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Very unique n useful apps/widgets

Hi all..
Please share some very unique n useful apps/widgets for xperia x10..please do not post the common n popular/known to evry1 apps..
Here is my list..
1. Droid phone control
2. MeContacts
3. Speak n Send
4. Storage info
5. Uninstaller (minisoft)
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Hi - I think if they are unique and useful then we'll need to post a description of what they do, otherwise you'd have to download it and try it out to see if it's something that you'd find useful....
For me - Data on demand - switches your mobile data connection off when you're screen is off, unless a background task calls for it.
and battery indicator - put's a little battery icon in your status bar which shows you how many % battery you have left.. much more useful than the vagaries of the std battery icon.

Hey above two are very common man
Ok let me tell u abt mine:
1. Droid phone control
U can the contents of ur phone on laptop without using usb cable..u can do a lot more..give it a try
2. MeContact
Very very useful widget for smart dialling
3. Speak n send
Just speak n it gets converted into txt which u can either sms or put on facebook, twittet, etc
4. Storage info
Shortcut to see the memory status in just one clik
5. Uninstaller (mini soft)
Best uninstaller in terms of speed n ui
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Anyone with some better apps..please share!
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sense digital **** is good. Shows mem etc...
Antenna is good too.
gesture.
Paper toss.
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Antenna seems different..not sure whether its perfect or not
Request others to share their favs n try which i have suggested in the above thread..

gupta.anurag08 said:
3. Speak n send
Just speak n it gets converted into txt which u can either sms or put on facebook, twittet, etc
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Thx soooooo much for this. Feels like Xmas came early this year!
I live in Canada so I wasn't able to get google voice search but after installing this app it gave me the option to. Speak n send is great too... many many thx

Welcome!!
Also try following:
Apps/widgets:
1. Mobile buzz
2. Copycat tom
3. Chalky
4. Sms timer
Games:
I. Hero of sparta
II. NFS
III. Lets golf
IV. Flick defence
V. Dungeon hunters
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Lets golf is not working on my x10, How did you manage to get it work?
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I m using the trial version..directly download it from gameloft official web site for FREE trial
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My first post!
Just to correct OP, MeContacts is not a smart dialer. It's an app that you can put different contacts in grid view. You can choose either to call or view contact when you tap on that particular contact. Also, speak and send is great, thanks OP.
I've been nerding and looking up for anything that can improve my X10. I'll name the ones that I don't think are very common. But ya, here goes my long list (in no particular order; i don't use all of these now, but they have been useful to me before)...
*1) QuickDesk Beta
- quick pop up menu where you can add apps/widgets and allows you to stay on your current application (for some reason the double tap doesn't work for me, but single tap works fine)
2) Last Call Widget
- a simple widget that lets you see your last call (can 1 click to call back the caller if it was a missed call)
3) Quick Settings (by Sergej Shafarenka)
- an app that lets you quickly set your WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc. This is better than having a widget constantly running in the background
4) Quick Battery (by Sergej Shafarenka)
- nice looking battery widget
*5) Multicon Widget
- have 4 shortcuts (not widgets) in a normally 1 icon space (helps save a lot of space)
*6) Car Mode
- press on the icon, and phone all phone calls will be coming out of the speakers (NOT a bluetooth feature which connects to other BT devices)
7) Turtle Photoframe
- best (in my opinion) photoframe for pictures, not a lot of features or customization, but gets the job done I think
8) Unit converter (by Wopnersoft)
- really nice looking interface for a unit converter
9) Tajm
- presents the time and date in word format rather than numbers
*10) Shake - Uninstall
- enable the feature, and go into any application (does not work with widgets), then shake to uninstall the app
11) Blik Calendar Widget
- a 4x1 widget that shows your calendar schedule for about 8-10 days. Uses 1 of 500 built in pics to describe your activity for that day
*12) Home Switcher
- if you use a lot of different launchers and set 1 as a default, this will be very useful for you to toggle between the different launchers
*13) Market History Manager
- 1 click to delete the history in Market, very useful and straightforward
*14) ToDo List Widget
- easy to add, edit, and delete lists. very handle and simple to use.
Hope that list helps people! *phew* that took awhile to type it up =P
*starred ones are the ones I think are most useful.

