Must Have Android Apps and Games?

jozi

Mr E wrote: »

I've been using any.do for 2 years and it works great.

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

Don't worry about the subscription - the free version works perfectly.

I was going to suggest the same. I was using Google calendar for a daily reminded but it make the over view redundant. Now I'm using any m.do for those kind of reminders and get a neat little popup, I liked it before and I still do

BobbyT28

jozi wrote: »

I was going to suggest the same. I was using Google calendar for a daily reminded but it make the over view redundant. Now I'm using any m.do for those kind of reminders and get a neat little popup, I liked it before and I still do

Can you get all your Google keep reminders and notes across to any do? Been using keep for the last two years. Night give this a whirl if I can copy it across.

jozi

I'm not sure about anything from Google keep. I do have some stuff on keep but no option to import that I can see and it didn't ask about anything either when I installed it.

2 weeks after cloudmagic changed to Newton and now having the trail expired I guess I will be looking for a new email client

moonboy52

jozi wrote: »

I'm not sure about anything from Google keep.

Apologies if you have already done this jozi, but have you ensured that Goggle Keep is being sync'd on all devices? (in accounts)

Never had a problem myself, apart from one device that the checkbox for Keep was not ticked in Sync

jozi

Keep is synchronized across my devices.

What I'm not sure on is if anydo can sync from keep, I didn't notice the option.

I probably should have quoted Bobby, my comment about keep was to do with him asking about anydo

Mr E

Micro machines just came out for android. Hopefully you unlock cars later that handle better than the first few!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chillingo.micromachines.android.gplay

Seems good though (if not a little bit bloated)

OldMrBrennan83

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Alf Stewart.

Mr E wrote: »

Micro machines just came out for android. Hopefully you unlock cars later that handle better than the first few!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chillingo.micromachines.android.gplay

Seems good though (if not a little bit bloated)

Lads, am I going bananas here, or have I not had that downloaded eons ago?

I distinctly remember the ice cream van and everything!

Keith186

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Lads, am I going bananas here, or have I not had that downloaded eons ago?

I distinctly remember the ice cream van and everything!

Table top racing? Similar to Micro Machines.

Alf Stewart.

Keith186 wrote: »

Table top racing? Similar to Micro Machines.

Yup, that was it actually!

dulpit

Mr E wrote: »

Micro machines just came out for android. Hopefully you unlock cars later that handle better than the first few!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chillingo.micromachines.android.gplay

Seems good though (if not a little bit bloated)

It's actually not bad. It is a little bit naggy with asking you to pay for stuff, but once you get playing it's entertaining.

nedd

dulpit wrote: »

It's actually not bad. It is a little bit naggy with asking you to pay for stuff, but once you get playing it's entertaining.

Really enjoying this. No pop up adds which is great if you choose Random events.

Foresty

Hi,

I need to wipe my phone but I want to keep some of my txt conversations.

Is their something for that? That'll let me put them back in stock txt app.

jgbyr

Foresty wrote: »

Hi,

I need to wipe my phone but I want to keep some of my txt conversations.

Is their something for that? That'll let me put them back in stock txt app.

SMS Backup & Restore

Mr E

^^ Yep, works perfectly. Does a great job at backing up (and restoring).

DopeTech

Mr E wrote: »

^^ Yep, works perfectly. Does a great job at backing up (and restoring).

Very handy that you can set it to automatically backup nightly to your Google drive/ Dropbox. You never know when your phone will take a dip or get stolen.

Foresty

Thanks guys^^^

I'll give it a go later.

OldMrBrennan83

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killbillvol2

Patww79 wrote: »

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Gmail?

OldMrBrennan83

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killbillvol2

Patww79 wrote: »

I didn't know Gmail could do POP3, but I already have my personal account on it and I hate one app having multiple accounts. It just gets really really messy. If there was a way of separating Gmail and Inbox it would be really handy but the latter only seems to run as a mirror of Gmail andf doesn't allow manual account adding.

Edit - it doesn't specifically do POP3 anyway. It lets you add 'other' accounts but unless you can specify it will most likely default it to IMAP. For some reason my work don't let me do IMAP (something to do with emails left on the server or some such).

I have 2 POP3 accounts as well as my Gmail account running on the app. The inboxes are separate and I have different notification tones for each account.

And it doesn't default to IMAP.

Birdsong

Can anyone recommend any apps that you use to avoid distraction when studying. I am not strong willed enough just to turn off the phone!!! Read a text and 40 min later I'm still boards

Birdsong

Can anyone recommend any apps that you use to avoid distraction when studying. I am not strong willed enough just to turn off the phone!!! Read a text and 40 min later I'm still boards

km79

Birdsong wrote: »

Can anyone recommend any apps that you use to avoid distraction when studying. I am not strong willed enough just to turn off the phone!!! Read a text and 40 min later I'm still boards

Leave phone in other room

Thecageyone

km79 wrote: »

Leave phone in other room

Best advice EU ^^

So now that I have a decent phone again, I'm after some fun apps. Games, camera apps maybe, anything that's good for killing time in waiting rooms ...

