Essential Android Apps

doodah · 11 Jul 2013 at 15:46

Installation basically involves side loading and flashing one file. Not really used the app properly but seems fairly easy to use/maintain. Just need to figure out the line between being too anal/detrimental to the app.

benjo · 11 Jul 2013 at 15:50

What's also quite handy is when you install a new app or an app updates, XPrivacy gives a notification prompting you to check it's permissions.

Orcvader · 11 Jul 2013 at 16:10

It was bound to happen but... someone made a copy of iOS 7's control center: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.easyandroid.hi.controls

I gave it a quick go and it works pretty nicely, but there's better toggles for Android out there already. This is great for anyone wanting to theme their phone like an iPhone though.

Clairvoyant · 11 Jul 2013 at 16:29

benjo said:
If anyone has a spare 10 minutes, you should check out the XPrivacy module for Xposed (root required).

It lets you revoke permissions on a per app basis.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320783

You can list apps by the permissions they use -

Here I've filtered by apps requesting location access

And here I'm viewing an individual app's permissions (the ticked permissions are the ones it uses, the ones with the check boxes marked are the permissions I've revoked).

http://imgur.com/1LoGQUc

I use LBE from Xda forum. Does this let you do Global permission edit.

benjo · 11 Jul 2013 at 16:35

Clairvoyant said:
I use LBE from Xda forum. Does this let you do Global permission edit.

Yep, you can select the permission from the drop down menu, then press menu > all. Should revoke that permission to every app.

mrk · 11 Jul 2013 at 16:55

Orcvader said:
This is great for anyone wanting to theme their phone like an iPhone though.

What did you just say

Orcvader · 11 Jul 2013 at 17:03

mrk said:
What did you just say

Something an Android user will never do

. But want to play tricks on their Apple fanboy friends

.

iMacMart · 11 Jul 2013 at 17:09

Gents

Nova (I think) seems to be auto hiding my tops battery, times, notification bar?

How do I turn that off, even though I don't recall actually turning it on

Thanks

mrk · 11 Jul 2013 at 17:10

Hide option is in Nova > Settings > Look & Feel

Orcvader said:
Something an Android user will never do . But want to play tricks on their Apple fanboy friends .

Still blasphemy

iMacMart · 11 Jul 2013 at 17:31

mrk said:
Hide option is in Nova > Settings > Look & Feel

Nice one mrk "show notification bar" was untick, I must have done it but don't recall when :confused:

Top man!

photoshop · 11 Jul 2013 at 17:37

Orcvader said:
This is great for anyone wanting to theme their phone like an iPhone though.

BLASPHEMY!!!

Since i went android ive never looked back at iOS!!

Amos91 · 11 Jul 2013 at 20:41

I've installed Ivona and the Uk voice pack. Gone into the language and set Text to speech to Ivona.

What else do I need to do for Google Nav to use the voice? Mine has still got the grumpy google man voice.

Cyclone · 11 Jul 2013 at 20:55

olivercamos said:
.........the grumpy google man voice.

mrk · 11 Jul 2013 at 22:01

Reboot the phone, Google Nav should use Ivona then!

Amos91 · 11 Jul 2013 at 22:22

Didn't work either :\. Might clear the cache or some other typical magic fix haha.

this_is_gav · 12 Jul 2013 at 06:17

I used Google Nav on a trip yesterday morning to pick up a colleague. It used IVONA Amy on the way down, I then redid the directions to get us to work... and Google's dude started speaking instead.

Completely random, but it didn't bother me too much (IVONA is far better, but I could still understand Gloomy Dave).

Galaxy S3 with the leaked 4.2.2 Omega ROM.

benjo · 12 Jul 2013 at 08:50

Could you not just freeze/disable all other TTS engines with TitaniumBackup or similar?

Amos91 · 12 Jul 2013 at 09:04

benjo said:
Could you not just freeze/disable all other TTS engines with TitaniumBackup or similar?

Good idea but didn't work

I froze it and it disappeared as an option but Nav still uses it!

Google obviously likes its own voice too much.

benjo · 12 Jul 2013 at 11:33

Liking the new maps. Much better layout, especially for the tube

doodah · 12 Jul 2013 at 11:40

Is it on V7 now? Mine still hasn't updated.