Essential Android Apps

Cyclone · 20 Nov 2013 at 20:36

Whats the info on Showbox? The website says 'Sorry We're Closed', but the app still works fine.

DAnDan · 20 Nov 2013 at 23:25

Well, that's certainly a quick browser! A friend recommended I take a look at puffin browser; it's manically quick in most tests, but sadly not that nice to actually use.

Nice score though!

Simian · 21 Nov 2013 at 07:28

kona786 said:
Lol - even before the OTA to the Nexus 4.

Nope!

I got the OTA for KRT16S on both my Nexus 7 and Nexus 4 (only a 1.4Mb update from KRT16O which I'd side loaded the other day!!

) at about Lunch Time Yesterday!

tals · 24 Nov 2013 at 08:45

Anyone found that embedded videos with the new update in chrome don't have good sound quality, very stuttery. I thought my speaker unit was broken till I tried it outside of chrome or in a different browser.

Lartyconshayo · 24 Nov 2013 at 11:28

just gotta give a shout out for 'unified remote' nice app that allows simple remote control ( volume was the reason I DL it ) - simple set up and now I don't have to get out of me chair to change the volume on movies.

wingnutta · 24 Nov 2013 at 13:05

Cyclone said:
Whats the info on Showbox? The website says 'Sorry We're Closed', but the app still works fine.

Word is - DO NOT UNINSTALL the app! If you have it now then it works, but if you dont then it doesnt seem to work? Cant get how that would work (surely its only the apk you need???), however its just what i heard.. Could be utterly wrong

Cyclone · 24 Nov 2013 at 19:00

Its installed and works well via wifi. Ill make a backup of it somehow then.

millsy888 · 24 Nov 2013 at 19:57

Just gone from 4.4 temasek to a 4.3.1 Cyanogrenmod rom, my saved Showbox apk still works.

Big Chris · 26 Nov 2013 at 20:03

Any idea how you unfollow a post on Android Facebook? I've found a few guides online which I've followed but the options aren't there having gone into Account Settings > Notifications so I assume a recent FB update changed this since the guides were posted months ago.

tals · 27 Nov 2013 at 07:06

Going to go back to swift key, I love swype and prefer the more choices it gives but it does seem to lag really badly and if anything is getting worse. Sometimes hanging the phone for a while. Will see how swift key fares, definitely less intuitive at the moment but will see if that improves. Way faster though.

Cyclone · 27 Nov 2013 at 07:53

There's an update to Showbox if anyone has it.

bash247 · 27 Nov 2013 at 13:15

Any Plex users should note the mobile app across all platforms (ios, windows & android) can be bought for £1.23.

tomos · 27 Nov 2013 at 19:15

Cyclone said:
There's an update to Showbox if anyone has it.

grabbed the apk off a site a few days ago. worked great out of the box

nice app.

loltim · 27 Nov 2013 at 19:22

audio isnt working for House of the Dead Overkill on my nexus 5, nooooo

ShortWarning · 28 Nov 2013 at 11:18

Big Chris said:
Any idea how you unfollow a post on Android Facebook? I've found a few guides online which I've followed but the options aren't there having gone into Account Settings > Notifications so I assume a recent FB update changed this since the guides were posted months ago.

I think (haven't done it in a while) that if you click on the notification for a new post then look in the top right hand corner there's a settings (it may be an "i" actually), press that and there should be an unfollow post option.

rogueblade · 28 Nov 2013 at 11:56

So next week is 4G on Three right?

thep02 · 28 Nov 2013 at 12:04

rogueblade said:
So next week is 4G on Three right?

It starts in Dec no idea how long the first bit will take, I'm in the first group of towns.

Big Chris · 28 Nov 2013 at 21:41

ShortWarning said:
I think (haven't done it in a while) that if you click on the notification for a new post then look in the top right hand corner there's a settings (it may be an "i" actually), press that and there should be an unfollow post option.

No joy I'm afraid, if you tap the notification then it just takes you to the status which is being commented on. I've tried tapping, holding and swiping just about everything but I can't find the option. It seems that from the guides I've found online so far, the option has been removed. Just hoped that it would've been put somewhere else

tals · 29 Nov 2013 at 07:31

tals said:
Going to go back to swift key, I love swype and prefer the more choices it gives but it does seem to lag really badly and if anything is getting worse. Sometimes hanging the phone for a while. Will see how swift key fares, definitely less intuitive at the moment but will see if that improves. Way faster though.

A few days in, no slow down reasonable intuition I have to say swift key is the one to have, swype with it's lag isn't viable

tals · 29 Nov 2013 at 11:59

Big Chris said:
No joy I'm afraid, if you tap the notification then it just takes you to the status which is being commented on. I've tried tapping, holding and swiping just about everything but I can't find the option. It seems that from the guides I've found online so far, the option has been removed. Just hoped that it would've been put somewhere else

On my fb app - the official one, I have a down arrow in the top right hand corner of the post. If I press that I can then either hide the story or not see notiffications from the person. Make sure you are looking at your news feed at the time