[Q] Android: SPAM (Star in the Status-Bar) - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I use Greyblur and I am anoyed by the fact that I get different times a notification for some unwanted ads (not sure if this is Greyblur or any other app).
There is a star in the Status Bar and if you press on the information the browser opens with some unwanted recommendations (I call it SPAM).
So can anybody help to fix this.
Is this a regular Android function (e.g. a interface which every app can use)?
Where I should look to disable this function?
Thanks in advance.

It's not greyblur you must of installed a bad app. Review where you got your apps and be more careful.
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O.k., thanks.
But is there a way to track this application down?
What would be the procedure to do this; it's impossible to deinstall all apps...

Recomendations for what exactly? Is it Kongregade or app brain or pulse?

If you have time I'd say do this.
Back up with titanium backup
SBF back to stock
Install each app one by one
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Before reinstalling one by one, post an appbrain link so i can see what apps you have installed. I can then report back what apps to get rid of before just wiping everything.

there is an app called Share My Apps that will create a list for you of all the apps you have installed. much easier to post than to list them all manually

Hey...,
Many thanks for this input - which is exactly what I wanted.
So you believe it could be one of this apps: Kongregade, App brain or Pulse.
Yes, I use Pulse and App Brain.
After thinking over about the best way, I had an thought...
Would it be possible to freeze selected apps with TITANIUM, to see if the SPAM disappears?
Or would'nt this be a realistic way to check if one of the mentioned apps are causing this behaviour...
Really, to uninstall makes me crazy as you can see the list is long (needs at least 1/2-1 hour to reinstall - without a real guarantee not to reinstall the "bad boy" again...).
And many thanks in advance for going roughly through the app list.
~~~~~~~~~~ list of installed apps ~~~~~~~~~~
AdFree Android
Advanced Task Manager
AirportRemoteMonitor by Sojern
AppBrain App Market
Babylon 2Go Translator
BeyondPod Unlock Key
Booking.com
Bubble
Business Calendar Free
BW Animation Package
cab4me taxi finder
Calendar Event Reminder
Call Recorder Total Recall Dem
CallTrack
CamScanner -Phone PDF Creator
Car Locator
Car Locator Bluetooth Plugin
Catch Notes
CifsManager
Citrix Receiver
Compass
CSipSimple
DB Navigator
Dropbox
ES File Explorer
Facebook for Android
Fancy Widget
Fast Web Installer
Flash Player 10.3
FlightTrack
FlightTrack Pro Upgrade
Font Size (for root users)
FRITZ!App Fon
Gingerbread Launcher
Gmail
GO Contacts
GO SMS Pro
GO SMS Pro German language pac
GO SMS Pro SimpleBlue theme
GO Weather Animate Wallpaper
Google Maps
Google Search
HP ePrint service
HRS Hotel Portal
Ics Bot
Jewels
K9 for Pure widget
Kayak Flight and Hotel Search
Keyboard Language
LauncherPro
LauncherPro Plus Unlocker
LEO dictionary
Lookout Mobile Security
Lufthansa
Magnify
MoreLocale 2
MortPlayer Music (beta)
MyPhoneExplorer Client
MySettings Pro
myTaxi - Taxi auf Knopfdruck!
Overlook Fing
Picasa Tool
Ping & DNS
PolyClock
Project Viewer
Pulse News
Pure messenger widget
Quickoffice Pro
RealCalc Scientific Calculator
Setting Profiles Full
ShootMe (Screen Grabber)
ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner
Silhouette Live Wallpaper
SiMi Folder Widget
Skype
SMS Backup +
Street View on Google Maps
Super Manager
SwiftKey Keyboard
Swype Keyboard
Symphony of Colors
Terminal Emulator
ThinkFree Office Mobile Viewer
Titanium Backup PRO Key ★ root
Titanium Backup ★ root
Trillian
TripAdvisor
TuneIn Radio
Vlingo Virtual Assistant
Voice Search
WavPlayer
WhatsApp Messenger
WidgetLocker Lockscreen
WiFi Buddy BETA
WIFREE - Free WIFI / Bookmark
XDA-Developers
XING
YouTube
Öffi - Public Transport Buddy

jochenthomas said:
Hey...,
Many thanks for this input - which is exactly what I wanted.
So you believe it could be one of this apps: Kongregade, App brain or Pulse.
Yes, I use Pulse and App Brain.
After thinking over about the best way, I had an thought...
Would it be possible to freeze selected apps with TITANIUM, to see if the SPAM disappears?
Or would'nt this be a realistic way to check if one of the mentioned apps are causing this behaviour...
Really, to uninstall makes me crazy as you can see the list is long (needs at least 1/2-1 hour to reinstall - without a real guarantee not to reinstall the "bad boy" again...).
And many thanks in advance for going roughly through the app list.
~~~~~~~~~~ list of installed apps ~~~~~~~~~~
AdFree Android
Advanced Task Manager
AirportRemoteMonitor by Sojern
AppBrain App Market
Babylon 2Go Translator
BeyondPod Unlock Key
Booking.com
Bubble
Business Calendar Free
BW Animation Package
cab4me taxi finder
Calendar Event Reminder
Call Recorder Total Recall Dem
CallTrack
CamScanner -Phone PDF Creator
Car Locator
Car Locator Bluetooth Plugin
Catch Notes
CifsManager
Citrix Receiver
Compass
CSipSimple
DB Navigator
Dropbox
ES File Explorer
Facebook for Android
Fancy Widget
Fast Web Installer
Flash Player 10.3
FlightTrack
FlightTrack Pro Upgrade
Font Size (for root users)
FRITZ!App Fon
Gingerbread Launcher
Gmail
GO Contacts
GO SMS Pro
GO SMS Pro German language pac
GO SMS Pro SimpleBlue theme
GO Weather Animate Wallpaper
Google Maps
Google Search
HP ePrint service
HRS Hotel Portal
Ics Bot
Jewels
K9 for Pure widget
Kayak Flight and Hotel Search
Keyboard Language
LauncherPro
LauncherPro Plus Unlocker
LEO dictionary
Lookout Mobile Security
Lufthansa
Magnify
MoreLocale 2
MortPlayer Music (beta)
MyPhoneExplorer Client
MySettings Pro
myTaxi - Taxi auf Knopfdruck!
Overlook Fing
Picasa Tool
Ping & DNS
PolyClock
Project Viewer
Pulse News
Pure messenger widget
Quickoffice Pro
RealCalc Scientific Calculator
Setting Profiles Full
ShootMe (Screen Grabber)
ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner
Silhouette Live Wallpaper
SiMi Folder Widget
Skype
SMS Backup +
Street View on Google Maps
Super Manager
SwiftKey Keyboard
Swype Keyboard
Symphony of Colors
Terminal Emulator
ThinkFree Office Mobile Viewer
Titanium Backup PRO Key ★ root
Titanium Backup ★ root
Trillian
TripAdvisor
TuneIn Radio
Vlingo Virtual Assistant
Voice Search
WavPlayer
WhatsApp Messenger
WidgetLocker Lockscreen
WiFi Buddy BETA
WIFREE - Free WIFI / Bookmark
XDA-Developers
XING
YouTube
Öffi - Public Transport Buddy
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Kongregate appbrain and pulse are all fine apps, but will all recomend new updates in your notification bar, you can change this in settings. In the op you said, ads for unwanted recomendations. I was, and still am unsure if you are refering to irelevant product advertising like a commercial, or if your being recommended flash games because you told Kongregate to notify you of new games (or a similar notification from a dif app). There is a malicious advertising plug in called "airpush" that devs could put in apps to advertise in your notification bar, it has caused a backlash against devs that use it. As far as freezing to test, yes you can, but be careful what you freeze and for this testing purpose maybe one at a time is the best way to tell what app is notifying you.
I will list the apps below that I know are not infected with airpush, all of these apps I use or have used before and they do not have airpush:
Adfree
Appbrain
Bubble
Bw animation package
Compass
Dropbox
Es file explorer
Facebook
Fancy widget
Fast web installer
Flash player
Gmail
Go contacts
Go sms
Gmaps
Gsearch
Launcherpro
Lp+ unlock
Lookout
Picasa
Pulse
Quickoffice pro
Realcalc
Shootme screen grabber
Skype
Street view
Swiftkey
Symphony of colors
Terminal emulator
Tibu
Tibu key
Trillian
Tunein radio
Vlingo
Voice search
Widgetlocker
Xda
Youtube
Hope that helps. Maybe others can add to the list of safe apps.

