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I have recently got my Tattoo and have not really had a chance to play with it yet other than debranding it to the HTC ROM.
What are your favourite and can't do without apps ?? What ones should I look for ??
Thanks in advance
AK Notepad -> Write all notes you want.
ASTRO File Manager -> Manage your files.
BookMark BR -> Change the order of browser's bookmarks and some other stuff.
Deezer -> Listen webradio of Deezer.
Facebook
Frozen Bubble -> a very nice game
Google Traduction
Here I Am -> Get the adress of where you are.
NetCounter -> If you have, like me, a provider who limits the connection speed when i'm above 500Mo, this application show you all the informations about your DATA.
Places Directory -> Know all restaurants, hotel, etc around you.
Secret Box -> Store all your passwords in an encrypted file.
shazam -> recognize any music who you're listening on the radio for example.
And Finally TASKILLER to free up the RAM when you have too many apps launched.
Thanks for that, I have downloaded some of the ones that you have suggested.
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Atrackdog > checks updates for your installed apps
AndroidOffice> Office suite
Documents2Go> Office suite
Quick Settings> fast communication manager (wifi, gprs, etc.)
Backgrounds> many backgrounds from internet directly to your home or sdcard
ebuddy (apk)> messenger
appmanager> as its name
I use 3Banana for making notes. I can sync them online, which is a feature i like a lot.
Along with this, i definitely recommend ToggleSettings.
ToggleSettings is similar to QuickSettings
I've installed Msn Droid (best similar messenger app for Android for now)
Oh ok. Then i'll give quicksettings a try.
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Oh ok. Then i'll give quicksettings a try.
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ToggleSettings installed too. Thanks sheik_yerbouti, apps are never enough
I also use TuneWiki, which shows the lyrics of the song currently playing. And WaveSecure for anti-theft purposes.
Google Places
FotMob(for tracking football scores)
Compass
FX Currency
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I also use TuneWiki, which shows the lyrics of the song currently playing. And WaveSecure for anti-theft purposes.
Google Places
FotMob(for tracking football scores)
Compass
FX Currency
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I'll test them. Thanks
3g Watchdog > to control your internet flat on phone (mine is limited to 3gb per month)
Google Shopper > market
Does 3G Watchdog work with EDGE also?
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Does 3G Watchdog work with EDGE also?
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Sure. The name is purely indicative
Thought we would start an Apps Corner so we can share what we think are essential apps or just apps you think are good and Games.
Please if you post in here do not just post saying that app is no good i think this one is better.
If you think that then tell us a bit about the app and a link to the app so we can all have a look, otherwise it will be pages and pages of wasted posts.
I will kick it off
History Eraser
This is a free app that will erase different types of history like Internet and the App Market
Look HERE
1. Tasker
Total Automation, from settings to SMS. ADC2 finalist!
* Triggers: App, Time, Day, Location, Widget, Timer, 50+ Events
* Actions: 160+ builtin, any Locale-compatible setting plugin
* Tasks: loops, variables, conditions
Queries: http://groups.google.com/group/tasker
Release Notes: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/changes.html
Latest version: 1.0.6 (for all Android versions)
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2. NewsRoom
NewsRoom is the fastest and easiest way to stay in touch with the web on the go. Find your favorite news quickly with the built in search.
Problems? Email us at [email protected] and we'll fix you right up.
Latest version: 1.7.4 (for all Android versions)
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3. Astro
This new permanent version includes mobile ads. The ad free version, ASTRO Pro is available below (see 'View more applications)
Features: File Manager, Backup, Image and text viewers, Networking, SMB, Bluetooth, SFTP, Zip Tar, downloader, thumbnails, search files, application manager, task manager, attachments
Latest version: 2.5.2 (for all Android versions)
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4. eBuddy Messenger
Get the best Instant Messaging Application!
- Fast & reliable
- Chat on multiple MSN (Windows Live), Facebook, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, GTalk, Hyves & MySpace accounts
- All IM buddies in one list
- Runs in background
- Messages sent as data, not SMS/Text
New in 1.8.1:
- Facebook Chat more reliable
- Fix force close on Droid
Latest version: 1.8.1 (for all Android versions)
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5.K9 Mail
2.803 fixes a bug in the 'days of mail to sync' setting.
New in 2.8: Configurable font sizes & account colors, Yahoo over WiFi, Global Inbox & more!
K-9 Mail is an open-source e-mail client with search, push mail, multi-folder sync, flagging and refiling, signatures, bcc-self, configurable alerts and more! # K9 Mail
Latest version: 2.803 (for all Android versions)
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Better than stock email client but the only way I found to copy text from email was to try and forward or reply to the email that I was trying to copy text from.
6. Barcode Scanner
Scan barcodes on CDs, books, and other products, then look up prices and reviews, or search for a word in a book and find where it occurs. You can also scan QR Codes containing URLs, contact info, calendar events, etc.
NEW:
* WiFi base station in QR Code
* Bulk scanning mode
* App on SD card for Froyo
Latest version: 3.4 (for all Android versions)
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Games
Bistro Cook: (free)
Take the challenge! Show how fast you are and be the best bistro cook around! Live scores!
How to cook a food:
- tap the food to select
- tap on the frying pan (not drag)
Tomatoes, cabbage and bread don't need cooking.
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Replica Island: (free)
Guide the Android robot through 40 action-packed platforming levels on a quest to discover a secret power source on a mysterious island. With an retro style and unique, challenging game play, Replica Island is a new take on the classic platformer genre. http://replicaisland.net/
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Robo Defense: ($ a must have game)
Robo Defense is the ultimate portable tower defense experience. Featuring open maps, upgrades, achievements and nice graphics.
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Blow Up: ($)
Flatten the buildings! You have a certain amount of bombs in different sizes, with the ability to place them on timer delay. Watch the building sway and fall with real physics; even more, blow the panda up. Hit the panda on a star to get bonus.
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Old School Snake: (free)
The classic snake game done properly for Android.
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Applications
TodoistDroid: ($)
Todoist is a task manager that's useful, fast and easy to use. We currently manage millions of todos and we are ready to manage yours as well! Very indepth and is browser based as well.
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Kindle: (free)
eBook reader from Amazon. Perfect considering the large screen size of the Streak. I have read many books on it already!
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Pandora: (free)
Online radio, awesome! With full Widget.
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XDA-App: (free)
Great for checking the boards on the Streak
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Engadget: (free)
Great news feed widget and nice app.
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Quick Office: ($)
Great for reading/writing Word, Powerpoint, Excel, ect
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SystemPanel (lite): (lite version is free, all I need)
Awesome task manager program for killing apps
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IMDb: (free)
Lookup movies and search theater times, awesome free app.
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when i search for swype on market - i get MyTextSpeed - but nothing on Swype
where to download from?
devdarshan said:
when i search for swype on market - i get MyTextSpeed - but nothing on Swype
where to download from?
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Mate this is the kind of post i was trying to avoid in this thread. we just wanted apps and not questions otherwise it will get very scruffy very soon
I have sent you a pm about link for swype
Numbuzz IM, now that it works...
free IM app that does them all, except jabber.. Now includes revenue earner in the form of a void to phonenumber service, can use swype as alternative..
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.nimbuzz
Handcent sms.. near perfect sms app.. does anyone really use sms still when there's so many better ways of communicating? works ok for timetravel back to communicate with friends stuck in the the early 90s..
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aldiko. free
Bit embarrassed about this one as I tried it when I first got my streak and dismissed it far too quickly. its now my favorite app!
you know all those lovely books you grabbed in laputa? ** imagine reading them in either landscape or portrait with whatever layout you want. that's the start, then imagine sticking it in night mode and setting what colour you want the text to be. then decide you really want the backlight much darker than either Dell and lapses will let you go. slide your finger down the left edge if the screen.. genius!
