I was browsing forums today and found some pretty cool apps.
Fyi I'm running seans latest SKYICS and about 50% supercharged.
BLOCK STORY
It's basically minecraft meets skyrim. Has quite a few monsters, side quests, etc. Way more features than Minecraft Pocket Edition.
KEYBOARD MANAGER
This app requires root. Basically, it lets you have a different keyboard for portrait and landscape. Which is way useful for me because I love Swype and Swiftkey but hate the dictionary bar when in landscape mode. This allows me to use the Samsung keyboard in landscape and Swiftkey in portrait.
BEATS AUDIO INSTALLER
Also requires root. I'm currently at work and have it installed but haven't listened yet. Give me an hour and a half till I get off work and I'll let ya know if there is a difference in my car. Which has two 12 inch kicker subs and a premium speaker set that came stock. So ill test the hell out of it.
FLIPBOARD
Probably my favorite. I'm sure most of you know what it is. I love keeping current on news.
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Suggestion .. if you're gonna post about Applications/Games/Utilities .. might be an idea to post the links to these .. whether they're on Google Play or here on XDA.
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Installed Beats using DJ ICS rom, works nice, definitely better sound at slightly less volume.
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Google currents is also good for news etc. Both good apps guess it depends on preference.
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Suggestion .. if you're gonna post about Applications/Games/Utilities .. might be an idea to post the links to these .. whether they're on Google Play or here on XDA.
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Google Currents crashes on MIUI.
I have to stick with Pulse...
Block Story is... I don't even know... I can't get the hang of the controls. And the tilt is annoying.
I like block story lol its a bit hard to find people sometimes wish there was a minimap or something but eh
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Hey block story is a lot deeper than mine craft.
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We should make this a sticky and post on what apps we think are good
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What happened with the beats audio?
I noticed an increase in bass, but there was a faint static in the background when playing over bluetooth. I ended up getting rid of it, my bass is loud enough lol.
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I noticed an increase in bass, but there was a faint static in the background when playing over bluetooth. I ended up getting rid of it, my bass is loud enough lol.
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Try Volume+ from play store. It does the same thing as beats and has a beats setting. Maybe it will work better.
SwiftKey X Beta! It keeps getting better. You can find it on their twitter or website. I'm not sure if you have to have the purchased version or not, because I have the purchased version.
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I know it's old news but I'm loving loving LOVING Pulse. It replaced a few apps and is much more convent for finding everything. Messed with Flipboard for a while, but it seems to just shove whatever articles at you from various sources on a given subject and thats cool, but Pulse is a bit better. Have some control.
Jetaudio is definitely the best music player, great bass and a 20 band equalizer
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I'm looking for something similar to Ricepad for iPhone.. Something that has the ability to loop back your samples and record your own. I've searched a few hours on the web and couldn't find one.
I tried Su-Preme MPA, but it's in beta and kinda weird at this point. I also tried various apps from the Market, but none of them are what I'm looking for..
Can anyone maybe make one of these apps?
Did you try Uloops?
yup. It needs a constant network connection and isnt quite what i had in mind. Im just looking for something thats easy to use. i think the ricepad for iphone is fantastico, but theres nothing like that for android
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Try ReLoop Music Sequencer. Electrum is also a high rated app.
ReLoop has a BUNCH of sound packs available as well.
yea ive tried both of them. Electrum is pretty good, but the recording isnt working for me.. I dunno is it the app or my phone.. And the multutouch pad loops r playing a little too fast.. Great app though..
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Guess I have to wait till Su-Preme MPA fully launches... Gonna be awesooooome xD
The new rock soul Micro bluetooth keyboard works like a champ on the g2x keymaps already mapped and guess what else works huh huh well guess ass holes JK the games work you can control any game with it it has up down left right keys and fire buttons Sooo Sick I picked my up for only 29.99 from Frys Electronics so go get yours this things fits in the palm of your hand no lie this is a must have If you call your self a tech junkie because it can work on all of are future dvices. NERDGASIM IN 54321
http://www.myrocksoul.com/bluetooth-kb-for-ipad-iphone.html
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What's the size of this thing? Can you actually type on it?
that's so small. I don't see the practicality of this thing. thanks for sharing though
Looks great. Have you tried it with emulators? Any lag?
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Question are you on stock or custom firmware ? I bought the same keyboard a few weeks ago and it wouldn't run on my g2x but I was running stock.
Runs with all my Emulators and im on CM7 but the buttons are soft style so you can type very fast its a great must have tool and there is zero lag on anything you can even shut the screen on and off with one button
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got mine for like 15$ from amazon a couple months ago, it works on stock and custom roms on my Vibrant, haven't tried my g2x though
If 15 dollars I would get that keyboard, but while searching youtube for some unboxings and reviews I found this gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILXuNkqo-hU
Any thoughts on this keyboard?
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If 15 dollars I would get that keyboard, but while searching youtube for some unboxings and reviews I found this gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILXuNkqo-hU
Any thoughts on this keyboard?
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Looks great. Make sure you get the bluetooth version though. That one is 2.5ghz RF.
