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Recommanded apps/Must have applications

I made this thread, so that you could recommanded aps that works with your x10. Etc apps that you frequently use and so on.
I hAven't gotten mine yet, but I will probably get the same main apps as I had on the magic.
1. Gulesider( a Norwegian app, a really nice app. A easy way to find phone numbers etc. It does also show the name of the person that is calling you)
2.advanced task manager( allows you to shut down some of the apps running on your device)
3. AndFtp ( a FTP app)
4. Glance( file manager)
5. Pure calendar(a good looking calendar widget for your android phone, there is a theme for it that is transparent. Love this widget tbh)
6. Spotify
7. Yr.no (a weather widget)
8. NRK radio
9. OI File Manager/OI Notepad
10. TV Guide
11. Science facts
feel free to share some of the android Apps that you like.

Im using same apps as on the legend and hero.. Good habits are hard to change:
gulesider and yr ofcourse.
Estrong Taskmanager (my choise of taskmanager)
Estrong File Explorer
Dolphin Browser (really great browser for android)
Zedge Ringetones & wallpapers (Great selection, and ofcourse, since they're norwegian)
Weather Widgets (yr.no) - Copies the HTC flip clock (Which I love !)
Battery Graph - nothing like analyzing that battery drain!

SuperDial for faster contacts lookup.

i am using:
takephone (smartdial app)
gblocker (call filter app)

devzero42 said:
SuperDial for faster contacts lookup.
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thnx needed that one!

Sporify ???
Is There sporify app for androit with ofline mode ???

noblackthunder said:
Is There sporify app for androit with ofline mode ???
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first of all, it is called Spotify
and yes it does exist for the android platform
And I would say that it works better than the one for the iPhone. I can't really say anything about the symbian version, since I have never had a symbian phone. And probably will never have, since I do not like that OS....

So, here's my list:
Advanced Task Killer
Battery Time Lite
Spotify - Rocks
Reader widget - Excellent for my google reader-feeds
Scoreboard - Football scores
Calwidget - Nice widget for my calendar
Handcent SMS - Brilliant SMS app
aTAKEphone - Nice phone/dialer-ap
YR.no widget - Weather widget
mVideoPlayer - Handy video player
ASTRO - Excellent file browser
FlashLightApp - widget using camera light
Apps Organizer - Quite useful with widgets for labels
Barcode Scanner - Scann app-barcodes
FotMob - Excellent football-app
FxCamera - Fun camera app
GPS Logger - Logs your GPS-position to file - can be used to geotag your SLR-shots for example
Gule Sider - norwegian national phone book
Locale - Auto-change settings based on location
PdaNet - Tether
StopWatch - you got it
TV Guide - Norwegian tv guide
Zedge - wallpapers and ring tones

bloo - facebook application that actually gives you notifications on useful things like comments on posts. The official android facebook app cannot do this.

I've got a new one to add:
NewsRoom
A wonderful take on the typical RSS reader, this app allows access to RSS feeds as preview pages, which you can flip through and select for full articles. Much more complete and interactive than a typical text-list layout of most RSS readers.

Weather Widget ( now called Weather & Toggle)- HTC Clock/weather widget and system toggle widgets. Is also skinable.
Weather Widget Weather addon- Adds a weather forcast when you tap on the weathr icon on the clock.
Handcent- Best SMS app
Astro- Awesome File explorer AND taskkiller ( many don't know that it has a great task killer included)
FlashLightApp- A one button on/off widget to turn our camra light on or off.
GPRS Monitor- Monitors data usage
Pure Grid Calander- Mimics the HTC calander widget
Sportstap- Best sports updates, scores, news, even notifications.
OperaMini5- Web Browser
Aldiko- Ebook reader
WiFinder- WiFi finder
HelixLauncher- A home replacment option that offers customixable Home options. have up to 7 screens, adds 4 "buttons" to the app drawer slider on the home screen, double tap home screen to see min versions of all other screens. This is the best Home option out there.
HTC_IME-hi keryboard- My favorite Keyboard by far.
Swype- Yes, I'm jumping on the Swype bandwagon and trying it out. Takes a bit to get used to but is a very smart keyboard for predctions. Rarley gets my input wrong and is faser then tapping. I'm still on the fence about using it full time as my text input.

I'm now adding swype too.... its possibly the cleverest and definitely most innovative app ive seen on a phone in some time.

I started off with SlideIT and have been using Swype for a few days now..
It's definitely a much nicer looking UI... but I reckon that SlideIT is actually more acurate, quicker and easier to manage??....