Flick page left turns it, no fuss, no scrabbling around in the bottom corner trying to Flick the page.change the page animation speed, change pretty much everything..
**copy any epub book to /sdcard/ebooks/import and enjoy them in comfort
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.aldiko.android
adfree -free
simple but incredibly effective adblocking.
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bigtincan.android.adfree
The apps I can't do without, and to be frank they've saved the streak for me
GOOGLE LISTEN automated download of subscriptions just add to your queue and listen, need to spend time finding good stuff to listen to but there's plenty out there. This week in google is always god for a laugh
ROCK PLAYER watching films on the streak is a must, currently the only app that doesn't need mass conversion of your film library
SWYPE keyboard is a must the stock keyboard was/is terrible, I spent ages correcting errors now I have a keyboard that I can tap or swype and get good results.
ENGADGET reads a dream on the streak
NEWS PRO THOMPSON REUTERS all types of news under one roof
That's it I'm afraid i expected more from such an open platform. I could do more with a jailbroken iphone than with android 1.6. I hope that will change soon.
Ones to watch
BLIND TYPE http://tinyurl.com/377aor4
this is amust
TMN POND this is a social agrigator, currently in beta so search the web for install (might be on market by now)
SEESMIC another social agrigator, currently only does buzz and twitter
PHONEBOOK 2.0 also a social agrigator but also acts as you phone book
All 3 apps have potential but have along way to go to get it right
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ADW Launcher
Rock Player
Beam reader
Kindle for Android
Aldiko Reader
Mixzing
Colornotes
SWYPE
Real player beta, free from market,
Haven't used it for music or photos but the best video player i've found, it's the only one that sync's the sound and video perfectly.
All the apps i have tried and kept so far....
Free:
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Barcode Scanner - Barcode scanner - great utility
Unit Converter - Wopnersoft - Utility for conversion
Engadget App - Access Engadget
XDA-App - Access XDA Forum
London Tube Status - Tube Status Updates
Traffic4England Free - Traffic Updates for UK
ES Explorer -Must have file management
Snaptic Compass - Directional use
Smoothe Calendar - for Neat Agenda/Appointment on Home Screen
System Info Widget - Systems panel on Home screen
ADW Launcher - Launcher App with loads of features
Droid Comic Viewer (ACV)
Evernote - Notekeeping
SwiftFTP - for File transfers over Wifi
Aldiko - eBook Reader
Shazam - Music Tagging
AG Newspapers UK Free - for UK newspapers
Paid:
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Copilot - with UK Map and PGPSW Speed cams Must have
Beta:
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Swype - fast Keyboard
RockPlayer - The ARMv7 version is the one for the Streak - Love this
I have just stumbled across this app that plays AVI files and as their are not many out their that do that i thought i put the link up
http://www.appbrain.com/app/sns.arcMedia.playerInterface.arm6
PS i havent tried it yet so if someone does please share it with us
interesting, the 1.6 firmware photo&video is by arcsoft media ...
obviously a coincidence of naming..
as this is based on FFMpeg I'd imagine it will be able to handle quite a few codecs eventually.
however looks like this specific version is compiled for arm6 processors, (the appbrain link name suggests it) so maybe a v7 version would be a bit better.
Barcode Scanner
One of those apps i would gladly pay for
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/shopping/barcode-scanner_clh.html
You will notice on the link page a barcode for installing barcode scanner, but considering you haven't downloaded or installed it yet, i would like to see how anyone would take advantage of it
There's 1000's here
Fancy Widget
Snaptic Compass
https://snaptic.com/blog/compass-for-android/
Extended controls Wifi, Bluetooth on/off etc, etc
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.extendedcontrols
Smoothe Calendar
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.catharsis-android-calendar-xiCB.aspx
afile lite - transfer everything over wifi
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.mobi-bbase-discover-pij.aspx
Battery widget
http://apps.androidtapp.com/#battery-widget/id/com.geekyouup.android.widgets.battery
In addition to many of those mentioned before, here are some apps I've used and found useful on the Streak:
ACT 1 Video Player - Amazon's Unbox player (for Video on Demand) recognizes the Streak as a portable device and will transfer purchased movies/TV shows to the Streak as WMV's. Plays them well, and bookmarking functionality is useful. Free trial available.
AirReg - Interesting for those looking for info on the plane they're about to get on.
Galcon - Fun game ($)
GPSTest - Interesting while sitting on planes (especially in a window seat).
Jewels - Bejewelled style game
Zillow - Housing values
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gersztoff said:
In addition to many of those mentioned before, here are some apps I've used and found useful on the Streak:
ACT 1 Video Player - Amazon's Unbox player (for Video on Demand) recognizes the Streak as a portable device and will transfer purchased movies/TV shows to the Streak as WMV's. Plays them well, and bookmarking functionality is useful. Free trial available.
AirReg - Interesting for those looking for info on the plane they're about to get on.
Galcon - Fun game ($)
GPSTest - Interesting while sitting on planes (especially in a window seat).
Jewels - Bejewelled style game
Zillow - Housing values
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Quick question, what USB mode is your Streak in when transfer video files
from Amazon. I havnt got it to work yet?
Thanks!
psx4droid: bit limited on what works, but WRC Arcade version and Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (and i presume 1.0) work!!
Kindle is excellent on the Streak.
Don't understand why people aren't using the built in video player? Having said that, I'm using DVD conversions I did for my old X1 and that was a swine to convert for. h264 mpeg I think?
Copilot is superb, google maps with streetview and traffic layer is a godsend.
And, for anyone who has an OBDII compliant car, "Torque" is a great bit of software. You get a bluetooth OBDII adapter from ebay for around 25 quid and now you have diagnostics (including reading and clearing fault codes) for your car!! £2? The guy could charge £10 and it'd be well worth it!!
Being a photographer, "Photo Tools" is a very handy application
And for music, through bluetooth in my car, Mort Player is great - especially if you add the widget. It even responds to the steering wheel controls for next and previous track!
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Quick question, what USB mode is your Streak in when transfer video files
from Amazon. I havnt got it to work yet?
Thanks!
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I launched Amazon Unbox player, connected the Streak, and selected Media files. After a minute or so, I was able to see the Streak, after refreshing the devices in Unbox. Good luck!!
Found a good clock widget for the Streak, the surround looks similar to the standard streak icon surrounds so it matches them pretty good.http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-davidgoemans-simpleclockwidget-zAtq.aspx
Weather forecast widget, only used this for a coupls of days, seems pretty accurate, battery use was good with 3% over 8 hrs (set to update every 6)
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.org-koxx-forecast_weather-v2-jipz.aspx
for anyone who hasn't seen it, you should check out Boots' app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=777482
I have tested and it does work over wifi with the Streak. Still in alpha but it does have promise.
I downloaded Skype but for some reason it just freezes the streak. Im sure its skype. I know skype haven't releashed a Dell Streak Version. I installed system tools and my memory has gone upto 93%. even though I use task manager and also have 1.5gb free on internal.
I had to switch the screen off a few times to get the screen to respond to my touches sometimes had to restart (i've tried screen calibration) and when i finally got it to work went into settings --> application --> stopped skype and it works fine ... strange.. anyone else having the same problems?
Thanks
EDIT: UPDATED
HERE IS THE LIST OF MY TOP 20 USING THE FEEDBACK... JUST SENT IT TO CNET.
http://callip.wordpress.com/
Android apps are essential to the end-users experience. There are several categories of apps, but I am going to ignore some as they are limited in their scope (ie, apps that are games, or are only focused on those who root their phones).
