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[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] Ryohara:
Okay, just wanted to make a post where everyone lists their favorite/most useful programs that they use on their phones.

1. vTap - Searches youtube and myspace videos and plays them. Have had some trouble with some of the larger videos but for stand up comedians it works great with the audio only option.

2. sbp pocket plus - Best program launcher I have used yet. Paid for it just before the new mort buttons though. Tabbed internet explorer.

3. spb mobile shell - I use it for the spbmenu and the Now screen. Turned off the today plugin.

4. Slick - Great for yahoo, AIM, and MSN messenging.

5. Live Search - I just really like this thing. Traffic updates, movie times, everything about it.
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] kdskamal:
My TOP five..

1) battery status: I've set it to overclock itself to 260Mhz when running TCPMP and Skype. I don't need to overclock other apps

2) iLauncher 3.1: very light on memory as compared to SPB pocket plus and same set of features+running task icons on the taskbar(!)

3) PocketBreeze: must have PIM today plugin

4) Resco File explorer: puts the default file explorer to shame

5) Opera Browser: again, a must have for any PPC user who is serious about web browsing on a PPC

there are many more indispensible apps which I use on my herald(like im+, spb insight, resco radio, netfront v3.3, handyget, fast chm reader), but, aforementioned ones are the ones that must come in top 5!
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] mushipkw:
Here are mine:

1. Coreplayer v1.1.1

2. Resco Explorer 2007 v6.17

3. Pocket Melody 0.21 (for now)

4. SPB Pocket Plus

5. S2U2 v0.86
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] aragorn21:
S2U2

SpbDiary

PocketCM

Notes Explorer

VNC
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] orochidp:
For me:

1. Batterystatus

It's the only thing keeping my PPC snappy and usable.

2. VSPainter LE or Pocket Picture

Nothing keeps me interested on a long trolley ride like doodling on my PPC. VSPainter is prettier and has more features, but Pocket Picture is more flexible.

3. PocketCM

The message threading is pretty much the only use I get out of it. I really like how it doesn't hijack your SMSes like the other programs, but just reads your inbox/sents to form its list.

4. PPC Tablet

It uses your PPC as a mouse and tablet. While the active-screen thing is pretty much useless, using it to doodle on the screen is fun, and using your PC as a remote for some apps is a novel sort of fun.

5. Go Album

Lets me solve Go problems while I'm bored. As a game I find Go a bit too frustrating, but the life and death problems are really fun to figure out.
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] systematic:
1. Battery Status - over clock to 247mhz, idle at 100mhz, boosted to 273-299mhz

2. Quick Menu 2.7 - makes the start menu appear like a pc's start menu

3. TCPMP+FLV bundle - youtube downloads

4. Slide2Unlock - best keypad lock ever created

5. PPCPimBackup 2.5 - backup contacts, recent calls, and messages
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] ivanmmj:
It doesn't work with Tzones. What I haven't tried is using a domain with the port number of the proxy, instead of my own ip : port...
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] ivanmmj:
1. BatteryMeter - Overclocking and because I kill every other annoying battery meter.

2. Notepad - Can't live without my notepad.

3. QuickMark - Fastest way to transfer information. It reads QRCodes with the camera.

4. PocketRAR

5. Oxios Memory - Me likes my clear memory.
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] Ayerthon:
- Battery Status

Overclock settings:

Scaler: 143-201-273 boost:299

Omapps: 260Mhz for all Media Apps

- EnAlarm

Got to wake up do..

- TCPMP + Youtube

Just love it. Plays everything! ANIME!!!

- PHM Registry Editor

I love to doodling around

- WM5 Storage

Fast school work transfer at school?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shorty1993:
Have a phone for my girl that is on a talkback screen and cannot get passed this to even engage usb debugging. Phone is supposed to be carrier unlocked (formerly on att) and not stolen. have a sim card for straight talk but activation will not go thru and continuously goes back to asking for the former owners gmail information, which is not available. Would really appreciate some help, my girl is a little frustrated without having the phone she paid for. Never encountered this before with any HTC devices. If I have overlooked this information then my apologies and thanks in advance for all information.

Chris
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] brandonlee96:
i only know of one rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Lvk4:
Hi to all.

how can i create live wallpaper for s7 edge ?

What programs i use ?

Thanks to all
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gerardolan64:
Try this:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] RuffBuster:
Try this was uploaded here but can't remember post. It is ripped from note 7 I think. Shouldn't blow up your phone lol.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxOMcYGQacDabDBxUDVsamNzb1k/view?usp=drivesdk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinicius.alves:
Hello guys!

I've been trying for a week to install an alternative rom on my 9515L, but I'm not getting through these issues with touch screen ..

