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Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by axiomotion »

mkopinsky wrote: post #38
mrich wrote: post #10

Apps aside, I can recommend putting the latest beta MIUI ROM on the Samsung. The default Samsung UI is kind of ugly in my opinion. With MIUI you get a beautiful interface which is very customizable. Standard disclaimers apply. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130951

For someone currently happily using a dumbphone, who recently had an embarrassing experience that could have been prevented if I had a GPS and is now considering drinking the kool-aid, what can you tell me about the standard disclaimers? I know that rooting the phone means you lose your warranty, but what I'm not sure of is a) how easy is it to restore the original ROM so that VZW can't tell the difference, b) how mu…

Flashing back to the stock rom/kernel in Samsung phones takes about 10 minutes with a tool called odin.

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by rbrcurtis »

CJefferson wrote: post #74
avar wrote: post #35

I'm running a Samsung Galaxy S2 that I've rooted. Here's my most commonly used applications, all of which I recommend: * Smart Keyboard Pro: https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cdeguet.smartkeybo... -- Allows me to use a Dvorak keyboard on the phone, but even if you don't use Dvorak it's still a great purchase. It has a lot of options to make your typing more efficient that the stock keyboard doesn't have. * Th…

Just one comment on this high-quality list, for podcasting. Google seems to have basically abandoned 'google listen'. After trying various programs, I've settled on BeyondPod. While it takes a while to configure and has some rough edges, it will automatically download new episodes and delete old ones. It lets you set to only download when the phone is on wi-fi, or charging, or both (my personal preference).

doggcatcher is the app I use for podcasting. It is highly configurable, can do all the things you mention and a lot more, and isn't rough around the edges at all.

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by SkyMarshal »

mrich wrote: post #62
SkyMarshal wrote: post #48

An anti-answer: Use as few apps as possible, and when you do download ones, make sure to go into Settings -> Manage Applications and move them to the SD card if they didn't automatically install there. Don't know how the SGS2 is in this regard, but my Nexus S absolutely chugs if I'm not careful to keep main memory as free as possible.

S2 has heaps of internal storage (16GB) so this is not a problem :)

Nexus S has 16GB of internal storage too, but it's considered to be the SD card (no external SD card slot). It only has 1GB RAM, but for some reason apps are allowed to install there instead of the SD card. Install too many, and you fill up that 1GB with installed apps and running apps, and then the whole OS starts to chug.

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by print »

CyanogenMod 7.0.3 t-mobile Slide 3G (aka HTC Espresso).

* Work: All the Gmail usual suspects (most recently G+). Rom Manager, DroidWall

* Play: SqueezeControl (for squeezebox). Google Navigation rocks. RoboDefense, Solitaire. Wordfeud (better WordsWithFriends)

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by Jose_GD »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #96
mrich wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

S2 has heaps of internal storage (16GB) so this is not a problem :)

Nexus S has 16GB of internal storage too, but it's considered to be the SD card (no external SD card slot). It only has 1GB RAM, but for some reason apps are allowed to install there instead of the SD card. Install too many, and you fill up that 1GB with installed apps and running apps, and then the whole OS starts to chug.

Are you sure apps are allowed in to install in RAM? It seems to me you're confusing RAM with internal storage. You don't fill up the 1 GB RAM with apps, you use the 16 GB internal storage for them.
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