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[Epic 4G General] johnyardavid:
Autostarts is a must

Advanced Task Killer

Pandora (to stream music through bluetooth to my car)

Batstat widget (because themes with 1% increments are iffy)

Sdx stock app remover (just be careful)

Cityjump (addicting game)

Dropbox (online storage to void having to connect my phone to pc)

ES file explorer (ui is easy to navigate and works as root explorer with most custom kernels)
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
Quick Desk,

I use it every day. When i'm surfing the web, and forget to turn on Wifi, or need to run an app I get there quickly. Brings me right back to my webpage after that. Every android phone I have runs Quick desk It's a must have for me.
[Epic 4G General] acegolfer:
Launcher pro plus

Jorte (calendar that shows agenda in month view)

Weather forecast widget

Google map

Google listen

Google voice

Tapatalk

Engadget

I use these every day.
[Epic 4G General] y2bangali:
what is this Autostarts app?

i use juicedefender sometimes but its really not a must for as i havent seen a noticeable difference with my battery life yet.. but the must have apps that i install right away everytime i do a wipe are: advanced task killer, Handcent sms (i cant use the stock sms anymore, looks and feels nasty lol), launcher pro plus, setcpu..
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Juice defender makes a massive difference if you set it up correctly. If you set it up to enable data every 5 minutes, its obviously going to have less of an effect than if you allow it to enable data less often. Also, if you don't enable the screen option then there is no point even running it.
[Epic 4G General] OperationMove:
Hmm most of the things i love were already mentioned previously in this post. (Beautiful widgets, Pandora, autostarts, angry birds, Launcher pro plus) some others I definitly enjoy though include:

Widgetlocker (Custom-make your lock screen with widgets/sliders)

Folder Organizer (Lets you create folders on homescreens that auto-sort/change icons)

Handcent SMS (free SMS App wit alot of cool customization/features. Definitly dosen't do anything special for me just looks very cool and is super customizable.
[Epic 4G General] acegolfer:
Why would anyone use advanced task killer?

I have rarely experienced a need to kill an app with Epic. If I need to, I can use Epic task manager.

Using advanced task killer can do more harm than good.
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
How is it different from doing a long press on the End key?

I like Startup Auditor better than Autostarts.

Apps Organizer

Tesla LED Widget

Bluetooth Toggle Widget by Curvefish

TIKL Touch to Talk

Fourshared

Wifi Tether

Launcher Pro

Mute Widget

The Weather Channel's notification bar app

Pandora

Music Player (free) widget. The Pro version is different.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
most mentions already..but here goes

widget locker

launcher pro plus

btunes

Tikl

Skyfire

Folder Organizer

NHL Live

NFL Mobile

Tapatalk

Engadget

Vlingo

Maps

Live Holdem

Pandora

MakeUseOf

Blackboard Learn

Funny Jokes

Extended Control

Espn Radio

CacheMate

Auto WiFi Toggle

Zedge

WorldCams
[Epic 4G General] azyouthinkeyeiz:
Applanet FTW!

But seriously,

Dolphin HD

Pandora

Angry Birds

Locale

TuneIn Radio

SoundHound

City Caller Id, For putting back into my Sprint phone, a feature I've had on a Samsung A900, so I know its not too hard to put into an Android stock device..

Beautiful Widgets
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
Angry birds, fruit ninja, andoku sudoku, xda app, espn scorecenter, last.fm, grocery iq
[Epic 4G General] surveysays:
alarm clock plus +

audio galaxy <<-- top pick

noLED <<-- top pick

notification notes

relax and sleep <<-- top pick

tweet deck

battery indicator

juice plotter

pandora

xda
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
You can use the default Task manager which works good, but the difference in Quick Desk is that you can run Widgets doing a Long press on the Search key

for instance when you long press the search key, it brings up Another Transparent Page (just like the touch wiz page) you can add widgets, add icons anything, I put switch pro widget right on it. I keep my home page looking clean and sleek then i put widget and junk on quickdesk.

might be good for some might not.
[Epic 4G General] roomshaped:
Good apps.

