Must Have Android Apps and Games?

Mimikyu

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seligehgit

Thanks a mill guys, great to have the download feature.

threein99

Just bought one of those android mini TV things, it's got 4.2.2 on it, none of the usual vpns seems to work, anyone got any suggestions?

herisson

I wanted to start learning German so i downloaded Duolingo I must admit its a pretty good app. Im learning a lot from it and my German is improving. You can swap between German, French, Spanish and Italian at any time if you get bored of one language.

Basketball Shoot just a random little game that keeps me occupied when im bored.

Thargor

Duolingo is way too strict on spelling, penalise you a couple of points alright but dont just declare something wrong because of a missed capital letter or missing dots over a letter, they should highlight where you made the mistake instead and made it so it could recognise when you were close and give you a "Did you mean..?" option.

herisson

Thargor wrote: »

Duolingo is way too strict on spelling, penalise you a couple of points alright but dont just declare something wrong because of a missed capital letter or missing dots over a letter, they should highlight where you made the mistake instead and made it so it could recognise when you were close and give you a "Did you mean..?" option.

But mine does do that. It give me the did you mean option, it doesnt take any points or lives away from me because i didnt put the accent on it. It highlights where i go wrong aswell.

Thargor

Hmmm, mine definitely doesnt do it which is why I got pissed off and went back to Rosetta Stone on the laptop for my German, maybe a recent update? Language lessons with a tutor is the only way to go anyway besides living in the target country, an app is only ever going to be supplemental.

numorouno

Its pretty good for free though!

herisson

Thargor wrote: »

Hmmm, mine definitely doesnt do it which is why I got pissed off and went back to Rosetta Stone on the laptop for my German, maybe a recent update? Language lessons with a tutor is the only way to go anyway besides living in the target country, an app is only ever going to be supplemental.

Possibly, i only downloaded it last night and its giving me corrections and everything. I totally agree with you, a tutor/living there would be ideal, for now its a good way to learn the basics.

corkie

threein99 wrote: »

Just bought one of those android mini TV things, it's got 4.2.2 on it, none of the usual vpns seems to work, anyone got any suggestions?

What broadband network are you on? If it's O2 you need to change your APN to open.internet.public through your devices profile settings.

Can you connect to a VPN using another computer?

Sometimes you just have to keep trying to connect, it can take a good few times. I use the VPN through the default android (4.3) settings option on my nexus 7.

Regards
John

threein99

corkie wrote: »

What broadband network are you on? If it's O2 you need to change your APN to open.internet.public through your devices profile settings.

Can you connect to a VPN using another computer?

Sometimes you just have to keep trying to connect, it can take a good few times. I use the VPN through the default android (4.3) settings option on my nexus 7.

Regards
John

I'm on Eircom, I just wanted an american VPN for the american netflix but changing the DNS does the same thing. Thanks for replying

god's toy

Captain Morgan wrote: »

Updated BBC iPlayer app and Media Player linked below.

Link

Getting a error that the files can't be opened, what am I missing here?

Mimikyu

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jgbyr

Captain Morgan wrote: »

Did you download and unzip? If so try again, they should be working.

I tried it a few times but nothing downloaded.

seligehgit

jgbyr wrote: »

I tried it a few times but nothing downloaded.

Use the link on your laptop,you should be able to download them.Transfer them across to your phone.Use Astro file manager to locate the 2 apk files and install.

Mimikyu

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Sonics2k

I recently downloaded Buzz Launcher.

Words cannot express just how brilliant this app is for the serial Home Screen swappers.

Simply install the App, make a quick account (if you want) and then browse hundreds of themes and apply them in seconds.
I've gone through dozens in a few days.

My Colour Screen are apparently working on one like this too.

god's toy

Captain Morgan wrote: »

Did you download and unzip? If so try again, they should be working.

Yep call me silly that I didn't think of that. All good and working.

Thanks!

jgbyr

Captain Morgan wrote: »

I took them out of the zip file and uploaded them seperately.

