Jazziette

Oh WOW! That's really cool! I think I'll get rid of the stupid Cricket logo!!!

Thanks SOOO much! I have been dying to know someone with the Ascend who was using Panda Home.

Now I do!!!

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joetromundo

you're very welcome! at the youtube page you can read all the description in how to change the logo and the song! Also, he posted the links for the necessary apps th make the changes!

Jazziette

I really do appreciate your posting this. I'm going to post the video in the Step by Step Rooting Guide as well.

You're a doll!

Thanks!



PS...I'm getting ready to share my latest desktop using GO Launcher! LOL (On the Share your Desktop thread.)

So give me about 30 mins. hahaha

Jazziette

Hey Joe! You forgot to take the poll and check off Panda Home as one of your favs! It deserves some lovin doncha think?

LOL

joetromundo

I don't think we can vote any longer! lol

Jazziette

Yeah you can. Or at least you should be able to.



PS...I just posted my latest desktop screenshots on the Share your Desktop thread.

Left you a message there too.

rlugo29

What other browsers has it been tested against??? I'm using Skyfire.

Mindbenda84

Because it is EPIC!

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Gmash

I've had skyfire since I first got my phone, but really only use it to view flash or sites in desktop mode. Overall, I think it is clunky and not that fast. Dolphin mini is faster, but I hate not having the zoom in/out button on screen. Opera mini is blazing fast, but butt ugly. Still looking for the perfect browser.

BlastGT1

Dunno who did that testing, but it sure didn't pan out that way on my phone. Opera Mini easily smokes it, on WiFi and on 1x.

I don't want to see the browser, I just want to see the webpage. If you mean it doesn't render properly, then that would be an issue, but otherwise, I don't have any problems with the looks, as I'm busy looking at the content displayed, not the borders of the screen.

joser116

Opera Mini is not neccesarily faster. The reason for why Opera is "faster" is because it compresses the images, so that way, pages load faster. If you do look at the images in Opera, they appear blurry or you see a loss in quality. Dolphin Browser Mini does not compress the image. You need to do an apples to apples comparison.

BlastGT1

The images don't need to be rendered in full if you're looking at a preview or haven't zoomed in on the page yet. Why would I care if a Google image search shows compressed pictures when I'm going to click the link to see the full image anyway? It's about the page load time, not how compressed an image is. This is, after all, a phone we're browsing on. Reviewer tests mean jack to the average consumer, and as I've sold to/worked with all types of consumers, I generally know what's more important to them.

Gmash

I don't know what's going on between you guys, but I do agree that opera mini is blurry/grainy looking. Even text doesn't look as sharp. That is what I meant by butt ugly.

Jazziette

I would like to remind everyone that this is a thread devoted to "Favorite Apps". We each have reasons for an app being one we like to use. That does not necessarily mean that our app is better or worse than someone elses favorite app.

This is not a thread called: The very BEST apps. It is all about which apps WE LIKE the most as individuals. That is why there is a poll attached.

This thread is for sharing your fav app.

We all have different likes and dislikes. That's why there are so many different ice cream flavors and why there are horse races.

What a boring world it would be if we all liked the very same thing.

Thank you to everyone for your opinions and for taking the poll. Let's all be nice and civil so we can keep this thread going and unlocked.

And please continue to share your new favorite apps with us here.

Thanks!

~ Jazz

EarlyMon

Well - hi there.

Did we forget that we have rules around here?

Here's my favorite: Attack issues and not each other.

Here's my second favorite: Stay on topic.

Here's my third favorite: When there's a post you're having issues with, you hit the !Report button attached to the left of it - you do NOT reply publicly (see my second favorite rule, above).

And here's one I don't want to have to get added to written guidelines, but - consider it part of Da Rules - don't bicker publicly and then leave little notes to the mods in your posts.

Now - anyone with issues - PM me. Anyone carrying on further - we're going to pass Go, not collect $200, not get a simple infraction for disrespectful posting - we're going to go right up to the infraction for failure to heed a mod warning.

Now - I'm thinking everyone is immediately very, very cool and happy - yes?

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Tokenpoke

Nice...
My favorite so far is cpuboost.
Then phandroid, dolphin, pdanet and z4.

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EarlyMon

I was in the the neighborhood - hope you don't mind a little outside kibitzing.

We tend to avoid that one in general - our view is that it tends to be kinda full of warez, and warez - while tempting - are a good infection vector for malware.

Here's a cross-post for one of our phones, but I think it'll work fine on your Ascends:

(Above is even easier with OS X or Linux.) The idea is - your phone becomes a network drive to your PC, but it's mega-convenient.

