Must Have Android Apps and Games?

Professey Chin · 14-03-2012 2:38pm

I use Tasker for stuff like that but theres others like EasyProfiles and similar programs you can set that kinda stuff in

Zascar · 14-03-2012 3:11pm

I found tasker horribly complicated to set up stuff like that. If I remember there was a simple app that did just and only this. Turned on and off wifi depending on location..

Zascar · 14-03-2012 3:28pm

Ok I think I found one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aebeinroth.wifihome

SuprSi · 14-03-2012 3:49pm

You could also try this one;

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender&hl=en

I use it and it definitely works, saves loads on my battery.

Zascar · 14-03-2012 3:56pm

Thanks Yeah I have used juice defender in the past but not so much lately. The thing with all of these I find if that if you want to deviate from the norm it goes haywire. So if it is doing the battery manger and you've elected to turn the data on only periodically - trying to get it on when it thinks it should be off is a total pain. Maybe I'm just not managing it properly but I ended up switching it off...

madmoe · 14-03-2012 4:12pm

Zascar wrote: »

Thanks Yeah I have used juice defender in the past but not so much lately. The thing with all of these I find if that if you want to deviate from the norm it goes haywire. So if it is doing the battery manger and you've elected to turn the data on only periodically - trying to get it on when it thinks it should be off is a total pain. Maybe I'm just not managing it properly but I ended up switching it off...

I have found the same mate, it just does not work consistently well. Data will not turn on sometimes when it should be on, WiFi the same....sometimes you need to reboot to fix it and this uses up probably as much battery life as one has saved.....

dulpit · 14-03-2012 4:37pm

I was a big user of juice defender to save battery, but it got on my nerves, specifically it was taking ages to activate my mobile network when I turned screen on. In the end I chucked it, got a new ROM (without HTC Sense) and battery life still seems really good...

Zascar · 14-03-2012 4:40pm

Unfortunately I have a sensation and (to the best of my knowledge) I cannot get a new rom on it..

Professey Chin · 14-03-2012 4:43pm

Zascar wrote: »

Unfortunately I have a sensation and (to the best of my knowledge) I cannot get a new rom on it..

Bootloader unlock available from HTC here
Silly amount of ROMS available here

killbillvol2 · 14-03-2012 5:16pm

Zascar wrote: »

Unfortunately I have a sensation and (to the best of my knowledge) I cannot get a new rom on it..

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Bootloader unlock available from HTC here
Silly amount of ROMS available here

Try the Virtuous Inquisition ROM. It's completely stable, looks fantastic and has excellent battery life.

dulpit · 14-03-2012 7:05pm

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Try the Virtuous Inquisition ROM. It's completely stable, looks fantastic and has excellent battery life.

I use this, it's AOSP and lovely... The battery life is class on it...

dulpit · 14-03-2012 7:06pm

dulpit wrote: »

I use this, it's AOSP and lovely... The battery life is class on it...

Actually, 1 thing. Bluetooth seems a bit buggy for me, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Just something to be aware of...

killbillvol2 · 14-03-2012 7:31pm

dulpit wrote: »

Actually, 1 thing. Bluetooth seems a bit buggy for me, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Just something to be aware of...

Haven't had an issue with Bluetooth. Navigation went a bit ape on an earlier version but seems fine on 4.0.

madmoe · 15-03-2012 10:21am

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Try the Virtuous Inquisition ROM. It's completely stable, looks fantastic and has excellent battery life.

Is there a Galaxy Nexus version of this ROM guys??

Otacon · 15-03-2012 12:46pm

madmoe wrote: »

Is there a Galaxy Nexus version of this ROM guys??

The Virtuous ROM website recommends the AOKP ROM for the GN.

Its what I am running at the moment and I love it. Stable, good battery and plenty of customisations.

vibe666 · 15-03-2012 1:20pm

two thumbs up for virtuous roms here too, it's the first rom i've actually been happy with after ditching the stock rom on my DHD, and i've been through the usual leedroid, cm7, miui, cleardroid etc.

fast and stable with all the good stuff and still keeps htc sense, which is a bonus (imho).

madmoe · 15-03-2012 3:09pm

Otacon wrote: »

The Virtuous ROM website recommends the AOKP ROM for the GN.

Its what I am running at the moment and I love it. Stable, good battery and plenty of customisations.

How are you finding the battery life on AOKP? Are you using the stock kernel and are the power saving options turned in?

