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PostPosted: 03-17-2012 12:46 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


What are the must-have apps? Thanks, xoxo, etc.

I'm gonna take a shit on my Palm Pre and take a pic of it.



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Dolphin is the best browser.
I have GO Launcher EX, Yelp, AVG, Backgammon Free, ConvertPad, Kindle, and all the standard google shit. I don't screw around with a lot of apps.
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PostPosted: 03-17-2012 01:00 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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PostPosted: 03-17-2012 03:17 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Whatsapp is really popular here, i rarely send text messages anymore.
And i'm quite fond of Aix Weather, a little graph thing you can customize a bit.



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menkent wrote:
Dolphin is the best browser.
I have GO Launcher EX, Yelp, AVG, Backgammon Free, ConvertPad, Kindle, and all the standard google shit. I don't screw around with a lot of apps.


I use Launcher Pro on my S2. I like it but I know some people prefer Go Launcher.

I tried Dolphin Mini. Uninstalled it and installed Opera. When opening search boxes on some forums, they wouldn't stay open in the Dolphin or the default browser for some reason, but do stay open and let me type when using Opera. Apart from that, I actually still prefer the default browser, it's really nice to use.

Mazda, if you fancy an addictive free game, try Unblock Me. I'm on level 141 expert and there seems to be no end to the levels. Great for passing the time when you're taking a dump.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... rch_result

I also installed this HD wallpapers app. It's very good, absolutely tons of nice images.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... BhcGVycyJd
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PostPosted: 03-17-2012 03:40 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


>phone
>must-have apps
>phone

lol
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seremtan still uses fire smoke for communication, in spite of numerous warnings from the local fire department, and complaints from a young, hip couple on the second floor that have been happily married for over 60 years now.




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seremtan wrote:
>phone
>must-have apps
>phone

lol


A phone is only one of the things it does they're pretty sweet
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PostPosted: 03-17-2012 09:05 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I recommend a good anti-virus app.
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Captain Mazda wrote:
What are the must-have apps? Thanks, xoxo, etc.

I'm gonna take a shit on my Palm Pre and take a pic of it.


You LOVED that Palm Pre. :olo:
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Tsakali wrote:
seremtan still uses fire smoke for communication, in spite of numerous warnings from the local fire department, and complaints from a young, hip couple on the second floor that have been happily married for over 60 years now.

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did you post this...














...from your phone?
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duffman91 wrote:
Captain Mazda wrote:
What are the must-have apps? Thanks, xoxo, etc.

I'm gonna take a shit on my Palm Pre and take a pic of it.


You LOVED that Palm Pre. :olo:


lol jesus fuck, that thing was useless. WebOS is good software, but the platform is dead and their devices are garbage.



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Yeah, Launcher Pro is a must have. I use simi clock too for super sexiness.

I use Dolphin Browser HD. Pixlr-o-matic is good for instagram type photograph editing if you like that kind of shit. Convertpad is always useful. Astro is a good file explorer.

Enjoy the phone, it's superb



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Yeah I grabbed GO Launcher, Dolphin HD, and Camera360 along with a fuckload of other apps. Thanks for the suggestions :up:

phantasmagoria wrote:
Enjoy the phone, it's superb


It certainly puts p&s cameras to shame :drool:



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PostPosted: 03-18-2012 02:43 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i used Launcher Pro before and had some sort of issue with it on my Galaxy S... battery drain? frequent crashes? :shrug:
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PostPosted: 03-19-2012 01:51 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


:olo:



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On a sidenote, does the Galaxy S2 still use Samsung Kies to communicate with your PC? I find it to be a shockingly bad piece of software and it never fails to greatly upset me whenever i try to put music on my phone. Love the phone, hate hate HATE Samsung Kies. Shit, it's worse than Realplayer in the mid nineties.

If anyone knows of an alternative to it i would be most interested...



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Yeah Ryoki, they're still using Kies, and it's still absolutely fucking terrible. It goes into a perpetual state of attempted connection on my work MacBook Pro and never actually connects. I usually end up sticking it into data access mode instead. Obviously that doesn't fulfill all the functions Kies claims to, but at least it gives SOME access to the damn phone.
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Ryoki wrote:
On a sidenote, does the Galaxy S2 still use Samsung Kies to communicate with your PC? I find it to be a shockingly bad piece of software and it never fails to greatly upset me whenever i try to put music on my phone. Love the phone, hate hate HATE Samsung Kies. Shit, it's worse than Realplayer in the mid nineties.

If anyone knows of an alternative to it i would be most interested...


itunes wirelessly syncs now it's p. bad ass
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Titanium Backup to freeze or remove all the bloatware. I improved my battery life from 1.5 days to 3.
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ToxicBug wrote:
Titanium Backup to freeze or remove all the bloatware. I improved my battery life from 1.5 days to 3.


That involves rooting, which I cba to do. I get reasonable battery life, but then I mostly use it for calls, calendar appointments, receiving emails and occasional browsing.
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DRuM wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:
Titanium Backup to freeze or remove all the bloatware. I improved my battery life from 1.5 days to 3.


That involves rooting, which I cba to do. I get reasonable battery life, but then I mostly use it for calls, calendar appointments, receiving emails and occasional browsing.

Bloatware killed my battery in 1.5 days even if I didn't touch my phone at all. I had to root it as soon as I bought anyway since it's from another carrier.

BTW, you can root your phone and then re-install the original firmware and use the USB Jig to reset the custom firmware counter in case you need use your warranty.
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Do you have a link to a decent rooting guide Toxic? I rooted my old omnia but when it came to this I read so much conflicting information that I just couldn't be arsed...



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phantasmagoria wrote:
Do you have a link to a decent rooting guide Toxic? I rooted my old omnia but when it came to this I read so much conflicting information that I just couldn't be arsed...



This seems to be a fairly definitive guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1321582

This seems to be another method with a video tutorial. However, some people are saying it's just regurgitating the info in the first link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1499331

Also this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1505172

One way or another, XDA is the place that knows.
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Dunno if you guys follow lifehacker at all, but they have a page that claims to be the always up-to-date guide to rooting any of the more popular droid phones.
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Anyone using Android 4.x yet?



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Mat Linnett wrote:
Dunno if you guys follow lifehacker at all, but they have a page that claims to be the always up-to-date guide to rooting any of the more popular droid phones.


sexy. bookmarked :up:



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you know how I know my EVO is good? it's two years old and it's still in that list. 3rd from the top mind you.
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So's my HTC Desire, time you upgraded. lol poor people....



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But that's exactly my point...what does a new phone have that I don't?
There is no reason to upgrade. I have 4G, a big screen, 8mb camera, and enough power to run all my apps..I don't play games on my cellphone (not that any of them ever gave me an issue), and I can run android 4.xx why would I upgrade?

Do new phones have better battery life? no you say? there goes your only valuable leverage. Now that most phones use the same OS, there is no reason to change the hardware, as long as they all give you the same functionality...and having a main OS like android, it pretty much undermines the hardware end of things.
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While I agree with you, the option is there upgrade to a faster phone, with better camera and brighter screen for free so why not take it up? especially because you can sell your old phone.

I was abroad with work a few weeks ago and put a second sim in my old Desire and the difference between that and the S2 side by side was massive. Pentium vs 486 kind of massive. Why should I bin my old 486 and get a pentium when windows 3.1 works on both...?



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