I really like these:

Appbrain (Very nice interface for android market - you can make a web account too.. browse apps on the site.. queue for download and then install via phone app. Also lets you make lists of apps, which is cool. I never look at regular market any more)

Calwidget (very cool when you set it up with transparent backdrop.. lots of options)

Dolphin HD browser (really like how you can slide to the side to get bookmarks, and does tabbed browsing well)

Fancy Widget (A very clean, nice sigital clock/weather widget I use for homescreen)

OI shopping list (my favorite list program so far.. keeps lists for groceries, tasks, etc.)

Launcherpro (so much nicer than stock UI on the epic, IMHO) - I love this because of the vertical scrolling app drawer, and the ability to customze the home screen launch icons (not to mention scroll through more than one set)

Gaming Buzz (widget which goes to quick video game news)

Goby (pretty cool little app to find out what is going on where you are.. concerts, shows, movies, events, etc)

Maplepaint (neat little art app when you are bored)

Paper Toss (still the most addictive game for me.. dammit)

Tunein Radio (very nice radio app)

Silent Toggle Widget (awesome little 1x1 button widget to swap between vibrate, silent, and full ring mode.)
[Epic 4G General] neuton:
I have to agree with almost all the apps mentioned as I have used a few of them myself. But I also like Music Downloader plus it lets you download pretty much any song right to your phone for free.

I also use lookout to protect my phone and it does backups regularly as well

I have heard different comments tho on advanced task killer, what are the pro and cons in your opinions?

Btw this site is awesome and I love that I was able to get froyo on my epic thanks to the dev's here.
[Epic 4G General] johnyardavid:
Autostarts is an app that prevents apps from starting up with the phone that you choose.
[Epic 4G General] johnyardavid:
The samsung task killer never lists all running apps. If you would pay attention. And advanced task killer I only use to turn off apps that send info over network.
[Epic 4G General] fino35:
appbrain

fancy widget

KeePassDroid

Movies/phoneflicks

shortyz crossword puzzles

transdroid

reddit is fun

gmote

alarm clock plus

twitroyd
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
I forgot to mention in my previous post that my hands down favorite app is Ultra Keyboard. I highly suggest that everybody give it a try.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
ADW launcher

Documents to Go

Titanium backup

SetCPU

Root Explorer

Green Steel (wallpaper)

Startup Manager

Memory Booster

Baked Snack 1.6 w/ App2Sd
[Epic 4G General] prabhg:
Hey bomix, what widget are you using for the audio control (the one you have at the bottom of quickdesk)??
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Oh, also Tunee. Tunee and Music Junk are two of the best music applications out there. Search for and play pretty much any song in existence for free. Also, download the songs to your device for free as well. Amazing applications.
[Epic 4G General] Masterface7:
ES File Explorer - File manager

ES File Explorer - Ftp client

ES File Explorer - Lan Share Access

ES File Explorer - root file manager

ES File Explorer - app manager

ES File Explorer+ modules - task manager (I admittedly don't use this as much as the samsung built in one)

I figured i should put it once for each app functionality it replaces.

TuneIn Radio - Best radio app on the market, tons and tons of content.

Grooveshark - VIP is worth it just for this app, get it before the price goes up

ESPN Fantasy football manager - I hear yahoo is good but i am not in a yahoo league

TVShowFavs - Absolutly the best way to track tv show you are watching, made by a xda-dev

Transdroid - great interface for controlling torrents at home, also has a great built in search for torrents so you can skip the often hard to navigate torrent sites.

Google sky map & goggles - google apps are usually good

mvideoplayer - only video player i have found to play mkv's with subtitles

reddit is fun - because reddit is...fun

Lastly, maybe one of these days psx4droid will be good enough to actually use regularly.
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
Sure it's called Audio Manager widget I got the Pro version. a Transparent background is free on the market if you get the paid version.. check it out.
[Droid X General] EtherBoo:
Hi everyone,

Title should be pretty obvious.

