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I've been a winmo user for more years than I care to recount, but it's upgarde time, I don't want to wait for WP7 only to find it's not all it should be, so I'm going Android.
Desire or Galaxy S, not sure yet, will see what deal I can get at the end of the month when I have to decide.
Anyway, my question is, as an Android noob, what are the 'must have' apps on Android.
what is THE media player to have
what are the games that are essential?
what utlities will I need to get the best out of the phone?
Looking forward to your answers - no doubt as varied as responders.
zdnet com/blog/btl/top-25-android-apps-the-best-of-the-best/37363
pcworld com/article/203635/the_22_best_android_apps. html
xda doesn't let me post links cuz i'm new so this is the best I can do.
Thanks bartek.
At least someone is being helpful...
Personally I use RockPlayer to play movie files, MortPlayer to play music(default music player is great anyways though)
For games, theres MagicGemII (bejewelled style), Replica Island (platformer), Abduction (doodle jump style), Armored Strike (scorched earth style) and many more, including some great ones from GameLoft
In the way of utilities, depends on what you want to do with your phone. Android has a lot of advantages over windows mobile (came from htc diamond 2). A good place to start is a file browser, like OI File Manager, and a backup program, like Titanium Backup. If you're into loading new Roms, then Rom Manager is a useful and easy way to do this.
Personally I also use SlideIT keyboard for easier text entry, AppBrain coupled with Fast Web Installer means you can browse the market easier on appbrain.com and install apps just by clicking Install on the website, of course the XDA app
Angry Birds.
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Angry Birds.
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I love angry birds...oh, I see.
I bought my transformer in about 3 monthes and for the two first months it was fun and i couldn't get my hands off it! But now its just boring! Its just sitting there on my bed and i almost don't use it. Can someone help me to get my trans fun again? Like games, apps, themes, launchers and more.
BTW:
Is there an I pad keyboard theme? I really like how the I pad keyboard looks.
Try getting a Wii mote and a classic controller and connecting them via bluetooth. I play Spyro all the time via a PSX Emulator. You can do anything really from NES to the good old N64. I love it.
Or the Sixasis controller if you can have more luck getting that working then I did.
There's nothing anybody here can do in that respect. If you've grown away from your tablet then just sell it and make some money for it. Find something you do like and invest the money in that instead. In the future you should not become so attached and distance/limit yourself on how often or how much you use your PED's. I don't use mine constantly so I feel like when I do use it it's a joy to use it and I learn to cherish it longer.
I did the same thing with my XBOX 360 and gamed constantly and burned out on it. Luckily I didn't sell it and do without. Instead, I sold it and then I went out and upgraded to the new XBOX 360 (black) console and limited myself on how much and how often I play. Now I love it more than ever.
@ NeedATab
if your tf is not rooted, try to root and play with it more.
when you are get boring again, then sell your tf and make
somebody happy.
Sell it. Then go out and try bungee jumping. (Wear a nappy just in case)
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Sell it. Then go out and try bungee jumping. (Wear a nappy just in case)
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if youre bored with it then you really dont have a use for it. get some cash back and go outside
i don't want to sell it! i just need a change! a launcher, some new fun games, apps...
can i put go launcher on my transformer?
because its a great launcher with huge pack of themes and more and more...
NOPE go launcher isnt compatible
Look in development and have some fun
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i don't want to sell it! i just need a change! a launcher, some new fun games, apps...
can i put go launcher on my transformer?
because its a great launcher with huge pack of themes and more and more...
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Try ADWLauncher and then setup a Hubs layout..as described here..
I'm sure you will enjoy that ..
Try also some games..Sprinkle, Apparatus, Shadowgun are really funny game for example..
Here at XDA people seems to have weird way to have fun. Even if I do understand that tinkering your device could be fun it is not the kind of entertainement I would advice for someone bored, especially given the state of the current custom Rom for honeycomb (wich all look the same).
Soooo. The real question is, what apps ?
If you like creating, drawing or doing photo manipulation, try Picsay Pro, Sketchbook Pro, Photoshop Touch, Adobe Idea, Pixl-r-omatic. All great apps to have fun creating images.
If you like watching movie / tv shows try Mizuu lite. It make all your video look pretty with poster , cover, casting and stuff.
