Must Have Android Apps and Games?

Rucking_Fetard

Camera51 - a smarter camera

This integrated message app looks like it has loads of potential.
Snowball collects all your messages into one unified inbox http://www.androidauthority.com/snowball-unified-inbox-536232/

Mr E

Until you can respond natively within the app, it's a bit useless. The notification panel in android does the same thing.

Thecageyone

I'm horribly addicted to Clash of Lords 2 and Castle Clash atm, if anyone has suggestions for similar or better Not Clash of clans though, I exhausted that last year.

Atomic Pineapple

Quick request, does anyone use or know of a powerpoint type slides controller where you can control slides from your phone, android wear support a big bonus.

jozi

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

Quick request, does anyone use or know of a powerpoint type slides controller where you can control slides from your phone, android wear support a big bonus.

Unified remote does this and lots more

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Relmtech.Remote

Blacktie.

jozi wrote: »

Unified remote does this and lots more

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Relmtech.Remote

Unified remote is so handy for hangover days when you don't want to get off the couch to hit continue watching on Netflix... I am a lazy man.

Mr E

Mr E wrote: »

Until you can respond natively within the app, it's a bit useless. The notification panel in android does the same thing.

Agreed. Will be worth watching though as I suspect that critical feature may be developed.

daytob

9 Elefants is on the amazon faotd

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JFZB5DM
you may need an american address for it though, im sure you can find one somewhere

corkie

daytob wrote: »

9 Elefants is on the amazon faotd

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JFZB5DM
you may need an american address for it though, im sure you can find one somewhere

It is was also available from amazon.co.uk but the app has changed now for tomorrow's app.

^^^^^ Message edited ^^^^

Mars Bar

Amazon FAOTD are so atrociously bad more often than not. It's a terrible app store.

sweetie

daytob wrote: »

9 Elefants is on the amazon faotd

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JFZB5DM
you may need an american address for it though, im sure you can find one somewhere

not getting it, it's spheroid cyclone now

daytob

sweetie wrote: »

not getting it, it's spheroid cyclone now

go to your laptop or desktop.
click the link http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JFZB5DM
sign in and install it to the cloud.
then log into the amazon app store and check my cloud and its there.

just checked it again and I was able to do this

Thecageyone

It shows up here for me on the amazon app I have installed, must have the US one then, that'll explain the dollars

How do I change to the UK one?

corkie

Thecageyone wrote: »

It shows up here for me on the amazon app I have installed, must have the US one then, that'll explain the dollars

How do I change to the UK one?

Uninstall your version and get the UK version from here

daytob

you dont need to uninstall any of them. just log into the amazon account from either .com or .co.uk and change the address of your device.

Dozen Wicked Words

Devils Attorney is free if you sign up to Humble Bundle Newsletter

https://www.humblebundle.com/mobile

Quite a good game and well worth downloading for nothing, couple of quid on Playstore and gets good reviews.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.senri.da

sentient_6

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Devils Attorney is free if you sign up to Humble Bundle Newsletter

https://www.humblebundle.com/mobile

Quite a good game and well worth downloading for nothing, couple of quid on Playstore and gets good reviews.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.senri.da

Can you explain that a bit further? Signed up and.......nothing, got a email saying download their app and sign up, nothing about the game after entering email address.

EDIT: the direct link for the apk is hidden under 'show android binaries'

michael999999

Is CM browser playing up for anyone else today?

G1032

Last app switcher. Does what it says on the tin and switches to the last app used. Very handy.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abhi.lastappswitcher

Mars Bar

michael999999 wrote: »

Is CM browser playing up for anyone else today?

With Boards it is. Doesn't register last post read

AVG Pro only 59p on Amazon Appstore:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009361C5O

Not sure if an AV on Android is necessary but €11 and lots of good reviews on Google Play though!

Rucking_Fetard

[Deleted User] wrote: »

AVG Pro only 59p on Amazon Appstore:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009361C5O

Not sure if an AV on Android is necessary but €11 and lots of good reviews on Google Play though!

No need, google scans everything. Even untrusted sources.

droidman123

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

No need, google scans everything. Even untrusted sources.

In actual fact it can be detrimental to the android os to have these anti virus and app scanners on a phone or tablet.

Dozen Wicked Words

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

No need, google scans everything. Even untrusted sources.

