New essential Android apps thread

silverblack · 25 Jun 2016 at 20:38

Picked up a cheap Cubot Note S and got the reward App again,it's gone nuts sending me surveys now lol.

Frozennova · 25 Jun 2016 at 21:14

Rewards working for me nicely. A little over 2 years worth

Rilot · 25 Jun 2016 at 23:06

The__Malteser said:
Are those battery apps useful? My friends use DU Battery Saver but it felt like it had a lot of extra useless fluff. So 2 questions

1. Do they work?
2. If yes, do your recommend anything.

1. No
2. See 1

They do have an effect but with modern Android version that have very good memory management they actually end up using more battery than the save. Apps that would normally be sleeping in the background get killed and thus use loads more battery when they need to be started again.

Let Android do it's thing. Have good stats on your battery is always useful if you have bad battery life.

TheVoice · 26 Jun 2016 at 00:47

TheOtherOption said:
Any must have paid apps?

Got nearly a tenner in google rewards funds to use!

SolidExplorer is great, SeriesGuide is useful if you like to keep track of TV shows you're watching.

AndyCr15 · 26 Jun 2016 at 07:54

Althought I've not used both, TV Show Favs is usually favoured over SeriesGuide by those that have used both

I love it myself, love the 'To Do' list. Helps me easily keep track of what to watch next.

KnightStalker · 26 Jun 2016 at 08:02

I can't seem to get the rewards app to work anymore, I had 2 Months of it working, and for the last 3 months I've had 3 surveys

answers all true, maybe I should I lie on them.

silverblack · 26 Jun 2016 at 08:35

KnightStalker said:
I can't seem to get the rewards app to work anymore, I had 2 Months of it working, and for the last 3 months I've had 3 surveys answers all true, maybe I should I lie on them.

If you look at my pic above i got nowt for 3 months then 3-4 a day :confused:

The__Malteser · 26 Jun 2016 at 09:18

Rilot said:
1. No
2. See 1

They do have an effect but with modern Android version that have very good memory management they actually end up using more battery than the save. Apps that would normally be sleeping in the background get killed and thus use loads more battery when they need to be started again.

Let Android do it's thing. Have good stats on your battery is always useful if you have bad battery life.

Great. Thanks.

Orcvader · 26 Jun 2016 at 11:58

KnightStalker said:
I can't seem to get the rewards app to work anymore, I had 2 Months of it working, and for the last 3 months I've had 3 surveys answers all true, maybe I should I lie on them.

You need to have location settings enabled, it tracks where you've been to give you surveys it thinks it relates to you. So for example if you've been to Tescos, it will ask you how your experience at Tescos has been.

KnightStalker · 26 Jun 2016 at 12:06

Orcvader said:
You need to have location settings enabled, it tracks where you've been to give you surveys it thinks it relates to you. So for example if you've been to Tescos, it will ask you how your experience at Tescos has been.

I do believe they are all on, never turned them off, ill see if i figure out where they all are and double check them.

silverblack · 26 Jun 2016 at 12:12

Orcvader said:
You need to have location settings enabled, it tracks where you've been to give you surveys it thinks it relates to you. So for example if you've been to Tescos, it will ask you how your experience at Tescos has been.

Definetly true as i got a survey today on Asda and we were at our local Asda only yesterday.

TheVoice · 26 Jun 2016 at 12:15

AndyCr15 said:
Althought I've not used both, TV Show Favs is usually favoured over SeriesGuide by those that have used both I love it myself, love the 'To Do' list. Helps me easily keep track of what to watch next.

Any reason why? I've only really used SeriesGuide for the past few years and it does everything I can imagine such an app needing to do!

Richy888 · 26 Jun 2016 at 13:01

Orcvader said:
You need to have location settings enabled, it tracks where you've been to give you surveys it thinks it relates to you. So for example if you've been to Tescos, it will ask you how your experience at Tescos has been.

I got a survey about what makeup I wear and what it makes me feel. Asked me which brands I knew from a list. I read that if you pretend to be a 30 something female you get more surveys - but I promise I didn't :eek:

End of this longer than usual survey I got nothing. But then I know nothing about makeup

RastaManBob · 26 Jun 2016 at 13:11

My Honor 7 used to have a feature where if you press-hold the multi-tasking key (the square) it would switch to the last used app. This feature was lost with Marshmallow. Is there any app I could use to add this feature back? I don't mind a press-hold or a swipe gesture on any of the soft keys... Thanks!

mark43 · 26 Jun 2016 at 14:59

Richy888 said:
I got a survey about what makeup I wear and what it makes me feel. Asked me which brands I knew from a list. I read that if you pretend to be a 30 something female you get more surveys - but I promise I didn't End of this longer than usual survey I got nothing. But then I know nothing about makeup

Had the same survey yesterday, very odd. Surely Google at least know I'm male, and yes I realise men can wear makeup but this survey was definitely aimed at women. And after 8 questions no reward.

Muska · 26 Jun 2016 at 15:14

Had the same one! I just answered honestly, £0-34 or whatever it was, etc etc. Had the same one but shorter yesterday.

Dazstoke · 26 Jun 2016 at 16:23

Can anyone recommend a contacts app where you can put people into different groups ? For example,groups for family,friends,work etc

iMacMart · 26 Jun 2016 at 16:31

mark43 said:
Had the same survey yesterday, very odd. Surely Google at least know I'm male, and yes I realise men can wear makeup but this survey was definitely aimed at women. And after 8 questions no reward.

Same here .......

Richy888 · 26 Jun 2016 at 17:04

I went for 'bombshell' and 'edgy' there

AndyCr15 · 26 Jun 2016 at 18:23

TheVoice said:
Any reason why? I've only really used SeriesGuide for the past few years and it does everything I can imagine such an app needing to do!

Same here though, I've not used Series Guide, but when I hear from people that have used both, they say both are great, but TV Show Favs has the edge.

A few things I like on Favs -

Great looking widget
To Do list (and can be flicked through on the widget)
Trending shows

The first two are really handy. So on the widget, I can scroll through whatever I should be watching next. OITNB ep 11 for example, Hell On Wheels ep 9 etc. So not just what is next or what has just aired, what is next that I've not yet seen from my Favs.