SyncMyPix - a pretty good app to add the picture from your facebookcontacts to your phone contacts!

I found that weather and toggle seemed to be sucking juice out of my battery... what's your battery life like?

im_iceman said:
I found that weather and toggle seemed to be sucking juice out of my battery... what's your battery life like?
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You most likely have the app checking for weather updates too often, set it to something like 6 hours (how quick does weather really change).

skydirt said:
Weather Widget ( now called Weather & Toggle)- HTC Clock/weather widget and system toggle widgets. Is also skinable.
Weather Widget Weather addon- Adds a weather forcast when you tap on the weathr icon on the clock.
Handcent- Best SMS app
Astro- Awesome File explorer AND taskkiller ( many don't know that it has a great task killer included)
FlashLightApp- A one button on/off widget to turn our camra light on or off.
GPRS Monitor- Monitors data usage
Pure Grid Calander- Mimics the HTC calander widget
Sportstap- Best sports updates, scores, news, even notifications.
OperaMini5- Web Browser
Aldiko- Ebook reader
WiFinder- WiFi finder
HelixLauncher- A home replacment option that offers customixable Home options. have up to 7 screens, adds 4 "buttons" to the app drawer slider on the home screen, double tap home screen to see min versions of all other screens. This is the best Home option out there.
HTC_IME-hi keryboard- My favorite Keyboard by far.
Swype- Yes, I'm jumping on the Swype bandwagon and trying it out. Takes a bit to get used to but is a very smart keyboard for predctions. Rarley gets my input wrong and is faser then tapping. I'm still on the fence about using it full time as my text input.
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Hi, I just wonder how can you install Helix in, so far i search on google and it is app for 2.1.
Thank a lot

@zodiac.thr, from hxxp://helixproject.ruqqq.sg (apologies for the lack of proper URL - new member )
Scroll down to the version for 'Donut'.

follow this link... select helix launcher for DONUT..
http://helixproject.ruqqq.sg/

snap! ?????

lock screen widget

I am not sure if this is possible with a lockscreen widget or another addon.. but is this possible with the android and if so, does it exist? Its for an iphone...
TIA

You can mimic/enhance that look with widget locker.
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You can get WidgetLocker and put whatever widgets you want on your lockscreen. There is an app called executive assistant that puts all of this info on your lockscreen as well.

I use widget locker, its a great app. I will have to look for the other widgets to get all these features.
thanks

haha, looking for the right widgets is becoming numb..
cant find a weather widget or an agenda one... any advice?

For agenda widget I found:
Android Agenda Widget
http://www.appbrain.com/app/android-agenda-widget/com.roflharrison.agenda
Just needed to update the settings to change the look of it..
next up, weather search continues

Weather - I use weatherbug
Agenda - Android agenda widget is always one of my first downloads when I wipe
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can you make weather bug look like the pic in the original post?
thanks

Using Launch-X Pro to add extra icons I use.. Still looking for weather and clock.

For Clock, I just found Digital Clock Widget
http://www.appbrain.com/app/digital-clock-widget/com.maize.digitalClock

I am totally stuck on the weather widget. I cant find a 4x1 widget to show a simple weather like the OP... any help here please?

Found it.. for weather, I am using weather forecast widget
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.koxx.forecast_weather.v2
its not the ideal solution but it will work.. I will upload my finished screen tonight
thanks

Sorry for the delay in putting the picture up..
Here is my lockscreen after all the above

Very nice. I prefer the 2x2 weather and agenda widgets so I can see more agenda items.. Personal preference, just sharing.
Also - have you had any issues with accidentally opening the shortcuts? I've been using a slider to enable/disable interactions to prevent that
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nope, I do carry my phone in my pocket too. I know there is an app called "Call sure" I think... not 100% on the name but basically gives you another prompt to make sure you want to dial someone and should stop pocket dialing

Are you using multi icon widget for the apps? And what does the lock icon do?
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For those icons on the bottom, I use Launch-X Pro
the lock button just locks the phone instead of hitting the power button.