Gives you the anti theft locator type thing too. I have a couple of apps that do that already, but a good enough price for it I think.

Thecageyone

corkie wrote: »

Uninstall your version and get the UK version from here

That did the trick, cheers

The Amazon store may not be as good as the play store but I got some good freebies off there already, like Threes and Riptide 2. No harm checking it once a day to see if there's anything nice

G1032

droidman123 wrote: »

In actual fact it can be detrimental to the android os to have these anti virus and app scanners on a phone or tablet.

Why is this?

droidman123

G1032 wrote: »

Why is this?

I think its something to do with interfering with the way android works. I read an article about it somewhere, I will try dig it out.

batistuta9

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

No need, google scans everything. Even untrusted sources.

what about web protection?

Rucking_Fetard

batistuta9 wrote: »

what about web protection?

Any bad stuff I've read about needs User input to infect the device, ie, ya have to click OK when it asks you to.

So if you didn't click on something to get asked something like that then don't click and you'll be grand.

Rucking_Fetard

plus you'll only get that on dodgy sites.

extra gravy

michael999999 wrote: »

Is CM browser playing up for anyone else today?

It has been for me, expired security cert kept coming up when I tried to access boards. Got fed up so uninstalled it. Using boat browser mini now, seems fine so far and hopefully won't hog as much battery as CM.

Mr E

Yeah, acting up for me too.

Content on boards is being cached, so some links are showing yesterday's content (with no new content since then, even though there are new posts). I can clear user data and that works, but it breaks again from then on.

If I load in Chrome, this site is fine.

_Whimsical_

Is there any equivalent of Wake Lock Detector that works on non rooted devices?
Wakelock detector only works on kitkat if you have root.

michael999999

Mr E wrote: »

Yeah, acting up for me too.

Content on boards is being cached, so some links are showing yesterday's content (with no new content since then, even though there are new posts). I can clear user data and that works, but it breaks again from then on.

If I load in Chrome, this site is fine.

I think there was an update a few days ago that seems to have caused it!

batistuta9

extra gravy wrote: »

It has been for me, expired security cert kept coming up when I tried to access boards. Got fed up so uninstalled it. Using boat browser mini now, seems fine so far and hopefully won't hog as much battery as CM.

i've had that times on boat browser as well, it's boards' problem, not the browsers. usually sorted quickly

batistuta9

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

Any bad stuff I've read about needs User input to infect the device, ie, ya have to click OK when it asks you to.

So if you didn't click on something to get asked something like that then don't click and you'll be grand.

plus you'll only get that on dodgy sites.

that's what i've seen too, it's installed as an apk though it never mentions dodgy sites - phishing, redirects, etc. - that'd most likely get flagged with web protection. a bit harder too see URLs too on mobiles.

RainyDay

BionicRasher wrote: »

In fact I would think Syncme Wireless is in my top 5 useful apps. It has a wake on lan feature too but I use PC Auto Water to wake up my NAS automatically when our phones join the home Wifi.

BionicRasher wrote: »

I use the following methods to backup photos

1. Take a photo on the phone
2. It backs up to my personal Gmail (Google+) account from the phone which I find great as it will do these Auto Awesome stories/movies etc (I have 65Gb of free storage with Google but prices for 100GB are about €25 per year which is great and is more than enough for photos at the moment for me.)
3. I also have SyncMe Wireless set up on the phone and it syncs any new photos to a NAS at home when I connect to the network with my phone

SyncMeWireless is doing the biz for me all right when it comes to getting photos off the phone and onto the laptop.

I was hoping that it might keep my music library in synch. In particular, I was hoping that I could delete tracks on side and have this deletion reflected on the other device, but it doesn't seem to do it for me. Am I missing something?

_Whimsical_

A version of xbmc is now available from Play. It has adds ons etc already configured. It's called TVMC http://www.tvaddons.ag/tvmc-android/

Lucas Hood

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

A version of xbmc is now available from Play. It has adds ons etc already configured. It's called TVMC http://www.tvaddons.ag/tvmc-android/

There's an option to download it for free in that link.

BenEadir

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

A version of xbmc is now available from Play. It has adds ons etc already configured. It's called TVMC http://www.tvaddons.ag/tvmc-android/

Can this be used as a base for adding IPTV and iStream etc?