BBC iPlayer

BBC Media Player[/

Thanks that worked. What vpn would you recommend to watch content?

jgbyr

Captain Morgan wrote: »

I took them out of the zip file and uploaded them seperately.

BBC iPlayer

BBC Media Player

Thanks that worked. What vpn would you recommend to watch content?

corkie

jgbyr wrote: »

Thanks that worked. What vpn would you recommend to watch content?

A google search will throw up a few uk based vpn's.

I use bestukvpn

waynegalway

Sonics2k wrote: »

I recently downloaded Buzz Launcher.

Words cannot express just how brilliant this app is for the serial Home Screen swappers.

Simply install the App, make a quick account (if you want) and then browse hundreds of themes and apply them in seconds.
I've gone through dozens in a few days.

My Colour Screen are apparently working on one like this too.

Had a look at that a couple of months back. Interesting, but I found some of the nicer themes needed other apps, like widget apps, to work, and they weren't always cheap. If you could download a nice "finished product" to use it'd be great, but I thought it involved a bit too much effort and sometimes more cost than it was worth.

deco nate

jgbyr wrote: »

Thanks that worked. What vpn would you recommend to watch content?

Vpn one click app on the play store works a treat

Alpha Dog 1

Sonics2k wrote: »

I recently downloaded Buzz Launcher.

Words cannot express just how brilliant this app is for the serial Home Screen swappers.

Simply install the App, make a quick account (if you want) and then browse hundreds of themes and apply them in seconds.
I've gone through dozens in a few days.

My Colour Screen are apparently working on one like this too.

That's 2 hours of my life gone, nice app but the permissions are bizarre!

seligehgit

Is there any app that allows you manage the app permissions? Tried to install that now defunct lb guard app, sent my phone into a boot loop!

evolutionqy7

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

That's 2 hours of my life gone, nice app but the permissions are bizarre!

Well it does customise a lot more, so guess that's what they are there for.

It's good though. Fantastic themes

The Corinthian

OT posts deleted. Please keep on topic.

killbillvol2

seligehgit wrote: »

Is there any app that allows you manage the app permissions? Tried to install that now defunct lb guard app, sent my phone into a boot loop!

This.

brian ireland

killbillvol2 wrote: »

This.

S4 is not compatible!

seligehgit

brian ireland wrote: »

S4 is not compatible!

There's another version in the Google Play store.

numorouno

seligehgit wrote: »

There's another version in the Google Play store.

It will be soon when it's upgraded to 4.3

seligehgit

numorouno wrote: »

It will be soon when it's upgraded to 4.3

My firmware is android 4.1.2 and the phone is rooted, how will it be possible to install the app in the link which is only compatible with android 4.3 without undoing the root??

numorouno

seligehgit wrote: »

My firmware is android 4.1.2 and the phone is rooted, how will it be possible to install the app in the link which is only compatible with android 4.3 without undoing the root??

Could you not upgrade your firmware with the Cyanogenmod nightlies

seligehgit

numorouno wrote: »

Could you not upgrade your firmware with the Cyanogenmod nightlies

Know this is the wrong thread but any chance you could pm me how one does that or a link to same?

numorouno

seligehgit wrote: »

Know this is the wrong thread but any chance you could pm me how one does that or a link to same?

You'd have to unroot the phone and install a custom rom but it can damage your phone. You might be better off waiting for the official release. it can't be too far away with the announcements this week

_Whimsical_

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Are these still working?
I'm still getting " program un available ,try again later " on everything I try to watch.

Thargor

Have you chacked to see if your VPN is actually fooling it into thinking you're in the UK?

Mimikyu

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Thargor

You know that Buzz Launcher on the previous page, I have the Apex Launcher set up just as I like it, if I try out the Buzz Launcher does anyone know if all that will be reset to default, icons rearranged etc or will the Apex app remember these things for the next time I launch it if I dont like Buzz?

