Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 what apps do you have? what do you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine0925 Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 What type of apps are you looking for? You most definatly need the advanced task killer if you don't already have it, it cleans up your programs because with the droid they are always running. As far as a music app Jango is my favorite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 What type of apps are you looking for? You most definatly need the advanced task killer if you don't already have it, it cleans up your programs because with the droid they are always running. As far as a music app Jango is my favorite dunno really anyhting thats good? whats the advanced task killer how do you use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormchaser09 Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I use mapmywalk, to record my walks (obviously). It's abit of fun and keeps me motivated. AVG antivirus, google latitude, again its fun watching where friends are,met office for reliable forecasts, and a navigation one which we use in place of a sat nav. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine0925 Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 dunno really anyhting thats good? whats the advanced task killer how do you use it So anytime you open anything on your droid ( maps,email,texts,pictures) and then you close it it is actually still running so you'll notice your phone getting slower and slower. If you search advanced task killer ( the icon is a little green man) once you download it,it will always stay on and the little green dude will be on the top left of your tool bar, you just touch it and it will show you all the programs you have running and there are little check boxes and then at the top it says kill selected apps and it will close them and free up space. Right now I just looked at mine and I have my clock,email,voice search,maps,jango,gmail,texts,solitaire all running and my memory is at 37M when I hit kill selected apps it gives me 102Mm I do this once a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 So anytime you open anything on your droid ( maps,email,texts,pictures) and then you close it it is actually still running so you'll notice your phone getting slower and slower. If you search advanced task killer ( the icon is a little green man) once you download it,it will always stay on and the little green dude will be on the top left of your tool bar, you just touch it and it will show you all the programs you have running and there are little check boxes and then at the top it says kill selected apps and it will close them and free up space. Right now I just looked at mine and I have my clock,email,voice search,maps,jango,gmail,texts,solitaire all running and my memory is at 37M when I hit kill selected apps it gives me 102Mm I do this once a day Ooh thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 some of the 250 on mine.......... Street View on Google Maps Facebook for Android Gmail Google Search Adobe Flash Player 11 Voice search WhatsApp YouTube Google+ Skype Google Play Movies Draw Something Barcode Scanner BBC iplayer avast! BBC News Speedtest.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingspanner Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Sky Map A bit geeky, but I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 What type of apps are you looking for? You most definatly need the advanced task killer if you don't already have it, it cleans up your programs because with the droid they are always running. [h=3]Why Task Killers Are (Usually) Bad News[/h] Apps like Advanced Task Killer, the most popular task killer in the Market, act on the incorrect assumption that freeing up memory on an Android device is a good thing. When launched, it presents you with a list of "running" apps and the option to kill as many as you want. You can also hit the Menu button to access a more detailed "Services" view, that lists exactly which parts of each application are "running", how much memory they take up, and how much free memory is available on your phone. This set-up implies that the goal of killing these apps is to free up memory. Nowhere on the list does it mention the number of CPU cycles each app is consuming, only the memory you'll free by killing it. As we've learned, full memory is not a bad thing—we want to watch out for the CPU, the resource that actually slows down your phone and drains your battery life. Thus, killing all but the essential apps (or telling Android to kill apps more aggressively with the "autokill" feature) is generally unnecessary. Furthermore, it's actually possible that this willworsen your phone's performance and battery life. Whether you're manually killing apps all the time or telling the task killer to aggressively remove apps from your memory, you're actually using CPU cycles when you otherwise wouldn't—killing apps that aren't doing anything in the first place. In fact, some of the processes related to those apps will actually start right back up, further draining your CPU. If they don't, killing those processes can cause other sorts of problems—alarms don't go off, you don't receive text messages, or other related apps may force close without warning. All in all, you're usually better off letting your phone work as intended—especially if you're more of a casual user. In these instances, a task killer causes more problems than it solves. [h=3][/h] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 hmm might be worth me removing advanced task killer then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoBD Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I use all kinds of apps...from facebook/twitter to CPU testing/scoring apps. What phone do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I use all kinds of apps...from facebook/twitter to CPU testing/scoring apps. What phone do you have? Samsung galaxy ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramyeggs Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) Flipboard-news app Netflix Chanifire-allows you to fake the market for more apps root app Titanium backup-root app for backing up apps Tapatalk 2.0-forum app Wireless tether-root app for sharing your wireless Modern combat 3-video game Voice search Dolphin browser HD Volume locker-locks volume I also have a modified flash player to fake out hulu so I can watch it without paying.. I could go on and on. Don't know about if some of these work outside the USA.... What apps are you looking for? If you have something in mind, I could steer you in the right direction.. Apex launcher ice cream sandwich launcher Swype-keyboard Swift key-keyboard Plume-twitter client Google voice-allows you to have a second number U. S. only Google voice callback Amazon app store Amazon mp3 Lookout-antivirus, and lost phone location Flex 9-keyboard Youmail-free visual voicemail Google music Wiimote-game controller for emulaters Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2 Edited June 8, 2012 by Jeramyeggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Forum Runner! Friendcaster Plume Lookout Messenger Cab4me And lots more lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissu & Aara Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Instagram if you're into that. Tubemate is good but have to get it off Google. Juice/battery defender. Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Instagram if you're into that. Tubemate is good but have to get it off Google. Juice/battery defender. Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2 whats instagram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Gobby would like to thank you all for taking time to post your lists of apps up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Gobby would like to thank you all for taking time to post your lists of apps up here Gobby was busy working last night!! Thankyou all for your suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmp5 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 What type of apps are you looking for? You most definatly need the advanced task killer if you don't already have it, it cleans up your programs because with the droid they are always running. As far as a music app Jango is my favorite That depends on which droid OS you use. I have the Nexus S and the new s/w for it everything is auto kill, with limited background applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine0925 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Just trying to help,sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Just trying to help,sorry its ok dont worry about them thankyou for your input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 instagram is where u can edit pics n upload them to fb etc ---> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150667277326681.388461.714381680&type=3&l=3eb32e68d0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Just trying to help,sorry No need Christine I did same when I got a android phone and found it was using more resources than any other app on my phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshmum Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 new out with sky is the wifi cloud app...not had the chance to use it yet but sounds a good app for when wifi needed etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicTurtle Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Does anyone use an app that lets you assign a ringtone from a piece of music on your phone? (more specifically pick a part of a song to assign)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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