How to get apps to use their tablet ui - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So there is PA out and everybody is happily mulling around on their dpi and ui settings.
BUT!!!
Real hd apps don't show their hd capability to PA: tweetcaster,friendcaster,tapatalk, Facebook...
They all just show their phone ui.
So how about changing that?
It's no use a tablet mode with phone apps in my opinion.
How do apps decide which res to run?
Our are the tablet and phone apks totally different on the play store?
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Incompatible apps, wtf

I'm so confused. I upgraded from the Huawei X5 and some of the apps I was playing that like Backbreaker are not compatible in the play store. Has anyone seen this with other apps? Is there a way around this without rooting and installing something else? I have paid for these apps and yet so many of them are not able to be played on this far superior device. Seems a little backwards.
Some apps are essentially too crap for your device.
Where as some apps will be scalable in that buttons, backgrounds etc are coded repeatable patterns, others may all be using pngs.
Where some pngs will be scalable if coded in such a way, not all can be so some apps simply cannot function on your HD display.
Talk to the devs of your apps and request support for your device
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Top 10

What are your Top 10 Applications for your Rooted Asus TF300T
Reason I'm asking is cos i'm new to Android and I've just rooted my Asus TF300T
I'm also using the Tweaked build.prop .30
1.Thumb Keyboard - my favorite keyboard in play store. Allows lots of customization and theming.
2.XDA Premium HD
3.HD Widgets
4.Titanium Backup
5.Airdroid - transfers files from your computer to ur tablet using wifi (no cables)
6. avast! Mobile Security (you def. need some sort of antivirus)
Id also recommend Phone Locator Pro since you spent around $400 on this badboy.
That should start you off, there are plenty others
Cheers
Yea i have Avast Mobile Security
Advance Task Manager Pro
Cache Cleaner Pro
Es File Manager
Dolphin Web Browser
I'm looking for something that will stop Apps from opening in the background, they like open on their own, often see maps open yet i rarely use it
Maybe some Software that can just block them?
R4id3n84 said:
I'm looking for something that will stop Apps from opening in the background, they like open on their own, often see maps open yet i rarely use it
Maybe some Software that can just block them?
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I think this is the app you're looking for:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...rfer.android.autostarts&feature=search_result
ajgorr said:
I think this is the app you're looking for:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...rfer.android.autostarts&feature=search_result
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Cheers :good:
Be Weather....beautiful animations, nice radar, very customizable
Google Plus
boid (its the only twitter client that still looks OK on the tablet
Friend Me....facebook client
SS launcher (very customizable launcher with easy to make "hubs" setup)
Dead Trigger....who doesn't love exploding zombies
Flixter...gotta love me some movies
Pulse...best news reader with an awesome tablet layout
Netflix...no explanation necessary
flash video browser...alows me to watch free Hulu stuff
throwing in a couple more because i can
Titanium backup
root explorer
thumb keyboard
Dont have my TF300 rooted but decided to throw my favourite apps in anywho.
New Republic Tablet (The best news reader, with great tablet UI, also the "sister apps" Appy Geek & Appy Gamer)
Battery widget REBORN (Gotta love the battery/charging time remaining and the graphs)
ICS Browser + (You can save desktop view as default and I like it over Dolphin and Chrome (which I use occasionally))
Lookout (Got installed automatically since had it in my phone, but I have to admit the app backup [free!], automatic scanning when installing and the siren are nice)
MX Player (I watch a lot of series and movies on my device and prefer this over BS)
Play Music (Even though I can only use the music player (live in Finland) in it, I still prefer this to other players, can't tell why, just do )
Death Rally (Classic time killing game)
I use Honeycomb File Manager HD since I don't have root (the easy methods don't work for whatever reason), but would use some other file manager if had it
ROM Toolbox Pro
System Tuner Pro (now Android Tuner)
Swype Beta
Bitdefender and Avast (should always have overlapping coverage, BD is the only one that's ever caught anything for me)
Root Explorer and Solid Explorer Beta2 (Can't choose, so I use both. lol)
MemoryBar Simple
Wi-Fi Manager
XDA Premium
WiFi File Explorer Pro
Fast Reboot Pro or FMR Memory Cleaner (powerful)
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Xda premium
Netflix
Google play music
Plume twitter client
SwiftKey tablet (for when not docked)
Chrome browser
Play books
Yahoo! Fantasy football
The facebooks
Engadget
IGN
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Jetpack Joyride
Google Currents
Bitdefender
Aldiko
AIDE
Chrome
Engadget Distro
Nova Launcher Prime
Tasker
Swiftkey 3
R4id3n84 said:
What are your Top 10 Applications for your Rooted Asus TF300T
Reason I'm asking is cos i'm new to Android and I've just rooted my Asus TF300T
I'm also using the Tweaked build.prop .30
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Swiftkey Tablet 3 {featured on The Social Hour 7/9/2012)
XDA Premium HD
Titanium Backup Pro
Root Explorer
Documents to Go
Tweetcaster PRO
Copilot Live Premium UK & Ireland
Wordpress
LinkedIn
Skyscape (I am a medic and this is great resource}
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[Q] How many Google Apps are enough ?