Beyond Podcast HD is awesome if you want to listen to podcast. You can search and discover inside the apps whatever you may like.
Zinio is a great press reader, if you want to read.
Now if you want to make your TF look fresh.
Picspeed wallpaper offer a vast selection of wallpaper if you want your TF to look fresh.
If you don't already have it, Wizz widget offer many awesome widget with google reader feed, facebook feed, twitter feed,etc. all of them beautifully tailored for honeycomb.
I also use storage ether (search the apk on XDA I'm not sure i'ts available on the market) to monitor my storage and it looks great.
"Make your own clock widget" "minimalistic text" let you display some information with some widget in a aesthetic way.
If you want more changes, some ROM are tweaks a little, revolver and prime are 2 great ROMs with many theme available. You'll need to root, and flash those new ROMs but you'll definitly have something new.
And Finally there is GAMES.
I'm not myself a huge fan of games on mobile device but I try many of them, here some that I liked.
Battlehearth is right now the game I enjoyed the most on tablet. It's beautifull, smart fast and fun. It's like doing 3 man donjons in Wow where you play all 3 caractere. Actually some bosses are even inspired from WoW.
Nano panda, angry bird, cut the rope, apparatus, slice it, Sprinkles, are great puzzle games.
Minecraft for Android is okay but not much to do except modeling stuff. A good timevore app nonetheless.
Shadowgun is a great shooter.
Roboto a funny simple plateformer.
fruit ninja THD and glow hocket 2 are great multiplayer games.
I like Buka HD, I don't know why, try it.
Slimedroid HD is a little volley game funny just the time to beat it.
And well that's games I liked. Of coruse there is still a lot of game.
Look in the tegra Zone, in the game section of the web market.
And for more apps take a look at www.tablified.com it's a great website for discovering tablet optimised apps.
If you still can't find a use to your tablet then I think you just need something else than a tablet related entertainement.
You know there is a specific use for these tablets right?
At the very least, you should be able to do just web browsing on your bed with this thing.
I use mine every single day. Light web browsing, rss, comic books and reading are my daily tasks. And this doesn't count all the other things I usually do with my tablet every other day. Play games, watch a movie, email, listen to music while doing other things on the tablet and etc... If the product was not useful before, then why buy it? To me, it is the most convenient piece of tech I have ever had. If anything, I am more frustrated with when it doesn't work, than not being able to find a reason to use it at all.
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You know there is a specific use for these tablets right?
At the very least, you should be able to do just web browsing on your bed with this thing.
I use mine every single day. Light web browsing, rss, comic books and reading are my daily tasks. And this doesn't count all the other things I usually do with my tablet every other day. Play games, watch a movie, email, listen to music while doing other things on the tablet and etc... If the product was not useful before, then why buy it? To me, it is the most convenient piece of tech I have ever had. If anything, I am more frustrated with when it doesn't work, than not being able to find a reason to use it at all.
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i totally agree with you, but i need to say my tab were pretty boring until i were able to root it, now i can have fun and hopefully do something that i wanted to do always!
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If it's that boring, you could always PM me, ship it here in exchange for cost of S/H, and I could sell it used along side mine and upgrade to a prime for free lol
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i don't want to sell it! i just need a change! a launcher, some new fun games, apps...
can i put go launcher on my transformer?
because its a great launcher with huge pack of themes and more and more...
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have you tried spb shell 3d launcher? its not for free, but its amazing.
reading magazines on transformer!!! I usually never reads magazines, but they are great when you're super bored at work!
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I am using it right now on my transformer?
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try hacking the crap out of it! i have ubuntu and android running on mine
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You should have gotten the ipad.
Well my transformer wasn't necessarily boring, but after I rooted it, I became alot more fascinated with the things I can do with it! If you haven't gotten around to doing so there's a 1 click root app in the development forum if I'm correct. Once you root it you can do all sorts of things like
>delete bloatware using titanium backup, backup your apps, etc
>use setcpu and other overclocking apps to get more performance, I'm at 1.2ghz (to be safe) but I've heard some OCs of like 1.6!
>Use autokiller to modify the way your tf handles ram, use autorun to manage your startup apps
>use wifikill to kick people off the subnet of the wifi networks your connected to.
