Must Have Android Apps and Games?

griffdaddy · 09-01-2013 4:08pm

draffodx wrote: »

Yes Sky Go works with my SGS II directly from the Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skygo&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ic2t5Yi5za3lnbyJd

Paddy Power app works too but you have to get it from the Paddy Power website and install it yourself (Gambling apps are not allowed on Google Play)

http://www.paddypowermobile.com/mobile_sports_betting

Gambling websites are banned under either their adwords or adsense policies as well. I can never remember which. They're definitely allowed on one and forbidden on the other anyway.

hawkwind23 · 09-01-2013 9:19pm

its ok , i know what im doing , my £8.54 is safe

keano_afc · 16-01-2013 12:41am

Does such an app exist that would let me browse to the music on my laptop? I have an HTC Sensation and for some reason every time I clear down the temp files on my phone it deletes my music. if I could sync with my laptop it would save me having to use my phone to hold music.

RangeR · 16-01-2013 7:32am

keano_afc wrote: »

Does such an app exist that would let me browse to the music on my laptop? I have an HTC Sensation and for some reason every time I clear down the temp files on my phone it deletes my music. if I could sync with my laptop it would save me having to use my phone to hold music.

Google Music. Store all 20,000 of yer tunes in the cloud. Stream to you phone. Works velly well.

AntiRip · 16-01-2013 10:41am

crazygeryy wrote: »

if anyone has the ulster bank app apk could they please pm me.it wont download in the play store since i put a new rom on the phone.
thanks.

hawkwind23 wrote:

also could do with that .apk

I followed the instructions here to download the app directly from the store

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100617&nocache=1

ChRoMe wrote:

You are extremely brave people willing to side load a mobile banking application from an unknown source.....

You are dead right and it has been discussed before when I went to the trouble of searching how to do it and putting up the link. Definitely extremely risky installing from untrusted sources though especially a banking app.

link

crazygeryy · 16-01-2013 12:57pm

i tried installing that xda apk downloader.not the oneyou just posted but another one.it would download some apps and not others.the ones i tried were free ones.kept saying something about country restrictions.
I'll try the guide you just posted thanks.

keano_afc · 16-01-2013 1:47pm

RangeR wrote: »

Google Music. Store all 20,000 of yer tunes in the cloud. Stream to you phone. Works velly well.

And it downloads to the desktop from the Google Play store?

RangeR · 16-01-2013 3:25pm

keano_afc wrote: »

And it downloads to the desktop from the Google Play store?

Install Google Destop Music Manager.
Configure it to upload your ENTIRE music collection to your Google Music Cloud account.
Re-Configure Android Google Music to connect to that account.
Forget about music on your desktop. Either play via android device or desktop browser.

briN_s · 16-01-2013 4:42pm

RangeR wrote: »

Install Google Destop Music Manager.

Configure it to upload your ENTIRE music collection to your Google Music Cloud account.

Re-Configure Android Google Music to connect to that account.

Forget about music on your desktop. Either play via android device or desktop browser.

I am having a similar issue but would like the music app to read from my NAS. I only have a 3G connection to internet on the home network so bandwidth would be an issue if streaming from the cloud all the time. Uploading my entire music collection to the cloud would prob take two months worth of data! I currently use songbird on my desktop which reads from the NAS fine, but the android app wont let me browse the songs on the NAS.

Star Lord · 16-01-2013 5:03pm

briN_s wrote: »

I am having a similar issue but would like the music app to read from my NAS. I only have a 3G connection to internet on the home network so bandwidth would be an issue if streaming from the cloud all the time. Uploading my entire music collection to the cloud would prob take two months worth of data! I currently use songbird on my desktop which reads from the NAS fine, but the android app wont let me browse the songs on the NAS.

Try Emit, works quite well for me, but I've a pretty good connection.

_Kaiser_ · 16-01-2013 5:21pm

Gonna throw this out in this thread...

Is there an app that will allow me to receive, send and respond to SMS on a Windows PC (bonus points if stuff like WhatsApp works too!)

I've tried DeskSMS, MIghtyText and such but I'm not a big fan of using web browsers for this, nor do I need to see my "Android Desktop" - think of something like "classic" MSN Messenger - simple, clean and effective.. but for text messages

The closest I've come to this so far is DeskNotifier Pro but it's a bit hit and miss and needs wireless to work properly which isn't an issue at home, but would be in the office as the WLAN is linked to your Domain login - ideally then any solution would have to support wireless and tethered/USB options

I can't believe someone hasn't come up with this yet. I'd say lots of people would like to be able to do this without having to be constantly reaching for the phone.

Cheers in advance

Alkers · 16-01-2013 5:25pm

RangeR wrote: »

Google Music. Store all 20,000 of yer tunes in the cloud. Stream to you phone. Works velly well.

I can't get this to work. The website is just saying that "The Google Play music player is currently available in select territories."?

RangeR · 16-01-2013 5:33pm

Simona1986 wrote: »

I can't get this to work. The website is just saying that "The Google Play music player is currently available in select territories."?

You have to "be" in UK or America [among others] to initially set this up. After it's setup, it will work anywhere. I cannot tell you how, here.