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sense digital **** is good. Shows mem etc...
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Is this available on the Android Market?

Ghost Commander... A great Dual-pane file manager(like Norton Commander, FAR manager etc), making it very easy to copy and paste between folders in your SDcard, both panes are individually configurable and its the only file manager that i use...
Its a free download from android market
Note: if you've already used dual-pane file managers handling this is a breeze, but for first timers there is a small learning curve

Thanks ECBomb for sharing the names of those apps..will try n let u know
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Launch-X widget
Just found it..just try this,best for x10..m loving it
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MarylandCookie said:
Originally Posted by johndub71 View Post
"sense digital **** is good. Shows mem etc..."
Is this available on the Android Market?
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Lol, i thought i was the only 1 that saw that

Launch-X widget is awesome buddies..its not home replacemnt..just a widget..hekp to keep ur screen less crowded
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gupta.anurag08 said:
I m using the trial version..directly download it from gameloft official web site for FREE trial
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ehh, I have it now, but only 2 holes and then it is finished, it's the shortest trial ever! But the graphics and gameplay looks good. Only I have force closes almost everytime on my x10i....
And on topic again:
Smooth Calender widget for nice transparant text only appointments on your desktop, I use it in combination with Jorte (Calendar app). Both free on the market.

@ polkpix
Gameloft is giving smthing free..u shud b happy
Share more apps guys..u ppl are not doing RnD properly..everybody is just writing abt 1.6
Xperia is awesome device..enjoy it!!
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Okay, just you ask for it....
"Smart notifier". For useless but funny pop ups when receiving SMS. Be careful it is funny...
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[Idea] Need an idea to develop an app

Hello. I'm finishing learning javascripting and android programing lessons, and i would like to develop an app. I would like to try something original, so i want to ask you guys an idea of what to develop . What do you think would be usefull and missing for you? Thanks

Hello, for me i wish you could create an "twitter app" with ICS design
I can help you with futures & the bugs

frooss said:
Hello, for me i wish you could create an "twitter app" with ICS design
I can help you with futures & the bugs
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TweetLine and Boid aren't good enough? Think about something original...
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Someone is looking for a Yahoo Fantasty Football app....with better UI

Okay how about an app that uses your phone's GPS to find all grocery stores in your area. From there you can type in the name of an item and it would cross reference the prices of all the surrounding stores and give you a list of all the prices. With the economy being in the crapper and money getting tight, it seems like it could be a killer app.
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Okay how about an app that uses your phone's GPS to find all grocery stores in your area. From there you can type in the name of an item and it would cross reference the prices of all the surrounding stores and give you a list of all the prices. With the economy being in the crapper and money getting tight, it seems like it could be a killer app.
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Google Maps + Google Shopper already do this to the best knowledge they can as stores do not show all food costs online.

since you say u r new, i suggest you to go for an idea which has already been made and put your flavor on it, once you get your hands on it, u can make something original. I like a fully functional app that uaes the proximity sensor to operate differnt functions, there is already an app, but it has flaws
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Thanks you for some of the suggestions. I m going to start soon and share here some of he work.
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Sport speaker an app that send you a push notification of your team scores, it with holo style.
For example you mark an sport, an league or one team (in the different competitions) what would you like and the app sent you a push notification with the score at the end of the match
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I had a idea.. but its very special.. a weather app for Germany with radar, satellite picture's and so on.
Phil
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Make a good porn app.

An animated nyan cat widget (with a mute toggle) would be nice...

Haha I was thinking in some app what make raffles. For example: many people get together at an raffle, then each person gives their numbers to participate, then your Android randomly chooses a number and sends a SMS to the winner.
You can read the numbers from a file.

Clock in notification panel
Hi, I would like to see a clock developed which would sit in the notification panel. There would be an optional icon displayed in the status bar.
I like to keep my wallpaper clean and it would be useful to drop the notification panel down and see a customizeable digital clock. It should open the alarm or calendar When tapped.
Good luck with any project undertaken.

