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Your favorite underrated app?

We all know the standard favorite apps...Nova Launcher, Lightflow, Tasker, Pulse, etc. What is an app that you like that doesn't get a lot of attention?
For me it would be Root Call Blocker Pro. With its google group filtering, I was able to go on a website listing lots of common spam numbers in my area code and add those to a google group on my laptop. Now I have about 80 such numbers blocked. I was also able to automatically direct all unknown or private callers to my voicemail.

Webkey. Lets you control everything on your Android from any PC. Even turns your phone access into a URL so no installation required on the controlling PC. Great for using it as a media device when someone doesn't have an integrated multimedia setup.

Screen off and lock.
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Profile Scheduler by Wetpalm, it's smaller and drain less resources then Lama. Scheduler is based on time table - no GPS locations but is free and extremely useful for someone having a fixed day by day routine.

Display orientator is very useful. It forces anything into landscape mode......

MissionImprobable said:
Webkey. Lets you control everything on your Android from any PC. Even turns your phone access into a URL so no installation required on the controlling PC. Great for using it as a media device when someone doesn't have an integrated multimedia setup.
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Yep,for me the same...

Root app remover. It is really easy to delete unused system apps.
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gReader.

Swipe pad
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Awesome wallpaper
Best wallpapers ever!

Ah, and one more that seems to ne getting too little attention: smart keyboard pro.

sudkcoce said:
Ah, and one more that seems to ne getting too little attention: smart keyboard pro.
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olyloh6696 said:
Screen off and lock.
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+1 for both...I cannot live without both of these...
(This was typed from smart keyboard pro, no errors at all!)
One more is alarmdroid...loads of features, without complicating things...
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arnoldkim said:
i am about to go on a trip to Asia for approx 18months. for this trip i have bought a Samsung galaxy tab 10.1. While i am away i want to listen to music on a mp3 player. I haven't bought the mp3 player yet as i am unsure which will be compatible with my tablet. by compatible i mean i have all the music i want on my tablet and want to be able to transfer it on to my mp3 player as and when i choose. will any mp3 player work with my tablet?
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Try asking in the Galaxy Tab Forum.
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rockyddroid said:
Awesome wallpaper
Best wallpapers ever!
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Have you looked at all the permissions that App asks for?

MissionImprobable said:
Webkey. Lets you control everything on your Android from any PC. Even turns your phone access into a URL so no installation required on the controlling PC. Great for using it as a media device when someone doesn't have an integrated multimedia setup.
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Very interesting! Trying now...

AIRDROID. latest update is awesome
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It might be a bit more useful if folks would include a link to the apps that are being mentioned. Because I'm bored at work and have nothing better to do, here are the apps that have been mentioned so far:
AirDroid
AlarmDroid
Smart Keyboard Pro
Awesome Wallpaper - as MissionImprobable pointed out, HOLY PERMISSIONS BATMAN!
SwipePad
gReader
Display orientator
Profile Scheduler
Screen Off and Lock
Webkey
CamScanner
TeamViewer
To this list, I would add:
AFV (Android File Verifier) - useful for verifying MD5/SHA-1 hashes of downloaded files
AIX Weather Widget - provides a great easy-to-read graph of forecasted temperature/precipitation for the next 24 hours
Network Monitor Mini - gives a customized overlay indicated current network traffic

@codesplice. u can add TEAMVIEWER, camscanner, ADB wifi n tubemate to the list too
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n1newbie said:
@codesplice. u can add TEAMVIEWER, camscanner, ADB wifi n tubemate to the list too
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Mmk, added CamScanner and TeamViewer. I didn't see any Market entries for TubeMate, and I wasn't sure which wifi ADB item you were talking about (there's quite a few).

DroidSheep.
The look on my friends' faces, when they realise just how insecure the connection to Facebook is, is priceless.

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keep getting "oops google chrome cannot connect to" error

any ideas why i get this error in chrome?? im running sky jb. it happens when i clikc on a link in email and it takes it to chrome. my other skyrocket runs just fine. i forwarded the same email to the other phone and it has not problems. thanks in advance

Is data enabled ? Airplane mode?
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APNs are correct?

Yes everything is correct. It doesn't happen all the time. Only certain emails or google reader links don't work, appreciate all help

jerzey111 said:
Yes everything is correct. It doesn't happen all the time. Only certain emails or google reader links don't work, appreciate all help
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Yea it happens to me only when im using data try to connect to wifi
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Maybe not related, but chrome is pure garbage compared to AOSP browser (like the one in nexus and galaxy nexus)..Pull the.apk from one of those device and copy it to system/apps

Use LAPTOP to control ANDROID device? Anyone know how?

If I had a nickel for every app in the play store that let's us android users control our laptop one way or another, I would have more than a nickel. So, out of all the apps on the play store that do this, I can't seem to find one that all allows the LAPTOP to control the ANDROID phone. So apps like Wifi Mouse would not work, I would want the opposite of what that does, so that my laptop would control my android. Any apps/programs out there that you guys have used before or have heard of? Wouldn't it be easier to make a pc program to control an android, than the other way around (that's what I thought...)?
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Android SDK and ADB with the device emulator. Not sure that it would work over network tho.
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Yeah, I need it to work over network for what I want to do to, or else no point in doing this.
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you could try AirDroid.....havent tried it out myself, but lot of friends recommend it and it has a good user review

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you could try AirDroid.....havent tried it out myself, but lot of friends recommend it and it has a good user review
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Air droid won't let me use the keyboard keys of my laptop to have control over my android though. That's what I'm trying to do.
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https:// play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.volosyukivan
You said you'd already googled, but this seems to be what you're looking for...maybe it was somehow overlooked
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P.S. - I put a space after "https://" cuz it wasn't letting me post links, cuz I am a new user
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[APP][4.0+][2013.09.11] GeoLog v0.50