And I don't think that your phones come with DLNA but if you happen to have a DLNA TV or such, that's no problem, you can serve your media FROM your phone with this:

iMediaShare

If you have a lot of contacts - or - if you just want what might be THE jaw-dropping app besides Google Sky or Space Junk - then this is a must-try, it works great on ALL Android phones:

Gesture Search by Google

And - I'm noticing some references to task killers. In general - we find that's kinda like a drug for Android - the more you use a task killer, the more you need to use it - so I thought you all might find this thought-provoking:

Task Killers! Must read for new Android Users

One last thing for fun (and _tap_ things, like compass and the sun - it does a LOT more than you think at first glance ) - Tricorder

Cheers, thanks for your time and bandwidth!

Last edited by EarlyMon; February 17th, 2011 at 01:23 PM.

Tokenpoke

What's a tricorder?

EarlyMon

Turns your phones sensors to other advantages - very cool. Also - has an Star Trek skin to the UI.

See also - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorder

BlastGT1

EarlyMon, thanks for that huge post, I see some things I'm going to read up on.

To add to your post, specifically the mention of SwiFTP, there are 2 other apps that I have tested which can do this:

Droid PhoneControl
WiFi File Explorer

Both will setup an IP address and port number that you can access with your browser to transfer files, etc. On WiFi File Explorer, you can configure the port number as well as a password, whereas you cannot configure the port number with Droid PhoneControl. Both apps only run when you open them and specifically tell them to start, and you must turn them off when you are finished.

EarlyMon

Of those, the Droid PhoneControl looks best - very good.

I'm cheap. SwiFTP is free, and the phone becomes a network drive.

For remote control of my HTPC - RemoteDroid.

Sorry if the post was too long.

Treydude

Does not look like Tricorder can be installed on the Ascend. Bummer

Jazziette

LOL Early!!! The post was NOT too long! It was GREAT! And thank you very much for sharing with us here.

It's nice to know what popular apps users with other phones are using and especially you Mods who are really 'in the know'.

What Blast meant when he referred to the 'huge' post was that it was a very nice big post!!!

I know how he thinks.

TazZDroiD

Well, I guess I can finally post my fav's and feel like I belong lol

z4root
Titanium Backup
ADW Launcher
GO Launcher
Go SMS (what have I done without this?)
PDANet
androotfile (took 3 minutes to change boot screen and audio)
CPU Booster
Cache Mate
Cache Cleaner
Dolphin Browser HD (slower but nicer)
screenshot (of course)
Facebook (lame, I know)
Various games to kill time and battery...

ventovic

I'm still new to all this but so far I like

ringmaker
ream launcher
facebook
astro

hope to have many more favs as time goes on

Jazziette

Yeah...those are very good apps! Great list, TAZZ!!!

Thanks for sharing with us!

Jazziette

Hi Vent! Nice to have you here.

Tell us about ringmaker. Is it like a ringtone maker or what? Also, I haven't tried Ream launcher. I think I heard of Zeam Launcher. Is it a close cousin? LOL

So far I've only tried LPP, GO Launcher and ADW. I'm always interested in new launchers.

ventovic

Thanks and glad to be here, sorry I meant to put zeam launcher my bad...lol

I needed somehow to put my tones to my email and text, but when I put them in the notification folder they wouldn't show in the ringtone notification list, only the factory still showed , so I found ringmaker on market and it would let me pick and cut down the tones or music and then it would let me put them in the notification with the factory ones

Tokenpoke

I got it just fine. Off market. Search tricorder 5.11 by headstay or ian cameron smith.

TazZDroiD

Just trying to be a contributer here. Since I can't get on secure sites with free PDANet, I spend alot of time here lol

Nuprapta_v

How do I change my album art on my music player downloads?

Jazziette

What music player do you have? Are you using the stock? If so I would recommend d/ldg Music Box from the market. It gives you a lot more options.

magully336

ok i am going to ask a silly question, i would like to change my sound on start up, and from what i am reading i need androotfile....and i can not seem to find it anywhere on the market ....

Jazziette

Sorry I can't help you with the location of that file but here is a very good thread about changing the boot animation that you might find some good info in. Good luck!

How to change the startup sound and image

KOLIO

I Googled androotfile yesterday & d/l ,can't remember the source,though.Let us know if you find & d/l it.I do use a 'search engine' called SCROOGLE,it cuts out a lot of the ads & spam when doing a search,should be able to find it very easily that way,not too far down the results list.

Jazziette

Here's a download that looks good for androotfile.

It says it is compatible with the Ascend.

Download AndRootFile for Mobile

Jazziette

New users: Take the Favorite App Poll and share your favorite apps with us here. Please don't forget to tell us what you like about them.

Treydude

I know it's to late now, but it would have been nice to break the apps into categories, texting apps all together, launcher apps all together..etc etc That way its easy for newer people to look through each category and decide of they want to try the winning app for each category. Just saying..

