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List of cool apps NOT found in Market & cool unknown Market Apps!!

Step 1: Go to Settings, Applications, and check download apps from unknown sources. This will enable you to download third party apps not found in Market. You can download all these apps from the Internet Browser directly on your phone.
I'd recommend getting a Dropbox account and downloading Dropbox & Astro File Manager/ES File Explorer (any other file manager should suffice) on your phones.
Here's my referral for Dropbox (You and I get extra space!):
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTkwNzUxMDk
When you download the apk's use dropbox to store the apk files in the cloud. You will use the file manager of your choice to direct Dropbox where the file is located. This helps with having to re-install apps and avoiding having to search for them again. Dropbox is handy for a grip of other uses such as storing your class papers, pictures, presentations, documents, resume, etc.
List of Apps
AndTorrent: Download torrents on your phone!
Located in Android Market
Mangler: Ventrillo client used mainly for clans/guilds in PC video games.
http://www.mangler.org/download/
Wifi Tether: Use your phone as a hotspot for up to 8 devices.
Located in Market
Palmary Weather: Better Weather app than the stock app. Shows various weather maps and widgets.
Located in Android Market; Free & Paid
Music Junk: Download music from this client for free.
http://www.ghor-lab.org/ or Located in SlideMe Market;PAID
RockPlayer: Plays various type of media files better than stock android video player.
Located in Android Market
XM/Sirius Radio Player: Self Explanatory
Located in Android Market
SMS Barrage: Spam Texting to annoy someone
"File attached on the bottom of 1st post"
Tricorder: Detects magnetic fields, gravity, etc. Embrace the inner geek.
Located in Android Market; PAID
Audalizer: Displays waveform, frequency spectrum, sonagram, and VU meter. Embrace the inner geek.
Located in Android Market
Snore Machine: Plays a sound when noise (such as snoring) is too loud. Now you can have your phone disturb your sleep instead of your girlfriend/wife.
Found in Android Market.
Aldiko: Browse huge catalogs of ebooks (most for FREE) or import your own ePub files
Found in Market
IRIS: Like SIRI on the iPhone 4S but in Alpha stage.
Found in Market
Prox Pro: Wave your hand in front of your phone to turn off screen, open app and perform other functions. The force is strong with you.
Found in Market;PAID (BUT WORTH EVERY CENT)
Wifi Kill: Tired of internet hoggers? Kick people off your internet connection with a tap of a finger. Awesome!
Found in Market; PAID
Metal Detector: Self explanatory.
Found in Market

mangler is a linux ventrilo client. ventrilo is a voice chat program used mainly for clans/guilds in PC video games.

Best one IMO not in the market is SWYPE

I love SWYPE! I'm so use to it now, that sometimes i start swyping on phones that don't have it...

Sms barrage. I love this app. Send hundreds of text at one to one person. Lol something fun to annoy friends
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gqstatus0685 said:
Can we get a list going so I can get some ideas.
Mangler: Don't know what it does but my friend told me to get it.
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Holy crap that's sick! This made my day!!!

tmotech88 said:
Sms barrage. I love this app. Send hundreds of text at one to one person. Lol something fun to annoy friends
That app could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Where can I find it?
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spurnout said:
Holy crap that's sick! This made my day!!!
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What is mangler?
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tmotech88 said:
What is mangler?
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Ventrilo client.

Mangler sounds awesome.
Sent on my HTC EVO!

Dont forget the tether app
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

Rockplayer is awesome too. It's not found in the market. Google: Rockplayer apk btw dint download from torrent site or mediafire plenty of fakes. The guy who makes it has a site I believe.
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How can I forget Music Junk. You can download music for free. Google: '' name of app'' apk you can do it from your phone.
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gqstatus0685 said:
How can I forget Music Junk. You can download music for free. Google: '' name of app'' apk you can do it from your phone.
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just make sure that the one your getting isn't a paid version.

XM/Sirius Radio Player

Yeah mines is free and it sucks but I don't have an XM subscription.
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+ 1 for Music Junk. I was waiting for a good bit torrent client to come out to dl music. When I saw this suggestion on the thread, I downloaded it and it works like a charm.
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Could someone maybe post some of these apk's?...they all sound awesome!

Lostx said:
+ 1 for Music Junk. I was waiting for a good bit torrent client to come out to dl music. When I saw this suggestion on the thread, I downloaded it and it works like a charm.
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I second that, thanks for the suggestion.
Web site for Music Junk
http://www.ghor-lab.org/
Rock Player can be found here
http://www.diffthink.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4
Edit: just tried out Rock Player with a .avi I have of Zombieland, plays beautifully. Thanks again for the suggestions.