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so does this mean that we can use like an apple bluetooth keyboard with our devices? I have been trying a long time to figure this out.
Punctuation!
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I can't even find those keyboards. I've seen some mini bluetooth keyboards but not that exact one.
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I can't even find those keyboards. I've seen some mini bluetooth keyboards but not that exact one.
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Its on Amazon......
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The mini keyboard just arrived.
I can pair it but it says its not connected.
Anyone else encounter this?
I do not have much experience with Bluetooth devices.
My question would be why?? Seems like a novelty at best.
Might as well lug around a netbook/laptop if you're going to be lugging around a keyboard. That would get old in a hurry away from your office/home... and of course, 95% of people are using a PC when not mobile. Kinda defeats the purpose of a candy bar device.....to do away with an external keyboard
Well, for one, check out the link a few post up. Its a mini keyboard, about the same size of the phone its self.
Also, I am not totally sure on why it matters, I just want to get it working.
Personally, I wanted it for emulators, I tend to prefer Not a physical keyboard when playing games. I very much enjoy the extra space in the keys as well as the tack tile feedback it provides.
Seems pretty cool. But very slow... Takes forces to load and download. Anyone else having problems?
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I just installed about half hour ago and I have to say it's fantastic! Google is on UI TEAR right now #winning.
I really like how they condensed the app list into two columns and made each smaller. It now shows 14 apps per page on my Sensation where the old Market only showed like 5 or 6. Makes scrolling through content much faster.
I also really like the additions of the "Top Grossing", "Top New Paid", "Top New Free", and "Trending" categories. Will make app discovery much more useful!
My only gripe is that it doesn't show the file size for an app UNTIL you start downloading. This is info that needs to stay up front!
I agree with just about everything you said. They did great with the new market. So you are not. Having the same speed issues as me?
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Available in the UK?
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Using now no issues at all. Like it alot
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I agree with just about everything you said. They did great with the new market. So you are not. Having the same speed issues as me?
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Oops I left that part out. It IS a lil slow compared to the old market, little lag but nothing too crazy. I think mostly b/c there is much more info on each page now and the way it loads the thumbnails/images, even though they are smaller. I'm sure they will iron it out quickly though
Google did an amazing job.
It looks so clean and beautiful, everything is organized better, etc. And I'm not having the slow loads or anything that you are having. It's actually faster. With the old market you would click download and it would take a second or 2 to start, but on this new market I click download and it's literally instant. I love it.
It actually looks like a market that should be on a high end OS/phone, unlike the old market.
Slow for me as well. It'll take a while to get used to the new format, but so far so good.
Has anyobdy tried a movie yet? Quality?
Also the new widget... All I get is an icon with black. And grey backround. Same for everybody else?
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Has anyobdy tried a movie yet? Quality?
Also the new widget... All I get is an icon with black. And grey backround. Same for everybody else?
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Nope, my widget is working perfect too.
Where did you download from? I downloaded from the link on the androidcentral.com article.
Working well for me. A little slow on first use then it clears right up.
Got my apk from the link on Engadget article.
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My only gripe is that it doesn't show the file size for an app UNTIL you start downloading. This is info that needs to stay up front!
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The size of the file IS there. Just hit the "more" tab.
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The size of the file IS there. Just hit the "more" tab.
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what did you use to get the screen shot?
just downloaded, feel a little bit like benedict arnold with the wp7 feel but beside that it is great. especially the movie download part
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what did you use to get the screen shot?
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just trying it out too -- its pretty slick. The front page is a little busy perhaps, but overall its great.
I'm liking it as well.
Installed it earlier.. Love it!!
new market is slick as hell. I love it. I don't really notice too much of a lag compared to the old market, which I hated in the first place especially in landscape mode. The new one looks more sophisticated.
fyi, in case nobody caught on, when you hit the menu button and go into setting while in the market, you can deselect "recieve interest based ads". I don't know if that had anything to do with it but I really don't have any lag. Also, I pulled the battery right after I installed it so some of you guys might wanna try that too.
i personally hate the update.. no changes to the UI or the lockscreen or nothing,... u shouldnt have to D/L other programs just too change the UI, the update should do that.. just my personal opinion
I did the update and I seen a lot of changes Like speed when you install aps they added some more setting and the phone don't lag speed increase
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The only reason i updated was for gingerbread and quicksettings. Speed-wise it seems to be about the same as froyo.
I agree with you on the speed. Everything seems to fun better. Like browsing cnn.com on desktop mode. Before the update it would lag pretty bad for me while scrolling. Also noticed that using my bluetooth headset works better.
It would have been nice to see changes to the default UI but I am totally happy with the update.
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I did the update and I seen a lot of changes Like speed when you install aps they added some more setting and the phone don't lag speed increase
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Why would they change the ui?
Take a minute and think about it. How many people have this phone and do nothing to mod it... or have any clue how to.
So... if they changed the ui from what the phone was sold with... do you think the average dumbass human would take the time to learn.... or just take the phone in or call freaking out.
You don't buy a car then expect a new paint job when you took it in for an oil change do you?
Just saying. Topics like this make me want to boat over a dolphin and club a baby seal.