>use droidsheep to arp spoof login sessions
>tons of other neat networking utilities like shark, orbot, sshtunnel, dynamicdns, etc
>set custom bootscreens & themes!
For the games my personal favorites are
Shadowgun (like many have said)
CK Zombies
Samurai II Vengeance
Death Worm
GOF2 THD
Hungry Shark
Wind-up knight
Robotek
simcity deluxe
Defender
Battleheart
Airattack HD
Keep an eye out on tegra zone for upcoming releases!
Electrum Drum is also fun to creat some beats.
All you have to do is purchase on phone and sideload it, it will let you download data directly from tablet, at 1mb per second, it took about 7 mins for the whole process, 400mb download and data install. Go buy now, best 5 bucks ever spent.
Ps. I bought using my evo 3d, which also runs the game perfectly.
Edit: before you start asking, how to sideload it:
Dropbox, gmail, titanium backup, blue-tooth, etc. It also verifys market, so make sure you buy it.
excellent news, I did download the app, but got error parsing package message. Also says incompatible with my p6200, lets hope for the best for us 3g guys.
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excellent news, I did download the app, but got error parsing package message. Also says incompatible with my p6200, lets hope for the best for us 3g guys.
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Try downloading with phone, then sideload it. It should work since it works for dell streak, even though it is android 2.3, it is a 7 inch tablet. It worked on my SGT7+ wifi, it should work on Tmobile. Just make sure you purchase it.
Downloaded but seeing quite a bit of lagg. Replacing user data files with GSII files now hoping that they will fix it
Which version do you have? Wifi or 3g? Also did you just sideload apk, and download data from tab, or copy both. Mine has no lag whatsoever with the data download directly to tab. I also have no lag with the data downloaded from my evo 3d. They both work perfectly. I also recommend using the analog steering and driving controls.
I sideloaded the .apk and let it download, had lag, so I replaced the data files with ones for the GSII from a site I found. No lagg now, just had to reset the controls as it aligned them for the S2's resolution. I don't have another Android device so I had to go the less legal route to get the APK, but I have bought the game on the iPad so I don't feel bad about it. Thumbs down to Rockstar for not having the compatibility in order
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I sideloaded the .apk and let it download, had lag, so I replaced the data files with ones for the GSII from a site I found. No lagg now, just had to reset the controls as it aligned them for the S2's resolution. I don't have another Android device so I had to go the less legal route to get the APK, but I have bought the game on the iPad so I don't feel bad about it. Thumbs down to Rockstar for not having the compatibility in order
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Come one bro, dont include those details, as it can get you booted.
Also what type of lag were you referring to?
FPS issues in the entire game, basically. Driving around was very laggy and basically unplayable
The game is great and works better on 7 inches than the 10 inch iPad imho... just hope rockstar gets a grip and fixes compatibility settings. As a new Android user I can't even begin to express how utterly idiotic this issue with erroneous compatibility blocks is
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FPS issues in the entire game, basically. Driving around was very laggy and basically unplayable
The game is great and works better on 7 inches than the 10 inch iPad imho... just hope rockstar gets a grip and fixes compatibility settings. As a new Android user I can't even begin to express how utterly idiotic this issue with erroneous compatibility blocks is
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Oh ok, mine still seems very responsive, Ill try other data file from other phones i have. Ill post results later. Yup, thats the problem with android fragmentation, but either way any android phone beats an iphone.
No...it doesn't. Believing that is just pure bias as there is no, and probably never will be, an OS that beats the other on everything. That's why I have one of each.
Youre still very new to this community, give it some time, to the infite modifications and freedom android gives you.
Customizing something all the way to Mars is nice, but still doesn't make up for lack of apps. I've been using the iPad in ways that physically aren't possible on Android because of the lack of certain apps and types of apps
give me an example and Ill try to tell which apps are available. I have over 400 apps installed. I go thru the apple catalog and I only see nonsense apps, or social apps, how many of those do you need. But its true there are more apps, but almost all are already in android. Maybe not the market but getjar, amazon market, appbrain and more.
