Must Have Android Apps and Games? (Part II)

corkie · 16-01-2019 04:03PM

19 temporarily free and 36 on-sale apps and games for Wednesday
^^^ Going by reviews avoid: - Smart Wi-Fi Hotspot PRO <<< See previous post for free alternatives.

Researcher shows how popular app ES File Explorer exposes Android device data
^^^ Anyone still using that? When better alternatives available i.e. Solid.

Tom Mann Centuria · 16-01-2019 04:13PM

corkie wrote: »

Researcher shows how popular app ES File Explorer exposes Android device data
^^^ Anyone still using that? When better alternatives available i.e. Solid.

Yep I still use ES, Pro works well for me.

Wasn't the original concern the Chinese are using my data? Apathy means I used it after that, so I'll probably continue on.

god's toy · 16-01-2019 08:44PM

Seeing how you have to be on the same wifi network as the attacker on the ES file app, its a low chance of being exposed.

The high horse brigade · 16-01-2019 08:47PM

Solid explorer is much better IMO

corkie · 18-01-2019 04:18PM

92 temporarily free and 48 on-sale apps and games to finish the week
^^^ Inflated with allot [55+] of wallpaper apps.

30 Amazing Android SECRETS, TIPS and TRICKS

OldMrBrennan83 · 20-01-2019 03:26PM

Anyone finding contact profile photos gone missing in the latest WhatsApp update? Not the ones they've set themselves but it used to sync a photo from your phone contacts if there wasn't one set, doesn't seem to any more.

corkie · 21-01-2019 04:18PM

34 temporarily free and 54 on-sale apps for Martin Luther King Jr Day

14 new and notable Android apps from the last two weeks including Actions by Moleskine, Albert: Spend Smarter, and THE LEGO MOVIE 2 Movie Maker (1/6/19 - 1/19/19)

20 best new Android games released this last week including Oddmar, Hang Line: Mountain Climber, and Galaxy Stack

Official Best Games Of 2018 as Chosen by /r/AndroidGaming - Final Results!

corkie · 23-01-2019 04:08PM

27 temporarily free and 36 on-sale apps and games for Wednesday

Google is proposing a change to Chrome that would break ad blockers like uBlock Origin

UsedToWait · 23-01-2019 07:47PM

corkie wrote: »

Google is proposing a change to Chrome that would break ad blockers like uBlock Origin

They can feck off, if that's the case.

irishgeo · 23-01-2019 07:54PM

UsedToWait wrote: »

They can feck off, if that's the case.

firefox best get some extra bandwidth in.

OldMrBrennan83 · 23-01-2019 07:59PM

It'll be a matter of days before someone has a work around in place. Wouldn't be enough to stop me using it anyway, I don't have one on Chrome on my phone and rarely have one running on the PC and it never bothers me.

god's toy · 24-01-2019 07:59AM

Patww79 wrote: »

It'll be a matter of days before someone has a work around in place. Wouldn't be enough to stop me using it anyway, I don't have one on Chrome on my phone and rarely have one running on the PC and it never bothers me.

Be mindfull that out of the box chrome will have some background stuff running on boot-up of your computer unless you disable it.

The high horse brigade · 24-01-2019 09:31AM

Patww79 wrote: »

It'll be a matter of days before someone has a work around in place. Wouldn't be enough to stop me using it anyway, I don't have one on Chrome on my phone and rarely have one running on the PC and it never bothers me.

Pihole folks, for network wide adblock
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pi-hole-raspberry-pi/
Block ads at home using Pi-hole and a Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-01-2019 10:17AM

god's toy wrote: »

Be mindfull that out of the box chrome will have some background stuff running on boot-up of your computer unless you disable it.

Never been an issue for me. It just has handy cross device sync that I've always used.

misstearheus · 25-01-2019 03:52AM

Awww I came in here expecting to see a List this this and this, easy to read, of Games or Apps I could scroll up and down on and pick and choose from, and click on the link and Job done. Is there any way to take out all the talking out of the Thread and maybe start antother Thread for like App Support / Chat or something?

ImARebel · 25-01-2019 08:44AM

I like the chat, I get a heads up on stuff I wouldn't or mightn't have known anything about

The aliexpress thread died a death when it was split out

Tom Mann Centuria · 25-01-2019 08:52AM

Before these chat posts the most you'd have to scroll past to get to app suggestions is about five or six posts. Don't really think it's that big a deal, and thread isn't busy or big enough to merit a separate chat thread. Besides, I like seeing if people have experience of using recommended apps.

