Must Have Android Apps and Games?

GBX · 06-08-2015 2:02pm

god's toy wrote: »

That app needs an update as the stena is gone from Dun Laoghaire.

What time did it sail? I'll have missed it now!! :pac:

god's toy · 06-08-2015 7:27pm

Ha!

_Tombstone_ · 06-08-2015 11:00pm

duploelabs wrote: »

Wasn't tiny flashlight involved in having Malware integral to the program?

Nope.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2ifqx1/in_defense_of_flashlight_apps/%20

Tinie · 06-08-2015 11:23pm

Those flashlight apps are a bit pointless now though IMO, since Lollipop has a built in quick tile on the drop down notification shade for turning on LED. Then again, I dont know what % of users are on lollipop yet.

_Tombstone_ · 06-08-2015 11:26pm

Tinie wrote: »

Those flashlight apps are a bit pointless now though IMO, since Lollipop has a built in quick tile on the drop down notification shade for turning on LED. Then again, I dont know what % of users are on lollipop yet.

I'm on Lollipop and she ain't got no "built in quick tile on the drop down notification shade for turning on LED" on her.

Depending on phone, Lollipop versions you will have will vary like the wind.

Tinie · 06-08-2015 11:30pm

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

I'm on Lollipop and she ain't got no "built in quick tile on the drop down notification shade for turning on LED" on her.

Depending on phone, Lollipop versions you will have will vary like the wind.

Really? Not along the wifi/bluetooth etc. quick tiles? Odd, the 4 lollipop devices I have all have it,.

corkie · 06-08-2015 11:53pm

Some toggles will disappear from the panel if there not used regularly!

To get the Flash Light/Torch toggle back open your camera app and it will reappear in the drop-down!

_Tombstone_ · 07-08-2015 12:06am

corkie wrote: »

Some toggles will disappear from the panel if there not used regularly!

To get the Flash Light/Torch toggle back open your camera app and it will reappear in the drop-down!

Nope.

Digital Solitude · 07-08-2015 12:14am

corkie wrote: »

Some toggles will disappear from the panel if there not used regularly!

To get the Flash Light/Torch toggle back open your camera app and it will reappear in the drop-down!

Never had any of mine go, on AOSP so it must be a third party ROM thing

corkie · 07-08-2015 12:15am

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

Nope.

I just tested on my Nexus 9, may be try playing with the flash settings from within your camera app. Turning the flash from automatic to off for example!

killbillvol2 · 07-08-2015 7:22am

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

I'm on Lollipop and she ain't got no "built in quick tile on the drop down notification shade for turning on LED" on her.

Depending on phone, Lollipop versions you will have will vary like the wind.

You should be able to edit the drop down notifications and add it. I just did. I'd wondered where the flashlight was gone!

eoferrall · 07-08-2015 10:38am

killbillvol2 wrote: »

You should be able to edit the drop down notifications and add it. I just did. I'd wondered where the flashlight was gone!

I'm same as tombstone, don't have it on my Samsung S4. went into the settings to check and not there either on 5.0.1.

Can add a widget for it though to the homescreen.

Thargor · 07-08-2015 11:18am

Amalgam wrote: »

OsmAnd+ Maps & Navigation OsmAnd

Paid/Support (€6.49): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus&hl=en

Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand&hl=en

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Having a proper, full, offline country map is a Godsend. I'm partial to the vector style of map display that OsmAnd offer, very reminiscent of road maps supplied by Ordnance Survey Ireland. (osi.ie)

Vector mapping that to me, beats the likes of Google and Bing, from the point of view of aesthetics.

I haven't tried the free version, but the paid app allows the download of any country that you care to view, Ireland is a vector map download of about 150MB, give or take.

A crowd sourced manner of mapping, evolves thanks to, possibly, *your* input.

There are issues with the UI, having to enter a full address to 'go to', can be tiresome, if you're looking for wildcard searches, Google/Bing will provide a more instant experience, but for offline use, it works great.

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Exactly what I was looking for thanks.

duploelabs · 07-08-2015 11:19am

eoferrall wrote: »

I'm same as tombstone, don't have it on my Samsung S4. went into the settings to check and not there either on 5.0.1.

Can add a widget for it though to the homescreen.

Same as with an S5

sentient_6 · 07-08-2015 11:54am

Lads Samsung Touchwiz may as well not be android at all. They butcher it.