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I believe the average smartphone user is going to want to focus on improving the user interface (apps that are better than the stock apps that come on the phone), social apps (ie Twitter, texting, conferencing), and media apps (ie music, photos, news).
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Below are those categories and the apps that I feel can improve the Android experience.
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Disclaimer: There are hundreds of thousands of Android apps. This is in no way all inclusive and can change daily.
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BETTER THAN THE STOCK ANDROID APPLICATIONS:
Text Messanging:
1 – Go SMS / Handcent SMS / Chomp SMS / Google Voice.
Okay, so I am starting off with THREE suggestions. Well, they are all better than the stock messenger, in their own regard. The average user can be complacent with the stock messaging app, it does send texts and MMS (ie pictures) just fine after all, but for the user who wants more, these are the apps to try.
To be fair, Google Voice should not be lumped in here as it does so much. This app should be on every Android device, period.
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Browser:
2 – Dolphin Browser HD / Skyfire / Miren
Wait, three more suggestions? Yeap. Why? Because their all awesome in their own regard. The stock browser I find fantastic, it does what you need and does it well. Again though, Android allows the user to do a lot more.
Dolphin is great because of tabbed browsing, gestures (finger swipes to open bookmarks for example) and multi-touch.
Skyfire emphasizes playing video – even those that are not compatible with Android.
Miren is extremely fast, minimalistic UI, and a lot of neat features (scrolling with the volume button, swipes to go forward/backward, etc).
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Gallery:
3 – QuickPic
I hate the stock android gallery. It is a CPU hog, slow to load and limited in features. It is frankly my least favorite part of Android. QuickPic by Alensw (there are several apps with that name) is amazing. It is extremely fast to load, you can exclude certain albums from displaying, very high resolution/image quality, and built in editing tools (ie cropping, rotating, etc).
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The Launcher (your homescreen):
4 – ADW EX / LauncherPro / Go Launcher EX
There I go again, three suggestions. Most of these have similar features, but each have unique features. I prefer ADW EX because it allows me to use swipe gestures to open my notifications or to open a second hidden dock bar (a place to stash commonly opened apps). This allows my homescreen to be less cluttered. You can customize the layout a lot more as well (ie, instead of the standard 4×4 layout, you can make it as much as 10×10), overlap widgets, infinite scrolling, change animations, etc. The list of options go on and on. I strongly suggest trying a new launcher.
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Camera:
5 – CameraZoom FX / Camera360 / Retro Camera / Little Photo
All of these apps have features above and beyond the stock camera. I prefer Retro Camera because it is free and it also has a very unique UI. I can take some pretty spectacular photos with it, with very little effort. I’m a sucker for black and white photos that have a vintage look though.
A reader also suggested Little Photo – which seems wildly popular but was not known by me – NICE!
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Music:
6 – PowerAMP / UberMusic / TuneIn Radio / Google Music / Amazon MP3
Again, each have unique qualities. PowerAMP is great in that it plays most anything and has an equalizer. UberMusic is just sexy. TuneIn Radio allows you to stream music from all over the world. Google Music is great for its cloud capabilities – I love having my music sync and not be stored on precious memory space. Amazon MP3 also has cloud capabilities and offers free music.
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Dialer / Contacts:
7 –Go Contacts EX
Not every Android has a smart dialer (when you start typing a phone number or contact name, it filters out your results). I find that hard to believe. Go Contacts EX not only has a great smart dialer, but the UI is great too. You can swipe left to right to change from the dialer to contacts for instance. The app can also be themed by simply downloading themes from the Market (most of which are also free)
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Photos:
8 – TouchRetouch / PicSay Pro / Little Photo
We talked about the Camera and the Gallery, but what about editing photos? Ever have something in your shot that you wish wasn’t there. TouchRetouch is essentially a magic eraser for your photos. It’s pretty brilliant for an app on your phone and can easily remove objects.
PicSay Pro is more of an effects tool. It allows a tremendous amount of customization to your photos.
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Keyboards:
9 – Swype Beta / Swiftkey X
Swype is hands down the most revolutionary keyboard out. I was afraid of moving to a phone with no physical keyboard, till I tried Swype. The beta is open and free, and it’s the best keyboard out, in my opinion. Do yourself a favor and register now. Most know that Swype allows you to move from letter to letter (not peck each letter), but it also has a tremendous amount of features. I’ve got a huge guide on this, please contact me if interested. Swiftkey X is another revolutionary keyboard in a different sense. It actively seeks the NEXT word you would type, and it learns as you type. So, the more you use it, the more accurately it can predict your next word. I’ve written entire sentences by simply selecting the word it thought I would use. These are both amazing and something I am certain an iPhone would love to have (avoiding some of the famous auto-correct iPhone typo blunders).
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SOCIAL APPS:
Disclaimer: I despise FaceBook, but their app seems very feature rich with a decent UI.
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10 – Plume
I’ve tried every twitter app out there, and none can touch the power of Plume. Feature rich it won’t let you down. Get this if you use Twitter, or start using twitter if you do not already! I’ve found it to be the best way to get brief bits of news information catered to me. So much so that it’s now my favorite feature of a smartphone.
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11 – GroupMe
A completely free way to keep in contact with a group. Send text messages (with your data plan – not a traditional text message), share photos, conference calling, etc. This is a powerful app that could serve teenagers to the executive on business trips.
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12 – Google+
Say what it really is, a FaceBook killer. Google hit a homerun with their social network in my opinion, and the app is feature rich. Want to have private conversations, or share with the world? Want to instantly sync photos taken from your phone? Want to use an alternate messenger or video chat with up to 9 people? Get it.
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TRAVEL APPS:
13 – Google Maps
The features of Maps is pretty robust, but it is the Navigation that is its strong point in my opinion. I had two Garmin GPS units that became junk when I got my first Android phone. Not only did the Navigation work better (accuracy of turn by turn directions) from my phone, but the GPS signal was more accurate. You can also use Places to find and rate places and Lattitude to locate friends near you.
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14 – Worldmate
Short and sweet, a must if you travel a lot. Forward your confirmation emails and it groups all of your itinerary into an incredibly simple package. Organize your plans, change your itinerary, share your itinerary with people, get flight alerts or check on a flight, get reminders, it locates hotels near you and even brings in the weather. Seriously, if you travel, try this!
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MISCELLANEOUS APPS:
15 – Beautiful Widgets / Fancy Widgets
Another benefit of Android is the widgets – an easy to find and attractive thing to have on your homescreen with relevant information. I enjoy knowing the time and weather near me, and these apps give it accurately and in an attractive way that can be easily themed to my liking.
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16 – Alarm Clock Plus
If you use your smartphone as your alarm, for lunch or sleep – this is the one to try. Feature rich and known as one of the best. This will be better than the stock Alarm on the phone and incorporates weather.
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17 – Amazon’s Appstore
There are many nice features about Amazon’s Appstore, including their review process (added security perhaps over the Android Market), but lets be honest… its best feature is that they offer a paid app for free every day. Sometimes these apps are pretty amazing too. On more than one occasion I have went and bought the app in the official Android Market when I wanted to show my support to a developer.
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18 – Chrome to Phone
If you use Android, there is a strong chance Chrome is your browser on your PC. This dandy of an app allows you to press the button on your PC’s browser (using the Chrome to Phone extension), and instantly that page/document/download link will show on your phone. Amazingly simply and powerful.
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19 – Wheres My Droid
Are you one that easily misplaces their phone? Once installed, this app lets you send a text to your phone if it’s misplaced to help locate it. What if you left your phone on silent… what if you are not near it? Well, not only does it turn the volume to max (just in case), but it also lets you get the GPS coordinates if you REALLY misplaced it. A must have on any Android in my opinion.