Palmary Weather. Interfaces nicely with Beautiful Widgets. Best weather app out there! I can't post the link,just google Palmary Soft.

[Calling all Android User] Cut down the Applist!

Guys here is the list of Applications I am using, please help me out bu cutting the list as much as possible by recommending replacements, one replacement for multiple apps, what apps are redundant (essentially two apps doing the same thing). Please help m out.
Throw any questions at me such as why u r using this, or whatever:
Information
Animated Weather Widget&Clock
AG Indian Newspapers
FeedR News Reader
Finance
First Aid
Google Goggles
iTriage Mobile Health
Layar Reality Browser
Palmary Weather Pro
Pulse News Reader
Scoreboard
TV Show Favs
Wikitude World Browser
Navigation
3D Compass Pro (AR Compass)
Compass
Google Sky Map
Google Maps
My Tracks
SpeedView Pro
Utils
3G Watchdog
AdFree Android
AppBrain App Market
AudioManager Pro
Barcode Scanner
Better Terminal Emulator Pro
BusyBox
Swype
Smart Keyboard
Clockr Evolution (donate)
Dialer One
DroidStats
Extended Controls
Handcent SMS
Lookout Mobile Security
MetaMorph
Mr. Number Call Block
Quick Boot
Quick System Info PRO
Rings Extended
SetCPU for Root Users
System Info Widget
Vlingo: Words to Action
Voice Search
Youlu Address Book
Management
AndroZip Pro File Manager
ASTRO Bluetooth Module
ASTRO File Manager
ASTRO File Mgr Pro (key)
ES File Explorer
Root Explorer (File Manager)
AppControl Full version
Autostarts
Quick Uninstaller (Appmanager)
Titanium Backup ? root
Titanium Backup PRO Key ? root
ROM Manager
ROM Manager (Premium)
Interface
BetterCut
LauncherPro Plus
Desktop Visualizer
HomeSmack
Folder Organizer
Power Strip: Multitasking Dock
WidgetLocker Lockscreen
Tools
Bubble
Celeste SE
drocap2 for root users
Google Search
Instant Heart Rate
Linpack for Android
Metal Detector
Quadrant Standard Edition
Speedtest.net Speed Test
T-Counter
Where's My Droid Donate
Tasker
Bluetooth File Transfer
Office
Dictionary.com
Documents To Go 3.0 Main App
DocumentsToGo Full Version Key
Google Translate
handyCalc Calculator
Note Everything
Note Everything Pro Add-On
Periodic Table PeriodicPad
PrinterShare™ Droid Print
PrinterShare™ Premium Key
Unit Converter ConvertPad
VuDroid
Multimedia
Camera360 Ultimate
Flash Player 10.1
Image Shrink
JustPictures!
Photaf 3D Panorama Pro
PicSay Pro Photo Editor
Ringdroid
RockPlayer Universal
TapeMachine
Official XBMC Remote
Vignette
YouTube
YouTube: TubeMate
Organizer
Alarm Clock PlusV2(NoAds)
Astrid Power Pack
Astrid Task/Todo List
Class Buddy Pro
DaysUntil Widget
Pure Grid calendar widget
UltraChron Stopwatch & Timer
World Clock
Social
Facebook for Android
Gmail
Nimbuzz Call & Chat for FREE
Pure messenger widget
Skype
Tapatalk Forum App (Pro)
TweetDeck
Networking
AndroStream
Barnacle Wifi Tether
ByteTornado Downloader
Dolphin Browser™ HD
Dropbox
Fast Web Installer
IP Webcam
Lookator
Swarm Torrent Client
Torrent-fu
Unified Remote
URLy the URL sharer
Webkey (ROOT REQUIRED)
WebSharing File/Media Sync

Sorry but are you jokeing you have loads of the same type of apps. Close the thred.
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No I am not jokeing and I know I have some apps of the same kind and that is why I am asking the members which one they thing I should keep and which one I should remove.

Do the brave thing and delete everything. You'll soon realise what you need.

Seriously, I stopped reading the list when I saw, like, 5 news readers. Keep Pulse (or your favorite if it's not pulse), and delete the rest. Delete any news apps, and find the address to its RSS feed. Add those feeds to whatever reader you kept, and you've already eliminated at least 5 redundant apps.
Use the same strategy for everything else. You should be able to tell when two apps are doing the same thing. Just pick your favorite and delete the rest.
Edit: Are you kidding me? 5 or 6 file managers. I would stick with Root Explorer or SU and delete the rest.
I'm gonna leave it at that, because that is way too many apps. Good luck streamlining.