Touch works normally on official rom, but only in it

Firstly, I installed TWRP by odin, the touch did not work on it, if installed by the app it displayed the error:

So I installed clockwordmod, which worked normally

But if I chose the reboot system function, it showed something like:

Root Access Possibly Lost Fix

fix root (/system/xbin/su)

I thought it might be some problem with root, so I upgraded SuperSu and the error continued

I installed by CWM Cyano 12,13, MIUI, SlimRom, Omega (which is based on a samsung rom), and none of them worked the touch

So I thought it might be a problem with the driver, if I type *#2663# in the official lollipop rom it displays:

So I decided to try to install a previous version of the driver and for this I installed the official rom of kitkat, in it the driver went to version 0x10. And yet the problem continues

The Touch worked perfectly on this kitkat rom. I noticed that it works only in official roms.

Could you give me a hint of what I could do?

Sorry for bad English.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Are you sure you installed ROMs for the GT-I9515?

The only reason why the touch wouldn't work is that the ROMs and TWRP you installed are for a different model.

And I assume the GT-I9515L and GT-I9515 are the same hardware-wise.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinicius.alves:
Actually, I was installing everything for 9505, I found a version of RR for 9515 and it worked very well .. I finally managed to remove that horrible samsung rom, thank you very much! :o:o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krasCGQ:
You could safely use i9505 ROMs with kernel patch. Search on general subforum.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAstriX:
Does anyone know how it is possible to IMEI come back?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cassybalfourjr:
When o lost mine I went back to the ROM where I did have it which was RR MM 5.7.4 and I got my baseband imei and everything went back to normal..that may help
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stanbwoy:
What is the best way to track down someone's IMEI if I know it. In other words like tracking a stolen phone.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] v.konvict:
I have an lg g3 running RR rmx 5.7.4 that i use for jogging in an armcase. I would like to have the oneplus offscreen music gestures for use while jogging.
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] Mohamed1993:
I could have sworn there was an option in settings to change the screen resolution to, for example, 1080x1920. However I cannot figure out how(or if) I did it in the past. Maybe I had an app that gave me that option?(even though maybe the option didn't work). I've spent the last half hour going through my phone and caved in and decided to ask. Let me know if I am crazy you guys. thanks.

-None rooted

-Stock 10j
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] yken:
I have 850TR version but this option came with Nougat, it was not before.
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] Mohamed1993:
Thanks man. Seeing you're the only reply maybe I am just imagining. :confused:
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] jeffsga88:
You must have been using a 3rd party app as the post above stated this is something new Google introduced in android N. It's a nice feature btw instead of having to manually change it with 3rd party apps.
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] Mohamed1993:
So I got the update for 7.0 but the closet thing I could find as far as changing resolution is the option to lower resolution and frame rate for apps ONLY. Other thing I saw was the slider to change the "zoom" of things. Is this what you guys are referring too?. If not can you lead me in the right direction. The reason is I share a lot of screenshots and it takes a hit on data as well as a bit longer upload times. Thanks.
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] jeffsga88:
Not sure how t mobile has it in their settings as I'm on cm 14.1 and it's under settings --> Display --> Display size. But each rom is a little bit different. Maybe someone on stock can chime in as I'm waiting to take a look at the stock Android 7 after it's released as a flashable zip from twrp.
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] Mohamed1993:
Yeah thats the zoom thing in was talking about. It is called display size, thanks. Isn't that just working kinda like a dpi change. Meaning same resolution but more space?
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] jduenes:
I couldn't get 14.1 on my g5 I really wanted to. How is it anyways? I might try it again since I read so much more about flashing to the h830
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] jeffsga88:
I love cm 14.1. I use dual boot to boot stock N primary, cm14.1, Tesla and RR as secondary roms. Personally I use resurrection remix 7.1 as my primary ROM. Only issues i care about is no video recording without using footej camera but switch to stock when wanting to record video usually.
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] jduenes:
I didn't even know you can dual boot!
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] jeffsga88:
Yep. Dual boot is awesome. For the longest time we didn't have support on T-Mobile but we finally got support and I've used it ever since. Now I dual boot everything to test out every ROM. Always fun to have options. Dual boot thread is located under main g5 thread instead of t mobile thread.
[T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers] jduenes:
Sweet man I'll give it a shot!
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] HeCareth:
For many of us the thing that moved is to Android was just the shear ability to customize the crap out of your device. The ability to go one step further and install custom ROMs to further perfect your experience was also a huge plus.

However, these days I find the need to root my device become more of a hobbyist venture than something that actually makes my experience better. I'm curious to know who are the rooters and who are not? Does anyone still have any real purposes for rooting their device is it more of a "just because I can deal"
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] RoccoN4:
I am not rooting. Been there, done that. I know people will say well why get a nexus or Pixel if you aren't going to root?