Digitalism · 07-08-2015 1:58pm

User tombstone is wrong, the flashlight is there on my S5 and friends s6.

MuppetCheck · 07-08-2015 2:26pm

Missing on my note 4. Hardly on the 5.1 update is it?

duploelabs · 07-08-2015 3:01pm

Digitalism wrote: »

User tombstone is wrong, the flashlight is there on my S5 and friends s6.

Is your s5 rooted?

Digital Solitude · 07-08-2015 3:02pm

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Missing on my note 4. Hardly on the 5.1 update is it?

I had it on 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1 and 5.1.1, its the same 8 all the time

Quazzie · 07-08-2015 3:03pm

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Missing on my note 4. Hardly on the 5.1 update is it?

Tis on my 1+1. Best phone I ever owned :P

paska · 08-08-2015 1:03pm

I had an app on my phone that a allowed you to place photos in magazine covers for fun. It had lots of templates and you could put any picture in them. Does anybody know which one i am talking about. i can find it

droidman123 · 08-08-2015 1:05pm

paska wrote: »

I had an app on my phone that a allowed you to place photos in magazine covers for fun. It had lots of templates and you could put any picture in them. Does anybody know which one i am talking about. i can find it

Photolab or photofunia

jimmynokia · 08-08-2015 1:07pm

Yip photofunia I think good app..

droidman123 · 08-08-2015 1:08pm

Yeah both good craic,the photolab one is best for the magazine covers

summonerm · 08-08-2015 1:10pm

Farm Heroes Saga.

Captain Flaps · 10-08-2015 5:22pm

Please don't use King games. They really are the most awful of publishers

nedd · 11-08-2015 10:44am

Captain Flaps wrote: »

Please don't use King games. They really are the most awful of publishers

I am full of self loathing for the fact that I got totally addicted to Bubble Witch Saga :-(

The secret is to have a stern talking to yourself about never being that person who either pays for in-game content or logs into any game with facebook account.

Basq · 11-08-2015 10:55am

Better half has random ads / apps on Google Play pushed up while using her phone... she tried using AirPush Detector (which I saw recommended elsewhere) but it crashed, and told her something about her phone didn't need it!

She also tried MalwareBytes and AVG.. no luck.

There also seems to be one or two apps installed which she can't uninstall... so I suspect they're the problem.

Anyone have any idea of a suitable app?

Captain Flaps · 11-08-2015 10:59am

nedd wrote: »

The secret is to have a stern talking to yourself about never being that person who either pays for in-game content

I'm ok with paying for ingame content provided it adds content and isn't just 'pay to skip this artificial waiting period!' type microtransactions. TBH though, I'd usually just buy games that cost a nominal fee to make sure I'm not supporting the freemium model where possible.

Mr E · 11-08-2015 11:42am

King games are OK. I usually get to level 60 or 70 in most before they get too hard to continue (without paying for powerups).

Then I delete them.

Mr E · 11-08-2015 12:20pm

Basq wrote: »

Better half has random ads / apps on Google Play pushed up while using her phone... she tried using AirPush Detector (which I saw recommended elsewhere) but it crashed, and told her something about her phone didn't need it!

She also tried MalwareBytes and AVG.. no luck.

There also seems to be one or two apps installed which she can't uninstall... so I suspect they're the problem.

Anyone have any idea of a suitable app?

The trick is to work backwards. Google the name of the app you can't uninstall and you might find a way to remove it (and maybe what put it there in the first place).

Basq · 11-08-2015 12:22pm

Mr E wrote: »

The trick is to work backwards. Google the name of the app you can't uninstall and you might find a way to remove it (and maybe what put it there in the first place).

Cheers mate.. I'll give it a shot this evening.

Captain Flaps · 11-08-2015 12:36pm

Mr E wrote: »

King games are OK. I usually get to level 60 or 70 in most before they get too hard to continue (without paying for powerups).

Then I delete them.

Kind of disappointed to see a mod of Mobile Games defending King. They are an awful company, bullies, trademark trolls, and blatant ripoff masters. They specialise in copying popular games, trademarking everything they can and attempting to get similar games pulled from the store even if they've been around longer.

Crators of ScamperGhost demonstrate how, after failing to reach an agreement about licensing, King contracted another developer to clone the game here.

Creator of CandySwipe, released 2 years before Candy Crush and clearly ripped off by King in its entirety, pens open letter to King following their successful quashing of his existing Trademark here and shows the obvious similarities between the apps here.