Looks like a list of downloaded warez, and you're just trying to figure out which ones to use.
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AAAH! MY EYES THEY BURN! dude litterally. what are you tryin to do go app crazy? CM6.1 has it's own file manager that works great (once the full version comes out i'll be happy) as for all the double apps get rid of em. literally why so many apps. only keep the ones you will use not the ones that will sit and collect fragmentation (hahaha fragmentation kinda like dust is to objects).

vetvito said:
Looks like a list of downloaded warez, and you're just trying to figure out which ones to use.
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I was thinking the same thing when I saw both Root Explorer and SU on the list, not to mention all the other duplicate-function paid apps.
@OP: You should listen to the dude who said to delete everything and start from scratch. And with no wares this time.

mohitgarg said:
Guys here is the list of Applications I am using, please help me out bu cutting the list as much as possible by recommending replacements, one replacement for multiple apps, what apps are redundant (essentially two apps doing the same thing). Please help m out.
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Do you have all of these apps installed and running on your phone?
Sounds like you would have some performance issues with these apps, narrow the list.
Do a Google search for the "app" name + "Android review". When I am looking to accomplish a certain task, I Google that on some review site. This will narrow your scope.

I have not, I repeat I have not downloaded these apps from waez or as a package but spent time on appbrain and install each and EVRY app I listed and tried them, th initial liost was 500+ apps, I have narrowed to 200 apps, I just wanted to know which ones people think are the ones worth keeping, the reason I have shortlisted these are because I like the functionality and Ui, however it could happen that some function is available in app x and also in appy but I don't know yet (not played enough), but people on the forum are able to point that out.
Most of the apps listed are highly rated and popular.
I have updated the list by cutting down on some apps.
i will give reason for each app, once i find some time.

That's defo a warez list lol.
You wouldn't have listed all the free version and paid versions if not.
No way you'd have paid for all those apps without trying them.
Made me lol in rl.
Use whichever you feel more comfy using.
Good luck
edit... quick Google search I just found your current list in a wares torrent. In the same order.... Lol
*Sent from XDA on my Wildfire*

And for every app group (be it warez or not), there is not simply an app that beats them all. It all depends upon your interests and personal preferences, and no one but you can decide what is the app out of a group that fits you most. So please stop asking others to do a work you only can do yourself.

mizch said:
And for every app group (be it warez or not), there is not simply an app that beats them all. It all depends upon your interests and personal preferences, and no one but you can decide what is the app out of a group that fits you most. So please stop asking others to do a work you only can do yourself.
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i fully agree with that!

HOARDER!!!!! Wahhh i need moar warez....oh noes i need moar appz naO!!!!!!!
Killkill kill this thread ban the op and take away his poor phone.
vision

I have actually been felt very offended by the fact that members feel that I am using from torrent or warez. As proof here is the list on appbrain:
appbrain .com / user / mohitgarg / need-to-test-install
appbrain .com / user / mohitgarg / faved
And mr leetvtr, eff off, i could find the apps u use in a torrent too.
If I wanted to keep them and be a horder I would not have listed them, the whole purpose was to get input from people about what they feel about an app and if they would discourage the use of a particular app for some particular reason.
I actually did try all of them for less than 22 hours (paid) as I wanted to try and then get a refund, thus didn not have enough time to play with them, but these r the ones i liked in terms of first impression. I actually have tried many more (paid too) apps but did not like them and thus needed your help, what a friendly society, really!

Cut down to one newsreader. For social apps, I'd use Facebook, TweetCaster, GoChat, and Tapatalk.
This combination provides the best coverage of features with the smallest footprint on your phone.
I would also go with Winamp for music, and YXPlayer for movies, since they each offer the best quality and broadest compatibility of their respective media types. I'd also cut down to just Astro and Root Explorer for file managers. While Astro may seem redundant, it's been beneficial to me to have a "pedestrian" file manager, and I also find Astro's zip manager more reliable. Only keep the Google Apps you are actually going to use. I can almost guarantee Google Sky and Goggles will just end up collecting dust in your app tray. The majority of the apps you have listed are pretty specific in purpose. If you aren't using then, and aren't sure if you need them, back then up with AppMonster and uninstall them. You'll always have then to reinstall from your SD if you every want to try then again. That's about all the advice I've got.
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Thanks for the constructive criticism, higly appreciated.
I have updated the list, need more suggestions.