Need a nice bouncing boobs live wallpaper that works on SlimBean :-o
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sailzfast said:
Need a nice bouncing boobs live wallpaper that works on SlimBean :-o
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Seems a nice idea. Hehe. I like the grocery idea. Any Other suggestions?
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I was just thinking of an app that help me make a reminder for bill, and it must support taking OCR of the bill details.
I know there is one in the market, but doesn't work like what I want.
It should work like the business card reader, where it knows which part is a person's name, which part is the company, which part is the address, the phone, the email, so on and so forth.
This bill app should let me "scan" the bottom part of my bill with the camera, where the payment details are (account number, amount, due date) and set a reminder for me on my google calendar.

How about an app Like the iPod Shuffles VoiceOver thing which tells you what song is playing?

AzNTypeR said:
How about an app Like the iPod Shuffles VoiceOver thing which tells you what song is playing?
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i dont think is a hard thing to do but i think is always dependent to the app you use to play music, but is something i can see also.
The main idea of this post is to get ideas base on the needs of nowadays. Like when we are on the street, and we need that app for knowing the nearest grocery or something else wich could make our life easier. If anyone has time to think a little on what they need most, and think is missing, or an app wich they dont think is easy enought, thats mostly what i want to start building. I really liked some ideas here already stated, just 1 more week and i'm ready for building apps.
About porn apps , maybe after the serious stuff for fun lool

What about an app that shows any combination of chosen apps in tabs?
For example, you can put your favorite calendar app and your favorite task planner app in a single tabbed layout.
Or your music player and last.fm scrobbler.
Or Whatsapp, K9 Mail, and your SMS app all in a single three-tabbed meta messaging app.
Or Skype and Viber.
Etc.
It wouldn't take a lot of coding. You just need some code to frame other apps in yours, a settings screen to choose which apps you want to see, and a way to send a shortcut to your home-made app combo to your homescreen. If it's your first app it's a good idea to keep it simple.

WatchIt vs Augmented Smartwatch Pro

Both these two applications can push notifications from all apps on the phone. WatchIt is free, ASP is not, but it is more powerful, since it has Tasker integration, and can do more.
Which one are use using, and what are the pros/cons over the other?
Are there other alternatives?
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I don't want to get eye cancer so I'm using WatchIt. (Augmented SmartWatch really looks awful to me.) For Tasker, there's the Tasker Smart Extension and WatchIt! will also display notifications from Tasker.
If you want to do more complex stuff, you can always use Remote Widget and Zoom for Tasker do use interactive widgets from the SW2.

Yes, the look and feel of Augmented Smartwatch is ugly...
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For some reason Augmented Smartwatch causes my S4 to lock up. I've worked some with the developer, and I even reset my phone. My s$ locks up for about 20 seconds when a notification comes in, and my watch goes blank. Eventually the notification pops up on the watch. From what little I have been able to use it, it actually is too much IMHO. Watchit! is simple and generally what I need.

I'm very want to use ASP because of ASP's powerful function and full screen show notification when running app on watch.
But it can't show Full-width characters well. (like "ｃｈａｒ")
While showing long string of Full-width, it will only show one line and beyond the watch, but not word wrap.
May ASP author can fix this error, certainly i will purchase this app and using as well.

Watchit seems to be ok, but I did have a problem with that. My Note 10.1 (touchwiz?) / A4.1.2 started talking back to me when the easy accessibility was on for Watchit (and talkback was off). I think I managed to fix it by the way i found it from another discussion: need to clear data from google text to speech app. (When the easy access is still on for Watchit - otherwise it will keep talking back). Seems to work great!
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Watchit
I bought the ASP application, but I do not use .... Why?:
1.- Text is infamous
2.- I have not gotten to see pictures of Whatsapp
3.- Notices of whatsapp can not be selected for viewing (Watchit can)
4.- Weather is bad
5.- Watchit.... Free
6.- ASP....4,99 €
Undoubtedly watchit
Galaxy note 1, With J. B. 4.1.2 and SmartWatch 1

Have to agree with the majority here, i tried ASP but its sooo ugly and takes a bit of configuration, watchit works well, quickly and does what you want.
Both apps arnt perfect but free vs £3 is a no brainer
tbh alot of things are workarounds for what sony could develop and implement but havnt
If the galaxy gear wasnt so damn expensive, i'd have one instead

