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[Q] Note 10.1 Tomorrow. App suggestions?

It's arriving tomorrow and coming from iOS, I'm excited to jump into the Android world.
What are some must have apps I should download when I'm all set up?

JLombo said:
It's arriving tomorrow and coming from iOS, I'm excited to jump into the Android world.
What are some must have apps I should download when I'm all set up?
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Welcome to Android, but be more specific of what apps do you want?

JLombo said:
It's arriving tomorrow and coming from iOS, I'm excited to jump into the Android world.
What are some must have apps I should download when I'm all set up?
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Depending on your needs the answers will vary like the previous poster stated...
IMHO, the most useful apps (for me) are:
- Flash (Get latest from adobe archives, because they have stopped developing for Android)
- A Tor based browser to circumvent any national blocks. (There is a combined package)
- Google Drive, so you can edit/share spreadsheets etc without filling your SD card.
I'm sure there will be many more things you will get interested in...
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Well that's all for now, 3M
Click the THANKS button if i was helpful in anyway ^^

Here are some that I get on new devices
Latest Flash player for Android Version 11.1.115.81 this is a direct download link, check download folder for the apk file.
SwiFTP it enables an Android phone or tablet to easily share files with computers or other devices over a wifi network. These computers only need to have an FTP client, which all computers do. You can walk around with your MP3/video/ebook/whatever collection and share it seamlessly with almost any wifi-enabled system.
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Battery HD
Clean Master (Cleaner) - FREE
Google Earth
MyScript Calculator
File Manager HD for Tablet
Helium - App Sync and Backup
Chrome Browser
Flipboard

[APP][4.1+][NO ROOT]DPI Changer

Sometimes you just don't like the size of the items on your screen. If you're lucky, your phone's software has its own DPI changer of sorts, where you can choose among a few different presets, but what if you want more options, or you aren't one of the lucky few with that feature?
Well, this app aims to fix that problem on any Android device running 4.1 or later. There are quite a few apps out there that change your DPI, but this one doesn't actually require root, even if you aren't running Nougat. You will have to reboot if you aren't rooted, but hey, that's better than being around a computer all the time to use ADB, right?
There are instructions in the app for the setup and usage.
IMPORTANT:
- I don't know if this will work on every device running Android 4.1+. I was able to test it on an emulator running 4.1, along with various LG and Samsung devices on Marshmallow and Nougat, but that obviously doesn't include everything. Send some feedback if it isn't working for you, and include your device + Android version.
- Non-root mode requires you to execute a one-time ADB command (unless you uninstall and reinstall the app). From then on, all you'll need is a reboot.
- Avoid setting the DPI below 72. I don't specifically know what happens, but I know Android tools prevent this from happening by default. I will build the limit into this app in a future update.
Screenshots:
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@ProGuy1 if you can use ADB to change your DPI, that's great! But some people don't know how or don't have constant access to a computer. I figured rebooting would be more convenient than finding a computer with ADB.
Also, devices on 4.3 and above no longer need to reboot, whether rooted or not.

@S. Loranca You can certainly translate it if you want. The source code is on GitHub. Look in `/res/values/strings.xml`.

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Thanks for making this! I saw the "Display Size" setting missing on my new Xiaomi phablet; a few apps I tried on the play store failed, but this app works perfectly.

For reasons you'll see soon, I'm removing this project from XDA and closing the thread. If you have the app right now, email me or PM me with any questions.

Should I keep using these Chinese phones? (Doogee, BlackView)

I bought 2 Chinese smartphones: One is from a company called "Doogee", and the second is called "BlackView"
The Doogee one came with many weird apps preinstalled, so I installed Malwarebytes, and it detected 2 malwares. Both removed. After a day, Malwarebytes prompted me that a malware app is trying to install itself (one of those I removed!) - So I stopped using this phone. Hopefully did not risk too much of my personal information (passwords, emails, etc).
Meanwhile, the other Chinese phone I ordered has arrived. Knowing about those security issues now, I immediately installed Malwarebytes, and it detected that the Sound Recorder app is a malware, and is actually using data(?):
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@TroyGuard I would recommend to search for a custom rom build from source to get rid of that stock spy roms :good:

@TroyGuard
personally I wouldn't use them but as you have bought phones you probably want to.
Though on twitter recently Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y was asking for such phones to analyse, he'd probably be happy to get one!
So If no custom ROM then you should be able to freeze those apps, system or preinstalled, that are risky or unknown (though they often come back, so freeze normally better). If you read the recent threads you will find links to a number of ways to do this, eg using TWRP, ADB, apps like Debloater etc which may work on those phones
WARNING: be careful freezing system apps, freezing an essential app can make your phone unusable, check online first if in doubt
Change all your passwords after this is done, to be safe.
(though there is still the possibility of a hardware backdoor , but I've not seen any reports of this.)
(Note: you probably won't get automatic OTA updates anymore as the ota updater is often part of the problem, besides you would have to refreeze apps after new install, but might be worth updating manually if it gives you important security patches)

[7.0+] Besloudness Settings - Enable/Disable Besloudness on MediaTek Devices on Custom ROMS (LineageOS, Pixel Experience...)

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Hello Guys
if you have a mediatek phone , sure you will know this feature called besloudness (it is in settings/sound) it is an audio post-processing feature that crank up you device volume, but when you install a custom rom(LineageOS...) you will not find this option cause it related to stockrom and sound can be sometimes disorted
this application is created to fix this problem by give you a choice to enable and disable this feature
Tested Devices :
UMIDIGI F1 Play (Mediatek Helio P60) Using LineageOS 17.1 Over Android 9.0 Vendor (Pie)
Downloads :
Play Store (just Uploaded, need time for the link to be working)
APK
Changelog :
v1.0 : Initial Version
v1.1 : Fix landscape screen by ignoring landscape orientation
If you Like the App , Consider Donations and if you have suggestions and bugs dont hesitate to PM​

Hi there,
I'm so glad I came across your post. I've been trying to figure out how this feature works in my unrooted Lenovo M10 HD 2ndGen tablet. I see it in Settings/Sound/Sound Enhancement with only one solitary setting and when enabled, nothing changes. Sound is what it has always been, the same, then and now. I've had my tablet for a year now. My question is how does this feature work ? What does BesLoudness require in order to work ? I have disabled certain features of my tablet for security and privacy reasons, for the same reason, some apps are disabled like Maps, Social Media apps. I have also disallowed certain permissions for certain apps that I felt no need to allow since I never used the feature the permission was required for. Somewhere along the way I might have disabled certain settings, or disallowed permissions that unknowingly rendered BesLoudness not to work.
This BesLoudness Volume Booster for Speakers has stumped me for a year now. Thank you for reading this.
Marco

[App] [Desktop] Android Toolbox

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Android Toolbox​What does it do?​This application is built with Flutter. It uses adb behind the scenes to execute each and every user operation. The application comes bundled with adb, so you need not have adb installed and configured in path. I plan to bring it to linux after adding some functionality.
Features​
You can now perform some file management tasks
File Transfers are performed using adb push and pull. So, that should bypass a lot of API and protocol overheads resulting in a much better file transfer speed especially when transferring a large number of files.
Reboot to system, recovery, fastboot, bootloader, recovery's sideload mode directly or simply power off using the power controls
You can open, offload, suspend, un-suspend, install, uninstall, kill or recompile apps. (Apps are currently shown as package names only. I couldn't find a way to get app titles without pushing aapt to the mobile device.)
Suspending: Suspended apps cannot be launched until they are unsuspended. Useful when there are some apps which send pesky notifications/annoy but you don't want to uninstall.
Offloading: Uninstall apps to save space while keeping app data intact. Upon reinstalling the app, it will resume right where you left (Exactly how iOS app offload works except, you will have to install the app when needed).
Bloatware or other system apps can now be uninstalled without root (Uninstall for your user while keeping data)
Reinstall uninstalled system apps: "Whoops! Uninstalling X system app is causing some of the other dependent apps to crash!" Fret not! You don't have to remember the uninstalled app package names and can reinstall those apps using the reinstall uninstalled system apps feature.
App currently works on Linux (but not supported yet) and Windows, but only Windows installer is available as of now. Linux users can clone and compile it for themselves.
Inbuilt update support for Windows. App will ask you to update when a new update is released
Unable to wait for new features? There is support to update to pre-release version from within the app.
Dark theme support. Uses mica in Windows 11, acrylic in Windows 10 and a regular solid background in Linux.
More soon......
Download: GitHub Releases​Repo: https://github.com/lightningbolt047/Android-Toolbox​