[DIY] Cloud Music

This is not exactly an app but it is a way to manually cloud your own music. I have posted the How to on my wordpress which is located HERE
enjoy and any questions ask. i am currently trying to get help to code an app to do this in an automated process.
Ok here is a different guide just using dropbox and desktop visualizer, you cant ff or rwd tho so take your pick
New post Here

has anyone tried it? id like feed back lol

this isnt a joke, it really works

Why would you not just download the Dropbox app onto your phone? You can stream the music straight from the app without doing any of that. All you would have to do is have a folder called "Music" with either songs or other folders for albums.
Or just download the leaked Music.apk with Google Music and have all of your music on Google's "cloud".
I'm sorry, I just don't see the purpose of doing all of that.

Google's cloud service isn't running yet, even with the leaked app. And some people prefer to manage things themselves.
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mozetti said:
Google's cloud service isn't running yet, even with the leaked app. And some people prefer to manage things themselves.
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that was my thinking that these cloud services might not have the music they want or too much that they dont want. however im re-writing my post because downloading dropbox on ur phone will actually work and cut out the gmail crap and copying and pasting dropbox public links

updated 1st post

What's up, Shazam?

So the makers of Shazam decided to make a so called premium app which comes for $5.99. It features unlimited tagging, lyrics, biography, discography, directly purchasing through the marketplace, watching YouTube videos related to the tagged songs and that's pretty much about it.
First I was like "wtf? What tagging limit?". Then I saw and installed the update that came for free Shazam today. And guess what. Tagging is now limited to 5 times a month. Not to mention that the free version of course doesn't offer any of the goodies the premium version comes shipped with. Premium doesn't even have a trial to check out if these additional features are really worth the price. And oh.. If you update your free copy of Shazam, you'll quickly notice that it disappeared from the apps list, just to be found in the games hub now. What the heck? Since when do music related apps belong there?
Shazam Encore, which the premium app is correctly named, doesn't even integrate in the Zune hub, which in my opinion would make sense.
What do you guys think about what Shazam is pulling off there? Is this restricted to WP7 only? Or does it affect iOS and Android apps as well?

No this is not limited to wp7, this happened on iOS and then on android as well. This seems to be how they operate and since I do not have my phone right now and will have to reload all my apps I am sure I will get stuck with the downgraded free app.

If that's the way they go now, I'm pretty sure they check the version of the app we use and if it's not the limited free version, they'll just refuse the service.
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I read a shazaam feature is coming with Mango. It will be built into Zune, Shazaam wont be needed anymore.

vetvito said:
I read a shazaam feature is coming with Mango. It will be built into Zune, Shazaam wont be needed anymore.
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Yeah, Bing Audio. The question is just, if it's as good as Shazam is. Seeing that bing maps doesn't even support most of the countries in Europe. Works pretty well for larger cities in Germany, but there's still lots of unknown places. If Bing Audio ends up the same, I'm afraid it won't be any thread to services like Shazam. But we'll see.

If Bing Audio is as ****ty as Bing Map is in my country I suppose it will be mediocre and we will still need Shazam for a long time.
Anyway, thanks for the tip, I will not update Shazam.

arturobandini said:
If Bing Audio is as ****ty as Bing Map is in my country I suppose it will be mediocre and we will still need Shazam for a long time.
Anyway, thanks for the tip, I will not update Shazam.
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Word on different forums is that if you have installed the free Shazam app before May 11th, you will have no tagging limit. That was supposed to be some sort of launch bonus. I haven't tried it yet after I installed the update. But I'll do so tomorrow and report back.

dkp1977 said:
Word on different forums is that if you have installed the free Shazam app before May 11th, you will have no tagging limit. That was supposed to be some sort of launch bonus. I haven't tried it yet after I installed the update. But I'll do so tomorrow and report back.
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I did, and indeed I have no tagging limit.
So you mean, if ever I update Shazam - and only if I update - then the limit will appear?

No, I think it has to do with your original "purchase" (install) date, not the date of the version currently installed. If you locked in prior to the change, you should always have free tagging. You just won't have the rest of the new features of Encore (which do sound pretty nice - but still not worth $6 to me).
I downloaded the update this morning, and I don't see any limits appearing in the app so far. My original install date was January 5th.
[Edit] Correction -
Apparently if you originally downloaded prior to the change, you also get some of the Encore features. From the Marketplace description of the free version:
Start your music journey and enjoy Shazam to:
• Identify what song is playing and buy the track direct on Zune Marketplace
• Read album reviews, artist biographies and discographies
• Watch YouTube videos for tagged artists from within the App
• View lyrics and sing along to tagged tracks
• Sort tags by date, artist and track
• Store your tagged tracks and easily view your tag history
This App gives you 5 Tags per month*. For unlimited tagging and exclusive features try our premium App – Encore.
*If you’ve been using Shazam on your current Windows Phone 7 phone since before May 11, 2011, you’re still entitled to unlimited tagging.

