I have an Xperia UL and for my usage i wasnt very satisfied with the stock battery/msgs/ apps and browser. Battery problem fixed completely ever since Ive got an extended one from mpj. For a messaging app, I think Viber is pretty good. I occationally use Yelp to find interesting stuff if I travel to a new country or city. And I prefer Firefox over any other browser on Android
Which are the stock apps you like?
for me..i use chomp sms, opera beta/uc browser, friendcaster and falconpro..though i do love dark themed apps whenever possible.. once i do find an app replacement for stock.i uninstalled those system apps
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Hey guys, since I got my nook, I've noticed that in the Facebook app and in the browser, the user experience isn't that good. The app has too many bugs, and its very hard to chat in the browser. So I was wondering, is there a better Facebook app that I can use, that includes chat? I'm running a recent CM7 nightly.
Thanks!
The browser for FB blows, the Android market FB book works great. But since the FB app is open source many have modified it and improved it. I like "Black Facebook " it's cool with transparency, with a dark and has added screen transition animations. Do a search and you'll find a thread here at XDA for it.
Good luck.
The thing is, there are so many bugs with the market app (missed notifications, messages, chat is buggy, etc). Those would also be present with "black facebook" if it's based on the original, correct?
Thanks for the reply, but I'm looking for something more tablet optimized and stable.
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Friendcaster works great and its also optimised for tablets.
Just wanted to get an idea of what apps you guys use on a day to day basis on this Badboy.
Ill start it off.
Gmail
Browser
Dolphin HD
Pulse
Evernote
Reader
Gmaps
Chrome to Phone
Netflix
Youtube
Pandora
TuneIn Radio
Wifi Analyzer
Just got my View yesterday so I'm still breaking it in.
Whats on your Flyer/view ?
Rooted ? Custom rom ?
Thanks guys.
Here is what I use on a regular basis... See screenshot.
Stock ROM, unrooted. Using GO launcher (has to download it on my phone first and backup/transfer to the Flyer) with a honeycomb theme.
Not displayed, Dolphin Browser HD (mapped to browser button on lower right) , SwiftKey for tablets, Connectbot, and Mint.com's application...
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Has anyone had luck installing some of the Tablet specific apps made for honeycomb via apks ? There's a few apps I'd like to try out. How about launchers such as launcher pro or ADW etc..
ICS messaging APP available on the market.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mms.ics.ext
yea i saw this few days ago, but changed my mind when i read it's got ads on the inbox. Lets hope the ICS music player don't have ads, its going to be released soon on the android market
Edit: Found One on some random site. its ok, Doesn't have a widget, no equalizer too. samsung stock player FTW
I don't see any ads in the inbox. I think it looks prettier than the CM7 messenger, however it is also slower.
Maybe it gets better with the next updates. So I deleted it again, for now.
its kinda laggy when you have more messages in your inbox...and also the go sms pro ics theme is better than this one..
This one? Too bad it's a paid app.
sms sending ok but not recieving
I've heard a lot of good things about chrome so I've been considering making the switch over to it. I'm not rooted or romed so is there anyway to disable the stock browser and get rid of it all together and just use chrome or would that require rooting. Fill me in what's some of the periods and cons of chrome also
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you might be able to disable and or hide from the app list, but cant remove if you are stock. also the chrome browser is good, i like sharing my bookmarks. note that on stock you can share the same bookmarks, but its not as smooth. Also chrome doesnt hide the adressbar, its always there and it takes up space. so for me thats one thing that makes me switch completely. Stock will save downloads to your SDcard if you tell it to, chrome wont. basically stock gives you more options like flash, animated GIFs. chrome handles google chrome sync a lot better. also tab management is better
It all depends on which variation of the stock browser you're using. It may be just as good or even better (in terms of performance).
Are there any extra features you're looking for?
In my honest opinion, Dolphi Browser > all other browsers for Android.
Favorite features:
Dolphin vs. Others
Slide RIGHT for Bookmarks vs having to click Menu>Bookmarks
A button automatically appears while scrolling up to take you to the top of page vs having to scroll up personally the whole time.
Some useful Add-ons vs barely any add-ons.
Fast as HELL!
Loading bar vs no loading bar (on Chrome)
Give it a shot.
