!
Winamp
Dolphin HD 5
tubemate
mvideoplayer
go launcher ex with classic theme
Dolphin Browser HD
My Piano
No-frills CPU Control
OI Fille Manager
Twitter
Those are my favorites
I'm wondering what are some apps and mods to the TFP you can't live without, or increase it's use-a-ability. Just got mine back up, and besides watching movies on it, what are some other suggestions you guys have?
You finally received your LCD from China? Excellent!
Hopefully no issues in replacing - I know we've both posted much on that topic. (hopefully no dust, fingerprints, or debris on your LCD after re-assembly.)
Here's my short list of must-have apps:
Amazon Appstore (for obvious reasons)
WiFi Analyzer
MoboPlayer or MX Player
Netflix (very worth the low monthly subscription cost)
DropBox (worth signing up for -- 2GB is free -- no hassles, no unsolicited email from the DropBox folks)
Cheers,
-JG
Hmm, let's see:
BS Player (the best out there by a mile, trust me, download subtitles automatically, windowed player, works like a charm)
Total commander, with LAN plugin (duh)
XBMC (beta works great, no problems for me)
BitTorrent
Chrome (ofc)
Dropbox (got 50 gigs with Note II)
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I'll post if i think of something else.
GMD Gesture control, SwiftKey Tablet, Nova Launcher and Lagfix are on my list.
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ZebTheCalvinist said:
GMD Gesture control, SwiftKey Tablet, Nova Launcher and Lagfix are on my list.
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Friendcaster Pro (the best Facebook app)
Greader Pro
MightyText for Tablets
TW Cable
AdAway
ICS keyboard - the JB keyboard built into Androwook is glichy and ICS keyboard allows me to type my usual speed (home row)
GMD Gesture Control - multi touch gestures on such big screen are simply awesome and makes multi tasking and launching apps much faster (and you can turn off status bar to get more space)
Wallpaper Wizardrii - wallpaper stays in one place with default launcher so I can use favorite wallpapers from PC
AdAway - for obvious reasons
CIFS Manager - mounting windows shares, so any app see them as regular directories (you don't have to copy movies for example)
Chrome - currently best browser for tablets imo
PC Monitor - turning off PC remotely.
Post the Top 5 Apps that you prefer the most for MOTO G 2014
This thread is to let everyone know about some useful apps and what apps all others prefer on their MG2014...
I'll start with mine:
-Es File Explorer : Best File Manager
-Audiko : decent stuff for ringtones
-Internet Speed Meter
-NOYZE
-QUICK PIC
Note: Don't include apps like whatsapp,FB etc considering all ppl know these already :fingers-crossed:
Do Hit the thanks button if this thread helped you...
PushBullet
Textra
Instabridge
ES File Explorer
Nova Launcher
SeriesGuide
old pr0gramm app (removed from playstore beause NSFW )
Freedom
LeanDroid
SoftKeyZ
ES file explorer
Quick pic
Root app delete (need root)
Helium (better with root)
Simple mp3 downloader
Google camera
Explorer
SideControl
Zooper Widget
Lockwatch
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Apex Launcher
Google Camera
Taptalk
Cymera
Rocket Player
Walkman music player (ported from Xperia Z3) .
Swiftkey Keyboard.
Nova launcher.
SideControl.
Whatsapp/Facebook
Clean Master
EaseBackup (works best on root)
Greenify
Friendcaster (an alternate for Facebook + light weight)
Opera Mini (Specially when your stuck with low network connectivity)
X-plore
Opera Mini
Greenify
Internet Speed Meter
Apex launcher
why this is only top 5
greenify
nova launcher
quickpic
solid explorer
samba server
For Non Rooted phones
1) Es File explorer
2) tTorrent
3) XDA-Developers
4) IMDB
5) Clean Master
For Rooted phones
1) Greenify
2) AdAway
3) Titanium Backup
4) ROM Toolbox Pro
5) Link2Sd
Without including WhatsApp and Telegram, these are my top 5 essential apps:
ES File Explorer - to manage files on the device and on my NAS
Keepass2Android Offline - so I have my Keepass passwords
GPS Test - simple app to view GPS stats
MX Player - to play videos from my NAS via ES File Explorer
Opera - use it for Facebook and Twitter without needing to have the Facebook and Twitter apps installed (notifications come via email) (using a different web browser than Chrome means you can stay signed in and it stays separate from your browsing in Chrome)
Top 5 Apps that I use:
ES File Explorer
One Tap
ColorNote
PushBullet
gReader
5 apps
All in one guestures - tap statusbar for screen off and alt+tab
Heads up
Power toggles
Swipe pad
Greenify
Why need Greenify? Phone is as smooth as it gets...
1. Xperia z2 home launcher + walkman, album, movie, calendar, clock, note and audio recorder ansmd some xperia widget
2. X-plore the best file manager for me.
3. Chomp sms
4. Xposed
5. Snap Camera
1. Nova launcher
2. App back up & restore
3. Swift key keyboard
4. Software data cable
5. Here maps beta
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Why need Greenify? Phone is as smooth as it gets...
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It kind of improves battery life if you freeze apps such as Facebook that are eating RAM and battery all the time
Nova
SwiftKey
Chronus
Poweramp
Mxplayer
Power Toggles
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VSCO Cam - Best photography app
Twicca - Lightweight Twitter Client with a motherload of plugins available
Flipster - lightweight Facebook app
Tapatalk - Best forum app
Seeder - Generates Entropy which reduces lag