Essential Android Apps

Philtor · 12 Sep 2013 at 15:43

Ah yes the ICS theme as well

mrk · 12 Sep 2013 at 15:44

You mean the JB skin!

Clipsey · 12 Sep 2013 at 18:48

Any ideas on why Textra won't work on my phone?
Installs itself and looks great, send a text, but then it won't receive any (update itself?).
Handsent and stock messaging still work fine. Messed with the notifications settings to no avail?

this_is_gav · 12 Sep 2013 at 21:31

Clipsey said:
Any ideas on why Textra won't work on my phone?
Installs itself and looks great, send a text, but then it won't receive any (update itself?).
Handsent and stock messaging still work fine. Messed with the notifications settings to no avail?

It's probably worth disabling the notifications from Handcent and the stock messaging app, as they can sometimes interfere with each other.

Also worth checking you haven't disabled the Textra notifications in System Settings > Applications > Textra too (if your OS supports app-specific permissions - I can't remember which Android version that was introduced).

Lethal` · 12 Sep 2013 at 22:15

AndyCr15 said:
I've moved from Astrid to Any.Do. Seems quite good. Not sure about collaboration though.

Todoist is also worth a try.

Frijj · 12 Sep 2013 at 22:36

Looks like MovieBox has arrived on Android?

its called Show Box though

tals · 13 Sep 2013 at 06:12

AndyCr15 said:
I've moved from Astrid to Any.Do. Seems quite good. Not sure about collaboration

I gave that a go but it didn't do the collaboration and I wanted a standard web page not the add in they adopted.

Currently using ticktick which is pretty close to what I was looking for, not quite as slick as Astrid but it isn't bad. It's negative is I haven't worked out when the paid for version kicks in but at the moment would recommend checking it out

tals · 13 Sep 2013 at 06:15

Frijj said:
Looks like MovieBox has arrived on Android?

its called Show Box though

Good shout, thank you

dparksinger · 13 Sep 2013 at 08:08

Showtime is worth getting .. Its basically YouTube but you can make the video float on any window and move it around while your doing other stuff on the phone.. Pretty good.

Cyclone · 13 Sep 2013 at 12:34

Frijj said:
Looks like MovieBox has arrived on Android?

its called Show Box though

Thanks for this. Ive got episodes from series I couldn't get from 'other' means.

Cheers!!

Paul11 · 13 Sep 2013 at 12:42

really liking wunderlist to do list

twist3d0n3 · 13 Sep 2013 at 13:39

show box takes me to a website with a sadfais on it after clicking to watch... any ideas?

Clipsey · 13 Sep 2013 at 17:32

this_is_gav said:
It's probably worth disabling the notifications from Handcent and the stock messaging app, as they can sometimes interfere with each other.

Also worth checking you haven't disabled the Textra notifications in System Settings > Applications > Textra too (if your OS supports app-specific permissions - I can't remember which Android version that was introduced).

Thanks for the ideas, which I tried with no luck, very strange. I downloaded ChompMMS to try, and it worked perfectly right off the bat.
Really like Textra so sucks it won't work properly.

pepp77 · 15 Sep 2013 at 12:49

smoove said:
How do I send tabs to open on my desktop from chrome on my tablet? I can't remember where the feature is.

Just make sure both are logged in as the same account and go to other devices on a blank tab.

benjo · 15 Sep 2013 at 16:01

Tint Browser has potential, modded open source aosp browser.

kona786 · 15 Sep 2013 at 18:25

benjo said:
Tint Browser has potential, modded open source aosp browser.

If they include thumb controls I'll be very happy.

xGBHxPegasus · 15 Sep 2013 at 19:47

kona786 said:
If they include thumb controls I'll be very happy.

Doesn't seem to be, very snappy though and supports addon's so somone could make one for it.

Nexus18 · 15 Sep 2013 at 19:50

Nice browser but text reflow is broken like it is with all other 3rd party browsers (except opera) + lack of thumb controls is annoying & the adblock addon doesn't work

Needless to say, sticking with sense browser still

Participant · 16 Sep 2013 at 22:13

Loving boat browser so far. Feels like dolphin, but the gestures are easier as you can just do them rather than having to tell the browser that you're about to enter a gesture. Go to top / bottom are very clever too...you just do a quick drag up or down and a button appears, which you press to go to top / bottom. Or you can create a gesture.