Essential Android Apps

kona786 · 26 Oct 2013 at 23:06

Azza said:
Hate apps on the lockscreen. Surely that just defeats the purpose of a lockscreen?

Have you ever thought that other people will use their lockscreen differently from you?

unwashed potato! · 27 Oct 2013 at 00:48

but he has a point. the lock screen showing apps is no different to the homescreen showing apps. no additional tasks can be done from a lock screen or homescreen so why have one

grudas · 27 Oct 2013 at 00:50

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
but he has a point. the lock screen showing apps is no different to the homescreen showing apps. no additional tasks can be done from a lock screen or homescreen so why have one

but that's only one of the functions the app does? there's a lot more to it and the fact that it "knows" when you're at home, sleeping, work etc is the "BIG" deal here not the fact that you have some app short cuts on your lockscreen.

Richie · 27 Oct 2013 at 07:27

Tasker and Llama has been doing this for a long time (location aware)

Cyclone · 27 Oct 2013 at 15:35

Those that are on Dead Trigger 2, there's a mod to enable Tegra 4 graphics. Ive tried it on my S4 and it works. You may lose your saved game though. Needs rooted device.

More info...

Resized.

kona786 · 27 Oct 2013 at 15:40

Cyclone said:
Those that are on Dead Trigger 2, there's a mod to enable Tegra 4 graphics. Ive tried it on my S4 and it works. You may lose your saved game though. Needs rooted device.

More info...

much improvement? what do you see? do game updates still work?

Cyclone · 27 Oct 2013 at 15:51

The graphics are shinier (more eye candy). Im guessing you will still get updates but make a copy of the original file to be safe.

I was trying to get more screen shots but its not that easy

Sayso · 27 Oct 2013 at 21:36

Obviously

kindle
buzz launcher
unified remote
mx player

mrk · 29 Oct 2013 at 08:43

One of the more recent Firefox updates appears to have added a content aware context menu for when you long press links so if you long pressed a YouTube link it will give the option of loading it in YouTube app:

I realised yesterday when browsing a page and it had a reddit link and Firefox gave the option of opening it with the BaconReader (the best reddit app!).

benjo · 29 Oct 2013 at 08:58

mrk said:
(the best reddit app!).

u wot.

Reddit Sync all the way

Camalot · 29 Oct 2013 at 09:02

asim18 said:
It's the username/password for the Windows account you want to log on to.

I don't have a password to get on my windows.

mrk · 29 Oct 2013 at 09:03

Negative!

Used Reddit Sync before and much prefer Bacon Reader especially with dark theme.

V_R · 29 Oct 2013 at 09:11

What keyboard are people using these days, I've found myself going back to Swiftkey, Last time i used it i didn't like it at all, Seems much better now, has it changed that much in a few months!?

mrk · 29 Oct 2013 at 09:24

I'm using Samsung Keyboard that comes with the Note 3 even though I'm a long time SwiftKey and Swype as well as Google Keyboard user. I like how fast it adapts to my typing style and corrects errors. Also the permanently active number row is convenient.

It's much better than it feels on other Samsung phones. Slight layout differences too.

Quinnaay · 29 Oct 2013 at 09:53

I use SwiftKey I couldn't get in with swype for some reason.

StevieP · 29 Oct 2013 at 11:01

Can anyone recommend me a keyboard that either is the same or similar to either the HTC keypad or ideally the Xperia T keypad setup?? (I say "keypad" as my fat fingers don't get on with the qwerty-type setups and so I tend to simply use the old style T9 predictive text input!)

I'm in the process of using a non-rooted SGS2 running android 4.1.2.

I've tried Googling for an Xperia keyboard apk but the one I found installs fine but then freezes up when you go to use it! :confused:

Anyone got any suggestions that I could try??

mrk · 29 Oct 2013 at 11:07

Many keyboards have themes so you can apply a HTC style theme which makes it look/feel like the HTC keyboard.

Is your S2 on ICS? If so you could also just install the HTC keyboard itself.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1243685

StevieP · 29 Oct 2013 at 11:37

mrk said:
Many keyboards have themes so you can apply a HTC style theme which makes it look/feel like the HTC keyboard.

Is your S2 on ICS? If so you could also just install the HTC keyboard itself.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1243685

Thanks for the link but my O/S version is 4.1.2 which I think is JB.

I've tried a few, some of which don't even seem to have a "keypad" option but "Smart Keyboard" is looking the favourite so far!

Matteysan · 29 Oct 2013 at 14:47

V_R said:
What keyboard are people using these days, I've found myself going back to Swiftkey, Last time i used it i didn't like it at all, Seems much better now, has it changed that much in a few months!?

Still Google keyboard for me, I haven't found another that looks as nice & work as well as it to be honest.

mrk · 29 Oct 2013 at 14:52

Samsung N3 Keyboard