I have around 140 Google Play Apps on my N7100.
How many Google Apps do other members of this forum have on their N7100 ?
How many are more than enough ?
What are the disadvantages of installing too many Google Apps ?
Do less number of Google Apps improve the performance of N7100 ?
I have 90 apps
Advantage of having more is that you get to have more. I guess the disadvantage is that they take up space in your internal memory?
Many apps in and of themselves shouldn't decrease performance or make your system slow, unless many of them run in the background and hog up your system resources.
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MohJee said:
Advantage of having more is that you get to have more. I guess the disadvantage is that they take up space in your internal memory?
Many apps in and of themselves shouldn't decrease performance or make your system slow, unless many of them run in the background and hog up your system resources.
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OK, How many Google apps do you have on your N7100 ?
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ATM I have only 30. Usually I use 75+ apps but that's more than enough. But more apps mean more chance of malware and crap apps. I always stick with Top Dev/Editiors choice apps.
I have about 200 at the moment and haven't noticed any kind of decrease in performance
I've got about 107, which is pretty low for me, but I have several devices running different apps and what i have on my phone is specific and not duplicated by other apps (I.e. I have Chrome and not Chrome + Dolphin + Opera + boat browser + Firefox. ...).
I monitor apps that run as services all the time and either replace them out manage them strictly.
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[Q] S3 I9300 is slow..

I am using stock ROM & JB 4.1.1 in my S3 GT I9300. But it sucks & working slow. Its taking 5 to 7 sec to open contacts & messages. When i use any app like i play game than after exit from app menu icons are also taking some seconds to come. Menu opening is also taking time.. all this sucks alot.Give any solution.
1) Factory reset
2) Root it and try custom rom
3) Sell it and get something else.
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ravitomar said:
I am using stock ROM & JB 4.1.1 in my S3 GT I9300. But it sucks & working slow. Its taking 5 to 7 sec to open contacts & messages. When i use any app like i play game than after exit from app menu icons are also taking some seconds to come. Menu opening is also taking time.. all this sucks alot.Give any solution.
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I'd suggest doing a factory reset also.
for contacts and texting, replace the stock apps (that indeed are a bit slow) by something else. I might suggest GO SMS pro for texting and exDialer for dialling and contacts. They are way faster (and on some points do sport more functionalities than the stock ones).
Now, for the redrawing of the desktop. The reason icons need to re-appear after you leave a game is that the phone did make more room for this game in memory by closing all the other apps, including the launcher. Therefore it needs to restart it totally when you quit the game. It take time.
Again, you may decide to go with an alternative launcher (I use Apex, but many others are available) in which you can control the staying in memory of the desktop or you might be able to force the TW launcher to stay in memory even if other apps are running. In anycase, doing that will be at the detriment of the game (or other memory hungry apps) performances (they will have less memory). Your decision!
Check free RAM
Go to Settings->Application Manager. Swipe left/right to get to the Running tab. Check if the amount of free RAM (at the bottom) is too low. If so find which apps are using most RAM and try killing them.

RAM Whitelist

Hi everybody,
I'm wondering if there is a way to prevent apps from closing on their own to release resources.
You see, I'm using firefox to play music on my phone, but when I navigate away from the app, a couple of minutes later it'll close on it's own. I don't want that.
I'd like to "whitelist" all apps that I don't want to be automatically closed by the system somehow.
I know it's possible because "Jkays Deluxe Settings" has this option, but only for some predefined apps.
Do you know any way that I could acheave what I want?
Thanks
Jkays deluxe settings lets you choose from a total of 14 apps to keep whitelisted and they can be anything you want. Install the framework, buy the app.
The app isn't available in my country unfortunately.
Are there any alternatives to Deluxe Settings that offer this functionality and are possibly free?
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Theres the bestmultitask fix but it just made my phone laggy.

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