EGriff · 16-01-2013 5:58pm

RangeR wrote: »

You have to "be" in UK or America [among others] to initially set this up. After it's setup, it will work anywhere. I cannot tell you how, here.

Really? That's a rule now? There's pages and pages of telling people how in the nexus 4 ordering thread. I know that's hardware not software but I don't see much of a difference.

I know talk of using US netflix was banned but in this case you only need to appear in the UK for a few minutes to download the app.

TheUsual · 16-01-2013 7:52pm

Anyone else tried the Call of Mini:Zombies and Doubleshot games.

Both will waste a large piece of your life. Great designed games though.

Atomic Pineapple · 16-01-2013 9:36pm

RangeR wrote: »

You have to "be" in UK or America [among others] to initially set this up. After it's setup, it will work anywhere. I cannot tell you how, here.

Since its not piracy there would be no issue explaining it here

RangeR · 16-01-2013 10:44pm

EGriff wrote: »

Really? That's a rule now? There's pages and pages of telling people how in the nexus 4 ordering thread. I know that's hardware not software but I don't see much of a difference.

I know talk of using US netflix was banned but in this case you only need to appear in the UK for a few minutes to download the app.

It's nothing to do with downloading the app. It's just the signing up process.

draffodx wrote: »

Since its not piracy there would be no issue explaining it here

I never mentioned piracy but it's a grey area of going against service T's & C's.

In a nutshell. Obtain settings for a US proxy [Google is your friend, doesn't have to be fast or stable. You just need to sign up]. Sign up. Remove US proxy setting. Pretty safe as you are using https all the time.

You don't need the poxy after sign up. The music app comes with later ICS or JB. After signing up, the next time you open Google Music app on Android, it detects that you have a cloud account and asks if you want to use it.

Bisto.

keano_afc · 17-01-2013 3:16pm

RangeR wrote: »

You have to "be" in UK or America [among others] to initially set this up. After it's setup, it will work anywhere. I cannot tell you how, here.

Are you asking me out?

RangeR · 17-01-2013 3:37pm

keano_afc wrote: »

Are you asking me out?

How much do I have to pay for dinner?

Patsy fyre · 17-01-2013 3:37pm

Anyone wasting their life on football manager 2013?

Melion · 17-01-2013 3:39pm

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Anyone wasting their life on football manager 2013?

Is it any good?

I got one of the older ones on iphone a few years ago and didnt like it, didnt even come close to the PC version.

Patsy fyre · 17-01-2013 3:43pm

Melion wrote: »

Is it any good?

I got one of the older ones on iphone a few years ago and didnt like it, didnt even come close to the PC version.

Have the 2012 version, play it mostly on my nexus 7 and find it great. Not as detailed as pc version but it's perfect for me.

Wondering if it's worth upgrading to the new version.

BeanFlicker · 19-01-2013 4:56pm

Carbon is a new free app that makes it easy to backup and restore all your apps and their data.....which might make it a good alternative to our favorite Android backup app, Titanium if your device isn't rooted.

Beta version here: Link

magnavox · 19-01-2013 8:20pm

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Gonna throw this out in this thread...

Is there an app that will allow me to receive, send and respond to SMS on a Windows PC (bonus points if stuff like WhatsApp works too!)

I've tried DeskSMS, MIghtyText and such but I'm not a big fan of using web browsers for this, nor do I need to see my "Android Desktop" - think of something like "classic" MSN Messenger - simple, clean and effective.. but for text messages

The closest I've come to this so far is DeskNotifier Pro but it's a bit hit and miss and needs wireless to work properly which isn't an issue at home, but would be in the office as the WLAN is linked to your Domain login - ideally then any solution would have to support wireless and tethered/USB options

I can't believe someone hasn't come up with this yet. I'd say lots of people would like to be able to do this without having to be constantly reaching for the phone.

Cheers in advance

I've been looking for something similar as I can't physically take out the phone from my pocket at work to check messages. I've come across a new beta of airdroid which I plan on testing. It uses a web browser but it appears to be able to check messages and all that when the computer and the phone are on different networks.

Here's the link if your interested..

http://airdroid.com/invite/airdroid_v2.apk

BopNiblets · 19-01-2013 11:12pm

Sliding Messaging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyKZUvt_lq8

(Skip to 25s)

chrislad · 20-01-2013 2:14pm

What's the best Twitter app out there? I just want something clean, that saves my place well. I like the option of skimming 8 hours of tweets, but the offical app seems to cut a lot away. I was using TweetBot on iOS so I would love something like that. Free or Paid.

MrJoeSoap · 20-01-2013 2:15pm

chrislad wrote: »

What's the best Twitter app out there? I just want something clean, that saves my place well. I like the option of skimming 8 hours of tweets, but the offical app seems to cut a lot away. I was using TweetBot on iOS so I would love something like that. Free or Paid.

I use Twicca and would recommend it.

chrislad · 20-01-2013 2:31pm

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

I use Twicca and would recommend it.

I'll give it a shot. No drag to refresh though....

Professey Chin · 20-01-2013 2:37pm

Tweetings or Falcon for me.
Falcon is nicer but Tweetings has push notifications hmmmmm

chrislad · 20-01-2013 2:45pm

Falcon looks lovely, and I'm not that fussed about push notifications (can always leave the official client running anyways for that)

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