Cheers,
M

Otacon · 15-03-2012 5:21pm

madmoe wrote: »

How are you finding the battery life on AOKP? Are you using the stock kernel and are the power saving options turned in?

Cheers,
M

Using the Leankernel from Rootzwiki. No extra power saving options on.

When I first got the phone I was barely getting a day with my usage. Have almost a day and a half now.

killbillvol2 · 15-03-2012 5:47pm

vibe666 wrote: »

two thumbs up for virtuous roms here too, it's the first rom i've actually been happy with after ditching the stock rom on my DHD, and i've been through the usual leedroid, cm7, miui, cleardroid etc.

fast and stable with all the good stuff and still keeps htc sense, which is a bonus (imho).

There's nothing left of Sense on the Virtuous ROM I'm using on the Sensation. Sense is completely unnecessary on ICS (imho

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budgemook · 15-03-2012 5:54pm

Sorry but isn't this thread for Apps? Seems to have changed into a ROM thread...

madmoe · 15-03-2012 7:05pm

budgemook wrote: »

Sorry but isn't this thread for Apps? Seems to have changed into a ROM thread...

Chill! Was just being curoius!

Patsy fyre · 15-03-2012 11:23pm

Is there an android version of live scores addict?

budgemook · 16-03-2012 10:27am

madmoe wrote: »

Chill! Was just being curoius!

Ah yeah chilled but I keep getting notifications about something I am not really interested in (with current phone).

Maybe a generic android modding thread could be set up?

madmoe · 16-03-2012 10:42am

budgemook wrote: »

Ah yeah chilled but I keep getting notifications about something I am not really interested in (with current phone).

Maybe a generic android modding thread could be set up?

I concur mate....would be nice to have a place to discuss the latest and greates ROM's etc.

budgemook · 16-03-2012 11:14am

madmoe wrote: »

I concur mate....would be nice to have a place to discuss the latest and greates ROM's etc.

Grab the bull by the horns mate :-) New Thread button.

Paparazzo · 16-03-2012 12:03pm

Coin Drop is a good game. The usual addictive phone game, but great colours in it.

manual_man · 16-03-2012 12:17pm

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Is there an android version of live scores addict?

If you're looking for football live scores fotmob is the daddy. I tried em all

Patsy fyre · 16-03-2012 12:31pm

manual_man wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Is there an android version of live scores addict?

If you're looking for football live scores fotmob is the daddy. I tried em all

Yeah its quality but it doesn't show any highlights of games instantly.

manual_man · 16-03-2012 12:42pm

Patsy fyre wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Is there an android version of live scores addict?

If you're looking for football live scores fotmob is the daddy. I tried em all

Yeah its quality but it doesn't show any highlights of games instantly.

I don't know any app that does that, unless maybe sky sports if you have a sub

Patsy fyre · 16-03-2012 12:44pm

manual_man wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Is there an android version of live scores addict?

If you're looking for football live scores fotmob is the daddy. I tried em all

Yeah its quality but it doesn't show any highlights of games instantly.

I don't know any app that does that, unless maybe sky sports if you have a sub

That's what live score addict does on the i phone.

dulpit · 16-03-2012 1:20pm

Probably mentioned here already, but world of goo is amazing game, frustrating as hell at times (in the best way possible). I got it on sale for like €0.49 or something, it's currently €3.99 (and worth it):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twodboy.worldofgoofull&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50d29kYm95Lndvcmxkb2Znb29mdWxsIl0.

Aidric · 18-03-2012 12:32pm

The Guardian lists their top 50 today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/18/top-50-android-phone-apps

Mr E · 18-03-2012 12:46pm

When they list a task killer as one of their 50 must have apps, it's hard to take the list too seriously. Maybe 3 years ago it was useful, but not any more. Decent enough, if unsurprising, list (apart the task killer and Adele.... WTF)

manual_man · 18-03-2012 12:58pm

Patsy fyre wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Is there an android version of live scores addict?

If you're looking for football live scores fotmob is the daddy. I tried em all

Yeah its quality but it doesn't show any highlights of games instantly.

I don't know any app that does that, unless maybe sky sports if you have a sub

That's what live score addict does on the i phone.

The whatphone?

killbillvol2 · 18-03-2012 2:00pm

Aidric wrote: »

The Guardian lists their top 50 today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/18/top-50-android-phone-apps

Mr E wrote: »

When they list a task killer as one of their 50 must have apps, it's hard to take the list too seriously. Maybe 3 years ago it was useful, but not any more. Decent enough, if unsurprising, list (apart the task killer and Adele.... WTF)

It looks like a list compiled by someone who doesn't have an Android phone tbh.

