Apps you really find usefull - Android General

Hey guys,
There is a huge collection of apps available on the android store, but I really don't seem to find any of them usefull.
Non system apps I have installed: Skype, xda, 9 games, QR barcode scanner, titanium
What apps have you installed from play store?

There's a huge list of apps and games listed here, so have a look through and if you feel anything else should be added then post a comment in there saying so.
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Alarm Clock Plus, TuneIn Radio Pro, Player Pro, Jet Audio Plus,TB, Solid Explorer ........and many many more

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Wish list of apps for the android market.

While I love the market
Their are some apps I wish they had but they don't notably temple run, a decent exchange client and media player.
Have u guys got any wishlists for apps on the market?
Post your opinions below.
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my wishlist
The apps that I wish and aren't free are:SU Elite ATK Pro and Android assistant paid version of course
Those who used Windows Mobile will remember TCPMP/Coreplayer. I've seen no media player come close to the vast amounts of formats this program played and also all the formats it would stream. Maybe when the VLC port is complete we will have a contender.
Actually none. OP: Temple Run comes to Android in 27th March(it's confirmed now)
instagram?
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Apple Crusher. It's what you think it is
You need to modify the title to say Google Play
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touchdown is a pretty good exchange client (i used wm6.5 before so i can compare), the only thing that bothers me a bit is that it's not integrated into the phone properly (e.g. edit contacts etc)
Draw Something came to Android, so
I really want to see a way to add apps to a wishlist like the Amazon appstore. It must be a shame to see a competitor make a better appstore than you and they don't even develop. Amazon is the best.
And Android Market was just find, why Play with it