[POTENT COMBO] Apps that compliment each other and make for potent combos

The idea of this thread is to share experiences of what apps you've found that compliment each other so that their combination makes for a better overall experience.
Here's what I've found so far:
Autostarts & Task Identifier
Task Identifier alerts you when an app starts in the background, so you can know what's going on with your phone at all times. Autostarts breaks down all of the phone's event triggers that apps can hook into to be started. So TI alerts you when something goes on...Autostarts can provide the reasons.
LauncherPro & Elixir
LauncherPro is a home replacement app. Elixir is an app that provides lots of system info widgets...But the really sweet capability is its' more powerful and robust options of home screen icon layouts (like fitting 49 icons in a 4x4 layout!). LauncherPro's own 'Auto-fit Items' options for homescreen icons adds to the overall functionality so these 2 apps play well together.
Apps Organizer & Titanium Backup
I run CM7 nightlies, which means a lot of reinstalling system apps I don't want. Having an option in TB to remove a bunch of apps based on saved labels is a godsend! Apps Organizer lets you categorize and label all the apps installed and TB just so happens to recognize those labels. So the 2 play nice together.
I hope that's helpful and look forward to hearing from other that've found potent combos.

Mini Info and LauncherPro
I use Mini Info's volume control as a swipe gesture on a dock icon, works pretty nice
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ADW launcher and widgetoid work well with options for up to 5x5 widgets.
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My current favorite widget locker and make your own clock (in beta in this forum)

Launcher Pro (again) and LCD Density (or a manual edit of build.prop)
I have Launcher Pro to have 6x6 icons and that's too many to see the icon labels. With the density lowered (200 in my case) you can see them, which is nice

Launcher Pro + Multipicture Live Wallpaper
have a look at a thread i posted here, video included as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924865

Tasker goes well with pretty much anything.
But with Tasker + Minimalistic Text you can have all sorts of custom info on your screen.

Keepassdroid and Dropbox for the sync.
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ADW Widgets

I am on CM7 which came with ADW and it was fast. But I need good calendar and power toggle widgets( wife, gps, sync, mobile, brightness..all in one), so I switched to GO Launchers. HOwever, GO seems to be really slow, noticeably so. ANyone else seen this? I did freeze ADW and my quadrant score is actually the same, so it must be a Go Launcher thing?
Are there good power and calendar widgets that you can recommend for ADW?
Thanks

Yes its the Go launcher,s problem its slow and freezes all the time..why dont you try ADW launcher EX..
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I use widgetsoid and pure news widget scrollable...im not sure if they are still on the market though.

APW (Android pro widgets) is very good for calendars and different feeds. Elixir is one of the best power toggles I've used. So much stuff you can do with it. And its free!

Android Agenda Widget - Calendar, Lots of features
Power control can be done via status bar but if you wanting a widget...
Power Control.

i would love to find a nice contacts widget and a messages widget for my htc inspire

tashsru said:
i would love to find a nice contacts widget and a messages widget for my htc inspire
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Apw has the best contact and message widgets, if you get the pro version make sure you install the ics theme for it, it looks superb

What widgets do you use?

I think the ability to have widgets is a great feature in Android. I was wondering what everyone's favorite/most useful ones are.
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Music, contacts, Pandora, CNN, scoremobile. Love widgets
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im a huge widget fan.
i got:
"Andvanced Task Manager"
"Calwidget"
"Digital Clock & Weather"
"DroidStats"
Stock Power control widget (i use a modified one with 100% transparency)
"PremierFrame"
on my current set up, page one is nothing but widgets, page 2 i have a 4x2 widget, then on the 3rd screen i have my calender & data/wifi usage widgets

Battery Disc
Beautiful Widgets
YouTube
Pandora
Pulse

BeyondPod, Any.Do, Evernote on my off-screen. Just Simi Clock with time, weather and battery level on my main screen.

Audio Manager: Status of all the volume levels, and a nice interface to change them. Nice selection of themes if you get the paid version.
SwitchPro: Fully customizable toggle widgets. There are lots of similar toggles, but this is one of the best there is.
Touch Calendar: Need paid version to get widgets, but best calendar widget I could find, and I tried quite a few. You can display a whole month on the 4 x 4 widget and actually read the appointment descriptions.

afrat said:
I think the ability to have widgets is a great feature in Android. I was wondering what everyone's favorite/most useful ones are.
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only music and lock screen
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Love my widgets!
Just discovered Nova launcher with a 5x4 grid size. <3
7 pages:
1 - 4x5 Bookmarks
2 - 4x1 Mint / 4x2 Latitude / 4x2 Twitter
3 - 4x1 Stock power widget / 4x1 SoundHound / 4x1 Google Drive
4 - 4x1 Sense 4 Clock / 4x1 BattStatt
5 - 5x4 People
6 - 4x3 Any.DO / 4x2 Evernote
7 - 4x5 Jorte Calendar

Too many lol!
HTC Weather
Flipboard
Music
Gmail
Switcher Pro in the notification bar
Twitter
Contacts
Calculator
and folders setup so I can get what I use based on categories.
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I've only been using music and contacts (since there is no favorites menu in the phone app).