What games have you lot hooked currently?

kala85

Birdsong wrote: »

Can anyone recommend any apps that you use to avoid distraction when studying. I am not strong willed enough just to turn off the phone!!! Read a text and 40 min later I'm still boards

My work clock. Clock in when you are working, clock out when you are not . It will show you how much study you are actually doing.

MarkY91

Any apps about to disable notifications?

Just want to click a few buttons or two and have all all notifications gone until I want them back. Don't want to go through dozens of apps turning them off in the applications menu of my s7.

dahat

Could someone recommend a messaging app that I can install on my 9yr old tablet, we want to set a family group but obviously she has no phone number to verify herself.

We could install What's app but it would have to be one of our accounts it seems and that isn't ideal for obvious reasons.

mass_debater

dahat wrote: »

Could someone recommend a messaging app that I can install on my 9yr old tablet, we want to set a family group but obviously she has no phone number to verify herself.

We could install What's app but it would have to be one of our accounts it seems and that isn't ideal for obvious reasons.

Hangouts?

dahat

mass_debater wrote: »

Hangouts?

Never thought of that. Will investigate now.

Needs a phone number to verify once more.

dahat

dahat wrote: »

Never thought of that. Will investigate now.

Needs a phone number to verify once more.

You don't need a phone number to verify hangouts. It's linked to a Google account, not a phone number.

dahat

Basil3 wrote: »

You don't need a phone number to verify hangouts. It's linked to a Google account, not a phone number.

If I use my number for her Google account that would work?

dahat

dahat wrote: »

If I use my number for her Google account that would work?

No idea. My kids have their own google accounts on Chromebook and tablets and have access to hangouts with no phone number attached.

dahat

Basil3 wrote: »

No idea. My kids have their own google accounts on Chromebook and tablets and have access to hangouts with no phone number attached.

Thanks, all set up now. Daughter is chuffed.

54and56

dahat wrote: »

Thanks, all set up now. Daughter is chuffed.

We use Slack for a private family IM service. Can be used on PC's, IOS, Android etc and syncs across them all. https://slack.com Set your family up as a "Team" using the free version and you're good to go. Keeps the family stuff away from other social media platforms which can become traffic heavy if you and your kids have lots of friends.

dahat

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

We use Slack for a private family IM service. Can be used on PC's, IOS, Android etc and syncs across them all. https://slack.com Set your family up as a "Team" using the free version and you're good to go. Keeps the family stuff away from other social media platforms which can become traffic heavy if you and your kids have lots of friends.

I'll look at this as well, I just want to keep her access to social media platforms to a minimum for another few years.

BenEadir

dahat wrote: »

I'll look at this as well, I just want to keep her access to social media platforms to a minimum for another few years.

If that's your goal then Slack is the way to go. There are no "cool kids" using slack for sharing selfies etc. It's primarily a work focused IM platform to enable teams to communicate without clogging up Inboxes but it works perfectly as a family "team" IM platform and would allow you to achieve yur goal without enabling Hangouts or Whatsapp etc on her phone.

Birdsong

kala85 wrote:

My work clock. Clock in when you are working, clock out when you are not . It will show you how much study you are actually doing.

Thanks for this, will look into now

Jimmy Bottlehead

Birdsong wrote: »

Can anyone recommend any apps that you use to avoid distraction when studying. I am not strong willed enough just to turn off the phone!!! Read a text and 40 min later I'm still boards

I'm finding QualityTime good for this reason.

The_B_Man

Does anyone know an alternative to iMovie on Android? An app that lets u record video, put music over it etc...?

jgbyr

The_B_Man wrote: »

Does anyone know an alternative to iMovie on Android? An app that lets u record video, put music over it etc...?

I use vidtrim pro to edit video , add music. Would that do?

DopeTech

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=play.music.radio.com.musicplayer

Non-stop 90s music from Non-stop Nineties

jeffk

Wonder why they stopped charging for it

DopeTech

jeffk wrote: »

Wonder why they stopped charging for it

They joined tunein too so i guess they decided they would make it free again as they will no longer be on fm.

jeffk

FrostyJim wrote: »

They joined tunein too so i guess they decided they would make it free again as they will no longer be on fm.

Suppose it was only a euro, but as you say being on tune in which is free, people aren't going to pay

Shame to see them go(I know there's a thread )

The high horse brigade

I'm looking for a car maintenance and fuel app that allows multi user sync so either myself or my wife can update the latest fuel fill but that I can also log the oil top up, tyres, service info etc. Does such an app exist? I've looked at some and they cover some options but lacked multi user sync.

The high horse brigade

The high horse brigade wrote: »

I'm looking for a car maintenance and fuel app that allows multi user sync so either myself or my wife can update the latest fuel fill but that I can also log the oil top up, tyres, service info etc. Does such an app exist? I've looked at some and they cover some options but lacked multi user sync.

Call me old fashioned, but I'd just use a Google Sheet

The high horse brigade

Basil3 wrote: »

Call me old fashioned, but I'd just use a Google Sheet

That's just too clunky. I want an app that gives me detailed stats and graphs

smilerf

Lads is there a app where you could make a list of things ready to be pasted

Uriel.

smilerf wrote: »

Lads is there a app where you could make a list of things ready to be pasted

Like wallpaper and stuff?