Must Have Android Apps and Games?

Pique

If you are having a crappy time on 3G, slow connection or whatever and want to renew your connection to try again, check out CleanConnect.
It's one touch disconnect/reconnect to your APN.

Handier than using the 'Turn Aeroplane mode on and off' method.

god's toy

Pique wrote: »

If you are having a crappy time on 3G, slow connection or whatever and want to renew your connection to try again, check out CleanConnect.
It's one touch disconnect/reconnect to your APN.

Handier than using the 'Turn Aeroplane mode on and off' method.

not getting any apps showing up under that name...

Pique

Sorry, it's called Connection Fastrenew
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=clean.connection

Thargor

Theres a million apps that do it, this is the best imo:

petes wrote: »

Open Signal

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal&hl=en

With OpenSignal you can map cellular coverage, find Wi-Fi hotspots, test and improve your reception & get faster data.

Pique

Thargor wrote: »

Theres a million apps that do it, this is the best imo:

I have that app and it doesn't do it. It opens android settings so you can turn airplane mode on and off.

The app I linked to does it with one touch.

Thargor

Yeah it does, the big refresh button in the middle of the interface main screen, doesnt matter anyway they're all the same, this one just has signal meters and other tools.

killbillvol2

Pique wrote: »

I have that app and it doesn't do it. It opens android settings so you can turn airplane mode on and off.

The app I linked to does it with one touch.

Thargor wrote: »

Yeah it does, the big refresh button in the middle of the interface main screen, doesnt matter anyway they're all the same, this one just has signal meters and other tools.

The Refresh button just takes you to Settings, as Pique correctly pointed out.

Thargor

On mine it does an instant refresh, brings up this screen:

BopNiblets

The always listening Moto X Google search thing is available as an app now
http://openmic.rsenapps.com/

Early builds so expect increased battery use, and you have to install from apk
xda thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450131

BopNiblets

Themer beta code! http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/10/grab-this-themer-beta-invite-code-good-for-40000-uses-and-help-mycolorscreen-test-its-beefed-up-servers/

Theme your Android with this app, lots of nice themes all free:

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

Tinie

BopNiblets wrote: »

The always listening Moto X Google search thing is available as an app now
http://openmic.rsenapps.com/

Early builds so expect increased battery use, and you have to install from apk
xda thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450131

On a related note; does anyone know if the DSP manager app thats built into CM 10.2 rom is available to run on another rom such as Paranoid Android or PAC Rom, as it makes the sound quality from the headphone jack twice as good as stock.

I've found very little info on this subject, and I assumed CM made it opensource like PA did with pie navigator.

nedd

BopNiblets wrote: »

Themer beta code! ]

Nice one. I have messing with Buzz Launcher a little lately, that allows downloading of full themes also.

rogieop

BopNiblets wrote: »

Themer beta code! http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/10/grab-this-themer-beta-invite-code-good-for-40000-uses-and-help-mycolorscreen-test-its-beefed-up-servers/

Theme your Android with this app, lots of nice themes all free:

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

i downloaded this and had a play about with it. the problem is once you try a them there is no way to actually go back to your old home page.

Some of the designs look ok but it messes about with all your old shortcuts etc.


Had to uninstall to get back to my old home page.

Going to reinsdtall in now and see if they come up with any good new themes in future.

The breaking bad one looks :cool: but its too small and congested.

dulpit

rogieop wrote: »

i downloaded this and had a play about with it. the problem is once you try a them there is no way to actually go back to your old home page.

It's a launcher, so will replace whichever other launcher you were using (Touchwiz, Sense, Nova, etc). To go back to your previous launcher you simply need to go to settings - applications - Themer - Clear Defaults. Once you press home you will be given an option of which app to use to show home (be it TW/Sense/etc)

BopNiblets

You can also go into the Themer Settings and do it there, but dulpits way works just as well, it's a nice alternative to the stock launchers.

brian ireland

BopNiblets wrote: »

Themer beta code! http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/10/grab-this-themer-beta-invite-code-good-for-40000-uses-and-help-mycolorscreen-test-its-beefed-up-servers/

Theme your Android with this app, lots of nice themes all free:

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

76,560 people in front of me for a code :eek::eek:

Alpha Dog 1

I've been rocking buzz launcher for the last few months, have 4 home screens customised perfectly and backed up which I rotate between almost weekly.
It's quick as well, really refreshing.

Mars Bar

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

I've been rocking buzz launcher for the last few months, have 4 home screens customised perfectly and backed up which I rotate between almost weekly.
It's quick as well, really refreshing.

I'm trying to create an account but whenever I press create account, it just refreshes.

Banjo String

brian ireland wrote: »

76,560 people in front of me for a code :eek::eek:

You realise you don't need to wait?

The code is right there on the linked page.

brian ireland

Banjo String wrote: »

You realise you don't need to wait?

The code is right there on the linked page.

