 shollingPremium
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Hemet, CA
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Re: [Apps] Must Have Apps for Android! [Updated: 02/06/12] Productivity:
Astrid Tasks – task manager
K-9 Mail – awesome unified inbox mail application
Executive Assistant – unifies tasks, calendar, SMS, email applications (like the above) and other tools into one location
Grocery King – shopping list
Folder Organizer – organize and group your applications
ES File Explorer - A real file management and transfer tool
WiFi Analyzer – does what it says, analyzes channel availability/available networks/signal strength
Keyboard:
SwiftKey 3 – I’ve tried the majors and like this best
Fun:
Pulse - News Feed Aggregation
Beautiful Widgets – clock/calendar shortcut/weather
BeyondPod – podcast player/reader
Ambling Book Player – great audio book player, allows you to switch between books without losing your place
SoundHound – names that tune
Scanner Radio – police and fire scanner
Specialty Apps:
Unified Remote – home theater PC controller/mouse/keyboard
Droid Light – flashlight
Banking & auto insurance apps
Amazon AppStore
Wolfram Alpha – math and statistics
Ulysse Gizmos – compass/level/magnetometer/GPS status monitor
OnTrack - blood glucose tracking for diabetics
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join:2006-09-22
Lanesboro, MA
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Hola-Web accelerator for root. Uses multiple connections, compression, custom DNS, caching, and alternate peers/servers to speed up every web app.
System Tuner Pro-Exposes the guts of a rooted system in a very nice and presentable manner. Can get nice speed gains here. Great backup system on par with Titanium Backup.
Dolphin Jetpack-Custom html5 engine for Dolphin Browser, instead of stock. Very fast and smooth.
Llama-Great automation app and free. For almost every aspect of my phone automated via this app.
Adaway-To block those pesky ad networks using up mobile data
Airblocker-Detect and block Airpush. Leaves such apps functional
Cache Cleaner NG-Does as it says and allows app exclusions. Handy for ICS cache bogdowns. Root only.
Silent boot-mutes that pesky boot up noise brigade. Introduced to my once silent Pantech Burst in ICS.
Swapper/Swapper2 Better performance via swap files. I personally modify the oom killer to be light handed and let this take up the slack. App crashes are almost a thing of the past.
Wifi Fixer-Address many wifi issues and forces reconnect if finds no internet.
3G Reconnect-The best carriers and some phones drop the ball on your mobile data connection sometimes. This monitors according to system status and gets you reconnected in the background before its far gone enough to need a reboot. Never been without working data since first day of install.
Better Battery Stats-Free from XDA. Donate version in Play Store. The only battery monitoring app with enough info for me to hunt down some deceptive battery eaters on my phone. Tripled the lousy battery life I was getting in 1 day of use. Tried others, no help. Even better, it polls the stats collected internally by Android, so using it is not a battery waster.
alogcat-Have system issues? This will help hunt them down. Much like the logcat viewer in Linux.
Most of these help your system run better. The entertainment part of things is up to your individual taste 
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Lifehacker Pack for Android: Our List of the Best Android Apps
BY: Alan Henry
Your Android phone may be the best hardware on the market, but everyone knows it's the apps that help you make the most of your Android device—whether it's brand new or a few years old. For our third annual Lifehacker Pack for Android, we're highlighting the apps that help you stay productive, stay connected, and stay informed and entertained, not to mention a few that will make your Android phone just that much better.
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join:2001-12-12
Pawleys Island, SC | reply to nekkidtruth
Wi-Fi Analyzer |
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(topic move) [Apps] Must Have Apps for Android! [Updated: 02/06/Moderator Action
The post that was here, has been moved to a new topic .. »Airdroid Help Needed |
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join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL
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Re: [Apps] Must Have Apps for Android! [Updated: 02/06/12] If you have Google Play access really sort of a PITA. Everything on Amazon is on Play. (And not vice versa)
Problem is both see the common apps as updatable but you can only update from the source it came from (but you don't find out until after DL in the install stage)
Gets messy.... for that reason I only occasionally take AMAZON free APP of the day... but otherwise stick to PLAY.
EDIT Actually now that I think about it Google had never asked me to update an Amazon acquired APP, but AMAZON does not make that distinction and wants to update everything it offers gotten there or not (but then fails if so) So I never us Amazon Update... probably missed some updates of those FAOD because of that.
Though on many generic (and Amazon) non Google licensed devices, Amazon is the only (ed. really equivalent full) market choice.