Ok, here's a challenge for you, and if you do manage to find an app, you will be my hero:
One of my most used apps on the iPad is a certain type of note taking app. I say a certain type rather than a specific app as there are quite literally dozens of these available on iOS now. This type of app will let me import documents - minimum requirement is PDF, but more types is better - and write on top of them. So far Android has alternative. Then you get to the most important feature, magnification mode. The way this works in all of said dozen apps is that you have a window at the bottom of the screen that shows a small portion of the screen magnified. This allows you to write big letters and have it be shrunk down. These boxes are resizable and can be set for various zoom levels. They also have auto-advance, meaning that when you get to the end of the box it automatically moves it so you just write from the beginning again. This way you can write sentence upon sentence just as you would on paper, and just as accurately, even with a normal capacitive stylus. Other features that are often in these apps include the ability to insert images, machine text, web clips, audio recordings etc. You will also need to have the ability to export PDF. There are apps on android that can annotate PDF, but not at that level. All semester I've been using the iPad and nothing but the iPad both in lectures and outside, scanning paper documents using Scanner Pro and an external camera, annotating them (this is why just text editing is useless - I need to be able to have 100% control over size, placement, angle etc of the text on a page, underline and make arrows and drawings all over the place, not just write some text down) and storing them for reading. Just had an exam with 900 pages worth of curriculum and notes, all read on the iPad, and created on the iPad to begin with in the case of notes.
That kind of app in particular is crucial, and it has to be able to do exactly what I mention here, no "almost" with missing the magnification mode etc. They even provided all the lecturers with iPads this fall, and they've been using the same types of apps connected to projectors via VGA (try finding a VGA adapter for the galaxy tab, btw ).
This is just the ultimate example though, as it's not only the type of app I've used the most, but it's an app that is 100% productivity. No widgets, games or anything like that - it's a productivity issue, and an issue for Android's usability in settings outside of people who like to watch videos and play with ADWlauncher (which also includes me in my spare time, hence why I have an Android tablet).
Other examples off the top of my head: Splashtop's secondary product, xDisplay. It doesnt exist on Android (yet), and it's an example of an app where I don't care if there are "similar products" - it's the system I'm invested in and missing apps from major services like that is an issue. I could also bring up apps that have some sort of equivalent, but far from anything that works as good. Goodreader on the iPad -> ezPDF on Android, much less powerful app. Scanner Pro -> CamScanner, same thing, and they even broke 7.0 plus compatibility in the last update. There's no direct access app for the educational system my school uses, Classfronter, which isn't really an issue due to browser access but still an issue as it's slower. No good alternative to Reeder either, not that I've found anyways.
Education in itself is an interesting field. There are so many apps that make the iPad a powerful tool for both teachers and students on iOS. How about the ability to annotate documents wirelessly using Syncpad, an app that streams the image on screen to any HTML5 browser that's connected to the internet (not just local wifi)? Used that one a lot. Replaynote, letting you do notes and commentary and have it automatically turned into a video that you can send off to help people. Dictionary apps; when you study ENglish like I do, "a dictionary" isn't enough. You need as many as possible. That's iOS, not android.
Enough productivity. Fun apps. BBE's app has brought a music enhancement technology, that so far has only been licensed to Cowon for portable use, to iOS. There's no comparison to EQs in apps like Poweramp. Flipboard, awesome RSS reader that I use instead of Reeder when I want to relax, not read feeds for work. Tried Pulse, not the same, or even close. Neither is Currents. Zinio is luckily on both OSes though there are several magazines that are only available through Newsstand. Connecting the iPad to a synthesizer via USB and playing around with it on an amateur level is always fun.
Enough examples.
I love my 7.0 Plus. I love how personal the homescreen is after tweaking it, Google Talk on it is awesome, it's the device I reach for to check email in the morning, I love using a Wiimote for games, i use it as a mouse and keyboard for my PC in bed, remote control utorrent, browse the web, as a flashlight at night (LOVE that), video support makes me weep tears of joy, read books that aren't scanned A4 documents (and hence possible to reformat for 7 inches) etc. It's a great device, which is why I have it. However it isn't perfect. There's plenty of room for both OSes in my life, for the exact reason that neither is perfect.
Repligo reader for first, lets you write on top of pdf files (shapes, text,highlight, selections,w/e), I use it in class alot, but also lean to quick office since I just use camera to copy what i dont feel like typing.
Currents instead of pulse, much better. Also with repligo everything should be capable to be done, what ios app are you refering to which can do all that.
splashtop is on android also.
