Essential Android Apps

Skillmister · 18 Sep 2012 at 15:48

How were you getting the 1080p videos then, as links?

Nexus18 · 18 Sep 2012 at 15:55

Fluttershy said:
How were you getting the 1080p videos then, as links?

Go to BS player preferences:

And then just visit youtube via the browser you use and type in the video you want and click on the link and you get the pop up box for what app/player you want to use and choose BS player lite

Skillmister · 18 Sep 2012 at 15:59

Interesting. Does that work if you browse with the youtube app and use share to BS player?

Either way it solves the problem of needing to root for HD youtube

Nexus18 · 18 Sep 2012 at 16:05

Fluttershy said:
Interesting. Does that work if you browse with the youtube app and use share to BS player?

Either way it solves the problem of needing to root for HD youtube

Just tried that, but no option for BS player

However, you can copy the URL and go to BS player and paste it in the "play from URL" box and it will automatically play.

Yup, one less reason to root now!

Love it

AndyCr15 · 18 Sep 2012 at 17:14

Am I missing something... what device has a 1080p screen at this point?

Nexus18 · 18 Sep 2012 at 17:24

True, but I notice better quality with the 1080P content than 720P content even on my qHD display

twe · 18 Sep 2012 at 17:32

AndyCr15 said:
Am I missing something... what device has a 1080p screen at this point?

New android tablets have better screen resolutions than 720p however don't forget the S3 and others support 1080p out via mhl (hdmi)

Nexus18 · 18 Sep 2012 at 17:34

twe said:
don't forget the S3 and others support 1080p out via mhl (hdmi)

This as well!

Richie · 18 Sep 2012 at 17:43

I get HD Youtube on the YT app on my S3... Am I missing something? :confused:

Nexus18 · 18 Sep 2012 at 17:48

Richie said:
I get HD Youtube on the YT app on my S3... Am I missing something?

Only phones that have 720P res. displays can playback true 720P HD via the youtube app, phones with a res. below that only get "high quality" playback i.e.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22625467&postcount=2045

It isn't true HD. There is a way around this by installing a modded youtube app from XDA, but you need root to do so, where as now we can just use BS player to play 720P HD or even 1080P HD youtube content. Of course you could just do this via the desktop youtube site with flash, although on the one S (don't know about other phones) 1080P and 720P stutter where as with BS player they play smoothly.

AndyCr15 · 18 Sep 2012 at 17:55

I almost want to have a phone with only 480 pixels to try and see why I would want it to show me 1080 of them

kona786 · 18 Sep 2012 at 18:00

720p YT on my 480p S2 makes a very noticeable difference! THINK BITRATE.

lamboman · 18 Sep 2012 at 18:06

If anybody hasn't tried it, I've just installed FriendCaster for Android, and it is definitely worth a look. The only thing that seems to be missing are the notifications telling you if your Facebook messages have been read.

rogueblade · 18 Sep 2012 at 19:04

Do not see the point is going over 720p on my One X

EniGmA1981 · 19 Sep 2012 at 08:12

Can you guys recommend other simple puzzle type games like words with friends/draw something/songpop that I can play with my better half?

Be nice to have more options

Adam448 · 19 Sep 2012 at 21:31

Im not going to read through 390 pages of posts so sorry if these were already mentioned, essential apps for me are

Ganalytics - for information on my website
Thumb keyboard - recently brought this and is well worth it, perfect for Nexus 7
MX player - will play every movie file i throw at it
Radiant defense - So fun and very challenging game, now on level 9, youtube walk through guides are available if I get really stuck.
Stumble upon - I love the random pages i come across
Astro - favorite file explorer
Dolphin browser - excellent internet browser
XDA forum app to read the largest mobile and tablet forum on the net
Warriorforum - for website help
Tunein radio - hundreds of internet radio stations to listen too
Seesmic - Fav app for fb and twitter

twist3d0n3 · 20 Sep 2012 at 11:16

is there any way to get the get rid of the swiftkey icon in the notification bar?

Vampire · 20 Sep 2012 at 12:07

twist3d0n3 said:
is there any way to get the get rid of the swiftkey icon in the notification bar?

I think it disappears once you have configured Swiftkey, it should only be there if it's waiting for some user input/response... :confused:

It disappeared on mine anyway.

beachBOYken · 20 Sep 2012 at 14:01

hi can any recommend a good web browser for the sgs3?

I had Chrome but that kept locking up , I'm now trying out Firefox , which is ok but is there any better?

thanks

Nexus18 · 20 Sep 2012 at 14:07

quick ics browser

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