New essential Android apps thread

Cosimo · 14 Jul 2016 at 08:43

Lightroom 2.1 now has a pro camera mode with a widget shooting dng or jpg. It also edits raw files.

this_is_gav · 14 Jul 2016 at 09:05

I didn't even know Lightroom was available for Android. It's pretty decent.

Doco · 27 Jul 2016 at 15:54

Been meaning to post/ask this since I got the S7 edge (one release) - I swapped to a Samsung S7 edge from a Sony device that I'd been using for about 3 1/2 years (I had the Xperia T) and I do love the phone, but one thing I would like back is the Sony Album Widget, I liked the ability it had to scroll through photos, and I know I could root the phone and install the actual app (http://forum.xda-developers.com/cros...2378816/page52 lol)

but I was wondering if anyone has any alternatives that have the same (or better) function?

Orcvader · 27 Jul 2016 at 17:32

marc2003 said:
I've not used the FTP feature but I have set up a windows share on the PC which I can access on my phone with Solid Explorer. File transfers speeds were around 1MB/s which is useless. What sort of speeds were you getting?

Derp, only just noticed this, my bad. I'm seeing 12MB/s peak depending on the file size. Using gigabit on my desktop and wireless ac on my 6P.

AndyCr15 · 28 Jul 2016 at 07:59

Doco said:
I liked the ability it had to scroll through photos

Could you be more specific? I thought all albums let you scroll through photo's... how else do you see the photo's?

Doco · 28 Jul 2016 at 18:13

AndyCr15 said:
Could you be more specific? I thought all albums let you scroll through photo's... how else do you see the photo's?

It had a widget you could add to the home screen that let you flick through photos without having to actually open them - small think I know but I did find it handy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IKqQAlRXIc

from about 2.58-3.32 in this video (literally the first video I seen with it displayed so I'm sure there is a better video but you get the idea

)

AndyCr15 · 28 Jul 2016 at 19:53

I do apologise. I hadn't noticed you mention it was a widget. My bad.

Doco · 28 Jul 2016 at 21:51

AndyCr15 said:
I do apologise. I hadn't noticed you mention it was a widget. My bad.

Its grand - no harm done like, its not a deal breaker just a one of those creature comforts lol

The__Malteser · 31 Jul 2016 at 09:53

What do you guys use as a 'Find my phone' type of app? I would like one that has the possibility to survive a factory reset. Not sure if this is actually possible but I would prefer it

Swarfega · 31 Jul 2016 at 09:56

I'm pretty sure if your rooted that Cerberus will survive a wipe.

G-MAN2004 · 1 Aug 2016 at 20:21

For those of you using Cerberus and an unrooted Galaxy phone, how do you stop this?

I'm using an S6 Edge and a few days ago a security notification started appearing on my lock screen telling me I need to uninstall Cerberus. If I ignore it and swipe it away, it reappears after a minute or so. I can't seem to find a way to whitelist the app. Any ideas? :confused:

BananaDunka · 1 Aug 2016 at 20:32

Looks like your phone came with some baked in bloatware from Intel Security or something? Or did you enable some of the Samsung KNOX based apps? I've not seen that at all on my S7 edge. I too use Cerberus.

G-MAN2004 · 1 Aug 2016 at 21:09

I'm not sure really. I've had two S6s and both came with the Smart Manager device security thing already set up as far as I'm aware. No KNOX. It's always been absolutely fine though up until a few days ago.

Think I'll reinstall Cerberus.

lightbulb · 1 Aug 2016 at 21:49

G-MAN2004 said:
I'm not sure really. I've had two S6s and both came with the Smart Manager device security thing already set up as far as I'm aware. No KNOX. It's always been absolutely fine though up until a few days ago.

Think I'll reinstall Cerberus.

Disabling device security in Smart Manager might resolve it, haven't got it enabled on mine and looks like the standout difference.

Macro · 5 Aug 2016 at 12:46

Quick question - is there a way to pause email sync for Exchange in the MS Outlook app on an S7. I use it for my work mail but want to be able to stop syncing on weekends and holidays etc. I can't find a way to pause or stop the sync short of removing the accoutn anywhere, by poreference I would like to switch sync to manual when i'm out of the office.

Any ideas?

Clipsey · 5 Aug 2016 at 15:42

Anyone recommend a good video editing app?
The ones I've tried are junk (add fun stickers......etc)
Just need basic editing, trim, change speed, etc

Orcvader · 9 Aug 2016 at 20:38

Saw this brilliant gallery app called Leafpic: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/4wvhsn/dev_leafpic_gallery_now_in_beta_on_playstore/

It's in development at the moment so you'll need to sign up as a tester first before it appears on the Play store.

But so far I am loving it, finally feel I can move away from QuickPic.

BananaDunka · 9 Aug 2016 at 20:53

A number of key features in QuickPic (the re-signed version without the carp) that are not in Leafpic. I'll wait for updates, but i don't think it will beat QuickPic. The loading speed of albums and then individual images is much slower as well.

kona786 · 9 Aug 2016 at 21:01

Yep, Quickpic is nigh on perfect at what it does. Re old signed bloat free version.

Though I will keep an eye on leafpic.

Fens · 11 Aug 2016 at 12:37

Noticed that Dotemu have released Titan Quest for Android so picked it up as it is one of my favourite old PC games.

Installed on my Nexus 9 and it is not a bad port at all, few bugs and the occasional crash but it is great to see more classic PC games being ported and I am enjoying playing through it again on a tablet.