I think I answered what you needed, to long to read over again, while trying to study for nueuro final.
How did you get the GTA apk to your Tab? I tried AppInstaller, but I get an "access denied" error when I try to export it?
*edit* Nevermind. I was able to get the apk using Root Explorer. Can't wait to fire it up!
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How did you get the GTA apk to your Tab? I tried AppInstaller, but I get an "access denied" error when I try to export it?
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you need root, and you can use root explorer to copy, to sd card. Make sure you click on r/w to be able to write and copy.
Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.
there also is CatComic which cost money but is worth it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=meanlabs.comicat&hl=de
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there also is CatComic which cost money but is worth it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=meanlabs.comicat&hl=de
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I tried it and its almost perfect, but seems to be missing one feature that I'm looking for.
I want to be able to tap to scroll, where the comic will scroll for me down the page when i tap the screen. And after it reaches the bottom, the next tap will turn the page. Do you know if Comicat has this feature?
unsure if it does, most of the time i just use the volume keys.
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i just know of one viewer which does it for sure and that is Perfect Viewer but this one doesnt support cloud storages.
I would go with ComicRack. Though it costs money for the fully featured version, it is by far the best reader I have used. It also has a PC counterpart that will sync everything with it, like info, and where in the books you are.
http://comicrack.cyolito.com/
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Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.
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for manga's i would go with mango http://mango.leetsoft.net/ been using this for years ! :good:
I've been using Perfect Viewer for years now. Will do the 'tap to scroll' that you like.
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ComicRack has the most robust features of all. However, Astonishing Comic Reader https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aerilys.acr.android has some Material Design, has no ads, and only has donations if you so choose.
ComicRack is awesome, but it is just too ugly for me!
I've always used this and found it very good.
Has been removed some time ago from play store, but developer keep working on it and you can download it from his website
http://www.manga-watcher.com/
I have been a long time user of ComicRack, but I just tried out the Astonishing Reader, and ... It's pretty good, but not enough to sway me away from ComicRack.
The ability to automatically group and sort by series, as well as other variables for a large collection is invaluable.
And when i loaded up a comic and paged through, while nice, it wasn't quite as silky smooth as I can get on ComicRack, there seemed to be a flash of loading with each page change.
Just my 2 cents, it might work great for you, thanks for the recommendation though, always worth checking out what else is out there, rather than getting complacent with "what I've always used"
moon+ reader is good
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I would go with ComicRack. Though it costs money for the fully featured version, it is by far the best reader I have used. It also has a PC counterpart that will sync everything with it, like info, and where in the books you are.
http://comicrack.cyolito.com/
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:good: +1. BY FAR THE BEST!
Buka HD(ibuka.cn) seems perfect for this 4:3 screen (it has been optimized for Xiaomi MiPad, also 4:3), but it is only available in Chinese Language. The HD version can use the whole screen of N9, instead of having black bar on both sides). The online sources on Buka are also plenty enough.
Does ComicRack let you read comics from cloud services like CatComic?
I am also interested in this. It would be good experience for me.
ComicRack for offline comics and MangaWatcher for online (not available on google play but maintained) hands down the best of each world.
Comiccat is hands down the best. Syncs with the cloud as all and auto caches next issue from Dropbox so you can read through your whole library from the cloud. You can even set it to delete locally cached copies after reading.
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Comiccat is hands down the best. Syncs with the cloud as all and auto caches next issue from Dropbox so you can read through your whole library from the cloud. You can even set it to delete locally cached copies after reading.
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I use both ComicRack and Comicat. One thing that I really don't like about Comicat is that when you sync to issues in the cloud, you get no cover art. That bugs me beyond belief.
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Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.
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ComiCat is the best and u can read of google drive
another vote for comicrack. i had already paid for the desktop version so getting the the android version was a no-brainer. love the sync and the ability to sort titles. i got them sorted by published date so i can go through my old stuff chronologically like when i used to buy them as a kid.
Hello!
As you know it is one of the futuristic technologies, Please share your experience so far!
Games - Screen resolution - Sound - ergonomically...etc
Thanks!
