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Must have apps?

I want to know what Fascinated users think are the best apps. Root only or not root only. Comment away!
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angry birds
need for speed shift
weather and toggle widgets
launcher pro
directv
root explorer
desktop visualizer
and more that i cant think of im sure

Well if you're a music junkie, check out poweramp. it's awesome!

chuck670 said:
Well if you're a music junkie, check out poweramp. it's awesome!
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It is teh awesome.

Wireless Tether.
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To add to the listed apps:
Beautiful Widgets
WeatherBug
OSMonitor
Scoremobile
Movies
Better Keyboard
Dialer One
Gmote (awesome for controlling an HTPC with your phone)
drocap2 (for screenshots, requires root access)
Barnacle (in case Wireless Tether causes issues for you)
And don't forget XDA!
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For a dialer, I've found Youlu Address book to be better than dialer one.
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Non-Rooted Fascinate
Pure Calendar Widget
SwitchPro Widget
Mint.com
Pandora
Iheartradio
XDA
Dropbox
Built in 3G Hotspot - hacked
Barcode scanner
Shopsavvy
Google Voice
AppBrain
PDANet
Gasbuddy
Lookout
Boxee
These are just the ones I use daily.
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candrist said:
Non-Rooted Fascinate
Pure Calendar Widget
SwitchPro Widget
Mint.com
Pandora
Iheartradio
XDA
Dropbox
Built in 3G Hotspot - hacked
Barcode scanner
Shopsavvy
Google Voice
AppBrain
PDANet
Gasbuddy
Lookout
Boxee
These are just the ones I use daily.
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How did you hack the hotspot?
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My favorite app that might be very useful to heavy users..
Root:
Superpower (battery management app)
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launcher pro
poweramp
alarm clock plus
assistant free
audio galaxy
call confirm
demoPlayer
es file explorer
fireWallet
gesture search
percent calculator
trillian

Pocket Legends is a pretty sweet game.
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Mylt1 said:
How did you hack the hotspot?
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I'm interested in this too. Im trying to search for it now.
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phantom27-ck said:
I'm interested in this too. Im trying to search for it now.
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There is a thread in the Development section that outlines this, link is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818789
It uses QPST to edit the encoded information in phone.
I would like to add, for must have apps, Loot is the best free checkbook type app I've found. Also, if you've rooted, Adfree is a MUST, as is AutoKiller. I've saved a ton of money using the Coupon App. Youtube ripper is great for saving vids to phone, subsonic lets you tap your home music resources from phone, ROM Buddy is great for your emulator needs. And, MP3 Download is great for on the fly music downloads.

I installed Launcher Pro but it wouldn't open. I am rooted and not sure what the &#[email protected] I have done to my phone.
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Redboneqt said:
I installed Launcher Pro but it wouldn't open. I am rooted and not sure what the &#[email protected] I have done to my phone.
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Download Home Switcher from the market and see if you can switch to Launcher Pro.
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[Q] Social Networking

How often does the Social Networking app update? I can't find any options to change refresh time. Also there's no manual refresh option...
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I actually uninstalled this app using titanium backup
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inheme said:
I actually uninstalled this app using titanium backup
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That didn't answer my question. I did some self testing and came up with about 2 minutes as the time refresh rate. The app is actually quite useful as you can get all your messages in the Universal Inbox.
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It is useful if u pay for unlimited 3G connection, not my case. So i prefer to download each social network app I use and manually refresh what I want.

inheme said:
It is useful if u pay for unlimited 3G connection, not my case. So i prefer to download each social network app I use and manually refresh what I want.
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Serious? You might not like it, but there are actually people who like Blur. You like it or not, just accept and respect that please.
About the refreshing: I've been looking for it too, but that option isn't anywhere to be found. I've also found the interval for syncing social networking isn't 2 minutes for me... Longer I guess.
Manual syncing is possible, but you have to disable syncing completely for a few seconds and re-enable it. Syncing will start after this.

Not sure if it's of use, but there is the option to only update the Social Networking apps over wifi which can be found in the Data Manager section of Settings.
Cheers,
Steve

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Not sure if it's of use, but there is the option to only update the Social Networking apps over wifi which can be found in the Data Manager section of Settings.
Cheers,
Steve
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I;m not worried about sync or data cos my plan has about 250MB a month...I am planning to upgrade to 1GB a month...
just annoyed about refresh issue that's all.