I had it happen when I used the android movie download app. It was useless and spammed thee hell out of me.
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Thanks for your response.
To be more clear: it is not ONLY product related or update recommendations.
They spam me with commercials from different areas.
But maybe I'll have an eye on it to see what they offer, maybe this is an way to identify the app and make it public + ban.
It would be good to have a public black list...
And last but not least: I was searching, but Airpush (at least what I can see in the market) is not installed. So it's not this app...
Best regards and thanks.

I also had been spammed by the app "Live wallpaper LED" bu DrHU. beware of this app

try scanning your phone with AirPush
it won't block whatever is causing it but it'll identify which app is the culprit and let you uninstall it.

Addons Detector is like that airpush app on steroids... bit more functionality.
Once installed, run a scan. Then choose the bottom filtering option to see who's using airpush.
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I had this exact same thing. A little star on the notifcation bar saying I won an Ipad2, and then redirected me to a spam website.
In my case it was actually caused by a Final Fantasy 13 guide app.
I reported the app, deleted it, and it looks like google pulled it from the marketplace.

jeranon said:
Addons Detector is like that airpush app on steroids... bit more functionality.
Once installed, run a scan. Then choose the bottom filtering option to see who's using airpush.
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Addons Detector flagged Zarley for push notification adds.. its never spammed my notif bar ever and it definately doesn't contain the Airpush "virus".