Töpher · 18-03-2012 2:07pm

Patsy fyre wrote: »

That's what live score addict does on the i phone.

101 Great Goals app is worth a look.

Patsy fyre · 18-03-2012 4:10pm

Töpher wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

That's what live score addict does on the i phone.

101 Great Goals app is worth a look.

Cheers, working perfectly so far.

smilerf · 18-03-2012 5:55pm

ok not strictly an app but a music player. n7 player seems to be the perfect mix of power amp and player pro

manual_man · 21-03-2012 9:41am

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Töpher wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

That's what live score addict does on the i phone.

101 Great Goals app is worth a look.

Cheers, working perfectly so far.

Really? I downloaded it there and its not working at all. Seems I'm not the only one either. More 1 star reviews than anything else

Patsy fyre · 21-03-2012 10:23am

manual_man wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Töpher wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

That's what live score addict does on the i phone.

101 Great Goals app is worth a look.

Cheers, working perfectly so far.

Really? I downloaded it there and its not working at all. Seems I'm not the only one either. More 1 star reviews than anything else

Well its full of advertising and an awful layout, but along as I get to see the goals I don't care. Its the only app that lets me do this so I'm happy. What phone are you using?

manual_man · 21-03-2012 11:55am

Patsy fyre wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Töpher wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

That's what live score addict does on the i phone.

101 Great Goals app is worth a look.

Cheers, working perfectly so far.

Really? I downloaded it there and its not working at all. Seems I'm not the only one either. More 1 star reviews than anything else

Well its full of advertising and an awful layout, but along as I get to see the goals I don't care. Its the only app that lets me do this so I'm happy. What phone are you using?

Using a galaxy tab 7.7 running honeycomb. When I click into any of the links for the goals, the page doesn't load properly at all, no video...

griffdaddy · 21-03-2012 4:46pm

Super Monkey Ball 2 from Sega America is out and seems pretty fun. I've only played it for a few minutes so far though

ED E · 21-03-2012 5:23pm

Best data counter widget? Want something simple and light as I dont have much memory overhead.

TIA

omg a kitty · 21-03-2012 7:57pm

ED E wrote: »

Best data counter widget? Want something simple and light as I dont have much memory overhead.

TIA

I use one called um..well..Data counter widget

I really liked it, it was simple and you could make it only show what you want to know

PucaMama · 21-03-2012 8:21pm

didnt want to start a new thread just for this

what does rooted mean? ive seen some apps say you have to be rooted to use them? im new to android so i havnt heard of this before

ED E · 21-03-2012 8:36pm

PucaMama wrote: »

didnt want to start a new thread just for this

what does rooted mean? ive seen some apps say you have to be rooted to use them? im new to android so i havnt heard of this before

It means you have "Root", the Linux equivalent of "Administrator" on windows. Most manufacturers sell phones without root as average users are less likely to break their own phone with limited permissions.

The advantage of having it is that you can edit system critical things, and use amazing tools like Titanium Backup(<- get it if you root).

Some phones can be rooted with programs like SuperOneClick, the rest need to be flashed with a rew ROM(copy of Android from the mod community).

omg a kitty wrote: »

I use one called um..well..Data counter widget
I really liked it, it was simple and you could make it only show what you want to know

Derp, cheers.

PucaMama · 21-03-2012 8:45pm

ED E wrote: »

It means you have "Root", the Linux equivalent of "Administrator" on windows. Most manufacturers sell phones without root as average users are less likely to break their own phone with limited permissions.

The advantage of having it is that you can edit system critical things, and use amazing tools like Titanium Backup(<- get it if you root).

Some phones can be rooted with programs like SuperOneClick, the rest need to be flashed with a rew ROM(copy of Android from the mod community)

thanks, dont think my little sony live has that

Paparazzo · 22-03-2012 6:15pm

Don't download Drawsomething unless you want to waste half your life. Great game though

dulpit · 22-03-2012 6:31pm

Paparazzo wrote: »

Don't download Drawsomething unless you want to waste half your life. Great game though

Agreed.

budgemook · 22-03-2012 6:34pm

I see you have to pay for Drawsomething..

Is it like online Pictionary or something? Can you play against friends?

EDIT: found free version, will check it out

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