GBX · 25-01-2019 08:54AM

misstearheus wrote: »

Awww I came in here expecting to see a List this this and this, easy to read, of Games or Apps I could scroll up and down on and pick and choose from, and click on the link and Job done. Is there any way to take out all the talking out of the Thread and maybe start antother Thread for like App Support / Chat or something?

It's a 2 year old thread. There's a lot of nessecary discussion related to many of the apps.
There's plenty of lists within the play store.. try your luck there if you just want to pick and choose. You are asking for non discussion on a discussion forum ?

ImARebel · 25-01-2019 09:37AM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Before these chat posts the most you'd have to scroll past to get to app suggestions is about five or six posts. Don't really think it's that big a deal, and thread isn't busy or big enough to merit a separate chat thread. Besides, I like seeing if people have experience of using recommended apps.

+1 to that

Mr E · 25-01-2019 10:29AM

This is the second incarnation of a thread that has been running since 2009 (almost 10 years).

I think it works well. If you visit daily, there won't be more than 4 or 5 new posts usually.

Check out the links corkie posts 2 or 3 times a week. There is always some good stuff there about new apps and apps on sale.

The high horse brigade · 25-01-2019 11:44AM

What good are app recommendations if people can't discuss their experiences

corkie · 25-01-2019 07:05PM

29 temporarily free and 43 on-sale apps and games to start the weekend.

McMurphy · 25-01-2019 10:16PM

Just a heads-up on WhatsApp.

The latest update makes you restricted to forward on a pic or chat to a max of five recipients at a time.

Five.

Bit of a step backwards imo.

killbillvol2 · 25-01-2019 10:31PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Just a heads-up on WhatsApp.

The latest update makes you restricted to forward on a pic or chat to a max of five recipients at a time.

Five.

Bit of a step backwards imo.

Great news. Bye bye endless recycled unfunny sh1te.

GBX · 25-01-2019 10:36PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Just a heads-up on WhatsApp.

The latest update makes you restricted to forward on a pic or chat to a max of five recipients at a time.

Five.

Bit of a step backwards imo.

One workaround: save the media to your phone then compose a new message.

McMurphy · 25-01-2019 10:46PM

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Great news. Bye bye endless recycled unfunny sh1te.

Well that's one upside I suppose, but I was referring to those of us that might use WhatsApp for work purposes.

No more sending a photo and a few details of new products to a load of your best customer's in one go.

Email could be an option, but the industry I work in, most of the clients wouldn't be email savvy, WhatsApp is just about palatable to some.

killbillvol2 · 25-01-2019 10:51PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Well that's one upside I suppose, but I was referring to those of us that might use WhatsApp for work purposes.

No more sending a photo and a few details of new products to a load of your best customer's in one go.

Email could be an option, but the industry I work in, most of the clients wouldn't be email savvy, WhatsApp is just about palatable to some.

Fair enough. But for everyone in your position there are hundreds of absolute morons who blindly forward everything to everybody.

Suckit · 25-01-2019 10:52PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Well that's one upside I suppose, but I was referring to those of us that might use WhatsApp for work purposes.

No more sending a photo and a few details of new products to a load of your best customer's in one go.

Email could be an option, but the industry I work in, most of the clients wouldn't be email savvy, WhatsApp is just about palatable to some.

Telegram is a better option for stuff like that anyway. I know, not gonna get everyone on to telegram, but as it's not really used as one on one messenger app as much as a group notifier or support type app, it may be easier to sell it to them like that.

McMurphy · 25-01-2019 10:59PM

Suckit wrote: »

Telegram is a better option for stuff like that anyway. I know, not gonna get everyone on to telegram, but as it's not really used as one on one messenger app as much as a group notifier or support type app, it may be easier to sell it to them like that.

Already on it S.

I think I have one other contact using it though, so am definitely gonna have my work cut out.

It's actually almost identical to WhatsApp, but they're after getting some head start of an advantage.

Lucas Hood · 25-01-2019 11:13PM

Just on Telegram. Telegram x app is way better than the normal app.

Must Have Android Apps and Games? (Part II)

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