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SeleniaI love DebianPremium
join:2006-09-22
Lanesboro, MA
kudos:2 | said by Hayward:If you have Google Play access really sort of a PITA. Everything on Amazon is on Play. (And not vice versa) Problem is both see the common apps as updatable but you can only update from the source it came from (but you don't find out until after DL in the install stage) Gets messy.... for that reason I only occasionally take AMAZON free APP of the day... but otherwise stick to PLAY. Though on many generic (and Amazon) non Google licensed devices, Amazon is the only choice. I call BS on your last statement. A friend picked up a trio 4.3 mini tablet with ICS, but no Google App license. She was ready to give it up because she tried to install from Google Play on web(lol) without a Play Store app and naturally failed. She only wanted free apps, so I set her up with 1Mobile Market(has pretty much all free apps play has and a few, but nothing is a paid app) and told her about SlideMe, Mobilism, and GetJar. So we have
1. Amazon
2. 1Mobile Market
3. SlideME Market
4. GetJar
5. Mobilism
6. Likely more
Amazon is a pain in the ass. To say generic users are relinquished to that thorn in the anus is utterly false. In fact, I gave her 1Mobile because it searches for free big name apps much better than Play or any of them. It can silently update like play with root too. Otherwise, you just click an install prompt.
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Hayward K A R - 1 2 0 CPremium
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kudos:1 | OK point taken, and actually have tried a few you mention on generics and found them to be rather thorn in the side too in many respects...
Maybe I should have said for those, Amazon is the only near equivalent Play source (one stop paid and free full market)
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SeleniaI love DebianPremium
join:2006-09-22
Lanesboro, MA
kudos:2 | 1Mobile has come a long way. It's the only one I regularly use besides the Play Store. The others are pretty much a last resort. SlideME has some paid apps, as well. A few were ones Google pulled for take down notice BS. Selection is more limited but a few apps are exclusive, thanks to Google. |
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 lordpufferComfortably NumbPremium
join:2004-09-19
Rio Rancho, NM
kudos:1 | reply to nekkidtruth
Can anyone recommend a good Visual Voicemail app, free or paid? I read through most of the thread, but not all, so I may have missed it. I'm running stock 4.2.1 on my GNex. |
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join:2006-12-28
Allendale, NJ
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 ·ooma
 ·DIRECTV
 ·Optimum Online
·Vonage
·Comcast
·Cablevision
 ·Verizon FiOS
| »play.google.com/store/apps/detai···udnZtIl0.
A friend of mine uses this and really likes it.
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lordpufferComfortably NumbPremium
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Rio Rancho, NM
kudos:1 | Thanks Jackarino. |
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JackarinoPremium
join:2006-12-28
Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to nekkidtruth
Hotsport Toggle Widget by FATTIN
Excellent hotspot feature for free! No root required.
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 skjWelcome to the far side of realityPremium,Mod
join:2002-04-04
Gone South | FoxFi is a great app which turns you phone into a hotspot without any rooting. With a USB connection I use PdaNet.
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 PeeWeePremium
join:2001-10-21
Madera, CA | reply to Jackarino
said by Jackarino:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.youmail.android.vvm&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS55b3VtYWlsLmFuZHJvaWQudnZtIl0.
A friend of mine uses this and really likes it.
Youmail I used it, liked it, had to quit using it as when I was out of range Verizon would not answer by default making customers think my service had been discontinued. I couldn't have them think I couldn't pay my bill. --
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 AlcoholPremium
join:2003-05-26
Climax, MI
kudos:3 | reply to nekkidtruth
Airdroid - Just try it. |
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JackarinoPremium
join:2006-12-28
Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | Just downloaded and tried that ^
Looks pretty good!
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 VegasManAre We There Yet?Premium
join:2002-11-17
Schaumburg, IL | reply to nekkidtruth
Who has tried Kii Keyboard? I'm loving it so far, and it's still in beta.
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join:2001-11-06
inside out
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What is the best podcast app?
Pocket casts or Beyond pod or something else?
Found YouTube reviews. Pocket Casts looked simpler and easier to navigate and only costed 2.99 |
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SeleniaI love DebianPremium
join:2006-09-22
Lanesboro, MA
kudos:2 | reply to nekkidtruth
I got one to add. Hacker's keyboard. Very configurable and gives you a computer like keyboard. Now using apps like terminal emulators is a breeze. Direct draw mode works great on my phone. No more lag when typing long posts in my browser like I do here sometimes. Previously, using wifi keyboard with my wireless keyboard plugged into my desktop was my only way around that. It's free too, so thought I'd give the developer props by sharing it here. Great dictionary for correction, downloaded separately. Not an idiot like the stock one in Android.
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