New essential Android apps thread

Nexus18 · 16 Mar 2017 at 21:10

Samsung browser is nice although the UI is god awful (like all touchwiz related stuff) + doesn't have all the sync/cross platform features

AndyCr15 · 16 Mar 2017 at 21:21

Glaucus said:
is there a weight lifting app that i can set my own workout (lifts, sets, reps, rest period) to keep track and also beep when rest is up.

I think JeFit fits this bill. My video's 4 years old now... I probably should do a new one actually.

Glaucus · 16 Mar 2017 at 22:08

AndyCr15 said:
I think JeFit fits this bill. My video's 4 years old now... I probably should do a new one actually.

thanks, that seems to be exactly what im after.
surprised they don't have kettlebell swing on there though, no biggy as they allow custom.

Mr Plow · 16 Mar 2017 at 23:49

joffy said:
Is there a good ad-blocker for chrome?

You could try Brave Browser, just seen them recommend it on TekThing. It has an inbuilt adblock amongst other things.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.browser&hl=en

joffy · 17 Mar 2017 at 06:13

Mr Plow said:
You could try Brave Browser, just seen them recommend it on TekThing. It has an inbuilt adblock amongst other things.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.browser&hl=en

Thanks all.

Mekrel · 18 Mar 2017 at 18:03

I have a really annoying issue with Gboard where it refuses to automatically correct i to I when using i to refer to myself in the first person. Anyone else have this issue?

I got it to work by uninstalling and reinstalling Gboard but it randomly stopped doing it again today...

Heinz57 · 18 Mar 2017 at 18:07

I get the same with 'i'. Read you could fix it by adding a rule to the dictionary, but haven't tried it yet.

TheVoice · 18 Mar 2017 at 18:27

Yep, I've had that issue too. In fact ever since the recent major update to Gboard I find it does some quite annoying things occasionally.

jkb · 18 Mar 2017 at 19:09

Mekrel said:
I have a really annoying issue with Gboard where it refuses to automatically correct i to I when using i to refer to myself in the first person. Anyone else have this issue?

I got it to work by uninstalling and reinstalling Gboard but it randomly stopped doing it again today...

I get that too, most annoying. I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling and see if that does anything

Scottland · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:11

Having the i/I issued here too. Really annoying, have tried adding a custom word in the dictionary, but still doesn't work.

Phate · 20 Mar 2017 at 11:02

Google Keyboard and/or WhatsApp after the latest update is awful. Its slow and often freezing the phone up. If I switch between English to Portuguese or vice versa it takes a full 10 seconds before I can do anything with the phone :mad:

Think I'll try swapping to another keyboard for the time being.

Kainz · 20 Mar 2017 at 12:55

Phate said:
Google Keyboard and/or WhatsApp after the latest update is awful. Its slow and often freezing the phone up. If I switch between English to Portuguese or vice versa it takes a full 10 seconds before I can do anything with the phone

Think I'll try swapping to another keyboard for the time being.

Happens with Swiftkey too. It randomly takes 2-3 seconds to appear and is laggy to type on. Dropping back to the homescreen and going back into Whatsapp temporarily fixes it until the next time.

Phate · 20 Mar 2017 at 13:44

Kainz said:
Happens with Swiftkey too. It randomly takes 2-3 seconds to appear and is laggy to type on. Dropping back to the homescreen and going back into Whatsapp temporarily fixes it until the next time.

Definitely the keyboard, it happened to me on Messenger Lite when switching to Portuguese.

Sucks. I love the Google keyboard otherwise! Bleh, might just put up with it and hope they patch it soon.

daztrouk · 21 Mar 2017 at 13:36

Can anyone recommend a stock market investing app?

Big Elf · 21 Mar 2017 at 14:14

Samsung have released the 'Samsung Internet Beta' browser and after extracting the apk file it's installed on my Moto G4 Plus and works normally. It may also install directly from the Play Store but I didn't try that first. It allows you to integrate the 'Adguard Content Blocker' which will block all ads.

Lither · 21 Mar 2017 at 23:46

Facebook and Messenger app is using most of my battery, is there any alternative Facebook/Messenger app that has the same layout and notifications?

Kyle009 · 22 Mar 2017 at 10:23

Lither said:
Facebook and Messenger app is using most of my battery, is there any alternative Facebook/Messenger app that has the same layout and notifications?

SwipePro is pretty identical. I don't use notifications but it does have the option for them.

Clairvoyant · 22 Mar 2017 at 10:39

Metal/pro is another facebook app.

Phate · 22 Mar 2017 at 13:19

I use Metal for Facebook and Messenger Lite for chats. Both saved me significant batteries.

Last night I discovered AdGuard. Am enabling this when off of Wifi. It uses a bit of battery but it is saving me significant amounts of data (apparently) - will see how this plays out. Browsing is definitely quicker.

Scam · 30 Mar 2017 at 11:47

Anyone played True Skate? I'm currently quite obsessed with it

Takes me back to the Tony Hawk days on PS1. Pity you have to pay for extra skateparks and all the extras are crazy expensive..