The best thing I think I have ever bought! Has a few software quirks but is solid . Especially the tracking(hand, head and your physical location in space). Side loading any APK via Oculas Screen is a god send. My brain has a hard time remembering it not reality. And there a lot of games and apps already via oculas and third-parties. Can't recommend it more. Got to be seen to be believed.
Absolutely love it. I got to test it a while before it was released, and I absolutely knew I needed to have one. Beat Saber is amazing, and everyone that I've shown it to was really impressed.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get robo recall to load, so there seem to be a few bugs waiting to be ironed out (might be because I'm traveling between Europe and the US, and the store had some issues with the location?)
I Must say iv loving the quest so far. coming from a psvr the freedom of no wires is amazing. somebody has already mentioned the sidequest pc app, the helps you upload and download software from your quest, also gives you access to the full android on the quest, so you can link Bluetooth joypads and head phones. my quest also had 5 hidden demos of which 2 still worked this was taking up about 2Gb of storage and i could remove them via the full settings app which i now have access to. i have also loaded on some 3D Movies and find that skybox was the best app to view them, with it, its easy to select SBS or Under/Over and the soundtrack. As for Games Beatsaber already allows for custom tracks using the Questsonginstaller, iv not get over 100 tracks on my quest. and as for emulation, i really like the Virual Boy Emulator of Oculus Go which works perfect on quest in full 3D, but you do need to pair a Bluetooth controller to use it. but its great. As for the normal quest games, Vader Immortal, Face Your Fears 2 and Robo Recall are the main ones iv tried. they are all great, the tracking was great and now been able to do full room scale was a game changer for me. the games make visual compromises to get them working, but still looked good and ran great for me. if a new games was coming to both PSVR and QUEST i would get the quest version not just for the ease of setup and the visual hit was`t that much of a deal for me.
Thats about it, iv loving it so far, there are still a few more quest games i want come payday. If you want to try any of the above things above like me, i recommend looking up a tutorial on youtube and they tend to have all the links you need in the description.
cheers
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Very cool) Shame that apps from go is not available on quest. Would love to have some apps from go on my quest. Hope we will figure out how to download apps from oculus stores someday.
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Very cool) Shame that apps from go is not available on quest. Would love to have some apps from go on my quest. Hope we will figure out how to download apps from oculus stores someday.
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A fair number of them can actually be pulled via adb and sideloaded on the quest
I was in 2 minds about the quest or the rift s.
so glad i went with this - as if you sideload ALVR its basically a wireless Rift as well. And i have essentially a mobile VR gaming console - i can take it to a field and simply go mad!!
simply love it! jsut need to know how to pair bluetooth gamepads ?
i have created a seperate thread asking this question.
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Very cool) Shame that apps from go is not available on quest. Would love to have some apps from go on my quest. Hope we will figure out how to download apps from oculus stores someday.
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just search for the APK file and OBB if needed
sideload the apk and copy over the OBB (if needed)
I have a very annoying issue. Probably anybody faced it and found a solution.
Sometimes Moss and Robo Recall which I bought in the store ceasing to launch and shows the three dots loader infinitely. It fixes only after reinstalling. So I lost saves every time.
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I have a very annoying issue. Probably anybody faced it and found a solution.
Sometimes Moss and Robo Recall which I bought in the store ceasing to launch and shows the three dots loader infinitely. It fixes only after reinstalling. So I lost saves every time.
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Try using the patched apk and obb files - they work fine for me on robocall
so ironic how the pirate versions work better than the versions you pay for in many cases lol
Memorable experiences?
Exercise.
Eye contact in a porn video. Kind of frightening.
RecRoom paintball.
Chatting to what sounds like a 4 year old in BigScreen.
The pirating warning thread. We don't know this device well and I worry about the messiness of sideloading with a company like Facebook and Oculus. What data do they really have? I'm really looking forward to seeing how this thing is pulled apart.
jago25_98 said:
Memorable experiences?
Exercise.
Eye contact in a porn video. Kind of frightening.
RecRoom paintball.
Chatting to what sounds like a 4 year old in BigScreen.
The pirating warning thread. We don't know this device well and I worry about the messiness of sideloading with a company like Facebook and Oculus. What data do they really have? I'm really looking forward to seeing how this thing is pulled apart.
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you bring up a very interesting point with regards to piracy and FB.
