[General Topics] Barry Mad:
Some favourite apps XDA post 3

Other Apps/apk that i have tested well and like.

Just thought this may interest you with file transfers&more between your phone & PC.

Connections via wireless & internet.

Apk called Airdroid in Google play & her

airdroid.com

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&feature=search_result

Works well with right version of Firefox & other browsers.

Try Android Manager v 1.4.0 by Starnode from Google playstore is tricky to find. Go to settings ( spanner/hammer ) & you will see OK. Auto switch of data when screen off etc.

Free or Paid version up to you.

So give you direct link here.play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.starnode.sysutils.BatteryInformer&hl=en

Android app i use for large file downloads.

aDownloader = torrent/http download resumer.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DroiDownloader&hl=en

For windows Pc not sure about Macs. I use this one.

freedownloadmanager.org/download

Try this ( GPS Test ). Very small download size 266kb. Excellent GUI and interface/settings/functions. Tests well with ICS 403 rom & later.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jaGFydGNyb3NzLmdwc3Rlc3QiXQ

Only tested ( ICS 403 ). This ( GPS Control ) really impressed/improved my GPS lockon/speed and reception signal specially inside my house/building.

Used GPS Test to verify this.

WARNING: Did freeze SgS2 after trying to rerun Apk after enabled setting. Seemed to work fine after fix permissions via Extweaks.

Valid point about GPS being De-tuned? by default?

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fatdroid.android.gpscontrols2ad

DriveDroid in Google play is a Android/Windows program that allows you to boot LiveCd/Operating systems.

Link to DriveDroid homepage softwarebakery.com

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Ddrivedroid

From your Android device internal/external memory storage.

This allows you to boot/start PC & Laptops from your phone/device.

Excellent for data recovery & more.

Also can be used to prepare USB sticks & external hard drives.

Have been testing/using & as yet cannot fault.

A quoted email from Dev [MENTION=1996688]FrozenCow[/MENTION].

Yes, that's good to hear. Most phones do not have a cdrom option, this is a kernel feature I (among others) have added to some of the CyanogenMod kernels, including the one of the Galaxy S2. I guess it's in the stable versions now too!

The None entry should be gone in DriveDroid 0.8.5, but it was to set the 'hosted image' to none, so you can make sure none of the images are being accessable from the PC. In DriveDroid 0.8.x it isn't a explicit option, but it will 'unhost' an image when clicking the notification of DriveDroid: it'll set the hosted image to none.

"Also noticed with my SgS2 latest configuration DriveDroid Hbcd.iso entry to S3C1 CD icon setting. Has to be reset every time DriveDroid is used ie not persistent?"

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. You select *how* you want to host the file each time you select an image. Storing this mode for each image is something I am considering, but for the moment you'll have to do it each time.

I have noticed Dorimanx kernels has the mount as cdrom built in for SgS2 GT i9100.