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Apps List by Category (LG Esteem)

poluka2000

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Dec 8, 2011
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**Alright, this idea took root and started growing like a weed. Thanks Shineside, gbiggie and Aplus. Aplus you really went the distance!** I have not been able to figure out how to cut and pasted the links from Aplus?

Anyone who wants to help is welcome, I am sure there will be more categories and some re-arranging. If you see something in the wrong category let me know,

No Root Required

Genral Operation
Lockbot Pro (Customization) (Hot Android Apps none Esteem user)
Fast Reboot Pro (Androidforums LG Esteem User)

Operating System Upgrade
ICS+ Launcher(Androidforums LG Esteem User) Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0

Connection Management
Restart Connections (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Fing-Network Tools (Network Management)


Widget Tools
HD Widgets (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Fancy Widget (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
WidgetLocker Lockscreen (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Beautiful Widgets (clock, weather, battery, and toggle widgets)(Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Widgetsoid2.x (great toggles widget. love this app. I have toggles right in the notification tray.)

Launchers
Launcher Pro (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Go Launcher Ex (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
ADW Launcher (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
ADW launcher Ex (Androidforums LG Esteem User)

PC Interface for Android Devices
AirDroid (Manage your phone through PC) (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
TeamViewer (remote computer access app. works like a dream and it's free)


Web Browsers
Dolphin Browser HD (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Boat Browser (alternate web browser, clean, fast, and nice ui and options) (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Opera Mobile (Mini or full version)(Androidforums LG Esteem User)


Memory Browsers/Management (utilities)
CacheCleaner NG (self explanatory) (Androidforums LG Esteem User)

Media (Audio/Video)
MixZing Media Player (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Pandora Radio (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Scanner Radio (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Netflix (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Double Twist (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
TuneIn Radio (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Shazam (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Equalizer(Smart Android Apps) (audio grooming)(Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Amazon MP3 (MP3 store/player with cloud storage)(Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Power Amp (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
HBO Go (love watching movies and shows with my parents account lol)
iMediaShare (nice streaming app)
Google Music (now out of beta, music store, player with cloud storage)
SoundHound (song identifier app. i like it better than Shazam)
Yahoo! Sportacular (my favorite sports app)
Zedge (wallpaper/ringtone app. you can find almost anything you can think of with this app)


Games
SpeedCar (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Assaulter (decent arcade shooter)(Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Doodle Fit (puzzle game) (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Frontline Commando (fun TPS game)
Great Little War Game (cool strategy game)
Guerrilla Bob (cool shooter game, cross platform compatible)
Jelly Defense (decent tower defense game with nice cartoony graphics)
Live Holdem Poker Pro (best online poker app I have found)
Reckless Getaway (fun arcade driving game)
Extreme Road Trip (fun little game. my son and i like to compete for high scores)
Robo Defense (THE BEST tower defense game on the market, imo)
Samurai II: Vengeance (good hack n slash game)
OnLive (OnLive cloud gaming)

Texting
Go SMS Pro (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Handcent SMS
Google Voice (alternate phone and text app)

Automotive
Speedview (Hot Android Apps none Esteem user)
Torque Pro(Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Car Home Ultra

Travel
Flighttrack (Hot Android Apps none Esteem user)


Social Networking
PicPlz (photo Social network)(Hot Android Apps none Esteem user)
Facebook (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
FriendCaster
Google+
Phandroid (official Android Forums app. I gotta have it even if it's a hog! News, forums, and a little IRC client)
Tapatalk (nice forums app)


Power Management
Juice Defender Ultimate (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
2x Battery (Androidforums LG Esteem User)


Other
Free Mirror (Check the spinach in your teeth)(Hot Android Apps none Esteem user)
Pano (camera app)
Camera ZOOM (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Brightest Flashlight(Androidforums LG Esteem User)
1Tap Cleaner (made by the same people that made 2x Battery and has a nice matching widget as 2x)(Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Alarm Clock Xtreme (Like it better than stock) (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Ted Talks (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Guns (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Wikidroid
NECN Weather (stumbled across this weather app and love it)
PayPal (official PayPal app)
Pulse (best news reader app I've found. can be a hog!)
QuickPic (sooooo much better than the stock gallery)
TiKL (great ptt app)