Best Apps To Have

Every device on XDA has one so why not us, I also own the tombile version but hey its basically the same thing, so i thought i might as well bring it over to our side
I'm going to share some useful applications I have on my GS2.
1.Rotation Locker - It locks your screen to either Portrait or Landscape. Awesome app to have when playing temple run in landscape.
2. Rom ToolBox Pro - ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager, front changer, and etc. Basically your swiss army knife for a root user.
3. AdFree for Android - I hate annoying ads this app removes most ads in the browser and other apps.
4. MXPlayer - one of the best apps for viewing movies and online content if you dont want to use gallery.
5. ProPlayer Music Player - Awesome music player that support all music formats, built in EQ, allows you to change songs when phone in standby mode by just the volume button
6.Tweetcaster - Great App to use if you tried of twitter. other than that its a social networking app that needs no explanation
7. Amazon App Store - They offer a Free Paid App Of The Day (snag rom toolbox pro off of there this is a must have app) did i mention FREE PAID APP A DAY!!!!!
8. XDA App - No Explanation at all
9. Dolphin browser HD - To me Best web browser on the android market (Plz remember this is an opinion lol)
10. Audio Manager / hide it pro - If you have one of those girlfriends/wife that love going threw your phone (call log, sms, pictures.) This app is perfect for you. lets u hide pictures, videos, applications, messages, and calls in your phone in plain sight.
This is a community and we all have the same device so lets help each other out. If you want to know what's a good app is regarding your needs, ask in this thread and I, or others, will be able to help you out.
*NOTE* If you know any unique or useful applications dont be selfish and keep it to yourself, please add them in this thread so I and others on this thread can check them out. Hey you never know who you may help or surprise on this thread
A couple ones I find useful:
Zarchiver - a file manager/explorer program. Makes extracting and keeping track of things a lot easier.
App Garden - Bunch of utilities in one. Calculator, unit conversions, dictionary, etc. Great value and space saver.
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Also, not sure of this is really "useful", but if you're a fan of anime, I'd recommend you download Watchwhatanime. It's a free anime streaming app with an extremely wide selection, so you'll more than likely find whatever anime you're into. Especially good if you're into Naruto, Bleach or any other currently running anime that Crunchyroll holds out on. If you don't mind waiting an extra day, the latest episodes are available, as opposed to either waiting a week or paying for a crunchyroll subscription.
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Link to amazon app store?
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whatsapp
whatsapp and shazam
My list of essential apps:
AdFree
Apex Launcher
BetterBatteryStatus
Chrome
CPU Spy
ES File Explorer
MyBackup Root
Rom Toolbox
SwiftKey
Tapatalk
Tasker
I tried hide it pro but it wouldn't allow me to unhide apps, caused me a lot of grief.
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system tuner pro is probably the best app for everything from backups to uv'ing to oc'ing a must have for all root users
sly-tendencies said:
A couple ones I find useful:
Zarchiver - a file manager/explorer program. Makes extracting and keeping track of things a lot easier.
App Garden - Bunch of utilities in one. Calculator, unit conversions, dictionary, etc. Great value and space saver.
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Also, not sure of this is really "useful", but if you're a fan of anime, I'd recommend you download Watchwhatanime. It's a free anime streaming app with an extremely wide selection, so you'll more than likely find whatever anime you're into. Especially good if you're into Naruto, Bleach or any other currently running anime that Crunchyroll holds out on. If you don't mind waiting an extra day, the latest episodes are available, as opposed to either waiting a week or paying for a crunchyroll subscription.
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i am tried of crunchyroll n their B.S but i never unerstood how to watch anime using Watchwhatanime
Bronk93 said:
I tried hide it pro but it wouldn't allow me to unhide apps, caused me a lot of grief.
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did u forget ur pin code or something because i never had that problem
Nope. After I hid an app I'd go to the hidden apps section, highlight an app and select unhide but it never reappear in app drawer.
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My tops picks are:
Poweramp - music player
Beyondpod - podcast manager
Android Pro Widgets - tons of great home screen widgets
Color Note - great note pad
Tinyshark - player for music shark
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Titanium backup
Rom tool box
Tapatalk
Three best I can think of.
Jrude2262 said:
i am tried of crunchyroll n their B.S but i never unerstood how to watch anime using Watchwhatanime
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Have you seen the recently updated version? It's much easier. Just pick your anime, select the "episodes" tab, choose your episode and click a streaming link (options available for most of them are videoweed, video44, novamov) all streaming links for that episode contain the same episode. There's just multiple there in case one link is broken.
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Amazon app store link
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
Its on the right hand side of the screen.
Pulse - rss reader. I tend to read the same 15 or so websites every day. This makes it easy to scan all of them real quick and read the articles I want!
System tuner - for oc/under volt /sys configuration changes.. Easy to use!
Adfree
Terminal emulator
Es file explorer
My movies pro - I have 600 movies.. This app kicks ass!
Adfree
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-Power amp (or pro player if on twux variant for volume rocker support)
-Beyond pod for podcasts
-Speed view (reads your MPH, dash setting which reflects speed off windshield is actually really cool and works great at night)
-bacon reader
-Around Sound, Runtastic. Great combo for anyone wanting to keep track of workouts and have sound come thru over music if you like biking with headphones for example
-pulse/flipboard/currents
-friend Caster as a lightweight, sync when you want, FB alternative
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tamcdonald said:
My tops picks are:
Poweramp - music player
Beyondpod - podcast manager
Android Pro Widgets - tons of great home screen widgets
Color Note - great note pad
Tinyshark - player for music shark
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+1 for Android Pro Widgets, it's awesome. Also, I really like Taptu for all things news and rss related.
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My Best and Favorites
BlueTooth Audio Widget- Best for Rerouting all sound to BT devices
CPU Spy- Monitoring Cpu Data For Performance
Equalizer- Works good for Boosting In call Volume
TubeMate- Best for Downloading Everyone of your Favorite Youtube Videos(off the market app)
Meridian Media Player Revolute- Best for playing the Playlist you Make and Download with TubeMate
Screenshot ER Ultra- Best ScreenShot App in my Opinion
Screencast Video Recorder- Recording On Phone Screen Video and Mic Sound
ROM Toolbox Pro- Best for all your Own mods and Tweaks on your ROM
PowerAmp- AWESOME AUDIO PLAYER !
XDA Premium- U all know why! lol
ES File Explorer - Its just easy to work with and my personal preference
Dolphin hd
Power amp
Solid explorer
Rom manager
Android task killer
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Dropbox
Whatsapp
Speedtest
to name few