Seems like I need to clear data from Google text-to-speech everytime I restart the phone - otherwise my phone is talking back to me when scrolling screens. Well, a minor bug... I rarely shutdown/restart the phone anyway. Some other thing I notice that WatchIt (or sw2? not sure) interacts with developer sections choices somehow, mixing the settings so that phone doesnt know if they are turned on or off and you need to restart your phone. (Note 10.1 / A4.1.2)
When compairing SW2 and Gear, Im so lucky that Samsung didn't update my N8000 before Xmas (Gear needs A4.3 to run), I would have bought Gear aswell. BUT... SW2 looks much better than Gear, and it feels great on your wrist (a metal band) and I couldnt even wear Gear at work (water/chemicals/not wearable with a suit or better clothes either). I don't need functions like "talk to the hand!" or similar.. Just plain, classy-looks watch to notify me: phones, sms, etc... because I keep my phone (N8000) all the time in a bag, and i rarely even hear when it rings or get messages. And if I heard it rings, i didnt know who's calling.
SW2 and Gear were almost the same price: 199 euros (metal band) / 249 euros, so it wasn't the "money issue". The quality and style of SW2 is impressive and I feel lucky that I didnt bought Gear. Thank you Samsung you didn't update my device! :victory:

Wristin is another alternative.
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Two things with Watchit! and every other sw2 notification app I've tried. 1st, you can't mark the notification as viewed on the phone, when checked on the watch. And secondly, text grouping. Would be nice to have each contacts in their own thread. If anyone knows of solutions to these or another app which has these features it would be much appreciated
Cheers
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cas239 said:
Two things with Watchit! and every other sw2 notification app I've tried. 1st, you can't mark the notification as viewed on the phone, when checked on the watch.
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Is there any SW2 notification app that does this? I'm thinking about replacing my Pebble with the Sony but if this functon is missing, I probably wouldn't.
On the Pebble, there's an app called Notification Center that allows you dismiss the phone notification with one button and keep the phone notification with a press of the other button.

clankfu said:
Is there any SW2 notification app that does this? I'm thinking about replacing my Pebble with the Sony but if this functon is missing, I probably wouldn't.
On the Pebble, there's an app called Notification Center that allows you dismiss the phone notification with one button and keep the phone notification with a press of the other button.
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Not that I've found
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Is there any SW2 notification app that does this? I'm thinking about replacing my Pebble with the Sony but if this functon is missing, I probably wouldn't.
On the Pebble, there's an app called Notification Center that allows you dismiss the phone notification with one button and keep the phone notification with a press of the other button.
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I've heard the ap watch notifier can do that. But I haven't tried it.
I think it's in Google play
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yomiguy said:
I've heard the ap watch notifier can do that. But I haven't tried it.
I think it's in Google play
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In the description for that app, it only mentions that your watch notifications will be marked as read when you turn on your phone display. Doesn't work the other way around I don't think.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.elfsoft.watchnotifier

I am using "WatchNotifier" as well. Great App.

If you only need whatsapp notification on your smartwatch then you can try WhatsApp Smart Notification. It also displays the contact picture and UI is good.

I am using Notification Pro for Smartwatch and I love it. The support is fantastic as the developer updates it very often.

I haven't been able to find this Notification pro on the Play Store. Can you give us any pointers?
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stopa10 said:
I haven't been able to find this Notification pro on the Play Store. Can you give us any pointers?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pacosal.sw2.accnew
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pacosal.sw2.accnew2
greetings
MJFox

Icon order

Is it just me or can I not customize the order I want my apps in on the smartwatch 2? I press the menu button and the only options are alphabetical and frequency used. Is anyone else having this issue or am I just missing something?
Thanks!
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illBelief said:
Is it just me or can I not customize the order I want my apps in on the smartwatch 2? I press the menu button and the only options are alphabetical and frequency used. Is anyone else having this issue or am I just missing something?
Thanks!
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It's not a bug. It's a feature

illBelief said:
Is it just me or can I not customize the order I want my apps in on the smartwatch 2? I press the menu button and the only options are alphabetical and frequency used. Is anyone else having this issue or am I just missing something?
Thanks!
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Those be the only options at this time my friend
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Only thing you can do is use Frequency, and keep tap the app you want to order and the home button. You can also tap it when watch not connected to phone.

