Essential Android Apps

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Richie said:
I'm looking for an app that will repeat event alerts i.e. email, missed call and SMS. I sometimes don't hear my phone due to being outside a lot or I am busy and then forget I have an event so I would like something that will repeat every 10 mins or so.

The S3 has this as a default option for SMS but not anything else :(
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Lightflow does this.
 
Vuvuzela said:
is it any good?
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Yeah it is - limited fighting area, it's not a massive free-roam game, but what you DO get is pretty good :)

Different combos to attack/kill in different ways (for "trophies" :D), rain effects that interfere with the cloak, thermal imaging etc...

All the good things!
 
smokedog said:
Lightflow does this.
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Lightflow caused a massive battery drain for me last time I used it. Everytime I put it on charge it would never let the phone enter Deep Sleep. After I unplugged it, it would still do this until I rebooted the phone.
 
When I installed Lightflow on my S3 it just killed the light completely until I uninstalled it

Gave up on that as GoSMS lets you set the colour for your sms alert anyway so I found it pretty useless after that.
 
Things that keep the phone awake, rather than actually doing stuff, often don't show up. Install Better Battery Stats and monitor patrial wake locks for a better idea if something effects your battery life. The built in stats are pretty useless.
 
Favour required!!

If possible can someone download the Lloyds TSB mobile banking app and upload the apk?

It appears they did not consider the possibility that people living outside the UK might still have a UK account :p
 
Latest dolphin browser / jet pack update is pretty fantastic.

- reflow much improved
- better scrolling
- seemingly even faster. Blisteringly fast on my note ii, almost as fast as my desktop.
 
Richie said:
I'm looking for an app that will repeat event alerts i.e. email, missed call and SMS. I sometimes don't hear my phone due to being outside a lot or I am busy and then forget I have an event so I would like something that will repeat every 10 mins or so.

The S3 has this as a default option for SMS but not anything else :(
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Astrid tasks?
 
I bought the humble bundle but for a lower price, I already had almost all of the bonus games from a previous humble bundle. I already had sword and sorcery on steam from yet another humble bundle but thought it might be nice to play on a tablet. They seem to have done a fantastic job with it on android, it is really easy to control and the sound is really nice too. Semms like it's going to be a really enjoyable game.
 
HTC One S

Right, not wanting to scroll through 420 pages of advice I'm hoping regular posters can help me out.

I've just made the leap from Blackberry to Android, having bought an HTC One S a few days ago. So far I am loving it.

I've been given a few tips from friends on which apps to get and why, but I get the feeling there is much more out there in terms of personalizing and modifying my phone's OS (ICS 4.0.3). I have no experience with ROMs and don't want to get into it just now.

So far I've got Advanced App Killer and Where's My Droid? both of which are very useful. The app store also had a lot of basic programs that I needed.

What else is there?

Also, two questions. I hate the 'ring' that I have to move to unlock my phone. Can I remove or change it? I am also not a fan of the keyboard layout, and have heard I can modify it. How do I do this?

Thanks!
 
Remove advanced task killer as it doesn't benefit your phone at all. Read up on it. Lockscreen widgets are plentiful too.
 
Firstly go to settings>about>software updates and check for updates, install the latest version (Should be 4.0.4 and sense 4.1)

As said, remove the task killer:

http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/

Buy cerberus instead, much better than where's my droid.


Install nova launcher from the market and hold goto the menu of it, plenty of stuff for you to change.

Install swiftkey 3 keyboard.

Best lock screen app is probably widget locker.
 
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