Airpush (which advertises here on xda) offers this type of ad. I can't tell you if its them or not, but check out airpush.com for info on their permanent opt-out feature. I was intrigued by their revenue claims until I saw their methods.

jeranon said:
Addons Detector is like that airpush app on steroids... bit more functionality.
Once installed, run a scan. Then choose the bottom filtering option to see who's using airpush.
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
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I had the same issue and installed Addons Detector and it found 4 apps using different push notifications. I uninstalled all 4 apps and no pop-ups so far. Thanks

Hey,
I was spammed by Awesome Wallpaper app that way

i noticed you use go launcher. I have noticed that some of the free themes have had airpush built in to them. you might try and use another theme and delete the ones you currently have. This worked for me.

Related

LF: Usefull apps

Hallo guys!
I just flashed kernel with hybrid app2sd, so i have so many space to apps would you recomend me something useful? I do not use phone to play games, looking for something practical.
What i can recomend to you:
9gag viewer - client to browse 9gag.com faster
adfree - makes apps adfree
alarmdroid - great replacement! best alarm app i found
androzip - usefull to extract *.zips
go keyboard - great keyboard
go sms - functional sms client
go chat - FB chat client
mangawhat - app to read manga
meteoservis - great weather app
note everything - notes, voice notes, ....
open sudoku - oh, there is game in my phone
Dual File Manager XT - User-friendly for moving files around to clean SD Card.
imo.im - Sign in GMail, Yahoo!, MSN etc. accounts with 1 app.
Msn mercury - only for msn, but it is the best app for msn i found, many customisations, history record etc
FontChanger - well yeah, the name says all
Navigon Europe - navigation
Unified remote - via wifi, control mouse, scroll zoom on pc browser etc, but you dont see pc screen on phone, like on remote
Wifi file transfer - you got that, upload/download on sdcard, or system
UAG - protect individual apps with pin, pattern, FC etc
Motion and sound alarm
Thats it.
Sent from my GT-I5800
Catch is a very useful note app. You can #tag notes (this makes it really easy to find specific notes), put them in certain folders which they've named 'streams', you can do voice notes, picture notes and reminder notes. Best of all, it's backed up onto cloud storage so you can back it up using your Google account.

[Q] Best Apps!

Hello again guys
I was just wondering what you allthink the best apps are for galaxy s2, or more generally android.
Cheers,
Tangent5
Tangent5 said:
Hello again guys
I was just wondering what you allthink the best apps are for galaxy s2, or more generally android.
Cheers,
Tangent5
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The best apps are the apps that serve me most.
ES File Explorer - file manager
PowerAMP - excellent mp3 player. The only Android app I paid for in my life.
Advanced Task Killer - terminate apps you dont want
SwiFTP - FTP server to access your phone as FTP
votinh said:
The best apps are the apps that serve me most.
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This is true.
The apps that work best for me may be different for you and vice versa, so it depends highly on what you'd like to do with your phone. That said, here are a few I'd recommend:
Google voice - visual voicemail, free additional phone number, free texting
Lookout security - antivirus for your phone, as well as a GPS locator to help find your phone if you lose it
Flixster - Movie times/theaters/reviews
Dolphin Browser HD - replacement for stock internet Browser
Play Music - Google's cloud-storage-based music player
Shazam - Identifies song and artist information using your phone's microphone
Weatherbug - Weather forecasts
Ringdroid - make your own ringtones from MP3s
Root Explorer
Titanium Backup
Opera Mini Browser
aCar
What category of apps are you looking to know the best for? That'll make it easier to make a list of our favorites.
Titanium backup
Mybackup for SMS/MMS and call logs
GoSMS Pro
File Expert
Droid Wall
Lookout
Viber for free calls and SMS
Friendcaster - excellent facebook alternative app
Swiftkey X - awesome keyboard
Beautiful weather - weather, date, and time widgets, highly customizable
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Thanks guys!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
PowerAmp for music, Facebook for chat and Cut the Rope for fun!
If you're rooted, SetCPU, Root Explorer, and Titanium Backup are must haves
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I forgot about Go Launcher. Hands down the best home launcher replacement
Remote Desktop - let you control your phone from your browser
DropBox - cloud storage
Viber - free wifi calls
Waze - free collaborative gps navigation
Google Goggles - scan everything and get info (qr codes, logos, artwork, landmarks etc)
xda-developers...
Best apps To customize your android: (ICS)
a) Fed up of your boring touchwiz launcher which is standard on all Samsung phone, Download and install
i) Nova Launcher
OR
ii) Apex Launcher
b) Transfer Pics, Contact and More from your android to your computer or friends using android
Bump
c) File sync important files with your comp and android device
i) Dropbox
ii) Google Drive
d) Instantly save the pics you click to Google + cloud server
Download Google+ app on your Device make a google Plus account and activate "Instant upload" set "when to upload"
e) Quick note taking app
Evernote Never forgets
f) Multi Platform smartfone messenger
Whatsapp
g) News reader with Facebook and Twitter integration
Flipboard
Google currents
h) Keep your ringer off for a set time duration by just pressing the (-) vol button
Shush!
i) Use the front facing camera and have a skype video conversation
Skype
j) Whats that tune playing on the radio / TV
Soundhound
Just this app may be one you like to be on your Android: Google Android Updates.
Most useful apps to me :
Adaway : good bye annoying apps!
Network Monitor Mini : monitor how fast my speeds are, Download and Upload
Pandora
Facebook
Craigslist mobile
keygenjukebox : sometimes i like to listen to midi's on the go
Battery Monitor Widget Pro : Very Very handy. Also allows you to set the mAh of your battery if you got the aftermarket big battery (I have a 3600mah)
Google Maps : duh i dont like to get lost
Whatsapp
Google reader
Google Drive
TubeMate
Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app

