New essential Android apps thread

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Anyone who is using SolidExplorer find the copy and paste functionality really annoying? You can put a file on the clipboard for copy, but if you navigate to a different folder where you want to put the file, without using the back button, so for example clicking top left for folder view then choosing a folder, you lose the ability to paste? (the yellow icon changes back to a "create new" icon and the paste option not there.

I find it annoying to have to load it in the destination folder, browse to the source folder, copy, and then go back like 5 times just to paste.

Is there an easier way or me being thick?
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Yeah I found this. You have to open both directories side by side if that makes sense and then just swipe across to the new one after copying.
 
Frozennova said:
In 6/7 years of using Android I've never needed any form of software to keep things unbloated/running smoothly. Most of these apps especially things like task killers make things slower as they interfere with Androids own memory management and such
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Agree with this, anything that runs in the background is a no go imo. Just takes up resources and does nothing constructive. I suppose security apps will pick up on Viruses and malware that could effect other OSes if moved, but unless you move a load of files around to other OSes which it could infect i can't see a need for it.

Only Clean app i use is SD Maid. Just cleans up all the caches, databases and old app links to give more space. Apps like Facebook, twitter, instagram, imgur have a load of image caches. Last time i ran it it cleared just over 8GB.
 
soundb0y said:
Yeah I found this. You have to open both directories side by side if that makes sense and then just swipe across to the new one after copying.
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Oh right, didnt realise you could open multiple storage areas and swipe between the two, that defo helps thanks!

I am going to make the suggestion to the developers to have the ability to copy and paste no matter which window you're in, as thats the only thing lacking in this app for me, other than that it's perfect!
 
can someone explain to me why k9 mail doesn't show the folders from my email very well? i have many folders, with sub folders etc. the emails are all set up as imap on both my desktop and app with the app stored on multiple devices. one of the sets of folders for instance i have 2013, 2014, 2015, and within those i then have 01 Apr, 02 may etc, my phone has 2015 apr may june, but nothing for july or august.

why would this be?
 
What are people using for video playback? I have VLC installed but don't find it handles displaying folders very well. i.e. I have two folders on SD card with two series of a TV show on and it clumps all episodes under one thumbnail instead of two. Annoying when there are lots of episodes to scroll through!
 
Zaphan58 said:
What are people using for video playback? I have VLC installed but don't find it handles displaying folders very well. i.e. I have two folders on SD card with two series of a TV show on and it clumps all episodes under one thumbnail instead of two. Annoying when there are lots of episodes to scroll through!
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Muska said:
MX player Pro here. There is a free version but its worth it, lots of codecs for various file types.
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Rensin said:
Another vote for Mx Player.
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Recommendation for Mx Player here too. I've been using it for MKV file and as a player it is stable with some great options within.
 
Can anyone recommend an alarm app.

Have been using the stock android clock/alarm app but the past 2 days my alarm at 7am has not gone off. Having set different times to see if it is me it seems to be hit and miss as of when the alarm goes off.
 
Rensin said:
Can anyone recommend an alarm app.

Have been using the stock android clock/alarm app but the past 2 days my alarm at 7am has not gone off. Having set different times to see if it is me it seems to be hit and miss as of when the alarm goes off.
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Amazon App Store often have Alarm Clock XTreme (paid version) for free - definitely worth looking at.

I have several alarms for different days of the week which is a really handy feature, plus it has various 'snooze' options such as solving maths problems to stop alarm (for the days I absolutely must be up).
 
Blackvault said:
I've just found Pushbullet, what a great application. I can't believe I haven't seen this before.
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Yeah I was using it before and wasn't particularly taken, but now you can dive in and see all text messaging conversations etc. it's really useful for when I'm at work.
 
boxman2000 said:
Amazon App Store often have Alarm Clock XTreme (paid version) for free - definitely worth looking at.

I have several alarms for different days of the week which is a really handy feature, plus it has various 'snooze' options such as solving maths problems to stop alarm (for the days I absolutely must be up).
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krooton said:
I've been using AlarmDroid for years now.
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Rimsy said:
Yeah thats what I've used for the past 4 years or so - not failed me yet.
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cheers guys, will take a look ... no excuse for being late up tomorrow now :eek:
 
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