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20 – Astro File Manager
With Android you have the ability to view and move files around. This is the best way to manage your files, make backups of important files, open zip/tar files, allow downloads from the browser, etc. Frankly, every Android phone should come with a file manager, but they do not. Even if your phone did come with a file manager, there is a strong chance that it is not as good as Astro File Manager.
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This list is no way inclusive. There are MANY apps that I use daily that did not get a mention. Perhaps I will make an extended list with more categories next time. I would appreciate your feedback. If you know someone new to Android, shoot them a link to this… I’d love to hear what someone new to Android thought of this list.
CNet just tweeted their top 20, and I called them out for being terrible. I'd like to send them a link to this thread - where they can offer GOOD suggestions.
NO GAMES
NO TASK KILLERS
What apps do you consider essential to Android?
Suggestions:
Google Voice
Go Contacts EX
ADW EX
Plume/Tweetdeck
Google+
Google Maps
Root Explorer
Buzzfeed
Twicca
Mybacup pro
I use religously
Screebl
Timerrific
Rootexplorer
Go ex launcher
Do it tomorrow
Pulse
miren browser
Player pro
I use them every day
Didn't expect to learn of new apps.
Guess I should avoid ROOT APPS too, for the masses.
These are my main apps I use, and on a daily basis.
Dolphin Browser HD
Go Launcher EX
Quickpic
Root Explorer sorry didn't see your previous post about no root apps.
Engadget
Cnet News
FMyLife
OverDrive (this may only be for people whos schools allow ebook downloads like mine)
Uber Music
File expert (w/root)
QQ launcher
Chainfire 3D
Dropbox
Go SMS pro
Swiftkey X ( the best keyboard!)
Twicca
Handcent SMS
Google+
XDA Premium
Pandora Radio
SwiftKey X (main keyboard)
TouchPal Keyboard v3.8 (for swipe)
Root Explorer (they do have a non-root version)
Those are my daily apps among a few others. If i realize a few more ill add them. But enjoy
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ADW EX
AK Notepad
Alarm Clock Plus
AutoStarts
Beautiful Widgets
Camera 360
Dolphin HD
Gas Buddy
Handcent SMS
Netflix
Quickpic
StayAwake
Tapatalk
Titanium Backup Pro
Root Explorer (yes I did read above but its a priceless app so I can't leave it out)
Widget Locker
These are my apps that I use on a more current basis that the others, besides the stock apps.
TuneIn Radio
Gizmodo
CNET News
Voodoo Control
Xfinity (Comcast Customers)
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CNET would certainly appreciate their app being suggested
Sent using the XDA app.
For me:
*UberSocial (formerly Twidroyd) MY choice third-party twitter client.
*PowerAMP (Handles my audio needs. Love the equalizer options.)
*Voodoo Control (+ PowerAMP = Audio Bliss.)
*Twicca
*FX File Explorer
*Miren Browser
*Boat Browser
*Boat Browser Mini
*GPS Restore
*Tapatalk (Replying in forums is easier than fumbling in a mobile browser.)
*Yahoo Mail
*IMO Beta
*DroidSound (For my SNES/Genesis/etc. music)
*Deadbeef (Like DroidSound for the retro music, but supports a widget.)
*Call Blocker
*Note Me
*Status Notes
*Ringo Pro
*SwiftKey X
*Zeam Launcher
Essentials
-LauncherPro Plus ( with custom icon pack )
-Dolphin Browser HD
-Zxing Barcode Scanner
-Foursquare
-Mobile Banking
-Note Everything
-Shazam
-Tunein Radio ( we don't have a build in radio )
-XDA app
-AVG Antivirus (keeping viruses away form my Vibrant , i think)
Thank you guys... these are some great suggestions. I love that I am hearing apps I was not aware of too.
I'll try and get a top 20 in the OP later today... waiting for more suggestions/feedback.
Chomp SMS (Have been using this app for over 2 years)
Astro File Manager (Have been using this app for over 2 years)
GroupMe
Chase
Paypal
Facebook
Barcode Scanner (Have been using this app for over 2 years)
Camera 360
Catch (Notes) syncs with google
Swype (can't use any other keyboard)
Google Voice
sportstap (a must)
quickpic
xda premium
root explorer
dropbox
mixzing (very cool music app)
and all my yahoo fantasy league apps!!!
Below is the start to my article for CNET:
Top 20 Android Apps
Android apps are essential to the end-users experience. There are several categories of apps, but I am going to ignore some as they are limited in their scope (ie, apps that are games, or are only focused on those who root their phones).
I believe the average smartphone user is going to want to focus on improving the user interface (apps that are better than the stock apps that come on the phone), social apps (ie Twitter, texting, conferencing), and media apps (ie music, photos, news).
Below are those categories and the apps that I feel can improve the Android experience.
Disclaimer: There are hundreds of thousands of Android apps. This is in no way all inclusive and can change daily.
BETTER THAN THE STOCK ANDROID APPLICATIONS:
Text Messanging:
1 – Handcent SMS / Chomp SMS / Google Voice.
Okay, so I am starting off with THREE suggestions. Well, they are all better than the stock messenger, in their own regard. The average user can be complacent with the stock messaging app, it does send texts and MMS (ie pictures) just fine after all, but for the user who wants more, these are the apps to try.
Browser:
2 – Dolphin Browser HD / Skyfire / Miren
Wait, three more suggestions? Yeap. Why? Because their all awesome in their own regard. The stock browser I find fantastic, it does what you need and does it well. Again though, Android allows the user to do a lot more.
Dolphin is great because of tabbed browsing, gestures (finger swipes to open bookmarks for example) and multi-touch.
Skyfire emphasizes playing video – even those that are not compatible with Android.
Miren is extremely fast, minimalistic UI, and a lot of neat features (scrolling with the volume button, swipes to go forward/backward, etc).
Gallery:
3 – QuickPic
I hate the stock android gallery. It is a CPU hog, slow to load and limited in features. It is frankly my least favorite part of Android. QuickPic by Alensw (there are several apps with that name) is amazing. It is extremely fast to load, you can exclude certain albums from displaying, very high resolution/image quality, and built in editing tools (ie cropping, rotating, etc).
The Launcher (your home screen / desktop):
4 – ADW EX / LauncherPro / Go Launcher EX
There I go again, three suggestions. Most of these have similar features, but each have unique features. I prefer ADW EX because it allows me to use swipe gestures to open my notifications or to open a second hidden dock bar (a place to stash commonly opened apps). This allows my homescreen/desktop to be less cluttered. You can customize the layout a lot more as well (ie, instead of the standard 4x4 layout, you can make it as much as 10x10), overlap widgets, infinite scrolling, change animations, etc. The list of options go on and on. I strongly suggest trying a new launcher.
Camera:
5 – CameraZoom FX / Camera360 / Retro Camera
All of these apps have features above and beyond the stock camera. I prefer Retro Camera because it is free and it also has a very unique UI. I can take some pretty spectacular photos with it, with very little effort. I’m a sucker for black and white photos that have a vintage look though.
Music:
6 – PowerAMP / UberMusic / TuneIn Radio / Google Music
Again, each have unique qualities. PowerAMP is great in that it plays most anything and has an equalizer. UberMusic is just sexy. TuneIn Radio allows you to stream music from all over the world. Google Music is great for its cloud capabilities – I love having my music sync and not be stored on precious memory space.
I'd say Go SMS is the best (real) sms app out there right now, however I am planning to try the whole wifi texting thing soon.
Widgets in general. Colorize Widget and Android Pro Widgets (?) make great alternatives to LP+ widgets, I personally can't do without some form of calendar widget.