Thats me, never read the instructions Thanks.

Alpha Dog 1

Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm trying to create an account but whenever I press create account, it just refreshes.

Not sure why that is, works perfectly fine for me.

vibe666

Anyone got any suggestions in a super fancy game that'll make the most of my shiny new Note 3?

Just looking for something pretty to really show of the power of it?

MuppetCheck

Need for Speed, real racing if you're into racing games maybe?

Lardy

'FilmOn' for both Android and iPad is probably the best app I've come across. Free access hundreds of TV channels including all the UK freesat channels. (Bbc, itv, Dave etc) No need to sign up or subscribe.

BobbyPropane

Been using android for about a year and a bit now and will post some apps I use a lot.


My games folder with free and paid games has kept me entertained for a long while (although getting bored of most of em now) but still I'll name em out:

Ski Safari (Paid)
Super Stickman Golf 2
Pixel Dungeon
Delver (Paid)
Bad Roads
Paper Toss
Paper Toss 2.0
Basketball
Virtual Table Tennis
Chess Free
Air Control (Paid)
Flick Golf (Paid?)
Wind Up Knight
Pinball Pro (Paid?)
Pool Mania
Pocket Tanks
Carmageddon (Paid but regularly on sale and in bundles)
Fast Racing
RedLine Rush
Hill Climb Racing
Airport Scanner
True Or False
GunBros 2
Tetris
Terraria (Paid)
GTA III 10th Anniversary (Paid)
Solitaire
Temple Run 2
Subway Surfers
Tank Hero
Logo Quiz

Also be sure to keep checking out humblebundle.com , they have started doing mobile game bundles where you can pay a low price for great games.

Sports:

TheScore
Livescore
Balls.ie
BBC Sport
Sky Sports

Music/Radio/TV:

TuneIn Radio Pro (Paid but free version available)
RTE Player
TV Listings
IMDB
TwitchTV
FilmOnTv
Spotify (subscription needed for mobile deviced, 9.99 a month)

Shop:

Amazon.co.uk
Ebay
Adverts
Donedeal

News:

BBC News
Skynews
TheJournal
Rte News Now
Al Jazeera
Newstalk
Irish Times
NYTimes
Russia Today

Flipboard
Currents
Pulse

Weather:

Accuweather

Cloud Storage:

Google Drive
Dropbox

Money/Calculator:

RealCalculator (Includes Sin, Cos, Tan and other functions (Paid?)
Paypal
Xe Converter

Miscellaneous:

Wikipedia
ES File Explorer (Use android like a PC)
ES Task Manager (Close unwanted tasks)
HD Widgets (Great app)
Puush (Allows you to take screenshots of device and upload to internet straight away with link copied to clipboard)
Adobe Reader
kik messenger
uTorrent
Khan Academy
TED

Social Media:

Skype
Twitter
Facebook
Steam (gaming)


Er yeah that's about it

Lads I finally ordered a dock for the first gen Nexus 7 from Amazon US and it arrived today. Possible stupid/lazy question but are there any apps that will work with it and add options to the "daydream" menu? I'm hoping Christmas HD will with the holiday season on the horizon.

edit: Just bought Christmas HD and it does add to the Daydream menu. Brilliant! Any other good ones?

Dman001

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Lads I finally ordered a dock for the first gen Nexus 7 from Amazon US and it arrived today. Possible stupid/lazy question but are there any apps that will work with it and add options to the "daydream" menu? I'm hoping Christmas HD will with the holiday season on the horizon.

edit: Just bought Christmas HD and it does add to the Daydream menu. Brilliant! Any other good ones?

Pretty sure Flipboard is compatible, if I'm thinking of the same thing as you. Pretty sure I read it around somewhere.

Found myself needing the Pocket App lately. Between surfing on the iPad, Laptop and mobile, I was constantly coming across articles that I wanted to read at a later time, and so emailing myself the link. Got my hands on Pocket, put it on my phone and iPad and downloaded the extension for Chrome (the Chrome App Store is really making strides) and its a great job. Nice interface, and does what exactly I need it for. Nicely implemented into some of my other Apps I use a lot like Zite and Pulse.

Finally occurred to me to search for "daydream apps" and it seems Dashclock, Flipboard and Beautiful Widgets are the "must have" ones.

_MaSSy

Hey guys,
anyone know of any apps that let you cache videos or music to your device?
I was using Playtube for a week and then it told me my local memory was full.....which it wasn't.

And whats a nice, shiny and free or relatively cheap launcher?
I've been using Nova for sometime, was looking to replace it a few months back but never got around to it..

Lardy

_MaSSy wrote: »

And whats a nice, shiny and free or relatively cheap launcher?
I've been using Nova for sometime, was looking to replace it a few months back but never got around to it..

Try the Aviate launcher. You need an invite code to activate it as it's in a closed beta. I have 3 codes left at the moment, but going fast. Check out the thread about it.