I can't use Wi-Fi tethering because my work laptop doesn't allow me to connect to AdHoc networks (I'm assuming so at least because when I try to connect it tells me I'm not allowed to connect).

Anyway, I've searched around and most require you to install software, which is fine (ironically enough), but they want you to pay. Honestly, I'm not going to pay $10 for something I used to have for free on my WinMo phone and have for free with Wi-Fi (yeah, I'm cheap).

I'm currently using EasyTether Lite, which has been good so far, but it does mentioning purchasing the full version.

Does this mean it's trial based like PDAnet (what I was using before)? I need access to secure sites (VPN and such), so if this is not going to crap out on me soon, I'm fine sticking with this.

Otherwise, where can I find a free USB Tether program? I did find this thread, but it's asking me to install a bunch of stuff, and I'm hoping for a simpler solution. If that's the only way to do it for free, I guess that's what I'm going to have to do.

Thank you.
[Droid X General] Steven58AF:
There is another way, fyi. P3Droid has a 3g wireless hotspot hack. It is not ad-hoc. It turns your phone into a real wireless modem. It is at MyDroidWorld. Try it, you may find it works. http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/android-hacks/5156-tbh-droid-3g-hotspot-nvram-hack.html
[Droid 2 General] drburke:
I think I have finally, fully bricked my Droid 2.

A little background: This is my fifth one, mostly all for hardware issues stemming from poor craftsmanship in the refurbed phones. This one though, is gone as far as I can see it. I got this phone last week, and had waiting a week to make sure everything was fine. It was, so last night I rooted it and tried to put Epic 2.7 on it. It failed Epicly (no pun intented) and I was forced to do a full SBF on it. In the process, something got a hiccup and I was left with Droid 2 flashing "Service Required" and a RSD Lite telling me it had 100% successfully flashed. I tried once again to flash it using the SBF from a different source, and the battery died halfway through. The USB port won't even engage now so I can't charge my battery, even when it's off. When I try to turn it on, it says "Service Required" then below, it flashed "Battery Low, cannot run" or something to that effect. Well, can't flash it if I can't charge it, eh? I'm stuck in a catch-22 and I can't really see a way out.

I'm going to try my luck tomorrow and take it back to Verizon, claim it's their fault (my ERI reflash code was manually changed in one of my older phones I had received, so anything is possible now) and jump ship to a Galaxy or something non-HTC. In the mean time, is there anything I could try and do to remedy this?

Note: I didn't know where to put this, sorry if it's in the wrong section.
[Droid 2 General] theimpaler747:
This is the correct section :) And if your phone turns on at all, it's not bricked ;) Your phone would need to be 100% gone to be bricked
[Droid 2 General] drburke:
Hmm. Perhaps the statement "My phone hates me and put me in a catch-22" is a better qualified statement then? haha.
[Droid 2 General] theimpaler747:
Probably ;) I was just trying to cheer you up :o
[Droid 2 General] newk8600:
For you to be able to do anything if your battery is really dead you need to find away to charge it or get a charged battery to try to do another SBF. Make sure the SBF is the 2.3.20 verizon version (assuming you have the 2.3.2 update)because the 2.2.0 version won't load on your updated D2. If you aren't succeding in windows there is a linux method that anybody can try via my ubuntu livecd. I'll update this post with links when I get on my laptop.
[Droid 2 General] joeld82:
Reboot into recovery.you should see the ! Android. Press the search button on the keyboard. Scroll down to wipe data with the arrow keys and press ok. Delete to go back to the main screen. Then go to reboot and hit ok.
[Droid 2 General] miketoasty:
This happened to me as well. You need to find another battery to use or buy a 3rd party external charger.