Pageonce. Great way to keep track of bills and multiple bank accounts. I have a personal account, a school account and a savings account and it's great to be able to see them broken down or just all the money summed up (and all my bills to keep track of).
Soundhound (or Shazam). I prefer the first, I don't use it much, but when I do I'm glad to have it
Business Calendar is great if you need a feature rich calendar. It has a really nifty preview on the month view of any give day's events, among many other improvements.
Evernote. I love that one for grocery lists and general reminders.
Goggles for QR codes.
Convertr and Andy 86 for the students and math geeks out there, they save time like crazy.
For college students: Search your school in the market. One guy from my school made an app that logs us into school wifi automatically and provides shortcut links to commonly used school sites.
A flashlight app. For obvious reasons.
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Most people who read this will have no need for root things like Root Explorer and Titanium or Voodoo control. I say leave them out.
Wow I have most of those apps plus about 100 more. I'm a crazy teen that likes to play games
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I use most of these apps, but I just came across a good one. Gemini App Manager, it's similar to Titanium Backup but free. Every rooted user should check this one out.
I guess, I won't support this thread anymore. Our device is not good anymore, and our Wildfire's can't use all new apps because of very slow Arm v6 processor and GPU lack. But anyway, if you have any good ideas - write it here.
I hope, that this thread was useful for everyone. Maybe I'll back, but I guess, it will happen only when I will buy new phone, so I won't back coming soon. Thanks for everything.
Hi. I had very much problems with apps. I didn't know which is better and which is really usable. So I will try to help you with apps - this is list of the best apps:
For all users
Everything for browsing:
Browsers:
1. Opera Mini: The fastest browser for Android, but it doesn't support flash, JavaScript and etc.
2. Skyfire: an alternative browser with flash support, but quite slow.
3. Opera Mobile: fastest browser if you using Wi-Fi. Supports flash and JavaScript.
4. Dolphin Browser® HD: Quite fast browser, but slower than browsers from Opera. But this browser is very customizable has very much Add-ons, themes and etc.
5. Dolphin Browser® Mini: Something between Opera Mini and Dolphin browser HD. This browser is slower than Opera Mini, but faster than Dolphin HD. Also it is more customizable than Opera Mini, but not as customizable as Dolphin HD.
Social:
1. Facebook: If you using Facebook you must have it.
2. Tapatalk: For going to forums like this.
3. Skype: I think you know what is it. It's just mobile version...
4. Google+: App for Google+ users.
5. K-9 Mail: The best email client for Android.
6. TweetCaster for Twitter: The best Twitter app. Simple. Fast. Many features.
7. WhatsApp Messenger: With this app you can chat with your freinds for free (requires internet). Also there is a group chat.
Other apps for better browsing experience:
1. FeedR: An RSS reader that works as both an app and a widget.
2. 3G watchdog: This app shows your data usage. This app is the best, because it doesn't include Wi-Fi data and shows notification.
Customizing:
Launchers:
1. Go Launcher EX: I think it's the best Launcher. Many functions (I think the best is folders in app drawer, or hiding apps in app drawer), many themes. But it eats more RAM than other launchers.
2. Launcher Pro: This launcher is very fast, but not as customizable as Go Launcher. But if you want the best performance you shuold this launcher.
Homescreen:
1. Fancy widgets: The best free app for widgets (like htc style clock and etc.).
2. Beatiful Widgets: The best of the best widgets app (But this app costs).
3. PicSpeed HD Wallpapers: This app has very much high quality wallpapers.
Multimedia:
Music:
1. MixZing Media Player: If you don't like stock music player or just need more functions like equalizer and etc.
2. doubleTwist Player: One of the best (or maybe the best ) music player for Android.
3. MX Video Player: Really good video player. Customizable, nice and fast. P.s. you must download Arm v6 codec to use this player.
4. SoundHound: If you listening radio or just music from somewhere and you don't know name of the song - just open this app and it will show song that you're listening name. This app is better than Shazam if you are listening Electro, trance or something like this.
5. Shazam: Something like SoundHound, but it is better if you are listening rock, rap, pop and other non-electronic music.
6. TuneIn Radio: The best Internet radio app. If it works in Lithuania it must work everywhere .
Photos and videos:
1. Camera Zoom FX: Camera app which has very much effects and functions.
2. Vignette: One more camera app, which also has many effects and features.
3. PicSay - Photo Editor: I think it is the best photo editor for Android Phone.
4. QuickPic: This is video and photo gallery. It has more functions and it's faster than stock gallery.
5. VidTrim - Video Trimmer: With this app you can trim your videos.
6. SyncMyPix: A nice little photo syncing app for contacts; basically it imports your friends Facebook photo's into your contacts.
YouTube:
1. TubeMate YouTube Downloader: With this application you can downlaod videos from YouTube.
2. Listube: With this app you can play music from youtube in backround. For example: You can listen music from youtube while you're browsing. P.S. This app also playing video, but you can't watch video in fullscreen.
Reading:
1. Aldiko Book Reader: With this app you can read books and etc. This app supports .ePub files (with these files your reading will be much more comfortable)
2. IDEAL ePub Creator: With this app you can convert PDF, DOC, DOCX files to ePub.
3. Documents To Go: View, read and edit all .doc,. docx,. xls,. xlsx,. ppt,. pptx and other files.
SMS:
1. Go SMS Pro: Really good sms app, with many functions like password on sms, themes and etc.
2. SMS Backup & Restore: Simple application for backuping and restoring your sms.
3. SMS Popup: This app provides a convenient popup dialog when a message is received that allows you to quickly read and reply to messages..
Privacy:
1. Safe notes: You can write notes with this app. Why it's safe? Because you can put password on your notes.
2. Hide it pro: You can hide videos and pictures with this app.
3. Call Blocker: Sometimes we need to block calls or SMS from someone. So, this app will help you to do it (It works not in all countries (countries list in this app description - in market))
4. Fake-Call Me: With this app you can make fake call, so you can can get out of awkward situations .
5. avast! Mobile Security: One of the best (or maybe the best) antivirus app for Android. Why? Because it has a lot of features, blocks many viruses and it is faster than others. There are many viruses for Android, so if you are downloading apps not only from Google Play - you should install this antivirus.
6. Perfect App Protector - FREE: App that will let you set password on other apps.
Files or apps managing and etc.:
1. Astro file manager: File manager alternative, but it's better.
2. Dropbox: certainly know what's the point of this application.
3. AntTek App Manager: The best application manager. Fast and simple .
4. App 2 SD (move app to SD): With this app you can move apps to SD.
5. Auto App Organizer free: This app will help you to organize you apps. Many features, nice and simple.
6. Google Drive: This is one of the best cloud services. With this app you can store all your files in one place, so you can access them from anywhere and share them with others. 5GB is free.
Entertainment:
1. Rage Reader: I think you know what is Trollface, Rage, forever alone or other memes. With this app you can find many comics with these memes. Comics gets updates every minute .
2. TrollCamera: One more funny app for memes lovers. Take foto and add any meme.
3. RoidRage Rage Maker: With this application you can make your own meme comics.
4. Places Directory: This is an awesome app for finding shops and etc. near your current location. From restaurants to theaters to medical facilities to taxis.
5. Relax and Sleep: App which will help you to relax or get some sleep.
6. Sky Map: A stunning app that renders Patrick Moore obsolete, by using your phone's orientation tools to give you an accurate representation of the stars and planets on your screen.