[APPS]Must have Apps for the HTC One X+

Hiya everyone. This type of thread isn't new to XDA as it's on almost every device fora, but I decided to bring it over here aswell.
I'm going to share the most useful applications to have on a HTC OneX+ and would like you to share your must have apps. If an app gets mentioned by numerous people, that isn't on this list, I'll be sure to add it.
Power Toggles - This is simply the best toggle app around. Able to toggle lots of main features.
Picsay Pro - This is a brilliant photo editor, but limited compared to some others. My personal favourite.
Rotation Locker - WYSIWYG. It locks your screen to either Portrait or Landscape. Really useful on some apps.
XDA App ICS Blue Colours/Themed - Our favourite forum app but with a complete red or blue colour theme thanks to our own Whiskey103
Memory Usage - Lists all current apps and tells you current memory usage, peak memory usage and priorities.
Desktop Visualizer - Makes shortcuts or widgets using a custom image and can be used to make custom icons.
Neutron Music Player - Neutron is a professional music player with amazing high quality. Great for audiophiles.
SuperSU - SuperSU is the Superuser access management tool of the future. *ROOT*
ROM Toolbox Pro - ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager and others. A must-have root app *ROOT*
AirDroid - For moving files between your PC and phone using WIFI
Tasker - The best app of its kind. It does almost anything
MXPlayer - MXPlayer is one of the best apps for viewing movies.
Photo Timeline - Lets you create a time elapsed sequence of anything you want with your camera and then play as a slideshow
Home Switcher - Switches between any Home Launchers you have on your device.
PicSpeed Wallpapers - Over 170,000 HD wallpapers of all different genres, for our device.
Solid Explorer - Solid Explorer is a file manager which with two independent panels is the most attractive, eye catching and intuitive file manager for the Android.
QuickPic - An alternate photo gallery app, incase you don't like the default
AdAway - AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android. *ROOT*
Aldiko Book Reader - Read and download thousands of eBooks right on your Android phone or tablet.
Download one of the best Android eBook Readers now!
Dropbox - Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere.
ES File Explorer- ES File Explorer is a free, featured all-in-one file manager & application manager & task killer & cloud storage client & ftp client & samba client which explores the pictures, music, video, document & other files on your phone and your computer.
Rom Manager - Must have app for any root user. Make backups, flash ROMs, and own your device. ROM Manager is THE MUST HAVE APP for any Android root user.
TeamViewer for Remote Control - Remotely control your computer with TeamViewer Free while you are on the road! Mobile and flexible: remotely access computers from your android device!
Titanium Backup - EXTREMELY powerful tool. Backup ALL apps, Market links, remove bloatware & MORE! ☆Needs ROOT, Android 1.5-4.1+
ZDBox - ZDbox is an amazing and free all-in-one toolbox. It holds a collection of useful tools and has a nice and easy to use interface. With ZDbox you’re getting your mobile/cell phone under control, do easily some optimization and customize it to your needs.
ProCapture - Capture photos and panoramas like a pro with the ProCapture camera app. ProCapture adds advanced features to the Android camera experience. Multiple advanced camera shooting modes supported: Timer, Burst, Reduced Noise, Wide Shot and Panorama.
Unified Remote - Easily the most feature-filled Android-PC remote. Turns your Android device into a WiFi or Bluetooth universal remote control for your Windows PC. Control your favorite programs, mouse, and keyboard.
Whatsapp Messenger - WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages.
AireTalk - Aire is a new communication app loaded with features that lets you talk to your friends and family in more ways than ever! Use Aire to make calls to any Aire user with voice or video for free!
Astro File Manager - It's like Windows Explorer or Mac’s Finder for your phone or tablet and allows you to easily browse and organize all of your pictures, music, videos and documents. It also gives you the ability to stop processes that burn battery life and backup your apps in case you lose or change phones.
SketchBook Mobile - Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile is a professional-grade paint and drawing application offering a full set of sketching tools and a streamlined and intuitive user interface.
TeamViewer QuickSupport - Remotely control your Samsung mobile device with original Samsung firmware from your computer with the free TeamViewer QuickSupport app! Now you can provide remote technical support to colleagues, friends, and family who need assistance with their Samsung mobile device.
AfterFocus - Bring DSLR-like Photography to Your Smartphone
Appy Geek - Appy Geek brings you all the leading tech news sources from the industry in a cleverly laid-out user interface, including TechRadar, Gizmodo, T3 Magazine, The Next Web and more... Staying at the cutting edge of innovation has never been so easy!
VLC for Android Beta - VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols. This is a BETA version of the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. It is intended for power users and hackers. This version is not perfectly stable and is slower than the final version.
Tapatalk Forum App - The only and the best fully functional forum app in the Market, endorsed by over 35,000 of forums worldwide.
Machinima - Machinima is the premier online network providing entertainment for the gaming culture, showing game trailers, gameplay videos and tips, video game reviews, first looks, and original series created in video games. One of the most viewed YouTube channels in the world!