The phone will only charge the battery when software is installed. The phone is nowhere near bricked but you do need a full battery to SBF back to a workable state.
[Droid 2 General] newk8600:
I don't think Epic 2.7 should be used on updated D2's because I don't think the ROM is compatible with the updated version. I could be wrong though.
[Droid 2 General] cerps:
I seem to remember an editor at engadget or bgr had this problem on an original droid? I think they made some Frankenstein charger with a jumper or something and got it to charge so they could fix their software. They wrote an article about it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farlosty:
I have an HTC Evo, and I noticed today that I can do open remote play with mobile phones. I was wondering if anyone knew how to get this to work with Android. I get to enter in a password, my Evo remembers the password, but when I try and connect, I can't and my Evo states that I have the wrong password. The PS3 gives you the password to enter, so is there a file that may need to be changed? Sorry if this is posted somewhere else, i ran a search and didn't see anything.

Thanks in advance! Love XDA!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AMoosa:
Hi. Where did you download it from. If you let me know, I'll try it out on my Desire Z and report back.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farlosty:
Its actually just on the PS3 under settings. It would be amazing to use our android handsets as remote play devices. The only thing I can see is having to use PSFreedom and creating a homebrew app for the PS3 and an app the corresponds for rooted android devices.

Sent from my PC36100
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jander6442:
Hi, I've actually tried this months ago and after further investigation came up with the Sony x10 is the only handheld with this capability
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farlosty:
Well, I guess I can't live my dream of playing CoD on my evo...*sigh*

Sent from my PC36100
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Greg0u812:
Unless a hack of some sort is done, you wouldn't be able to play CoD (or any other disc driven game for that matter) through remote play.

After I registered my PSP for remote play, I actually went onto the net and found out exactly what Remote "Play" is.

I don't know about PSN games or downloaded movies, but it will not allow you to play disc games or disc movies.

It is more of an app that allows streaming music, pictures and certain types of videos to the registered device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kLAcK107:
Remote Play can do much more. If you have modded your PS3, you can enable Remote Play for any PS3 game. All it does is stream the video and controls.

To get Remote Play to work on a device other than an officially licensed product (say your iphone, pc). You must pair it FIRST with a PSP device. After the device is paired, you have to extract the information on the pairing from the PSP (also requiring a modded PSP).

And after all that hoopla, you use Remote Play to stream any game (and also xvid i believe)

Unfortunately I don't think there is a solution for android at the moment.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MattySauce:
PS3 Eye as remote surveillance device

If remote play worked for android, I would have remote surveillance in my pocket at all times, which is what I am really looking for.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 1337GamingNinja:
It's Sony, they would never do something so awesome as to allow every Android phone do this.

They want your monies!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hi_bye:
I need an application to turn the screen off while playing videos on TV using TV-Out, it will save me the battery and blank the display as it is unnecessary.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freewish:
Me too, I wanna know why this simple problem haven't any answer?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] memamu:
maybe it has something to do with the touch functionality of the Super AMOLED display. As far as I know it is integrated between the AMOLEDs. so I could imagine that this is turned of while you switch the display off. and so you can't use the touch sourface for control. but I'm not familiar with the tech specs.

but it would be nice to have such thing if you watch a vid. there you don't need the controls...

we could ask the developer of NoLED. he has some insight about the display and the controls. maybe he has an idea...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hi_bye:
Any solution ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syamsoul:
+1 me also want! portable video player,, :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevethegreat:
Sorry to ressurect this but to some of us tv out is practically unusable (phone gets too hot due to the screen being constantly on. If some app comes around in fixing that would be a lifesaver.
[Streak 5 General] socksfelloff:
Hey guys,

I am currently using a nexus one and love it, however i long for a bigger screen. being on Bell in canada there really isn't any options in the 4.3" range and i would love the 5" of the streak. However with the tab launching tomorrow I'm torn between the two.

How is the screen quality? The resolution doesn't compare with the tab however it is smaller. How does it compare to a typical 3.7-4" phone such as my nexus?

I love the fact that i can still pocket the streak and use it as a phone. The tab is definetly no longer in the pocket range.

Has anyone bought the streak and wished they waited a bit longer to get a bigger screen? I imagine its quite an improvement over my nexus, but the tab might be the same improvement over the streak!

Say something to sway me to the streak please! its cheaper lol.
[Streak 5 General] eug:
They're two totally different devices. One is a phone that you're meant to carry around, the other is a tablet that's meant to stay in your bag or at home. Which one to gets really depends on what you want to do with it.