You almost think....by making this thing on Android, and making it so easy to register as a developer and sideload apps - they have made it almost too easy to simply sideload games rather than pay some of the exageratingly overpriced tags!
Some of the games are extremely good IMO - namely:
Superhot
Creed
Sairento
Vadar Immortal.
there are many more which are very good also.
Yes the porn is scarey - i have stopped using it for fear of developing expectations in real life which are unattainable looool
So far I am pretty impressed with this headset. One thing I do not like is the head strap that comes with it. Totally ruins the whole experience for me. My HTC Vive is pretty much obsolete compared to the headsets I have now, so I used my 3D printer to print some adapters and put my Vive headstrap with the integrated headphones on my Oculus Quest and it is so much more comfortable. I wish the library for apps and games available were a little more robust, but overall they have some really good games that showcase this headset. Last night I just realized I could turn guardian completely off, so I was able to enjoy playing Red Matter while sitting comfortably in my recliner without my legs activating guardian because I was out of the play area. I did not think I would be enjoying this headset as much as I have been. It's not perfect, but definitely worth what I paid, for what it is.
das7771 said:
So far I am pretty impressed with this headset. One thing I do not like is the head strap that comes with it. Totally ruins the whole experience for me. My HTC Vive is pretty much obsolete compared to the headsets I have now, so I used my 3D printer to print some adapters and put my Vive headstrap with the integrated headphones on my Oculus Quest and it is so much more comfortable. I wish the library for apps and games available were a little more robust, but overall they have some really good games that showcase this headset. Last night I just realized I could turn guardian completely off, so I was able to enjoy playing Red Matter while sitting comfortably in my recliner without my legs activating guardian because I was out of the play area. I did not think I would be enjoying this headset as much as I have been. It's not perfect, but definitely worth what I paid, for what it is.
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Hey buddy - if you use sidequest you can sideload all sorts of developer apps.
as you had a Vive i would recommend you use ALVR - this will enable you to use the quest as if it was a Vive or a Rift and play all your PC games with it - and the best thing is it works wirelessly!
Enjoy!!
I have used sidequest to load Root Explorer, Virtual Desktop, and a settings.apk I found for android online, to access some of the extra settings that are initially hidden. Not that there is much you can actually do, with out rooting and/or installing TWRP or something. I tried using Virtual Desktop to use the Quest wirelessly like a Vive or a Rift, but I was not really pleased with the performance, and I had my PC wired directly to the router. I also have a fairly decent PC so I think its more of the app performance than an issue with my PC, which can probably be improved with updates overtime. I was thinking about trying ALVR in the next day or so to see how it is. Virtual Desktop was not bad, but I was hoping to have a little bit better graphics fidelity. I really hope we will get root eventually.
das7771 said:
I have used sidequest to load Root Explorer, Virtual Desktop, and a settings.apk I found for android online, to access some of the extra settings that are initially hidden. Not that there is much you can actually do, with out rooting and/or installing TWRP or something. I tried using Virtual Desktop to use the Quest wirelessly like a Vive or a Rift, but I was not really pleased with the performance, and I had my PC wired directly to the router. I also have a fairly decent PC so I think its more of the app performance than an issue with my PC, which can probably be improved with updates overtime. I was thinking about trying ALVR in the next day or so to see how it is. Virtual Desktop was not bad, but I was hoping to have a little bit better graphics fidelity. I really hope we will get root eventually.
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I wouldn't recommend VD to do what you want to do.
ALVR works seemlessly and i can play all my VR PC games on my quest perfectly.
ALVR is not intended as a VD solution - it is specifiacally to use with Steam VR/Oculus and in a sense simply tricks your pc into thinking you have connected a Rift or Vive headset and then displays and lets you play accordingly.
Remember to set the height offset to 15 otherwise it will look like you are on the floor....lol
nk33 said:
I wouldn't recommend VD to do what you want to do.
ALVR works seemlessly and i can play all my VR PC games on my quest perfectly.
ALVR is not intended as a VD solution - it is specifiacally to use with Steam VR/Oculus and in a sense simply tricks your pc into thinking you have connected a Rift or Vive headset and then displays and lets you play accordingly.
Remember to set the height offset to 15 otherwise it will look like you are on the floor....lol
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Awesome...Thanks for the tip. I'll go ahead and give ALVR a try today.