Also has synching, but so do the other ones, so I can't bring that up.
Stock would be cool and all if it didn't crash on certain web pages with latest firmware, 2.13. There was a reason I hated stock browser and switched to chrome first day on this phone but I can't remember why.
Also have stock frozen, but u have to be rooted to do that.
Ya I'm not rooted so I am thinking of giving chrome a go but on its reviews in the play store it has a lot of bad reviews saying crashes a lot so Idk yet lol
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Ya I'm not rooted so I am thinking of giving chrome a go but on its reviews in the play store it has a lot of bad reviews saying crashes a lot so Idk yet lol
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Personally, I've never had chrome crash even once that I can remember. Stock crashes everytime I go to stubhub.com.
I know what it was that I didn't like about stock now. It wouldn't ever change from mobile to full site. There's a mod I did to always go to fullsite on both chrome and stock now though so it's kinda besides the point.
Just use dolphin browser its better than chrome
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Just made the jump from stock to chrome, and chrome flllllllllllyyyyyyyssssss its fast compared to stock
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I havent gone through all the posts, but any advice on a latest free browser for internet usage.
At the moment i am using Opera Mini for a few years and you get stuck in that mode, unless you try something else out.
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I havent gone through all the posts, but any advice on a latest free browser for internet usage.
At the moment i am using Opera Mini for a few years and you get stuck in that mode, unless you try something else out.
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Both Chrome and Dolphin Browser for me
I don't browse the internet much on my DX, but when I do, stock browser is already enough for me...
Stock Browser for Me or Chrome browser if i'm using Stock rom, don't really feel that it makes any difference like it did on Older devices that were lacking in the Browser App. But i always used to use "Dolphin Mini"
Dolphin is better i guess but as OP stated *famous* its Chrome
Trying chrome now, seems very complicated and awkward...might give Firefox and Dolphin a go next.
I installed Chrome and after the 20mb of app I found more than 100mb on my sdcard only with cache and useless files.
Dolphin for me is ok, Opera too.
xpirt
Is Firefox any good?
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Is Firefox any good?
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For me it lagged very hard, but you can try
Stock browser for stability/functionality, Opera Mini for speed.
Wasn't satisfied with any others I tried. Then again, it's up to you to find the most suitable one for you.
If you're interested in a faster, lightweight browser: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113198
If any of you has tried "NEXT Browser", you'll forget every dolphin chrome n opera out there. Sheer speed of rendering and load times beats every other browser.
I was a Chrome-person, but was amazed. Try it.
Firefox has one major feature that sets it apart from the others : it supports embedded flash (there's one more browser that can do that , think it was Chrome but I hate the way Chrome behaves) .
Firefox works hecka fast on my DX - with one small problem though . Ever since I've switched over to mySENSEdx5 , flash playback lags a little on higher resolutions . On mySENSEdx+ it ran just fine . Can't remember if I also changed the flash version along with the ROM though .
If you want a balanced speed / quality ratio , go with Opera Mini . If you want speed , I also recommend Lightning Browser / NEXT Browser .
The stock one is also pretty neat but it lacks hell lots of features ,
Firefox seems alright but as chrome it rapidly takes up loads of space. Just tried Next launcher and seems pretty good so far (had second thoughts when I saw it was by the Golauncher team lol)
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Yes, Dont worry about Go Team, Some of their Stuff is GREAT.
Next Browser also supports Flash for all the flash-fanatics (me too, i watch soccer highlights on phone.)
I use the chrome browser
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I usually use Chrome, but a clean yet feature packed browser you should check out is Puffin. It even supports flash if for some reason you need it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudmosa.puffinFree&hl=en
BAIDU is a nice browser
I first used the default browser because of its ease when zooming (scaling the page and the text accordingly) but now I give a try to Chrome.
stock browser, full screen and quick controls, thats all i need. and its the only browser i know of thats able to block gif-animations.
My like browser
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Stock browser for stability/functionality, Opera Mini for speed.
Wasn't satisfied with any others I tried. Then again, it's up to you to find the most suitable one for you.
If you're interested in a faster, lightweight browser: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113198
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I like stock browser of easy, Chrome is animated, easy management with tabs.