Appextractor - AppExtractor is a tool which will allow you to restore individual applications, data, SMS, and MMS messages from your ROM Manager backups.
SmartTools - Measure length, angle, distance, height, direction and sound with your phone.
Smart Tools is a complete package of 5 app sets. It includes 5 Pro sets for a total of 15 tools. In a word, All-in-One.
News Republic - NEWS REPUBLIC features more content than ever including articles and opinions from major players right alongside specialist experts - including ITN, Press Association, Tech Radar, The Sports Review, WENN, HitFix, The Next Web, AFP... More content sources are added regularly with more top names already on the horizon for the future.
CPU Spy - This is a simple app to display the time the CPU spends in each frequency state. This can be a useful tool in diagnosing battery problems or tweaking your over-clock settings.
JellyBean Keyboard - Android Jelly Bean Keyboard from Android 4.1 ported to work on your device! Alternative android keyboard that has Swiftkey like next word prediction. Now includes split keyboard for thumb typing!
Avast! Mobile Security - Full-featured, best/top-rated Android antivirus & security app
DroidWall - Allows you to restrict which apps can access the network. This is the perfect solution if you don't have an unlimited data plan, or just wants to see your battery lasting longer. For advanced users, it also allows you to manually define custom iptables rules.
GO SMS Pro - GO SMS PRO brings you cool UI, fast and convenient SMS/MMS experience. GO SMS Pro is the most popular messaging app; Very powerful, Cool, Funny, Safe, Fully customizable; Well support SMS/MMS + GO Chat(free message) + Walkie Talkie(free voice).*
Plume for Twitter - Plume is a beautiful and completely customizable Twitter app that will revolutionize the way you use Twitter! Brought to you by the authors of the popular Beautiful Widgets, Plume is one of the best Twitter clients for Android! (Plume was formerly known as Touiteur)
System Tuner - The most complete system tuner and manager for all your phones and tablets!
BetterBatteryStats - With BetterBatteryStats you can analyse the behavior of your phone, find applications causing the phone to drain battery while it is supposed to be asleep and measure the effect of corrective actions. Guys you can also find this app if you search on XDA..
GTA Radio - GTA Radio is a free way to listen to all radio stations of famous game Grand Theft Auto from every corner of the earth.
K-9 Mail - K-9 Mail is an open-source e-mail client with search, IMAP push email, multi-folder sync, flagging, filing, signatures, bcc-self, PGP, mail on SD & more!
Goal.com - Goal.com offers local coverage of all the latest developments including breaking news, exclusive interviews, transfer gossip, live commentary and much more. Whatever and wherever the story is, Goal.com offers the most comprehensive and expert coverage of the major domestic leagues and competitions, as well as all the major international tournaments
Aqua Mail - Easy automatic setup for popular email services (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, and more).
Android Lost Free - Lost your android? We will help you find it. See http://www.androidlost.com. Remotely control your Android phone from the internet or by SMS.
Chomp SMS - chomp SMS is a souped-up replacement to the stock android Messaging app with a heap more features.
FilePush - FilePush lets you transfer files to your Android device with only two clicks.
SD Maid Pro - A maid for your android, to regain precious memory and keep it clean & tidy. For rooted devices
Fast File Transfer - The app uses Wi-Fi Tethering for establishing a connection between the devices but does not need the Internet. Fast File Transfer is an alternative for Bluetooth file sending.
LiveScore - This application comes directly from LiveScore Ltd., the leaders and inventors of real-time delivery of live sport data and owners of the no.1 ranked football / soccer web site globally... I use it and i love it and it is ten times better than the Sky Sports Football Center app.. Must have for all footy fans
Google Googles - Search by taking a picture: point your mobile phone camera at a painting, a famous landmark, a barcode or QR code, a product, a storefront, or a popular image. If Goggles finds it in its database, it will provide you with useful information. Goggles also works as a barcode / QR code scanner.
Zinio - Download the Zinio for Android app and read top magazines from around the world instantly. Zinio is the premier app for magazines on Android, giving readers immediate access to thousands of global titles.
Screen Filter - Applies a shade that acts as a dimmer to ensure your eyes don't hurt. Far more powerful than Android's built-in brightness setting.
Headset Button Controller - Headset Button Controller is very configurable, allowing you to play music, change tracks, adjust volume, answer phone calls, start Voice Command and many other things, just by clicking the button on your headset. Paid app but worth the money
MD5Checker - This application allows the user to compare the MD5 checksum between two files or alternatively between a file and a value entered manually. When loading a .md5, it will read its content and put it in the field instead of calculating the hash.
Speedy Uploader for Facebook - Uploads pics in an instant, after compressing them. Great stuff.
Fast Reboot - Simulates a reboot by closing/restarting all core and user processes and thus frees up memory. Your phone should be much snappier after using Fast Reboot.
Falcon Pro for Twitter - Falcon Pro brings the Ultimate Twitter Experience to your Android Phone and Tablet.