[APP] Dood's Music Streamer

Dood's Music Streamer streams music from Grooveshark, but it has been removed from Google Play.
It's a free app, if anyone is interested, you can get it here: http://dms.mysticdeath.com/
Removed from Play Store? What the hell? Way to go, Google/Grooveshark.
I downloaded this from the play store a month ago. A few days after I noticed it was removed from the paly store, i can't play my grooveshark playlists anymore. :crying:
Why was it removed?
It allows you to download songs for offline usage, maybe Google has a problem with that.
There's a new page for this app: http://dms.mysticdeath.com/
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Why was it removed?
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I gives you free access to paid features of Grooveshark. Borderline piracy and Google wants to steer clear of that stuff. Whole reason why GS isn't in the play store.
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My guess would be that Google would prefer you purchase your content through play music. Rather than have easy access to a free alternative. I don't blame theme either. I'd do the same.
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GrooveShark decides anybody else using their service to offline cache music is illegal except through their own app.. which costs. Figures...
Does anywhere know where the app exports playlists too? I can't find a directory, i want to export my playlists to my other devices without having to redo them all.
thanks
I was searching it, thanks for sharing us DM streamer.
Links not working
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How do you activate shuffle in doods?
Seems like both Dood's and Tinyshark are not working in 4.4 :crying:
They were working on 4.4 but when I updated to 4.4.2 it broke compatibility with doods and other apps that have lock screen controls. Volume rocker mods won't work cause of the lockscreen issue.
Works for me using v1.3.3 on nexus 7. Just apply the new v2 of the ‘songs not playing fix’ (soft button, settings, songs not playing fix, on v2).
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Just a quick heads-up for everyone: The dev released a new version of the app,the 1.3.4 which is supposedly fixing bugs among the one which made the search by artist/album option not working.
Sign into grooveshark on Doods?
Is there a way to sign into doods music player so I can sync my playlists with Doods music player?
plisskenn said:
Is there a way to sign into doods music player so I can sync my playlists with Doods music player?
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Sorry but you have to search for your Grooveshark username to download your playlist. So make sure it's a very unique name. I found out mine was not very unique and and to try about 25 of them before I found mine.
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Be sure to update to the latest version if you are having issues with the IP Block issue on Android KitKat 4.4.2. Latest version is 1.3.6 as of this posting and it fixed my issues when on 4.4.2 on my Moto X on U.S. Cellular. You can get the latest version from his site shown below. Sorry mods if this is not allowed but he is a dev here on XDA and post this link himself:
http://dms.mysticdeath.com/
Here is the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2280415
App doesnt seem to be working for me..is it not working for anybody else either?

cooleslt apps you've discovered on this forum that aren't too popular

i've found a few...share them people
sendit- using google drive send a file to any phone/os in an sms
tasker- do it all through voice
Also give link with the app names
Thanks
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OStream:Speed up your facebook.. Its awesome still in beta phase bt i love it!!
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touchretouch- edit photos after taken
pro hdr camera-excellent hdr camera
quick pic- excellent picture, thumnail, precaching of photos and videos. Excellent internal player too
photaf- 360 panoramic
powernzb-nzb downloader
bbc arabic
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People, I think the point of this was to post "Non- Play Store" apps, as in ones only found on forums on XDA.
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I think that the name and target of the thread is not clear enough.
It mentioned specifically "aren't too popular". So... wtf is 'What's up' doing with that?! And most of the rest.
Please only put apps that you found, use and not seen in the first pages on the forum. Do not make this a list with your apps... please!
okty2k said:
I think that the name and target of the thread is not clear enough.
It mentioned specifically "aren't too popular". So... wtf is 'What's up' doing with that?! And most of the rest.
Please only put apps that you found, use and not seen in the first pages on the forum. Do not make this a list with your apps... please!
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People, I think the point of this was to post "Non- Play Store" apps, as in ones only found on forums on XDA.
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The OP listed tasker as an app. Its on the play store. People can post whatever cool apps they use. If you don't like it, start your own thread.
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The OP listed tasker as an app. Its on the play store. People can post whatever cool apps they use. If you don't like it, start your own thread.
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This. And I mean seriously, how long until these apps hit market? It's the most available platform. A cool app is a cool app on xda or store
But we already have tons of "what's your favorite app" threads. It would be interesting to discover new sous that aren't already on the okay store. But it's whatever. Do as you please everyone.
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"coolest apps you've discovered on this forum that aren't too popular"
Maluuba
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maluuba.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYWx1dWJhLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..
ES file explorer: Holo Theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32439406
And dSploit, but that one is pretty popular, i guess
Greetz
// j_dee
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New rule you have to put a short description for each app you mention
Aptoide uploader is really nifty. You make yout own private app store for your friends. I liked it over a competitor appsfire.
Appsaffinity- goof apps discovery app
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Xperia Launcher + Widgets, modded to work on all devices...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34823516
YouTube with screen-off playback and HD via 3G
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23243273
Greet
// j_dee
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Nice j dee! I hate it when my youtube shuts off in the gym. Can't leave the screen on and put it back in my pocket
Come on peeps keep em coming. I like the list so far. It's small and precise not large and burgeoning. Let's go over something very relevant: STREAMING from your HD
Jbeans 4.2 Camera- Full Screen Camera (compared to 4.1.2) and gallery you could flash for your 4.1.2 phone
Mediahouse Player- An organized app that collects all the shared music videos off of shared directories on your computer use in conjunction with. Allows you to favorite directories/devices. Really neat app
mx player- easy ui can easily disable/enable hardware software encoding for audio and video during play
v player- like mxplayer, could be better with UI, but unlike MX player allows you to set buffer to a whopping 8mb...so longer initial load for video but plays back perfectly otherwise
ES file explorer- save network drives
I usually make the default player for ES v player and for media house mx player. Good setup. Mx Player allows you to manage defaults for video players in-app too. Another neat feature. Well worth the money for that app.
From the computer end there are a lot of options to stream (I made a post about this a while back...search on me) but I like PS3 Media server 1.70.1 for my PS3. It allows for real-time transcoding for devices where your video format (ie mkv) isn't available. I also install TVersity server on my computer end and both servers as well as the raw files allow me to wirelessly stream every tv show except for planet earth which has a ridiculous bitrate.
Only other thing to worry about on the computer end is to make sure your sharing settings etc are set up as openly as possible. I have a homegroup password and everyone in it is allowed to at least read my directories
Hey zetsui,
sure, I love my HOX and GNEX phones (by now even more than my PC) and why not participate in sharing cool underdog apps?
Is that Mediahouse player the one you can download from the Play Store? Sounds pretty usable to me
Greet
// j_dee
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Yes you can dl it from playstore it is thr upnp dlna browser.
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Mi sound recorder
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28295194
Way better than stock audio recorder. Can record as mp3 at 128kbit/s, good enough for me. Of course, you can increase it. Can record as ogg too.
Solid explorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer
Might be popular, but worth a mention anyway. Fast, free, full of useful features, no ads... Did I mention the slick ui?
Cpu adjuster
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.cputweaks
Like setcpu, but free. You can have 3 profiles in the free version. Ought to be good enough for beginners.
Also worth checking out: servers ultimate.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate
These apps are in xda too, but play store linking is more convenient.
Advanced Touchpad Remote Control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arcoid.advancedtouchpad&hl=en
Turns the phone's screen into a multitouch touchpad.
Perfect for Laptops with short HDMI cables.