Video Caller ID
(set your own video as your caller id)
SketchBook Mobile (nice sketch app from Autodesk)
Hey Tell , Its like push to talk service, Esteem tested, works on other platforms (Free)
Meteor Shower Calender, Esteem tested, works with Sky Eye
Sky Eye, Esteem Tested, helps you find Stars, Planets and Meteor showers

Customizer/Skins/Sounds
Alien Shapes Full (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Minimalistic Text (awesome, customizable text widget app)

Productivity (Documents)
Officesuite Pro 5 (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Amazon Kindle (ebook store/reader) (Androidforums LG Esteem User) Link Below
Bank of America (self explanatory)
Google Docs (self explanatory)
ezPDF Reader
PicSay Pro (photo editing app)
PrinterShare Premium (Print anything not just photos, like some other apps) wirelessly from my phone, works like a charm)

Fitness
Pushups(Hot Android Apps none Esteem user)

Security
Visidon Applock (Androidforums LG Esteem User)MagicLocker (Androidforums LG Esteem User)

GotYa! Face Trap!
(great security app)

Storage
DropBox (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Minus (Androidforums LG Esteem User)

Markets
Amazon Mobile (official Amazon App)

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Root Only

Genral Operation
Absolute System Root Tools (a lot of good tools, root required) Link below
ADB Wireless (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Quick Boot (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Root Explorer (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
SetCPU (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Adfree Android (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
LG Esteem Optimizer (Androidforums LG Esteem User)symlinking (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Gemini App Manager (Androidforums LG Esteem User)
Android Terminal Emulator (access your internal command terminal. invaluable app)



Back Up
Titanium Backup (Androidforums LG Esteem User)

Power Management
Battery Calibration


Comments by Users :
I guess if you want to find the origin of the comment you can search for it for now, I included these comments because they might actually by helpful.

JuiceDefender Ultimate was having conflicts with GO Launcher EX ? (Androidforums LG Esteem User)

slacker radio is better than Pandora (Androidforums LG Esteem User)

Cut and Paste Mining operations to be Sorted :)
 
I like this better then the app thread we have already. Much more user friendly as to seeing the contributed apps in the original post.Also The guides here can help you keep the original post updated too if you like.

Well here a couple Im really liking:

Rooted
adb wireless
Quick Reboot
Root Explorer
SetCPU
Adfree Android


Non-Rooted
Pano (camera app)
Camera ZOOM FX
Brightest Flashlight
Fast Reboot Pro
2x Battery
1Tap Cleaner (made by the same people that made 2x Battery and has a nice matching widget as 2x)
DropBox
Opera Mobile (Mini or full version)
Antutu Benchmark
 
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Here is a list of all non-stock apps currently on my phone:

Absolute System Root Tools (a lot of good tools, root required)
ADW Ex (alternate home launcher)
AirDroid (Manage your phone through PC)
Alarm Clock Xtreme (Like it better than stock)
Amazon Mobile (official Amazon App)
Amazon Kindle (ebook store/reader)
Amazon MP3 (MP3 store/player with cloud storage)
Amazon Appstore (alternate app store, mainly for the FAOTD)
Assaulter (decent arcade shooter)
Bank of America (self explanatory)
Battery Calibration (by NEMA, root required)
Beautiful Widgets (clock, weather, battery, and toggle widgets)
Boat Browser (alternate web browser, clean, fast, and nice ui and options)
CacheCleaner NG (self explanatory)
Google Docs (self explanatory)
Doodle Fit (puzzle game)
Dropbox (cloud storage with synching)
ezPDF Reader (PDF reader, like it better than Adobe)
Fing-Network Tools (Network Management)
Frontline Commando (fun TPS game)
FREEdi Youtube downloader (youtube downloader, can't find the free version, pro available on Amazon Appstore)
Getjar (alternate app store)
GLWG (cool strategy game)
GO SMS Pro (alternate SMS app)
GotYa! Face Trap! (great security app)
GTA III (you all know it, no longer available for our phone)
Guerrilla Bob (cool shooter game, cross platform compatible)
HBO Go (love watching movies and shows with my parents account lol)
iMediaShare (nice streaming app)
Jelly Defense (decent tower defense game with nice cartoony graphics)
Live Holdem Poker Pro (best online poker app I have found)
Minimalistic Text (awesome, customizable text widget app)
Google Music (now out of beta, music store, player with cloud storage)
NECN Weather (stumbled across this weather app and love it)
Netflix (subscription based movies and shows, works great)
Officesuite Pro 5 (nice office documents app)
Pandora (streaming internet radio)
PayPal (official PayPal app)
Phandroid (official Android Forums app. I gotta have it even if it's a hog! News, forums, and a little IRC client)
PicSay Pro (photo editing app)
PowerAmp (best music player I've tried)
PrinterShare Premium (Print anything (not just photos, like some other apps) wirelessly from my phone, works like a charm)
Pulse (best news reader app I've found. can be a hog!)
Pure widgets (great widgets. I have calendar, grid calendar, and messenger widgets.)
Quick Boot (root required)
QuickPic (sooooo much better than the stock gallery)
Reckless Getaway (fun arcade driving game)
Extreme Road Trip (fun little game. my son and i like to compete for high scores)
Robo Defense (THE BEST tower defense game on the market, imo)
Root Explorer (root required for access to system files)
Samurai II: Vengeance (good hack n slash game)
SketchBook Mobile (nice sketch app from Autodesk)
Scanner Radio (the best live scanner app)
SetCPU (root required. Over/underclock your CPU)
ShootMe (root required. My favorite screen shot app. No longer available)
SoundHound (song identifier app. i like it better than Shazam)
Yahoo! Sportacular (my favorite sports app)
Tapatalk (nice forums app)
TeamViewer (remote computer access app. works like a dream and it's free)
Terminal Emulator (access your internal command terminal. invaluable app)
TiKL (great ptt app)
Titanium Backup Pro (root required. the best backup app, imo)
TuneIn Radio Pro (live streaming radio app. used to be better before clearchannel started being biatches!!)
Video Caller ID (set your own video as your caller id)
Google Voice (alternate phone and text app)
Widgetsoid2.x (great toggles widget. love this app. I have toggles right in the notification tray.)
Zedge (wallpaper/ringtone app. you can find almost anything you can think of with this app)

That's it for now. I add and remove all the time but, these are some of the apps that stay on my phone (besides the games, those come and go rapidly.)
 
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uhm. did you properly configured the app? Make sure you check the option to "don't enable the connection" on the *enable interval* setting.

Hmm, I don't recall exactly, I spent some time going through it and what not. After a couple of days I was getting about the same battery life and I noticed it took longer to do just about everything because it seem to take a while to turn Wifi/BT/4g back on. Even making a call took longer, it was faster just to turn those things on and off manually. I was wondering why no one else had the same complaints, so I turned it off and figured I would go back and give it another wack down the road.
 
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Hmm, I don't recall exactly, I spent some time going through it and what not. After a couple of days I was getting about the same battery life and I noticed it took longer to do just about everything because it seem to take a while to turn Wifi/BT/4g back on. Even making a call took longer, it was faster just to turn those things on and off manually. I was wondering why no one else had the same complaints, so I turned it off and figured I would go back and give it another wack down the road.


Then try uninstalling and reinstalling again ...
 
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I recommend Meteor Shower Calendar and Skyeye for anyone who like to watch falling stars/meteor showers and what not.

The two program work together nicely. once you have them installed, you can open Meteor Calendar and it will tell you what Meteor showers are current, when they start, peak and end. you can then pick one you would like to check out and then you can click through to Skyeye and skyeye which will point you in the right direction so you can look for them falling rocks. They are both free on android market.
 
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