I like stock android with fast updates.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] sovanyio:
I don't think its "more of a hobbyist venture than something that actually makes my experience better" when I've used root/xposed to wrangle stupid google play services wake locks.

But that said I'm not trying to lock myself out of safetynet anymore so, so long root (for the time being).
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Bruce lee roy:
Ability to modify is biggest selling point of this device IMHO. Without it, this phone is bested by other phones in almost every category. Believe me, this phone is not like any of the other google inspired devices of the past. At only one point could nexus really compete with flagship devices. Without development the phone is good... maybe even really good... but with development this phone will be GRRREAT (in my best Tony the Tyger voice).
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] HeCareth:
Well everyone has their opinions. I am just gonna disagree that the ability to modify is its biggest selling point. It's a small small small portion of the public who buys phones for this reason.

The Galaxy S7 is its biggest competition and the only objective thing people can say is better is the waterproofing.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] pthurmond:
Amen to that brother. Tired of all the issues and bugs and slow updates that come from rooting. Biggest reason that I went for the Pixel. That and tired of all the BS extra crapware added by the manufacturers and carriers. Pixel does not have that.

---------- Post added at 05:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:06 PM ----------

Funny enough you say that. I saw a test recently where a Pixel was tested with full immersion in a bucket of water for 30 minutes and did fine. They did a second test for 45 minutes and then it started having a little problem with garbled sounds at times. But other than that it seems to be better sealed than they mark it as.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] magnumtripod:
I'm the same as far as not really needing to root. In the past I'd mod the crap out of my phones, then it became a hassle. So then I'd just root for titanium backup and a couple other root apps and unlocked hotspot. Now with this phone, I find I don't even want to root. I like it the way it is

I keep an eye on the dev section to see if something pops up thatll make me want to root, but this time around im not as gung ho as I used to be. The only thing I really want is an unlocked hotspot. I NEVER have any luck with any of the hotspot/tether apps in the app store. If someone can get one of those apps working and let me know how they did it, id be eternally grateful. Or if there were a way to unlock hotspot without root, that would also be swell
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] OTTOREIKU:
its 100% on how you plan to use it. Stock experience is fantastic - the phone is fast as hell. Personally I always like to tweak everything about the phone so im rooting it (currently just miss snapchat) but I stayed on stock for a bit while I had it and it was still great. If you dont plan on tweaking the small things and dont want to deal with manually updating and possibly a soft brick or two, go for it and you wont regret.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] HeCareth:
I hear you it is always a balance of do the tweaks outweigh the small hassles of rooting and modding. Before the answer was pretty clear. Now not so much.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] magnumtripod:
Exactly, and this phone is so freakin fast. I'm came off a galaxy S5 and the difference is night and day.

I also read somewhere that rooting has a good chance of breaking Android Pay, which I used for the first time the other day. It was lightning fast and was cool to try, so I'd hate to lose it
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] HeCareth:
That's the biggest issue with rooting. Apps these days because of security issues are not allowing root. In addition to that even the best ROMs like Cyanogen still take forever to provide a stable OS update.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] magnumtripod:
I thought I read there was a way around breaking it if you decide to root, but right now that's just one if those things I really don't even want to think about. Too many details for something that's not really important
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Bruce Lee:
I really want to root and ticker with my phone but I need my phone for running a business so I need a very stable phone. I really miss tinkering. I like supporting the XDA community by testing software but sadly my job requires my phone to be on its game.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Azerox:
I only mis adaway actualy. Not rooting for the first time since i got a smartphone (hd2).

Maybe in a later stage ;)
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] HeCareth:
Try AdGuard, it requires you to use local vpn but it works well and does not require root. You will need to purchase the premium service if you want to block ads across apps outside of the browser.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] josephpalozzi:
Adaway!

I also used to ROM and mod the heck out of my phones. I really don't see the need with a pixel and nougat. I still find rooting necessary though due to the incredibly annoying and time consuming ads on web pages. I was pained with popups, pop unders, and all other manor of java script ads until root came.

That said, I also really like FiSwitch (it works better with root) and a few things from xposed (like forcing Google dictation or immersive screen with gestures and no buttons) but I've been fine without it.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Take a look at this.

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-dns66-source-host-ad-blocker-root-t3487497
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] farfromovin:
I'm ditching an s7 edge and plan to stay stock on the Pixel. I prefer fluid UX over gimmicky Samsung features.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] HeCareth:
Better off going with AdGuard. This seems to have bugs with 7.0
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Not for me. I'm running it on two devices both with 7.1. It was just posted as an option if anyone wants to try it. I have no reason to argue the value of either app. Whichever one works best for you is the one you go with.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] killall:
Still feel the need to root but only to remove ads. I know I should be supporting devs and I donate when I can, but ads just bug the hell out of me! Otherwise happy with the phone as it is.

