New essential Android apps thread

Quinnaay · 27 Nov 2017 at 14:54

welshdragon said:
Bit of a silly question, I have an s8 due tomorrow. Not a fan of samsung apps. Can I uninstall or only 'disable' them? If I sued a launcher such as the Microsoft one would it replace touchwiz all together?

doesnt remove touchwiz all together, and you cant disable most of them unless you use something such as package disabler.

welshdragon · 27 Nov 2017 at 15:42

AHH right, ok thanks

G-MAN2004 · 30 Nov 2017 at 02:09

Sp00n said:
I only get that when I login to the cerberus dashboard online... Bit suspicious, I'd maybe raise it with them.

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
having the same issue. maybe a bug. or they have been compromised

Kainz said:
I'd look at the latest changelog for the app. They've just had to comply with a request from Google to comply with the play store policy.

I think they (the app) has to now display tracking information... Not sure if this is related to your issue.

Em3bbs said:
You can get the non Google Play (Disguised) APK without this 'feature' from their website https://www.cerberusapp.com/get or if not just disable all notifications from Cerberus when you received one.

If you download directly from the website make sure that you check for updates regularly though (the app may do this automatically, I don't know).

Turns out it's linked to the number of attempts I have made to unlock the phone with the fingerprint reader. If the reader doesn't quite get my print properly more than once, Cerberus takes a picture and begins tracking. I'm guessing it's the same with password/PIN too.

I've installed that version from their site now so no more messages. Cheers.

Sp00n · 30 Nov 2017 at 09:39

Good to know!

BMox81 · 30 Nov 2017 at 15:13

What do you kids use for a messaging app these days? Debating a move back to Android but iMessage is strong with both sides of the family....

Not that one messaging app should be a massive factor in this type of choice but it's all about ease of use for me.

Quinnaay · 30 Nov 2017 at 15:16

exhashdotdot · 30 Nov 2017 at 15:45

Me and my homies all use Whatsapp. I pretty much never use SMS anymore.

Hades · 30 Nov 2017 at 16:21

Whatsapp. I only text my mum and my daughter. Everything else is whatsapp. My mum can't get the hang of a smart phone and my daughters collection of friends don't use whatsapp because they all use imessage or whatever the Apple messaging app is. I even use whatsapp for a lot of calls now.

Kainz · 30 Nov 2017 at 16:35

BMox81 said:
What do you kids use for a messaging app these days? Debating a move back to Android but iMessage is strong with both sides of the family....

Not that one messaging app should be a massive factor in this type of choice but it's all about ease of use for me.

WhatsApp for ALL the messages. Textra (sms) for everything else (2FA codes).

Charlie Bravo · 30 Nov 2017 at 16:51

Telegram... Far better than WhatsApp. Doesn't look like it's from the Windows 98 era either.

Quinnaay · 30 Nov 2017 at 22:06

Best keyboard guys SwiftKey seems to be more laggy these days

millsy888 · 30 Nov 2017 at 23:10

Quinnaay said:
Best keyboard guys SwiftKey seems to be more laggy these days

I feel the same as you, SwiftKey has definitely got a little bloated lately. Going to give Gboard a go.

unwashed potato! · 1 Dec 2017 at 01:48

Indeed. Words I don't type end up mid conversation way too often

Kainz · 1 Dec 2017 at 05:50

Agree about SwiftKey but I can't find anything out there to match it. I tried Google keyboard a while back but it never offered search predictions in the search search bar for me.

Skillmister · 9 Dec 2017 at 22:17

Anyone had issues with google music the last week or so? Mine won't download new music and is also failing to stream a lot of songs.

Really want to get rid of it and use Amazon Music seeing as I now have Echos at home but I have loads of playlists and I really can't be bothered re-making them

millsy888 · 9 Dec 2017 at 23:05

Skillmister said:
Anyone had issues with google music the last week or so? Mine won't download new music and is also failing to stream a lot of songs.

Really want to get rid of it and use Amazon Music seeing as I now have Echos at home but I have loads of playlists and I really can't be bothered re-making them

I had the exact same problem, seemed to right itself after a day or so. I want to leave for Spotify but I've got a family plan with Google, it would mean 4 people having to sort their playlists out, not going to happen.

kona786 · 13 Dec 2017 at 19:43

Yay! Lloyds banking app now has fingerprint login.

iMacMart · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:48

Any good, clean weather/clock widgets recommended all?

JRJ · 15 Dec 2017 at 12:47

iMacMart said:
Any good, clean weather/clock widgets recommended all?

Using Chronus at the moment should fit what you need, pretty lite and enough customisation.

Kainz · 22 Dec 2017 at 20:07

Folks, what would be the best FB client on Android?
I installed Swipe for Facebook on my wifes OP3 but her photo albums seem to be in quite a low resolution. I'm still investigating this and was wondering what the other alternatives are. Cheers.