Must Have Android Apps and Games?

tonc76

the whole year inn wrote: »

Is there an app out there that lists all the sky channels and what's on them .looked at a few of them and there very poor apps.

Keoli TV app. You filter channels too

Professey Chin

New update to Action Launcher added a feature called Shutters for devices with JB. It's like quick launching the apps widget directly from its icon. Really handy for quick checks

evolutionqy7

Chinpool wrote: »

New update to Action Launcher added a feature called Shutters for devices with JB. It's like quick launching the apps widget directly from its icon. Really handy for quick checks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG1RTWIg3Y4

Looks pretty neat.

griffdaddy

Street Fighter 4 from Capcom is on general release since January. It was exclusive to LG phones before that. It's still only on the Japanese Market so you have to use Market enabler to get it, or else you can find the apk somewhere else... The data part of the game will download regardless.
It's the first proper fighting game I've played on Android. No internet multiplayer which is a shame but it's still a great game to pick up for a few minutes and the controls work great, even if they are a little simplistic.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Can anybody recommend me apps to show the battery percentage and network on the top toolbar?

MonkstownHoop

BDJW wrote: »

Can anybody recommend me apps to show the battery percentage and network on the top toolbar?

your phone should have that anyway

5starpool

BDJW wrote: »

Can anybody recommend me apps to show the battery percentage and network on the top toolbar?

I use an app called Battery Bot (used to be something else but renamed recently) to show the battery % left. No idea what you mean by network, surely you know what network you are with already?

Maybe by network he means signal strength of wifi etc?

danniemcq

BDJW wrote: »

Can anybody recommend me apps to show the battery percentage and network on the top toolbar?

I'm on Cyanogenmod so it is probably different but settings and system you might be able to modify your status bar.


Also TASKER is reduced by 69% to €1.99

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&feature=search_result

Kristopherus

BDJW wrote: »

Can anybody recommend me apps to show the battery percentage and network on the top toolbar?

I'm currently on a Baidu Rom (Chinese) on my Ascend G 300 and it shows my network just under the notifications bar. I can change to a number in Settings/Display/ Battery Icon Style..

ThisRegard

There's a Spotify mod available that will transmit album data via Bluetooth here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2081475&page=8

Doesn't appear to work for me though, probably an android version issue, gingerbread, as I think avrcp version 1.3 is required.

G1032

danniemcq wrote: »

I'm on Cyanogenmod so it is probably different but settings and system you might be able to modifiable your status bar.


Also TASKER is reduced by 69% to €1.99

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&feature=search_result

I saw that Tasker was on sale alright but f*** me, I haven't a bulls clue how to use it. I see a noobs guide on XDA but it still looks very very difficult to use. Or maybe I'm just very stupid!!!

strobe

BDJW wrote: »

Can anybody recommend me apps to show the battery percentage and network on the top toolbar?

Power Toggles does it as part of its 'notification widget' yoke. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
Really cool and handy general toggling widget dealy too. Can have it on your homepage for toggling pretty much all (or whichever you select) your basic phone options, sound profile, data, wifi, rotation thing, brightness etc etc etc.

brian ireland

Anybody using this? Does it work?
Reviews aren't great.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.tid.yarn

evolutionqy7

brian ireland wrote: »

Anybody using this? Does it work?
Reviews aren't great.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.tid.yarn

Doubt there is a need for any more VOIP or Messenger providers.

Pretty happy with Skype and Viber

Discodog

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Doubt there is a need for any more VOIP or Messenger providers.

Pretty happy with Skype and Viber

Skype is giving me problems. Yahoo messenger users are being directed to Skype as messenger is closed.

Hopefully a few more VOIP options will appear.

RangeR

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Doubt there is a need for any more VOIP or Messenger providers.

Pretty happy with Skype and Viber

Lack of competition makes the incumbents lazy and careless.

evolutionqy7

RangeR wrote: »

Lack of good competition makes the incumbents lazy and careless.

Fixed that for you

Alpha Dog 1

WhatsApp ftw

Amalgam

BrogueX

Unofficial Android port of the open source rogue-like, Brogue.

App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.disinterest.broguex&feature=search_result

App website: http://disinterest.org/broguex/

ASCII\Nethack like user experience.





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Brogue: https://sites.google.com/site/broguegame/

kearneybobs

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

WhatsApp ftw

It's a fantastic app. Just had to 'fork out' 69p for a years subscription. My free first year of using it is over and then you gotta pay.

Professey Chin

kearneybobs wrote: »

It's a fantastic app. Just had to 'fork out' 69p for a years subscription. My free first year of using it is over and then you gotta pay.

As I discovered thanks to being informed by a few boardsies, not everyone does. Mine got renewed for free and so has many others :pac:
Although Ive no problem paying. Great service

Mimikyu

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Bluefoam

I'm not sure, but I think early adopters get Whatsapp free... I've had it about 4 years and have always been given my subscription for free... in fact I recently got a message to say I had been subscribed for another year.

MuppetCheck

I think I may have originally paid for it on ios, it renewed recently and didn't cost me a cent. Best app by far - even my dad uses it and he's in his 60s.

tonc76

MuppetCheck wrote: »

I think I may have originally paid for it on ios, it renewed recently and didn't cost me a cent. Best app by far - even my dad uses it and he's in his 60s.

Downloaded it 18 months ago, never paid and still got a msg last week to say i have it free for another year

thebman

SamHall wrote: »

When searching on the market for this, it is important to search for sky + using the '+' symbo as opposed to the word plus.

(i find that anyway)

That is down to a bad description for the app. It must not have plus in the description which is odd.

You'd think they'd have thought of that. Was the first thing I though of as it is essentially the app equivalent to SEO.

If nobody can find it then you might as well not have developed it

evolutionqy7

thebman wrote: »

That is down to a bad description for the app. It must not have plus in the description which is odd.

You'd think they'd have thought of that. Was the first thing I though of as it is essentially the app equivalent to SEO.

If nobody can find it then you might as well not have developed it

Not sure tbh, but I always managed to find it. Search for Sky and the 2nd listing is sky +...

Cossax

Discodog wrote: »

Skype is giving me problems. Yahoo messenger users are being directed to Skype as messenger is closed.

Hopefully a few more VOIP options will appear.

Skype is rubbish in comparison to Viber, eats battery like there's no tomorrow.

evolutionqy7

Cossax wrote: »

Skype is rubbish in comparison to Viber, eats battery like there's no tomorrow.

Depends on what phone, I cant call my gf using Viber cause the sound quality is rubbish and breaks all the time, while the opposite on Skype.

People with different phones sound fine though. So its just a matter of finding the best one to suit you.