Thanks RoboDad for this very detailed answer.
One more question, since you updated, is Shazam located in the Game Hub?
Thanks

Yeah, something is wrong somewhere. It shows up in both the app list AND games hub for me. But, I had previously pinned it to Start, and that link no longer works. And to aggravate things even more, I can't pin the new version to Start at all. I assume they'll fix it soon.

RoboDad said:
Yeah, something is wrong somewhere. It shows up in both the app list AND games hub for me. But, I had previously pinned it to Start, and that link no longer works. And to aggravate things even more, I can't pin the new version to Start at all. I assume they'll fix it soon.
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Many thanks. One more good reason not to update.

RoboDad said:
Yeah, something is wrong somewhere. It shows up in both the app list AND games hub for me. But, I had previously pinned it to Start, and that link no longer works. And to aggravate things even more, I can't pin the new version to Start at all. I assume they'll fix it soon.
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Since the update it movied out of the app list and onto the Games Hub... had to repin it (from inside Games Hub).

Am I the only one to think that Shazam's attitude is not very fair?
Basically, Shazam is proposing an update that will actually limit your app and make it worse (e.g. tag limitation, app installed in the game hub, etc.)
Their goal being to make you purchase their $5.99 version.

It's their program, they can do this if they choose. ATT used to charge a monthly fee for this type of service. Do they still do that? It's still functional as a trial app though.
The game Triangula did the same thing. It was a free game with no ads.
The most recent update, added ads to the free version and required you pay to get the updates and go ads free.

munkeyphyst said:
It's their program, they can do this if they choose. ATT used to charge a monthly fee for this type of service. Do they still do that? It's still functional as a trial app though.
The game Triangula did the same thing. It was a free game with no ads.
The most recent update, added ads to the free version and required you pay to get the updates and go ads free.
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I think you miss some major points here. Triangula is fully playable, even with adds. Shazam on the other hand is barely usable upon its limitation to just 5 tags a month. Triangula full comes for what? Like 1.99? Shazam goes for 4 bucks more. So it's extremely cut in its functionality while costing 3 times as much as Triangula.
Of course it's their product and they can do whatever they want to. But I believe they're gonna lose a whole lot of customers this way.

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Since the update it movied out of the app list and onto the Games Hub... had to repin it (from inside Games Hub).
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D'oh! You're right, of course. I was trying to pin from the [defunct] shortcut in the app list. Thanks!

munkeyphyst said:
The game Triangula did the same thing. It was a free game with no ads.
The most recent update, added ads to the free version and required you pay to get the updates and go ads free.
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Not to pick nits (OK, so I like to pick nits, so sue me ), but that isn't quite the way things went down with Triangula (or with Shazam, for that matter).
If you had already downloaded the free version of the game before the paid version came out, you got a free upgrade to the paid, ad-free, deluxe version. Well, at least I did .
And it's the same with Shazam. Users who secured their "purchase" of the free version prior to the release of the premium version still get unlimited tagging. So no one is losing anything. If someone didn't take the time to download the app prior to the change, then they never had the promise of free, unlimited tagging.
And, as has already been mentioned, this is no different from the way the app is already marketed on Android and iOS, so it isn't exactly news.

mine dissapeared from my app list and is NOT found in the games hub but when I find shazam on the marketplace on my phone, it just gives the option to share (as if it was already installed) this happened after the update. It is as if it is installed in a repository that is unable to be reached by windows phone (or the shortcut was broken by the update). Anyone else experience this?

I cant even find it in the marketplace anymore 0.o on my pc and on my phone its not even their. Is it not their for anyone else?

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its been explained to me that hulu isnt free on android so i deleted post

I doubt you will find anyone who will tell you how to watch hulu+ for free when its a paid service.
Most Hulu+ threads that are around were about getting the app to work on the thunderbolt. If you want to watch it, you have to pay the fee.
You can try using standard Hulu thru the browser, just put the browser in desktop mode and see if that will work. Mobile view will not. There was a thread here that had a file that you could replace the standard files to let you watch on your phone. That worked for me.

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