Trial Xtreme 3 - Trial Xtreme 3, will take your breath away with its new innovations and amazing features. Tackle 76 completely original courses, fighting your friends for the race, win while carefully controlling your bike to ensure that you don’t fall victim to one of the many hundreds of mines, water pipes, or wrecked cars that are standing in your way. Great game and highly recommended and it is free
Temple Run - Need i say more
Subway Surfers - I like this game. Very fun and great graphics to.
Instagram - Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see - and follow your friends' photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world.
Viber: Free Calls & Messaging - Viber allows you to call, text, and send photos worldwide for free.
MovieTube: Free full Movies - MovieTube is a missing channel on YouTube for Free Full Length Movies. It manages free movies in 14 languages including: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Malay movies.
Amazon Mobile for Android - The Amazon Mobile app allows customers to browse and shop by department, search, compare prices, find deals, read reviews and make a purchase right from their mobile device.
IMDb Movies & TV - Does what it says on the tin..No need for further introduction..Must have specially if you are a movie fan
Netflix - Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on your phone.
Temple Run 2 - Sequel to the best game around in my eyes..Must have
Jorte Calendar - For personal use or for business, Jorte will assist you to manage your daily schedule thoroughly.
Cerberus Anti Theft - Cerberus is a complete anti-theft application, the best protection you can get to recover your misplaced, lost or stolen Android device
BubbleUPnP - BubbleUPnP is a full featured UPnP/DLNA Control Point, UPnP Media Renderer and UPnP Media Server. Play easily your music, videos and images on your phone and devices on your network (DLNA TVs, XBMC, WMP, ...), from your external UPnP Media Servers.
Chrome - No need for any introduction here
ColorNote - Color Note is a simple notepad app. It gives you a quick and simple notepad editing experience when you write notes, memo, email, message, shopping list and to do list.
Messaging + Google Voice - Stock Messaging Application with Google Voice capabilities.
LINE: Free Calls & Messages - LINE is a new communication app which allows you to make FREE voice calls and send FREE messages whenever and wherever you are, 24 hours a day
Sygic: GPS Navigation - High quality TomTom maps stored on your Android (no internet connection needed!) together with a robust set of navigation features help you drive with confidence.
Orbot:Tor on Android - Orbot is the official port of Tor to Android. Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. STANDARD/NO ROOT - Works best with Firefox Mobile+ProxyMob Add-on - Works with Orbot-enabled apps like Gibberbot (secure chat) and Orweb
GSam Battery Monitor - Does what it says on the tin...Read the description in the link to find out what exactly it does..But this is the best battery monitor app out there...Link for FAQ here regarding the app
Many thanks goes out to KidCarter93 for allowing me to share his thread here to...
On a side note more apps will be added in the coming days so stay tuned for more goodies..Will be adding more apps that i use as well and find useful and just like my other thread wanna compile the most used apps on your handset.
IF YOU'VE FOUND THIS POST, OR ANY OF THESE APPS USEFUL, INSTEAD OF POSTING THANKS, JUST USE THE BUTTON!
If there are any apps that you feel shouldn't be in this list, please let me know and suggest a better one. I can then test it and maybe add it to the list, in place of the other one.
If you don't suggest a better app, I won't change anything.
My other thread in the One X section has done quite well so i thought i share it here with you guys as well
Must have Widgets
Beautiful Widgets - Beautiful set of Widgets containing clock widget, clock and weather widget, weather widgets, date widgets and toggle widgets with skins/themes support!
Fancy Widgets - Personalize your Android home screen with highly customizable clock widgets, weather widgets, home (clock & weather) widgets, forecast widgets, and more with lots of customization options.
Appy Geek - Have to add this part of the widgets to cause it is simple awesome to read all the main headlines on your homescreen and saves from going into the app to find out what is happening in the tech world
Spotify - Spotify gives you instant access to millions of songs on your Android device. With the Spotify app, you can choose to listen for free, or subscribe to Spotify Premium
Flipboard - Flipboard brings together world news and social news in a beautiful magazine.
Elixir 2 Widgets - This application is an add-on for Elixir 2 but it can use as a standalone application too. Widgets makes it possible to put higly configurable widgets to your home screens.
Battery Monitor Widget - Complete battery monitoring with notification icon, history, graphics and alarms
Zedge - Free Ringtones, Wallpapers, Alerts, Live Wallpapers & Games enjoyed by millions.
Daily Mail Online - The Mail Online (Daily Mail) app has been optimised for Android mobile devices on OS version 2.1 and above and offers various features that will allow you to stay up to date with the latest news, gossip, sport, pictures
SiMi Clock Widget - This is a simple minimal Clock Widget. Available size 2x1 3x1,4x1 and 5x1 (Galaxy Tab). If you have a Taskmanager running please exclude SiMi Clock !!!.. I highly recommend this great widget..I personally use it and it is a must have
Battery Clock Calendar - Battery, Clock and Calendar in one widget. Nice design, and good looking.
Falcon for Twitter - Falcon is a powerful *WIDGET* that brings a full Twitter client to your homescreen
