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Best file manager?

Best file manager?

  • Astro ([url]http://www.metago.net/astro/fm/[/url])

    Votes: 108 41.9%
  • EStrongs ([url]http://www.estrongs.com/[/url])

    Votes: 70 27.1%
  • Root Explorer by Speedsoftware

    Votes: 22 8.5%
  • CRKO Commander ([url]http://crko.net[/url])

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Dual File Manager ([url]http://www.medieval.it/[/url])

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Adao File manager (???)

    Votes: 3 1.2%
  • File Magic ([url]http://filemagic.dinglisch.net[/url])

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • AndroZip ([url]http://www.agilesoftresource.com/[/url])

    Votes: 5 1.9%
  • Linda File Manager ([url]http://www.nylinda.com[/url])

    Votes: 5 1.9%
  • AndExplorer ([url]http://www.lysesoft.com/products/andexplorer/index.html[/url])

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Ghost Commander ([url]http://sites.google.com/site/ghostcommander1/[/url])

    Votes: 3 1.2%
  • ScaliCommander ([url]http://sites.google.com/site/gslngr/[/url])

    Votes: 4 1.6%
  • Other (please comment!)

    Votes: 35 13.6%

  • Total voters
    258
Highly improved new version with iTunes-like music-player functionality

  • full support for the android music-library: edit playlists with drag-and-drop, sort songs by name/album/artist/year, browse albums in "Cover Flow"
  • integration of music library and file system: drag songs from folder to library-playlist, open songs from library in file system...
  • options to select what details to show: icons, extensions, size, permissions, time modified (also as "ago")
  • improved drag-and-drop
  • many fixes and improvements
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new: image viewer, featuring

- simultaneous pan and zoom, like on the iPhone
- double-tap to zoom in continuously to a specific spot
- fling-scroll inside zoomed image and to next image
... all completely smooth, even on slow devices

- enhanced gallery view, option to crop thumbnails
- performance improvements

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Has anyone tried File Expert? It was mentioned on The Android Soul a few days ago.

The Android Soul said that we're the best file manager for Android platform.. Here are the reviews:

File Expert is really an awesome android app with boot loads of features, maybe capable enough to replace anything from 3 to 5 apps you use currently, and guess what, still adding features you hadn
 
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new: image viewer, featuring

- simultaneous pan and zoom, like on the iPhone
- double-tap to zoom in continuously to a specific spot
- fling-scroll inside zoomed image and to next image
... all completely smooth, even on slow devices

- enhanced gallery view, option to crop thumbnails
- performance improvements

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I'd like to try the lite version, but it does not support Gingerbread.
 
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Root Explorer isn't on the list - that's my favorite.



Why? It isn't the same as Root Explorer. It's obvious from the responses here Root Explorer is the most popular, but it isn't in the poll ??

SpeedSoft makes Root Explorer.

But yeah, Root Explorer is absolutely essential for anyone who's rooted. Typically one of the very first apps I download on any new flash.
 
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SpeedSoft makes Root Explorer.

But yeah, Root Explorer is absolutely essential for anyone who's rooted. Typically one of the very first apps I download on any new flash.
Ah, I see - but really, use the name people are going to recognize. Root Explorer should be the name, not SpeedSoft Whatever the heck is up there! :eek:
 
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There are a great many file managers available for android, and new ones appear frequently. For instance, a real innovative one (with drag-and-drop, continuous zoom in all view, advanced multi-touch support and much more unique features) is ScaliCommander

If you have tried some file managers, which do you like most and why?
Can you please edit your poll and fix the name of Root Explorer? No one knows it under the name SpeedSoft.
 
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Beyond File Manager


Support a wide variety of archive formats, such as;
Zip (Deflate, Deflate64, LZMA, PPMd, BZip2), 7z** (LZMA, LZMA2, PPMd, BZip2), XZ, Wim, BZip2, GZip, Tar. Extraction only: Arj, Bz2, Cab, Chm, Dmg, Deb, Iso, Nsis, Rar**, SquashFS, CramFS, Udf, Lzh, Lzma and PPMd.
AndroXplorer v.3 supports Unicode UTF8 and UTF16 conversion for Zip archive.
Also encrypted password
 
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Beyond File Manager


Support a wide variety of archive formats, such as;
Zip (Deflate, Deflate64, LZMA, PPMd, BZip2), 7z** (LZMA, LZMA2, PPMd, BZip2), XZ, Wim, BZip2, GZip, Tar. Extraction only: Arj, Bz2, Cab, Chm, Dmg, Deb, Iso, Nsis, Rar**, SquashFS, CramFS, Udf, Lzh, Lzma and PPMd.
AndroXplorer v.3 supports Unicode UTF8 and UTF16 conversion for Zip archive.
Also encrypted password

Does it have root access?
 
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