BlastGT1

I tried at least four different ringtone maker apps over the weekend and NONE could see any of the MP3 files I downloaded to the phone from my PC. It didn't matter where I put them. About the only option I seem to have is using some software on my PC to edit the MP3 files to the cut that I want, and then using Rings Extended to set them. I'm very disappointed at this juncture, as it seems to me that all of these programs should be able to see your files and use them.

Treydude

Have you checked the format to make sure its mp3?

Last edited by Treydude; February 21st, 2011 at 12:55 PM.

BlastGT1

All 35GB of music on my PC are in MP3 format. I don't download FLAC because it eats too much space, and other formats aren't compatible with everything.

And to EarlyMon, Jazziette has it right, I meant huge as in huge contribution, not huge as in taking up too much space!

starr1048

Advanced task Manager , Android Uninstaller , Boot Animation , Cache Mate , GOTO ,
Lookout ( very nice app , scan and find lost phone and its Free )
PayPal , PowerAmp , Shazam , Titanium Backup , Z4Root
and 2 of my most use App are .............. Drum Roll .............
Andriod Market Duh , and South Park ( Full Version ) for 4 Dollar ,
u can watch all 14 seasons every epic of south park LOL
I like I like Woo Hoo

EarlyMon

That's just very odd and must be frustrating. I've seen non-Android phones decide to not list mp3 files when they were over some certain size, but I've not heard of it with our stuff. Yet another mystery.

In other news - I use Aru Ringtones.

It accesses a very big library of mp3 files spanning many genres, and you can set contact and notification rings from within it - so no hopping between mp3 app and People/Contacts. It's just way cool and easy and is known to work on any Android 2.1 and above.

melissa_b04

Sniper- simple shoooter game. kinda fun
Pulse-News App.. I like how it's organized
Pandora-FREE Radio on Android. Had to pay for it on my Iphone
Photoshop express.. edit and upload pics
VLC Remote--Use my phone as a remote for my VLC player on my laptop.
Google Voice---No longer a shortcut (Iphone)
Mobile Andrio--Mario game for the android

Jazziette

Vlingo - great new app available free at the market for those who love to talk their emails and messages! It's FANTASTIC!!!

I love it!!!

fredrick1213

My favorites are as follows:

Go Launcher - Dramatically changed my Ascend in terms of speed and appearance.
Smart Keyboard - Excellent keyboard with enough space for my huge thumbs. LOL
Vevo - Free music videos. A must have for music lovers.
Pandora Radio - Another must have for music lovers. Allows you to enjoy music by your favorite artists and other similar artists.

Last edited by fredrick1213; February 28th, 2011 at 07:02 PM.

septembersrain

Vevo, Isn't that the one that youtube uses to play the official music videos? Does it run better on the phone than it does on a computer? Through youtube on any of my computers it lags like mad. X.x

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BCGreatness

i have alot of favorite apps but by far my fave fave has to be " TubeMate v1.3 " MUST HAVE YOUTUBE APP, it needs it to run from. pretty much tube mate lets you surf youtube as you normally would. when you click on a video you want to watch, it give you 2 options. 1.) download. 2.) watch. i have over 40 videos on a 2 gig card. had to upgrade to 8gig sd for more video storage. best of all its free. keep in mind it is pointless if you dont have your phone on a wifi connection. ( wifi. pronounced "weehfeeh" ) ( lol ) cant go wrong with free music videos. try using that with your videotonez....
P.S. when it asks you for the video resolution, please choose the 480x becuase anything smaller is pointless and also anything larger is only for tabs or laptops with high res. also if you find a must have song on tube mate, but all it has is crappy slides and no video, it has a nifty MP3 download instead of video, so you can save it as a song and set as ringtone.
P.S.S. there is also a fake you tube downloader. please make sure you DL the correct app. tube mate 1.3. this version asks you for the screen resolution when you select the option to DL and also lets you use the panoramic view when surfing. the fake version does not have panoramic viewing and does not ask you the screen resolution when downloading. the icons look the same and if you have the fake one and dont delete it before you DL the real version. when you delete the fake one it deletes both versions. i had to find out the hard way lol. happy youtube downloading =) dont tinkle yourself in excitement, wear a daiper, also had to find out the hard way

Last edited by BCGreatness; February 28th, 2011 at 11:50 PM. Reason: important information for tube mate users

BCGreatness

woops tube mate is actually version 1.03.07 thats the newest version of the real one.

Jazziette

BC are you with Cricket or MetroPCS? The reason I am asking is cause some folks are having a prob just watching youtubes on their ascends. Do they load fairly fast for you? And does this app you are speaking of help in loading them too? Thanks so much for the tip!!!