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do any of your guys facebook contacts sync with your phone book contact after the update?
lol, facebook won't sync with 2.3.4 facebook refuses to follow the android standard, google gave them a ”grace period” to comply and they haven't so it's not going to work until facebook gets off their high house. I lol because this is really old news, guess you don't follow tech blogs/sites
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lol, facebook won't sync with 2.3.4 facebook refuses to follow the android standard, google gave them a ”grace period” to comply and they haven't so it's not going to work until facebook gets off their high house. I lol because this is really old news, guess you don't follow tech blogs/sites
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My facebook sync's just fine on 2.3.4
From what I have read facebook is going to put out their own o/s for phones. I don't see it going very far though.
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Mine syncs fine with 2.3.5 too.
Battery life. AMAZING. I would get 10 hours on froyo. 1gb data a month..web browsing YouTube Facebook etc.. hundreds of texts a day. Push email. Take a couple pics a day with flash.sync and auto brightness on. Occasional GPS.
16 hours of battery life. 11am - 3am. Wow. Today I only charged it a little to 65%. I got 9-10 hours from that with the same usage.
If I use it from 7am on, im confident it'll be on low battery at 11pm, rather than after dinnertime.
lucky bastards
Interesting, it shouldn't.. Do facebook contacts appear in your contacts list?
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Bupahs said:
Interesting, it shouldn't.. Do facebook contacts appear in your contacts list?
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Yes they do
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Humm, going to have to look into this a bit, maybe facebook decided to play nice
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When, its the next update scheduled also it,does lag we hen using a launcher like awd
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Tez MyTouch said:
When, its the next update scheduled also it,does lag we hen using a launcher like awd
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Been using AWD no lag here.. I use the pro (paid version) though
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Been using AWD no lag here.. I use the pro (paid version) though
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lol awd?[All wheel Drive!] The launcher is called ADW[Anderweb] named after its developer. Just thought it was funny seeing awd here.
Unless ya are referring to overclocking.
It lags when scolling thru my apps that's all using, cyo gen antique theme
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It lags when scolling thru my apps that's all using, cyo gen antique theme
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On the MT4G launcher pro is the fastest for me and then it's GO launcher after it, both have no lag for me.
Anyone else notice that this version of swype is horrible? Anyone have workarounds or fixes? It hardly ever gets words right.
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Phasze said:
Anyone else notice that this version of swype is horrible? Anyone have workarounds or fixes? It hardly ever gets words right.
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what version are you using? I installed swype beta and I love it! It is way better then what comes loaded on the phone.
http://beta.swype.com
Agreed my Swype I like better then stock so Smooth.
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I'm using stock right now and hating it. I used the beta on my fascinate and liked it. I'll have to switch.
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I thought the stock “Swype” was so bad that I was going to send the phone back. Got Swype Beta and it made all the difference in the world.
BigK52
I have to agree about Swype, I feel like the latest update has been a step back. My complaints are:
1) they removed the "delete whole words" shortcut found in the menu when you Swype to the #5
2) I dislike how my Swype button rarely highlights a word so I can change it. Sometimes it will just keep going to the beginning of every word until it gets to the beginning of the sentence/paragraph.
3) the responsiveness for punctuation seems to miscalculate and place an error more frequently than I've seen in prior versions.
It feels like a step back although not much is missing. I've been using it for roughly a year so I know how far Swype has come.
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I'm using stock right now and hating it.
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Yeah, the stock swype keyboard is frickin awful. My accuracy with swype beta is probably > 90%. With stock swype it was probably < 50%. What a POS.
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Best first post ever! :laugh:
Wow.....just installed swype beta instead of this stock samsung crap that was on before. Probably 96% accurate now instead of ~50%. It's now bearable to put text down with just one thumb again Now I just want that microphone icon on the swype keyboard so I can talk if I wanted.
I have been using Swype since my OG Droid and I don't think I could ever use another keyboard again. One tip I have is to turn off the auto-correct, especially useful if you use any shorthand or slang in texts etc.
SlimSnoopOS - I totally agree on #2, I hate that it only highlights the previous word about 25% of the time now. I can't figure it out, its like its totally random now...
I was a huge fan of Swype. After changing android phones without Swype on it, I started looking. Amazon offered Flex T-9 as the free app of the day some time ago which I lucked up and downloaded for free. This is the BEST app out there right now.
Not sure if they have a free trial, but it's definitely worth the money!
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Agreed, stock swype is awful. It seems that it's attempt at "learning" has actually made it worse. I feel like it was more accurate 3 weeks ago than it is now.
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Now I just want that microphone icon on the swype keyboard so I can talk if I wanted.
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The voice detection is still there, it's just the flame icon now (at the bottom right next to the Search/Return button).
The icon change was because Swype was bought by Nuance, which also owns Dragon Naturally Speaking (the flame logo). They are branding the voice search, which is why the icon has changed. I hope this also leads to some under-the-hood improvements thanks to the merger.
You can consider using Swiftkey 3 as well
I find it to be a lot better at text prediction although it may not work for those who prefer swyping
Just saying thanks guys. Beta Swype is awesome and is a million times more accurate than stock solution.
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