Multicon Widget - Save space on your homescreen with this free widget. Use it to clean up or add more applications. It will let you put more then one shortcut in the same space as one icon normally takes up.
Evernote Widget - The Evernote Widget lets you go directly to core Evernote features right from your home screen
ClockQ Digital Clock Widget - Simple digital clock widget for your homescreen. The power of this widget is in variety of customization options.
Android Pro Widgets - A set of powerful and extremely useful home screen widgets!
Glass Widgets - All the widgets are semi-transparent, with a nice smoked glass look
Added the following to the OP
Trial Xtreme 3 - Trial Xtreme 3, will take your breath away with its new innovations and amazing features. Tackle 76 completely original courses, fighting your friends for the race, win while carefully controlling your bike to ensure that you don’t fall victim to one of the many hundreds of mines, water pipes, or wrecked cars that are standing in your way. Great game and highly recommended and it is free
Temple Run - Need i say more
Subway Surfers - I like this game. Very fun and great graphics to.
Instagram - Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see - and follow your friends' photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world.
Viber: Free Calls & Messaging - Viber allows you to call, text, and send photos worldwide for free.
MovieTube: Free full Movies - MovieTube is a missing channel on YouTube for Free Full Length Movies. It manages free movies in 14 languages including: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Malay movies.
Amazon Mobile for Android - The Amazon Mobile app allows customers to browse and shop by department, search, compare prices, find deals, read reviews and make a purchase right from their mobile device.
IMDb Movies & TV - Does what it says on the tin..No need for further introduction..Must have specially if you are a movie fan
Netflix - Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on your phone.
Whatsapp Messenger - Again another must have app for me and i can not do without it..
Hit the thanks lads...that is more than enough..just nice to know this thread has helped some off you guys out there
what's the best sms popup/reply application?
baste07 said:
what's the best sms popup/reply application?
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Go SMS or ChompSMS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.p1.chompsms&hl=en
I dont want and entire sms app. Just the popup
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Temple Run 2 - Sequel to the best game around in my eyes..Must have
Jorte Calendar - For personal use or for business, Jorte will assist you to manage your daily schedule thoroughly.
Cerberus Anti Theft - Cerberus is a complete anti-theft application, the best protection you can get to recover your misplaced, lost or stolen Android device
BubbleUPnP - BubbleUPnP is a full featured UPnP/DLNA Control Point, UPnP Media Renderer and UPnP Media Server. Play easily your music, videos and images on your phone and devices on your network (DLNA TVs, XBMC, WMP, ...), from your external UPnP Media Servers.
Chrome - No need for any introduction here
ColorNote - Color Note is a simple notepad app. It gives you a quick and simple notepad editing experience when you write notes, memo, email, message, shopping list and to do list.
Messaging + Google Voice - Stock Messaging Application with Google Voice capabilities.
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LINE: Free Calls & Messages - LINE is a new communication app which allows you to make FREE voice calls and send FREE messages whenever and wherever you are, 24 hours a day
Sygic: GPS Navigation - High quality TomTom maps stored on your Android (no internet connection needed!) together with a robust set of navigation features help you drive with confidence.
Orbot:Tor on Android - Orbot is the official port of Tor to Android. Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. STANDARD/NO ROOT - Works best with Firefox Mobile+ProxyMob Add-on - Works with Orbot-enabled apps like Gibberbot (secure chat) and Orweb
CPU Sleeper Quad Core - Since we have Quad Core CPUs, we have a CPU 0 and a CPU1/2/3, core 0,1,2,3 while the screen is off we really only need to have 1 core active "CPU0", this App will make sure CPU 1/2/3 shuts off while the screen is off, then resumes normal usage when the screen comes back on.(You need to pay for this app)
I thought cpu sleeper is not needed for htc one x+ cause the tegra 3 already done that automaticly
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anyen said:
I thought cpu sleeper is not needed for htc one x+ cause the tegra 3 already done that automaticly
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda app-developers app
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removed it
My favorite messaging app is "hike".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsb.hike&hl=de
I use it instead of WhatsApp, because I feel it secures my data more than WhatsApp.
It isn't very popular atm, but I think it's an real alternative to WhatsApp.
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GSam Battery Monitor - Does what it says on the tin...Read the description in the link to find out what exactly it does..But this is the best battery monitor app out there...Link for FAQ here regarding the app
sorry for not adding this earlier guys..top app if you ask me
AW: [APPS]Must have Apps for the HTC One X+
Nice APP for what I see. But why Ad ware?:banghead:
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Thank you for the list.
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Notechis said:
Nice APP for what I see. But why Ad ware?:banghead:
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Not everyone can afford to (or is willing to) work for free.

