[Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Questions & Answers] minionhunter:
Long story short - I'm looking for suggestions/lists of what apps do you find essential on your tablet or phone. Please be very basic! Assume I don't know about it if I don't mention it in my list.

Looking for apps that solve these problems:

Basic tablet info app - cpu and information

Cleaning app (maybe SD maid?)

Good mp3 music player app I can't seem to find one that I like - I love Winamp for/on my pc - I need one that also has a skip back 10-30 seconds - one that acts like smart audiobook player

Good podcast app - one that acts like smart audiobook player I just love the features of that app (easy to use, auto rewind, lets me look at my library, simple interface, "just works")

Good browser - not chrome (evil), one that does not crash with lots of tabs open, like Firefox for desktops

Adblocker - I'm trying Adaway

Firewall - the one I used to use doesn't work now

App to let me play videos on a screen - I've heard about casting apps and use but I don't know if it really works well or not, and if you need TV that works with it. Maybe there is some plug in dongle you can get to make this work?

Essential magisk modules - I'm very new to this, I just have [MENTION=7187684]ianmacd[/MENTION] 's recommended fixes so far

Busybox? - is there a good version to get?

Xprivacy - I need to see if this is still a good app to use, it was nice on my tablet - if not I need to find a replacement

YouTube? - I just use YT in dolphin browser because the app never made sense to me, is using the app a good idea or

Notes - app to write notes that automatically saves (Samsung notes does not do this)

Grocery list app - that will also work with my wife's iPhone

dark mode for Oreo - (supposedly in pie) or a theme for the tab S4 that just works?

Video player - for my own files like saved YouTube videos

Email app for my AOL account - I used to use k-9 but that stopped working for me - I haven't found a replacement I am looking at bluemail but haven't tried it yet

Apps I've heard about but never tried:

Any suggestions for getting them or not?

Tasker - not sure what people use this for

Substraum

MS 365 for Android due to unknown problems I don't have this automatically installed

Dropbox - is the app worth it or should I just use it in a browser?

Something cool, a cool app, lol, but seriously what do you think is just cool

My list of apps I utilize frequently

Dolphin browser - best I've used for Android but it crashes frequently with a lot of tabs open. My wife's iPad can open limitless tabs without crashing. Sigh, I really don't like Apple.

SwiftKey

Tweetings for Twitter - I like it, but you can't save videos from it.

Quickpic - I haven't seen a better android picture viewer

ComicRack - paid version - love this for comics

LMT - the BEST launcher/one hand phone tool. Kills me I can't get it on my phone (note 9 unrooted)

Smart audiobook player - paid version - absolutely the best

FBReader - paid version, absolute best

Titanium backup

TWRP

Magisk - I'm new to this but it's cool

Pocket tanks

Zarchiver - I can't live without it

NextRadio

Diskuasge

Greenify

My phone explorer client

Standard apps I use - are there better apps for these?

All Samsung

Phone

Messages

Calendar - I need a video on how to use calendar for my family and then make everyone do that

Email - for work email

Long story/explanation

I'm just getting back to rooted android and tablet use after almost 4 years of not using a rooted phone and my old tablet unusable because I need to preserve it for imaging so I can get my son's baby pictures.

I started phones, only land lines, then relic flip phone, with a Samsung galaxy S4. I rooted it and loved it until it died. Got unrootable Verizon Note 9 last year and have felt like I've been castrated and jailed. I got a Note Pro 12.2 tablet in 2014 which was great but it crashed and I had to reset it (I was lazy and didn't backup in TWRP) and lost my son's birth and first Christmas pics, so I had to abandon it because I haven't had time to image it and then forensically carve for the pictures.

I feel like I don't recognize much anymore and would be grateful for suggestions.

Also if there is another forum which would be better for me to ask for help in, I would love to get suggestions on where that would be.

Thank you for reading, and your kind suggestions.

Sincerely - I really appreciate it.