Education:
1. Google Translate: It's the same like as pc version Google Translate.
2. RealCalc Scientific Calculator: If stock calculator is too simple for you - you should download this app.
3. WolframAlpha: This app will help you with mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, astronomy and etc.
Shopping:
1. Official eBay Android App: Really good eBay app - fast and simple.
2. Amazon Mobile: Do you want to buy something from amazon? This will help you.
Notes:
1. ColorNote Notepad Notes: A very superb Note app which is very customizeable. Also you can back up your notes to SD card or online.
2. Out of Milk Shopping List: With this app you'll never forget to buy or do something.
3. Evernote/Hello Evernote: Sync your notes to/from your computer/phone's works in a similar vain to Dropbox to an extent. They've just released a new side app called "Hello Evernote" which is sort of like a Social Network integration of sorts.
4. GTasks: With this app you can do your notes, watch calendar and etc.
Others:
1. Live Scores: With this app you can watch livescores.
2. Quadrant, AnTuTu benchmark, NeoCore: With these 3 apps you can check your phone performance.
3. Swype keyboard: One of the best keyboard in android. Many functions, very fast and comfortable typing. You can find it in Swype.com
4. Rainwatch: App for watch weather via map.
5. Memory Booster: This app will free you some RAM.
6. DroidCam Wireless Webcam: You don't have webcam on your pc? This will help you .
Only for users with root permissions
Memory, apps, files and etc.:
1. Titanium backup: If you installing another ROM you must have this app! It for backuping and restorind apps and data. Also you can delete system apps, or move apps to SD.
2. Root Explorer: With this app you can get system apps and folders.
3. CacheMate: The original and the best cache cleaning app. It's available for $1 in the market. A demo is also available in the market.
4. SD-Booster: It speeds up your SD-Card.
5. ShootMe/PicMe or drocap2: The best apps for making screenshots of your phone screen. I don't know why, but for me working only drocap2.
6. SD Maid - with this app you can free some internal or external memory. Very useful.
Performance increasing, tweaking:
1. Android Terminal Emulator: This app allows you to access the UNIX terminal and execute commands.
2. Font Changer (root): the best app if you want to change your phone fonts.
3. FasterFix: This app will speed up your gps.
4. AnTuTu CPU Master: With this app you can overclock or underclock your phone processor (also you need custom kernel).
5. Market Enabler: This app lets you access paid apps from countries where paid apps are not yet available.
6. LCDDensity for Root: With this app you can change your density. That means this can make you view bigger or smaller. P.S. This ap doesn't change your resolution.
7. Juice Defender: This app saving your battery - for example it turns off internet when you don't need it and etc. P.S. This app doesn't need root, but it is recommended, because without root you can't use all features.
8. System Tuner: This app will help you to increase and watch your phone. Most of the features requires root.
9. Autostarts: This app can disable unwanted autostarts and speed up your phone.
Privacy:
1. PDroid Privacy Protection: with this app you can take control of access to your private data by the applications you install.
2. Orbot: Tor on Android: App that allows you to browse via proxy servers.
Ads, internet and etc.:
1. AdFree: If you don't like ads in games or apps - you must download it. It will block any ads from apps.
2. Wireless Tether for Root Users: Enables free tethering via WiFi and Bluetooth to allow you to get an internet connection for your PC or other device that allows ad hoc connection, using your SGM 3G connection.
3. DroidWall - Android Firewall: With this application you can disable internet in other applications.
Other root apps:
1. Webkey: with this app you can control your phone from pc browser.
2. Root checker: If you want to check your root permissions.
I will make daily updates of apps..
Please click "Thanks" button and share your favourite apps and games - this is everything what I need
ChangeLog:
Code:
2012-06-03
Added DroidCam Wireless Webcam (Other apps)
Added Vignette (Multimedia ->Photos and Videos)
Added Notes section
Added ColorNote Notepad Notes (notes)
Added Amazon Mobile (Shopping)
Added Evernote (notes)
Added SyncMyPix (Multimedia -> Photos and videos)
2012-05-08
Added WhatsApp Messenger (social)
Added TweetCaster for Twitter (social)
Added Sky Map (Entertainment)
Added Evernote (Others)
Added SMS Popup (SMS)
Added WolframAlpha (Education)
2012-05-03:
Removed one cache cleaning app (because i was added one better).
Corrected some mistakes.
2012-05-01:
Added ChangeLog
Added apps: Google Drive, Perfect App Protector.
Thanks mate really useful.
I would like to add 2 facebook apps that actually work. (smoothly)
1- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200207 (real deal)
2-Friendcaster pro.
Oh, I almost forgot Brits! "Rainwatch" is the Uber weather app for us. It basically is a local cloud map. Which is what matters here
Thanks, is a great list of apps.
One thing I would ask, is can apps be rated for how speedy or laggy they are on the wildfire.
For example GO SMS is lovely, particularly with its flip screens but I am using Pansi SMS and it is much faster, and has a less cramped text box.
A few apps the I really love that worked really well on the wildfire are :
Beyond podcast
Gtasks
Flext9 voice recognition software, there was the occasional glitch on WiFi, one time out of 10 that dictation would fail, fine on 3G . rocksolid since rooted.
Could moderators make this thread sticky?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272870
Doubts on a sticky mate your not even in the correct section,would be more suited in the themes and apps section,but goodluck.
Regards Slymobi.
" the ability to read is good,
the ability to understand what you've read is great "
Excellent app list
However launcherpro is much faster and smooth when compared to go launcher
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additional for me: viber, YIM with voice, exDialer, textfree.
Added more apps to list ...
Mate... u just forgot to mention the name of famous "XDA" app
Without it all XDAians are unsupportive.
Shiv Prajapati said:
Mate... u just forgot to mention the name of famous "XDA" app
Without it all XDAians are unsupportive.
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I didin't forget XDA
13. Tapatalk: With this app you can go to some forums. For example with Tapatalk you can go to XDA forum. Also there are many other forums.
Apps2rom works well to move apps to ROM memory instead of sd. It also works for apps that can't be moved to sd. Nicely frees up space using faster internal memory. Only app I found that didn't like this was spotify.
Couple this with titanium backups new option to move dalvick data to ROM and you free up a lot.
i used gtasks up to now, but i've found a new app (now featured on market) called any.do. very functional, synces with google tasks, has great widgets.... all the best
Droid wall, advanced task killer, xda, superuser elite, SD maid pro, titanium backup root, app brain, appy geek and of course my favorite HTC app teeter
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Nice thread! I'm downloading Pansi SMS now, I've used Handcent and Go SMS Pro, but they are both slow
Some of my favorite apps (that are not already in the list in the TS): Android Assistant, Quickpic, My Data Manager, Plume, Airdroid, No-Frills CPU control, ADW Launcher EX, and more
Oh, and don't use task killer apps. It's integrated in Android since 2.2 and using extra task killers only slows your phone down.
Excellent list, thank you
After long long time... Update . I added more apps and now these aps are sorted. P.S. Moderators, please move this thread to HTC Wildfire Themes and Apps and make it sticky. Thank you very much .
It's a decent list of things that work well on wildfire, although it's missing a few different launchers which imo definitely deserve to be up there with go launcher, adw, launcher 7, 360, espier and I'm pretty sure there's more, also there's 2 or 3 threads already on this subject so what exactly stands yours apart from the others to deserve it to be stickied other than the fact you've categorized it?
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Scratch0805 said:
It's a decent list of things that work well on wildfire, although it's missing a few different launchers which imo definitely deserve to be up there with go launcher, adw, launcher 7, 360, espier and I'm pretty sure there's more, also there's 2 or 3 threads already on this subject so what exactly stands yours apart from the others to deserve it to be stickied other than the fact you've categorized it?