List of apps to disable for the Verizon variant Z3

Amazon
Amazon app suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Amazon Appstore
Audible
Black Hole
Bubbles
Caller ID
Cloud
Enchanted Forest
FamilyBase Companion
Gmail (I use Cloudmagic)
Google Korean Keyboard (include Chinese if you don't use Chinese either)
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
IMDb
Isis Wallet
Message+
My Infozone
News & Weather
NFL Mobile
Phase Beam
Pico TTS
Podcast
Slacker Radio
TalkBack
TV Launcher
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Support & Protection
VZ Navigator
Wikipedia Extension
Wireless Emergency Alerts
Xperia Social Engine Sharing
Xperia with Twitter
Youtube karaoke extension
I'd disable the Email app, but there were frequent popups telling me is crashes. So I just leave it enabled instead. Also I am aware what the Wireless Emergency Alerts is supposed to be about. It's not illegal per se to disable it, is it?lol
Well guys, you're free to add on to this list if you got anything else. STOP THE BLOATWARE INVASION!
Awesome... Now others can add their suggestions and we can keep the OP updated as we go.
Wireless emergency app will let you disable the Amber alerts, so you can keep the severe weather alerts going.
We might find a dev that is familiar with Verizon bloat and they may be able to help figure out what apps are and do, and what is safe to remove.
How to do this? pm command through adb? Or any app can help?
It is kind of weird since you can't do it through the launcher. Go to settings > application manager. Then swipe over to all to view all installed and system apps. Select them individually and disable them.
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It is kind of weird since you can't do it through the launcher. Go to settings > application manager. Then swipe over to all to view all installed and system apps. Select them individually and disable them.
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Thanks a lot.

The best app in your mobile

What are your favorite apps in your mobile? Which app do you think is most important for you where you'd say I don't want a phone if i cant install this app.. mine is Whatsapp
Gmail
Facebook Lite
WhatsApp
Maps - Navigation & Transit
YouTube
These five are the most important apps for me
Facebook and Crashlands game are those apps that should be on my phone
Physics Toolbox and Showbox for Chromecast
Facebook and Instagram
My best app is
Fooview
Maps me
Nova launcher
ADM
Yandex translator
Envoyé de mon SM-N910V en utilisant Tapatalk
Nova launcher
Chrome
KLWP
Spotify
ADM
ES
Automate
VLC
Mine are ok
Nova/googlenow
Xda app/labs
Xposed
And google keyboard
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A few of my favs:
Chrome Beta
Quick pic Beta
Zedge
Dark Sky
Adclear
Friendly (facebook client)
Passkeep(life saver)
Clevmoney(income and expense manager)
CamScanner
Telegram
Xender
zedge
quora
piggy
My top picks:
Xposed
Terminal Emulator
Helium
IpTables
Desktop to Phone Data Transfer (install on phone and chrome as an extension; allows you to copy and paste things back and forth between devices). Has ads so use adaway or whatever.
App Dialer (T9 Search, I put the widget on my home screen, I haven't accessed my app drawer since, I rarely buy apps, but I ended up buying pro because I loved it so much). Go in settings to switch from QWERTY to T9. Even if you don't remember the app's name and remember a part of it, it'll give it to you as a result. For example typing in Games will give you the "Play Games" app as a result too)
Waze (better than Maps since it lets me know if cops are around, finds quicker routes by taking small roads that Maps overlooks)
Buttons Remapper (I like hardware buttons and I like changing what they do rather than default, changes actions based on short press, long press, double tap)
Web Video Caster (chromecast any video from any site)
Friendly (Facebook + Messenger in one app, and it is really small in size with ad block features, and fewer privacy concerns)
Es file manager
Apex luncher
Spotify and Netflix must be on my phone at all cost
Fx File explorer
KLWP
NOVA launcher
Titanium Backup
QuickPic
Without these i can't even use my android
Gmail, Linkedin, YouTube.
PlusPrivacy
The best app in my mobile is PlusePrivacy because is a free app who provides me a unified dashboard for protecting myself from a variety of threats to my privacy. It enable me to control the privacy settings in my social network accounts, hide my email identity, block ads, trackers and malware and prevent unwanted apps and browser extensions from tracking me and collecting me private data.
It's a great app!!! I recommend it!!!!:
Adhell 3
iGO
JuiceSSH
Solid File Manager
Waze
Nova launcher, bk disabler pro, system ui tunner, battery+, netflix, zooper widget pro, mx player, A.I. type pro, led manager, macrodroid, adguard, whatsap, gravity screen, screen adjuster, power amp
Tasker
Nova launcher
SwiftKey
ES file Explorer
Supersu/magisk

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