Yeah, this seems one of the strangest missing features IMO. I don't see why you can't simply re-order them in the Smart Connect app, either - would that be so hard? Either way, the favorites thing is not so bad until the watch goes and forgets the order you had them in, which can be mighty annoying. It's happened to me only once so far but, like aseeme555076 says you can sort of force it to order them how you want.

sw2 extension: "This is the official Sony application for SmartWatch 2 SW2. It enables you to utilize all the powerful Android benefits of this innovative smartphone accessory*. With this app, you can decide how your smartphone interacts with SmartWatch 2, what app extensions are available for your watch and how they are arranged. "
I tried several times to arrange them, "click and drag" but it was impossible, they didn't move :laugh:
Anyway, I miss this feature.It would be great to put them in a certain order. I wonder why Sony didn't make it possible to arrange them from the phone in sw2 extension app.

Remote Widgets

Which widgets do you use on your Watches?
I use this one as watch face: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid27.transparentclockweather&hl=en-GB

DallaryPT said:
Which widgets do you use on your Watches?
I use this one as watch face: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid27.transparentclockweather&hl=en-GB
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Endomondo and Footy live scores..... So cool.

I use transparent weather widget as well, however find it sometimes doesn't update and time can be way off. Any clue why?

How do you set a widget as a watch face??

Endomondo, fotmob pro, a weather app called El tiempo.es, Spotify ?
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Endomondo, fotmob pro, a weather app called El tiempo.es, Spotify ?
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Endomondo native widget is useless. Due to the screen resolution you must choose only one of three parameters you'd like to see together.

I agree, Endomondo really should work on their app.
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nwg said:
Endomondo native widget is useless. Due to the screen resolution you must choose only one of three parameters you'd like to see together.
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I know. That's why I only use heart rate monitor widget, because the rest of the info can be gotten by pressing the button of your headphones
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I agree, Endomondo really should work on their app.
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Of course it should! We created a thread on their Web for it but we were ignored. Moreover, I don't know if it's working for you lately or not, but last versions for me are working bad with my sw2, so I keep using 10.1.1 ?
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yomiguy said:
Of course it should! We created a thread on their Web for it but we were ignored. Moreover, I don't know if it's working for you lately or not, but last versions for me are working bad with my sw2, so I keep using 10.1.1 ?
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Endomondo compatibility was the only reason I have chosen SW2. If only had I known that Peeble has got its Endo software, I would have thought it over one more time. Unfortunatelly I don't see any alternative software, having registered my workouts for last 3 years on Endomondo.
One way or another: remote widgets are not better in any way than the native Endomondo widget, even if it makes you press power button every time.

I also use Google+ widget (as it looks kewl) and Google Play Music Widget on my watch to change the song. I'm at home listening on my Chromecast and changing the songs with my watch

nwg said:
Endomondo compatibility was the only reason I have chosen SW2. If only had I known that Peeble has got its Endo software, I would have thought it over one more time. Unfortunatelly I don't see any alternative software, having registered my workouts for last 3 years on Endomondo.
One way or another: remote widgets are not better in any way than the native Endomondo widget, even if it makes you press power button every time.
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The latest version of remote widgets lets you "resize". So you can use the endomondo widget on remote widgets to display 3 parameters in low power mode. I agree with everyone re endomondo support. It's taken remote widgets to make it useful. Runtastic is no better and it's supposed to be feature app.

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The latest version of remote widgets lets you "resize". So you can use the endomondo widget on remote widgets to display 3 parameters in low power mode.
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I've given it a try. It actually lets resize, but the Endo widget doesn't look well to me when resized. And one can not pause / resume workouts of course. Having to choose between two bad solutions, I still preffer the native Endomondo widget. The only we can do if Endomondo team doesn't improve their widget is to cancel Premium subscription. Actually most part of premium features are useless to me. I pay them just to support the software development.