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I think my thread better than others because all the best apps are in one post. In another thread (name is share your apps whithout you can't live or something like this) all apps is in different posts and it is not sorted so, it is difficult to find app that you really need. Also in this thread I explained what every app does. So... Of course I didn't say that you must make it sticky. So moderators just can move it to other forum. But I hope moderators will make it sticky. Sorry for poor english :/.
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Update: Thread is moved to themes and apps (thanks to our moderators), added some more apps like shazam, turnin radio, some apps are moved to the other category .
I think many people like want very small size apps for some reasons...
I will tell you some apps I know that are very simple and some are very customizable and best....
So dont wait anymore...lets get started
First check apps by Simple Mobile Tools at https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=9070296388022589266
=> Keyboard:-
MultilingO Keyboard, Simple Keyboard, AnySoftKeyboard, Hacker's Keyboard, Mizo Keyboard, Keyboard for Excel, Unexpected Keyboard, Tiny Keyboard
=> Launcher:-
Simply Launcher, The Simplest Launcher, Keikai Launcher, Essential Launcher, MiniDesktop Launcher, Shade Launcher, LightLaunch Light 3D launcher, Mi Launcher, Holo Launcher, No Launcher, Fast App Search Tool, HgLauncher, Emerald Launcher
=> Browser:-
WebMonkey, Via Browser, InBrowser, jQuarks, Yuzu Browser, Berry Browser, Privacy Browser, Stargon Browser, Fulguris Web Browser, OH Browser, FOSS Browser, Onbibi Browser Lite, Naked Browser, Atlas WebBrowser, Slimperience Browser, Dual Browser, OnBrowser, Lightning Browser, Monument Browser
=> File Explorer:-
MiXplorer(not in playstore), Material Files, Ghost Commander File Manager, Total Commander, OI File Manager, ZArchiver, File Manager No ads, File Manager(Material), File Manager
=> Music Player:-
1by1 - Audio Directory Player, Phonograph, Musicolet, Simple Music Player(by Anrimian), Vanilla Music, LaPlayer light, mMusic mini Audio Player, FPlay, Unpopular Music Player, HikiPlayer, Foldplay: Folder Music Player, Fermata
=> Video Player:-
YetAnotherVideoPlayer, Simple Video Player, Osm Video Player, Night Video Player, CM Player, Fermata
=> Gallery:-
Gallery Lite, Camera Roll, Google Gallery Go, EZ Gallery, Gallery - All in one, AA Image Viewer, Random Image Viewer Lite
=> Photo Editor:-
Photo Editor
=> Cleaning:-
SD Maid, Empty Folder Cleaner
=> Notepad/Editors/Todo:-
Editor, Diary, Todo Agenda, OpenTasks
=> Calculators/Converters:-
handyCalc, RealCalc, Smart Unit Converter, Advanced Calculator, Mobi Calculator, Calculator, Unit Converter Pro, Super Unit Converter, NCalc+
=> Productivity:-
MuPDF mini, PDF Reader, PDF Viewer lite, PDF Reader - PDF Viewer (No Ads)
=> Other useful:-
Army Knife, PANAGOLA Apps, Simple Mobile Tools apps, Age Calculator by ng-labs, Internet Meter-Tiny NetStatPro, Text Tools, Lock by Loewe, Volume Notification, Darker, Unit Converter Pro Plus, J Touch, Social Network Lite - Smallest Social Apllication, Is Internet, One tap lock - Best screen locker, Droid Examiner, Device Info, ToGoZip, Easy Open Link, Copy Link To Clipboard, Log Viewer, Unseen Gallery, Power Notifier, Safe Notes - secure adfree notepad, Simple Sticky Note Widget, NewPipe, Karma Firewall, APK Export
API Levels :- https://source.android.com/setup/st...de-names-versions-api-levels-and-ndk-releases
If you have any suggestions, do let me know here
This post is not lightweight apps
App Stores:
-YalpStore/Aurora Store
-UptoDown
-APK Mirror
-APKpure
-F-Droid/Aurora Droid
-Aptoide
-ACMarket
-BlackMart
-SlideMe
-Mobilism
Not on playstore
-MiXplorer
-LuckyPatcher
-Jasi Patcher https://jaspreetsingh.store
-ToGoZip
-XDA labs
Root Backup:- Easy Backup & Restore by mdroid apps, oand backup, LuckyPatcher, Ultimate Backup by JRummy
Root apps:- Root Toolkit for android, LBS
Some good apps that are not leightweight
VPNs
Calyx VPN, Riseup VPN, Orbot, InviZible Pro
Adblock and Tracking
TrackingControl
Video Player
VLC
Google free OS
Replicant, LeOS, Calyx OS
Apps for Android Donut(1.6+) and higher - disscussion
GitHub - HemanthJabalpuri/AncientApps: List of some apps for Android 1.6 and higher
List of some apps for Android 1.6 and higher. Contribute to HemanthJabalpuri/AncientApps development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
All below apps and games are available in F-Droid. Just search name in it.
Spoiler: Apps
OperaMini(old) 7.6.4(34)-armeabi or 7.7 (apkmirror)
Ghost Commander 1.54.1(332)
Total Commander 2.90
OI File Manager 2.0.7(34) https://m.apkpure.com/oi-file-manager/org.openintents.filemanager/download/34-APK?from=versions/version
Open Manager
Terminal Emulator
Titanium Backup
Busybox (Stericson) 40(190)
APV pdf viewer
AIReader 1.771608050(1771608050)
FBReader 1.8.2-donut(108020)
VuDroid
Wifi keyboard
aGrep 0.2.8(12)
aLogcat
Apps Organiser
Screen Filter (play store)
ScreenInfo
Dalvik Explorer
Battery Circle
Keypassdroid 2.2.2.6(176)
Learn Music Notes
Copy to Clipboard
cert tools
Hash Droid 3.3(20)
Lesser Pad
OI Notepad 1.3(10068)
Tomdroid
Jota Text Editor
Text Edit 1.3.3(12)
Tallyphant
Units
Bodha Converter
Arity
RealCalc (play store)
Simple Loan Calculator 3.3.0(42)
Cowsay
Ringdroid 2.5(20500) https://m.apkhere.com/down/com.ringdroid_2.5_free
Volume Control
Just Sit
Slight Backup
AppBak
CIDR Calculator 1.17(119)
Type and Speak
Spoiler: Games
AndroFish
OpenSudoku
Chess Walk
DieDroid 1.3.0(8)
DroidZebra
DroidLife
Patolli 1.0(1)
SolitaireCG
Thugaim
DroidAtomix
Mahjongg Builder
Bomber
If you have any suggestions, do let me know here
HemanthJabalpuri said:
I think many people like want very small size apps for some reasons...
I will tell you some apps I know that are very simple and some are very customizable and best....
So dont wait anymore...lets get started
=> Keyboard:-
MultilingO Keyboard, Simple Keyboard, Hackers Keyboard, Mizo Keyboard, Keyboard for Excel, Unexpected Keyboard, Tiny Keyboard
=> Launcher:-
Simply Launcher, The Simplest Launcher, Hayai Launcher, Essential Launcher, MiniDesktop Launcher, LightLaunch Light 3D launcher, Mi Launcher, Holo Launcher, No Launcher, Fast App Search Tool, HgLauncher, Emerald Launcher
=> Browser:-
Via Browser, Atlas WebBrowser, Slimperience Browser, Dual Browser, OnBrowser, Lightning Browser, Monument Browser
=> File Explorer:-
MiXplorer(not in playstore), Ghost Commander File Manager, Fo file manger, Total Commander, OI File Manager, File Manager No ads, File Manager(Material), File Manager
=> Music Player:-
Musicolet, Vanilla Music, Unpopular Music Player
=> Gallery:-
Gallery Lite, Camera Roll, Google Gallery Go, Gallery - All in one, AA Image Viewer, Random Image Viewer Lite
=> Photo Editor:-
Photo Editor
=> Cleaning:-
SD Maid, Empty Folder Cleaner
=> Notepad/Editors:-
Editor, Diary
=> Other useful:-
PANAGOLA Apps, Simple Mobile Tools apps, Age Calculator by ng-labs, Internet Meter Tiny netstat pro, Text Tools, Lock by Loewe, Volume Notification, Darker, Unit Converter Pro Plus, J Touch, Social Network Lite - Smallest Social Apllication, Is Internet, One tap lock - Best screen locker, Droid Examiner, Device Info, Device Info, ToGoZip, Easy Open Link, Copy Link To Clipboard, Log Viewer, Unseen Gallery, Power Notifier, Safe Notes - secure adfree notepad, Simple Sticky Note Widget, NewPipe
API Levels :- https://source.android.com/setup/st...de-names-versions-api-levels-and-ndk-releases
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Many of your linked apps, unfortunately, are not in active development.