250MB... that's quite small ammount. With my plan I have 2GB a month, and I'm using about 700MB out of this

Yeah. I dont download music or videos on my phone. I use my PC for that.
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the reason yours is updating so often is perhaps cuz u have quite a number of friends on ur social networks. what u can do is u can filter which updates you'd like to see from which friends. that could significantly reduce how often your blur updates itself.
another option would be to do what steve suggested....theres an option in settings where it syncs ur social networking over wifi only. that should work
the best option however is to get urself an unlimited data package. 500MB-1GB data allowance would be sufficient, but if ur heavy on skype and other data intensive apps or sights a 2GB package would be recommended.

Network and App statistics

Hey all, I've been trying to get an app that tracks what app uses how much data in the background. So far no luck, none of the apps can get the data from my streak. I'm on a O2 locked streak running DJSteves 1.9.0. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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i hd also tried lots apps ........but none support this feature....
if u concern abt ur data usage restriction .....try software juice defender which can used to restrict data access when phone is ideal...

I use 3g watchdog pro from the market to monitor usage although it can't monitor specific apps on the streak.
I use apndroid, also from the market to turn data off and on, it has a widget for use in your launcher.
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Thanks for the replies, its not that I'm concerned with with my data usage, I would just like to know what apps use how much data and when. I'll have to email more app devs and see if I can get someone to sort this. There are apps that do this, just not with the streak so far.
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Control PS3 with Android??

I looked around for a app, but could not find one that works.
I found the best one called blueputdroid, but that app won't work on my phone because I have ADFREE and it blocks host, and the app dev doesn't want to have ad's disabled.. soo the app doesn't work without disabling and restoring the hosts.
Anyone have any ideas of a similar app?

bumppppppppppp

I've been looking for an app like that too, but no luck. The best I could do was control media centers that I stream to the PS3....close enough

that'd be sweet
I'd love to get an app like that.

I wish there was an app that would let me use the phone as a Bluetooth keyboard for sending out messages through psn
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icy56 said:
I wish there was an app that would let me use the phone as a Bluetooth keyboard for sending out messages through psn
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Oh man that would be awesome!!! I hate using the pop-up keyboard with the control. I wonder if its possible..?
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It is possible, I tried the app Blueputdroid, you guys can too, there's pro and free ads/noads im guessing, but even on the free if you have adfree enabled and your hosts have been changed, the app refuses to start up, so someone who HASNT used adfree can try it and tell us.
Some ROMS have adfree auto-enabled, idk how to get away from that if i ever wanted to.

data usage monitoring

hi,
im on a rogers 100mb data plan per month. can someone tell me, how do i see how much ive used with my sgs. cant find any logs or anything that says. thx!
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still looking for a solution but am testing a few apps..
if i find anything ill update.
my next diary post should be tomrw nite.
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data manager - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm&hl=en
the best

syamsoul said:
data manager - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm&hl=en
the best
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this is the best
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i use "3g watchdog" it is very stable and accurate.

I'm also using "3G Watchdog". has always been very accurate for me. also the widget and optional statusbar-icon come in handy.

3d watchdog is awesome! thx guys! this is the one for me.
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Per app
Installed Onavo today (featured on the market) which shows the apps that are using your data as well.
Looks nice, but I'm only using it for a day now.

Therer are several good monitoring-apps, except for the ones already named you could try NetCounter and PhoneUsage. With the last one you can monitor you calls, text and data traffic.

Broken303 said:
I'm also using "3G Watchdog". has always been very accurate for me. also the widget and optional statusbar-icon come in handy.
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Last time i use watchdog , tethering is not calculated in.
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Flash ICS rom and youll have that built in
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+1 to all.
Onavo drains battery and is annoying.
SOme roms, like MIUI have a nice 3g monitor built in the OS. And a firewall. SO this will help keep the balance

zodiaxe66 said:
this is the best
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+1 for this

syamsoul said:
Last time i use watchdog , tethering is not calculated in.
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i'm not tethering that much, but i think they fixt that with one of the last updates. not sure though.

I've been using 3G Watchdog for a while and I'm very happy with it. Alerts you when you're close to busting your cap and it can even toggle off data before you go over your limit. You can have a data usage indicator in the notification bar and as a widget, if you want, too.

note that some carriers exclude certain downloaded content, and some charge per MB rounded session etc which doesnt get taken into account with most apps
often the carrier itself has an app which tells you your account usage and can send warning message when about to reach limit. Not sure if rogers has this but worth checking out

Traffic Monitor is very accurate, gives more data (tethering, current period, current day ...), is free
but is less colorful...
Regards