Edit: going to have a look at DNS66 though...
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Let me know what you think. I installed it on my 5x but not on my Pixel yet. Just trying to get a baseline on battery first before I start adding programs. I also installed it on the S5 and it works just fine. Wifey is happy I hang out here now. I think she hated the ads more than I did.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] milan187:
For me it used to be just for YouTube adaway and background playback but that was with xposed.

Once we get a rom like Pure Nexus I'm sure I will jump right on it. At least to see if its better then stock. It was with my 5X.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] cdmoore74:
Thanks for this thread! Think I'm just going to stay stock and not try to unlock the bootloader on the Verizon model. If there was a way to root/unlock a phone I've always done it. But I'm getting too old fooling around with these phones. I remember back when I had my Verizon Nexus I was crack flashing a new rom every day. It's addicting and you end up not using the phone because the phone ends up using you.

All I demand is that when Google releases updates that Verizon releases the same update the same day.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] HeCareth:
This right here. ROMs are never perfect. They give you some nice features but sometimes their not fully baked. Putting you on a neverending quest to flash the best mod rom and Kernel combination out there. I remember those days when we would say Franco Kernel and Paranoid works the best with the Cyanogen audio mod. Flashing a ROM before you leave for work, or go to bed, or even on a date night. And let's not forget those times when a nightly soft bricked ur device. And a 15 minute simple flash turned in a 2 hour full factory restart. That's the ROM/MOD life, something I truly have no time for.

I however like the fact that OTAs can be sideloaded fairly easily which is about the most tweaking I want to be doing at this time with my daily driver.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Bruce lee roy:
I personally can't wait for the speaker mod for dual speakers, blacked out themes, better battery... I guarantee most of you will end up flashing.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] JJT211:
I need my phone for work so i cant do too many risky things (ROMS) and be hassled with having to resetup my phone all the time.

I mean back in the day, ROMS were almost a must as Android was still in its infancy. But Android has matured quite a bit in recent years (alot of features from custom ROMS were cleverly incorporated into stock Android).

That being said, i find rooting (def need wifi hotspot for work) plus xposed on stock to be relatively low risk.

When/if we get Xposed on 7.0, ill be happier than a pig in ****
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] varun.gid:
i have rooted my device after a lot of thought. I use small mods like Weta ones especially to change navbar height and QS tiles mods.

Using Elemental kernel takes care of SafetyNet more or less. though couple of my banking apps still detect root though its systemless. weird.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] joshw0000:
Grandfather unlimited Verizon. Root is my #1 requirement for a phone. I also found it useful for getting around the SD read/write restrictions on other phones. Obviously that's not an issue with this phone. I'm kinda anal about seeing my battery percentage at all times. I CAN see it with System Tuner but it's kinda hard to read. I'll likely install a battery mod soon.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Bramton1:
On my fourth Android phone. Had the Incredible, then the Galaxy S3, then the G3. Rooted all of them. But for this one... I don't know. Very little bloat Ware on this phone. Pure Android. No SafetyNet worries. Happy with the battery so far. And I intend to get the Daydream, and the app checks for the most recent version of Android, which isn't always immediately available with rooting.

The only thing I'll miss are the hotspot mods.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] nednednerb:
Did you ever notice devs on xda invent and elaborate on methods and contribute to the Open Source Android Project, and then and only after users and creators make it happen, it becomes stock feature here or there.

Definitely happens. It is not the only source of innovation, but we are on several cutting edges all at once.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] HeCareth:
No argument there.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] iWilder:
Root for a Reason

I rooted my Pixel for one app really. I have Pioneer AppRadio and use the ARUnchained app with it. The app mirrors the phone on the screen of the radio and requires root to work. Most likely my next car stereo will be an Android Auto compatible device, so I will not need ARUnchained anymore, but we'll see.

Also I would also like to know if any apps request root, but I'm sure there are ways around that.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] jmartin72:
Back in the day with single core processors, rooting and using a custom kernel would allow you to get more performance, and battery life out of your Android phone. I also used it to enable tethering, again back in the day when it wasn't included, and they charged extra for it. those things along with ad blocking, Xposed and custom ROM's are what I used to root my phone for. Fast forward to 2016. Quad-core processors are lightning fast, and have good battery life. Even the dev's that make custom Kernels will tell you that the stock one's are pretty good, and only add few features. Android has matured, and have added most features that custom ROM's used to add. CyanogenMod take forever to get a stable build, and that's if you get someone to maintain the device you have. Tethering is free. Xposed, and add blocking are still a thing, but for me not needed. My previous Nexus phone, I ran stock more than I ran rooted, and I have not rooted my Pixel at all, and have no plans to. I used to be a flash-aholic, and yes it's addicting. Now at the end of the day, I just want my phone to work, and my Pixel does that.