King Acknowledges that Banner Saga has nothing at all in common with their games but still seeks to get it removed from App Stores here and here.

Creator of a candy themed casino game has game pulled for using 'Candy' in the title here.

There are many, many more examples, but the point is that King, a company built on creating knockoffs of existing popular games, also goes out of its way to kill off other games using names even VAGUELY similar to their own. They're a cancer on the games industry in general.

This isn't a personal dig at you, it just really bothers me that they can pull in so much revenue from such shady practices. I've long ago boycotted all of their games and will continue to do so.

Also:

Mr E · 11-08-2015 1:07pm

Ouch... it burrrrnnsss....

Consider me educated - I didn't know a lot of that.

If I'm being honest, there are far better free to play games out there at the moment - I'm playing Kingdom Rush, Earn to Die 2 and Yummy Gummy at the moment and enjoying them all (especially KR).

11-08-2015 1:11pm

Basq wrote: »

Better half has random ads / apps on Google Play pushed up while using her phone... she tried using AirPush Detector (which I saw recommended elsewhere) but it crashed, and told her something about her phone didn't need it!

She also tried MalwareBytes and AVG.. no luck.

There also seems to be one or two apps installed which she can't uninstall... so I suspect they're the problem.

Anyone have any idea of a suitable app?

Could you root the phone and install something like Titanium Backup to remove the apps?

Basq · 11-08-2015 1:55pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Could you root the phone and install something like Titanium Backup to remove the apps?

Possibly.. but least effort solution without rooting probably ideal!

Captain Flaps · 11-08-2015 2:13pm

What are the apps that can't be removed?

XxMCRxBabyxX · 11-08-2015 2:45pm

What app would people say is best for tracking battery life? Preferably one with an opition to have battery % shown on the notification bar.

11-08-2015 4:02pm

Basq wrote: »

Possibly.. but least effort solution without rooting probably ideal!

Hope I'm not being a pain but I came across this at the weekend. Used it on a Teclast X98 tablet and it was basically a couple of clicks needed to root.

Of course I see that you want a more elegant solution. I'll shut up about rooting now!

Lovely Bloke · 13-08-2015 8:36am

Amazon have a good few free apps today, including Goat Simulator for free!!

Lovely Bloke · 13-08-2015 9:45am

ok so, I've just ordered some NFC tags - anyone using them for cool stuff?

mass_debater · 13-08-2015 10:47am

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

ok so, I've just ordered some NFC tags - anyone using them for cool stuff?

I have one inside the door of the kitchen press to set a 3 min timer for my eggs

daytob · 13-08-2015 11:12am

I have one for when people come in and need the wifi code. they just tap it and it connects.

ED E · 13-08-2015 11:48am

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

ok so, I've just ordered some NFC tags - anyone using them for cool stuff?

I have one on the corner of my monitor from when I used to sync with "MyPhoneExplorer". It would trigger a wifi connection and then start up the companion app.

That idea of a guest wifi one is nice, must do that.

OldMrBrennan83 · 13-08-2015 2:05pm

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Lovely Bloke · 13-08-2015 2:12pm

daytob wrote: »

I have one for when people come in and need the wifi code. they just tap it and it connects.

don't the guests need some to have instawifi for that though?

jimmynokia · 13-08-2015 2:13pm

Have a few nfc tags from mix radio and nokia nfc tags quite handy to have around,might have a few spare if anyone looking,will check when im home

Banjo String · 13-08-2015 10:21pm

Guys, a while back someone listed an app that was for youtube, only it played the audio, and not the video, meaning you could select a play list, and put your phone to sleep.

I paid for the premium version. Loved it.

Now I've just noticed its disappeared from my phone, and I can't for the life of me remember its name so I can download it again.

Anyone?

Digital Solitude · 13-08-2015 10:23pm

Banjo String wrote: »

Guys, a while back someone listed an app that was for youtube, only it played the audio, and not the video, meaning you could select a play list, and put your phone to sleep.

I paid for the premium version. Loved it.

Now I've just noticed its disappeared from my phone, and I can't for the life of me remember its name so I can download it again.

Anyone?

FireTube does that, but they've all been removed from the play store

Banjo String · 13-08-2015 10:34pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

FireTube does that, but they've all been removed from the play store

That was it.....

Apk then so?

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