GeoLog is a new kind of location tracker which changes tracking characteristics based on where you are and what you are doing.
On foot, you travel slower than by car, and you may not want to gather location data as often. If you're standing still, why track location at all - it's just a waste of power. If you're on a photo walk, you might only want to track location while walking, and not when doing anything else - like driving to the where the walk starts. When on a long trip, you may wish to use a less accurate low power tracking solution, while on a short trip you may prefer tracking as precisely as possible. This is all profile-based and highly configurable.
Based on Google's new fused location provider, it can determine when you are standing still, walking, cycling, or in a moving vehicle, and adjust tracking parameters accordingly. It will automatically switch between all methods of gathering location data (sensors, cell and Wi-Fi networks, GPS, etc) to give you the best location fix possible, within the parameters you set up.
The app currently supports exporting to GPX and KML formats, and has an extensive selection of export filters. GPX export files are tested against Lightroom, where KML export files are tested against Google Earth.
Apha / Experiment
This is an alpha release. It is already usable, but it's not yet feature complete. It has also not undergone rigorous testing on various Android versions yet, so expect issues. Reference/development device was an SGS3 running 4.2.
Furthermore, this whole thing is an experiment. I'm not sure how well this will work in reality. I have built it to track my whereabouts on a long trip far away, and seems to have worked rather well at that !
You will also probably need to adjust the profile presets to your personal preferences. Ultimately, I would like this to be good enough to just leave on 100% of the time!
Scary Permissions
This app requires location and activity permissions to track your location. It also needs to run at boot to start the tracking service (if enabled). Wakelocks are required to process the location data at the configured interval. External storage permissions are required to export your data.
I do not track anything you do or what you click. All personal data goes to the app internal database only, you are the only one with access to that information. Your information is not sent to me.
Source
GeoLog is open source, licensed as Apache v2. You can find the latest sources here: https://github.com/Chainfire/GeoLog . Note that a lot of what goes on under the hood is inside Google Play Services, which is closed source.
Download
You can get GeoLog at the Play Store
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Changelogs
2013.09.11 - v0.50
Restructured and rewrote some of the code for the open sourcing of the app, this is simply a rebuild. There are no significant feature updates or bugfixes.
2013.07.21 - v0.40 ALPHA
- Inititial public release

Optimizing the use of all the sensors pertinent to location is an excellent idea.
I´ll start testing it right away.
Thanks

Been waiting for someone to make use of Google's new activity tracking api. If anyone can do it properly, it's you chain .
I look forward to what the future holds for this app. Testing now!

Intresting we r working on somethingsimilar

Another interesting app, not sure how much use ital be for me personally. But im sure i can i could find a way. Does it also consider other location sources or strictly GPS?
Edit: nm...i should read first, vn.

I'm very surprised the google folks that created "My Tracks" hasn't used the new APIs and fused location stuff yet within their app.

I still don't understand what exactly this app does.
does it make the entire phone use different location method for example Google map browser to use low power low accuracy, or the settings are just meant for geolog app only.
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When someone gets 5 'Thanks' for posting this, you know that the dude is a serious developer :laugh:
Jokes aside, I am very interested to see how it progresses.

willybarca said:
I still don't understand what exactly this app does.
does it make the entire phone use different location method for example Google map browser to use low power low accuracy, or the settings are just meant for geolog app only.
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Yeah me neither...

I like the app. It had already saved me battery life, not alot but still better!
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Are you sure this is a battery saver app?
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I think basically this app does is to give you a more accurate geolocation with added features than currently how google map track yours.

That's what I thought :thumbup:
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Last duas geolog its not saving we'll the logs...when I export them Google earth can't open it
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Last days geolog its not saving we'll the logs...when I export them Google earth can't open it
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hcarrega said:
Last duas geolog its not saving we'll the logs...when I export them Google earth can't open it
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Hi,
I used this app while taking a ship tour diving in the red sea.
It worked perfectly (I had only the GPS enabled) and by the time I got back at home, I was able to get a log of the different spots where I dived.
Thank you very much for this great app.
I now simply let it run in the background, and forget it.
And whenever I need to get the location of a place I was, the log are there!
Great!

hcarrega said:
Last duas geolog its not saving we'll the logs...when I export them Google earth can't open it
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Please attach your export so I can figure out what's wrong with it

Chainfire said:
Please attach your export so I can figure out what's wrong with it
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Ok gonna make a walk
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Suddenly my gpx export show no data

More pics inside the app
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Any app to view stored wifi passwords?

I have tried many apps but haven't been satisfied with anyone. I see somewhere that there is a file located in data/misc/wifi/ named "wpa_supplicant.conf" which stores all passwords from wifi networks. My question is: Is there any app that lets you view your passwords and even create a backup of them? Just see them, so when someone asks me the password I can tell him by looking at that app and giving him/her the password..
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rolo143 said:
I have tried many apps but haven't been satisfied with anyone. I see somewhere that there is a file located in data/misc/wifi/ named "wpa_supplicant.conf" which stores all passwords from wifi networks. My question is: Is there any app that lets you view your passwords and even create a backup of them? Just see them, so when someone asks me the password I can tell him by looking at that app and giving him/her the password..
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Yes, yes there is.
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rolo143 said:
I have tried many apps but haven't been satisfied with anyone. I see somewhere that there is a file located in data/misc/wifi/ named "wpa_supplicant.conf" which stores all passwords from wifi networks. My question is: Is there any app that lets you view your passwords and even create a backup of them? Just see them, so when someone asks me the password I can tell him by looking at that app and giving him/her the password..
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Here it is, you need root though
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryanamaral.wifi.passwords
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So far I've found nothing that works with a rooted Note 3
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