Best of both worlds?

livEwirE

Does anyone know any FREE webtext apps I can use with Meteor please? I was previously using TextDroid. Unfortunately it no longer works as meteor changed their login method from phone number+pin to email address+password. The app has not been updated, so I can't logon to it anymore I tried Cabbage too but have the same problem.

Worztron

livEwirE wrote: »

Does anyone know any FREE webtext apps I can use with Meteor please? I was previously using TextDroid. Unfortunately it no longer works as meteor changed their login method from phone number+pin to email address+password. The app has not been updated, so I can't logon to it anymore I tried Cabbage too but have the same problem.

Irish Cabbage Lite: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cabbagetexter.android.cabbage

Edit: Doh. I just noticed that you already tried it.

_Whimsical_

Incorporate your phone into your halloween costume with an app that adds impressive animated effects to it .
Some of these are actually pretty cool. You're suppsed to buy the masks and costumes and tshirts etc but with a bit of creativity you could adapt something you have already.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digitaldudz.app&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5kaWdpdGFsZHVkei5hcHAiXQ

livEwirE

Worztron wrote: »

Irish Cabbage Lite: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cabbagetexter.android.cabbage

Edit: Doh. I just noticed that you already tried it.

Yeah, I'm amazed nobody has updated the cabbage app to reflect the new Meteor logon rules

keredern

livEwirE wrote: »

Does anyone know any FREE webtext apps I can use with Meteor please? I was previously using TextDroid. Unfortunately it no longer works as meteor changed their login method from phone number+pin to email address+password. The app has not been updated, so I can't logon to it anymore I tried Cabbage too but have the same problem.

This one works very well for me on Tesco Mobile;

SwiftSMS

Not sure if it works with Meteor but worth a shot!

timetogo

Just set up this backup app last week. Brilliant.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup

You need to pay a couple of quid to get all of the features.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup.license

I format or change android devices reasonably frequently. Most apps have no configs or data to modify so they're easy to reinstall. Most important data copies to Google or Dropbox automatically so that's easy.

What isn't so easy are apps that have configs to modify. E.g. I have a mail client with multiple email addresses and a couple of other apps I enter data on that doesn't sync automatically.

Normally when I format my device those kind of apps get forgotten about and it's a rigmarole to get the data back to the phone.

Helium allows you to select certain apps and copy their data up to Dropbox. Then when you install Helium on your new device you just install the apps, select your Dropbox account and then restore the configs or data. I've found it to work brilliant.

It's probably not necessary for most users but handy if you need it.
For some reason you need to run an app on a PC and then connect your phone to enable the app. That's a bit of a niggle but it only takes a minute.
No root is required.

livEwirE

keredern wrote: »

This one works very well for me on Tesco Mobile;

SwiftSMS

Not sure if it works with Meteor but worth a shot!

Brilliant, thanks for that keredern, it works perfectly with Meteor cheers

BenEadir

timetogo wrote: »

Just set up this backup app last week. Brilliant.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup

You need to pay a couple of quid to get all of the features.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup.license

I format or change android devices reasonably frequently. Most apps have no configs or data to modify so they're easy to reinstall. Most important data copies to Google or Dropbox automatically so that's easy.

What isn't so easy are apps that have configs to modify. E.g. I have a mail client with multiple email addresses and a couple of other apps I enter data on that doesn't sync automatically.

Normally when I format my device those kind of apps get forgotten about and it's a rigmarole to get the data back to the phone.

Helium allows you to select certain apps and copy their data up to Dropbox. Then when you install Helium on your new device you just install the apps, select your Dropbox account and then restore the configs or data. I've found it to work brilliant.

It's probably not necessary for most users but handy if you need it.
For some reason you need to run an app on a PC and then connect your phone to enable the app. That's a bit of a niggle but it only takes a minute.
No root is required.

I want to root my phone (OnePlus One) but that will mean losing all the apps and data etc. Would this app allow me to backup all my apps and app settings etc and then restore them after rooting?

timetogo

BenEadir wrote: »

I want to root my phone (OnePlus One) but that will mean losing all the apps and data etc. Would this app allow me to backup all my apps and app settings etc and then restore them after rooting?

Dunno. I suppose so.
I backed up my settings on Sunday and when I got a new phone (different make and model) just restored the settings to the new one. I presume that while the directory structure stays the same it'll work. I don't think routing will change that.