Ivefoundgod

Thargor wrote: »

You know that Buzz Launcher on the previous page, I have the Apex Launcher set up just as I like it, if I try out the Buzz Launcher does anyone know if all that will be reset to default, icons rearranged etc or will the Apex app remember these things for the next time I launch it if I dont like Buzz?

I use Nova so i'm not 100% sure with Apex but most launchers have a "Backup" option that you can use if you have an SD card. With Nova, all I have to do is change it back to the default launcher and it keeps all my icons/wallpapers etc. they were before I switch launchers.

Thargor

Tried it there and it just switched back to Apex once I uninstalled it.

Some nice options but they're all basically unusable compared to a simple grid option and your own homescreen widgets. Well not unusable you could still use them obviously but why would you want to?

Alpha Dog 1

Xbox music is finally available for Android.
Music streaming service similar to Spotify and all access, will be interesting to see how it compares.

Ivefoundgod

Thargor wrote: »

Tried it there and it just switched back to Apex once I uninstalled it.

Some nice options but they're all basically unusable compared to a simple grid option and your own homescreen widgets. Well not unusable you could still use them obviously but why would you want to?

Yeah I gave it a quick try too. Its pretty cool but I couldn't find any theme that particularly liked plus no way I could find to change/delete number of homescreens. I can't resist messing around with my homescreen but I always end up coming back to the same basic thing.

AlmightyCushion

Thargor wrote: »

Tried it there and it just switched back to Apex once I uninstalled it.

Some nice options but they're all basically unusable compared to a simple grid option and your own homescreen widgets. Well not unusable you could still use them obviously but why would you want to?

There was one I really liked that was just too limited. A few small changes to how it worked would have mede it vastly more customisable.

Thargor

Yeah I got excited at first because I thought it was going to be an express route to the awesome set-ups we see in the post your homescreen thread but its too restrictive, big error icons for the apps you havent installed instead of just the option to put a different app there? As well as taking on the look the other person created you seem to be expected to use the same apps as them aswell...

Zascar

I'm looking for a video app, like Vine or Instagram video - without the 15 second limit. I particularly like the Push and Hold to record, and also how instagram lets you delete the last recorded section. Is there anything like this does anyone know?

Fluffy88

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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What DNS settings/service are you using?

pah

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Switched to Google Play All Access the other day. Its not really all access. Some albums from Google play store don't seem to be available on it.

Though i switched for the sheer reason that the subscription will come out from my unused three credit. Its also a bit cheaper at the moment.

Let's see how long it takes for me to go back to spotify. Spotify definitely has an easier to navigate and more pleasant UI. The Google music app seems to be a bit of a mess.

2 days until my spotify sub is renewed. Trying to decide between that and Google which I started the free month nearly 3 weeks ago.

I prefer spotify but the home screen widget doesn't work well for me, keeps forgetting what was being played and it's 9.99.

Google music is cheaper at 7.99 and the widget is perfect but i don't find the radio as good, spotify plays song after song thati like whereas Google is a bit hit and miss.

What do people prefer?

EGriff

I prefer Google Music, cancelled my Spotify already. The UI is nicer imo and I find the opposite of what you said with the radio.

The best feature of all access though I find is the way it caches stuff automatically so when you have no connection you have a nice collection of music sitting on your phone. For me it picks some from my library and some I've been streaming, if I'm stuck with in a black spot or something I just put it on random and it plays good song after good song.

Alpha Dog 1

pah wrote: »

2 days until my spotify sub is renewed. Trying to decide between that and Google which I started the free month nearly 3 weeks ago.

I prefer spotify but the home screen widget doesn't work well for me, keeps forgetting what was being played and it's 9.99.

Google music is cheaper at 7.99 and the widget is perfect but i don't find the radio as good, spotify plays song after song thati like whereas Google is a bit hit and miss.

What do people prefer?

Spotify for me, not having a cross fade was the final straw for me. All access seemed to be loading in between songs and also was just too slow and cumbersome.