Must Have Android Apps and Games?

Sheldons Brain · 21-05-2014 07:31PM

Google have bought Word lens, which translates stuff when travelling, and it is now free. It is quite large 40Mb as it has the dictionaries built in, so does not need a network connection.

AlmightyCushion · 21-05-2014 08:35PM

Sheldons Brain wrote: »

Google have bought Word lens, which translates stuff when travelling, and it is now free. It is quite large 40Mb as it has the dictionaries built in, so does not need a network connection.

Just tried it. It actually works surprisingly well.

same ol sh1te · 21-05-2014 08:52PM

Anyone using Google+ photo backup try the new Google+ app, it has a very good new feature called stories that creates a nice automatic scrapbook with your photos, really cool.
http://mashable.com/2014/05/20/google-plus-stories/

corkie · 22-05-2014 08:31PM

Anyone else finding the app SB (can't be named here) very slow downloading at the moment?

I have been using flixtor instead and have download 3 episodes of a show in the time it would take the other app to download one!

MuppetCheck · 22-05-2014 10:23PM

Yeah, been a bit glitchy for me the last few days. It's always been slow to download anything from though.

Dozen Wicked Words · 23-05-2014 01:54AM

Didn't notice any disimprovement in the app which can't be named's download speed for me tonight. Slow enough at best of times, fine for streaming though.

Oh, and Flixtor has been removed from the play store now too, so possibly it will become another app name we have to avoid!

tomdempsey200 · 23-05-2014 08:46AM

is there an app to block all these banner ads on opera mobile?

or do I need a different browser app
thanks

dulpit · 23-05-2014 09:32AM

tomdempsey200 wrote: »

is there an app to block all these banner ads on opera mobile?

or do I need a different browser app
thanks

You could get adblock or adfree, but you need root for them... Will work across all apps if you get them.

tomdempsey200 · 23-05-2014 09:45AM

dulpit wrote: »

You could get adblock or adfree, but you need root for them... Will work across all apps if you get them.

I have root

I tried adblock plus there but didn't seem to work

jgbyr · 23-05-2014 09:56AM

tomdempsey200 wrote: »

I have root

I tried adblock plus there but didn't seem to work

I find AdAway very good.

dulpit · 23-05-2014 10:19AM

Adfree works a treat for me: http://adfree.bigtincan.com/

Professey Chin · 23-05-2014 10:22AM

Javelin Browser has Ad-Block built in. Nice browser too. Little unpredictable with performance after an update for some reason

coldfire1x · 23-05-2014 01:32PM

Professey Chin wrote: »

Javelin Browser has Ad-Block built in. Nice browser too. Little unpredictable with performance after an update for some reason

Thanks. Works well for blocking the ads.

tomdempsey200 · 23-05-2014 03:29PM

I'm trying out the javelin browser for the sites with banners

Mantis Toboggan · 23-05-2014 05:01PM

corkie wrote: »

Anyone else finding the app SB (can't be named here) very slow downloading at the moment?

I have been using flixtor instead and have download 3 episodes of a show in the time it would take the other app to download one!

How do you download on fixtor, I only see a streaming option?

Dozen Wicked Words · 23-05-2014 05:08PM

Buddy Holly wrote: »

How do you download on fixtor, I only see a streaming option?

You need pro version.

Edit:Wrong apparently, see below.

corkie · 23-05-2014 05:26PM

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

You need pro version.

I don't have the Pro version, but can download by clicking on the torrent link.

Edit: And since it's gone from the playstore, you can not buy the pro version that way anymore.

Dozen Wicked Words · 23-05-2014 05:29PM

corkie wrote: »

I don't have the Pro version, but can download by clicking on the torrent link.

Oh yeah, you're right. Works for me too, wonder why they listed it as a feature of pro version (if I recall correctly)

TitianGerm · 24-05-2014 09:01AM

Anybody recommend a good back up app ?

same ol sh1te · 24-05-2014 09:26AM

emmetkenny wrote: »

Anybody recommend a good back up app ?

Titanium but you'll need root

TitianGerm · 24-05-2014 09:35AM

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Titanium but you'll need root

I don't have root and to be honest it's way above my head

same ol sh1te · 24-05-2014 10:13AM

emmetkenny wrote: »

I don't have root and to be honest it's way above my head

It's daunting at first, stick with it, it's not that bad. Use the batch functions to do full backup of apps with data. If you buy the paid version you can set it to run during the night and upload to your dropbox