Essential Android Apps

twist3d0n3 · 31 Dec 2013 at 17:07

bwahahahahah

gg

Beans on toast Dave · 31 Dec 2013 at 19:42

is there an app that allows me to use my phone through my tablet
to make and recieve phone calls?
s4 and note 2014

Orcvader · 31 Dec 2013 at 21:32

challengedavid said:
is there an app that allows me to use my phone through my tablet
to make and recieve phone calls?
s4 and note 2014

If you're with O2 they have this app. It works very well and I tried it with my 10" tablet... let's just say using it for calls is not comfortable at all.

tals · 1 Jan 2014 at 10:02

If you are with BT they have app, bt smart talk, I believe Virgin have one as well. I'm assuming both these apps work on tablets as they do on the phone

SiDeards73 · 1 Jan 2014 at 11:11

Anyone recommend a decent battery saving app / power saving app? my battery only seems to last 5 minutes on my S3 since i updated it recently

this_is_gav · 1 Jan 2014 at 11:34

SiDeards73 said:
Anyone recommend a decent battery saving app / power saving app? my battery only seems to last 5 minutes on my S3 since i updated it recently

Disable Google Now and in Google Settings disable Google Location Reporting.

BigBoy · 1 Jan 2014 at 16:06

Also in wifi under advanced turn of allow locations to use wifi even when turned off.

jonneymendoza · 2 Jan 2014 at 17:24

Hi all. what is a good app that can increase the volume a bit on music as teh volume level at max is not that loud tbh

twist3d0n3 · 2 Jan 2014 at 17:32

use poweramp and pre-amp the tracks (in the options somewhere)

Cosimo · 2 Jan 2014 at 17:37

From the Astronomy thread:

da_ging said:
Get Distant Suns (max) for Android for free on amazon today

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0096YJDNQ

and if you haven't already got the amazon appstore installed, instructions are here https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000714543

Gazb · 3 Jan 2014 at 00:34

Is there any music playing apps that have variable speed scrubbing/seeking?
When using power amp or player pro or something to play a podcast or a long mix skipping forward a few minutes can be very difficult compared to how it is with the iphone's music player (I recently moved from iPhone to HTC One).

AndyCr15 · 3 Jan 2014 at 07:07

You should surely use a podcast player to listen to podcasts? This kind of control is much easier then. I use BeyondPod myself. I still believe it's the best.

Gazb · 3 Jan 2014 at 12:03

AndyCr15 said:
You should surely use a podcast player to listen to podcasts? This kind of control is much easier then. I use BeyondPod myself. I still believe it's the best.

Yeah, but when it's music mixes that can be an hour or more long I'd rather listen it with the player I use to listen my other music rather than having to use something else just for longer mixes etc.

I'm actually quite surprised that music players don't have the ability to change scrubbing speed when seeking.
Some players seem much harder to seek on as well. I'm trying to grab the current play position dot/circle/marker but rather than grabbing it and allowing me to move it, it just jumps position. (Not sure I've explained that well but hopefully you understand what I mean)

jonneymendoza · 3 Jan 2014 at 15:44

twist3d0n3 said:
use poweramp and pre-amp the tracks (in the options somewhere)

cant it universally set?

i use sound cloud and spotify

mrk · 3 Jan 2014 at 15:51

No you gotta be rooted to do it system wide.

jonneymendoza · 3 Jan 2014 at 22:06

i am rooted

Nexus18 · 4 Jan 2014 at 15:45

Firefox and the beta version are just terrible on the nexus 7 in comparison to chrome

terrible UI
slow

Such a shame as I like the addons and syncing with my pc firefox browser.

Orcvader · 4 Jan 2014 at 22:10

mrk said:
I just checked and indeed there is an update.

Did it fix it? LOL did it fixt it

Another update today, the theme works fine now on both my phone and tablet in portrait and landscape mode.

chris-82 · 4 Jan 2014 at 22:17

what have people found to be the best music player? video player? and streaming app for films? any apps that would stream my videos and things to my sony smart tv?

Orcvader · 4 Jan 2014 at 22:44

chris-82 said:
what have people found to be the best music player? video player? and streaming app for films? any apps that would stream my videos and things to my sony smart tv?

Best music: Poweramp if stored locally, Google Music if you use their services

Best video player: MX player, loads of video type support

As for streaming, this will get a tad tricker. What I usually do is access my PC with ES File explorer and then play the file with MX Player. But for a smart TV, it may be able to access your PC directly but it will depend on the TV itself.

Google buys Timely developer: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...oper-bitspin-premium-iap-content-is-now-free/

And now all the in-app purchases are now free... which I paid full price for :mad:

. I seem to have a habit of buying apps at the wrong time!