Help me find a music app

Up until a few months ago I always used the same music app an my phone. I never made a note of what it was called, it just said "music" on the app drawer and it had an "f" against like a purple and black background. I've hunted through all my saved apps and all the music apps on the Play store and I can't find it.
Can anyone help?
i think you should give some description about the app, it's easier to find the app with wanted features. I know many nice app on Play Store. :fingers-crossed:
mickrick said:
Up until a few months ago I always used the same music app an my phone. I never made a note of what it was called, it just said "music" on the app drawer and it had an "f" against like a purple and black background. I've hunted through all my saved apps and all the music apps on the Play store and I can't find it.
Can anyone help?
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I'd say it was probably a propitiatory app to your phone manufacturer?? What model of phone is it, that may help find your app faster?
Otherwise, there are A LOT of GREAT music apps out there... Several free, several cheap ($1-$2), and several expensive ($4-8). Several of the cost ones, have a free trial... I'd just keep installing and deleting them until you find you like....I just went through this a few weeks ago myself after using the same one for the past 3 years.
Been using Blackplayer for a while now. By far my favorite
daniel.Thames said:
i think you should give some description about the app, it's easier to find the app with wanted features. I know many nice app on Play Store. :fingers-crossed:
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It was definitely an app I downloaded as opposed to the installing directly from the Play Store so it would've been free. What I liked about was that it played every track on an album without having to select all the tracks in a folder first. It also had an auto resume feature which played your last listened to track from exactly where you left off. It also had a decent eq. And the app was made up of several pages, easily accessible by sweeping left or right. The graphics were pretty good too. I'm sure there are a good deal of similar music apps on the Play store but I don't want to have to install each one to find one which does as is expected.
Try Ubermusic. Take your download may through the Browser by searching the APK. It is very old but the design is neat.
mickrick said:
It was definitely an app I downloaded as opposed to the installing directly from the Play Store so it would've been free. What I liked about was that it played every track on an album without having to select all the tracks in a folder first. It also had an auto resume feature which played your last listened to track from exactly where you left off. It also had a decent eq. And the app was made up of several pages, easily accessible by sweeping left or right. The graphics were pretty good too. I'm sure there are a good deal of similar music apps on the Play store but I don't want to have to install each one to find one which does as is expected.
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so you installed this app on your phone? I don't know exactly the app you need but i think you can get apk file stored on your phone. TRy your luck.
No such luck I'm afraid.
Sony Music Player app (previous name:walkman), pretty cool app. I think you will be pleased with this app.
Music Player Folder Full.
I love it. Very simple, plays music just from folder.
Phonograph is nice
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Open Playstore, go to "My apps and games" and select the "all" tab. It will list all apps you have ever installed from the playstore.

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