It's good, not as vibrant as an OLED screen but quite similar to the Streak. There's no annoying OLED pentile matrix though, which is great.

I have a streak, and bought a Tab anyway. They're for different purposes. Surfing and typing is definitely easier on a tab as it's larger but not too large, but I don't carry it everywhere I go - the streak does that job well for a mobile device.

Reading newspapers and magazines is definitely easier on a Tab as the screen is larger. At the moment the tab is a lot more responsive than the streak too... the official 2.2 that's coming out shortly should fix that.

This is the two next to each other:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2546/tabstreak.jpg
[Streak 5 General] cu_ninja:
I have both a Nexus One and now recently got a Streak. Like the previous poster said its really about your intended purpose. I absolutely love the Streak because the screen is huge but it can easily handle the occasional phone call I may get. I still love my nexus one but I honestly don't know if I could ever go back to such a small screen.

As for the Tab I don't own one but have played with one extensivley and will stick with my Streak for the indefinite future because its truly a mobile option. One of my requirements for a mobile device is that it fits in my pocket which cuts out the Tab. Honestly the Streak is at the max end of the size spectrum for a phone while maintaining the mobility I require.
[Streak 5 General] tom_tui:
Dell Streak's battery life is weak with 3G & wifi usage. I passed by a Sprint show booth today, and from they told me, the Galaxy Tab battery life is wonderful...
[Streak 5 General] socksfelloff:
Thanks for the reply. I guess i need to decide if im looking to replace my nexus one, or have a tablet to compliment it!
[Streak 5 General] checkbox111:
Yeah, especially so in the price, you can buy two streaks for one ridiculously overpriced tab :eek:

:mad:
[Streak 5 General] Troute:
I have to agree about the cost, they've priced it only slightly lower than the equivalent iPad. I also understood that the U.S. version has no 3g support?
[Streak 5 General] Godo_PPL:
I would buy the Streak to test it, you will probably know very soon if the size is ok for you.

I went from the Desire to the Streak, and it still seems like a big enough screen for me, but I tend to use it for more pleasure then business. Although with swype it's not a big hassle to write emails anyways...

If you don't like the streak size, and want to go bigger, Ii would wait until Galaxy Tab 2 comes in the new year, with the AMOLED screen it will be a gorgeous screen. And if thats not important to you, the original Tab will probably plummet in price when the new one comes out..
[Streak 5 General] mormegil83:
The US Tab has 3g but no voice. Some have had luck flashing the TMo tab with the Euro firmware to allow for voice, but then they are stuck with Edge because the Euro Tab uses different 3g bands than TMo. Might have more luck with the ATT version when that comes out because ATT uses one of the Euro bands in many locations.

It's probably just a matter of time until the perfect a TMo firmware too, but either way i have a hard time replacing my phone with the Tab if voice is not officially supported by the carrier...
[Streak 5 General] SiL3nTKiLL:
galaxy tab probably but im a bit biased lol
[Streak 5 General] cyanide1973:
Wow checkbox111 I think you should know what your talking about before posting. Here in Canada the streak off contract goes for 550 from rogers or 675 unlocked so 550 + 550 come to 1100 and the tab off contract from bell is 650 which is a fair bit below 1100.
[Streak 5 General] rukcus:
I used to have a nexus one which i still love but i always longed for a larger screen to comfortably make use of the browser. So the streak was it, It doesn't make sense for me to have two devices when i can compromise and get the something in between. Plus its a phone, something the tab isn't....
[Streak 5 General] Troute:
Might be a better idea if you learned some manners, the forum has rules about posting personal insults like that ^.
[Streak 5 General] checkbox111:
I thought rip-off britain was bad, now we've got rip-off canada :eek:

You ought to travel across that great border that's separates 'people' like you from us US citizens and get one for a more 'sensible' price :rolleyes:
[Streak 5 General] borijess:
Dell streak its a phone and tablet. Everything you want the streak does.