Lightweight apps are preferred because they indicate efficient coding, and also unlikely to bundle unwanted stuff.
I love simple and minimalist apps, but if they are too basic, I would look elsewhere.
Sridhar Ananthanarayanan said:
Many of your linked apps, unfortunately, are not in active development.
Lightweight apps are preferred because they indicate efficient coding, and also unlikely to bundle unwanted stuff.
I love simple and minimalist apps, but if they are too basic, I would look elsewhere.
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Yes, at least one in each category is in active development like Simple Keyboard, Emerald Launcher, Via Browser, Ghost Commander File manager, Musicolet, Google Gallery Go, Photo Editor(which is very advanced), Editor, Diary, NewPipe.
If you have any suggestions please let me know.
Thanks
Some more apps added
Shade Launcher, Naked Browser, ZArchiver.
HemanthJabalpuri said:
Yes, at least one in each category is in active development like Simple Keyboard, Emerald Launcher, Via Browser, Ghost Commander File manager, Musicolet, Google Gallery Go, Photo Editor(which is very advanced), Editor, Diary, NewPipe.
If you have any suggestions please let me know.
Thanks
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Best Android Apps...
The list presented here is a collection of excellent apps (at the time of writing this) that excel in what they do (and supposed to do). They may or may not fit into the requirements of everyone perfectly. So choose whatever works best for you...
forum.xda-developers.com
Karma Firewall is a fav about 5.1 mb.
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Sridhar Ananthanarayanan said:
Many of your linked apps, unfortunately, are not in active development.
Lightweight apps are preferred because they indicate efficient coding, and also unlikely to bundle unwanted stuff.
I love simple and minimalist apps, but if they are too basic, I would look elsewhere.
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Some apps can be very compact, others not.
ApkExport is about 313 kg and it's sublime.
Karma Firewall is a fav about 5.1 mb. Uses almost no battery.
PDMDM package disabler is at 5.86 mb and without it this 10+ be unusable.
Poweramp is weighing in at a hefty 60 mb.
It's versatility, configurability, playlists, audio processing capabilities and ease of backup/restore blow me away. I continue to find new, useful features and it's rock solid stable.
All time favorite HD music player.
Sometimes you need to trade off size for functionality/availability.
Could Poweramp be smaller? No doubt but nothing else comes close to it and it isn't a bad behaving apk with relatively low battery usage.
@blackhawk
Thanks for the apps can you please give their play store links.
Also APK export I found on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ses.app.apkexport does not have Split APKs support.
I can't find the PDMDM.
Thanks
HemanthJabalpuri said:
@blackhawk
Thanks for the apps can you please give their play store links.
Also APK export I found on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ses.app.apkexport does not have Split APKs support.
I can't find the PDMDM.
Thanks
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What is special about APK Export? It isn't under active development. Plus what it says it can do, is something most file managers can also do.
Check Alpha Backup Pro.
It was buggy on Android 11 the last time I tried, but the app has received several updates since then.
blackhawk said:
Karma Firewall is a fav about 5.1 mb.
Double Tap
Some apps can be very compact, others not.
ApkExport is about 313 kg and it's sublime.
Karma Firewall is a fav about 5.1 mb. Uses almost no battery.
PDMDM package disabler is at 5.86 mb and without it this 10+ be unusable.
Poweramp is weighing in at a hefty 60 mb.
It's versatility, configurability, playlists, audio processing capabilities and ease of backup/restore blow me away. I continue to find new, useful features and it's rock solid stable.
All time favorite HD music player.
Sometimes you need to trade off size for functionality/availability.
Could Poweramp be smaller? No doubt but nothing else comes close to it and it isn't a bad behaving apk with relatively low battery usage.
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When it comes to Playlists, nothing beats PlayerPro! This app also keeps a backup of your system playlists, so in case they go missing/ corrupt, they will be safely (automatically) restored.
HemanthJabalpuri said:
@blackhawk
Thanks for the apps can you please give their play store links.
Also APK export I found on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ses.app.apkexport does not have Split APKs support.
I can't find the PDMDM.
Thanks
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ApkExport saves copies of all my apks. I've done a reload using all saved apps by it and no Playstore. It works every time for me.
Split apks you mean like the Good Lock family or MiX? Saves them too.
Zero ads, complete freeware... good as it gets.
APK Export (Backup & Share) - Apps on Google Play
Manage and extract your apps.
play.google.com
It's hard to find PD MDM sometimes; Google search deliberately screws with it.
Home - Package Disabler
The only NON-root solution that let’s you disable any unwanted packages that come pre-installed / installed with your phone / tablet.
www.packagedisabler.com
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Split apks you mean like the Good Lock family or MiX? Saves them too.
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Split APKs are apps which came with multiple APKs for example install this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ng_labs.agecalculator and extract the apk, uninstall the app and try install from apk. You can't.
HemanthJabalpuri said:
Split APKs are apps.which came with multiple APKs for example install this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ng_labs.agecalculator and extract the apk, uninstall the app and install from apk. Open it, you will get a crash.
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Interesting, that's the same issue I had with other similar export apks until this one.
Not sure but I have 72 user apks backed up that successfully restored on the last reload. I'm running on Pie. It could be more Q crap or a misconfiguration.
On my SD card I simply punch the apk and it loads.
blackhawk said:
Interesting, that's the same issue I had with other similar export apks until this one.
Not sure but I have 72 user apks backed up that successfully restored on the last reload. I'm running on Pie. It could be more Q crap or a misconfiguration.
On my SD card I simply punch the apk and it loads.
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For more info about which apps are split and which are not, use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aefyr.sai
HemanthJabalpuri said:
Split APKs are apps which came with multiple APKs for example install this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ng_labs.agecalculator and extract the apk, uninstall the app and try install from apk. You can't.
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This is fun little app.
HemanthJabalpuri said:
For more info about which apps are split and which are not, use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aefyr.sai
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Where does this app show that info (like which app is part of a bundle)?
I don't backup using this, so not sure.
I use AppChecker which displays app info neatly, with a mark on those that are part of a bundle.
Also, will APKs (which are part of a bundle) extracted using the usual method with a file manager surely NOT be restored unless the whole bundle is backed up?
Sridhar Ananthanarayanan said:
Where does this app show that info (like which app is part of a bundle)?
I don't backup using this, so not sure.
I use AppChecker which displays app info neatly, with a mark on those that are part of a bundle.
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In 'Backup' tab, after you select destination directory, it will show bundled apps by default.
Also, will APKs (which are part of a bundle) extracted using the usual method with a file manager surely NOT be restored unless the whole bundle is backed up?
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Yes. We have to use the app I have given to backup and install those.
Added some browsers, music players, video players, calculators to the list.